And should be done. People come here to the texas ranger hall of fame and museum because they want to see the pieces of this history to kind of immerse themselves in it and there is always a chance since we have a Texas Ranger Company on site here that they can meet a real, live texas ranger, which is what a lot of them would like to do. In 1993 the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms raided the Branch Davidian compound outside waco, texas. After a fierce gun battle, a 51day standoff ensued and ended with a fire on the religious compound that killed 76 people. As the cspan cities tour of waco continues, we talk about the Branch Davidians with the religion professor from baylor niversity. [gunshots] bring the tanks and stuff around here, i tell you what. Being an american first im the kind of guy that ill stand in front of a tank. You can run over me but ill be biting one of the tracks. No one is going to hurt me or my family. Thats american policy here. You could have arrested me
In modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome from my dear friend, nick. I am so glad to see everyone here today. I know the panelists are joining us on the stage right now. I just wanted to open up with a couple of framing remarks about the incredibly extraordinary time that we are in and i dont mean that in a great way. This is i think its so important that all of you are gathered here this morning. This is an extraordinary time in our country and its a time when baseline norms are being turned on their head and when were reminded,
As part of the conference in washington is about 90 minutes. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2016] 90 minutes. Lets get ready for this next panel which i am excited about. First, i want to introduce our next speaker. My good friend. Almostknown bonita for 20 years now. For every step of her career, fighting at the wrongful defense fund, fighting in texas, fighting for immigrant rights, andng mass incarceration running the most active and effective Civil Rights Division in modern history is the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division, to now be head of the Leadership Conference on civil and human rights, she has always been guided by her sense of justice and she always leads with her heart and her values. Shes one of my closest and dearest friends. Shes also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very, very proud of her and i love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. A very warm welcome
Lets get ready for this next panel, which i am really, really excited about. Ourt, i want to introduce next speaker, my good friend i have known her for almost 20 years now and every step of her career, whether fighting at the Legal Defense fund to wrongfulng a texas, running the most active and effective Civil Rights Division in a modern history as assistant tourney attorney general of the Civil Rights Division, she has always ofn guided by her values justice and fairness. She keeps about people, especially the most vulnerable in our country, in a way i have rarely seen. She always leads with her heart and her values. She is one of my closest and dearest friends. She is also somewhat i look up to and consider a hero. I am so very, very proud of her and i would love for her to join me on the stage right now. Thank you. [applause] hi. Good morning, everyone. That was a very warm welcome from my dear friend, nick. I am so glad to see everyone here today. I know the panelists are joining
Our country. It is a time when they are being turned on their head and when we are reminded on a daily basis the extent to which we cannot take our core values for granted. It is when they are turns back the clock on almost every area of progress to womens rights to you name it. They are increasing tensions and divisions that speaks to part of their ways that really amplifies and inflames the rhetoric. It is more important than ever it gets tarnished. We all know the only time identity politics gets invoked is some how white identity is masked as something that is neutral. The 2016 election with invocation and disparagement, the anti muslim and rhetoric they have been tweeting about the nfl players that are taking a knee and also out of love of country being tarnished as unpatriotic. Dont make any mistake about it. There are deep racial overtones. It is a time of deep polarization. It has been preying on the divisions as part of this strategy at a time when they spent the first nine mo