on a tour. so i walked around. watch this exchange i had with sarah bloomfield, the museum director. we re speaking about the shoes, the shoes that are on exhibit at the museum. watch this. these are shoes, old shoes. this is one of our most iconic exhibits. if you visit these killing centers today, you see thousands upon thousands of shoes like this. the shoes of the victims. the germans took their shoes because they were going to reuse them and recycle them, if you will. but of course the victims would be killed. but this is what is left of those lives. these shoes are 80, 90 years old and they re here. the only surviving elements for all those people who were exterminated. this is the trace of the people before they were gassed. i think of those shoes. my four grandparents, we didn t have anything. nothing was found basically. it s just horrendous, horrendous situation. it s so important, so timely to remind people who don t know anything about it. and i think
if you visit these killing centers today, you ll see thousands upon thousands of shoes like this. the shoes of the victims. the german took their shoes because they were going to reuse them and recycle them if you will. but of course the victims would be killed. this is what s left of those lives. reporter: these shoes are here and the only surviving elements where all those people who were exterminated. this is the trace of the people before they were gassed. reporter: i think of those shoes, you know, my four grandparents. we didn t have anything. we had nothing. it was just horrendous, horrendous situation. it was so important, so timely to remind people who don t know anything about it. and i think it s so important and i m sure you ll agree, jim. people who come to visit washington go to the washington mall. take a tour of this museum. even those of us who have grown up, children of holocaust survivors, we learn a lot every time we go there, and it is so importan
first, vega cheered the position. next he was caught on tape saying women can t get pregnant from rape. he is too extreme for virginia. back with me now doug jones and alice stewart joined by ashley allison. glad to have you all here. look, we re talking about in many respects the beg news of the affidavit and seeing all the information. the shadow of donald trump looms pretty big. but there is the midterm elections 70 something days away. i m sure they want to talk about anything but trump. when you look at this, what is this messaging scrubbing really about? is this just prudent, disin disingenuous, what are your thoughts? first of all, trump is not on the ballot in november so that is a talking point that the democrats love to tout but he s not on the ballot. and democrats would love nothing more than to talk about anything but inflation, recession, high prices, rising crime and
many respects this big news today of the affidavit and seeing all the information. the shadow of donald trump looms pretty big. but there s the midterm elections 77 something days away. i m sure they would want to talk about anything, but trump. when you look at this what is this messaging scrubbing really about? is it prudent? what are your thoughts? first of all trump is not on the ballot in november. that s a talking point the democrats would love to tout, but he s not on the ballot. and the democrats would love nothing more than to talk about anything, but inflation, recession, high prices, and inflation mare factors across the board. abortion when on the ballot and specifically in new york. when that s the single issue and a candidate in 19 made that the sole focus, it does galvanize