there s no policy to back up any of these public efforts that the president makes. when he does a video talking about rosa parks, there s no policy to back it up. so you re not doing this for policy purposes, you re not doing this for african american voters, you might just be an tagging people because it doesn t have real meat behind it. eugene, what do you think is going to happen tomorrow. the same thing. if you look at some of the approval ratings some of his lowest numbers come from black voters and that s because they would like to see him address issues that are relevant today opposed to attending ceremonial events that perhaps don t seem as consistent with some of the things he s tweeted, said, and put forward on capitol hill. a apologize for the subject matter, it s great to have you both return to the broadcast. jason johnson, eugene scott our thanks. coming up historian john meacham to take on this topic of civil rights in the south. we ll also talk about a historic mi
and teed it up. [ laughter ] this is completely blown out of proportions. oh, okay. matt, did he answer the question? i did not hear the part of african-americans of his administration or anything like that. did he answer the question? no, he did not. okay, he did not becaus because instead of having things that actually matter on his mind that are consequential. he was still doing and some people have said which is a that was an important question. donald trump is not surrounded by any credible african-american conservative republicans that for policy purposes and things like that. god bless ben carson, honor
diplomatic bureaucracy, the congressional bureaucracy. do you feel in the end the resignation of general shinseki was a political necessity or was it absolutely something that had to be done for policy purposes? it seemed to be political, so many members of congress calling for his ouster. here is a very capable, effective, honorable gentleman who served his country all the way back to being wounded in vietnam. i think what happened at the va over the last decade or so, you have a tremendous infusion of people from the iraq and afghan wars. the va is simply stretched. i don t know if it has the budget it needs or the personnel it needs, i was sorry to see secretary shinseki go. he was there for five years. his service to his country is unparalleled, and no one should question that. but the management of the va in the last five years has not been good. 8% increase in veterans, 34% increase in funding. someone has to be held accountable. i didn t call for his resignation. i thought h
how worried are you that these five men now in qatar will end up either on the battlefield or influencing the battlefield wherever that battlefield may be? we know the previous detainees that have been released have returned to the battlefield. some of them. some of them have. as i said earlier, i think it s very, very important for the government of qatar to make sure these people are kept under control and do not return to the battlefield. let me turn you all to the va quickly, the other big story this week. all of you understand bureaucracies in washington, the military bureaucracy, diplomatic bureaucracy, congressional bu october see. do you feel in the end the resignation of general shinseki was a political necessity or was it absolutely something that had to be done for policy purposes? it seemed to be political, so many members of congress calling for his ouster. here is a very capable,
to the end of 2008, 2009, and remember where we were. obama was a new president. he had big majorities in both houses. he promised a bipartisan approach to the world. he came in with a liberal agenda. whether mcconnell set out to do this or not, he was going to protect the republican policies and principles. the outcome was going to be the same whether he set out to do it for political purposes or for policy reasons. you re defending the record number of filibusters. if it s for policy purposes, but the point is this journalist is pointing out through two sflor s senators there was a stop obama at all cost. this is how we re going to come back. ari? michael says if it s true and you re in the school of communication so you have a neat trick there, we know it s true because as you said, ed, we have a record number of filibusters. there was about an average of one filibuster a year through most of the history of the senate when that was on the table. and under the first two years of