if you re sticking with, us we re thankful for that. the u.s. military becoming a political football for the house gop as they unleashed their anti-abortion rights, anti-trans, anti-woke agenda on a spending bill flooding americas fighting forces. instead of focusing on killing people employee stuff up, and having we are focused on dividing people up by race. i don t want someone who doesn t know if they are a man or a woman with their hand on a missile button. i couldn t help but pull out my pocket constitution, i couldn t seem to find anywhere in here where it says we need to fund programs for humanitarian aid for women and children in afghanistan. and one house republican in particular under fire for a shocking racial comment. we are going to dive into that this hour as well. plus, a defying president biden finding a new way to forgive the student loan debt for nearly 1 million people in this country. and as actors hit the picket line i m gonna be talking to thei
ukrainian president understand why it is they can t necessarily bring them in. but that there is a pathway forward. and also, the negotiation that was done to turkey to drop its opposition to adding new members to nato as well. what do you make of these results and the presidents visit overall at the nato summit? well i think that president biden deserves a great deal of credit. to hold all of the members of nato, which consists of people of different viewpoints, philosophies, and so forth, other than that they are committed to freedom and liberty and the pursuit of equality. but there are diverse people, diverse backgrounds. he has held them all together in a very difficult time. i d say president zelenskyy, he has to be agitated. he has to be expressing his frustration. because his people are fighting and dying for freedom. something that we treasure in this country. so when some people think that we are doing something out of, out of charity for them, we are
institute admitting that is his plan. people are understanding that something is going wrong in the culture, that certain ideologies and ideas were devouring institutions. and then we put a label to it, critical race theory. actually they put a label to it in the 1990s and we appropriated it, attacking it at a political level and providing political leaders with a kuj el. he says he s not a political operative but you heard him say it s a political cudgel. there s so many lies i don t know where to start. just lies. it s a very difficult thing to hear because as scholars we actually care about definitions. we care about meaning. we care about nuance. we care about scholarship and historiography. and for a person who wants to just throw grenades and play with shrapnel, he s been able to take an idea devoted to the pursuit of equality, devoted to understanding why equality has
pursuit of equality is fundamental to the american story. the successful repeal of don t ask, don t tell proved to the nation that just like the country we defend, we share different backgrounds, different values, different beliefs, but together, we are the greatest military force in the world. defense secretary leon panetta out with a new video this morning honoring gay and lesbian service members during lgbt pride month. this afternoon, president obama will host a reception in the white house for lgbt americans and straight allies to recognize june pride month. this is another significant step for an administration that s made equality for the lgbt community a stronger part of its platform throughout the past year. jennifer christler is executive director of the family equality council and joins me in washington, d.c. as we look back on the comments made by the obama administration, in support of marriage equality and not just
march on washington, a fearless advocate and a distinguished member of congress, john lewis has earned our lasting gratitude to a lifetime dedicated to the pursuit of equality and justice for all. elizabeth little accepting on behalf of her husband dr. thomas emmitt little. dr. thomas emmitt little was an optometrist who devoted his life and skills to those in need. starting in the 1970s, dr. little and his wife lived