ahead in a moment. but we re going to begin in buffalo. where in the wake of saturday s supermarket terrorist attack, president biden has just finished delivering remarks about the rise of ideologies in america. the president renewed calls for stricter gun laws and urged americans to reject racism. white supremacy is a poison. it s a poison. [ applause ] it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. those remarks the president didn t just condemn americans spreading hate, he called those silent complicit. and he also issued this warning about the threat white supremacy posed to our country and the democracy. the american experiment in democracy is in a danger like it hasn t been in my lifetime. it s in danger this hour. hate and fear are being given too much oxygen by those who pr
Contributing to the red cross. Obviously, you can go on their website. The red cross knows what theyre doing. Theyre in close contact with federal, state and local officials. They will make sure that we get the resources to those families as swiftly as possible. Again, toipt thank everybody here doing a great job when it comes to the disaster response. The final message i just say is, you know, during the darkness of the storm i think we also saw whats brightest in america. I mean, i think all of us, obviously, have been shocked by the force of Mother Nature as we watch it on television. At the same time, weve also seen nurses at nyu hospital carrying fragile newborns to safety. Weve seen incredibly brave firefighters in queens waistdeep in water battling infernos and rescuing people in boats. One of my favorite stories is down in North Carolina the coast guard going out to save a sinking ship. They sent a rescue swimmer out, and the rescue swimmer said, hi, im dan. I understand you gu
Because it really predicts the landscape of where we are now with this election. Its so timely. Take me through the process of windows all formed in your head. Guess i think i did get lucky with the timing. Somebody said i should buy a Powerball Ticket because i could see the future is hard to say when you start writing a book. You write a proposal or so when you turn in that manuscript . I would say ive years ago i started writing comma which led me to this book and it was around this time the sarah palin went rogue and i had initially thought i like sarah palin and after the way she kind of got radicalized and changed i started seeing candidates like Christine Odonnell and sharon engel who were saying things that i felt uncomfortable with as a conservative. They were playing identity politics. They were casting themselves as the victim playing the victim card which struck me as a conservative and it was in a populist tone. That got me writing about this topic and ultimately led to th
Not close. And four years later in an environment that is more hostile, kay hagan comes pretty close to winning a senate seat despite 125 million being spent, and she did that in large part because we turned out tens of thousands of more of the most disenfranchised people in the country in a state where republicans shortened the early vote period from two weeks to one week and eliminated a lot of the easilyaccessible voting sites for africanamericans and for young people. Thats the lesson that democrats have to take. Theres no question there are a lot of disappointed democrats and my message to them is take a few days, have a drink or two, get a little bit of rest, pick yourself back up because theres an election in two years and thats what we should be looking at over the next couple of months for what is going to definitely be another election cycle. The one candidate for president to did go to campaign with gary peters is the senator elect. What is next for you . I think i have four
Republicans expanded their majority in the house of representatives. This is 15 minutes. I missed you all. That is what the president said yesterday. He did . I hope you did not believe it. Never do. [laughter] good. Im going to start by congratulating my friend, senator Mitch Mcconnell. As you know, mitch and i have worked very closely together over the last eight years and i dont think i could ask for a better partner or do i think the senate could have a better majority leader than Mitch Mcconnell. Also, i express my gratitude to the people of ohios eighth congressional district. You know, my mission is the same today as it was in 1990 when i was first elected to build a smaller, less costly, more Accountable Government here in washington, d. C. And right now i believe that means continuing to listen, to make the American Peoples priorities our priorities and to confront the big challenges that face middle class families starting with the economy. You have heard me talk many times a