apologize for the way he managed the hearing in 1991. what the american public needs to hear given his role in 91 even given his role with violence against women act and the efforts on college campuses to stop sexual assault, all of those put him in the position to be a leader for change, to be a leader that acknowledges the enormity of his problem and map that out and the pervasiveness of it in the institution. given the reality of today, it s no longer acceptable just to apologize for the past what we need to be doing is looking to the future and acknowledging the problem and putting together an agenda to eliminate it. you know, what i think is distressing i guess particularly
the film lays bare the pervasiveness of the lie that dismisses the continuing legacy of slavery that tells people of color, black people, still suffering under centuries of institutionalized racism to get over it. here is what one professor featured in the film had to say in response. i have been conditioned to think of emancipation as an ending point. i realize freedom was not just like liberation, freedom was like owning your humanity, operating in your full humanity, being recognized for your full humanity. i think the spirit of slavery that i talked about before that makes color a mark of dedrigation has been happening too long. this isn t a people of color issue.
that is hopeful news. i m grateful to have lived in an era where the numbers have increased dramatically. they re still not to your party and they re still troubled, difficulty as i talk about in the book. getting legislation that is specifically related to gender equity. we have violence against women s act that has been languishing in committee for some time noi and maybe over a year. i think it was over a year. we have not responded. if you look at the numbers that i talk about, if you look at the pervasiveness of this problem, in ten million individuals will be victims of intimate partner violence. if you look at the problems happening in our school, it s grossly undercounted.
position to be a leader for change, to be a leader that acknowledges the enormity of that problem and mapping it out and the pervasiveness of it throughout the institutions. given the reality of today, it s no longer acceptable just to apologize for the past what we need to be doing is looking to the future and acknowledging the problem and putting together an agenda to eliminate it. what i think is distressing, i guess, particularly since we had a me too movement that felt like it was going to add to the changes that came that really were launched in many ways by your testimony and your bravery at that time, you ve had me too but then you ve also elected a president like donald trump and somebody who is on tape said he had the right because of being a celebrity to grab women by their
and done thing. jillian: that s your message to parents. what about the administration, what do you want to say to them? this is a tough one. we have some serious problems here in the border towns. we need help. people are just coming across and arizona is losing youth at skyrocketing rates. we have to do something. we have to do something. todd: misty, obviously our condolences to you and your family on the loss of that beautiful young lady and thank you for being here this morning to drive home the point that this can happen to anybody because of the pervasiveness of these counterfeit pills infull traiting our nation. infiltrating our nation. thank you for your time this morning. thank you. todd: a louisiana health system imposing fines for employees who have an unvaccinated spouse at home. talking to one of the employees impacted. jillian: and some are wondering where transportation secretary pete buttigieg has been as the