address the fact that it was just wrong. and it it dispenses with also the relevance of the federal government to step in on civil rights issues where states have failed, which is why we had the civil rights act and the voting rights act. you thought he was hedging. well, we have a different perspective on it. brian williams and also nicolle wallace in new york. if vice president biden had handled it differently, used different language, would we be having this conversation? if he had said i was one of a hundred and i couldn t eoverturn the election results in the southern states of the people i served with but our job was to pass laws, do you for example respect all of the personal and legislative histories of your 99 colleagues in the senate today? brian, i i find it difficult to relate the reputation and history and actions and words of those two