when you look at the history of female politicians in this country and how they have been taught up until very recently to apologize for, to disguise the degree of power which they have and the degree to which they have enjoyed using it. nancy pelosi has been unapologetic. she says i m good at my job. i interviewed her this past fall. she will talk about the way that she, you know, exerts control over her caucus, that she whips votes. it s actually a tremendous model. it s interesting. i think a lot of the reasons that people don t like nancy pelosi on the right and left are ideological. they see her as a far leftist from san francisco or want to portray her that way or on the left they see her as a centrist squish. her job isn t ideological. it s herding cats in her often fractious caucus. she s so good at it, it s something to watch. and i think she is a fascinating
and she s still a beacon. still a magnet for all who must have freedom. bernard olivie says that is over. america first. that america has abdicated its global role. what does that mean? i ll ask him. then welcome to your first day. we will never go away. from the women s march of 2017 to the me too movement. me, too. i have been sexually harassed. the incredible power of women s anger. nobody believes me. rebecca traceter on how this income to minable force is changing the world. but first here s my take. the trump administration faces a test in venezuela. it must pursue a policy that helps usher out the owdius regie of maduro. it must support a political transition that doesn t threaten
uphold an order people often say women are socially conservative. that s one of the lines that explains it. i always think it s odd because the social structure, the traditional social structure is quite unfair to women. yes, it is. well, in part its their recognition that they do benefit as white women, even as they may be subordinate as women to men. but also sometimes it takes a moment. one of the things that we ve seen in these recent years since the election of donald trump is one of these moments of revelation that in fact white women aren t protected within white patriarchies. even though there is a sense that if you re attached to white men and white women you will enjoy certain benefits and certain kinds of power. in part, the loss of hillary clinton, a white woman, who in fact had worked her way to the top of a white patriarchal system, the political system,
the stories of some of the actresses who first spoke of their experiences with harvey weinstein and then with a whole other series of people, again, women who were wealthy, had privilege, had benefits, had sort of won white patriarchy and yet were still assaulted, in many cases violently, had their careers damaged, told the stories of how sexism had reshaped their lives. the testimony of christine blaisey-ford. her story was not believed she could be assaulted according to her account. her story was not believed, not taken seriously enough to halt brett kavanaugh. this is a moment of revelation. it s one of the moments that you re talking about when there are a series of events that reveal that even white women who enjoy some of the greatest and most obvious forms of power and privilege within this country are not, in fact, protected from
actions. does one really have to explain that venezuela s problems are primarily caused by its nasty government, that the venezuelan people have not been allowed to pick their leaders or determine their future. they have clung to power by rigging elections, crushing opposition parties, muzzling the media and using lethal force against protestors. since 2015 an estimated 3 million venezuelans have fled the country. that s 10% of the country, equivalent to an exodus of 30 million americans. but millions more venezuelans are staying and fighting. they have come out in droves to vote against this government almost defeating maduro in 2013 despite an unfair election and successfully bringing an opposition parliament to power in 2015. fr the last few years venezuelans have organized protests against the regime enduring tear gas, and they have