republican leadership council. an advocacy group that has been critical of the disproportionate role conservative christians have played in the gop. very warm welcome to the program. is this the moment that donald evaporates?is it s certainly the defining moment of his presidency. everything he has done up to this point we thought it would move during the campaign, the kind of rhetoric that incited this kind of behavior. we re just reaping what he has been sowing for the last four years. he has gotten so much attention every time he tweets out something that is indefensible. and so, this is his last hurrah. he seems to be spinning out of control, as is rudy giuliani. he was right there with the president telling everybody to march on capitol hill. fight this. because they are telling everybody to march on capitol hill. everything based on these lies. deceiving people for so long. unfortunately, it will be a hard row to hoe for joe biden to bring people back together. i
that s the worst performance in two weeks. the dow has been down. nasdaq have been down five out of six the tech selloff was worst it continued down 3% led lower by stocks like apple the same old story big volatility coming. those are really the tail that s been wagging the dog for a while. you ll see the nasdaq is lower once again the other two averages hanging in there the s&p on the flat line nasdaq down another 50 points. fur watching what is happening over the last two months they closed. dow at the lowest level since the third. the 10-year sitting at 0.66% the story that seems to never end, tiktok. here we go the owner bytedance applying for an export license in china as it pushes for a deal in oracle and walmart. they did not mention the pending deal and technology it was seeking to support calling the deal dirty and unfair they have no reason to approve it all of this raising questions about that prospect and what that would ultimately look like. what happened ear
brian: congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge? rep. lewis: well, during the past few years, i ve been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. brian: where does the edmond pettus bridge come into that picture? rep. lewis: well, the edmond pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an organization called the student nonviolent coordinating committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the edmond pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. we were walking in two s. and when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. and we continued to walk. and we came within hearing
crossing bridges, rivers, many bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i like to call the beloved community. brian: where does the edmond pettus bridge come into that picture? rep. lewis: well, the edmund pettus bridge is symbolic of so many bridges, but in 1965, when i was much younger, and head of an organization called the student nonviolent coordinating committee, a group of young people, students, and others, attempted to cross the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama to march 50 miles from selma to montgomery to dramatize to the nation and to the world that people wanted simply to register to vote. we were walking in two s. and when we arrive at the apex of the bridge down below, we saw a sea of blue, alabama state troopers. and we continued to walk. and we came within hearing distance of the state troopers. and a man identified himself and said i m major john cloud of the alabama state troopers. this is an u
during the summer months, reach out to your elected officials with c-span s congressional directory. it contains all of the contact information you need to stay in touch with members of congress, federal agencies, and state governors. online today at c-spanstore.org. john lewis, an icon of the civil rights movement and a 17 term georgia congressman died july 17 at the age of 80. widely respected across the political spectrum, he was awarded the medal of freedom by president barack obama in 2011. he is being widely eulogized and we thought it would be appropriate to re-air the 2012 interview he gave this program about his memoir, across that bridge so you can hear congressman john lewis in his own voice. brian: congressman john lewis, why did you name your book across that bridge? rep. lewis: well, during the past few years, i ve been crossing bridges, rivers, mini bridges, bridges of understanding, building bridges, trying to bring people together to create what i lik