allows mobster tear down statues of lincoln and for the authorities to remove statues of lincoln preemptively. if you can t look up to lincoln, of course you have this void. anyone could step into a void this big. as i say, if we get the past into some kind of proper light, we could do the future better. if we just leave it empty, anything can happen. finally i want because you talk about the lack of context, a lack of understanding historically, i just i read your book and i m reminded though of a lot of things that i ve read, whether it was from harold bloom in the western cannon or the closing of the american mind and i want to read this quote to you. it s from his 1987 book the closing of the american mind , this is what allen moon discussed on the changing perceptions of the founding fathers. he said radicals succeeded in promoting a popular conviction that the founding was an the american principles are racist. thus, openness is driven out the local deities leaving
hour. president biden delivering remarks to kick off the second global covid summit, a virtual event hosted by the white house. the president is expected to speak about the 1 million american lives lost to covid-19. also a bill to protect abortion rights is defeated in the senate. what is next for this highly contentious issue. and will democrats be able to harness the fury from their base in time for the midterms. and plus the latest from the war in ukraine where there is talk of another russian annexation. the use of hyper sonic missiles and a major development from overnight from finland. let s start the hour at the white house where we find chief white house correspondent co-host of weekend today, peter alexander. good to see you. so let s talk about this covid summit. an issue now a year and a half almost into his presidency that is still is front and center for president biden. yeah, willie, that is exactly
reporter said that was indeed the plan. watch. i mean, like, you know, supporter to supporter, why do you think mike pence didn t do it? because mike pence is an establishment guy at the end of the day. all of the establishment republicans in b.c. bought into this very myopic view that trump was destroying the republican party. what trump is doing is destroying the inside development of the republican party and reviving the republican party in the hinterland which they all perceived as deplorable flyover country. he didn t create the movement. the movement was there. he saw it and got ahead of it. joining me now, chief correspondent co-host of state of the union, dana bash. they clearly want to question john eastman, that s clear, but
about what exactly should be included in this legislation as well as what the top-line number should be with moderates arguing that this bill might be around $2 trillion and progressives arguing they d like to see it at $3.5 trillion. the speaker clear here that some cuts are going to have to be made. the decisions of course, still to be determined. kate? absolutely. lauren, thank you for that. as lauren is laying out, the debt crisis is just one of several major challenges facing the biden administration. the president s entire domestic agenda remains stalled at this moment. and there are huge questions about how long democrats maintain that razor-thin majority lauren spoke about in both chambers and what the broader picture looks like with the democracy in crisis. joining me for perspective is cnn chief political correspondent co-host of state of the union dana bash. the opening line from our colleague steven collins analysis kind of cuts through the talking points and minutia a