um yes, desperately. also i want to call the police but maybe you re the police. yeah. just incredible. thank you, my friend. well done. well done. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. tonight we are going to be joined live this hour by the person who is fast becoming one of the most familiar faces and voices of the new administration, jen psaki, white house spokesperson is going to be our guest tonight. even though we re only one week into the administration, i can show you this many pictures of her conducting different white house press briefings because we have daily white house press briefings again. she does these every day. under the trump administration, they started out bad until they disappeared entirely. they seemed not to be able to handle talking to the press every day and bring questions. but immediately day one, president biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. they started reversing things that were broken by the
every day and bring questions. but immediately day one, president biden brought back the briefings and jen psaki is the spokesperson. they started reversing things that were broken by the previous president as they set to restore some of the basic things that had gone by the wayside over the years like daily briefings. as they set taught pass ambitious policies and programs that biden campaigned on, that democrats in congress campaigned on, it is sort of awkward but i think unavoidable to realize that one crucial thing that going to make the life-or-death difference as to whether or not the new administration and new congress are actually able to get stuff done is a thing that we only have because of richard nixon being such a terrible president. and specifically because of something that richard nixon did right before he resigned. and it seemed like nothing much at the time. it got not that much attention at the time, but it very well may now determine if the biden presidenc
place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. and in a famous incident, a group of native american activists took over alcatraz island in 1969,reclaiming it as indian land during their 18 month occupation. amidst this assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination,and congress acted on nixon s reform proposals. in his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, president nixon said, both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the indians themselves have long been telling us. the time has come to break decisively with the past and to create conditions for a new era in which the indian future is determined by indian acts and indian decisions. when president nixon returned the sacred site of new mexico to the people of taos pueblo in a ceremony, it symbolized the fundamental shift in u.s. government policy towards americ
presented by the richard nixon foundation carried mr. johnson: president s and s administration is regarded as one of the most pro-indian of the 20th century. it ushered in a new era of self-government. native americans found a champion in president nixon. a stance that resulted from his personal history and his consultation with indian leaders who helped shape his view of indian affairs. this policy breakthrough took place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. and in a famous incident, a group of activists took over alcatraz island in 1969 reclaiming it as indian land during their occupation. assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president and advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination and congress acted on his reform. in his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, president and said both as a matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social policy, we must begin to act on the basis of what the indians themselves have long
the richard nixon foundation. mr. johnson: president s and s president nixon s administration is regarded as one of the most pro-indian of the 20th century and one that restored lands to tribes and ushered in a new era of self-government. native americans found a champion in president nixon. a stance that resulted from his personal history and his consultation with indian leaders who helped shape his view of indian affairs. this policy breakthrough took place in an atmosphere of indian activism and even militancy. and in a famous incident, a group of native american activists took over alcatraz island in 1969,reclaiming it as indian land during their 18 month occupation. amidst this assertion of cultural identity and land claims, president nixon advanced a successful proposal to repeal termination,and congress acted on nixon s reform proposals. in his special message to congress on july 8, 1970, both as aixon said, matter of justice and as a matter of enlightened social po