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fanny feedback. america s reaction to the fulton county d.a. s fiery testimony this week, and what it says about race, gender, and her case against donald trump. i ll talk about it with maya wylie. and, again designer b. michael is here to discuss the incredible looks he cried for the iconic actress sicily tyson, and their unique bond of friendship and fashion. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. many of you will be off for the presidents day holiday. a one day respite from work. but if you are in congress, it will be day four of a 14-day recess. lawmakers bolted town so fast they left behind a long and hefty to do list that has major implications at home, and abroad. a list that will only grow more urgent as each passing day. when the house returns on february 28th, speaker mike johnson will have only three working days to avoid a partial government shutdown on march 1st. but right now, there is a stalemate over critical aid for ukraine, because spe ....
shutdown looms. congressman andy kim of the house foreign affairs committee, and former dnc chair howard dean join me live to discuss all of this and more. fanny feedback. america s reaction to the fulton county d. a. s fiery testimony this week, and what it says about race, gender, and her case against donald trump. i ll talk about it with maya wylie. and, again designer b. michael is here to discuss the incredible looks he cried for the iconic actress sicily tyson, and their unique bond of friendship and fashion. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. many of you will be off for the presidents day holiday. a one day respite from work. but if you are in congress, it will be day four of a 14-day recess. lawmakers bolted town so fast they left behind a long and hefty to do list that has major implications at home, and abroad. a list that will only grow more urgent as each passing day. when the house returns on february 28th, speaker mike johnson will hav ....
carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger. so helms called in the political consultants who in turn helped the helms campaign to fight back. this is what theygn came up wit this ad. you needed that job because you were the best qualified, but they had to give it to a minority because of a racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gains says it is. your vote on this issue, for racial quota, harvey gain, against racial quotas, jesse helms. you were a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with. can you feel the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed. he won re-election to a fourth term in the senate 54 to 46%. that strategy worked, it worked well, making gant the face of affirmative action, a racial quota system that kept whites at a disadvantage ipfavor of less qualified minorities, it was potent stuff. the race baiting and the zero-sum politics, it moved people because it angered ....
a happy warrior. if any of you have served with him, which most of you have, you know that he is fond of this proverb. if iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. well, the vice president sharpens all of us. he makes all of us better. he reminds all of us what a privilege it is to serve this great country at such a critical hour in her history. we are so grateful for him being with us today. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the vice president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] [applause] mike pence: thank you mr. , speaker. thank you, leader mcconnell and to all the leaders of the membership and congress and your families. it is good to be back. [applause] mike pence: i just feel so at home, i know that the speaker told me backstage that six out of 10 members of the house of representatives are new since about a year before i left the capitol building to be governor of indiana. but it doesn t feel that way. i feel very at home. and let ....
transition, has been working with us since day one. earlier this week he came up to the capitol after we had been meeting at the white house, to spend more time going over our shared agenda, working on our 200-day plan. he is just so committed to get getting this right and making sure we re on the same page. mike pence is the glue that keeps us all together, focused and fixed on our shared goals, timelines and challenges. i think what all of us really admire most about mike, our friend, he is the epitome of a happy warrior. if any of you have served with him, which most of you have, you know that he is fond of this proverb. as iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another. well, the vice president sharpens all of us. he makes all of us better. he reminds all of us what a privilege it is to serve this great country at such a critical hour in her history. we are so grateful for him being with us today. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the vice presid ....