washington. he believes there's the personal man and the public man . those people who had the personal relationship would not display that personal relationship in public. the private man had a public persona. -- stay outside of arms reach. at this is a george washington who enjoyed playing cards, he enjoyed cockfight's, horse races. this is the george washington who love to dance. it was reported he was the best dancer in all of virginia. this was the washington who loved to hunt and fish. he loved going to the theater. his favorite play was tragedy of-- and if you know anything it's a story about a young selfless patriot who sacrifices himself to the greater patriot cause, maybe because washington felt he was that guy. he also liked hamlet, julius caesar, and the washington who had an eye for attractive women. she was considered an attractive woman. not only was she and attract of woman, she was the widow of a gentleman and she was very wealthy. so george will end up marrying up. he was not th

his name was george washington. george washington adopted them as his own. george washington had no natural born heirs. he raised them as his own. he would command the army and teenage jackie and patty but patty passed away as well at 13. he left our nation to victory and the war was a jackie, at 26 passed away. martha, at 48 had been predeceased by all four children. jackie had married a few years earlier and had children. after time, he said he was homesick and wanted to be back in virginia. so he could be close to his beloved mount vernon. he decided to use the family fortune to buy the land that is now arlington national cemetery. he brought what is now ronald ragan national airport. the correspondence between the two in valley forge, advising his adopted son not be taken. after we succeeded in yorktown and the country celebrated, the washington was horny there remain son. there were four young children. george and martha adopted two of them. they raised them as their own. by this time, there's no longer current washington. he was the greatest living ame

aboutformation she gives washington, george washington and marsha -- martha washington revolves around religion because it was clear she became very religious at the -- during her life as a fugitive. church was where she became literate. we are not certain if she could write or not but at least could repeat it she talked more about religion. she talked about a desire to go to the granddaughter. she talked about the fact that she never regretted this decision but she didn't give us the kind of intricacies of what was going on, and i find that kind of fascinating. she lived with them for so long. she knew everything. she witnessed the difficult moments, but she never went there. she didn't give up that kind of personal information. she takes a few jabs the washingtons, but give her a break. she was a slave, fugitive. she has the right to put in some jabs. she questioned whether or not george washington was really religious. she say i never saw him pray. he went to church but didn't pray. so i think that's a different kind of understanding about religion from her viewpoint, but she doesn'

they join c-span's educational relations team in washington, d.c. for four weeks in july to develop new teaching materials. they also have lead c-span some summer educators conference. one of our three 2019 teacher fellows is middle school teacher zachariah lowe of sumter, south carolina. zach lowe is one of our c-span teacher fellows. he's a teacher at middle school in sumter, south carolina. tell us a little bit about your students. >> my students come from a very rural, very impoverished backgrounds. we are very on the edge of the sumter county in south carolina. it's kind of shape like oklahoma so our school comes from the panhandle, so we are completely away from the nearest city, and we have about 400 kids grades k through eight, so very small school as well. the kids are determined to grow, determined to learn and just great personalities. and desire to try to make their communities a better place. >> your focus is state history, south carolina state history. what prompted you to apply to be a teacher fellow? >> i came to c-span's educator co

. >> "washington journal" continues. mark krikorian joining us for a discussion on e-verify in the wake of the i.c.e. enforcement efforts that netted undocumented workers. what is e-verify and who has to use it? guest: a free online system that is not mandatory, voluntary but about half of new hires are screened through it and it is free for employers and when you take the information for your new hire that you have to click for social security and irs

it was hard for my students to realize what happens in washington. some of them have not really ever left sumter county or there's a field trip we actually took last school year, the first time that most of the kids had ver been to a zoo. so i was using c-span footage if to the show them what's happening in washington and why it's important. over the last couple of years i've made it a point to use those primary sources. this fellowship then would offer an tun for me to not only learn more about the state history resources c-span offer bus also to tray to contribute more and build on what's already there >> what are some of the practical thingus take away from this experience here in washington in terms of as a teacher? and what do you think you learned about spoil or politics here that maybe changed your opinion on? >> i didn't realize how much c-span had to offer. i knew about the gavel-to-gavel coverage of the house and senate but we referenced that conference a couple of years ago about american history tv, cities tour, book tv and things of that

did not show washington praying in the snow, instead he showed washington in his office -- and his officers dressed in spotless winter clothing, talking to enlisted men dressed in rags. on the ceiling above those two murals is a moon, what you said at the time was his depiction of war. in the alcove on the opposite side of the upper hall we have peace, we have washington eating his officers farewell, including lafayette, indicate -- indicating the importance of foreign assistance during the revolution. opposite this one we have washington as president, mediating between hamilton and jefferson over how to implement the new constitution, which is on the table in front of them. the ceiling of this alcove presents the sun and rainbow, which iltv said was his depiction of peace. so these two opposite alcoves show war and peace. this is the banner that introduces the alcove showing peace, and if you can read it, i can't read it from here myself, but i will let you read it. the third alcove shows washington bidding farewell to his mother, who was dying of cancer, he was reluctant to leave her, but

washingtons that the comes jubilee voices forward now. they're going to ask that we'll stand as we all saying, -- we all saying, lift every voice and sing. we have the insert here in your program. we have many songs today that tell stories. two brothers, one wrote a poem and the other set it to music. 120 years ago, and told our story, "lift every voice and ing." it was first sung by 500 schoolchildren on february 12, 1900 at the segregated school where james weldon johnson was principal. so many stories. now, a part of america's story. lift every voice and sing. >> ♪ lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring ring with the harmonies of liberty let our rejoicing rise, high as the list'ning skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea sing a song full of faith that the dark past has tought us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us; facing the rising sun of our new day begun, let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chast'ning rod, felt in the day that hope unborn had died;

just kind of getting into more focus on what washington, d.c. has to offer. come into dents class&there are big political things happening, president trump, et cetera, says something or congress does something, what is the number one thing you sort in ear from your students terms of current political events that they come to you and say? regurgitate in a way whatever their parents say. whatever viewpoints that they arry from home into the classroom. that's pretty much their focus, right? so regardless of issue, it could be gay marriage, could be abortion, could be the military, it's whatever their parents have taught them. we definitely try and instill the capacity and the ability for the kids to read the sources themselves, and make their own determinations. n fact, i had some of my students this last year take one of the -- polls to find out they wouldical party lign w. there were several, they were solidly democrat, take the quiz and it's completely conservative. on the flip side. so teaching them really how to understand what the political arties represen

this is the washington way. donald trump thinks that if you do these things, it will destroy your economy. if you treat people fairly and adopt net neutrality and adopt the first long-term care plan for seniors in the united states like we have done, it will wreck your economy. gdps who has the best growth, it is washington state. it is time to make that across the united states of america. this is the way to defeat donald trump. . am happy to be up there before i go, i would love to stand for some gentle, easy criticisms and great questions. >> my name is betty and i am an aclu -- gov. inslee: go ahead. voterm a rights for all and my question is about ice. many of these people who are in detention are long-term residents and have green cards. it has become so bloated it has increased almost 60% the last two years. decrease themit to numbers by 75%? gov. inslee: the question is could we decreased the number of people in detention and the yes.r is an by taking children away from isir young parents, it the darkest

washington. when they got married martha dandridge custis became martha washington in george washington adopted jackie and patty as his own. he and martha never had children of their own but george washington had no natural born errors. they do not move the washington family which is across the potomac river, mount vernon. he raised them as his own. throughout the 1760s and 1770s until war called. he went off to command the continental army. martha and by then teenage jackie and patty were sometimes with him but unfortunately patty passed away as well at the age of 13. she suffered from epilepsy which in those days was something that could claim one life in a moments notice. martha and george were despondent. george soldiered on, leaving our nation to victory in the revolutionary war in 1781 at the battle of yorktown. what was a great time for our nation, winning our independence from the british, was yet another moment of tragedy for george in washington. for george and martha because jackie at

he is literally hunting washington and washington is literally running and hiding. so he is using the fabian tactics, he is using it because he wants to maintain the army. when the situation is in his favor, such as here crossing the delaware, he is able to spring these elaborate, difficult night crossings of the river where he attacks and keeps and preserves the war getting the americans this big moral boost at a time when commissions are running out. it is from fighting this war fighting defensively rather than being ultra-aggressive. the idea of the older model of attack, attack, attack. washington is going to view the army very differently. he is going to say i should hope every post would be deemed honorable which gave them an opportunity to serve his country. by this, he needs soldiers and officers. anyone can serve. he also expands it to anyone in the military and that could be civilians providing food and clothing. it could be women taking collections to feed the army. it could be even african- americans who were joining the army to serve in a variety of cap

got to go to the apollo 11 on washington monument which was cool. >> 50th anniversary. zach: 50th anniversary, yeah. so just kind of getting into more detail, focus on what washington, dc has to offer. >> when students from the class and there are big political things happening, president from -- president trump says something or congress does something, what is the number one thing you sort of hear from your students in terms of current political events? zach: they kind of regurgitate in a way whatever their parents say, whatever viewpoints they carry from home into the classroom. that is pretty much their focus. regardless of issue, it could be gay marriage, abortion, the military, it's whatever their parents have been, and that's -- their parents have taught them and that's why we try and , instill the capacity and ability for the kids to read through the sources themselves and make their own determinations. in fact, i had some of my student this last year take one of the polls to find out which ones they would align with. there were several that said , a democrat an

this is the washington way. now, donald trump thinks that if you do these things, it will destroy your economy, right? if you treat people fairly and adopt net neutrality and adopt the first long-term care plan for seniors in the united states like we've done, it will wreck your economy. well, guess who has the best gdp growth, the best wage growth across the united states? it's washington state. it's time to make that across the united states of america. this is the way to defeat donald trump. i'm happy to be up there. before i go, i would love to stand for some gentle, easy criticisms and great questions. yes? >> yeah, my name's betty and i'm an aclu -- gov. inslee: go ahead. >> my name's betty and i'm a rights for all voter and my question is about ice. many of these people who are in detention are long-term residents and have green cards. it's become so bloated it's increased almost 60% the last two years. could you commit to decrease the numbers by 75%? gov. inslee: the question is could we decrease the num

why not have a mural class at george washington high school. it is possible to do individual murals. i would like george washington high school students doing their murals. you can make them about the size, and they can do response murals and these can be exhibited. if one of our young adults feels the need to respond personally to one of these barrels to empower themselves, they can do a response mural. there is many ways we can empower our youth, but simply covering up a factual truth, about history, is not empowering. in fact, this gives the mural power over them. it hides it, buries it and therefore gives it unconscious power over someone. this does not empower our young adults. [applause] >> before you get started, sir. i'm going to allot, we are at the last 16 seconds, i'm going to allot five additional minutes. if the people in line want to coordinate who's going to use the five last minutes, it is up to you. i'm not going to stop anyone's time, i will let you organize amongst yourself around the last five minutes. were going to start it

me, why did you decide to know what down to washington d.c. and why not give yourself a more narrow window of time? >> we read about dc because there was a need with a lot of new residence knowing what they were getting into felt the old city slipping away and wanted to make sure the other people knew the story and there had been a good book on race in 50 years and we wanted to fill the void. the reason we meet at 400 years is that most of the books about the city had neglect and really in racial populations in the city. in particular the native american population, so we wanted to in the historical beginning the first time we have written record in 1608 when john cook came up to potomac river from jamestown and went to a native american village on the bank of the river . >> let's focus on the early american period and what was the racial makeup and that nations capital at that time so from the beginning the racial makeup of the city when congress got here in 1800 was about 20% african-american dc was carved out of prime tobacco plantation cou

a madison washington was an enslaved man. he was sold at auction in richmond and put onto a slave ship. many were sold from virginia slave markets and sent to the deep south to work the cotton fields. that was probably what madison washington's intended fate was. except that during the voyage from richmond to new orleans, madison washington led a mutiny on board the creel. -- the creole. they broke out of the cargo hold. they commandeered the ship, and they sailed to the bahamas which was a british territory. time, slavery had been abolished in the british empire, so madison washington and his conspirators knew that if they got to british waters or got to british territories, they had a good chance of becoming free. became anent international sensation and it caused a diplomatic furor between american slaveholders who wanted what they consider their property back in the british government that decided to free both of the 135 enslaved people who had been on board the creole including madison and washington. when madison washin

very much present in washington d.c. these days i think so. maybe do you with the means of their policies whichever is the policy do you mean what it is you want to do you want to go to jam jenkin you out why she suddenly become friends with them with the russians the previous republican candidate for president said many times russia is our deepest bright most powerful and most dangerous enemy this is you know a guy who was running for president before trump many people in congress sit there and say like lunatics we've got to fight the russians there are terrible terrible enemy russians and how do you know me of the united states we should be doing everything we can with them and we should be with the chinese people in washington have no clue about that world ok i see earl you're nodding your head in agreement why go ahead. absolutely i think china and russia are not enemies of the us whatever maybe they are there are challenges on the economic side with china but it's cartesian. gemini that's a competition really it's competition and i think

washington insiders get axpayer money. members of congress get reelected, and the system works for everyone except the american people. this kind of self-interest builds on itself as members spend more and more time in ffice. in an age in which the partisan divide intractable, it is remarkable that public support for congressional term limits remains strong across already lines. in poll after poll, conducted over decades, americans who are republicans, who are democrats, who are independents, americans who are conservatives, who are liberals, or moderates, men or women who are anglo-american, or african-american, or hispanic, all support term limits by overwhelming margins. for example, a 2018 mclaughlin & associates poll found that 82 % of americans support term limits for congress, including 89% of republicans, but also 76% of democrats support term limits. 83 % of independents support term limits. 72% of hispanics support term limits. 70% of african-americans support term limits. indeed, the one group, it seems in ameri

in fact there is a great story shortly after he arrived in washington from the washington post. woman cames up at a reception and says i love your book. you are a household name and saying i'm out with my father and says she says you are much too modest and the article in the post and the headline was holmes side. now i've already forgotten your second question. lincoln? he told several in particular louis einstein many years late later, like many people from massachusetts had a very low opinion. i thought of myth was constructed. but i have since read things that made me realize i was probably wrong about that. >> i have a question after he was nominated but before he was confirmed he went around boston to say farewell and did one at the tavern club band in that address he was given a resume of his life and said talking about the civil war it was perhaps the great war experience of his life and then said perhaps a greater more experience was the first ten years of a profession becoming a lawyer. what are your thoughts quick. >> a consistent strain in his view was using the mili

what other things did you do when you are in washington? eleanor: they do jazz and sangria at the part in the national sculpture -- park and the national sculpture garden. that has been a real treat. i have gotten five dollar tickets to nats games. it has really been taking the time to be in a place for so long. we have been here for a month. it is not a two day whirlwind around d.c. but taking the time to spread out in different places. start spreading out beyond that core boundary that most of us think of when we picture d.c. it has been a real delight to really get to live in a place and feel like i know where i am going and i am not just hanging around. host: as you head back to california and a new high school, is there a follow-up process to what you have learned here? eleanor: i will be moving to a much bigger high school and i will actually have a full history department to get to work with, not just me and a few other colleagues. i am really excited to get to share this process. how to make resources how to , dive into the c-span l

they join c-span's education relations team and washington, d.c. for four weeks in july to develop new teaching materials and help lead c-span's cymer educators conference. one of our three 2019 teacher fellows is middle school teachers accor i out low -- lowe.iah sumter, south carolina. >> my students come from a rural and impoverished grounds. there on the edge of sumter county in south carolina. our school comes from the panhandle. we are completely away from the nearest city. kids, grades k-8 so a very small school. the kids are determined to grow and learn and great personalities. and make their communities a better place. >> your focus is state history. south carolina state history. aat have to do to apply to be teacher fellow, what did you think you would learn? >> i say -- i came to c-span's educator conference four years ago, it was my first real it wasment experience, after my first year of teaching. it was hard for my students to realize what happens in washington because solve them have not -- some of them have not ever left sumter coun

if the republican party in washington, i think the states in washington, but the republican party in washington does not as a vow his racist tirades, they will go down in massive defeat in 2020. i saw this happen in the nixon year when a lot of people, very honorable republicans who engaged in the draining effort of defending richard nixon all year long and then it turned out when the tapes were released he had been lying to the american people about everything, they all lost. no questions asked. one was from iowa i believe. that will happen next year if they do not disavow his racism. my answer to your question is yes, he is a racist. the first thing i said when i heard about will heard is i hope you can hang on to scout. how peopleed about are keeping quiet. wait until thel moment is right. frankly, it will depend on me getting some air beneath my wings in terms of publicity and electoral progress at the national level. i am not just going to get out too early and advance my interest. >> how we are responsible is the president for people taking up , [indiscernible] mr. weld: i hold

i think the bar of washington, d.c. particularly would have insisted on a death sentence to avenge their friend, the former u.s. attorney and so i think that would've happened if the jury has convicted sickles. really there was a time would look like that very well may happen because at first there's this reaction, like you know what, the guy was having an affair with his wife, good for sickles. and then when you think about it, you got a few weeks to consider it, you say we can't just have people going into the street and killing people. even if the person has done wrong to them. so the delay in bringing this case to trial, which would not be considered a delay by any measure by today's standards, that at the time he's not going to go trial until april, and so the community has had time to think about it. there was a rejected jury who was telling what if i'd made it on this journey i would've voted to convict him. so no, i'm pretty confident he would have tanked. one thing apple say that key was concerned of and this w

i think that's very you are in washington and you are saying this. how do you see washington grow in trying to promote this vision that you are trying to have because we know washington's policies are very important whether it's one end or to ask, whether they go through baghdad or a split, you go to baghdad and you have to go to erdil and you talk with both. how do you see washington playing a constructive role in making that vision that you have a reality? >> washington in the past and even during the resurgence had a united iraqi, democraticunited iraqi . that was filled by all iraqis and one by all iraqis, that is the true policy and the right act but washington also can help us to build both that kind of alternate building, it's a stronger institution. if we have a stronger branch in both government regions, both in erdil and if you have a stronger court system or judicial system and institutions within institutions can talk together and it's going to be more stable relations based son personal relations. washington has been trying to put for ex

to be cleverly dissecting the cult of washington to have the worship of washington the first and most important trait was to empathize his fate and next the whole stature 6-foot three and it was evident in his elegant form and his graceful movements and as a man of few words adams joked his fellow virginians adored him because the geese are all swans. and even more than genius we know it to be true as well voters take manufactured qualities in character and adams suffered in comparison to washington and acquired the nasty nickname of a label started with vice president used in the election of 18 hundreds. political gamesmanship by the time the second adams entered a contest. in 1824 win then secretary of state john quincy adams is seeking the presidency they captured the foot race into this day of a presidential portrait this is relevant even tonight with the kentucky derby. john quincy adams is the head and with a military uniform coming up fast standing at the front of the crowd cheering on his son while spectators place wages on the outcomes. this is democracy at its worst in the s

why did you decide to narrow it down to washington, d.c.? and why not give yourself a more narrow window of time? >> well, we wrote about d.c. because there was a need. there were a lot of new residents to the city that wanted to know what they were getting into. a lot of older residents who felt the old city slipping away and wanted to understand, make sure other people knew the story. and there hadn't been a good book on race in washington, d.c. in about 50 years. and so we wanted to philamena void. the reason we made it 400 years is because most of the books about the city neglected some of the really important racial populations in the city. in particular the native american population. so we wanted to start in the historical beginning, the first time we have written records in washington, d.c. and that was in 1608 when john smith came up the potomac river from jamestown and went to the native american village on the banks of the and a costia river. >> let's focus on the early american period. and what was the racial makeup in the nation

you're in washington and you are saying this. how do you see washington's role in trying to promote the vision you are trying to have? we know washington's policies are important whether they treat iraq as one iraq or to iraq's --re they go through baghdad how do you see washington playing a constructive role in making that vision you have a reality? washington, in: united --had the democratic united iraqi, being run by all iraqis and represented. that is the true policy and the right path. but washington also can help us to build in baghdad and build a stronger institution. inwe have a stronger branch both government regions and if court systemonger or judicial system and institutions can talk together and it can be more stable .elations washington has been trying to them together, force them to talk to each other. that is a shortsighted policy. it's not going to work for a very long time and we have seen that. the middle of the conflict, and a couple of months they were in meeting saying they are brothers and after two months,

david in washington if i start with you. do we need to keep that in the back of our minds a fact that that very last piece of the puzzle could get for in fact probably will fall in a couple of years well you know i'm not sure i mean the fact that you've had to withdraw from the i.m.f. which is always been a european centric thing as a matter fact the impetus for it was helmut schmidt when he was a chancellor that may be seen as enough to address this issue and people might have a wait and see and the other thing is you know there's an election between now and then by february of 2021 john bolton could be a private citizen his opinion could be worth about as much as mine so you know i wouldn't i wouldn't pin too much on that it's worth it's worth watching but it's not worth watching like say a predator drone watches an area of interest ok quick final thought from you there is a probably going to be where it plays out. well i think is going to very hard to replace it with something else simply given the new distribution of pow

you want to have big influence in washington d.c. and need to have a big lobby and that means you need to have big money meet the american fuel and petro chemical manufacturers the f.p.m. represents all the big names in the energy markets koch industries chevron exxon mobil valero energy to name a few now the f.p.m. has been around since 1902 making sure that the voice of the ultra wealthy oil monopolists are not left out of the political process and it seems like their latest target has been protesters now the a.f.p. has crafted legislation in $22.00 different states already passed in 9 states that would severely restrict the activities of political activists who might get in the way of oil pipelines and other profitable infrastructure in an audio recording obtained by the intercept the group's senior vice president discusses the strategy that they're using to criminalize protests. live with. the. now the language of the riot boosting act is a little bit vague it could be a stretch to outlaw even thinking about protesting big oil co

"washington journal" is next. ♪ host: this is the "washington journal" for august 5. the flag at the u.s. capitol at half-staff after the shootings that resulted in multiple deaths in dayton ohio -- dayton, ohio, and el paso, texas. president trump expected to make statement at 10:00. some are calling for the president to strongly condemn white nationalism and some are calling for the senate to come back into session. in the first hour of our program this morning, we are asking you how washington should respond to the recent mass shootings. here is how you can let us know. republicans, 202-748-8001howdem. and independents, 202-748-8002. if you are a gun owner and want to give your thoughts on how washington should respond to the 24 plusf the last hours, you can join us on twitter and post on our facebook page. on the senate side, several members of the senate calling for a stop of the summer break to come back and take care of or address the issues of -- issue of the shootings by legislation. chuck schumer calling for the majority leader to call the senate into sessio

this is the washington way. donald trump thinks that if you do these things, it will destroy your economy. right? if you treat people fairly. if you adopt net neutrality and adopt the first long-term care plan for seniors in the united states like we have done, it will wreck your economy. guess who has the best gdp growth, the best wage growth, and the best economy in the united states? it is washington state. it is time to make that across the united states of america. this is the way to defeat donald trump. i am happy to be up there. before i go, i would love to stand for some gentle, easy criticisms and great questions. >> my name is betty and i am an aclu rights for all voter. people inese detention are long-term residents and even have green cards. is become so bloated almost 60% in the last two years. would you commit to decreasing the numbers in the centers by 75% rate. the question is would we decrease the people in detention? yes. of all his damage, willful, conscious intentional infliction of pain and

people live in washington dc and run the country but they don't run washington. certainly, not in this era. congress everyone gone over the session and if the residents of dc in charge of the trial. think about dc culture at the time. unapologetically proslavery, southern, key as part of the firmament of the city so people come and go, presidents, and go, commitment, and go but people like he remains. he had the u.s. attorney under a multiple presence in pierce and the canon but previously in the polk administration. he tried every case and from the judge crawford and so the bar of washington dc particularly would have consisted on a death sentence to avenge their friend and former u.s. attorney and i think that would've happened if the jury had convicted sickles and really there was a time in that very well may have happened. there's this reaction guy having affair with his wife and good for sickles but then we think about it and have a few weeks to consider you say you can't just have people going into the street and killing people even if that person had done

watch washington journal every morning on c-span. joining us today, larry o'connor, host of the examining politics continues its a man who was on that debate stage twice from the left, from the democrats perspective. that is an important part of the conversation. even if i disagreed with them. that is an important part of what we do. we have reached a point in this country where it is almost a unicorn idea that people with opposing political ideas and perspectives can have a lively and informed conversation. it is important to me and the washington examiner that we display that and put it forward, that we disagree, but we have to get something done through our words, not through any kind of vile rhetoric that we see so often. >> how often do you produce a podcast? how do you go about determining the content and where can people find you? >> this is a daily podcast. a lot of times, podcasters are working on a weekly basis or biweekly date -- basis. host.radio talk show i also have a two hour program in los angeles on kabc radio. that

the story our guest referenced from the washington post, pictures from those lives lost. politicians started their summer break. by the time it concludes, what is the likelihood this issue will be front and center then? guest: that is exactly right. with this president and this trump era, where it seems like we go through 10 different news cycles in the course of one week, we have four weeks remaining of this congressional recess and that is a long time before congress reconvenes in washington and starts to begin to have a real, genuine debate about gun reforms. everyone is sort of scattered in their respective districts. 40 lawmakers were on a weeklong trip to israel led by steny hoyer and kevin mccarthy. members are on vacation. everyone is dispersed around the world during this recess. the real test will be what happens, whether there is any sort of momentum that is able to be preserved after this long four week recess and my earlier it seems like the media and the american public has often been distracted in afterrump by controversy controversy. it will be a real test

we know in washington, d.c. a lot about the two major parties in kurdistan and we had a good idea of some of the new parties that go around. what can you tell us about the future? what is it? it came after the elections. this is one of the ways where iraqi politics, once you form a coalition and enter the elections and that is just to get seats and get negotiation power -- but the true negotiation power and the true action happens when the groups and blocs that are formed under the ceiling of the parliament and that is where the action works. so what is this group? is it a new group? what are the new plans? what are you trying to accomplish by forming it? a policy perspective. mr. shamsulddin: exactly. our view on disputed areas and the future of baghdad, i will talk about that, but if you will allow me to go back to the history a little bit. the kurdish political parties, the kurdish democratic party, after like 15 years, there were two groups of people within the kdp. the groups were called the educated and yo

they put their money in washington. this is the part that really turns it -- do you know who they sent to washington on the front lines, it is the bought and paid for experts who deny climate science. why do they do that? you should stand up and say you don't know about the climate 85 millionas hot years ago and the dinosaurs loved it, why do they do that? they don't do it because they don't understand the science, ,hey do it to build an umbrella an umbrella over the politicians so politicians can keep taking money from the coke others and keep taking money from the oil industry and keep taking money from the big polluters and say i don't know. you want to understand the climate crisis we face today, it is 25 years of corruption in washington. [applause] sen. warren: so what are we going to do about this? it is not going to be enough just to say we are going to change a statute over here or get a couple of regulations over there. we want to change this, it is going to take big structure real change. structural change. [

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