about the early intellectual history of the united states, the civil war, and the reconstruction era. his book titles include gettysburg and robert e. lee: a life, a biography of the confederate general. join with your facebook comments, calls, texts, and tweets sunday on in-depth on both tv. visit c-spanshop.org to get your copy of his books. >> washington journal continues. >> washington journal continues. host: welcome back. we will spend our last hour talking about your top news story of 2021. npr asked what they thought were the top stories of 2021. from the capitol riot to abortion rights, these the top

stories of 2021. the capitol attack is number one. as they said it, abortion rights is a case before the supreme court. the mississippi abortion law that some scholars predict will test roe v. wade. listen to the oral argument. this is from justice sotomayor. >> the right of a woman to choose, the right to control her own body has been clearly set and never challenged. you want us to reject that right of viability and adopt something different. 15 justices over 50 years -- i should say 36 cases, have reaffirmed that basic viability.

for have said no. two of the members of this court. 15 justices have said yes. they are of varying political backgrounds. now, the house bill in mississippi said we are doing it because we have new justices. the newest bandit mississippi has put in place, the senate sponsor said we are doing it because we have new justices on the supreme court. will this institution survive the stench that this creates? in the public perception that the constitution and its reading are just political acts? i don't see how this is

possible. when they talked about watershed decisions, some of them, brown v. board of education, this one, they have such an entrenched set of expectations in our society. this is what the court decided. we won't be able to survive if people believe that everything, including new york versus sullivan, i could name any other set of rights including the second amendment, there are many who believe the court errored in seeing this as a personal right as opposed to a militia right. if people believe it's all political, how will we survive?

how will the court survive? host: this was justice sotomayor over the mississippi law. this into one of the republicans on the court, justice kavanaugh talking about who should be responsible for making abortion policy. >> to be clear, you're not arguing that the courts have the authority to prohibit abortion or this court has the authority to order the states to prohibit abortion. >> correct. >> you say the court is neutral, the constitution is neither pro-life nor pro-choice. it leaves the issue for the people of the states or congress to resolve. is that accurate? >> it's up to the people.

>> if you were to prevail, the states, the majority of states could or would continue to freely allow abortion in some states. they would be able to do that, even if you prevail. >> that is consistent with our view. it allows all interest to have a voice. i don't think anybody would think it was moving to change the law in a more restrictive direction. 4 from the oral argument over the mississippi law, npr writes:

we are talking about your top news story of 2021. tony is in pennsylvania. we will go to you first. is your top pick? caller: happy holidays, america. my top pick would be climate change. specifically the way it is taken up in the media. i've been a longtime watcher of c-span. it seems like we just here corporate talking points. there are different think tanks that come on. the last segment would be a good example of it. it's a complex issue. we hear one very narrow perspective instead of a dialogue with maybe two people. i would like to see c-span identify the money behind these

talking heads when they come on and what their biases are. climate change and don't look up as a great depiction of where we are headed. it's not good. host: cornelius in louisiana. your next. caller: good morning, greta. happy new year. let me say something. that was the greatest interview. i tried to get on. i think that is one of our greatest new stories. i hope you get him back. i used to be a democrat. i became a republican because of president trump and dr. ben carson.

history doesn't say about the republicans after reconstruction that were on and swung with lack folks. he brought up that black regiment. i heard about them. we had black regiments in the revolutionary war that fought for independence. the british had black regiments and they promise them freedom if the british had one the revolutionary war. the country started in 1776. it did not start in 1619. blacks sold blacks to the spanish, the french, the english. that's how blacks ended up over here. that's the truth about slavery. i am part indian.

indians had wars. they would enslave other indians if they defeated them. we need to have a true history of america and the world. host: i am going to move on to maryland. caller: good morning. i have a lot of problems with mr. wilson. he seems to be talking out of both sides of his mouth. he stated the situation was better for black people during segregation than the same system . that is speaking out of both sides of his mouth. host: let me ask you, is that is your top new start? caller: that's a national issue, about what went on of afghanistan. i can't understand the united

states was there for 20 years and the people there when america withdraw, the conditions were so bad. what the hell was going on there if the people left. i'm trying to figure out. the money they were sending there, it doesn't make sense to me. if the people are doing so bad now, what will be doing there for that long of a. of time. host: when all the money go? caller: why are the people starving? all of a sudden, it must've been that way before they were there. what did we do there? host: we will look at the al jazeera website. the next meal is a matter of faith.

you have the front page of the washington post with his headline. the taliban cuts freedoms as it demands aid. william in kansas city. what is the top news story of 2021? caller: i think it has to be the top new story of the 100 years, the critical condition of the american mocker c. i'm referring to the 48 states passing voter suppression laws

and gerrymandering being used at record levels. it is cheating basically. there is no one who can fix the problem. actively trying to do that, it's the people, it's the body politic. no one seems to be seeing what is eminent and about to happen. when power is usurped, it will be hard to change the fact that steve ban is predicting 100 years of republican rule. this is going to have a

catastrophic effect on american democracy and the west. economic impact, american standing across the globe, that's about to change. the people are still asleep. host: we are approaching the one-year anniversary of the january 6 attack when hundreds of protesters storm the capital. there are 729 people who have been arrested across 45 states. on that day, it took four hours for the officials to secure the capital. that conversation, what happened that day and what changes have been made, that conversation will take place next week. the senate rules committee will hear testimony from the capitol police chief about what has been put in place, changes since the

january 6 attack. following that day, you had the impeachment, the second impeachment of former for inciting violence. the impeachment charges were led by jamie raskin, a democrat from maryland. here he is in a news conference following the senate debate and vote. >> this was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment in the history of the united states. we know that impeachment for reasons you can explore at some other time become partisan. this was the most bipartisan presidential impeachment event in the history of the country. it was the largest senate vote for a presidential impeachment, 57-43.

the vote to impeach was 232-197 in the house. we had a clear and convincing majority of members of congress that the president incited violent insurrection against the union and against the congress. senator mitch mcconnell just went to the floor to say that we made our case, that he believes donald trump was practically and morally responsible for inciting the events of january 6. he described it as a disgraceful dereliction of duty and he made a series of statements that we didn't even make, saying this was not over yet by a longshot and that there was the path of criminal prosecution for the former president, the twice and preached -- impeached former

president. host: jamie raskin led the impeachment of donald trump. that story topped the list of stories for 2021. we are asking you to tell us, what would you pick for the top new story of 2021. jim in missouri, we will go to you next. caller: i would echo my fellow missouri and it previous caller. the republican party, their war on democracy. voting rights, the tyranny of the minority. it takes more votes for democrats to get elected than for republicans. please have a town hall with joe manchin and christian -- christensen my. let them know from the people

they are supposed to represent. host: what would you ask if you could have a town hall with those two senators? caller: how can somebody driving a maserati from his floating high-rise making millions of dollars off the coal industry claim to represent the poor people of west virginia? they need a lot of the things that build back better would provide for them. for joe manchin to say no, it's just not right. host: the president was asked about the future of his build back better agenda. here's what he had to say. >> let me turn to build back better. many say it is in peril because of senator joe manchin. universal pre-k, the child tax

credit, money to fight climate change, you've met with senator joe manchin a number of times. you invited him to your home in delaware. he said he is a no. how are you not able to close the deal? >> let's talk about what we have done. we have passed more budget legislation in the first year ever. i have not given up on this. >>'s main sticking point is the child tax credit. are you willing to take that out if it means ringing him on board? >> i want to get as much as i can possibly get done. i still think we will be able to get a significant amount of what we need to get done. particularly with -- when the people find that what's in this. it's extremely consequential. host: the president with a bc,

he will push for the build back better agenda. steve is in indiana. what is the top new story of 2021? caller: the oil crisis. we have biden letting russia open their pipeline up and closing our pipeline down. we know that biden is in bed with russia. and china. if it hadn't been for this oil problem we have, it run our economy. all the regulations they put on the truck drivers in california, that's why they all had to pull out.

the biden administration seems to -- they are not winning at nothing. the first -- when he shut down that pipeline, he put everything trump had accomplished -- i think that what we need to do is open these pipelines back up. we've got more energy in the united states than anyplace in the world. host: that debate over the pipeline and our rising tensions with russia taking place on the floor. ted cruz blaming the biden

administration. saying they looked weak against russia, particularly on the norge pipeline. >> george -- joe biden was sworn into office. january 24, boudin began building the pipeline again. because the biden white house made the decision to waive the sanctions. to give vladimir putin a multibillion dollar gift for generations to come. to set the stage for the invasion of ukraine i russia. when biden waved sanctions, ukraine and poland both said it was creating a security crisis in europe. it was increasing dramatically the chances that russia would invade ukraine.

this invasion we are facing, it is joe biden's fault. it is also the fault of senate democrats. for two years, we had bipartisan agreement to stop it and we succeeded. when there was a republican president, we were perfectly willing to hold president trump to account to press him to stand up against it and he did. as soon as a democrat got in the white house, our colleagues decided that partisan loyalty was more important than national security. suddenly, we have seen the democrats in this chamber ending over backwards to avoid stopping it. i want to be very clear.

a lot of discussion about joe biden having a phone call with vladimir putin today. it's not going to stop and invasion. what will stop and invasion, simply following the law and sanctioning norge stream two. host: that was ted cruz on the senate floor. another phone call took place between the american president and the russian leader. the crisis over ukraine escalates. the united states is pushing for de-escalation. the president is at his private residence in bloomington delaware, talking to president putin. let's go to linda in california. what would you say is the top new story? caller: i would want to know

does it really mean no man is above the law. is that just saying? what is trump doing, just walking around? in an office or something? i dunno. he ought to be behind bars as far as i'm concerned. for what he's done to america. he hasn't been truthful. host: he is your top new story? even though he wasn't in office? caller: i am talking about last year. host: ok. caller: mary is in louisiana. mary?

good morning. caller: good morning. my top new story is who you had on this morning. that was mr. woodson. i am so glad they put somebody on that knows the truth and tells the truth. i was a democrat for years. i am 76 years old. i used to vote democrat. i started hearing things in 2008 about the democrats and i checked out books. i went all the way back to 1619 when the first slave ships landed. i found out who the democrats really work. i changed my party to republican.

there were many black people that owned slaves, especially in louisiana. a lot of them have been slaves themselves. i know you are ready to cut me off. there are a lot of them that know the truth. when i went to school, i had a teacher told us if you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book. you know what? i've got many nephews and nieces in their 50's and 60's. they don't care who the president is. they don't care. black people don't vote because

they're not interested. i have never been stopped from voting. host: let me get another voice and. barbara is in new york. caller: the collusion between government and media and the degradation of washington journal are my top stories. it's been sad to see brian lamb become a prostitute who services the cable industry. those are my top stories. host: in what way? caller: what do you mean? host: explain your criticism. caller: you are running commercials for the cable industry. you never used to do that before. the suppression of any dissent about the pandemic, all you bring honor people who say

vaccination -- get the vaccination. you focus on pfizer. every once in a while you hear about j&j or moderna. it's all pfizer all the time. host: did you know that c-span is funded by your cable provider? caller: i do know that. you weren't -- you were running commercials. host: we have been thanking cable for writers since we started for the public service that they offer all of you by having c-span on your cable or however you get your television. we've been doing that from the very beginning, having them credit for something that they agreed to do in 1979, which is provide americans with this public service. that is allowing you to see unfiltered, uninterrupted our

government work. the house floor, the senate floor. we bring you hearings and history and books on c-span 2 and c-span 3. it's providing you access to the decision-makers in washington dc. good morning. caller: my major story for the year and for the past three years is covid. i am a teacher. i teach at a college. i teach history. the most important story beside covid is the anti-intellectualism that is being pressed. if you listen to the -- that is also a policing problem. a lot of these people don't understand certain things.

in 1960, malcolm x talked about race organizations would find a black person to speak against them. this is what mr. woodson just did. he spoke down about the 1619 project is started focusing on the 1776 project. my question would've been it, did you have any black historians? you weren't the writer of that. a lot of the things he said were historically incorrect. this is part of that anti-intellectualism, racist narrative being pushed by conservatives. he talked about the trail of tears. they use that to talk about the white slavery. somebody talked about the -- she

just talked about black slavery. historically, it was black people who bought their way out of slavery and when they bought their wives and children, they had to list them as their slaves. that was paperwork. it didn't mean that they were slaves. we have to get back into school and get educated. a lot of are older and younger black people are refusing to be educated. they listen to this propaganda. host: we believe there. liam is in california. your top new story of 2021? caller: good morning. it's been over a year since i've called. i've been listening to the callers. i just don't understand, our president is compromised.

what do i mean by compromised? there has been nothing on c-span about the laptop from hell. that is his son. why isn't something being aired about that? if our president is compromised, nothing can get done. since i turned -- i'm 78 years old. i turned independent after i voted for trump because i can think for myself. that doesn't mean that i am all for trump. i refuse to go along with that propaganda. he has woken up america. the insurrection, that thing on the capital was horrible. it made me sick to my stomach. i couldn't believe it was

happening. those are the people that did that, they are the ones that are out of control. we've had biker gangs that are out of control. it's the same thing. they were upset. you must remember one thing. they were american citizens. the borders wide open. the border is absolutely wide open. they are not being tested for covid. your responders are being fired because they refused to take a shot. i am so upset. i hope this next year is a great new year. host: ok. on capitol hill recently, the homeland security was testifying about the situation at the border. here is an exchange between him

and lindsey graham. >> 2.7 million people who come here illegally, how many have been released into the country? >> i can break that down to the best of my ability. nearly one million, nine junta 65,000, have been subject to expulsion under title 42 of the code. approximately 40,000 have been removed under our immigration authorities. >> where does that tennis? -- dennis? -- get us. approximately 40,000 have been removed. approximately 125,000

unaccompanied children have been transferred to the custody of health and human services. the balance are in immigration enforcement proceedings where --. >> how many people are still here? of the 1.7 million it, how we people are still here? >> i would estimate approximately 370 5000 are still here. -- 375 thousand are still here. >> do you believe if you have an immigration hearing and there is a final order of deportation, that person should be removed? >> i do. >> why is one million people still here?

>> as i responded -- >> is the system working? >> it has been broken. >> it's broken if a million people have been ordered to leave and they haven't left. do you believe the remaining mexico policy is cruel? >> as it was implemented, i do. >> do you support permanently doing away with the policy? >> i do. >> do you think that will increase illegal immigration? >> i do not because of the other efforts we have underway. host: an exchange between the homeland security secretary last month. to those stories make your top new story of 2021?

caller: happy new year. host: good morning to you. caller: i want to say thank you for c-span. to that one gentlemen, i want to say one nation under god. that other news story, pelosi is in charge of the security in washington dc. president donald had asked for security. that's on her. my thing is the way the virus is being reported. having cases is good. that helps heard immunity. i don't trust the filmmakers or pushers. every pill has a side effect.

there are plants and they heal. they are herbs. i would like to hear the numbers of suicides since this started. about the numbers that murder the offspring. i would like to hear those. host: kevin in michigan. independent. caller: happy new year. my number one thing happened in the last week. i watched joe biden on tv. i would like for you to play this clip. he said let's go brandon. i have seen his wife looked at him like he was crazy. she knew what it means. he should know what it means.

if he doesn't, i'm worried about does he know anything? this is been going on for months. to sit there and him not know what that means, i think we have a president who doesn't have all of his marbles upstairs. he needs a cognitive test. host: joe in west virginia. caller: i just want to comment on january 6. i've been in d.c. many times with huge conservative crowds. i talked to a park ranger. he said there were at least half a million people there. he told me that when our groups came to washington, they had no cleanup. we did all of these things. when other groups came, it would take them almost a week to clean

up after the crowds that were not conservative. when the tea party first came into the forefront of the news, i heard a young girl from massachusetts. she said i met some of these people. they were like my grandparents. then she wanted to say something negative. if you look at the clips on what was going on in d.c. on that date, if you look at the people from the mall, it's all calm. you get to the capital, it's mayhem. those people are not conservative people. i've been there too many times. i know how we behave. churchill said that if you are not a conservative when you are,

you have no compassion. if you are a liberal when you are old, you have no brains. you read bond hoffer. the madness going on in this country is from the leaders who lead the mayhem at the capital. i've been down there many times. i never saw people like me. there was none of that. host: all right. we heard your point. let's go to michigan. caller: good morning. good morning to the american people. i was listening to these republican collars. my top story would be the january 6 attempted to -- co up. that last call who said conservatives clean up after

they visit the white house or the capital. they didn't clean up after january 6. they left dead people and they left the country in bad shape. hopefully we will have a better year. how the republican party can critique biden for one year but for the last four years could not muster the balls to critique trump. host: covid-19 pandemic continues to dominate the headlines. take a listen to this exchange on capitol hill recently. it was last month between rand paul and dr. fauci. >> the evidence points toward this coming from a lab.

you've changed the definition on your website. that's what you've done. you've changed the website to have a new definition that doesn't include the research going on. we are not going to get anywhere. you have to admit this research was risky. your own agency has rebuked them. you are still unwilling to admit they became sicker. that's not gain and function? >> according to the definition that is currently operable. let's make it clear to the people who are listening. the current definition was done over 2-3 year time by outside bodies, including the nsa bb, two conferences by the national academy of science and medicine. we commissioned external

risk-benefit assessment and then on january two thousand 17, the office of science white house issued the current policy. i have not changed any of this. >> on the same day they said there was a gain of function in wuhan. until you accept it and accept responsibility, we are not going to you to preventing another lab leak. you won't admit it's dangerous. i think it's time that you resign. >> i would like to give time to dr. fauci. >> there are so many things that are egregious misrepresented. i don't think i would be able to refute all of them. just a couple of them. you've said that i'm one willing

to take any responsibility for the current pandemic. i have no responsibility for the current pandemic. the current pandemic. you said the overwhelming amount of evidence indicates that it's a lab leak. most card-carrying viral virologists would disagree with you. it is much more likely, even though we leave open all possibilities, it's more likely this was a natural occurrence. >> you tested 80,000 animals. >> your time has expired. >> you made a statement that is completely incorrect. you say we continue to support research at the wuhan institute of virology. you your statement said i wrote

it down as you were writing. you continue support research at the wuhan institute. you set it a month ago. >> senator paul, i have allowed dr. fauci to respond. we will allow dr. fauci to respond after you've given accusations like that. >> i don't have anything more to say except as usual, i have a great deal of respect for this body and it makes me very uncomfortable to have to say something. he is egregiously incorrect in what he says. host: last month, senator rand paul and dr. fauci going back and forth over the covid-19 pandemic. you can find that hearing if you go to our website. bob is in wisconsin. we are getting your top news

story of 2021. go ahead. caller: it would probably be the insurrection that didn't really happen. why was everybody mad. we watched live them shut down polling stations, cover-up windows, kicked out poll workers. even when congresspeople went they couldn't get in. we watched it live all night long. we watched people working when the machines were supposedly down. we saw mass balance dumps. in the morning when they all came back on it. how? why did the insurrection happen? because they needed to stop congress from presenting evidence. it was congress that was going to present the election fraud evidence and they had to stop the american people from hearing it and they did. we saw the fbi rallying up

outside. they knew there were radicals in the crowd. why did pelosi stop when they requested capitol police? trump requested it. they said no. why did they do that? why did they waive people to the door? you can't take away video. we saw the cops waving people to the door. who were the people that broke the windows? why weren't they caught. they weren't trump supporters. host: there is news on this story. this is nbc. the committee asked the supreme court port to deny the report to shield records. they are seeking a trove of documents surrounding the capitol riot. let's hear from al in ohio. go ahead. caller: good morning.

happy new year. the talk about rand paul and the stuff he was saying, it's ironic . mr. trump is the one that defunded the cdc which allowed covid to attack the world. i find that appalling. i have republican friends who do not want to take the vaccine. they still support this man. i find it rather appalling. that should be a big story for the past year. why hasn't he been prosecuted for his failure as a president. that's all i have to say. host: happy new year. darrell is in idaho. it good morning. caller: the bottom line is in world war ii, when we defeated

the desert fox, we captured 250 thousand german troops who had to surrender. in the united states, 1,500,000 people have figured out how to get in the country. the constitution says we are supposed to protect the border. 83 percent of the people who are supposed to be not coming to this country overwhelm those 250,000 prisoners. we don't even look at our history. russia was our friend in world war ii. they sold us alaska. we got the alaska pipeline.

this thing with the covid, god says he is a protector. when you are a nation the way we've got it, look at all of these things. they cannot get rid of this disease. i haven't been vaccinated because i don't believe you as an individual should be looking for scientists to be sticking needles in you to safe your life. look at the food people eat. it's not good to be eating sea spiders. then you come down with sickness. you don't realize, maybe it's what your diet is and your lifestyle. host: as you talk about the pandemic in 2021 it, the headlines were about mandates.

the president mandating vaccines. he did it for businesses and for health care workers. that debate is going to roll over into 2022. the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments. we will have coverage of that. republican governors have pushed back on mandates. here is ron desantis talking about blocking any covid vaccine mandates. >> montana had done something. people were saying this was not something that was going to end up happening. they understood what was going on. i made the call to say we are going to do this now. people are losing their jobs now. they stepped up. this is going to make a big difference for a lot of people. we are respecting people's individual freedom in this

state. that is something that is very important. ultimately, i don't know how it ever came to this point. at the end of the day, even found cheek, they would say no mandate. now, they are saying you shouldn't be able to work if you don't do that. some people say kids shouldn't be able to go to school. this is gotten so far out of whack. from the beginning, they were bugging us. they wanted to lock down. we were opening the state, keeping the state open. host: that is the governor of florida talking about vaccine mandates. dale in ohio. what would you say is the top news story of the past year. caller: january 6 was it.

it's amazing how they destroyed the capital. millions of dollars was done on the property. not one time did the president say thank you to the police officers. it's amazing how any republicans leave this man. if somebody breaks into your house, you want to find out who did it. now they are trying to hide what happened january the sixth. donald trump said it was a democratic hoax. so many people of his cabinet got the virus. now he's telling everybody to get the virus and he's getting booed. i am so amazed by these republicans. the american people had to pay their taxes.

his name is all over the text. it's so amazing how these people support this man. host: i am going to go to north carolina. caller: ok. i'm the first one that's come up with this. the trump story this past year, there are so many of them. the worst of all, the number one for me is the shame fullness of most media in this country. including the major social media outlets. they have more blood on their hands then any rioters, murderers. they have incited riots. they have incited criminals. they have incited false racism. they have promoted lies.

they have omitted the truth, attending it doesn't exist. they are the most shameful stain on this country this past year. thank you for letting me speak. have a wonderful new year. host: calvin in alabama. good morning. caller: good morning. there are so many issues that our country is going through. dr. fauci should be fired for incompetence. he tried his best. he's just not there. then we have term limitations would be the best thing i feel like for our country for senators and house representatives. we would get new people, new thoughts.

progressive and nonprogressive thinking people, younger people that would be more in our generation. i hope you do a great job. you inform people like me that don't get to tune into every news program that comes on television. we can check in with you. i really appreciate c-span. host: thanks for watching. carolyn in texas. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. my top news story is how congress has been unable to pass the for the people act. this act has negatively -- the

inability to pass this has negatively impacted minority voters, especially lack voters all over the country. this is why i take issue with robert woodson that you had on a while ago, speaking out against the 1619 project. he says it's important for us to look at the facts. her project, the essays deal with fact. i don't think a person would win the macarthur genius award as well as the pulitzer prize by putting out a book of lies. of course, she won both of those awards. with people like robert woodson out there speaking out against

the 1619 project and downplaying racism, white nationalist can just sit back and let other people like that do the talking for them. these are the people who call in your show same thank god for bob woodson. racism is front and center. host: lisa is in shreveport. caller: yes. i would like to know if you are going to apologize to everyone, republican, democrat, and dependent, white black, whoever. both parties are involved in human trafficking.

and could feel you at the white house. host: we are going to scott in hutchison kansas. caller: good morning. happy new year to you. i just think so often we don't look for the root cause. i wish we would do more of that. january 6 is a huge event. climate change is a huge event. i've heard a lot of callers say things that are just not true. about the election being stolen, more votes sent out that came in. they are adding the primary votes along with the regular election votes. it's meant -- misinformation. what i would like to see done is renew the fairness stock turn in

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