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hit obliter.ated the pain of a motrhe who watched her son diepe unsakleab. >> whad t diyokiu ll him for ? what y didou do to my son ? mayou y beam dpefor the wleho ouof yvelis by everybody. nick: ahettack cncoiided with the odorthoxew nea yr's celebr batedy thbo ukrainians ruand ssnsia. onne ukrainians post osvide of faesmili iidnse the apartment bungildi befanore d e thsame tcnhe after it was edripp open. president zelyyensk cleald it rrisorm and sairad ukinwoe uld t selo hope. >> we are fighting foerr evy person. reuesc opera wtionil llast as lo angs there is ethven e sligthtes chance to save lives. nick: and he used the attack to ce again criticize rsiusans rot n criticizing w thear enough. >> ian wt to say to allf oho tse inus rsia and fmro rusa,si your cordwaly silence aound yr attet mpto wade out what is

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ni:ck the whitese hou confirmed dayhe tre arevi no sirto logs fothr e president's'dewalare home where the presi'den'' lawyers foatund teiontn -- tiaddional documentsh wit potenty iallclsiasfied markings. we haveor me foinrmation. lara,co welme. whidat d t whehite house say today ? porert:erhi a wteou hse spesrspeon for the white house unsel's offe icsaysre the are nos logfor trehe psintde inwilmgt honome. d kineepingit wh ptas ittradio fnsor pderesint is,t is rsalon and they w'n't keep rescord there but thihe wte house hisas vit lorogs and they reinstathaed tt teafr president biden's pceredess dorid away with t.hose thesis rpoens from the white use comes a hfterouse reicpublanins particular recongssnma jim: it wileal ld

e erovsight commitsatee id or reesd tethe logs askfoing r thhoem tugh they n aeversk fedor em in the case of t sheeizure ofla cssified docusmentro fm formreer psintde trump. ckni: this is after addnaitiol docus mentwere f ioundn wilmoningt or vethe weekend. what we knowut aboho tse ? reporter: we heav more of a timeneli parti pallyrodevid by pridesent biden'p's iveat erlawy. november 2 bs idenatrntoeys find documents at the cenr teand meatdiely notify averchis. mbnoveer, 9 doj laus ncheits asmesessnt. december 20, bidens attysorne find documents at hisil wmingnto deresinc ienside the ga aragend theyif noty e thdoj. kedee wk january 11 bidens toatrneys find ootne penaltily clsiedfi document, again. anyway 12, t dojakes possession fofive additional doctsumen found at withe lmgtinon resideannce dha tt w aas new

relavetion over theke weend. on tnghi here is ttha t whehite hoeus is facg ina lot of estions abouant trspenarcy. that is a pitolical iue for them bec tausehere psident has idedim hself ohan ving a antrspart enwhit heouse but ere is nothiegng lally quiring the ewhitou hse or the doj or the national ahircves to discselo when they d founthees medocunttos the public. nick: those quest yionsouus jt meiod neare coming from reblpuicans in charge of the hoe.us stheyayhe ty plan to investigate. presidenidt be''s handling of the docus.ment what are tseho republicans focusing on ? reerport: kevincc mary thsaide h wants as minuch foatrmion as possible. congressman jimal cl mark who will chairrs oveight admteitd iss inot necessarabily out asclsified denocumtsor f house reblpuicans. >> at the end of the dayy m biggest erconcns inot the classifioced dumtsen. myonrnce is how thes re isuch a dcrisepancy in hormw foer

prest identrpum was tre batedy readingar m-aag-lo and getting eec suryit camerasnd aak ting ctesur of documennts o the flroo and by going through closets versoeus j benid -- they g cano rothugh. poerrt:gr conesansm comber said thiss i the dreiffence abtrout eaentmt. the is aac ftual reaso wn onhy prestiden trump was tatreed diertleny. hehh witelthd ese documenorts f more ta han ye.ar doj d annational arcvehis exnd aed lotf ofe difrent st tepso tge theoc dumtsen back anitas w notil unt the judge signed off osen a arch wntarra usbecae erthe r waseal concerned thathe t psiredent was ruobstctgin the ability to obinta the documenndts a was violating thbye as a andre shocd kepotentially. republicansre a widelyli calng foror me informationn obinde thbut ey have not sthaid athe ty wod invgaestite former presidentru tmp's clfiassied docus mentatom he. ni: andow h ourb dum -nd-a how

e modecrats respog ndin? reporter: congres asmandam ffschi a ondthers have been callgin for damagess aesensmt. rehe is what he tohad say today torhis weekend -- >> congress ought to heandl the siatnsio the same way. we need a briefing from the inllteigen cceommutyni about any risk ttio naonal sitecury about ere the documenerts we dan twhathecoy ntained. porerter:us jt like thelly caed for t inhe case ofre psident trump,em docrats areal cling for a damage assenessmt icwhh is common whenla cssified document are found. nick: thank you verchy mu. ♪ on this inmart lheutrg kinday we have ak loot a n aew memoria in boston honoring a kftering ansd hi we,if grip -- caretta otsctg. kin it has been five years ien th making and the project honors

their relationship and their dualil civ rhtigs legacy. porter: in 196 34,5-year-old rtin luther jkingr. brceleat hedis nobel peaceri pze withem an bre acof his wife. anow,noerth celtiebraonas bed tonhat moment. the unveilin ag of 2fo0 ot tall 19 troon bnzsce ulpture called "the ecembra" featuring four tewirtnedrm as. ja amazi wast parofhe t itarchecratul team. >> iist very hard for me as a daughter of onbost tmao intain mpcoosure and not bawl o.ut yas aou bnglack aterchict are -- educated in thicis ty to participate min aomt like thisre a we uernd the black experience, k blacjoany d black velo. rert:er king had important

tieso t the city attending ston univers eityarngni a phd fr the school of togheoly and is is where eghe bano t date the younget carta. the city was also a lo ocusf shi l civiritsgh work. in 1965e h ledar a mchro fm ros rrpey to boston oncomm. at friday's opening ceremony, martin luther king the third and his daughter, mlk's granauddghter were a tmonghe spea.kers >> they bothov ledhe t city beuscae ofts i crowd parroted as a hotbed of the aboliistiont move amentndts i unique teeclltual and eduoncatial resos.urce and indeosed btoben gin the aypls erwhe they forged a partnershiatp th wldou change america. >> i love mthisonenumt. soi al see the lanove d strength d unity iesn thean hds and how they symboli bze aeaifutul marriage and partnership. and it was one tchhat and gethe

world. erthe is a sense in which we are allld chireann dnd grachdrilen ofti marn and caretcota stt king. rewe a allll chaendge to carry rwfoard their unshfiniedor wk. port:er earlier t ioday skepo withan hk willis thomas, the artistho w designehed t sculptanure d e thformer head of embrace bostaon, npronofit outhp at spearheadheed t memorial. thank youbo, th for joinis.ng u hailnk wlis thomas, you were inspiredth by atho ptograph. what did you i seen it that you wanted tino brgut o ? >> when i saw the photograph on the daye hreceivedhe t nobel prize i saws thiinedcrible bond and t ihatt s wanot just his celebration but there ceatlebrion. i sawhe t wh armtof the a hugnd the power of themb erace. ani d w hertr senh gtliterally hoinhig m up drew these different lstria and tratibulio ansnd thet facthat

he -- she was wit hhimve ery st othf e way andar cried the lecyn o after he was assassinated. somegthin i ryeallel ft needed to be highlid ghtewi tthhis rk. reerport: notlyab no faces, no full bieods a indn that sentse i is not a tdirational monument. i have seen someus phbackit wh peleop qstueioning the whaay tt you oaapprch tedhis. theyth do inofk something fferent ? too mucrdh buens iplaced on . king and cetarta scott king. and ian wted to make a pceea bthatoth anockwledged and ghlighted thutem b also was a callac to ti, ona call to love r everyone tbro emacsoe meone elndse a to honorhe tm i epngpint io tirhe perow, tirhe beau,ty and theirsa mesge. the embcera is as mhuc about the tential that exiinsts ehac and eve oryne of u ass it is abdrout . ngki and misses .king repoerrt: oenft well remembered

for his work in eth south and the maonrch whiasngton but rhaps less so for t hisimane d work in the north. how impntorta was bostoton him ? an wdhy is bostonor honinhig m no? >> the wonrfdeul thing is it starteder he,ig rht becseau it s wahere where they m.et sit i herate th whae ve this full love sto tryhat did not just celebratehe tmov le stories th hatappen in the black mmituny and nimot spliny onbost but aoscrs the nation. and what it does hois sw youhe t first super couple wthatere abo le tcomeog tetrhe notnl oy for a career buort f le ovof couny itand cryount a tndo gaane izaov memten and it ppened righte herin boston d few peoplew kneth.at and itel cebratesha tt for uass commieunits cofolor, lack peopleha tt awere more than

just hourstr suge.gl rewe a le ovand joy. that gets celebratedth at e centf er oth.is rtrepoer: he would have sn thatto bosn of the past. he would'v' experedienc se omof the racienal tsi tonhat estxied inheit cy. wh datid he eiexper?e dohow esha tt play into ywhatou seeay tod >> he saw pothe vey rtthat exisd teat the time in boston in uncommitsie of color. he saw the pnai, the unemployment. he saw l theacofk eduticaon th was not equitable offered in public slschoo in theit cy of st aont the time. he saw it andan wtetod do meinthgut abo it. i do think twhhat ile it may sh uowp differenthaly tn ditid inhe south, a oflot wt hawas happeningn i t sheouth was more suimblinally presendnt a hwae s llwiintog meet with us, to dine

th us, to plan wit us dan ttheno t.ac and as ynoou kwe hcame back ter and led thear mchnd a alactulydd areedss a section of the legisture to challenge juost t tnkhi differentlyut abo how we apphroac tsshe iueofs iracen stboon. poerrt:an hk llwiisho tma, swe area in montmehe wre we a thin akingot l about w howe remember history, monuments and memorials. i knowou y have bee innvveold in ki pngublic scutulpres before it. w,noou y're takoning ts.hi who do you tnkhi about what should be in p theubc li? atwhe wshould look at and how should reme imbermptaornt fis gureand hisryto ? >> as a society whae ve a gavitity bias. it seems we only -e - ththgsin at are horrible, the things we have monuments to in our styocie

are hseroe of wa arndic vtims of rdwo. we' do't'have many menonumtso t love ao nd tthcoe mmunity. and so i feelis it te imin the 21st century to reconsider what the role oblf puic space is and why we gatarher ou tndhem. the emb iracesn aopportunity for people tmeo co tetogher and really ref olectn eth power of any twopl peoe micong together andra embcing and the potential atth is to gechan sieocty for the better. reporter: tshi ihe t oldest blpuic space in the cntoury and in thinking aboutow h we member ourt, pas wt hais it you wantpl peoe just walking rothugh boston cn ommotoak te fr ts hi? >> hank has brtoughsu us choy j. is com.plex atwh i want tmhe to uerndstand is thastt boonel bongs to all of us. fore m, it ihes t erambce as we alls freedom plaza. ita is rniecogti, onit is

upinliftg and tngalki autbo joy det togheesrns and our ability to orcveome. d at the same time it recognizest tha we did n doto it e.alon and dr. king, and wnhe they were re, they worked with the coitmmuny. and pethe op hlee workedit wh th iacmpted and drove change in the city ofto bosn are ecreflteond that comment as ll. . ngki and his wife were global citizens. oewhver walks inurto o cyit toowmorr wlil be able to see thlvemsees, see t sheirtrgluge, joand l roveight there in the ddmile of ameri'a's stmo famous sq, uarethboe ston common. reerport:ha tnk y bouoth ryve much. tnkha you. ♪ nick: coming up on eth newshour,

how climchate ange makes intense winter wea ethervesntik le the bualffoli bzzard more common. and n aewook exam tineshe biggest myths abo tuthe past of e united states. euthe sayshe tum nber of migrantser entin eguropeas lt year hitix a s yr eahigh to well over 100,000, 50%re incas oever e evprious year. t greeceas h beenro pseticung thean humitiaarn workers that try to sasave yl-sumeekers at a. u.n. and e..u ssay those osprecutions arein havg a chngilli eecfft and a court ceas ulcod prolong migsrant rtunceaiy.nt here ir s ouspiaecl coesndpoent. repoerrt: on the k greeisndla of se bs,ow tshi -- lsesbo encapsulates c theonrnces. esthe volunteerse fac long jail sentences fryor tintog save lives. the benost-kwn defendant is

sarah. a syrian refugeese who her resume- -whe osher was him has enbe --er hoism was imrtmoaliz fedor ginivg and blankets. >> theres ino meor rooonm the boat. rertpoer: tilhe fm shows how sarah and her sister swam thugthh e night to pull r theiregefue dinghy tobo less. >> ivi survethd e war and i survivheed t cssroing and the tewar and i waspl cometyel fine. andust becaus te ofhe siiotuatn, l iost conoltr of self and my alment hlteah. rert:er sar dahid not attend the hearing but horer fmer colle eagudid. the chaerg s includes espionage, forgery, people

smuggling, money launderaning d belogngin ta o criminal gaornization. an c youus jt describoed t me what you think of the gechars against y- ou -agnsait her ? >> in a word they areci farcal. the tideahat i am naivï, i am told i shohauld ve just followed the law. at is what ''moi dng. atwh dthoes e roeupean convtienon f horumanht rigs say, it says s livemu bste protected. cefa 20 years imonprisme.nt it ipos imrtt anthat we stand up tohe kseinds of prosioecutns. these are cynical prosecutions. reporter:re prosecutions are alo gunning for one of greece's most prominent human rights activists and a fierce critic of europe's refugee policies. >> the west fears refugees and they are willing to do anything to stop them and if the victims are refugees, turned back

refugees, killed or drowned or ngos being harassed, they don't care. reporter: an investigation on the island of salmos. this turkish drone footage captures the pushback as a greek ship casts a drift asylum-seekers towards turkish territorial waters. the greek supreme court h received dozens of lawsuits about such incidents. he has been accused of people smuggling and forming a criminal organization. what do you think the greek authorities are trying to do to you ? >> the main cause is -- they want to punish me and prevent me from doing this kind of work and a warning to all other humanitarian workers to stay away from them. reporter: identical chargers

have been filed against tommy olson who runs a website that monitors refugee traffic. although he is based in northern norway, asylum-seekers frequently ask for his have -- ask for his helwhile at sea. following a slew of prosecutions, the u.n. and e.u. are calling on greece to allow humanitarians to work fe from fear of legal action. the greek location makes it a magnet for asylum-seekers. it's coast guard has saved thousands of lives since refugee crisis began in 2015 but the government is exacerbated are the refusal of other europeans to share its burdens. at sea greece is embroiled with a propaganda war with turkey. this greek video shows a turkish vessel destabilizing an asylum-seekers raft.

turkeys coast guard responds with images of alleged pushback spirit the greek prime minister -- >> we are intercepting votes that come from turkey -- boats that come from turkey as we have a right to do. this is our policy and i will not accept anyone pointing the finger to this government and accusing it of inhumane behavior. reporter: according to the aji and boat report, more than 26,000 people were pushed back by the greek authorities in 2022. as a result some smugglers sent overcrowded boats from turkey to italy bypassing southern greece. in rough seas last october a vessel carrying 100 people struck rocks off the -- off an island and at least five drowned. survivors were hauled up a sheer cliff face. search-and-rescue volunteers have been frightened away from the greek islands by prosecutions. but the hearing in lesbos has

done nothing to change the climate. charges of spying and other misdemeanors were shelved but serious allegations are still pending. >> all we want is justice. we want this to go to trial. it does not seem that will happen anytime soon. reporter: the nonprofits insist they are not the pull factor that lure migrants. >> they are not coming to take your jobs or your money or your life. they want safety. they want to sleep in a bed and not hear a war outside their window. reporter: the key question is how well the greek government respond to the u.n. and e.u. demands --compliance or defiance ? and by the way, the migrants will still keep coming risking everything in the process. ♪

nick: this past weekend the nfl playoffs got underway but for black coaches last week wrought negative news and once again tough questions about the league record when it comes to who is hired to be a head coach. lisa desjardins has the story. reporter: the houston texans are fired lovie smith last week after a three win and 13 loss season that many saw as a rebuilding year leaving just two full-time black head coaches out of the 32 spots in the nfl. this in a leaguehere nearly 60% of the players are black. that gap has been an issue for decades. in 2003 the nfl adopted the rooney rule to ensure teams interviewed at least one minority candidate for every open head coach job. here is what that recently fired coach, lovie smith told the washington post lastummer. >> there is pressure to win.

you knew it was bigger than that. if you did not win, you would stop progress. not because back a little bit. and that is pressure that i still feel. we get a shorter period of time to prove who we are. reporter: the washington post has chronicled the problem in detail in a series called blackout. michael, my first question is, why is this only a continued problem ? >> it is getting worse. lovie smith was fired after one season and the guy that came after was given one season as well and since 2018 five black coaches have been fired and -- i mean have been hired and three fired after just one season. i think that is a problem that needs to be addressed.

the nfl is doing what it can but the motivation is with ownership. they have not provided opportunities for black coaches. it is getting worse. it does not appear -- there does not appear to be anything that can change it. reporter: let's talk about the ownership issue. this is not a diverse group. there has never been a majority owner that is black. few nonwhite owners. can the problem change at all ? >> what they have to look at is the rooney rule which was in place in 2003 which was brought about because of the threat of litigation. johnny cochran threatened to sue the nfl in order to change the policy because at the time only -- because at the time tony john g had just been fired and there was only one black head coach in the nfl. 20 years later you're going through the same cycle but this

time you have a court case. you have a litigant. someone willing to put themselves on the line and force change through the courts. that is the one thing that changes the climate right now for the nfl. they have been put on alert. there is a serious problem. the owners have to make the decision. reporter: that is working its way through the courts. it is not just about hiring but also firing. you mentioned an idea that coaches that have been fired after one year, recently, half have been black. here is something you talked to a former head coach about. >> i think sometimes the minority may not be given as much leeway as a white counterpart. now, in saying that, i mean i think if a white guy was a head coach and was doing a bad job,

he gets fired also. if you are doing an above average job, let's say, all right, sometimes a white guy might be given another game where a black guy might be let go. reporter: what are your findings about the role of race versus team records in firing in the nfl ? >> black coaches are most likely to be fired after having success then a white coach. if you are a black coach at wins nine games you are just as likely to be fired as a white coach that won six games. you will also be the first to be dismissed in shorter order there was some progress around 2011 where there were 10 full-time coaches and three entrants. it appeared the nfl was moving and the right direction. in the last decade you have a

court case but also coaches expressing frustration. there is a pool of available talent. i will be interested to see where the lawsuit goes because it appears to be the only way to get someone to move otherwise there will just be complaints and frustration. reporter: in preparing for the segment and i am a big football fan, one number popped out at me that i was surprised by of the 100 most watched broadcasting last year in the u.s., 82 of them were nfl games. that is staggering. we are talking about billions and billions of dollars. this is a huge part of life in america. what do you thing is at stake in this discussion for united states and the culture in terms of who the nfl chooses to elevate ? >> i mentioned cyrus. who threatened to sue the nfl 20 years ago. he said if you could change football, you could change

america. that says a lot about the influence of the game has on the entire country. if owners would provide an opportunity for minorities and put them in leadership positions, it might change the way the world sees representation and it may open up corporate america and fortune 500 companies to see leaders in those positions. look at what happened on the field. it told a long time for black quarterbacks to get opportunities but now the game is so much more exciting when you have patrick mahomes free styling and doing so many exciting things. one thing black coaches -- at whatever level, they just want the same opportunities that white coaches are given. there is no proof that a white coach is any better or worse than a black coach. but the opportunities are better. that has to change. there is no reason why to continue to have this conversation and there is no reason why this can't change. but until the owners decide they want to change and there has to

be pressure to either financial pressure, lawsuits or something like that or fans. it would be better f the game if it brought more opportunities to more people. reporter: michael from the washington post, thank you so much. >> thank you for having me on. ♪ nick: california continues to be inundated by storms and millions of residents remain under flood watch. western new york is still recovering from last month's historic lizard that dropped more than four feet of snow on buffalo. we examined the frequency of extreme winter weather and the debate about its potential links to climate change. reporter: longtime buffalo residents had never seen a winter storm quite like this one. for much of the city's christmas

week blizzard he was doing wellness checks as part of a volunteer group in his eased buffalo neighborhood. he shot this video in near white conditions. you have lived in buffalo your whole life. have you ever seen a storm like this ? >> not like this. especially with the wind, the wind made it extra worse. reporter: morris later found out that his own father was among the more than 40 residents killed around buffalo as a result of the blizzard. 65-year-old morris senior, a man known for his flashy suits, died trying to walk to a grocery store. his body was later found in a snow bank. >> he was so flamboyant, larger-than-life. his personality. they told me he was going to the store and unfortunately, the store is only two blocks over. and he did not make it.

reporter: the blizzard conditions coupled with 70 mile-per-hour winds were a catastrophic combination. climatologist adam smith calculates the financial risk. >> the late december 2022 winter storm cold wave was, in some parts of the country, the storm of a lifetime. the hurricane force winds around buffalo, the intense snow squalls. it was quite remarkable. reporter: smith says the blizzard was just one of 18 billion dollar weather-related events last year and he believes it could be the costliest winter weather event when nearly two hundred 50 people died in texas. >> february 2020 -- 2021 was the most costly weather.

it was over a $20 billion event. reporter: while it is increasingly clear that other severe weather like the flooding in california, droughts and longer wildfire seasons can be linked to global warming, the fingerprints of man-made climate change on extreme weather is less obvious. that debate often centers around the arctic, region warming water times faster than the rest of the worl >> the biggest changes that we are seeing in climate change are happening in the arctic. i think there is a connection. reporter: he researches the connections between warming and the arctic. >> the changes to the arctic will lead to more changes which increases our risk of severe winter weather. reporter: for most americans, winters are getting shorter and warmer. average winter temperatures have risen by at least two degrees since the 1970's.

but something else is happening. >> what people are experiencing is a warmer and shorter winter peng shuai did -- punctuated a more severe weather events. reporter: his research is not fully agreed upon. some say it could be a natural deviation. what is clear, the increasing frequency of extreme weather means more americans will likely be impacted going forward. and some groups will be hit much harder than others says adam smith. >> most everyone is vnerable to some extreme or combination of extremes and people that have the highest vulnerability socioeconomically to these extremes, they may not be able to evacuate or have an insurance policy to recover or the social fabric to help them rebound. >> there is an old adage in the african-american community that

says when white people get a cold, black people get a blooming onion. reporter: buffaloes mostly bla eased side was especially vulnerable to the blizzard. many residents there live in older homes and rely on walking. >> already we know that blacks represented about 50% more of the for tallies in a region where they represent only about 14% of the population. this was something you had never seen before. the messaging was never there. it was never there. that walking could kill you. >> a driving brand remains in effect. reporter: while the city of buffalo instituted a driving ban and urged residents to stay home during the blizzard, itas a message that never reached his father. >> this is probably the worst

storm that any of us have experienced in r lifetime and we did not know any better because people weretill going out like my father. still thinking, this is all right. i can walk to the storend make it. this is not going to kill me. reporter: does that make you angry with the city of buffalo ? >> i was aittle frustrated because i still think it is a lack of accountability where 43 people were dying. reporter: like many in buffalo he hopes last month's blizzard will be a wake-up call. ♪ nick: in recent years there has been a steady increase of misinformation. two historians have assembled a team to push back myths on some

of the country's most pressing issues. they spoke to geoff bennett about their collection, taking on the biggest legends and lies about our past. reporter: kevin kruse and julian, welcome to the newshou the essays take on everything from feminism to white backlash over theemoval of confederate monuments to american exceptionalism to drums america first approach. what was the organizing principle behind this book of essays ? >> our main purpose was to push back against some of the lies out there in the public discourse today. certain topics presented themselves as obvious ones at the more we got into it we wanted to give a full picture of the range of american history. reporter: why publish a book like this now ? >> part of it was us listening and hearing and reading ideas about american history that were really does connect did from

what academic historians have been writing about and finding in the archives. we wanted to try to share with the public but we know that is so different than what you hear. part of it is also how public -- how politicized history has become in the classrooms and we wanted to bring some of the best and brightestcholars that write well to tackle big questions i'd americans have been wrestling with not just over the last few years but over the last few decades. reporter: let's talk about some of the essays starting with sarah's essay entitled "america first." it has gently never worked as a unifying national motto. on the contrary it has consistently served as a divisive code camouflaged by its ostensible harmlessness, frequently conspiratorial cover story. tell me more about the origins

of this myth of america first and how it has evolved. >> america first became part of the national lexicon in the last few years when the former president used it as one of his mottos but it is a term that has been around for a long time. certainly in the world war ii period and in the period leading up to that. it was a term embraced and not just those that supported isolationism that many connected to the right. sara in her essay shows a long history of how the term, it is not just a patriotic motto, it is a concept, a phrase that has been connected to many elements of reactionary politics from world war ii period right through to today. reporter: gilmore writes about the so-called good protests which she posits is based on nonviolent resistance of the

civil rights movement and she says the narratives rest on four misconceptions. the demonstrations were the first of their kind. that most americans gave their support to the protests. they quickly exposed and vanquished hatred. and they ended happily by bringing racial equality to america. why is that the myth of the good protest so dangerous ? >> it is dangerous because it presents a false split between the past and the present. there are those that held up this false idea of the civil rights movement as one that was not controveial. at it could settle things easily and martin luther king was iversally adored which was false at the te. but if you have a view of the civil rights movement in the 1960's as being without any stakes to it, without any opponents to it, it makes other protests pale in comparison. the black lives matter protests

were constantly contrasted against this false image of the civil rights protests. reporter: david bell writes about the perceived myth of american exceptionalism. he is dismissive of the term and his rationale seems to be that most nations could be considered exceptional in one sense or another. i think people might read that and take issue with that. how do you defend the position he takes ? >> the idea of american exceptionalism has been around for a long time and embraced by the left and the right. it is a real bipartisan argument. the idea that america is not simply better than other nations but fundamentally different. we have avoided the problems that faced comparable countries. what he is trying to argue is that really skews ou understanding of how united states evolved. it is better to have a realistic undetanding and no some of the

similarities between our country and comparable nations in western europe for example because then we get a deeper knowledge about how we as a country have wrestled with those problems. sometimes differently than others and sometimes the same. i think what david argues is very important and he shows there is a history to the concept that has been deployed politically and it takes our eye away from issues that we need to address as a nation. reporter: the essays isolate members of the conservative movement as the main culprits of mythmaking. there are people that will read the book or watch this interview and wonder what exists of the lies and legends, to use the phrase i read in the book, promulgated by the political left ? >> a fair question but the reason there is so much emphasis on this representations of

history coming from the right is they have been actively engaged with history in the last few years. president trump led the way and not just in terms of his claims to have been the best or biggest or first to have done such and such but even in the last days of his presidency putting forward this commission report which tried to implicate a patriotic education. the right has been very engaged in the project and that is why you s historians pushing back more against liesrom the right. i think if biden tries to push a patriotic education we will see historians try to push back against that as well. >> and i would add that we frame the book around the moment we are living in and a lot of this is most pronounced. reporter: you are both historians with significant public profiles. do you feel the moment we are living in requires historians to venture outside academic into the mainstream to combat some of the stuff head-on ? >> absolutely pure historians

have a special set of expertise and there is a hunger in the public to understand this nations history and historians have an ability to fill the gap. luckily we live in an era of social media wch has helped a lot of these myths and lies spread but it has also given every scholar out there and ability or a platform to push back against them. reporter: julian and kevin, thank you for your time. >> thanks for having us. ♪ nick: remember we have much more online including a story on where activists into eliminate abortion are now focusing their energies. that is the newshour for tonight. for all of us at the pbs newshour, i hope you had a good day. thank you and have a good night. announcer: major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided

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