caller: first of all, mona charen, i have watched you for years.ithave had a relationship the person you have a different view and i was always interested in the fact that you had different views and were such good friends. of zoey by the name carpenter. i want you to really listen to me. i am a black male. i him a democrat -- i am a democrat and i voted for ,linton, then gore, then kerry then obama, then trump. and the reason i voted like i did is because of what i am seeing right now. the democratic party scares me as a black male. a manooking at possibly getting his career destroyed because of an accusation. i would like the democratic party to be what it used to be. thet of times, people and i amrvative party -- seeing democrats destroying it if you don't fit the mold or go with what they say you should go with. i'm looking at senator, let harris, and what you are doing right now. you really scare me. well, i do think there are a lot of men who are afraid of this new era in which these allegations are being taken more seriously than they had in

coming up on today's washington journal, the preview of -- and thenump's mona charen and zoe carpenter with the nation magazine join us to discuss the supreme court nomination of brett kavanaugh. host: good morning. welcome to "washington journal." the senate judiciary committee will hold a hearing this week with brett kavanaugh and the of sexualaccused him assault when they were teenagers, christine blasey ford. negotiations and details are still being worked out today. this comes about one year into the me too movement, which started out as a social media hashtag.

and then syndicated columnist mona charen and the associate washington editor zoe carpenter discuss brett kavanaugh's supreme court come nation. watch washington jurble live at 7:00 eastern sunday morning. join the discussion. >> next, on lectures in history, garrett sheldon of the university of virginia's college at wise teaches a class on political philosopher john rawls and his 1971 book a theory of justice which has heavily influenced the ideas behind modern american liberalism. when president bill clinton awarded rawls the national humanity medal in 1999, he called him, quote, perhaps the greatest political philosopher of the this class is about 70 minutes. today we're going today we're goingn to look at american liberalism. or, the philosophy behind american liberalism. the political theory justification for liberalism, or the rationale underlining american liberalism. the