i do it as a word about john lewis. often say people ask me back in rochester did you get to meet john lewis? i had the privilege of serving with him for just a couple years, and i remember in the morning when we would get on the floor i would always go over to say hello. i was a good boy mr. lewis. how are you? he finally said to me want to come unity we are colleagues, you can call me john. i said i appreciate very much, mr. lewis. but he will always be mr. lewis to me. i think as if clear house democrats believe democracy works best when every single person participates. it's at the core of who we are. as i often say i'm a center rochester, new york, a community whose history is synonymous with expanding access to the ballot box. rochester some of the frederick douglass and susan b. anthony two of the most passion and well-known advocates for voting rights in american history. frederick douglass published the north star newspaper at the heart of my downtown area and would take our ties to the sacred history very seri

> think that 60 years. 60 years after john was bludgeoned on a bridge, that the cause for which john lewiswould be our cause too. we know that, as john said, that ours is not the fight of one day, one week or one year. ours is truly the fight of a lifetime, and we will stand boldly with the american people to ensure that the sacred right to vote is protected, and that every american who is eligible to vote has access to the ballot box. >> this renewed effort comes after that same voting rights bill that bore john lewis name failed to reach president biden's desk while he was at the white house. doctor jay bhattacharya, best known for being an early critic of covid 19 lockdown orders, is now president trump's pick to lead the nih. he faced scrutiny today at his senate confirmation hearing, repeatedly questioned over how he would respond to trump's cuts. >> so do. >> you do you. >> support further cuts. >> at nih. funding or staff? >> senator, i don't support you know, i don't. >> have. >> any. >> intention to. >> cut anyone at the nih. >> will you object if it slows or stops life saving res

it comes from doctor king, it comes from john lewis. it comes from a history of oppression when the stacks is against you, you show your inner strength and you rise above and you inspire. that's what i want the democratic party. >> to do. is it still politically effective? >> i think so. i mean, look, i would argue that doctor king and john lewis faced much worse odds. they faced a much tougher america. and they they had far fewer resources, but they knew that if they had the higher ground that people would respond to it. and i'm not saying we we have to be saints like they were. i'm saying that we can punch back on the issues, but let's carry ourselves with a decorum and a respect. and you look at john f kennedy, you look at barack obama. those are the type of democrats who end up inspiring the nation. >> we shall see. congressman, thank you so much for joining. >> thank you. >> well ahead, it was an a.i. tool meant to generate opposing perspective. but then it came up with pro kkk arguments. now the billionaire owner of the l.a. times

when they talked about john lewis, mike johnson and republican's stood.n they talked about hostages by hamas, and getting them out, mike johnson and republican stood. to say this is just petty politics, both sides engaged, it's factually inaccurate speed five the reaction, even from democrats spanned the ledger pick a couple of things i would mention. apparently it is tradition for the other party, some of them, to walk the president down the aisle. they chose not to do that last night. i don't know if they are raising money off of this or not. here is nicole wallace on msnbc, clip number 1. watch. >> i hope he has a long life of law enforcement. but i hope he never has to defend the united states capitol against donald trump supporters. and if he does, i hope he isn't one of the six who loses his life to suicide. >> bill: not sure what she was sick about that one. meanwhile, over on cnn there was a different reaction. >> i think there were times when they should have risen. when al green did was despicable. >> this is an indictment, in my opinion, on the

today, you know, i made a film about john lewis, and he would always say, there's always something youps to emphasize that for people, we are not powerless. we are not going to shut up. we are not going to sit down unless we are peacefully protesting. and there's a lot of work to do. but we're we're here to do it. >> and i've seen some of the series and, and i think it's important that people understand the vastness of it. i in full disclosure, i'm in two of the episodes. but given what we're seeing in the trump administration and the erosion of the hard earned rights from the civil rights era, what is this document? what is this documentary important? why now? and what makes it relevant today? >> the topics that we cover in this series include affirmative action, book banning, environmental racism, political protest, everything that you can think of that we are facing right now, and the importance of eyes and the reason why you are in two of the episodes is because we needed that look back. we needed that history told at a time when people are trying to literally force the untelling o

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demonstrates to me and as fellow californian you oppose key voting rights protections including john lewis voting advancement act and fought against to challenge discriminatory laws, spread disinformation about 2020 election and now 2019, you sued the california department of motor vehicle alleging issues atthe motor program and that was ten lawsuits that you brought against the state when i was secretary, all unsuccessful, many dismissed. will you commit or how can you convince us that based on this track record that you would equally enforce, fairly enforce voting right acts through the department of justice? >> thank you for your question, senator, when we had the opportunity to meet in your office yesterday, i gave you one example of california's failure to abide by the nbra and make its voter roles clean and that's 1 million voters quote, unquote, in los angeles county alone which the county of los angeles agreed in a consent decree. >> i'm sorry to disrupt because my time limited. i would like to present them for the record and ask if they are, indeed, you as they appear to be. in fe

demonstrates to me and as fellow californian you oppose key voting rights protections including john lewis voting advancement act and fought against to challenge discriminatory laws, spread disinformation about 2020 election and now 2019, you sued the california department of motor vehicle alleging issues atthe motor program and that was ten lawsuits that you brought against the state when i was secretary, all unsuccessful, many dismissed. will you commit or how can you convince us that based on this track record that you would equally enforce, fairly enforce voting right acts through the department of justice? >> thank you for your question, senator, when we had the opportunity to meet in your office yesterday, i gave you one example of california's failure to abide by the nbra and make its voter roles clean and that's 1 million voters quote, unquote, in los angeles county alone which the county of los angeles agreed in a consent decree. >> i'm sorry to disrupt because my time limited. i would like to present them for the record and ask if they are, indeed, you as they appear to be. in fe

lewis. kyle is a us navy veteran battling stage four cancer successfully. a clinical trial at johnshe funding freeze means that he can't continue with his treatment if he needs it again. thank you so much for being here. kyle, i saw chewbacca, your canine friend behind you, and we were very dog friendly. if he wants to say hello. but take us inside. what what what your thoughts are as this news that impacts you directly sort of comes in fast and furious. >> yeah, if i could. >> if you don't mind, i'm just. going to share a quick snippet of. >> my. >> background so people kind. of get a feel for and put a face to some of these cuts that are happening, because i know we're all seeing numbers. flying around and, you know, we're seeing things like nih thrown. >> around. >> and a lot of people may. >> not necessarily. >> know who they are and what. they do. >> so. >> i'm happy to be. >> here to share my story. >> and kind of put some of these things into a more human angle for people to understand. >> so, as you. >> can probably see from my background here, i'm a california kid at heart.

john thune will be there. so do not miss that. kate. >> joining us right now david sanger, white house national security correspondent for the new york times. and errol lewis, political anchor for spectrum news, columnist for new york magazine. guys, thanks so much for being here. let's talk about the big speech tonight. gentlemen, errol, i was i was wondering as we were walking in here today how different tonight's speech would be had it been given one week ago with because within that week you had an oval office blowup with the president of ukraine, and now you have a trade war upon us. >> yeah, there's going to be a lot more eyeballs on this, including the whole world watching to hear what president p has to say. it's going to be a real important, pivotal moment. essentially, what this administration is doing is changing sides in the war between russia and ukraine. still trying to make sense of it. the president will address it tonight. and i think that this will sort of complete the process of moving the u.s. from siding with our ally ukraine, to siding with russia in ways that are going to be very disruptive. and certainly when it comes to the market,