they hire african-american and mexican-american staff to lead the charge. one project director in houston was an unknown immunity activist named barbara gordon. this is happening all over the state.longtime veteran activists of the school rights and labor struggles of the city become the leadership of the coalition on the ground and they engage in a massive effort for block workers to educate them and to spread the coalition's message of economic justice, political power and racial inequality on the ground. they're successful in doing it. they carry johnson and yarborough to victory in 1964. they exert that power, they fail to repeal the full tax which is one of their main goals but they do see in transforming state and especially local politics, remapping local politics so we have these deep dark central cities surrounded by red servers. it happened at this moment when the city got organized. i go into why it ultimately declined and we can talk about it later. i want to jump back a moment and rest up and get time for questions. the history of the democrati

the american people hear him loud and clear. he is his own man, independent, strong, boundless energy and optimism. i like to say, president donald trump is distinctly american, and he is already fighting every day to put our country and our people first. president trump has charged head first into the fray. tomorrow actually marks the end of our first week in the white house. he's already signed historic executive orders on obamacare, on trade, the keystone and dakota pipelines, rolling back regulations, starting to build that border wall, enforcing the laws of this country, sanctity of life and more. just this week, this pro-life president reinstated the mexico city policy banning public funding of abortion in american foreign aid. [applause] mr. pence: and as another pro-life american, i couldn't be more proud to stand with him. if there's a problem the white house can fix, rest assured, president trump and i are going to roll our sleeves up and act swiftly to solve it. the american people expect nothing less. our challenges

the american people can count on that. [applause] we are goingnce: to show the american people the republican party has the principles and the policies that will make america great again. we know from history that we have the solutions for the country's problems. the answer has been the same era power of the free , marketplace, the arsenal of democracy, limited and constitutional government, build on personal responsibility, and above all else, a deep and abiding faith in the goodness of the american people. my friends, this is our moment. and we got this far because president donald trump marshalled a movement unlike any movement in american history. [applause] vice pres. pence: i saw it. i saw it as i traveled around the country. i would attend rallies with him where tens of thousands would come out. or i'd speak at rallies of my own were literally hundreds of americans -- [laughter] vice pres. pence: -- would come out to hear me campaign on his behalf. i want to tell you, they came out because president trump is the rea

so it's african american, asian american, hispanic american, latin american, native american.ans, they're white. you have polish americans. no, no, that didn't become on a box. and this is a joke for americans, understand that. so as an american, they understand this. on the boxes there is no irish american, there is only white, but there is african american, and there is asian american, do you get what i'm saying? so that's the whole point of thejoke. the point i was trying to make is there was a shift amongst the black american community to start calling themselves african american. they didn't want a definition by default, ie you were not white, so therefore you were black. they wanted to have a hyphenated identity that linked them with the continent of their ancestors, and therefore when you say, "oh, they're not really african, they're playing along," you cannot disconnect what you say from this debate that's really, you know, captured the imagination of the african american, black american community. and also, the point i want to make to you, when you say that it now fee

to the american people -- made this vow to the american people. i can say that, as we look at these statements that were made, these are not statements that have come true. i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves the balance of her time. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. yarmuth: mr. chairman, i now yield 1 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from new jersey, the distinguished ranking member of the energy and commerce committee, mr. pallone. the chair: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for 1 1/2 minutes. mr. pallone: i want to thank mr. yarmuth. you know, i've listened to every republican who spoke during this budget debate and i'm convinced they will repeal the a.c.a. and run. they'll never -- there will never be a replacement, because they don't have the votes for it. the republicans are ideologues. they don't believe we should regulate insurance companies or help people pay for their premiums, so they can never support a replacement plan that would do these things. the a.c.a. is a market-based plan

flag is committed to stopping the deformation of the american people, the american nation and the american culture. flag is not a think tank. flag is a battle tank. flag it's all about changing the culture and changing the media narrative, by using the tactics of the left back against them. that's how we win. that's how we reverse the tide. flag is an educational nonprofit, we we go into as many elementary, middle and high schools as we possibly can talking to kids about what makes america special. what makes america different, why is the constitution the best political document ever written? what what would the world look like today had it not been for american leadership in the 20th century? what would the world look like in the future if there was no america? what all has the united states given the world? why has it been in nonparallel force for good in this world? please and gentlemen, we seek to counter the army of anti-american activist masquerading as teachers that are deliberately. [applause] trying to raise a generation of american haters. flag is also immediate response on. the

and americans, mr. president, are just now waking up to learn about the bait-and-switch scheme that has been perpetrated on them. for more than six years, republicans in this senate and in the house of representatives have said repeatedly that they would repeal obamacare but replace it. replace it with something, they said, that will be much better. and now we know, as the clock ticks down, that that has been a farce. there is no republican replacement bill to provide the kind of coverage and benefits of the affordable care act, and the consequences of that failure are going to be devastating for the country. let's take a moment to look at the human toll. first, there are the 22 million americans who previously had no health insurance before the affordable care act but are now covered through the health care exchanges and through expanded medicaid. these are people who've been denied access to coverage because they had preexisting conditions or their kids had preexisting conditions, whether it was asthm

allison: and pershing was really adamant that the americans would fight under american command. he did not want the entire army to be commanded by the british for the french. mitchell: here, they are talking about -- it was the first time a full american army went on the offensive. by thed been captured germans in pershing wanted to 1914. show what the americans could do as an independent army. allison: and the hill is the site of the memorial today that memorializes the service of the: americans in the st. mihiel offensive. and there is also a cemetery nearby where many of the men who served are buried. shells firedllion in mitchell: the germans four hours. suspected americans were in the area and there was going to be an attack. they did not exactly know when and where. they were starting to withdraw, but they were caught by surprise. 75's ore french guns, the frontt could hit of the lines or the rear area. and a lot of it was just morale, to shake up the troops on the other side. allison: one of the interesting things as you watch these artillery pieces, you can see they have

some americans. people were so devastated and part. neutralized by the war, it is difficult to imagine what their feelings must have been at the time. >> here is the american truth. parading triumphantly through paris. it took a while for the americans to come back home. it wasn't until 1919 that they had enough troop transportation to get them back to the u.s. welcomedch every city the troops back,. >> let's end where we begin. the troops are coming home. what is america's reaction to what happened? >> it is interesting you bring that up. it is a joy to see the troops come over. newspapers are posting special editions. slowly as the troops come home, a lot of them don't want to talk about the war. some of them saw such horrible fighting, they don't want to talk about it. they don't -- they want to get back into civilian society. slowly the americans stored to forget about the war. even as they are trying to think about it, you have other things going on. you have the volstead act, with provision. --

in time, these brave men and women will come to be known as the american patriots. ♪ americans, men andwalks of life and every corner of the world, bound by the promise of liberty. but before the revolution, there are no americans, only british subjects, colonists without a nation of their own. but behind every nation stands its people. and beyond every legend lies the truth. >> when people think of the origins of the american revolution, they generally point to the financial conflict, taxation without representation. but beyond the economics, the revolution is a class war. the british view the american colonists as an inferior group of people. this means that the american revolution is about much more than political or financial independence. it's a fight to achieve the american identity. >> the struggle for an american identity begins in boston as colonists, tired of being oppressed by an empire that sees them only as a source of revenue, begin to take action. two of the first men to fight back against british tyranny are sam adams and john hancock, who start by avoiding british taxes

again, welcome to the state american energy presentation. the congress swore in the new administration set to take -- to start in a few weeks. we like to take this opportunity to share all levels of government from every region of the country and all along the political spectrum the fundamental nature of our society. this year's report details the many ways in which energy is fundamental to our society's standard of living. a healthy economy and strengthen national security. we also like to remind policymakers and the public of the mission to promote safety globally and to seek public policy that allows our industry to continue adding value to people's lives. we are part of the solution to spur the economy, improve the environment and strengthen national security. with that, i am pleased to introduce american petroleum institute president ceo jack gerard. [applause] >> thank you for the introduction and welcome again to our distinguished guests and all who've joined us today for our afternoon events as we show the state of energy approach as

john: is the american dream still alive? hard to be optimistic walking around this conference because so many people here are promoting buying gold and savings like sleep that night knowing your assets are safe. they have a point because politicians keep promising people free stuff and so much more than taxpayers could never find that these paper dollars your someday may be worth pennies the fed was created the dollar lost 96% of its value proposal i've bought gold and silver. i know they will hold their value more than pieces of paper. cept so far i have lost money on my investments. how many of you have invested in gold? [applause] unless you bought it way back you have not done so well so when will inflation explode? it is still low. who knows these predictions are risky and has to explode some time because there's not enough money. but the pessimism about america's future is a bad bet even two-day people steady signal sent text books but he taught although the american economy approaches so the growth the plan the econom

by the american people. but now it is the time first to keep our promise, step one will be to refeel obamacare. but as the president-elect said today, and i admonished members of the house congress important -- congress, it is important to remind american people of what they already know about obamacare, that the promises that were made were all broken. and i expect you'll see an effort in the days ahead to talk about the facts around obamacare, and secondly, of course, is to begin that orderly to something better. the truth is that the commitment that the president-elect made was to repeal and replace obamacare. as they said this morning, in a in a tweet it will be important , that we be careful as we do that. that we do that in a way that doesn't work a hardship on on american families who have gained insurance, through this program, doesn't work hardship on our economy. as they told us looking conferences -- as i told house republicans congress today today , we're working on a strategy and concert with th

that has been american policy. even people who have been threatened and victimized and persecuted can't just walk into our country because high-ranking marines say so. they still go through vetting that takes years. that is the process. it is the process donald trump has stopped. a report noted radical jihad, terrorists intending to kill us were using this executive order as a victory, proof the united states is at war with islam. some people say the claim is hard to make, banning people of seven countries. look a little closer at the executive order. there are exceptions made for non-muslims in those countries. imagine this. we are the united states of america, this idea of freedom of religion, their is no religious test to vote, no religious test to have citizenship, no religious test to enjoy the richness of a nation that believes in religious liberty. but in one action by the president of the united states who claims to be control them is concerned about terrorism says i will stop people from entering, weight a

republicans have always been the party of american industry and the american worker. we must embrace that heritage. rebuilding this country with american goods and american labor and we started, believe me, over the last couple months -- i was like to say i did about as much as anybody or more in terms of getting industry to start coming back to our country before i took office. we have a lot of great news with ford and general motors and fiat chrysler. lockheed is adding a lot of additional people. boeing -- we have a lot of positive things happening and it's really going to start bursting. we want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. so important. it's out of control. we believe the world's best country ought to have the world's best infrastructure. it is what our people deserve and it is what we will ensure they get. our infrastructure is in serious trouble. we will build new roads and highways and tunnels and airports and railways across the nation. we will fix our existing product before we build anything brand-new. we have to fix what we have. we w

the american people more choices when it comes to health insurance. releasing the power of the free market is a pathway toward expanding access and affordability of health care across the country and the american people know it but the simple fact is that the american people know who owns obamacare. it is the first half of the title. obama and the party of obama. what donald trump and i are determined to do is to keep faith with the american people who have voted in this election both in the presidential election and in elections for congress. to give us the majorities and to give us the control of the white house. the president-elect's advisor said that with replacement for obamacare then nobody who has insurance now under obamacare will go without it. is that also your priority? >> let me just say we have the obamacare repeal resolution. the priorities between now and january 20 are hearings on cabinet members. we hope the minority will treat the president-elect's cabinet selection in the same way that we treated president obama and we confirmed a n

he said hire american and buy american. favor of free trade of any kind whether it's free trade or foreign trade involving other countries. she's come to the yiet wiunited with a message she would like to sell, which is britain and the u.s. should go ahead and promote free trade and promote an idea of a rules based global order. trump has said clearly he doesn't believe in any of that anymore and he's willing to throw much of it overboard. as for the rest of europe, this is a fundamental stumbling block. that's how the system, the system of rules based international world order, that's made them prosperous. that's made them safety and they would like to continue it. this seems to be in direct conflict with what trump says he wants. >> when when he come back i'll ask what he makes of the ban on many muslim majority countries and the policy of extreme vetting, when we come back. my business was built with passion... but i keep it growing by making every dollar count. that's why i have the spark cash card from capital one. wit

not the american people, not the republicans. we didn't cause this problem, but we're now determined to provide relief. we're determined to live up to our promise to the american people and repeal this failed law. so starting today we will begin repairing the damage by passing the legislative tools necessary to repeal obamacare and begin to transition to more sensible health care solutions. we just laid down the obamacare repeal budget resolution this week. we'll take it up soon. but repeal is only the first step. it clears the path for a replacement that costs less and works better than what we have now. once repeal is enacted, there will be a stable transition period to a patient-centered health care system that gives americans access to quality, affordable care. we plan to take on this challenge in manageable pieces, not with another 2,700-page bill. that was one of obamacare's initial mistakes and one we do not intend to repeat. now, some of our friends across the aisle have mused publicly about their role in this process. i

american manufacturing, american services, americans first. whether it's china or any other country, that's going to be the priority. but with respect to china alone, it's huge marketplace for american workers and small businesses. you look at the commitment that al alibaba made, talking about access to small businesses. it's important that individuals who of my a craft or a product they're working at home at or maybe it's a small business, have the opportunity to access those marketplaces that at one point might be too far for them to reach, but through the technology that we have available to us now. and he's going to continue to fight, whether it's the chinese market or other places around the globe for market access. but again, the guiding principle is always going to be the american worker, the american manufacturing. yes. >> reporter: dan housley from whtv, boston. the idea that the president wants to work with people, how long will he keep trying when he's not helped by the other side, before he says i'll just work with the people that

the american citizen does. and it costs on an average, as chairman goodlatte brought up, $15,000 per u.s. household. can that money -- could that be better used to offset the cost of a college education? or maybe the staggering cost of health care due to the affordable care act? let me give you a real-life illustration from my district. a couple of years ago, a constituent, a dairy farmer, was targeted by an incredibly vague broad -- vague, broad woe tulls. the e.p.a. sued and won -- woe tulls. the e.p.a. sued and -- wotus. the e.p.a. sued and won the case because of the vagueness of this rule and determination in the court. it cost my constituent over $200,000 in fines and court costs for natural depression in his pasture that the e.p.a. determined could qualify as navigable waters. the rule states that any water or any land that becomes seasonably wet is affected. i live in florida. we get 54 inches of rain a year. that's my whole state of florida. this is down right outrageous. this is just one example of th

also ran a program in which millions of americans e-mailed records -- americans' e-mail records were collected. since the congressman wrote he would like to reestablish collecting all of the metadata, i asked him whether he would support the resumption of that program as well and whether he believed that millions of americans' e-mail records should be combined with millions of americans' phone records. he could have said no. he could have clarified that he was only talking about phone records. instead he ducked taking a position. in fact, he even indicated that he would be open to including e-mail records in his new database. his exact words were, "if i am confirmed and agency officials inform me that the legal framework is insufficient to protect the country, i would make appropriate recommendations to any needed changes in laws and recommendations." what is especially troubling is that the bulk e-mail program was discontinued because it wasn't effective. i spent a lot of time pressing intelligence officials to give us some evidence that you had to go out and collect all of these e-

the american people deserve better. last week the senate started considering the obamacare repeal resolution and we're continuing that process this week. this resolution will provide us with the tools that we need to repeal the law and then committees will get to work on the actual repeal bills. and then we'll work step by step to replace obamacare with real health care reform that focuses on personalized patient-centered care. mr. president, one massive problem with obamacare is the fact that it puts washington in charge of health care decisions that should be made at a much lower level. any obamacare reform the republicans pass will focus on fixing this. we're going to move control from washington and give it back to states and the individuals. health care issues don't have one size fits all solutions. it's time to stop acting like they do. states should have the power to innovate and embrace health care solutions that work for the individuals and the employers in their states. individuals should be able to make healt

i think as a country we shall focus to buy american. >> by american made products to put other americanswork. >> scott paul says absolutely a puts americans to work. president for the alliance of american a manufacturing. hopes whole but some say by american campaigns are stupid. it doesn't raise american wages. >> that doesn't make sense. then i give somebody a job. >> but they buy things from the americans but do they held the americans which create jobs in american wages. john: by allowing free trade everybody gets the best price period we can specialize then we let the world specialize what they do best. john: i would say most economists say free trade wythes just about all but. >> no question but i will suggest another point of view that by american recirculates money in our own economy to give people additional opportunities. if something is bought and the profits head back to china in some cases their own by the chinese government and who knows what they will do with it. john: i know what my money to go to the state owns communists company. >> but what do they do? they cannot spen

the third american board member.enix offered his appraisal of policy in two 1957 memos. a stated the board will continue operations of the death of the six individuals serving life terms, barring possibly until as late as 1985. he understood the prisoners cannot be handed over to the federal republic because of the sentence validity question. b call phoenix's memo for the rapid liquidation of the war crimes problem. he suggested the further use of posttrial, nonjudicial mechanisms to release were criminals. in yet another reduction in the requirements for parole. offered a way around the long-standing sentence validity and passed that allowed both nations to say race. if the only argument the germans can offer for refusing custody is its unwillingness to admit the legality of the trials, it should not be difficult to incorporate an exchange of notes between the two governments with some saving paragraph to cover the point. phoenix stated very plainly in a cover letter that he was prepared to shoulder all blame and re

. >> american history tv on c-span3. for the complete schedule go to c-span.org. >> the presidential inauguration of donald trump is friday. c-span will have live coverage of all the day's is absent ceremonies. -- day's events and ceremonies. watch live on c-span and c-span.org, and listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> "washington journal" continues. of foreigncussion policy in the obama administration with two guests joining us. we are joined by jim michael breen of the truman national security project, who serves as the president and ceo. and james garretifano. both of you, welcome. what's the big picture when it comes to foreign policy? is there an obama doctrine -- a way of thinking when it comes to approaching these kinds of matters? guest: to evaluate his legacy, we have to put it into context. since 1945, every american president, republican or democrat, has tried to carry forward the central theory of the world. future try to prevent great power conflict and create a world based on institutions like nato,

a problem for the american people for six years. american people are drowning in excessive costs and regulations of obamacare. americans cannot bear another year of rising premium costs, loss of coverage, and lowered quality of care. the time to repeal this is now. we have a plan that would repeal obamacare and immediately and put it in an affordable patient-centered system. this is what the american people need, immediate relief and a backstop replacement to have in place. this plan would expand access to health savings accounts, which i personally still have after several years. allow the purchase of insurance across state lines, as you have already heard, as well as other reforms that will drive down the cost of medical care. in november the american people clearly on several issues. the national healthcare industry of system is nothing short being at stake. that is what this plan is about. included in to be this diverse group of ladies and gentlemen that have come up with this good plan. i want to thank you. i am marsha blackbur

how did the american public divide over the american revolution?> one of the lessons to take from the american revolution is it mobilized and motivated minorities to make a huge difference. generally speaking, john adams is famous for saying a third of americans support the american revolution, a third opposing the third are in between somewhere, 60% of the population was opposed to the american revolution and that is a lesson i think -- when you look at abraham lincoln, received 39% of the vote, mobilize and motivated minorities to have a huge impact on american history. >> if we are thinking about cleavages in the american public in terms of demographic groups or any other cleavage, what -- who can support the revolution and who tended to be neutral? >> that is what historians are starting to ask now and part of it is re-examination of the american revolution, to say we have to look at it as an event that is multifaceted and doesn't have clear answers. many people were neutral at the beginning of the revolution and as war past through it they beg

i believe the verdict of the american people has been that obamacare has failed the american people. i would just ask our democratic colleagues to look at the fact that they passed it originally with 60 votes. now they are at 48. now, we have all been in the majority and the minority if you have been around here for very long, but i think there are -- there is -- obamacare is one of the big reasons our democratic colleagues find themselves currently in the minority. as one of our colleagues put it this morning, if we can't do better than obamacare, we might as well look for another line of work. what we owe the american people, i believe, is coverage that they choose at a price they can afford. and of course that's just the beginning. under president obama's leadership, his administration has imposed thousands of rules and regulations running up the price tag of hundreds of billions of dollars that have put a stranglehold on the american economy. many of these are job-killing regulations that make it harder for small businesses, which are the very life is abou is lifebl- lifeblood of

bring relief to americans. we will help americans crying out for relief from obamacare, and we will keep our promise to the people. as you can see, we'll be working with the new administration on every step of this law, every step of the way, even before day one. with that, i want to hand it over to somebody that we all know very well because he served here with us. we're so proud of him and we're so pleased about this new working relationship with our new vice president-elect mike pence -- [laughter] [applause] >> yag. he is always there -- thanks. [inaudible conversations] thank you mr. speaker. thank you to the speaker and to the leadership for the one welcome today at the house republican conference i'll be meeting later today with members of the senate at their weekly luncheon and this is a day that our message is very simple. on behalf of the president-elect, and on behalf of all of the leadership that we are 16 days away from the end of business as usual in washington, d.c. today, our message is very sim

obamacare has worked on american families, american businesses and in a very simple conclusion, the american people have sent you leadership here because obamacare has failed and has been rejected by the american people. now is the time for us to keep our promises. step one would be to repeal obamacare. as the president-elect said today and i had amish members of the house republican congress today. it's important we remind the american people what they are to you know about obamacare, that the promises made were all broken and i expect you'll see an effort in the days ahead to talk about the facts around obamacare. and secondly of course is to be good that orderly transition to something better. the truth is the commitment that the president-elect made was to repeal and replace obamacare and as he said this morning in a tweet, it will be that we be careful as we do that, that we do that in a way that doesn't work on hardship on american families to obtain insurance through this program. it doesn't. it is a mark on hardship on our economy. as i told the house republican conference today, we

the american people see right through it. chris: okay. >> this is a week,i just sat down with the trancic team in washington yesterday. we have named 20 out of 21 of cabinet officials, probably have all of them named before inauguration day. the character that the men and women that the president elect has assembled, hundreds and hundreds of interviews and conversations he himself has had should be deeply inspire to go millions of americans. they know when he raises his right hand on that inaugural platform this coming friday that he's going to be ready on day one to keep promises to the american people and turn this country around. chris: let me ask you about this. we have three minutes left and i'm going ask you three questions so let's get them in all in. obamacare, the president elect says he wants to see repeal and replace basically at the same time, here he is in the press conference. >> it'll be repeal and replace. it will be essentially simultaneously, it will be various segments, you understand, but will most likely

it is un-american. it undermines the truth of who we are, and it's pa at any timely unaccept deductible patently unacceptable. this order has treated green card hoirlds and immigrants of this nation as if they were criminals. it's torn families apart across the world and pulled the rug out from families who are preparing to begin a new life in the united states of america. and this order has betrayed some of our closest allies -- men and women who risked their lives to help american service members deployed often on hostile soil. by ending the special immigrant visa programs established to help iraqis and afghans who risked their lives to help american forces, it's unacceptable. the united states cannot turn its back on those who stepped up and stepped in when we needed them most. just this morning i read about an iraqi man, same, who had risked his life to work with the american government in iraq after waiting seven years to gain entry going through a laborious process of vetting under the special imm

he wants to hire american. he wants that money to go not to mexican cement companies and portuguese labor. he wants to focus those projects on companies that will be hiring american, using american materials, and there are limitations to that. but it's part of the change, and i'm con if i didn't he will do it. >> here is where you and i differ. i believe if he does the tax bill helped design, does the deregulation, and promotes american energy, those jobs are coming back. i don't think we need to build walls of trade protectionism. i'm saying the main way to get these jobs back -- lou: you name one free trade agreement in which there is free trade where there are no barriers to trade for the united states. can you name one? there are none. >> i think on balance nafta has worked out pretty well. lou: that's a different statement. but it's not relevant to what i asked. the impediments are significant. >> i think we agree on trade. if we are going to have trade agreements we should do them in a bilateral way. lou:

you, the american people. [ applause ] we americans have always been a forward-looking, problem-solving, optimistic, patriotic and decent people. whatever our race, religion, sexual orientatn, gender identity, whether we are immigrant or native-born, whether we live with disabilities or do not, in wealth or in poverty, we are all exceptional in our commonly held yet fierce devotion to our country, and in our willingness to sacrifice our time, energy, and even our lives to making it a more perfect union. today we celebrate one of democracy's core attributes, the peaceful transfer of power. and every day we stand up for core democratic principles enshrined in the constitution. the rule of law. equal protection for all under law. the freedom of speech, press, religion. the things that make america america. and we can gain strength from reading our history and listening to the voices of average americans. they always save us in times of strife. one such american was major sullivan ballou. on july 14th, 1861, when the north and south were lining up for their first battle, a time when our cou

we will work with him to help the american people feel confident again. competent and themselves and competent and their futures. we look for to the inauguration in just under two weeks and there is now much more serious work to be done. i look for to working with each of you to achieve it. yesterday and my opening marks as senate leader. indeed be ways we can work together. i named a few of them. let me be perfectly clear. taking millions of americans off their health care and throwing the entire system into chaos is not one of them. thatand deeply troubled the republican majority and the president elect is trying to have a full-scale assault on the health care system. just the affordable care act care act. but medicare and medicaid as well. they are asked look ugly bound, those are the pillars that support the american health care system. as the first effort of business the republican majority has put forward a resolution to repeal the reform. they have promised not to cut medicare in the campaign. -- the president elect has elected a man who has spent

they force this long american people. i hope they will work with us and ditch their efforts to protect this law at all costs, and partner to deliver real reforms that drive down the cost of health care, increase health care, and expand access. i would like to yield to my good friend, andy barr. thank you, dr. who sean -- bu cshon. in a former career, i practice -- defending career defending physicians. principle, objective of you for the care act, as the name -- affordable care act, as the name implies, is to make health care more affordable. the realities has -- reality has been very different. costs of sword by $4300 by 2010, and that apples are up -- deductibles are up in the consumer market. these increased taxes and mandatesare part of -- are part of obamacare, but what we have been seeing since then is attributable to the litigation lottery environment and the failure of obamacare to address the problems in the torque system. -- toward system -- tort system. we think this will help protect the sacred patient doctor

this is what it means to be an american. what americanism is. a country, a society, much like any individual has to have a reason in order for it to survive. where there is a why there is a how. americans have lost our how. that is what we need to get back. the most stunning change in the global mind in the last 50 years is the prevalence of this idea that america is a villain, a perpetrator, a predator and an oppressor, war mongering, terrorist, that america is evil. all collectivist societies see america as a foreign enemy and joined forces against her. the elite, the media, academics, and education are deliberately and recklessly depicting america as a hateful and bigoted place intenti intentionally seeking to raise a generation of americans that are ambivalent if not outwardly hostile to their country. ( ( ( ( you see, ladies and gentlemen, conservatives are builders. le leftists are destroyers. they have to destroy in order to try and build the utopia that they seek. they have destroyed our patriotism. they have destroyed our confidence. th

and the americans, and the american bankers i will mention in a moment, or even farther away. the decision was made by two emperors and the military around them on august 1, 1914. they were unable to accept the advice of his uncle, the younger insisted that the european war was still winnable as long as it was conducted as a lightning war. we often forget this was the underlying strategy also on the german side that war would be over by christmas 1914. businessman and the economic press kept warning against a major war. the most freeing a statement appeared in the wall street journal as i mentioned before, the 28th of july, because it go to the position of not only of walberg but also generally of those of herbert spencer who mentioned earlier, and that was three days before the outbreak of the first world war. i quote the wall street journal. the whole world is engaged in business as never before. industrial germany in 30 years of power for outright is military germany. throughout the civilized world, towns have become cities, and empires succeeded the states, and the empire

per microgram 1900 for some of the same ideas you might throughout american history, american i worryabout margaretd the dutch were very anti-englisy they thought the english would ruin america and the place they created and by the mid-19th century were very anti-catholic. later on, in the same immigrant not only the once anti-catholic but the ones discriminated against for catholicism becomei. anti-semites. the anti-muslim sentiment today. people's anti-immigrant sentiment at other times they were condemned for being too radical. sometimes people complain immigrant take our jobs.o conse many times throughout new york's history, new yorkers have complained immigrants were part of a secret army plotting to destroy america. so that is something we've heard about american history. the other came out the book, the final game is immigrants aren't different in an important sense in previous generations ofratio immigrants. today's immigrants aren't like my grandparents. our immigrant parents or great grandparents or even great-great-grandparents.ke ouri they are relatively more oftenty than

and has been rejected by the american people. now it is time for us to keep our promises. step one is to repeal obamacare. but as the president-elect said today and i admonished members of the house conference today that we have to remind the mayor can people what they already know about obamacare. the promises that they made were all broken and i expect you will see an effort in the days ahead to talk about the facts about obamacare. second is to begin the orderly transition to something better. , the commitment the president-elect made was to repeal and replace obamacare. as he said this morning in a tweet, it's important we be careful as we do that, that we do it in a way that does not work a hardship on american families who have gained insurance through this program, doesn't work a hardship on our economy. we are working on a strategy in concert with the house and senate for both a legislative to executive action agenda ensure an orderly and smooth transition to a market-based health care reform system is achieved. the speak

throughout american history, americans have worried about immigrants, feared immigrants, sometimes even hated immigrants, the dutch were very antienglish. they thought that teng lish would ruin america and the police they had created. the english were very antiirish. later on, the ones discriminated against for catholicism becomehe antisemites. and so on and so forth up to antimuslim sentiment today. and people's antisentiments were too conservative or too radical. sometimes people complained that immigrants takes our jobs, other times, many times new yorkers w complained that immigrants were a secret army plotting to destroy america.op that's something that we've heard throughout america's history and throughout new york's history. the other theme of the book, final theme is that immigrants today really aren't any different in an important sense than previous generations of immigrants. we tend to think that today's immigrants aren't like myou grandparents but in almost every sense, in almost every way, immigrants are just like our w immigrant grandparents or great grandparents or even,

he said he's going to bring back prosperity for all americans and create jobs for all americans.o say as witnessed in the last election. outside of new york and california, donald trump won the popular vote as well. it's crazy with the left is doing to what was once a reasonably successful major party. >> i don't agree with you there. howie: that's twice, leslie. >> definitely has to be fixed. i can't get out of my mind, lou and can't wrap my head around the fact that our president-elect once mocked a disabled reporter. he has made disgusting any song tonight and sexist remarks. these are images people here in california -- lou: i wish the rest of us mere mortals could even repair to the standard the left has set for us all. i have to tell you, we are all -- nearly everybody i know is basically human has made mistakes. has said things they would take back. has done things they would rather do over. >> has he? >> i agree with you. but i don't see him with an apoly. lou: we are talking about immense potential for all americans and we have a leader talking about doing that. we haven

whether americans are pro-life or pro-choice independent study show about 80% , of americans think it's wrong to use taxpayer money to promote abortion around the world. i thought that was an important step that president trump took again, already within his first few days, to protect the life, to protect jobs and fulfill the promises that the american people elected him to carry through. >> mimi walters just said it. time of newion is a beginnings a time to cherish the , peaceful transfer of power in the first start that comes with it comes with a appeared with the unified republican government, we have a chance, a moment to rethink way things are done in d.c. to be hopeful, , optimistic and look forward. republicans are about hitting the ground running. whether it's the aggressive schedule we have over the next few weeks and months, or even the aggressors casually have further retreat later on this week in philadelphia. very proud republicans are coming together, houston senate -- house and senate. we are having a joint retreat. ofare doing the hard work collaborating, coordinating, p

theblicans have always been party of american industry and the american worker. we must embrace that heritage, rebuilding this country with american goods and american labor. we have started, believe me, over the last couple of months. i would like to say i did about as much as anybody or more in getting industry to come back to our country before i took office. a lot of great news with ford and general motors and fiat chrysler and so many others. lockheed is adding people and boeing. a lot of positive things happening which will really start bursting out, you will see it very soon. we want to get our people off of welfare and back to work. [applause] president trump: so important, it is out of control. we believe the world's best country should have the world's best infrastructure. it is what our people deserve and it is what we will make sure they get, our infrastructure is in serious trouble. we will build new roads and highways and tunnels and airports and railways across the country. productfix the existing before we build anything brand-new, however. have,

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it was african-americans bringing a unique vision to the possibility of what american democracy might look like. vernon jordan:howard, it was the west point of the civil rights movement. and the lawyers got that commitment to use this law, for the benefit of black people, and the ultimate benefit of white people. narrator :but training a group of qualified african-american lawyers was not enough. in a hostile legal environment houston needed a plan - a strategy. juan williams: houston had started to work with the naacp to look at exactly what was the best strategic approach to blowing apart, destroying the segregation structure in the country. narrat or:the most significant obstacle in houston's way was the 1896 plessy vs ferguson supreme court decision which sanctioned the separation of african-americans on trains as long as they were provided equal accommodations. the plessy doctrine of "separate but equal" quickly spread throughout southern life in direct violation of the 14th amendment to the constitution. roger wilkins: until you got rid of that interpretation that the constituti

of american counties, mr. president, have one option -- one option. tell me that's not a monopoly. this is not the health care reform that the american people were looking for. republicans are committed to replacing obamacare with real health care reform that focuses on personalized patient-centered care. one massive problem with obamacare is the fact that it puts washington in charge of health care decisions that should be made at a much lower level. any obamacare reform that republicans pass will folk kwhrus on fixing this -- focus on fixing this. health care issues don't have one-size-fits-all solutions. it's time to stop acting like they do. states should have the power to innovate and embrace health care insurance that works for their employers and their state. individuals should be able to make health care decisions in consultation with their doctors, not with washington, d.c. another thing we are going to focus on is breaking down the obamacare barriers that artificially restricted choice. as i said ear