it is pro-american immigration reform that the american people want, that the american people deserve, and puts the needs of the working class ahead of the investor class. with that, i would gladly take a few questions. >> you talk about the president's agenda. obviously if this does not become law it will not be implemented. this has resistance even from publicans as you are growing up this plan. >> it has been my experience in the legislative process that there are two kinds of proposals. there are proposals that can only succeed in the dark of night and proposals that can only succeed in the light of day. this is the latter of those two. the more that we as a country have a national conversation about what kind of immigration system we want and to whom we want to give green cars to, the more unstoppable the momentum for something like this becomes. public support is so immense on this. look at the polling data in many key battleground states across the country. over time, you will see a massive public push for this kind of legislation. because immigration affects every aspect of ou

american workers first. last week in barryville we democrats began to offer a better deal to the american people, better deal that promises three things. first, higher wages and better jobs. second, lower everyday expenses. third, the tools workers need to succeed in the 21st century. nothing is more central to creating jobs and increasing take-home pay than rewriting our trade laws that oppress foreign workers ahead of american workers, that opposed big multinational corporations ahead of the needs of hard-working average american families. for far too long our trade laws have given multinational corporations and foreign competitors a leg up on the american worker. they put the corporate bottom line ahead of the workers bottom line. today we democrats are proposing a better deal for workers with tough, tough trade laws that finally, finally put american workers first. in addition to the ideas my colleagues have laid out today we are also calling for the creation of an american job security council. right no

american. they were seen as disloyal. they were seen as sub versivers the war effort, and it is in part because of the context, right, these shifting dramatic changes of economy, politics and social and cultural allegiances that the zoot suit comes to garner this deep meaning. that's where i want to turn to next. i want to talk a little bit more about the zoot suitújdñ itself. it is often told as a story or history of world war ii as an mexican-american story on the west coast or an african-american story on the east coast, right. barella's story that i began with or malcolm little's story, sort of dominate the narrative of what the zoot suit was and why it mattered and how we can use it to make sense of world war ii. i want you to think of them together, that the zoot suit was not just a brown thing on the west coast, not just a black thing on the east coast, but it was an american thing. actually after the war, as a footnote, it becomes an international youth popular style, but that's another

-- the history of american war and ultimately american war politics. and if we sort of take the civil war as a starting point and then think forward to our contemporary era where the united states goes to war all the time and most americans are not only isolated from the violence, they actually don't appear to pay any attention to it. i'm sort of interested in what happens to american engagement, and what happens therefore to american war politics when civilians over time become further and further from the experience. so that we've got this moment when civilians don't even need to pay attention, and there's this profound level of political apathy, in my view, it's the apathy that helps us understand why congress does nothing, why should they do nothing to limit presidents of both parties? because their constituents don't care at all about whether we go to war. now, the idea that civilians and their relationships to violence might have an impact on american war politics was actually a point that general dwight d. eisenhower made. he wrote pyle a letter

how american is that? to stay behind, because, you know, you just want to stay with your girlfriend, and just be an american. that is all he ever wanted to do. susan: how did he get arrested? karen: he was on a street corner and san leandro, california, which is a suburb next to oakland in the san francisco bay area, and he was visiting his girlfriend that day on the corner and he went into this kind of corner store to buy some cigarettes and he thinks he was spotted. somebody recognized him. he was on the corner, and all of a sudden the san leandro police showed up and said something to him like, have you seen any short japanese guys around here? and my father said no. then the military police came and that was it. they took him first to the san leandro jail, and then to oakland and in the federal jail in san francisco. they do not know what to do with him. susan: one of the important the important things to know about fred cory monteith -- fred korematsu. peter: the initial steps were very rudimentary, t

one man, henry johnson, was the first african-american to receive any medal on the american side. they were one of the most highly decorated units in the war. another aspect of their history was their bandleader. james reiss europe created a band out of musicians out of the 369th and they were credited with bringing jazz to the people of france. he had an incredible feeling for how music would affect the soldiers. of course, the commander of the american expeditionary forces was general john j pershing. during his earlier career, especially in the west, did command african-american troops. we will step over and look at his headquarters flag. he was from a little town in missouri. national worlde war i museum and memorial. this was his headquarters flag. in 1918, wellesley college awarded him a special honor of making him an honorary member. this was very important because his wife, frankie, was a member of that society. she and his three daughters died in a fire at the presidio in san francisco three years before that. he had not gotten over mourning the loss of his wife and daugh

on american history tv on c-span3. visiting cities across the country. >> to the capital, senate democrats -- work for american workers rather than corporations and lobbyists. news part of the democratic economic general -- agenda they called a better deal. this is 20 minutes. >> good morning. thank you for being hit today. we believe in an america where people who work hard every day need to know that someone has there back in a global economy. if you are working in a factory or in a farm or on your phone, you should have confidence that our country works for you and the trade law works for you. you should have the confidence that we are exporting our products and out -- not our jobs. that is not the reality for a majority of americans. for too many american workers and small businesses, the rules are rigged against them and that has to change. many people are working harder and longer than ever but their jobs pay less in a race down to the lowest wage and another time in the world. to raises allow you your family and

many mexican-american and african-americans and japanese-americans, particularly after pearl harbor in december of 1941, support what was known as the bb campaign. the vv campaign was victory abroad against hitler, mussolini and fascism, but also victory at home for first class membership in american society. you can't win abroad without also winning at home. that you couldn't fight for american democracy overseas without fighting for equal citizenship on the homefront. this became a fundamental and core principle for many medicatio mexican-american, african-american and other folks. there were some successes in civil rights during the war. franklin delano roosevelt, president during the initial years of world war ii signed executive order that banned discrimination in the workplace and called for fair employment practices and fair housing opportunities. there were also movements against and resistance to siff righsiff -- civil rights progress. remember, we have mexican-american becoming a larger portion, we have african-american migrating internally to big cities across the country. e

your job is to represent american families, american people, american workers.n health care votes and on every other issue that affects their lives and for our friends in the senate. the senate -- remember this, we have to get rid of what's called the filibuster rule. if we don't the republicans will never get anything passed. you're wasting your time. we have to get rid of the filibuster rule. right now we need 60 votes and we have 52 republicans. that means that eight democrats are controlling the legislation. we have over 200 bills. we have to speak to mitch and everybody. we have some great great republican senators. we do. they fought like hell to get that thing approved. reconciliation is a trick. we needed 51 votes but when you need 51 and you have 52 and we include the vice president who always votes with us. he's the greatest. but have you no margin. some of the best things in health care require 60 votes. when you talk about health care purchased across state lines it gives competition. insurance companies come in. your prices go way down. arizona is a

the discussion includes some of the challenges african american and native american women face. smithsonian associates hosted this event, with university of maryland history professor robyn muncy. >> our speaker tonight is robyn lee muncy. the interim chair where she's a professor of history. i think several of you heard her speak about a year ago, about the suffer raj movement in the context of the dell mont paul national monument. and at the time she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. and i thought that sounds like an interesting program. and it's clear from your response that you do too. so give a warm welcome to robyn muncy. thanks for being here. >> thank you so much. for that introduction and the invitation to come back. that didn't go too badly. and thank you to everybody at the smithsonian associates who made this possible. people who worked on publicity and taken care of the logistics. okay let me make sure i have this. all right. so the 19th amendment of course the woman's suffrage amendment to the u.s. constitution. finally mad

was probably more latin american than american. i tell you that line with the approval of my wife, who is puerto rican. i asked her if it sounded all right, and she said it was probably ok. puerto rico might again to identify as some latin american countries are beginning to do, with newly independent countries thinking of themselves as a third world. people were not represented in congress, cannot vote for the president, had never been allowed to vote on the relationship to the united states or their form of government. given the circumstances, there was a danger that some puerto rican nationalists might become communists in look to the soviet union for help. regulars one inter-american conference, only one during truman's presidency, in columbia in 1948. votings the pan-american in washington, d.c., the headquarters of the organization of american states. the delegates at the open top conference negotiated --the colombian conference negotiated. negotiated,the negotiated during truman's administration, completed the inter-american

they are americans. and the full meaning of that word as any other american. >> during the recent visit we spoke with heather marie the author of beyond contacts about the shift in gender roles in american and vietnamese cultures following the vietnam war. >> the name of my book is beyond combat, women and gender in the vietnam era. i wanted to write this book because as i read the works that have already been written about the vietnam war and as i read contemporary accounts of the war, the presidential documents, media coverage of the war, memoirs, those sort of things, i realized that women themselves were absent from these stories. the ideas about women and gender were central so for example, the ways in which an american president or policymaker referred to vietnam as she. the american man that is going out to bring democracy and spread american foreign-policy. all of these issues were tied into gender so no one knew what the vietnam story would look like if we put women and is gendered ideas at the

i'm just an average american. i am an american american. some of the things i see in this country make my love oil -- my blood boil. gros holding jobs that belong to me. what is going to become of us real men? >> i never expected to hear this in america. what are we real americans going to do about it? you will find it right here in this pamphlet, the truth about negros and foreigners. we will never be able to call this country our own until it is a country without. >> without what? foreigners,egros, catholics, freemasons. >> was wrong with the masons? i'm a mason. that fellow is talking about me. >> and that makes a difference, doesn't it? >> these are your enemies, the people trying to take over our country. you know what they stand for. it's up to you and me to fight them. fight them and destroy them before they destroy us. thank you. >> before he said mason, you are ready to agree with them. >> but yes, he was talking about those other people. in this country, -- >> in this country, we have no other people. we are american people. >> yo

it is a son and a father, they are you ronnie americans -- irani americans. conditions,terrible 20 year veteran of unicef and he went back to iran with his wife to retire. them.e son was visiting he got detained at the airport, question for a number of months and arrested in october of 2015. obamaresident instructed to release hostages, they were left behind. secretary kerry -- the foreign minister of the ron, that he be released in a few weeks, but rather than releasing them, the father was arrested. both of them have 10 year sentences in prison for allegedly collaborating with the enemy, the united states. neither of them have done anything wrong of any kind. contain,arbitrarily both in terrible conditions. these are people held hostage by iran as leverage for the united states government. host: we are talking to jared genser, author of "freedom now" talking about what happens when americans are held in rogue nations. republicans can call 202-748-8001, democrats, 202-748-8000 and independence can call 202-748-8002. if you have had an experience like this, w

hirecourage companies to and grow american, to raise wages for american workers, and help rebuild americanities and communities. that is how we will succeed and grow together, one team with one shared sense of purpose and one glorious american density. [applause] today, i'mrump: calling on all members of congress, democrat, republican, an independent, to support pro-american tax reform. they have to do it. [applause] president trump: it is time. i'm congress -- calling on congress to provide a level playing field for workers and countries. looks -- put more money in the pockets of every day hard-working american people. and also, so they can continue to grow and expand. [applause] 15:11:41 this is a test caption from the national captioning institute. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> you can watch the entire discussion about the future of the republican party from public square tonight on c-span, 8:00 p.m. >> i just finished

american people have confidence in washington to deal with american -- with immigration. we can take common sense increment. that will improve our green card system while giving the american people more confidence that washington is finally looking out for their interests. and maybe that confidence will carry over to future immigration debates as well. >> thank you, guys. thank you all. >> senior adviser stephen miller discussed immigration in more detail and took questions at the daily white house briefing. that part of the briefing is a half-hour.

[applause] president trump: products made with american hands, american labor, and american grit will once again be delivered throughout the world. that is true. true. it is time. instead of exporting our jobs, e will export our goods. our jobs will both stay here in america and come back to america. we will have it both ways. millions of struggling citizens will be lifted from welfare to work. they will love getting up in the morning and they will love going to their jobs. they will love earning a big fat beautiful paycheck. they will be proud again. that is the future i want for our people, for america. that is future i want for our people. that is the future i want for america. a nation where we are proud and prosperous, united, and free. today, i am asking every citizen to join me in dreaming big and bold and daring beautiful things for our country. i am asking every member of congress, which we have with us today, to join me unleashing america's full potential. i am asking every member of congress, and we have many with us today, to join me in unleashing america's full potential.

we'll buy american, and we will hire american. and our industry, i withdrew the united states from the horrible trans-pacific partnership. and to protect our workers and coal miners, i also withdrew the united states from the job-killing paris climate accord. but not only are we bringing back our jobs, we are bringing back our safety. we have seen the bloodshed and devastation inflicted by terrorists in america, europe and all across the world. i said it during the campaign, and i will say it again right here tonight, we will keep radical islamic terrorists out of our country. [cheers and applause] [crowd chants "usa"] we only want to admit people into our country who love our people and who share our values. we are also keeping our country safe from criminal gangs and violent crime. we are taking the fight to the drug smugglers, human traffickers, and the vile criminal cartels like ms13 who are being thrown out of our country so fast you can't even count. [cheers and applause] this last week i visited long island where ms13 has b

and american workers. ultimately, this has to be a part of that. all, let's have some statistics. there have been a lot of studies that don't show a correlation between low skilled immigration and the loss of jobs. site for me, if you could, one or two studies with specific numbers that prove the correlation between those two things because your entire policies based on that. secondly, sources have told me you pushedth ago, ever structure out of the way to do immigration. why is this more important than if a structure? >> the most recent street at would point to is the study from george borjas. he went back and opened up the old data and talked about how it actually did reduce wages for workers living there at the time. borjas has an enormous out the research on this. >> [indiscernible] study saidrecent that as much as $300 billion a year may be lost because of our current immigration system. there's also common sense here, folks. at the end of the day, why do special interests want to bring in more low sk

the latin american perspective principle,y the -- it was also the expansion of inter-american trade and the united states making at the end of the decade, and as the world order was collapsing, commitment that the u.s. was committed to diversification of latin america and it would put money up to back this pledge. the good neighbor policy really paid dividends through world war ii. transformation of the u.s. approach to let america was repaid during the war. each of the 18 latin american nations immediately declared war against the axis nations after pearl harbor. costa rica to this day is proud of the fact that within hours of hearing of pearl harbor they declared war against japan. 16 of the 20 latin american nations permitted the u.s. to build military bases in their countries. brazil dispatched an expeditionary force to italy and mexico sent an air squadron to the pacific. all forms of inter-american solidarity. the region also served as the arsenal for allied victory. the united states relied on for vital raw materials like copper, quartz and zinc. if you look at the war that peopl

[applause] >> you are watching american tv -- american history tv every weekend on c-span3. to join the conversation, like us on facebook on c-span history. >> this week on c-span, monday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, coverage of the first total solar clips visible across the united states visible in 100 years. >> the eclipse is important because these bodies come into alignment and a cosmic moment that we are all being part of every >> tuesday at 10:00 p.m., live coverage from president trump rally in phoenix. former presidents bush and clinton on leadership. >> i always thought i would have i got lucky., and i don't care what anybody says. all these people saying they were born in a long cabin they built themselves is full of bull. >> will look at pending proposals for the federal budget . friday, a profile interview with secretary sonny purdue. >> my political history was, i tell people when i was born in 1946 in georgia, they stamped democrat on your birth certificate. i made a political decision, i call it truth in advertising, in 1998, to change parties. i became a republican

give it all back. 20,000 americans had been killed. 10,000 of them american indians.the indians basically lost alabama, georgia, and much of the south, 0 andrew jackson's arms ys and when the british could not call back their army and navy after the treaty of gant, and instead wellingtop, who had sent his brother-in-law to lead an army into new orleans when he and 2,000 red coats were killed, the war was really over ex post facto. what was all about? what do we take away from this? well, for one thing, we now had our independence. the british were no longer imposing their rules or their laws or their boycotts or their blockades on us. in fact right from the treaty of gant general quincy adams and henry clay went to london and signed a treaty of trade and they have been our trading partners ever since. 20,000 americans dead. who really won? the canadians because for the first time french and english canadians worked together to resist the three invasions of the americans of canada. who really lost? the indians. tecumseh was killed, confederation collapsed, the frontier

now, friends, ie'm just an average american, but i'm an american american and some of the things i seeis country of ours make my blood boil. i see people, negros holding jobs that belong to me and you. i ask you. if we allow this thing to go on, what's going to become of of us real americans. >> i've heard this kind of talk before but i never expected to hear it in america. >> fella seems to know what he's talking about. >> what are the real americans going to do about it? you'll find it right here in this little pamphlet. the truths about the foreigners, the truth about the catholic church. >> you believe in that kind of talk? >> i don't know. it makes good sense to me. >> and i'll tell you we'll never be able to call this country our own until it's a country without. without what? >> yeah, without what. >> without negros, without alien foreigners, without catholics, without free masons. >> masons, what's wrong with the masons. i'm a mason. hey, that fella is talking about me. >> and that makes a difference, doesn't it? >> these are your enemies. these are the people who are trying to

ever338 americans have held the title of american astronaut. while their numbers may be few, their accomplishments have been legion. and the tales of our astronauts thea testament to indomitable spirit of the united states of america. the astronauts of nasa have expanded our horizons and our hopes and inspired not only the theican people but all world with their extraordinary courage and achievements. missions of their endure the mantle of american mercury, gemini, apollo, our space shuttles. of our heroic astronauts have been carved into american. of every john glenn, allen sheppard, the seven, neilmercury armstrong, sally reid, all the took ouromen who nation to the new heights. but it's not just the astronauts. you 12 know already and you're going to learn a lot more in the days ahead, we couldn't without the dedication of the more than and women of nasa, and the extraordinary who send you to the heavens and bring you home. [cheering and applause] and let me make a promise to all of them into the courageous newly minted heroes on this stage.

we can do it all with american workers and american iron, aluminum, and steel.e can do it ourselves. [applause] president trump: we do not have to accept the economic decay of industry,ing hubs of where they leave and let all those jobs go. and those companies who do other countries. we have stopped that flow, and companies are not coming back into the united states. i am so proud of that. [applause] bringent trump: we can new jobs to pittsburgh and detroit in baltimore and help struggling communities thrive and dream and prosper. we do not need to limit the potential of our children by trapping them in failing government schools. every child should have the chance to explore their talents, pursue their passions, and know the joy of achieving their ambitions. we will never tolerate crime in our cities. bloodshed and our communities, or acts of hatred or terrorism against our citizens. we will not stand for it. [applause] president trump: we will always support our great law enforcement personnel. [applause] president trump: these are great people. build bridges

even today, 1 out of 3 muslims is an african-american. there is an african-american. there's a very long history of american islam in that community specifically. bere are many lessons to drawn from that community, the african-american muslim community. that can be and have been of great value recently in times of crisis and targeting, for predominately islam immigrant communities. >> islam has been the country a lot longer than donald trump's family has. [laughter] up, i've, growing existed in a variety of different communities. i'm from brooklyn. the mosque that i consider my home mosque has been around since the late 1950's. it is the mosque that was founded by malcolm x.. it started out in the nation of islam. shift intoade the more orthodox islam. we definitely carry on a lot of the good things that -- the good trainings and teachings that were in the nation of islam. some people have very stringent diets still. . we call the pioneers who are 60 and up. diet thathem have a consists of one meal a day or two meals a day, something they learned in the nation of isla

i am and an american american.e of the things i see in this country of ours make my blood boil. i see people with foreign accents making all the money. that negroes holding jobs belong to me and you. will we allow this thing to go on? what will become of us real americans? >> on sunday at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, we will tour the presidential vehicles collection in dearborn michigan. at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the presidency, a herbert hoover scholar talks about the relationship between the 31st president and calvin coolidge. >> just four days before the election, coolidge, everett the party regular, finally gave hoover an extraordinarily effusive public endorsement in a prearranged telegram that invoked sensational newspaper headlines. hoover, he declared, had shown his fitness to be president. cooper said coolidge was able, experienced, trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend only on c-span3.

african-americans -- 80% of african-americans say it symbolizes racism. 60% of whites say it symbolizes southern pride. when you get to white, working-class americans, some of donald trump's largest it supports78% say southern pride, almost the mirror opposite of their african-american neighbors. host: that was a survey by prri, at prri.org. we go to a democrat. caller: i would like to say first that i agree with the last two colors. secondly, i would like to say that i disagree with your guest on one thing. there are democrats that are trump supporters. in the vein of the discussion this morning, i believe the president was right on by blaming both groups. a lot of people, including his and thoserubio people, have condemned him for not coming down harder on the white nationalists. if you are going to do that, that is fine, but you should speak up and say, wait for nancy pelosi or chuck schumer or elizabeth warner. when did they come down hard on the black lives matter, when they were wanting to kill a cop or roast them like bacon? as far as the religious text of this goes, i believe th

built to ensure every american could achieve their american dream, whatever it might be. like others, i think president reagan would be pretty disappointed in the tax code we have today. fairness has been replaced with favoritism for washington special interest. simplicity and certainty has been replaced with complexity. incrediblen from people who cannot hope to understand the tax code. competitiveness, that's become a casualty of washington's inaction. america, it was designed to allow america and our businesses to compete around the world. but in those 31 years, america has fallen so far behind. it's our competitors. they are inspired by president reagan and who moved forward to improve their tax codes in order to compete and win against us. it's our competitors around the world who move to lower their rates for families and businesses. they one upped america by simplifying their tax code. so their businesses can compete around the world and create jobs locally. through that, they have left america in the dust. inspired by president reagan, they're continuing to run ah

and who do help create new jobs for all americans including those new immigrants. this bill is a sensible, incremental and common-sense step toward reforming the immigration system to make sure it works for working americans and it works on green cards and the most precious thing a person can have in the world, the gift of american citizenship and it doesn't focus touch upon visas for temporary workers and anything about security anden for forcement and it focuses on the 1 million green cards that we've been given out for decades and driving down american wages because it doesn't regard the ultra high-skilled workers from around the world. when this bill becomes law, that will stop and we'll have a legal immigration system that works for americans. senator purdue? >> thanks, tom. the gold standard. i've lived around the world, and worked around the world. the gold standard is the american green card and what this proposal does is basically look at best practices around the world, particularly canada and australia and comes up with a bill that is pro-growth, pro-wor

filled speech. >> i am an american-american.of ours make my blood oil. see people with foreign accents all over the land. i see negro's holding jobs that belong to me and you. i ask you, what's going to become of us regular man? onon sunday at 6:00 eastern american artifacts, was for the presidential election -- dearborn michigan. herbert hoover scholar george tracks the relationship between the 33rd president and calvin coolidge. days before the anction, hoover -- was given -- public endorsement. that was in a prearranged telegram. declared, had shown his fitness to the president. this is trustworthy and safe. >> american history tv, all weekend, every weekend, only on c-span3. might be the only government class we ever take. tools to give you the that will help for the rest of your life. >> tuesday night at 8:00 eastern, this high school teacher discusses how current events/people discuss the history and politics. >> this is a chance for them to learn a little about their story. starts with people who come long before them who

information is here where we see that the american elites are scared they're afraid that the american people are going to have access to the turning points of view so whether it's our t. whether it's sputnik whether it's cheney's irina or any other in your other one who'd given our police that's what they want to keep them alive i'm american state and i would go back to the cold war years and. actually in the seventy's some californias the shows broadcast broadcast by russian. hosts like going to push a. liberal these days and there were no problems with that but why are there problems today because they see that i would see other broadcasters actually have great audiences the especially large especially in large american city in particular. are you to cuba also especially interesting for american intellectual intellectual spheroid people who are from all walks of life who suddenly see that the information they're getting from c.n.n. or from b c or a.b.c. or c.b.s. it's just it's actually it's not just junk it's that's then it's propaganda. this is this is something they're scared of

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it is going to help working-class americans get a pay raise they have lacked for too long.

that is because the american people do not have confidence to do with immigration. 62% of americans favor the principles behind this bill. what we can do is take common sense incremental steps that will improve our green card system while also giving the american people more confidence that washington is finally looking out for their interests. and maybe that confidence will carry over to future immigration debate as well. thank you, guys. thank you, all. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> members of congress are checking into twitter on their august recess. chris collins who represents new york's 27 district says visiting the genesee county airport, and the opportunity to meet students and future pilots from the aviation adventure camp." democratic congressman tim walls of minnesota's first district "thanks to all who joined us at on roundtable to share ideas how to enrich ourselves minnesota way of life." and rodney davis 13th

one in four americans or almost one in four americans between the ages of 25 and 54 aren't even employed. for african-american workers, their labor force participation rate who don't have a high school diploma -- african-american males without a high school diploma has plummeted. i will use common sense. the reason why some companies want to bring in more unskilled labor is because they know that it drives down wages and reduces labor costs. our question is as a government is, to whom is our duty. our duty is to u.s. citizens and u.s. workers to promote rising wages for them. if low-skilled immigration was an unalloyed good for the economy, then why have we been growing at 1.5% for the last 17 years at a time of unprecedented new low wage arrivals. the facts speak for themselves. at some point, we're accountable to reality. on the other hand, like i said, you have ultra-high-skilled workers who are at the back of the line which makes no sense in the year 2017. neil, let me go to you. >> here's a fairly simple question. >> are you now targeting the black unemployment rate that is traditio

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what is uniquely american?so american about jazz music that the state department would say yes, you go out there instead of rock bands or american con posers or other things. what makes jazz american? why, jake? [ inaudible ] >> okay. so it had roots in african cultures. it is something musicians acknowledged but the state department was kind of slow to acknowledge. the state department was kind of like, yeah. you know everybody. this is american music. i think the musicians knew a little different like you're suggesting. the state department's official line was jazz in the woshld because it's american. that's kind of it. >> rock and roll was too english? >> say again. >> rock and roll was too english? too english? go ahead. >> -- music theory, typical rules for classical to follow. it echoed our freedom and the idea of liberty in the united states, kind of like african could have that freedom. >> now we're really on to something. think about this music and how it's played and this music. it's not structure and

american workers and american businesses have only found it harder to keep up with foreign contenders. the rest of the world is running circles around us in this area making it more difficult for american firms to higher, invest, and compete. the time has come to fix this so we can help our economy grow and help the individuals and families we represent realize their true potential. for families we want to make their taxes simpler, fairer, and lower. for small businesses we want to provide the conditions they need to form, invest, and grow. for all american businesses and their employees, we want to ensure they have the best chance to compete with foreign companies and succeed. and we want a tax system that encourages american companies to bring jobs home again. these are some of the key goals of tax reform. they are goals we should all share regardless of party. for years the tax writing committees have focused on this particular subject holding hearings, soliciting input from stakeholders, considering the views and priorities of members of both on and off these committees. they're e

even today, 1 out of 3 muslims is an african-american. there is an african-american. there's a very long history of american islam in that community specifically. there are many lessons to be drawn from that community, the african-american muslim community. that can be and have been of great value recently in times of crisis and targeting, for predominately islam immigrant communities. >> islam has been the country a lot longer than donald trump's family has. [laughter] >> for me, growing up, i've existed in a variety of different communities. i'm from brooklyn. the mosque that i consider my home mosque has been around since the late 1950's. it is the mosque that was founded by malcolm x.. it started out in the nation of islam. then they made the shift into more orthodox islam. we definitely carry on a lot of the good things that -- the good trainings and teachings that were in the nation of islam. some people have very stringent diets still. . we call the pioneers who are 60 and up. a lot of them have a diet that consists of one meal a day or two meals a day, somethi

american forces are much less accustomed. they realized they had no chance and seek to surrender but this is where the british forces continue to. what we learn from the statement of some of the survivors is some of the assailants seem to have doubts. so they sent back to the commanding officers work. what about washington crossing the delaware and attacking the haitians christmas day is that the same kind of thing? >> it results in a good spin story. you know about the german troops because that is one of the territories that are hired from the british crown. they have the reputation of being from the land in the british courts they've been hired to support. there were a few instances i was able to show that in most cases they battle for justice. it was a wonderful spin in the cover of the book as you might be able to see it close enough called the call it the death of general mercer at princeton. they seek to surrender into the story is he did ask for a quarter and it was refused and "blood and the patriots and the philadel