now, most american. came into the nations possession by wars or purchases the revolutionary war, as you see here on this slide, produced most the territory east of the mississippi river. the louisiana purchase in 1803 brought most of the lands between the mississippi river and rocky mountains into the nation and then war with mexico. in 1846 to 1848. in incorporated american southwest and then in 1867 the united states purchased alaska from russia. and so see, with each of those territorial acquisitions, they are functions of war and or purchase. the terra that that becomes the pacific northwest however was appended to the nation in a somewhat unusual faction not war or not purchase rather the pacific northwest, the oregon country went through a phase which the two primary claimants to the region that's the united states and great britain agreed to share it for an indefinite time. this is the so-called joint occupation i referred to earlier the the convention of 1818 was an agreement between great britai

. >> a great crowd of patriots, americans here fighting for the american people. and i want you to know that this meeting, this gathering, this message today is about the american people. we're not here to talk about brinksmanship. no one is here interested in a pause in government funding. mr. perry: what we're interested in is taking the biden boot off the neck of the american people. and the five weeks i've been gone, just give you a quick summary, car check rolling out of the department of labor. the department of justice, of course, continues to prosecute their political enemies while leaving criminals run rampant across our streets. the president disrespected and insulted the people of hawaii after their houses were burned down. mayorkas is literally daring us to impeach him. he can't be bothered with whatever the law says. the people that i represent, american citizens, are now being forced to compete against workers, meme coming -- people coming illegally in the form of hundreds of thousands every single month across our southern border. the people in the

the american people support. the fact while people are going through the immigration process waiting for a final determinatin on asylum, they should be able o work. so they can take care of themselves and their families. it's a logical way forward. there are some obstacles that exist under the law in that regard but we're committed to working with the biden administration to try to see wht legal avenues are available to temporarily provide work authorizations as the asylum applicants await a determinatio. with respect to whether new york city is going to be able to manage the situation, new york city is always able to manage whatever moment, whatever disturbance, whatever crisis impacts us. never count out new york city. people counted out new york city in the 1970's fiscal crisis, we overcame it. people counted out new york city during the midst of the crack cocaine epidemic, 2,000-plus homicides every year, murder capital of the world some said, we overcame it. people counted out new york city when the towers w

in american culture. well as a supporters were passionate in their disapproval one sympathizer lamented in the london sun that even the inquisition gave a man some sort of a trial but southern chivalry does not. all lynching accomplished was to inflict the most dreadful tortures on men who may be quite innocent of any crime. it became increasingly difficult for the american press and political leaders to ignore the flood of condemnations that followed in the wake of wells of speaking engagements. by early june 1894 governor george's governor william j. northern felt compelled to respond publicly to wells's campaigns writing and indignant letter to the editor of the london daily chronicle northern rebutted british annunciations of american lynching by attacking wells's credibility. he argued that the british press should rely upon more generally accepted authority for their information and denied accusations that the people of the south were somehow unduly brutal and cruel above all nations. another althou

to deny americans the majority of americans from enjoying or at least having the chance to enjoy the promise made in the declaration and the constitution, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness and a government of we the people. he is even as young man is twenties and thirties however he may not be a deep intellect, you know, he by no means, but he was seriously thinking through these political questions and he comes in 19 well, in 1910, entering the new york state senate, he becomes an he's aligned with the progressives. and that is the and identified. i mean he's got to kind of mentors in that respect he's got woodrow wilson who wins the presidency in 1912 a progressive democrat and he's got his own cousin and his wife's uncle who is related to all the more theodore roosevelt, a progressive republican. now, this is the interesting he through these years in speeches as revealing his small d democratic instincts and. i won't go through all those speeches after world war one and many people had many of the progressives lined up with wilson during. the war people had believed there

it's un-american. it's unreasonable. the american people deserve better. the american people deserve better. because at the end of the day, what we are endeavoring to do is to try to figure out where we are at. on behalf of our quest to lift up the great american dream. for the middle class. and all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. to do things that are pro-american. pro-worker. pro-labor union. pro-entrepreneurial. pro-small business. pro-job creation. consistent with our views that in america, when you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself and for your family. educate your children. purchase a home. and one day retire with grace and dignity. is that too much to ask? that's what we're fighting for. on behalf of the american pe people. and all we want is time. just a handful of moments to be able to evaluate. is there anything within the bill that was dropped on the american people at the 11th hour, notwithstanding the fact that the american people were promised 72 hours for any bil

it is for the american people. not because of the republican civil war, that is not for me or anyone else to work out, but they should end the civil war, because it is adversely impacting and hurting the american people. >> there are a few new york republicans who wants to work with democrats and get something done to avoid this. any conversations you have had, possible exit strategies? >> there is zero evidence that michael lawler or any of the so-called moderate republicans in new york or anywhere else throughout this nation are willing to work with house democrats to end this extreme mega -- maga republican shutdown, zero evidence, because there is a discharge petition that is live at this very moment that as 213 democratic signatures that is a vehicle that is available right now to end extreme republican government shutdown crisis. and the republicans are missing in action, nowhere to be found, talk a good game, but nowhere to be found on eight discharge petition that is an available vehicle. among other option

american people. and we worked on the chips and science act that will bring domestic manufacturing jobs back home to the united states of america. as opposed to our jobs moving in the other direction. and to invest in science, technology, engineering, math, to ensure that our young people have the skills to succeed in the 21st century economy and are competitive to continue to elevate american exceptionalism. that was done in a bipartisan way. and there were some areas where our republican colleagues refused to do what was right in our view for the american people. and that's why in some instances we needed to just act, >> we went from extreme republicans breaking their deal with president biden to putting a bill on the house floor with devastating cuts that would have undermined the health, safety, and well-being of the american people including boys, 30% or more, cut from important programs like public education, providing food to women, infants, and children. ensuring social security recipients cou

american observers.. publicly doting on african-americans, particularly black women allowed britons to demonstrate their superior behavior. acknowledging african-americans as ladies and gentlemen provided great britain an opportunity to rattle american observers. the poise and grace provided by singer elizabeth greenfield and educationist mary webb reinforced the right of black women to be treated as black ladies. by 1859, abolitionist sarah parker redman demanded the right to speak in public without losing activity. the moral crisis posed by slavery demanded action. as an outsider, she could be welcomed in england as a respectable lady. discomfort with the changing role of women in society lingered about women increasingly found that if they did not stray too far from gender norms, they could carve out a space for themselves in the public sphere. in the 1870s, frances willard, president of the women's christian temperance union pioneered the creation of an unimpeachable female public persona, the lady r

the same goes for the so-called american rescue plan. it didn't rescue americans.ued labor unions and blue states and tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer bailouts. and then there's biden's bailout of silicon valley bank. he shouldn't have put our tax dollars at risk. taxpayers should not be on the hook when big banks take big risks. wewe need oversight, not bailou. add it all up and joe biden has created a political subsidy economy. that's what biden economics really is. thee government is taking money from the middle class and giving it to everyone else. the well-connected are getting wealthier through corporate thwelfare while the poor are trapped in regular welfare. that's called socialism. and as history shows, socialism kills the middle class. thiscl is the same federal government that can't build a bridge or pipeline in under a decade. do you really think washington knows how to pick the right winners in the economy? of course not. it picks losers, and the taxpayer is the one who loses the most. and does anyone honestly believe that when congress doles ou

a gift to the american people, an american patriot, kevin roberts, the president of the heritage foundation. >> yes, congressman roy. i get credit for the hair style. i'm here to talk about the millions of americans who don't care about a conversation about a shutdown. they don't care about a conversation about a continuing resolution. to them that's just d.c. speak. that gets in the way of what they're feeling. they're feeling on the one hand the greatest inflation that we have felt in this country in decades, a direct result, a direct result not just of overspending, which is what a short-term continuing resolution would continue to do, but cowardice, political cowardice, by men and women who were elected to do better than that. if you want the american people to continue to be disaffected, disillusioned, desperate for some sort of solution, then pass the continuing resolution. talk about a shutdown, but in fact, that's not necessary. the house of representatives mustered 218 votes for a great piece of legislation that was fiscally conservative and then on another occasion, they mustered

american relief supervised by the americans to carry out the distribution of the food. so during the riga negotiations, lenin was so nervous sufficiently nervous about what this might mean what independence might mean inside country that he instructed the soviet negotiator at riga, the deputy people's commissar of foreign affairs, maxim military enough to propose to hoover that the soviet would give the array security. it would be made in new york, it would be in gold in the amount of 120% of the value of one month's supply of foodstuffs in return for which the era leave the distribution of its food entirely in soviet. this was, as we now say, a nonstarter. was not something hoover could agreed to. when you're talking about the soviet government. right. so the bolsheviks in the kremlin good reason to be on their guard, but they're worse fears about the era quickly dissipated. they realize very soon that hoover's relief workers were actually honoring their promise to deliver food. without regard to class politics or religion, these americans did what was promised at riga

the taliban sometimes turning americans away. sometimes beating americans. the taliban and beating our afghan allies, turning them away, sometimes killing them in front of the marines who could see this happening. what the troops on the ground performed heroically and we got a lot of people out. when you dive into the numbers, the question is, who did we get out and who did we leave behind? reality is we had made a lot of promises to the afghan allies that have served alongside us and we made promises to these american citizens in afghanistan that we would get them out and we did not. there were tens of thousands of afghan allies left behind. there are likely over a 1000 americans left behind. the numbers are impressive. credit goes to these brave u.s. service members who help make it happen. but at the end of the day, we did not fulfill the promises we made, the promises the biden administration continues to make even in august 2021 when they knew there want to break those promises. guest: one of the reasons for that extraordinary number of people that got

everyday americans, we never have and we never will. go back to this side. second row. reporter: is congress going to bring a message to vacate? will the republicans look for new speakership? mr. jeffries: we're trying to solve problems for the american people who have a whole we need to make america more affordable. we need to continue the progress that president b healthy economm the middle out and the bottom up. we need to continue to create better-paying jobs for everyday americans. there's a whole lot of things weir trying to continue to work out. and so we're going to leave the gamesmanship and the brinksmanship to the other side of the aisle. when we as democrats say we believe in putting people over politics, we actually mean it. and the american people are tired of the political gamesmanship and that's all they so the notion that we should spend, you know, one skin till la -- one scintilla of time thinking about dealing with the chaos on the other side of the aisle should not be our focus when we're trying to resolve problems f

they were all americans. [applause] it was for our freedom and for america that they gave their all. they gave their liveslv themselves. by eliminating the same question as a tester immigration, congress the people of cuba, those who seek refuge here in america will find it. [applause] the dedication of america to our traditions as an asylum for the oppressed is going to be upheld. i have directed the h department of state injustice in health and education and welfare to immediately make all necessary arrangements those in cuba to seek freedom. and stenosis of america. [applause] our first concern will be with the cubans who have been separated from the children and their parents and their husbands and their wives. our next concern is with those who are imprisoned for political reasons. $600,000 to carry forth the commitment on making today. absent apartments date to immediately the agreement of the cuban government and a request to the president of the international red cross committee. we request is for pro

american league administrators supervised by the americans to carry out the distribution of food. during the negotiation, he was so nervous about what this might mean and what ara's independence might be inside of the country that he instructed the soviet negotiator and deputy peoples, sort of foreign affairs to propose to hoover that the government would give the security deposit. it would be made in new york in gold in the amount of 120% of the value of one month supply of food in return for which the ara would lead the distribution of food entirely in soviet hands. this was a nonstarter. it was not something he could agree to, especially when you are talking about the soviet government. they have good reason to be on their guard, but their worst fears about the ara quickly dissipated. they realized very soon that relief workers were actually honoring their promise to deliver food without regard to class, politics or religion. these americans did what was promised. they kept strictly to business and did not try as he had phrased it during the negotiation to use food as a weapon.

uh, disobedience from the point of view of the americans, uh, local civil authorities, and the americanhanged, essentially only the forms of occupation, maybe there were no such atrocities and torture, but again, this is such interference in the bodies of a sovereign state. the fact is that the patriotic forces turned out to be surprised by the american invader and not the aggressor managed to immediately solve all the problems , the resistance continued. and despite this , the americans increased the number of their armed forces and their satellites to 45,000. let me remind you that in vietnam at that time the vietnam war was going on , there were eighty thousand, at that time, total americans. and here is a small tiny country, half an island, the other half , i remind you, is occupied by haiti 45,000 us marines and their satellites in the military of the dictator samosa dictator stressner, imagine what kind of company it is interesting that even women were formed the battalions on the side of the women's movement actively joined the struggle of their people, because of the documented

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it's un-american. it's unreasonable. the american people deserve better. the american people deserve better. because at the end of the day, what we are endeavoring to do is to try to figure out where we are at. on behalf of our quest to lift up the great american dream. for the middle class. and all those who aspire to be part of the middle class. to do things that are pro-american. pro-worker. pro-labor union. pro-entrepreneurial. pro-small business. pro-job creation. consistent with our views that in america, when you work hard and play by the rules, you should be able to provide a comfortable living for yourself and for your family. educate your children. purchase a home. and one day retire with grace and dignity. is that too much to ask? that's what we're fighting for. on behalf of the american pe people. and all we want is time. just a handful of moments to be able to evaluate. is there anything within the bill that was dropped on the american people at the 11th hour, notwithstanding the fact that the american people were promised 72 hours for any bil

tests american values. in the war on poverty we see a direct confrontation between these values of compassion and discipline that that i've been to you the war on poverty thus tested the potency of the american dream. the american dream being the idea of america as a place of opportunity for all the war on poverty. that by testing whether policy could extend that opportunity to all americans, the war on poverty was confronted with and grappled directly with the possibility that modern america's economy could not be restructured to provide for all. and that jury fixes like the dole would be necessary to lift the american poor from poverty. the dole, meaning we give up. we're not going to try to this in any kind of systematic way. we will just write checks. that's the best we can do. a war on policy, one poverty policy makers retained the doubt that a dole or any kind of forced redistribution could achieve the end of poverty or that the would not fatally undermine other aspects of the poverty that americans d

is this fair to the american people? millions of americans are struggling each day to make endt meet. millions of americans areng struggling to put food on the table. can we honestly look our constituents in the eye and tell them that this is a good investment of their dollars? some say the war in ukraine is a fight to save democracy. those who say that need to be honest with themselves. ukraine is far from a shining example of democracy. we have delivered them until the war isfo over. for all the platitudes about america supporting democracy and making the world safe for democracy the advocates among us the biggest recipient of the american welfare in ukraine canceled the next presidential election. you were telling me we are sending $100 billion to a country that's not going to have elections? we will send it to a country that has a president for life? remember the american civil war? we didn't miss an election. cancel the presidential election we should cancel our aid as a response. this is not the only concerning dev

with such slogans, americans walked around the capitol and posed in offices.tands on ceremony with those who do not like the political game of the white house, the democrats did not go to the american capital , units of the national guard were quickly pulled together and a curfew was declared. the meeting is interrupted by congressmen evacuating the capitol. the crowd is at the mercy of the crowd, but its weapon is reinforcement. yes, flagpoles positions cannot be restrained; some of the rioters leave; the rest are dispersed with the help of pepper and stun grenades to maintain order in the capitol; they direct us; the guard soldiers are placed directly on the floor; 20,000 guardsmen unhook the perimeter; democracy of color. khaki biden is nevertheless declared the new president, and he takes office in a ceremony where there are more military than civilians, the integrity of american democracy is destroyed in just one day, watching the arbitrariness of law enforcement officers. this is what the experts said then. this shock regarding the fairness and transpare

has there been any movement on getting that american home? john: i don't have anything with respect to that to speak to today. reporter: what can you tell us about the five iranian prisoners who are being traded? what were they convicted for here in the u.s. and how were they chosen? john: i'm not at liberty right now because this is an ongoing process and we don't have our americans home yet, so i will be careful about how much detail i put out there. i don't have a lot that i can say about these five individuals at this time. we will certainly have more information to share when it's appropriate to share it. in general, without getting into each specific case, just generally speaking, you're looking at offenses such as sanctions evasion. that kind of level. but i think that's as far as i can go today. reporter: so not serious hardened criminals? john: largely in the realm of sanctions evasions and i think i'm just going to have to leave it at that right now. reporter: the iranians have shared the names with us. are you prepared to release t

, but the behavior and actions of the american political system.reserve. this euro-atlanticism is directed against. blue belarus, yes, and i spoke about this directly, then even these voices began to be silenced in increments in just one day of protests by five victims at once, but on the air of central american television channels the murder of protesters was completely justified and the actions of law enforcement officers are not subject to condemnation, engage in such revelations and public condemnation of political opponents of the media in other countries. the same american newspapers and television channels would certainly talk about state persecution and extracted confessions. and these they would call people nothing more than protesters, implying that they were putting forward completely legitimate political demands. whatever they were, those who came to express their position, without having any weapons with them, were called thugs. but the events in belarus for six months. before this , western democracy received an unambiguous assessment

in the time of the american sanctions and the effectiveness of the american sanctions in the current situation. new structures like the brics group and the shanghai cooperation organization and other groups the others that will be formed in the future will actually challenge these sanctions day by day, and we will have to witness from now on that another western weapon and tool, especially the americans, will be ineffective. mr. masoumi , i want to talk to you about the second news of the second topic. america is involved in the government shutdown these days. it was also mentioned in the news because of the disagreement between the republicans and the democrats over the funding of the government. at the same time, it has been announced that america is worried that this suspension will reduce aid to ukraine. the question i have now is the dependency. how much is this aid? now the americans are worried that if the government shuts down, the aid will not reach ukraine and in other words, it will affect the fate of the war. this issue can be looked at from two perspectives . the first i

people, he should only hire american workers henley's american products. no president ever try to keep that going. i have. here is the deal. that is what we have grown so rapidly. if we don't have the skill required, you can make an exception and not spend it on an american worker. we are making things in america again. it is just amazing how much has changed. we used to have the largest economy in the world in terms of manufacturing. we are now tracked out the strongest economy for decades to come. remember infrastructure week? remember infrastructure month? it never came. a great real estate builder, the former, he did not build a dam thing. can you believe we used to have the best infrastructure in the world? the best infrastructure in the world rated by all the international agencies. guess what, we are ranked number 13 in the world. 12 countries have better infrastructure, bridges roads across the board we have. when i signed the bipartisan info structure bill, these guys helped me get through. we are not investing in america again. our roads, bridges

the american colonies benefited greatly from the mother country's benign neglect. unlike france and spain england did not care who went to its colonies, it is a dumping ground for convicted felons. after the american revolution, led directly to the settlement of australia in 1788. we should celebrate july 4th two. the population of early america was largely made up of people who marched to the beat of a distant drummer. unlike their contemporaries in the poor economy of seventeenth century britain they chose to take an enormous chance. it was called the howling wilderness in hopes of making a more prosperous life for themselves and their posterity. as to the chance they were taking consider this. in early virginia the death rate for immigrants in the first year was 25%, it was said to be seasoned and the life expectancy increased considerably. these risk-taking immigrants have been coming ever since. the propensity for taking risk was bred into the very dna of this country, the twin engines of capitalist success or willingness to take risk, neither of which are fou

the taliban sometimes turning americans away. sometimes beating americans. the taliban and beating our afghan allies, turning them away, sometimes killing them in front of the marines who could see this happening. what the troops on the ground performed heroically and we got a lot of people out. when you dive into the numbers, the question is, who did we get out and who did we leave behind? reality is we had made a lot of promises to the afghan allies that have served alongside us and we made promises to these american citizens in afghanistan that we would get them out and we did not. there were tens of thousands of afghan allies left behind. there are likely over a 1000 americans left behind. the numbers are impressive. credit goes to these brave u.s. service members who help make it happen. but at the end of the day, we did not fulfill the promises we made, the promises the biden administration continues to make even in august 2021 when they knew there want to break those promises. guest: one of the reasons for that extraordinary number of people that got

american corporations in country, the cia station, the us agency for international development, pro-americanns within the country, conservative and far-right circles in society in the national army. washington players and processes depicted in relief. president nixon, national security advisor kessinger, cia director, helms and others. at the same time , the country abolished trade unions, pensions and healthcare from the state, and the main cunning of the economic miracle is explained simply. during the years of penochet's bloody rule, gdp increased by more than 20%. but only a third of the total gross product came from 1% of the country's population. allenda wanted to redistribute privileges and support the majority of chileans, but the rich. the majority turned out to be stronger having money and american support. the american approach to this issue has always been quite simple. they looked specifically at developing countries or at countries that were less economically developed, such as chile, and chile at that time may now be considered a not very rich country, even in latin america. s

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because that will benefit the american taxpayer.nd the american taxpayer actually supports the notion that if individuals are here legally while they wait for their asylum applications to be processed, which is the case in new york city and in other parts of the country, it should be given the opportunity to work so they can provide for themselves and their families and relieve some of the strain that might otherwise exist in terms of the taxpayer. so president biden and the administration has now take then step which is a very positive step forward, but we're going to have to make sure that the implementation in new york city proceeds in a thorough fashion and that's been my message to both governor hochul and mayor adams to make it clear that as a congressional delegation we're all in to help the city move forward. reporter: representative jayapal laid blame at the feet of republicans, saying they talk about it so much they encourage people to come over. do you think that has any veracity? mr. jeffries: i think the biden administr

on a single job, that was the american dream and the american promise and that promise is gone. americans are struggling just to pay their bills. one thing i will do to address that is i will change the tax code to make it less profitable for these giant companies to buy up all our single-family homes. when our kids go out to play, they are competing with black rock which is paying interest rates that are 30% below the richest people in our country. these companies are trying to buy up all of our homes. we are on track now that 60% of the family homes in this country will be owned by corporations within six years. this is a futile model and a colonial model. the other thing i will do is i will create a housing boom in this country by allowing americans to compete with black rock. i will do that by creating a class of single-family homes dish home mortgages. they would be 3%. if you get a cosigner for your mortgage, you are in a better position. i'm going to give everybody a rich uncle which is uncle sam. i'm going to create a class of mortgages at 3% for single-family home buyer

all of which strengthened the american economy. plus, even workers who are not in unions, even unions push up wages for everyone. you have heard me say many time, wall street did not build america. the middle-class built america in unions but the middle class. let me close with this, we faced some pretty tough times in recent years. and pandemic that took one million friends and neighbors. the people that we raised, and loved, grew up with, gone. the worst economic crisis since the great depression. it was not that long ago, the 20 million americans were out of work. but the american people did not give up. they never give up. they have never given up. and today we have the strongest economy in the world, the lowest inflation rate among major economies, 13.5 million new jobs, you have heard it before and i will keep saying it. my dad said it's a lot more than a paycheck, it's about your dignity, respect, being able to look your kid in the eye and say honey, it's gonna be ok and in. that is coming back to places all across the count

among americans. entire regions of the country including places back home in indiana i've been left behind. while no part of america has been spared the deadly epidemic addiction in this country. and too often americans who hold traditional views of family and faith are mocked in our popular culture. or even by their leaders for how they worship how they live how make a living. raising concerns about unchecked illegal immigration is often deemed racist a reluctance to redefine gender or use the appropriate pronouns according to some is supposedly evidence of hatred in one's heart and intolerance. you know i've stood on the streets of once prosperous midwestern towns in my home state where entire factories were shuttered when jobs were shipped overseas. i've sat in town halls next to a grieving parents and across kitchen tables to hear about the extraordinary loss and suffering from opioid abuse and addiction and in defense of religious liberty i've been a target of the woke brigades myself the populis