however a lot of people misfund what american exceptionalism means. people think it mains exceptional in terms of wonderful, superior, or outstanding. our, exceptional mitchell meant that american is an exception, compared to other western democracyes. for example, america is today the only western nation to still have the death penalty and lacks a universal healthcare system and these are falls sets of what american exceptionalism but they're not good or about. dems on what think about the dealt penalty of healthcare, and the polarization of american sew size. americans are clashing over a broad range after issues which are not controversial or much controversial elsewhere in the western world, such as whether people should have a basic right to health care. whether special interests should be allowed to spend unlimited money on political campaigns and on lobby, whether climate change is a hoax and creating evolution in court, whether people should have a right to abortions whether only sexual education or comprehensive sexual education in schools. wh

philip: there is a good kind of american exceptionalism and the kind of american exceptionalism. the bad kind is the united states is completely unique and above all other nations, without sin, without blemish. the problem with this kind of exceptionalism is it refuses to face up to the mistakes, the transgressions, the bad things that are part of our past. there is another kind of american exceptionalism, that we did not usually call back, which i am completely happy to affirm and i think many americans affirm, and that is the idea that this is anique expement, a democracy, an attempt to make a nation of nations and the people of peoples. this is something many political philosophers thought would be impossible, that you could only have a republican form of self-government if you have a homogenous population. charlie: is this because of the genius of the founders? they were geniuses, but imperfect geniuses? philip: absolutely. on happy to agree with you that. they were imperfect geniuses for sure. charlie: they had a sure sense of the purpose of the nation they wanted to establis

"the new york times" has a problem with president trump's rhetoric regarding american exceptionalism d american first policies. they don't like american exceptionalism. they want to be that we allow all illegal immigrants to come in from all over the world, the reality is that model doesn't work. it hasn't worked in europe lately, and that's what you are going to see here in these elections. border security in europe is very poor, and it's really demonstrating a lack of leadership to some of these european nations. >> greg: scott, what is it about strong language that democrats have such a problem with. in this kind of job, you want a straight shooting humorless kisser butt >> we can do without the fearmongering because every american in this country knows about terrorism. secretary kelly was bragging or complaining about keeping us safe. we spent billions of dollars keeping americans safe, we are certainly aware of it. i don't think we've taken a day off from thinking that terrorism is not upon us. we watch tv all across the world and even in our own country, domestic terrorism. so t

and that's the exact opposite of the meaning that most people using the term "american exceptionalism," so washington's view, which is most clearly expressed by john quincy adams in the next generation, adams is his son but is pursuing the foreign policy created by washington. he said, america goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. george canon, the great diplomat of the 20th century, used to love to cite that, especially in the wake of our tragic involvement in vietnam. washington believed in some version of the city on a hill. now, reagan believed in what he called the shining city on the hill, but he thought that meant we needed a big military. it doesn't. john winthrop is the real origin of the city on the hill, 1630, and it's actually the perfect city on the hill for winter because a medieval city of inequality. it's not what we want. but the idea is that america can influence the world not by invading with other armies but by perfecting the values and institutions that we have here. it is an isolationist posture. washington -- you know, washington's farewell address i

. >> they tend to believe in american exceptionalism. and that wasn't always the case but with conservatives. >> you know, there was a time before world war ii when conservatives tended to be reluctant to become involved in foreign affairs. isolationism. and i think voorhees contributed to that shift. it's a paradox. it's a very different from what it was a couple of generations ago. i would paired for something like the south used to be solidly democratic and now the white house is mostly republican. one of those big shifts that you kind of scratch your head at and do some research to figure out why it happened. globalism comes from i guess a statement in my conclusion where i talk about 40s, the one time isolationist worried so much about the united states becoming overextended, spending too much money. exhausting its resources. by the 50s, he was advocating intervention virtually all over the world.he might have wanted to do it in a cheaper way than a lot of democrats who might have been more reluctant to intervene at times but global

but hopefully because of american exceptionism, because we are who we are, that we believe in entrepreneurship believe in the american dream that entrepreneurs can go out and use that -- use their knowledge to create new companies? so, yeah, i hate the displacement that occurs when there is change. but the reality is in a capitalist market driven system with adjustments and, yeah, there is things where we give some on a true market system. that's a good thing. i'm not for fair libertarianism. if companies can't go out and hire the best talent. those companies are still going to have to compete with the smarter people in a global economy. >> tucker: that's a great point. wouldn't you concede there is something compulsive watching guys like mark zuckerberg invoke in order to get cheaper labor from india. you want to hire people cheaply. stop lecturing me about rosa parks, right? >> you know, first of all, i don't go out. i have never used h-1 b visa to go and bring somebody n my 150 plus companies. i want to get that on the table. as far as microsoft and facebook and some others, i don't think t

he also denied american exceptionalism. jefferson creates the idea of american exceptionalism. we have a distinct kind of society. we're different from europe and we did have a different destiny. adams denied that. he said we're just as corrupt, just as vice ridden as any society in the history of the world and maybe more so. so adams' message is not one that could sustain a nation. you can't imagine lincoln appealing to adams. >> right. >> to -- to -- to sustain the effort to hold the united states together that lincoln had to do in the war. so adams has nothing to say about our nationhood. he simply is another realist, you might say. he's contrarian. but he doesn't offer us any -- any -- any nourishment for our sense of nationhood, for our sense of being american. jefferson does, and that's what lincoln saw. and i believe that for that reason despite the criticism, and jefferson has been horrendously criticized over the last 50 years, mostly because of his slave holding, his inability to do anything about it fundamentally, i think jefferson will survive. adams, of course, his

philip: there is a good kind of american exceptionalism and a bad kind.d is the united states is completely unique and above all other nations, it is without sin, without blemish. the problem with this kind of exceptionalism is it refuses to face up to the mistakes that are part of our past. there's another kind of american exceptionalism, although it is not usually called that, which i'm completely happy to affirm. that is the idea that this is a unique experiment in democracy. an attempt to make a nation of nations and a people of peoples. this is something which many political philosophers thought would be impossible. that you could only have a republican form of self-government. charlie: is this because of the genius of the founders? they were geniuses, but imperfect geniuses. philip: i agree with you. they were imperfect. charlie: but they had a sure sense of the purpose of the nation they wanted to establish. philip: i think that they did. i think you can find in a way that they thought about the nation something like this tradition that i'm talking

the idea of american exceptionalism on many levels i do think what president trump american exceptionalismar greater blow than ever with barack obama. >> that's a tough statement, but i know some conservatives that would agree with you on that. >>> all right, thank you all, joan, carol, elise. after the break we're headed into overtime. stay tuned. think again. this is the new new york. we are building new airports all across the state. new roads and bridges. new mass transit. new business friendly environment. new lower taxes. and new university partnerships to grow the businesses of tomorrow today. learn more at esd.ny.gov safety isn't a list of boxes to check. it's taking the best technologies out there and adapting them to work for you. the ultrasound that can see inside patients, can also detect early signs of corrosion at our refineries. high-tech military cameras that see through walls, can inspect our pipelines to prevent leaks. remote-controlled aircraft, can help us identify potential problems and stop them in their tracks. at bp, safety is never being satisfied. and always worki

adams thinks, you know that term, american exceptionalism? is not the term now, and it is a 20th century term, but, yes, we are exceptional, and unique, and that is the reason that it is not going to be working anywhere else. their definition, and adams' definition of american exceptionalism is the exact opposite of the modern use of the term. don't expect the middle east to work as a democracy. it's not going to happen. he says that talking about latin america, it will not work, because they are all catholics down there. and so that we can see in that dialogue a lot of the issues that continue to affect us in a language that is going to challenge our categories, and challenge the way that we think about them in a fashion that is truly healthy. i probably had some truly eloquent conclusion, and it is all written out, but as the psychiatrist that i am told say "our time is up", thank you very much. [ applause ]

>> this is a good kind of american exceptionalism and a bad kind of american exceptionalism and the bad kind is the united states is completely unique and above all other nations. it's without sin, without blemish, and the problem with this kind of exceptionalism is it refuses to face up to the mistakes, the transgressions, the bad things that are a part of our past. there is another kind of american extensionalism, though not usually called that, which i'm completely happy to affirm and which i think many americans affirm, and that is the idea that this is a unique experiment in democracy and an attempt to self-government is that. >> rose: they were genius us but imperfect geniuses. >> yes. >> rose: they had a sure sense of the purpose of the nation they wanted to establish. >> i think one of the interesting discoveries i made in writing and researching the book is the importance, the idea of the hebrew republic, this is the idea that monarchy actually was not given to the israelites as a gift but was give ton them as a -- given to them as a curse. why given the to them as a curse? bec

. >> american exceptionalism is a line often used by people who support this president.lse, we must have a standing world as a moral force. >> none of our business threat, and there are some conflicting notions here. we need to get involved to wipe out isis, but we don't need to get involved to take out assad. there are some conflicting -- >> american exceptionalism is what we have become used to from republicans, not this republican. >> within his party -- >> no question. and look, this was a very specific speech about labor. you could see he was very much in his comfort zone. these are the people that he's worked with his whole career. but i really want to underscore what you said. the fact that he revived a line from his inaugural address about we're about america first in the context of what the horrific attack that we're watching in syria, it just felt -- >> it seems like a choice t. . y it may not have been a choice. the white house may want to take care to have the nsd coordinate with the intelligence committee and know as best they can what happened before they m

with the keynote address of american political culture that laid out the unique notions of american exceptionalism and heavenly mission, and that of course was conventional wisdom during the cold war when americans needed to be persuaded by their elites to make global commitments. today, we know better, or some of us do. thanks to the rhetorical archaeology of historian richard gamble who sadly obscure book in search of the city on a hill, the making and unmaking of an american myth has proven the civil religious trope derived from winthrop's sermon was in fact a 20 century invention, an artifact of america the crusader state. it was not an archetype of america the promised land. if you are curious about that, you can asked me during the q&a, but meanwhile, i had begun to trace the acr to its real source, which not surprisingly was british civil religion, painfully crafted over 175 years of tudor stuart history. first thing that came to their church by placing the monarch at its head, then they tamed the monarch in the glorious establishing 1688, parliamentary supremacy, then they embarq on their

. >> fame understand american exceptionalism and the dream so one to grab ahold of that you can be what everyone did america and now they will die for america it is somebody else's fault so they keep the narrative alive so day have discouragement. john: i have that with our facebook response. the american dream is alive and well if you happen to be born white and straight and mail with all the parents. >> we keep hearing this. it is untrue but with those dynamics. >> the american dream ended when the war on poverty began. >> it did for some. and in particular the disproportionately hits black people because she by the lie that the government will take care of you then you are trapped and they reward you for ill behavior than it is hard to get out i was there. it is very difficult you find all about the services available you are committing social suicide to have economic discomfort because once you leave you have to try harder. john: you are discouraged from being buried 893181 -- 1940 the black marriage rate was higher than and right -- the whites but the idea is of progressivism but i

in both countries, this is not a way of explaining american exceptionalism. thenly the united states is only country that has this deep problem. thee slavery was at discourse in which classes emerged, in great britain and the united states. precludenot working-class support for black abolitionism, but advanced a broader abolition of all slaves, black as well as white. one of the things i discovered in the research is that white slavery -- the article content of whiteness was remarkably divided. there was a fight over its political meeting. that is important for recognizing a fault line in contemporary white supremacy. assertion.t an it had a particular political target in mind. advocates of working-class people who would elevate white slavery above that of black slavery, to be sure. and then you had other radicals insisted on abolishing all slavery black and white. slaveryuage of wage emerges. those articulations are some of the most racist in the english language in the mid-and early 19th century. they are the ones that are most likely to say that wage slave

. >> meghan: one of the things i love most about president trump is he does believe in american exceptionalismst and foremost. i agree with howie this is why americans go to him because i always hated that president obama saw america as one of many. i appreciate having -- >> rachel: this is a dangerous spot for him because he is looking at trade people, builders, people that the democrats used to have a stranglehold on and he's winning them over because they get that any day of the week, the liberals will throw these guys under the bus for these environmentalists. now they have a builder president. this is the ultimate political triangulation. >> sandra: he did appear to go off script at one point. they said i couldn't do it. more "outnumbered" in just a moment. what's it like to be in good hands? like finding new ways to be taken care of. home, car, life insurance obviously, ohhh... but with added touches you can't get everywhere else, like claim free rewards... or safe driving bonus checks. oh yes.... even a claim satisfaction guaranteeeeeeeeeee! in means protection plus unique extras only f

they hate the american exceptionalism. the shining city on the hill.e, those who want national france have in their heart the hatred of the country, not the love. vonnie: when you say hatred, let's make it an economic argument. there is definitely a tendency towards economic nationalism. whether it is hatred of your leader looking outwards, maybe a jealousy, you want your leader to be looking at you and looking after your needs. do you see this intensifying? >> not always. here, we have too many examples wantstory where the voters and vote that for the good. they may have voted for a disaster for other purposes, or passion. knowoters of marine le pen that if, for example, france goes out of the euro they will be diminishing 30%. vonnie: do you think they do know that? >> of course. they know that. they know that to stop the migrants will freeze the economy. they know the economic program of marine le pen increased the deficit of the balance of payment in france. meanknow it will impoverishment. it will be more poor. but there is something they want mor

peter, you've written in the past about american exceptionalism.is there something, do you think, that's unique about hard problems to the united states? do we have or -- do we have more of them, more vexing? is there something unique about the way we approach them? and are they more intractable here than they are elsewhere, and if so, why? >> i -- [laughter] i think, i think we are exceptional in this respect. not -- by exceptional, i just mean as a matter of degree. we are more polarized on these issues, i think, than in ore liberal democracies, and there are a couple of reasons for this which i alluded to at the outset. one is we live in a rights culture. people whose interests are being threatened tend to claim those interests not merely as interests, but as rights. and we have a jurisprudence that invites people to make those sorts of claims, and the courts sometimes succumb to the temptation to recognize strongly-felt and substantial interests as rights. so that's, that's one thing. and the nature of our jurisprudence, the constitutional stru

budget and economic data over the seven post-war decades proved american exceptionalism flourishes whenported by policies supporting freedom and opportunity and disappear when suppressed. but the cbo's methods do not recognize that truth. no single part of the obama program was ever scored in advance by the cbo. no single reagan action was ever scored by the cbo producing the equivalent of 2.9 trillion in new revenues. we heard the likes of jim nestle, who was george bush's former budget director saying i remember using dynamic scoring arguments because i tried to use them to make my case back in the day. but they sometimes have fallacies themselves. the cbo, nonpartisan, middle of the road organization, you need an organization like that to be an arbitrator of these policies. you don't know -- >> but if you don't like what they say, you can just undermine their credibility call them a bunch of policy hawks. >> they say they're good at numbers but bad at humans. >>> making headlines also, we should mention this story, fox news parting ways with bill o'reilly. 21st century fox releasing

has a moment now to be a true global leader in the legacy of ronald reagan, to go back to american exceptionalismto go to the fact these are people that are helpless. rex tillerson saying the syrians will be in charge of their future. i'm sorry, if you're being chemically gassed, women and children, that you don't have control over your future right now. all the politics that everyone is talking about, the world is spiraling out of control and we're sitting back and watching it on twitter. >> i pray to god that you're right on this, because ultimately that would be a different shift and departure from what president trump has said up until now. for two years, he tweeted it's a serious problem, we should stay out of it, so much so that he deviated from vice president pence on this very issue. i pray you're right for america and the world. >> to be clear what we just heard come out of the white house, when he was asked if this latest attack will lead to policy change, he said, "you'll see." >> i would rather stay out completely than get in and have a bunch of politicians bail. >> exactly. and make

america is something to be proud of, as most professors are now doing, they are not teaching american exceptionism by products of this and shouldn't be surprised we are seeing this. >> outrage over the optional flag rule now growing online. joan tweeting this should never be an option. men and women die defending that flag which stands for freedom. how do you think our military feels? and certify any of says i'm canadian and i have more love for america than many university students. something is wrong here. another person writing so fed up with this anti-american sentiment. we should fly our flag proudly, especially in all government buildings and public areas. now, uc davis administrators are reportedly distancing them sizzles from this new rule claiming that it's strictly a student issue. rob? heather? rob: they don't want to touch it either. heather: thank you so much. let's keep talking about this though. should flying the american flag be optional or mandatory. log on to facebook page for a live debate #keep talking. rob: i cannot wait to hear some of those comments. united airlines facing a

do we still have an american exceptionalism?omy nd the potential to be world leaders. we are world leaders but i'm not one who is discouraged or thinks america is in klein or any of those things. i think we have the potential right now to move the economy to a new level if we invest wisely and rev up our skills and fix our infrastructure, there's a lot of things we need to do. the big problem is we're sort of gridlocked politically so we're not doing them. tom: the gridlock we see on the cover of "the washington post," these i.m.f. meetings and talk of free trade and we have a president of the united states wanting to put in steel tariffs. i feel like i'm back when you were doing your research at chicago. john: well, we need to see how it's coming out. there are two approaches. one is the very concerning approach which is that we are on the way for increased protectionism, isolationism, fragmentation, something which would be very bad for the united states and very bad for the world. another way to interpret it in some of the pe

i think that racial and ethnic diversity is the source of american exceptionalism.he fact that we are a country that -- we were not descended sort of from one ethnic group as european countries were. our immigration laws have created a place where there is someone here in the united states with ties to every single community in the globe, it is the thing that makes us exceptional and extraordinary. yes, diversity is good. and yes, privilege that is based on skin color is not democratic, it is not egalitarian. yes, it has been paid into the intos, it has been baked fabric of our country. brian: are most white supremacists -- here is another way of asking it -- what do black people say about white people when we are not around? heather: that is a good question. so -- i am trying to think of an actual example. brian: there has to be things you say? heather: sure. i mean listen, our country -- we have this very strange, kind of double consciousness in this country where we admit -- and on martin luther king day our country was legally racially segregated up until recent

and he had a message that was very much about bringing back american exceptionalism. isn't this -- wouldn't you say at least from a political standpoint important? this is perhaps, after all, why he won the election. >> sure. and it's interesting because i think, you know, we're all so focused on gorsuch and whether this judge will be the next supreme court justice, and that's an important issue for social conservatives, but when you're looking at these independents, those individuals who voted for president obama back in 2008, 2012, shifted their vote over to president trump, that's what they're looking for. they want these jobs, higher wages, they want someone who's going to be battling in washington to insure that the economy is growing and bringing jobs back to america. it's no wonder when you look at manufacturers, for example, in a recent survey their optimism is sky high. this also includes ceos, small business owners. it's across the board, i think, in terms of where the business community is and workers in feeling optimistic of the direction that president tr

peter, you have written the past about american exceptionalism. is there something that you think that is unique about hard problems to the united states? do we have more of them? maybe more vexing or common? are we more 0 or less likely to engage in clear thinking about them are and they mow intractable here than they are elsewhere? and if so, why? >> i think it is -- i think we are exceptional in this respect. not -- by exceptional i just mean as a matter of degree. we are more polarizes on the issues that in other liberal democracies and there are couple of reasons for this which i alluded to the outset. ones that we live in what's been called properly a right culture. in which people whose interests are being threatened tend to claim those interests not merely as interests but as rights. and we have a juris prudence that invites people to make those sorts of claims and the courts sometimes succumb to the temptation to recognize strongly felt and substantial interests as rights. so that's one thing. and the nature of our juris prudence, the con

peter, you have written in the past about american exceptionalism.is there something you think that is unique about heart problems to the united states? do we have more vexing, more common, something unique about the way we approach the? are we more or less likely to engage in clear thinking about them and are they more retractable here than they are elsewhere, and if so, why? >> i think we are exceptional in this respect. by exceptional i mean as a matter of degree. we are more polarized on these issues than other liberal democracies. there are some incidences which i alluded to. one is that we live in what has been called properly a rights culture. in which peoples whose interests are being threatened and tend to claim those interests not merely as interest, but it's rights. we have a jurisprudence to write people to meet those claims the court sometimes succumb to the temptation to recognize strongly felt and substantial interest is rights. so that is one thing. the nature of our jurisprudence, the constitutional structure in which we operate is e

he's exceptionally qualified. in fact, the american bar association unanimously, unanimously rated judge gorsuch as well qualify. that's its highest ratings. he has met with nearly 80 senators. prior to his hearing he provided the judiciary committee over 70 pages of written answers, about his personal record. he provided 75,000 plus pages of documents, including speeches, case briefs, opinions and written works going as far back as his college days. the white house archives produced over 180,000 pages of e-mail and paper records related to judge gorsuch's time at the department of justice. judge gorsuch sat for three rounds of questioning, totaling nearly 20 hours in committee. and as the american people watched judge gorsuch before that committee, they saw an fo exceptionally qualified nominee for the highest court in the land. someone who was bright, who was kind. i would argue that judge gorsuch mind come his intellectual capacities, only exceeded by the sights at the start. this is a kind and independent jurist. this was the longe

a concerted effort and you no longer teach america to be proud of, they are not teaching american exceptionalism to be surprised that we are seeing this. jon: student senator who wrote this bill was recently naturalized as an american citizen and we reached out to the author and we got no response. pete: this is not a isolated incident. >> absolutely, when you look at who the kids all voted for, most of the kids they a loved bernie sanders as idol, throughout campaign what was he doing, look at canada, look at sweden, they are doing great. the students see the other countries and think america is no longer something to be proud of. pete: you will never believe while the failing new york times is attacking president trump, stick around for this. ed. it's good to be in, good hands. termites, we're on the move.24/7. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. what would help is simply being able to recognize a fair price. that's never really been possible. but along comes a rad

this is trump realizing how strong america's hand is in the world and understanding what american exceptionalism really is. >> bill: that phrase again. dr. krauthammer characterized it somewhat differently. but i think he was overall impressed with tiller son last night. >> it was beautiful unlike john kerry who would pretend everything was okay, the russians were listening and act right. what we had was a stone faced tillerson who what's grave and grum and said everything that was wrong which is the realize many you want. the message to the russians, the eight years of the free lunch is over. you aren't going the walk all over the west. >> bill: that's our show. summarized with brilliance there. i have think the overall point he is making when you hit a syrian airfield in the middle of the night and take the carrier group and set it off in korea that means business. it sends a signal everywhere, chris. >> also this. if you're -- i'm sure that in turtle bay the people in the u.n. were talking about the lavrov six burns on rex tillerson and sliced and dialsed and gymnastic. tillerson was there, t

germany, britain, the united , can we sayjapan into jobs day there is an american exceptionalism about is not unique to the u.s., we have seen it in japan and other countries where we are creating a good deal of jobs, but very specific times. low-wage, service sector, associated with the low rates of productivity. we are creating jobs, but we have seen the wage growth, even with a low unemployment rate, increase, but muted. to get a more pronounced wage growth, we need jobs to spill over into the middle and high paying industries. we have not seen that yet. we have to drive the unemployment rate lower. guy: is the credit impulse fading in the united states? ellen: we get a lot of concern about the slowdown down in corporate credit, the demand for cni loans from the corporate space. some of that is a surge in m&a activity. loan is weak until clarity later this year. on the consumer side, and we are of creditd signs health, balance sheet health, demand for credit is there. idens onredit box w deregulations slowly over the next 18 months, that is good news in terms of credit availability.

tom: i hear about american exceptionalism and french exceptionalism.lways had a different role in europe than other countries. we have never shared the sort of political motivation of the integration of europe which has been a motivating force. than more among elite ordinary people and that lack of an emotional commitment to europe rather than transactional the negotiation commitment was fundamental of why we decided to leave the european union. tom: brief lord turner and our sterling.n i made this chart when prime minister blair was on at one point. there is a long-term dollar strength carrying sterling weakness. is credit suisse in a defeatist tone about this bellwether of the british empire or can you be more optimistic? >> probably know -- more optimistic since the vote actually happened. we felt to that once you got down to 103 for example on the exchange rate, you have priced in the hard brexit that was discussed. the question is are we going to have a benign or disruptive hard brexit? that is something that is still open to debate. what we are s

i think that is being debated amongst investors and two companies that are examples of american exceptionalism at its finest, growing, global powers, gaining, increasing strength. i don't have any edge on which one ends in trump administration. >> last quarter we saw sign that is competition is heating up; maybe the growth is going to slow a little bit, how do you see it playing out with big rivals? >> we really think cloud computing is a three-horse race, it's aws from amazon, it's microsoft, and gcp, google, compute from google. their cloud-computing and it's 500 billion-dollar end market that's still very small penetration to that. maria: does ibm fit into that list? >> you know, ibm is more of a legacy player, i don't cover it. i would say these newer entrance that are leading with public loud are taking a lot of incremental share from existing ip players. maria: the quarter has been good in terms of earnings, right, mike, how would you characterize things right now in mike: i think the quarter has been great. we talked about this going into the first quarter that people were just feeling

young americans are taught national shame over exceptionalism. socialism and communism over free market capitalism. government control over self-destiny. the collective good over individualism. scores aren't kept. no winners or loser. it's about participation trophies and young people are left unprepared for the real world. no longer the young minds study the constitution, especially not the individual freedom and self-empowerment of the second amendment. true american history in even american heroes, and real american values, the values and principles that build our nation are rewritten or omitted all together. the result is in merging generation of citizens with warped minds. when their turn comes how can they possibly lead, lacking any fundamental gulpedness american principles and values. even now the political elites feed off the uninformed, self-absorbed, self-minded generation. free safe spaces. free college. free health care. free jobs. or if not, free money to get by. free immigration. free sanctuary cities. bernie sanders was not a move

americans is that this cannot be handled by congress. there has to be an independent committee set-up outside of all of the politics of congress so we can get to the bottom of an exceptionally important part of the american democracy. >> senate intelligence committee is investigating house intelligence committee is investigating. fbi is also investigating. you heard james comey say there is a criminal investigation under way. isn't that enough? >> no. it's not. the two congressional investigations are tainted with politics. it eat nature of us. nature of those people that are in congress and senate. rarely are we able to push aside the politics and get down to what is really going on. the american people have to have trust in the investigation. the house investigation is purely tainted. the senate is some what better off. but let's get an independent organization in place. >> i want to move on. do you have confidence in your fbi investigation, congressman? >> let's just say i'm hopeful. >> what does that mean? doesn't sound like you have a lot of confidence in the fbi director, james comey. >> i want comey to prove us to that he will carry this out. he appeared in a classif

and as the american people watched judge gorsuch before that committee, they saw an exceptionally qualified nominee for the highest court in the land. someone who is bright, who is kind. i would argue that judge gorsu gorsuch's mind, his intellectual capacities, are only exceeded by the size of his heart. this is a kind and independent jurist. it was the longest hearing. when he came before the judiciary committee, the longest hearing of any 20th century nominee. he answered nearly 1, 200 questions during his hearing, which is nearly twice as many questions posed to justices sotomayor, kagan, or ginsburg. he was given 299 questions for the record by democrats on the senate judiciary committee, the most in recent history of any supreme court nominee. judge gorsuch did all this with the utmost integrity, with transparency, and humility. yet here we are with democrats engaged in unprecedented obstruction, refusing to give neil gorsuch an up-and-down vote. the senate has only ever employed a cloture motion for a supreme court nominee four times in modern history. we voted on cloture when justic