many mexican-americans and african-americans and japanese-americans particularly after pearlse harbor in decembe 1941 support what was known as the double v campaign. the double vpa campaign was victory abroad against hitler, mous mous mussolini, you can't win abroad without also winning at home. that you couldn't fight for american democracy overseast yo without fighting for equal citizenship on the home front. this became a fundamental and core principle for many mexican-american, african-american and other fo s 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 i order 8802 that band discrimination in the workplace and called for fair employment practices and fair housing opportunities. there were also movements against and resistance to civil rights progress. remember, we have mexicans becoming a larger portion of american urban populations. we have african-americans migrating internally to big cities across the country and by the time we get to the end of the war and evenh

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

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

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

how american is that?o want 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 -- what are the important things to know about fred cory monteith -- fred korematsu. peter: the initial steps were v

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

american workers first. american workers first. last week in berryville, we democrats began to offer a better deal to the american people. the better deal 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 backward trade laws that have put foreign workers ahead of american workers, that have put 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

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

and who more jobs forte all americans, including the immigrants. it is a sensible, incremental, common sense step toward reforming the immigration system to make sure it works for working americans into focuses only on great cards. those one million green cards we give every year, the most precious thing a person can have in the world the gift of , american citizenship. it does not focus or touch upon the visas for temporary workers or anything about security and enforcement, it focuses on the one million green cards that we have been giving out every year for decades that have been , driving down american wages because it does not reward the ultra-high skilled workers from around the world. when the bill becomes law, that will stop and we will have a system that works for working americans. senator purdue: thank you, tom. the gold standard, and i have lived and worked around the world, the gold standard is the american green card and with this proposal does is basically look at best practice around the world, particularly canada and australia, and

[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 will buy american and we will hire american.united states from the horrible transpacific 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, in europe, and all across the world. i said it during the campaign. 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 in our country who love our people and who share our values. we're 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 ms-13, who are being thrown out of our country so quickly you can't even count. just last week, i visited long island. ms-13 has brought violence to a once peaceful and beautiful neighborh

one in four americans or almost one in four americans between the ages of 25 and 54 are not employed. for african american workers, their labor force participation raid, african american males without a diploma has plunged 40% term points. the reality is, if you just use common sense -- yes, i will use common sense, the reason why some companies want to bring in more unskilled labor, they know it drives down labor and reduces costs. our question 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 good for the economy, we have we been growing 1.5% the last 17 years at a time of low-wage arrivals? at some point we're accountable to reality. the other hand, you have ultra high-skilled workers that are at the back of the line, which makes no sense in the year 2017. neil, over to you. >> the african american males -- >> a simple question -- >> are you targeting the black unemployment rate that is traditionally and historically higher than the average american? is that what you're looking at?

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

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.

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

companies and very poorly of american workers. the theft of intellectual property by foreign countries cost our nation millions of jobs and billions and billions of dollars each and every year. for too long this wealth has been drained from our country while washington has done nothing. they had never done anything about it, but washington will turn a blind eye no longer. today, i am directing the united states trade representative to examine china's policies, practices and action with regard to the force transfers of american technology and the theft of american intellectual property. as president of the united states is my duty and responsibility to protect the american workers, technology and industry from unfair and abusive actions. we will stand up to any country that unlawfully forces american companies to transfer their valuable technology as a condition of market access. we will combat the counterfeiting and piracy that destroys american jobs. we will enforce the rules of fair and reciprocal trade that once the foundation

white americans and european americans we've removed them from their homes we've put them into into other homes out in suburban urban areas off the reservation strip them of their identities and then oftentimes at eighteen dump them back into the reservation so this is been a history of policy driven by the federal government over hundreds of years that has decimated the foundation of these communities stripped him of their identity stripped him of their place to live and then put them in the middle of nowhere with no access to health care and we wonder why there's a problem well peter we know this just on the opioid issue we know that the companies the distributors they follow despair that's the best way they can i can put it if you look at all the places that the opioid catastrophe has taken place the industry followed areas where there were. population despair lack of jobs lack of income lack of possibilities and so the indian the indian nation in across the country has been in this has been really a demographic target for the overweight industry and i think what's more important to me

the discussion includes some of the challenges african-american and native american women faced. smithsonian associates hosted this event. >> our speaker tonight is robert muncy. she's also a professor of history. i think several of you heard her speak about a year ago. at the time, she said that she was doing research on what happened after women got the vote. and i thought that sounds like a really interesting program. it's clear from your response that you all do too. give a warm welcome to robin muncy. thanks for being here. [ applause ] >> 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 got this. good. so the 19th amendment of course the woman's suffrage amendment to the u.s. constitution. finally made it through congress in june of 1919. and it was ratified by three quarters of the states in august of 1920. after that, no state could deny the vote on the b

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

at least new england americans. in 1772, bostonians publish their votes and proceedings which condemn the british for threatening to impose anglican bishops on america. so did 1775 engraving which i put up here. paul revere titled "america in distress," or "a certain cabinet junto" which appeared in "the royal american" magazine. the engraving shows a king and his ministers reviewing -- it's on the table there -- a bill for the total abolition of civil and religious liberty in america. so once again, here's paul revere showing that kind of genius he had for propaganda and for sort of ratcheting up the rhetoric, as he did in that wood cut on the boston massacre. it was he who labeled it a massacre. you can see as well here that in the minds of many, many americans, religion and politics go together, right in the king and his ministers have an intention to do what, to suppress liberties. not merely civil liberties but religious liberties also. because they are integrally related to one another. so let's turn to some m

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

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

-- 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

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

we can do it with american workers, american aluminum, iron and steel. we can do it ourselves. [ applause ] >> is we do not have to accept the economic decay of once thriving husbands of industry where they leave and they let all of those jobs go. the companies move to other countries. we have stopped that flow. companies are now coming back into the united states. i am so proud of that. [ applause ] >> we can bring new jobs to pittsburgh, detroit and baltimore. help struggling communities thrive and dream and prosper. we do not need to limit the potential of our children by trapping them in faming government schools. -- failing government schools. every child should have a chance to explore talents, pursue passions and know the enjoyment of achieving ambitions. we won't tolerate crime, bloodshed in our communities, or acts of hatred or terrorism against our citizens. we will not stand for it. [ applause ] president: we will always support our great law enforcement personnel. [cheers and applause] >president: these are great people. build bridges of trus

if he does anything with respect to guam or anyplace else that is in american territory or an americanwill truly regret it and regretted fast. >> jeanine: welcome back to the special edition of ""hannity"." the trump doctrine, president trump with more stern words for for north korea's dictator, kim jong-un. how should the us respond to the latest threat from north korea? joining us now is the us ambassador to the united nation richard grenell and retired brigadier general tony tata. good evening, gentlemen. i will start with you, rick. you worked in the state department.t. you have been involved in the communications and i'm sure that you have. been watching the volleys that have been going back and forth. kim jong un has given us almost a deadline and he said specifically the middle of august and in the last month he has launched two icbms. and we know he has the warheads. we note that he is boasting that he is going to turn us into jelly.oror goople are critical of the president. what should the president be saying? okay? or just back off like obama did and hope it goes away. >> loo

on american artifacts, american presidents, life portraits. we tour the presidential portraits exhibit at the herbert hoover presidential library and museum in iowa. at president lyndon b. johnson's exhibit. >> lyndon johnson was always on the telephone. he had a telephone install in his bathroom and he would talk with people, he would bring people in there and talk with them on the bathroom line. it would be a little disconcerting. now, he also recorded telephone conversations which he had, and those were supposed to be not open to the public until 50 years after he had died. >> at 7:00 p.m. on "the presidency" harry truman and celebrities. david clark looks back on the president's relationship with celebrity athletes, politicians and entertainers. >> president truman didn't necessarily seek out entertainers or well-known people, but yet he cultivated some relationships with them, especially jack benny. he had a good friendship with. ♪ >> american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> saturday on c-span 2 book tv, on "after wor

those are industries american companies said they find it difficult to hire american workers. >> if the story is one about immigrants and giving americans jobs, you can talk to ceos of fortune 500 companies that are saying i need immigrants, they have a skill set that i can't find enough americans or to your point, if you find people in agricultural industry, the hotel, the service industry, they also need it. >> right. >> it's so confusing to me while we have this business focused administration, this is not a pro-business move. >> but if you were to do comprehensive immigration reform, the idea of a merit-based system is not terrible. one thing that canada, australia, america, western europe all face is we got very low birth rates so reducing the sheer number of immigrants most people don't think is the answer. >> i want to talk about the stock market. the dow jones is closed. remember just 30 stocks but closed above the 22,000 mark for the first time this week. it is just the latest in an eight-year bull run. of course president trump is taking major credit for the market's good fort

there were african-american teachers in middle schools who lost their jobs.there was very much tension between what was going to be gained, which was full access of these neighborhood schools where these african-american children live but also a sense of loss of what were going to happen to these teachers and students in these institutions. the museum was really designed to tell the rights of students in american history. when you enter the building you'll be greeted by a park ranger. and then the focal point is a 25 minute series of films which is set opas a dialogue between a younger woman and older man which basically traces the origins and its replacement with an institution which was every bit as an just which were segregation laws. and then visitors can move into the first gallery of exhibits which looks at the importance of education in the african-american community. and that leads up to the decision to use education as the legal issue whereby the naacp would end-all segregation laws. that was really the wedge issue to integrate and then all the other

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

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

information is here where we see that the american elites are scared they're afraid that the american people are going to have access. points of view so whether it's our t. whether it's put nuke whether it's cheney's. or any other in your other one who'd given our pally that's what they want to keep them on our books and i'm american station 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 these and there were no problems with that but why are there problems today because they see that i would see new other broadcasters actually have great audiences the especially large especially in large american city and physically. you too cute but also especially interesting for american intellectual intellectual spheroid people who from all walks of life who suddenly see that the information they're getting from c.n.n. or from m.s.m. b c or a.b.c. or c.b.s. it's just it's actually it's not just junkets that's bad but it's propaganda. this is this is something they're scared of

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your job is to represent american families, american people, american workers. good job. on health care, one vote. and on every other issue that affects their lives. and for our friends in the senate... oh, boy. the senate, remember this, the senate -- we have to get rid of what is called "the filibuster rule." we have to. and 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. right now, we need 60 votes and be a 52 republicans. that means that eight democrats are controlling all of this legislature. we have over 200 bills. [boos] >> president trump: and we have to speak to mitch and everybody. i want to tell you. we have some great, great republican senators. we really do. and they fought like hell to get that thing approved. they fought. they really did. they really fought. even on health care, because of reconciliation which you don't know -- it doesn't matter, it's a trick. we needed 51 votes. when you need 51 and you have 52 and you included the vice president, who always vote wi