for reforming america and bringing america to respective own constitution blending is really was that's what makes me optimistic about the future. this corner of the exhibition is really interesting because you've goals real evidence of this link between islam and slavery in mississippi and it him of the man who was known as the prince among slaves who was sold into slavery for forty years before winning his freedom and going to live as a free man in liberia and i understand that there are his descendants still living in the united states and i'm going to try and find them. i now see that what's up the heart of the story of islam in america is the story of slavery and on this issue america was divided as early as the seven hundred seventy s. some americans were calling for the abolition of slavery one of these thomas jefferson proposed forming a colony in africa to take freed slaves but it wasn't until eight hundred sixty three after the civil war that slavery was finally abolished with it came the economic collapse of the southern states which depended on slaves the big plantations fel

to be america first and you have to do what other americans decertified to live to defending america because this is our country this is feel that you don't think about. my life defending this country . i get the welcoming i get. that's a powerful thing compared to where i come from how we were how i was you know slaughter a friend of mine who died the war or recount where i come from coming here. you know having what i have. is home. minnesota is a liberal state in the democratic heartland of the midwest a welcoming place for the somalis the latest black immigrants to establish themselves in america but in the early years of its history america was the very opposite of welcoming for the first africans to reach these shores. for three hundred years africans were brought here in chains a slave labor i'm heading to jackson mississippi in the deep south to meet some of the descendants of those first african-americans because it seems that their history lines at the heart of the story of islam in america. this impressive looking building is actually the state capital of mississippi and i

america again.he washington insiders and the mainstream media ideologues tagged him with every negative characterization they could. why? because he is the clearest most driven threat to the perverse world they created. that one in which we had that forced to live. a nation where the term law and order is actually offensive. the terrorists are more important than the safety of american citizens. where you could be bullied or silenced for stating or living or beliefs as a christian, as a conservative or as a gun owner. everything --n the judeo-christian principles .ere under attack the media sent everything backwards. -- tello to you a story you a story. and aalking in here today guy comes up to me and he says "judge jeanine, do you think that some of the stuff you said is over the top?" so i said who are you? he said, i am with cnn. i just said -- he said why do you say what you do? i said, watch my show you can find out. he said, i watch your show every except i am only on saturday night. .here you

latin america, next on great decisions. (jubilant orchestra music) - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] the 1960's in latin america was an era of political revolutions. the reverberations of which are still felt today. - latin america was really defined, the 1960's by the cuban revolution. there was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the united states. - it was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, between democracy and authoritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. it was an era of military coups everywhere from central america down through brazil and argentina. - there were movements not just in latin america, but in other parts of the world in the 60's and 70's to bring more left progressive government into power and in reaction to that, military dictatorships took hold in much of the sout

that great america again.applause] the washington insiders and mainstream media ideologues tagged him with every negative characterization they could. why? because he is the clearest, most driven threat to the perverse, twisted world they created, that one in which we had been forced , a nation where shockingly, the term "law and order" is offensive, or the protection of the criminal, that illegal immigrants, and the terrorists, are more important than the safety of american citizens. a nation where you could be for statingilenced or living your beliefs as a christian, as a conservative. or yes, it is a gun owner. all of a sudden, everything that made a special, the judeo-christian principles were under attack. the media set everything backwards. i got to tell you a story. -- and ialking in here walk away from that? i am walking in here today, and a guy comes up to me and says, some ofo you think that the stuff you say are over the top? so i said, who are you? cnn.id, i am with said -- he said, why do you say

america is counting on us.t weow in my heart will come through and you will come through for this country once again. i have seen the courage and conviction that defines the men and women of the conservative movement all my life. and i see it in your faces this morning. , the truth is we live in a time of widening challenges and unknowable threats. a time of too much division and too much anger in america. you know, it seems like we are becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are, to do with the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly, it seems like , we have lostight sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is, here in the united states of america, it is true today and it has always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. [applause] v.p. pence: so, let's try to reconnect in t

when leftists in america picked -- [applause] when leftists in america picked on the movement, they insisted their goal was not to silence, it was to open up a new visit of viewpoints. america was so racist, so bigoted, so homophobic, so the other way to allow members to speak was to shut everybody up who offended members of those groups. pc was supposed to make us free. the intellectual jackboots showed up. the demised subgroups became taboo. truth went out the window. victim groups replaced actual victims. language shifted to accommodate feelings of those groups. for years the pc culture grew stronger. at the time of the obama presidency, pc was not just dominant, it had morphed into something unstoppable. advocates have pc have claimed that certain groups in america were recognized, which is true. they present evidence to that effect. under obama, the new pc said you did not even need evidence of victimization to shut other people up. just had to claim you were victimized, and it was our job to give you the benefit of the doubt. a new form of pc was born. we were talking about the pc of w

loses market share in latin america because we're buying fewer things and the same thing can be said for investment in the area probably the most famous chinese investment in latin america is the yes go ahead. you know i was going to say i have to yet so tell tell us about the difference between you know china and other nations that might want to have a relationship with other countries that i mean it china is helping to prop up some of the the industries and i don't mean that in a negative way but by being a customer they are sort of helping a sort of when when circumstances with these other countries in latin america and that's not a person approach really i mean separate from president trump that's not really approach that u.s. is known for is it. absolutely we see the china opportunistically and not in a bad way taking advantage of the fact that financing and investment isn't coming from elsewhere latin america has been looking for example to modernize and green its infrastructure base for generations the united states is pulling out of interacting with latin america in that way

children, america's struggling workers, and america's forgotten communities. i want our youth to grow up to achieve great things. to have theirr chance to rise. so tonight, i am extending an open hand to work with members of both parties, democrats and republicans, to protect our citizens of every background, color, religion and creed. [applause] pres. trump: my duty, and the sacred duty of every elected official in this chamber, is to defend americans, to protect their safety, their families, their communities, and their right to the american dream. because americans are dreamers, too. [applause] pres. trump: here tonight is one leader in the effort to defend our country, homeland security investigation special agent, celestino martinez. cj.oes by dj and he says, call me either one. we will go by cj. years in the air force before becoming an i.c.e. agent, and facing gang violence in dangerous criminals, getting them off our streets. tough job. at one point, ms-13 leaders murder, and they wanted it to happen quickly. but he did not cave to threats or to fear.

it's a -- always has been in america. i just have this notion that as soon as the may flower he land, the passengers said hope no people are coming, perfectly happy with this country the way way see it. throughout our history, waves of immigrants have come to make america what it is today and there's always been a resistance from those already here to new people. from new places. with different languages and cultures and religions and food. and we've done some things in the past which are not exactly things to brag about. it was 1924 when we passed an immigration bill that was a fear after world war i that because europe was in shambles, all of these people would come flooding into america. and so the congress, right near this chamber and in the house of representatives, passed the immigration act of 1924. it was horrible. it was horrible. it expressly excluded group wiz didn't want to be part of america's future. groups like people of the jewish religion. italians, people from eastern europe, the japanese, and many other

and too much anger in america.now, it seems like we're becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are to do what the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly it seems like we've lost sight. we've lost sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is that here in the united states of america it's true today and always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. >> so let's try to reconnect in the days and debates that come ahead. reconnect with one another and reconnect with the communities and lastly, i also believe that we should also seek in these challenging times to reconnect to something deeper. something that speaks to the very heart of who we are, someone who i believe has always been the source of our strength and more than that. our hope. yesterday mourned passing of one of the greate

to make 're going america prosperous again, and i of hearts, to t borrow a phrase, we will make americagain. thank you, god bless you. republican party, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] . c-span's washington journal live every day with news and you, issues that impact max g up friday morning, tires talks about the federal work force under the trump administration. cato institute reform and igration so-called chain immigration, and then the foreign intelligence surveillance act and wiretapping of u.s. citizens, a conversation georgetown university law school professor joshua -- be c-span washington journal live at 7:00 eastern morning. join the discussion. at the on c-span, a look future of russian politics and a iscussion about the country's direction under president putin. his was hosted by the atlantic council in washington, d.c. *-

in a real sense, america is back. talking about the progress at home, in jobs and the economy. i can tell you having traveled around the world in recent weeks, i hear leaders around the world. they see once again under president donald trump, america is once again leading on the world stage. you are supporting and making a that possible. [applause] v.p. pence: let's go tell the story. as i close tonight, i can only imagine what a challenging day today was for so many of you. i remember the experience karen and i were involved in, an incident during the campaign, where an aircraft slid off the runway. thankfully there was no loss of life and no one injured. i remember exiting the plane that night at the airport, and seeing the lights and sirens. in speaking with so many of you today, i know what a troubling day it was. i want to encourage you today. as we gather together in this place, i encourage you to have faith, to remember in these moments how precious life is, how precious is the privilege that each one of us has

they bought tickets for 1000 places in america.d their drachmas, lyras, and rupees for dollars. they sang their first american songs, experienced their first american christmas and hanukkah. they waited, and were given permission to pass over to the new land. >> sunday at 10:00 a.m. eastern, an interview from the west point center of oral history. with the wife of u.s. army general william west moreland who demanded u.s. forces in the enough. >> my main work was with the red cross, and almost every day i worked in a vietnamese hospital. our hospital. and then i once moved to do red cross work. >> watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. >> next, we talk with the james grossman, executive director of the american historical association which held its annual meeting in washington, d.c. in january. he explains how the field has changed in the past decade and how he feels the study of history is important, especially in this polarized political environment. this is about 20 minutes. we are at the 20 18th american historical

corporate america is doing what is best for corporate america and working america is getting left behind. it goes to show you just president trump and republicans working forri when they crafted their tax bill. it gave corporations and the wealthiest americans a huge tax cut and cut out everybody else. i yield the floor. >> mr. president, this is immigration week in the united states senate and we are preparing with today's procedural moves to bring bills for for consideration as early as today and perhaps tomorrow at the latest. it is an unusual time in the senate is focused on such an issue in actual bipartisan amendment and substitutes were being offered. the reason we a are at this poit and at this moment in time was because of a decision by president trump on september 5th of last year when he announced there was ending the doctor daca program. it was a program graded by by executive order that allowed those have been brought to the united states as children, infants and toddlers to be able to stay legally in the united states on a temporary visa renewable every two years. it was ca

seeing these kids gives you faith in america. and it was my distinct pleasure to get the republican leadary bottle of brooklyn bosh bourbon at a -- it was not a challenge to kentucky's pride but rather to suggest that maybe kentucky and new york aren't so different at all. our craft distilling industry is booming and we have very good bourbon made in brooklyn, new york. it's called, by the way, as long as it's made in america itening be called bourbon and i believe it -- i'm not sure if it can be called kentucky bourbon but can be call bourbon. now on to the business of the day. mr. president, on in the heels of passing significant bipartisan bug deal, the senate returns this week to grapple with one of the most contentious of issues, immigration. leader mcconnell, to his credit, has promise debate on a neutral pill with an amendment process fair to both sides. democrats and republicans are working hard to find a bill to protect the dreamers and provide border security that will garner six votes no easy task. it's like threading

immigrants are not a drain on america, immigrants are the future of america. hard-working men and women who leave behind everything they know for a better life for themselves and their children to breathe new life and revitalize and you have heard the stories with silicon valley look at the best and brightest and to marvel at the fact how many people were immigrants to finally be able to take that idea to turn into a business with employees well paid helping the country move forward. seventeen years ago i introduced a bill called the dream act bipartisan legislation giving a path toed immigrants who came to the united states as children. they have come to be known as dreamers and i know the president went to a republican retreat and mocked the term dreamers. but i am proud of the term dreamers before the bill was introduced if you asked to they were most people answer isn't that a british rock group? now it symbolizes something in america. young people brought here to have grown up pledging allegiance to their flags being the only national and they have ever,

they stood in line together, those who saw america as an adventure, with those who saw america as a beaconf hope. it was a business of numbers, an operation designed to house, feed, and process 4000 people at a time, to identify those whom american authorities might reject and return to europe at steamship expense. woman: first thing they do with you is delouse you. look your hair all over. your hair, if there was a nit in your hair they would -- you would have to shampoo it. narrator: fearing epidemics, huge facilities were established to fumigate clothing, baggage, and people. processed and ticketed, they waited for their ship. [ship's horn blows] they boarded in many parts of europe and in many kinds of vessels, most to new york and some to other ports. but they had one thing in common. they were traveling steerage, and the steamship companies understood the profit in numbers. [ship's horn blows] they began a journey that could last from a week to a month. [ship's horn blows] woman: that was the last time it ever ran again. that was the last trip she made. she should have never made tha

their own testimonies about how much they love america. how much they give back to america. how they served in our armed services. how they're a resource to us in providing health care in our community and the list goes on. in any event, i don't think the end of march has a viability to it. let's just get on with it. what are you afraid of?

that is the fixed policy of the united states of america. as president trump has said many times, i always believe in talking. we have made it very clear that we are open to communicating our policy to the regime in north korea. what north korea needs to understand, as i made clear in an announcement in japan, when we announced a new round of sanctions that will be imposed, the largest ever. we are confident our allies will join us on it. nothing will change until the day comes that north korea permanently abandons its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile programs and ceases to threaten the united states of america. mike: it does not sound like those two things are preconditions for any conversation. it looks like when you are looking at the tools in your belt, you are talking about more talking. vice pres. pence: it is accurate to say that we want to make sure north korea understands us. if there is an opportunity for talks that can communicate the fixed policy of united states of america to them, the president has made it clear. he always

this is the america that screams i want my country back and we need to make america great again. in the other narrative, the one repeatedly referenced in almost every one of barack obama's speeches starting with his 2004 key note at the dnc in which he declared there was not a black or white or blue america, but only the united states of america. that's inclusive and egalitarian with race, but gender and sexuality. diversity can be a strength. and now later in the presidency he said those who were born in other countries and came here as person or adults can be inheriters of the american dream. as bill o'reilly gave way to barack obama's vision of america on the rhetoric on the left, the people privileged within the existing system felt increasingly under siege. they felt that their version of america was slipping away. in closing, i want to say that don't think of course that cohesion is impossible, actually. i don't think it is impossible in a multiracial democracy, but it is obviously very challenging given the struggle between groups that is reflected in the two competing nar

america is counting on us. know in my heart that we will come through and you will come through for this country once again. i have seen the courage and conviction that defines the men and women of the conservative movement all my life. and i see it in your faces this morning. my friends, the truth is we live in a time of widening challenges and unknowable threats. a time of too much division and too much anger in america. you know, it seems like we are becoming more and more disconnected from each other. too often unable or unwilling to meet our fellow citizens where they are, to do what the president did yesterday, just to listen to one another in a spirit of humility and respect. and increasingly, it seems like we have lost sight. we have lost sight of who we are as a people, that the truth is, here in the united states of america, it is true today and it has always been true that there will always be more that unites us than will ever divide the good and great people of this country. [applause] v.p. pence:

hurt rural america? the secretary: you are mixing up things here. there is actually going to be a title as i mentioned on rural america. so that is separate from the rest of the titles in this proposal that we are talking about. there will be a special section for rural america. and then as to whether other urban areas want to embark upon tolls or private activity bonds or recycling, that is up to them. we are giving them the flexibility to do so. so they are getting much greater flexibility now to look at creative financing mechanisms and decide for themselves what they want. thank you so much. i'm sure we will be talking

where she slept abandon those people out in the rust belt out in the middle of americas like. let fend for yourself dude's but i mean the u.k. is kind of similar right the whole northern area the country they keep discussing should we build a railway to the north for twenty years including the people from manchester and birmingham and sheffield should we include them into our economy in london and yet for twenty years i've been having this debate and there's still this division going on. the chinese are saying you know what we're going to grow the economy by actually making it inclusive economy and building infrastructure appropriately yes so they're basically there they're bringing in the west and a lot of naysayers and the western world the western economy the likes of you know the. academia economists from new york have always liked their plan for high speed rail but they've been building across china saying the peasants will never be able to afford it but apparently according to the data from this past year that they peasants are affording it so it is actually becoming via

immigrants are not a drain on america. immigrants are the future of america. they are hardworking men and they are hardworking men and >> immigrants are the future of america. they are hard-working men and women who leave behind everything they know to build a new and better life for themselves and their children here, they breathe new life into our country. and revitalize the american dream. you've heard the stories. they go to silicon valley and look at some of the best and brightest and how many were immigrants to this country who are able to take that great idea and turn it into a great business with a lot of well-paid employees helping this country move forward. seventeen years ago i and reduce the dream act. it was bipartisan and give a path to citizenship to immigrants who came to the united states as children. these people have come to be known as streamers. i know the publi president wenta republican retreat and mocked the term dreamers. i am proud of the term dreamers. before the bill was introduced if you asked about dreamers and who they were, most

on real america. inh the cpac conference washington, d.c., we look back to 1988 when president reagan spoke at a cpac dinner. >> the american people know what limited government, tax cuts, deregulation, and the move toward privatization have been. it has meant the largest peacetime expansion in our history. they won't want to throw that a way for a return to budgets. host: watch american history tv every weekend on c-span3. c-span, >> -- >> c-span, were history unfolds daily. 1970 nine, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and public policy events in washington dc and around the country. c-span is brought to you by your cable or satellite provider. thomas jefferson force in lynchburg, virginia. we are learning about the history. we speak with the archaeology department to learn about the material culture left behind and what it can tell us about the people who lived

, white america, blue america, red america, that there is only the united states of america. gender, religion, sexuality -- it posits that diversity can be a strength. later in the presidency he also posited that those born in other countries and came here as children or adults can be legitimate inheritors of the american dream. bill o'reilly's version of america, give way to barack obama's vision of america and clinical rhetoric, on the left, people privileged with the existing system. increasingly under siege -- they felt that their version of america was slipping away. thatosing, i want to state i don't think -- cohesion is impossible. i don't think it is impossible in a multiracial democracy, that it is obviously very challenging given the struggle between groups that is reflected in these two competing narratives. nonetheless, both of the include a path to national solidarity, the first, the one supported by o'reilly and conservative writers, and also given lip service by donald trump rejects multiculturalism. denigrates that all cultures should be embraced and the cries

the united states of america. i do want to now turn quickly to people who are here under what's called temporary protected status. these are individuals who were in the united states and could not return home because of disasters in their home countries, whether it's by earthquakes or by hurricanes or other events that made it impossible to return home because their homes have been destroyed, or other change and circumstances have changed that made it impossible for them to return.d and we the united states of america havest granted these individuals temporary protected status. ends of these are individuals who were in the united states legally. and many of them have been here for over two decades. in the case of el salvador, we have most people who hear from el salvador on temporary protected status here in the united states since the year 2000. they have have the families here. theyn are small businessmen and women. they're working productively and all our committees. in the case of honduras it was even earlier

. >> i think the big story is america, america, america, this morning. do you know how many times america was used in that speech? >> how many times. >> 82 times. >> that's fantastic. >> trevor: that's fantastic. they say that as if america gets a royalty check every time someone says her name. they say it like obama never referred to america by name. like he was like the united states of, you know, who i am talking about and by the way, if you get mad when people say donald trump is like a little child, then maybe you shouldn't grade his speeches on a kindergarten chalk board. these people are like my president is not a child. that's why i am giving his speech a gold star! and a rocket ship because he's a cool cat. but the group of people who truly loved last night's speech the most all coincidentally had the last name trump. >> eric trump who was in the building at the time with the family at the time joins us. he is executive vice president of the donald trump organization. according to reports you are the son of donald trump, the president of the uni

the only great america i canor imagine what a moral america must do.so let us bring america to its feet and get america to walk as doctor king asks us let us dream and dream again of the democracyre if only to everybody that asks us for our vote come i will stand with you if you say to me i will fix this democracy first. now. very much. [applause] thank you larry. next our speaker is of pulitzer-winning journalist and best-selling author and an innovative approach to connecting with autistic childrenne and the price of loyalty hasd been chronicled lecturing about narratives and justice at harvard law school please welcome reverend seth kind. [applause] >> thank you i looked at the roster i am the only working journalist here today so i thought i would speak for the enemies of the people. somebody must. we are used to being hated as that is part of the job. we try to hold elected officialsco accountable. what keeps them up at night and gets them up in the morning. some of them but that damn thing in the newspaper item know what to say. [laughter] and so

, north america. we have more great research universities in america the entire rest of the world combined. [applause] because of her republican name eisenhower they would call them the wise man community invest this money in government to say no i will invest in universities every major breakthrough that has occurred the last 20 years is your investment of research in universities it is a laboratory in the world nobody can compete with us. nobody the workers are three times as productive as a matter-of-fact most agile venture capitalist in the world. we are in a position to remind ourselves who in the hell we are. remind the american people who we are. everyone if you were raised in the same household i was that there isn't a damn thing we can do why we are characterized as americans of overconfident that we can do anything. where is that spirit? the american people are hungry for it. i am absolutely convinced he can win back the house got to start hollering more loudly for those. there and not just

ultimately, this exhibition says it can help america be better, help america to live up to our state of ideals. and that the best way to honor the ultimate sacrifice of dr. king is to cross those boundaries that divide, boundaries of race, gender, ethnicity, to demand a fair and freer america. thank you very much for being with us this morning. [applause] >> thanks so much, lonnie. i also would like to ask the curator of exhibition to join us in the seats appear. after that terrific framing, -- no, we want to appear, my love. yes, because you are the curator. what the heck. as aaron is getting situated, i want to remind everyone that we are live streaming today's event. i know lonnie wants to know this, particularly, being a twitter-er, it is #cityofhope. you can find the exact link on twitter. the letters my colleague sent me are too small for me to see. after the http, i am lost. but, #cityofhope. you will find the brilliant tweets they have done. we are going to start with questions of the panelists that i am going to raise. then we are going to follow with questions from you. ple

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so make it in america, invest in america, it adds up for a better deal for america. my colleague, al green from texas, has some important thention to add to the -- important things to add to the discussion tonight on a different subject. but i just want to remind the public that when we talk on the floor here we talk about infrastructure, we talk about create steel programs that actually build infrastructure. we talk about trying to collect resources so that we can pay for this. we talk about how we might engage in various financing programs so that we can over time build a solid foundation for economic growth. and as we do all of this, we're talking about a better deal for the american public. not the raw deal that this tax scam gave to americans. not the kind of deal that "the investors es" says will reap the republican tax bonanza. and if i might, mr. speaker, have this "new york times" editorial placed in the congressional record. and so with that -- the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. garamendi: thank you. i think with that it's time for know yield t

the president is making america great again. let's compare that to what the democrats have accomplished. they are good at doing something. they do work well together to obstruct, and on tuesday their hatred was on full display when congressional democrats sat on their hands during the president's unifying speech. to stand when the president of the united states walked into the room, when he talked about the american flag, the national anthem, or the lowest african-american unemployment in history and the lowest hispanic unemployment in history. they even refused to stand for a 12-year-old boy who is putting flags on the graves of our veterans. president trump: we have made incredible progress and achieved extraordinary success. we have gone for with a clear mission and righteous vision. to make america great again for all americans. tonight, i call upon all of us to set aside our differences, to seek out common ground, and to summon the unity we need to deliver for the people we were elected to serve. created 2.4 million new job

our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better america.have the strength to meet our every challenge, the physical strength to hold forth decency and compassion at home and moral strength to support the cause of peace in the world. [applause] >> the president concentrated the opening of his address on concern for the nation and chances for peace. president johnson:i have just recently returned from a very fruitful visit his holiness the pope. he expressed earlier today that both sides will extend themselves in an effort to bring an end to the war in vietnam. i assured him we and our allies will do our full part to bring this about. [applause] narrator: continuing on the international events, the president summed up events of the year that were milestones in maintaining world peace. res. johnson: i met with the chairman in glassboro and we achieved a clear understanding about our respective positions after two days of meeting. because we believe that the nuclear danger must be narrowed, we have worked with the soviet union and the other nat

but that's america's story. time and again that's america's story. my grandfather didn't come here with any extraordinary skills. he came here with a strong back and a determination to work and feed his family. and he did it. my grandmother, the same. that's the story of this country. now we're going to debate this week in the united states senate whether it will continue to be the story of this country. some will grew we've had enough of these immigrants. we don't need any more of them. and others, i hope, will realize that we have an opportunity here. an opportunity to not only allow people to come to this country, be part of this country's future, to create the kind of diversity which makes us unique in the world, the diversity of immigration. i think we can come up with a reasonable answer to this. there will be differences of opinion, strongly held beliefs on one side or the other. the question is whether this body, the united states senate, with 49 democrats and 51 republicans, just about as close as you can get, can reach a common bipartisan a

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that's my story, that my family story but that's a america's story. i came here with a strong back and a determination to work and feed his family, and he did it. my grandmother was the same. that is the story of this country. now we are going to debate this week. some will argue we've had enough immigrants, we don't need more and others, i hope will realize that we have an opportunity to create the diversity that makes us unique in the world. the diversity of immigration. i think we can come up with a reasonable answer to this. there will bees difference of opinion and strongly held beliefs on one side of the other. the question is whether this body, the u.s. senate with 49 democrats and 51 republicans, almost as close as you can get can reach a common bipartisan agreement. would it be a headline across america if the senate actually had a debate and actually agreed on something. i see some heads nodding of people who are following this debate. i really believe we can. that's what we are sent to do. too actually tackle problems. the president has cre

what about by america and everyone says they are for by america. the trump in production plan unwinds by america provisions. you are going to rebuild namerican infrastructure let's o it with american steel, american concrete and american labor. this is the kind of plan you would expect from a president who surrounds himself with industry insiders and financiers and people from wall street who look at infrastructure as an investmentra by corporations but infrastructure has always been something that benefits aren't immediately apparent in a road might not generate short-term profit unless the factory might locate and bring new jobs to the area in the private sector and there isn't a profit but that family is i just as deserving as every other family in america. it is part of the internet which is a necessity these days just as electricity was in the 30s in franklin roosevelt. the private sector, the private sector now cannot pick and choose it will leave large parts of america out. that is why the trump infrastructure plan falls short. for almost al