. ♪ >> this week on q&a yale university law school professor amy chua.he discusses her book "political tribes: and the fate of nations." >> amy chua author of "political tribes." what can we learn from your analysis of venezuela and google chavez -- ugo chavez. >>

amy chua author of "political tribes."hat can we learn from your analysis of venezuela and google chavez -- ugo chavez. >> venezuela is the opposite of the united states. it is pretty striking the parallels. chavez, president donald ramotar the rise of both men. little-known man avez swepte of jugo ch to power to the horrors of the elite. he was a former ex-con, terror trooper, no political experience, spoke very -- he said crazy things. he said maybe capitalism had killed life on mars. yet, he swept to power and the very stunned, taken aback, unprepared. how did that happen? here is the analysis. in venezuela, for hundreds of years, the economy and the politics had been controlled by europeanall, kind of blood eight, lighter skinned elite who controlled the oil wells, which is vast in venezuela. below that, most of the majority of the people in venezuela actually did not look like those people. there were darker skinned, had more indian blood. a lot of african ancestry. venezuela had slaves. people had no axes -- access t

host: the name of the book is "political tribes" and our guest has been amy chua. thank you. prof. : thank you for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about the program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are available at c-span podcast. ♪ >> if you enjoyed this week's q&a interview with amy chua, here are other programs you might like. author jd vance talks about his book about growing up poor in middletown ohio. journalist bob tim berg recounts his experience and injuries in vietnam in his book. "blue-eyed boy." former national security advisor discussed his book "second chances: three president temer crisis of american superpowers." watch anytime or search our entire video library at c-span.org. cases",y on landmark but story of clarence earl gideon, a petty thief who spent time in jail. he was denied access to an attorney. >> are you ready for trial? >> the state is ready. >> to the defendant, are you ready? >> i'm not. >> reason of insanity? >> no. >> wired you ready? >> i have no counsel. >> supreme court case that went on to establish the broader s

host: the name of the book is "political tribes" and our guest has been amy chua. thank you. prof. : thank you for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about the program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are available at c-span podcast. >> if you enjoyed this week's q&a interview with amy chua, here are other programs you might like. author jd vance talks about his book about growing up poor in middletown ohio. journalist bob tim berg recounts his experience and injuries in vietnam in his book. former national security advisor discussed his book "second chances: three presidents and the crisis of american superpowers." watches anytime or search our entire video library at c-span.org. >> next, your calls and comments on washington journal. and

of the book is "political tribes" and our guest has been amy chua. thank you. prof. ua: thank you for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about the program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are available at c-span podcast. expelled 60 trump russian intelligence officers today and closed the russian consulate in seattle as the u.s. and its allies work together to punish moscow for the nerve agent attack on a former double agent in england. here is the announcement that 14 european union member countries would join the u.s. and other nations.

joining me now, yale university law professor amy chua, her new book explores oh s how changing demographicsg to the dealership divides in this country. amy, i know we'll barely scratch the surface, but i'm cure wious what you make of the results of that poll. >> president trump is a divider. he succeeds by sowing division. that is his m.o. and it works. and he is a master political y trib tribalist. and if we'll ever overcome this moment, we have to be a country where everyone is treated with equal respect and dignity no matter their skin color, ethnicity or religion. but if people on the other side insist that all 60 million people who voted for president trump are ignorant racists, we're actually playing right into the same game about that and this is the problem right now. we are starting to see people on the other side of the political divide. to the just not just as people we disagree with, but as immoral, almost enemies pp a enemies. and we can no longer talk to each other because tribalism is -- we almost enjoy sticking to the other side. amazing studies show that we get pleasure fro

. >> night on c-span q&a, yale university law professor amy chua talks about her book, political tribes>> we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again the evilay you are ones. it used to the people on the other side of the political divide were just people we disagreed with. now it is almost like the people who voted for the other ouridate are immoral, enemies, not even real americans anymore. because i study democracies around the world, places like libya. what is the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country as well. 140 different peoples. it is a failed state. it has disintegrated because it does not have the overarching, strong libyan identity strong enough to hold the country together. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q&a, tonight at 8:00 eastern. on monday, president trump's spoke in manchester, you have sure about his plan for combating the opioid epidemic in the u.s.. this is 45 minutes. [applause] hello. good afternoon. it is great to be with you today as we address an issue posing a major threat to our society. be

announcer: sunday on c-span's q&a yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again. and not just say oh, you're the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral. they're our enemies and not even real americans anymore. and this because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya, wlabse the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, too. 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. it was really a colonial construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. announcer: q&a at 8:00 eastern on sunday night on c-span. >> next, from the national world war ii museum in new orleans military horn christophe

q&a, yale on c-span's university law school professor amy chua talks about her book, political tribes. >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. when he to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say, oh you are the evil one. is to be that people on the other side -- it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were just people we disagree with. now people who voted for the other candidate are immoral. they are not even real americans anymore. i study democracies around the world. places like libya. libya, what is the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, too. it is a failed state. it is disintegrated. why? because it does not have that overarching, strong living identity, strong enough to hold the country together, which is really a colonial construction. we do. that is what makes us special. >> tonight on q&a, 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. announcer: california democrat nancy pelosi became the first woman speaker of the u.s. house of representatives in 2007. next on american history tv i

"q&a,"ght on c-span's yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book "medical tribes." -- "political tribes." >> we need to be able to talk to each other as americans and not just say, you are the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other they are are immoral, our enemies. they aren't even real americans anymore. because i study democracies around the world, places like libya -- what is the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country. it has disintegrated. why? it does not have that strong libyan identity, that is strong enough to hold the country together. we do. this is what makes us special. you are watching american history tv, all weekend every weekend on c-span three. to join the conversation, like us on facebook. >> each week, american artifacts takes viewers into archives, museums, and historic sites around the country.

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, yale university law school professor amy chua talks about a book. >> overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say you are the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were is people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral, they are in the knees. they are not real americans anymore. because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, they become what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, 140 different people. it's a failed state. it's disintegrative why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong living identity comes from natal the country together with colonna construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q&a sunday night at eight eastern on c-span. >> live picture of a snowy u.s. capitol with government offices and schools in the area closed because of the third, actually the fourth nor easter in four weeks. fso hit

. >>> sunday on c-span's q & a, yale university law school proffer amy chua talks about her book "political tribes." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again, and not just say, oh, you're the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral, they're our enemies. they're not even real americans anymore. and this, because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya, what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multi-ethnic country too. 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. why? because it doesn't have that over-arching libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. it was a colonial construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> that's sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> monday on landmark cases, join us for gideon v. wainwright as we explore the story of a petty thief who spent

. ♪ announcer: tonight on c-span, yale university law school professor amy chua.fessor chua discusses her book "political tribes: group instinct and the fate of nations." ♪ brian: amy chua, author of "political tribes: group instinct and the fate of nations," what can we learn from your analysis of venezuela and hugo chavez? amy: well, you might think of venezuela as being almost the opposite of the united states.

joining us now, yale law school professor and "new york times" best-selling author, amy chua.ok, "political tribes." also with us, author and nbc political analyst, anden, and "the new york times" nick confessore rejoins the table. good to have you all onboard. hillary clinton's comments, i guess we could start there, but tribalism is boiling hot these days. >> it's boiling hot. and it's actually hardwired in us. humans, like our fellow prime mattes, are just tribal. we need to belong to groups, and the problem is, once we connect to a group, we just want to cling to it and defend it no matter what. and that's not always bad. march madness is all about tribalism. but when tribalism takes over a political system, that's when it gets very dangerous. because we start to see everything through our group's lens. and what's happened in america right now, you heard it in these comments, it's not just the point where we see people who voted on the other side as people we disagree, th with, the want to argue with. but at this point, as immoral, lesser people -- >> evil. >> evil. and it

sunday, yale university professor amy chua talks about "political tribes." >> we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not to say you are the evil ones. it used to be people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagree with. now, it is like the people that voted for the other candidate are immoral and they are enemies and not real americans anymore. this because -- i study really democracy arounies around the w places like libya, what's the difference of libya and the united states. libya is a multi ethnic country, too, 140 different people. it is a failed state. it does not have that over arching strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. it was a colonial construction but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q&a at sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> monday on landmark cases. join us for wainwright, he spent his time in jail studying the law and he challenged the state of florida which denied him access to attorney. gideon verses wainwright. are you ready for trial? >> do you plea guilty of this

a,sunday on c-span's q and but university law professor -- a university law professor amy chua talksbout tribes. to talk to ourselves as americans again and say, oh you are the evil ones. it used to be the people on the other side of the political divide were people we disagree with. now it feels like the people who voted for the other candidates are in, enemies, not real americans. because i studied democracies -- what is thed, difference between libya and the united states? they are a multiethnic country as well. they are a failed state because they don't have the overarching, strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q and a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> government funding was set to expire tonight at midnight. earlier today, the white house, president trump signed the $1.3 trillion omnibus bill that congress sent to the house this morning after the house passed it. the presidents cited that he is unhappy with the bill, including the costs, and won't sign one like it in the future. pence,oined by

sunday on c-span's q&a, yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book, "politicalribes." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say oh, you're the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were just meme people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidates are immoral, they're our enemies. they're not even real americans anymore. and this, because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya. what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multi-ethnic country too. 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country together. it was a colonel construction, but we do. this is what makes us special. host: q&a, sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our first guest of the morning is representa

yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book "political tribes." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say, oh, you're the evil ones. you know, it used to be that other people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral, they're our enemies, they're not even real americans anymore, and this -- because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya, what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, too, 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong libyan identity strong enough to hold the country together. it was really a colonial construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> "q&a," sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span. >>> commerce secretary wilbur ross appeared before the house ways and means committee to d

yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book political tribes. >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to talk to ooh each other as americans again many and not just say you are the evil ones. it used to be that people on the other side of the political divide were people we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral. they are our enemies, not even real americans anymore. and this because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean libya, what's the difference between libyaen at united states? libya is a multi ethnic country too. 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong libyan identity. strong enough to hold the country together. it was really a colonial construction. but we do. this is what makes us special. >> q&a sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span. c-span where history unfolds daily. in 1979, c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. and today, we co

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, yale amy chua talks about her book "political tribes." >> my book callsvercoming political tribalism. e need to talk as americans again and not say, you are the evil ones. it used to be people on the political of the divide were people we disagreed with. now it is almost like the people voted for the other immoral enemies, they are not even real americans anymore. study really i democracy around the world, mean, like libya, i libya, what is difference between libya and the united states? ethnic country, too. 140 different people. it is a failed state. it is dissent grated, why? t doesn't have overarching strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold the country colonial it was construction, but we do. us special. makes >> q&a sunday night on c-span. l security. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. 1979, c-span was created as a ublic service by america's cable television companies and today we continue to bring you coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme policy events c in washington, d.c. and around the country. by yours brought to you cable

. >> sunday on c-span's q&a, law professor amy chua talks about tribes.""litical >> my book calls for overcoming tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again nd not say, you're the evil ones. you know, it used to be people n the other side of the political divide were people we disagreed with. now it is almost like the people voted for the other candidates are immoral, they are not even real americans anymore. study really i democracy around the world, places like libya, i mean, what is the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multi ethnic country, too. 140 different peoples. it is a failed state. grated.sent why? it doesn't have that overarching overarching, strong libyan identity, strong enough to hold together.ry it was colonial construction. but we do, this makes us special. q&a sunday night 8 eastern on c-span. >> podcast, c-span the weekly, takes you beyond the headlines one plain in depth significant news story shaping he conversation in washington and around the country. hear from leading journalists,

. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book "political tribes." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say, oh, you're the evil ones. you know, it used to be that other people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral, they're our enemies, they're not even real americans anymore, and this -- because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya, what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, too, 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong libyan identity s

. >> the author of that book and the best selling book "battle hymn of the tiger mother" amy chua joiningue in the book. >> first of all, human beings, we're all tribal. think of march madness. we like our sports. and there's nothing bad about that. but the problem is once we connect to a tribe, we cling to it and we want to defend it no matter what, which is great if you're talking about family. but when tribalism takes over a political system, then we can't have a conversation anywhere. it's almost like people -- you see any news item breaking and peep just instantly take their sides. we can't -- it used to be that americans were much more -- there's a big overlap between republicans and democrats. now it's almost like we just can't talk to each other. we don't see the other side as fellow americans. >> you wrote originally about kids. it's starting at a young age. if you talk to little kids, they're teaching now the salad bowl. so is the problem really a lack of assimilation and also a sort of rejection of patriotism? couldn't that bring us together, asill las vegas and pay treism? >

. >>> sunday on c-span's "q&a," yale university law school professor amy chua talks about her book "political tribes." >> my book calls for overcoming political tribalism. we need to be able to talk to each other as americans again and not just say, oh, you're the evil ones. you know, it used to be that other people on the other side of the political divide were just people that we disagreed with. now it's almost like the people who voted for the other candidate are immoral, they're our enemies, they're not even real americans anymore, and this -- because i study really democracies around the world, places like libya, i mean, libya, what's the difference between libya and the united states? libya is a multiethnic country, too, 140 different peoples. it's a failed state. it's disintegrated. why? because it doesn't have that overarching strong

. ♪ q&a, amy: this week on chua discusses her book "political tribes: group instinct and the fate ofations."