i, barbara jordan, and the keynote speaker. [applause] >> yeah she was.s ago, barbara jordan took the stage at the democratic national convention, and made history as the first black woman to deliver the keynote address. that moment was the first among the many in her political career. to say that could be for that speech, she became the first black person since reconstruction to win a seat in a texas state senate. it was during her time there as president pro tempore, that you also served as the first black female governor for a day, when the governor and lieutenant governor were both out of the state on government business. jordan would go on to serve as the first black woman to represent texas in congress, serving three terms in the house. but her illustrious career started in a very unassuming way. registering people to vote. in 1960, while volunteering on jfk's presidential campaign, jordan managed to get out the vote program in houston. and it is that part of jordan's legacy that's inspiring another young woman from texas in her push to expand votin

i think about what it was like to have a shirley chisholm and a barbara jordan. but then, madam speaker, i know what it's like. it's having a barbara lee and a sheila jackson lee. and that is what tonight is about. and when i walk by that life-sized portrait of congresswoman shirley chisholm, i think about her courage. i think about her leadership. i think about what we will tell every little black girl in america. you, too, can be a shirley chisholm. you, too, can stand up for justice. you, too, can be in the fight representing the people who need us the most. and so with that, i say the two most powerful words that i was taught to say. and that's thank you. thank you to these halls of congress for letting us have a shirley chisholm. thank you, members of the congressional black caucus, for coming out tonight to honor her great legacy, because it is not just about this special order hour tonight. it is about our future. it is about how we continue to live the legacy of shirley chisholm. and with that, madam co-anchor, i yield back. ms. lee: let me first say to ou

i said that was, that was in government at the time with the exception of barbara jordan. she was not born with your i'm sorry, barbara lee. barbara lee was the only one who stepped out and said, why don't we take a breather? you know what i mean? before we go into iraq, i mean, you just said about democracy fighting with democracy. what is all this? i mean you been tweeting about it, and biden has been trying to do something about it. i mean, do you know, the whole point of the american revolution was to have to focus? what do you mean? you know, you have democracy there at the moment, is, is that way or is a need for freedom to vote acts in the john lewis about voting rights act? yeah, i think that democracy on so many levels and, and from so many directions is, are under threat right now. and i, you know, you say joe bind. so trying to do something about it. i'm saying he's not doing enough. i think that there's many, there are many things that he could be doing. and i think though the powers of the president of the united states are vast. if there's anything we learned

for this book, -- affection at love -- affectionate love for this book, the constitution, but barbara jordan reminded me to always carry it for ladies in their purse. george washington called the constitution is the pride or the guide which i will never abandon. he's absolutely right. the declaration of independence was the promise, the constitution was the fulfillment. a republican judge said that. couldn't be more true. that seems to be taken sideways today. because you can wrap the constitution in the history of black america. so i raise for us to discuss today both the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments. as i cherish the constitution, i can assure you that i cherish those amendments. i think we should remind america that we are the only population, we don't do it angrily, that were held in bondage for a period of time, longer than two sench res -- centuries, 246 years, longer than the nation is old. we will meet that time frame probably this july. but for a long time, longer than the nation was old. and of course president lincoln had many in 1862 president lincoln came to believe -- by the

not in barbara is in london. allan fisher is in washington. ross jordan is at the un headquarters in new york 1st to moscow and daughter jabari door. so welcome to the usa. so mister putin recognizes the sovereignty of countries that used to be part of the soviet union, but he doesn't recognize the sovereignty of ukraine. how does that work? well, according to the russian president, ukraine is a special case. he made the comments prior to going into a closed door meeting with the president of us by john, who's fitting visiting moscow, l, hama ali of and that's were vladimir putin said that there are 3rd countries that are pressuring and using ukraine to oppose a greater threat to russia, these were his words. he said that as this is the situation, this is why he has said what he has said and done what he's done. and he is also in the past, referred to dairy a government in key f, as weak. he has said that vladimir zalinski is being used as a puppet by the west to put pressure on russia. and that is of great concern to this country. and it was one of the m

jordan. keep the faith and keep leading and do it you said you would do. nonfiction authors about their latest work. welcome barbarawalter. it's a pleasure to have the chance to talk with you today. your book has generated an astonishing national debate about where we are as a country today during a moment of. quite extraordinary polarization and division and in the book you advance this this quite controversial claim that the us is cloto