raphael warnock, senator john cornyn, john cline born, representative barbara lee, representative danny davis, chair drew a speedy and sheila jackson lee. and miss opal. . . you should have my chair. it's open? the first one? [applause] >> you've got to make sure. . there you go. >> thank you, mister president. >> thank you, mr.. president >> thank you, so much. thank you. i've got three, more of that to me more in my name. the oh, i am sorry. there it is, there's the man. texas, it's in texas. any buddy else? >> yes representative davis. >> davis, yes i'm sorry man. davis. all right. [applause] it is election day next, mister president? is election day next? . mister president, is the plan to sign a new election day national holiday? [inaudible] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while the vice president on the president depart. thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ . ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ladies and gentlemen please ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while the president and the vice president depart. thank you. . [inaudible conversations] when congress returns from its recess and september, the ja

danny davis retired lieutenant colonel is not with defense priority and is a military expert.nd former lieutenant colonel dakota wood senior fellow for defense programs joining us to talk about the one-year anniversary for the completion of the u.s. withdrawal from afghanistan. let me start with you, colonel davis at ascii about this question before the withdrawal happened what was your view on the accelerated timeline of withdrawal from afghanistan? guest: i was for president trump's decision to end the war and set a timeline for the withdrawal to happen. i was absolutely disappointed that toward the end of president trump's term that they didn't take any proactive action. the timeline that had been set in place and the lack of action that the pentagon had taken to implement those changes, dr. -- president trump was distracted. they didn't take the action necessary to have the means necessary. when it did come to, when biden came into office they were not prepared for it. biden waited a long time to make his decision and added six more months to it. i think that was one of th

lieutenant colonel danny davis with us right now, defense priorities senior fellow, military expert. is getting the better of the very countries that wanted to go after him to get the better of him? >> well you know, that is the way it is shaking out. it puzzles me a lot of this stuff is really kind of self-inflicted wounds. it was plainly obvious. i think too many people in the west, neil are trying to deal with things as they wish they were and not as they actually are. you can't slap all the economic sanctions on russia, talk openly about wanting to harm them and expect russia to do nothing. russia has levers to pull. this is one of them. this issue with the nord stream right now with claiming that it is for maintenance or whatever. they're going to cut it off until friday, we hope. then turn it back on. it shows they have complete leverage over this. of course that sends prices of gas through the roof as you just mentioned there and there is probably a lot more to come but i think that you can see that on the ground, russia is playing for time. they're not putting the troops as m

we had a congressman, representative danny davis out of chicago, whose son was killed in his house by a young boy who wanted his sneakers. he actually came to his house and shot him dead in the living room because he wanted his sneakers. and that happens more than we know because that didn't make the national news. i'm sure it made the chicago news, but this happens every day. so that's something that we're going to talk about. and we're gonna also list all of what you have indicated today, like private prisons, which every state legislature has tried to stop and we can't do it. and you're right, they have to be, they have to meet a certain percentage of occupancy or the state has to pay them for empty beds, which is like $50 a day. so even if they are not filled, they have to still pay them. so the goal of law enforcement is to fill the prisons so that they can get reimbursement from the state legislature to pay these private prisons. it's a gimmick, it's a game. and another thing when we're talking about prevention, i want you to know that 70% of hbcus, they are all 70% female. just

trnow, lieutenant colonel daniel davis is a combat veteran and author and he joins us now. danny, thank you so much forth joining. oi thanks for having me. to also talk to me about sanctions. you know, this is a word that politicians often throw out there knee reaction to anything. we've got to go punish g themo with sanctions. y but p who actually pays the price? yeah, you know, wethe are absolutely addicted to sanctions. i mean, anyone talks about anythingng internationally. sanctions is the first thing that comes up before they even think about the ramifications or even the possibility that it could accomplish anything. he rand that's one of the bigget mistakes that we make is that we don't understand that whether that tool canng accomplish something or is it's just something we throw out there nowethi, in this particulr case, i think it's really important to point out that ifti the president was asking us to potentially sacrifice something that could actually make t a difference, that could potentially turn the tide of the war, thateor might be one thing. potentially the cost

owami davies has spoken to her family. we can speak now to dannyrom north london. you will have heard and that report a former superintendent said this report was unconvincing. i a former superintendent said this report was unconvincing.- report was unconvincing. i think it's fantastic _ report was unconvincing. i think it's fantastic news _ report was unconvincing. i think it's fantastic news owami - report was unconvincing. i think| it's fantastic news owami davies report was unconvincing. i think- it's fantastic news owami davies has been found safe and well, but it's not the outcome —— that it's not the outcome we thought would happen, many of us feared for her safety, particularly because she has been missing for several weeks. and someone who has been reported to be in a vulnerable state and had bouts of depression, has been missing for that long, normally that's not the outcome. that's good news. it's right there is a review to look at the police actions. by essex police and metropolitan police. i think there were some mixed messages. when y

people talk about angela davis or they talk about derek bell but they will not talk about barbara smith. they will not talk about danny helen burroughs. they might talk about anna julia cooper. it is bigger than that. the burden on us -- the responsibility is you engage in that real life. you read all these other people in that tradition and you know it will never be enough. you have this aspiration and responsibility where you are constantly reading. i should have read that book 20 years ago, or i'm meeting daphne brooks's book about black feminism and the musical archives, for the book about the archives. it is mind blowing how big it is. sometimes younger people are so confident in their abilities, and some of their abilities are dazzling. they say no, i've got it. i'm good. , you are like no. we are never good. even after the book awards, new york times bestseller, we are never good. that's what makes toni morrison so special. she never stopped reading. she never, ever stopped reading and engaging. she had been an editor at random house. all she did was read. she edited, but she did not stop reading up the pulitze