host: doug harris, a good idea? guest: no. education is a public good. everyone benefits from education. there is not much disagreement about that. milton friedman, the godfather of cato-like thinking also supported federal -- not federal, but government funding for education. one person who gets educated benefits everybody, and that is the whole logic behind why the government is involved to begin with. guest: can i just say that milton friedman changed over time. you talk about neighborhood affect, my neighbor gets educated, and is less likely to commit crimes. over time, he changed his views that he did not think the neighborhood argument was effective for funding. a did say look, it can be public role, but and that money to the students, the educators' autonomy, as opposed to federal money. host: we will go to m michael, grand rapids, michigan, democratic caller. caller: yes, i would like to point out that the federal 's role in government, i feel strongly, is to provide equal education for all students. but right now, with the school choice program,

matt was originally supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris from the university of bal mer who couldn't be here. we'll leave that with matt. thanks for making time to join us here today. welcome. [ applause ] >> well, thank you very much and thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capital historical society. can everyone hear me? you're in the back? excellent. it's great to be back here with capital historical society. i'm a big fan of the historical society. i'm honored to be here today to talk about a new book doug harris and i talked about, leadership elections in the house of representatives. we don't have copies for sale here but there is some information on the back table if you would like more about the book or get copies of your own. i into previously on this subject as was mentioned last na fall. i'm going to cover some of the same ground but talk about additional information from the book and new material from the book i have not discussed. and time permitting, i want to talk about the most recent seriously contested election in the house of representatives which w

host: doug harris, a good idea? guest: no. education is a public good.ryone benefits from education. there is not much disagreement about that. milton friedman, the godfather of cato-like thinking also supported federal -- not federal, but government funding for education. one person who gets educated benefits everybody, and that is the whole logic behind why the government is involved to begin with. guest: can i just say that milton friedman changed over time. you talk about neighborhood affect, my neighbor gets educated, and is less likely to commit crimes. over time, he changed his views that he did not think the neighborhood argument was effective for funding. a did say look, it can be public role, but and that money to the students, the educators' autonomy, as opposed to federal money. host: we will go to m michael, grand rapids, michigan, democratic caller. caller: yes, i would like to point out that the federal 's role in government, i feel strongly, is to provide equal education for all students. but right now, with the school choice program, as

. >> he was supposed to speak with his colleague doug harris who could not be here today unfortunately but we will leave him to speak on his behalf. congratulations for the banner year and publication. welcome. [ applause ] >> thanks for the opportunity to speak to the capitol hill historic society. can everyone hear me? excellent. it's great to be back here with the capital historical society. i'm a big fan of the historical society and i'm honored to be here today to talk about this new book that doug harris and i published, choosing a leader, leadership elections in the house of representatives. we don't have copy for sale but there is information if you would like to learn more about the book or get a copy of your own. >> i spoke previously on this subject as was mentioned last fall. i will cover some of the same ground but also cover some additional information from the book and new material that i did not discuss. time permitting i want to talk about the most recent furiously contested election in the house of representatives which is the race for speaker of the house of represen

joining me is presidential historian doug wead and david harris. thank you for being here. with you. i feel like this is the mueller report all over again. russia, russia, russia. we finally get the report, no collusion. this going down the rabbit hole of impeachment, i think it's a losing strategy and just shows the hatred they have for the president. >> in that poll, even the independent don't want impeachment. i think the democrats lost their way. they need to be positive. meant midst of the civil rights era you will remember hubert humphrey. he was called the happy warrior. politicians emphasized being positive, being happy. i think the democrats need to find somebody for something, not against someone. ashley: that's difficult at his age. this is a party being pulled further and further to the left. they hate the president, they don't want him there. this is a strategy that will win for the gop? >> it is. they don't have anything of substance to run on. every single democrat candidate that wants to push a narrative, i think the american people are getting tired of hear

basically those numbers are split by elizabeth warren, bernie sanders and to some degree kamala harris, i agree with douger. it's amazing to me that joe biden is the moderate, for years probably you would see the liberal joe biden in the senate, that's how we described him, he's next to running against the guy that wants to jail oil executives and so forth that he looks moderate. paul: can we get a defense of joe biden, please? >> sure, anything can happen obviously but i will note that we have been hearing the same story for months that joe biden can't last, that when his stumbling performance in the first debate will take him down and yet there he is, chugging on, steady joe, third of the vote, do i think that the electability argument can be overplayed and i think -- but i think it resinates with people if they make it concrete and positive way so his wife jill biden was essentially saying this week, democrats you may like him candidate but you have to swallow doubt and vote for joe because he can win, that doesn't good in bumper sticker. paul: on the other hand, as biden's ad said, this may be for de

doug-- >> reporter: good morning and as expected former vice president joe biden took attacks from all sides last night. >> go easy on me, kid. he told kamala harris. but it didn't work out that way. >> your plan will keep and allow insurance companies to remain with status quo, doing business as usual, jacking up copays and deductible. >> but harris found herself a target over her healthcare plan. and actual see gab art could prove to be a. >> she put 1500 people in jail for marijuana violations and laughed about it when she was asked if she smoked marijuana. >> i don't know what math you do in new york. i don't know what math you do in california. but i tell you, that's a lot of money and there will be a deductible. and it will be out of your paycheck because that's what will be required. >> there's a thing in my community. you're dipping in the kool-aid and you don't know the flavor. >> reporter: as much as it maybe about knocking off a top tier candidate, those on the bottom. >> please go to kirsten gillibrand.com so i can make the next debate stage. >> reporter: the majority have not met the polling and fundraising requirements for the next d

what doug is saying is very very true, by the way, there will be no biden/harris ticket. it's never going to happen. >> dana: why will? >> clearly, you have this level of not only just let's try and create differences. this seems to be hate. >> dana: between the two of them. >> between the two of them. what happens in a world where you have to move further left to prove how woke you are, how in touch you are with everybody? that creates an impossibility. when we're talking about president obama and trying to distance himself, their argument was, he wasn't left enough. ten years ago obama care was the single most left thing we can think of. >> dana: do you think democrats are finally voicing their frustration to think president obama didn't go far enough on things that they care about but didn't say that because they were being polite? >> i do think that. i think the green new deal combined with the move for medicare for all, which would eventually eviscerate private insurance is an illustration of that. look, dana, this is a moderate to conservative country. it's not a fa

doug schoen and charlie hurt, good to see you both. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> good to be with you. >> gregg: coming up, dems, rat call dems ratcheting up the rhetoric. elizabeth warren and kamala harrispreading dangerous falsehoods -- i call them "lies." the media is afraid to call them out on it. these folks, they don't have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow customers to care for lives to get home to they use stamps.com print discounted postage for any letter any package any time right from your computer all the amazing services of the post office only cheaper get our special tv offer a 4-week trial plus postage and a digital scale go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again! >> gregg: welcome back to this "hannity" special. "issues facing america." more than 20 democratic presidential contenders fight for the nomination, many are competing to see how far left they can go or how crazy they can be. yesterday in a campaign event, beto o'rourke made this ominous prediction about president trump. take a look. >> when we allow this country to be defined along lines of race, and ethnicity, and religion, we allow a commander-in-chief to not only welco

doug, you heard what i had to say. i'm saying that harry rescue or try to rescue the moderate joe biden. what is your analysis? >> well i think he is certainly trying to help joe but i also think as you said, correctly, stuart, he is trying to help a democratic party that is moving so far to the left it's almost unrecognizable. i think "medicare for all" is a disaster, bankrupt the country. open borders will destablize part of the south and southwest, and is not really what people want. they want border security, a pathway to citizenship for dreamers and for hose who are here illegally to have some pathway to permanence. that is what the majority want. they don't, don't want open borders. so you're right. i dare say, senator reid is correct as well. stuart: do you worry about joe biden, bearing in mind were a couple of stumbles just yesterday? he mistakenly said that the assassinations took place in the '70s. they did not. they were in the '60s. he took issue with the size of crowds at his rallies. he was, i mean steve doocy, i'm sorry pete

harris. >> thanks to the both of you. let me bring in msnbc zerlina maxwell, director of progressive programming at sirius xm, david jolly, msnbc political contributor and senior adviser doug thornell. let me start with you, zerlina. bobbi healthy lead now. he has picked up the double-digit lead over the others in his field, according to latest polling. the enthusiasm we talked about with ali vitale out on the campaign, maybe not translating as much as she had hoepltd into some of these numbers. >> it is one of my favorite colleges to have visited in recent years. such a beautiful place. what elizabeth warren is doing is she's a serious and substantive campaign. and it is very slow and steady. it takes a minute to warm up but slow and steady through the race. in terms of biden, i think he is a placeholder in this moment. i may be completely wrong and regret saying that later. many of the same indicators that were true of hillary clinton, big leads among older african-americans, big leads in critical states like south carolina. that is true for joe biden. i honestly believe the electability argument we have been working under is incredible. folks are saying, well, other peo

harris: so many twists and turns pay bryan llenas on the story for us. thank you for bringing it down. i want to bring in former federal prosecutor doug burns. the coconspirator -- talk to me about following the trail of that. the concern that some are expressing in a wider way that with epstein gone we will get answers. >> it's very interesting, and you most dominic much go to the document. that was entered in the southern district of florida. >> harris: you mean the one that he got special agreement to speak of the sweeter deal that allowed him to plead guilty in florida state court. everybody felt it was a shockingly low sentence of the time. he was allowed to go to work, for 12 hours a day and 60s be, instead of being in jail. i have followed the case closely. on the way back then. we felt it was a sweetheart deal. shockingly i went back and read the nonprosecution agreement. it lists four names -- not maxwell, four others. it says the united states will not prosecute them. tricky. i think in the end the court will see the language meant just the southern district of florida. but it's a very interesting legal issue. hold on, it also says

harris 45-39. he will address supporters in manchester shortly, he's amassing a huge war chest for next year's reelection campaign and he's doing it for what is a republican, an unconventional way. dougells us how he's appealing to grass-roots donors by paying attention to little things. >> the image of a single sea turtle with a plastic straw up its nose that launched a nationwide campaign to ban plastic straws, also a symbol of the deep cultural divide in the u.s. and the political fund-raising potential it provides. >> i think we have bigger problems in plastic straws. >> after those remarks, the trump campaign began merchandising recyclable plastic trump is draws on its website, a pack of ten for 15 bucks. the company slogan said it liberal paper straws don't work, stand with president trump and buy your pack of recyclables straws today. >> #liberalprogress, this is exactly what they will do to the economy as well, squeeze it until it doesn't work. it might have repulsed opponents but the trump campaign recognizes opportunity. >> it's about political correctness and tone and if they are trying to create an us versus them mentality. >> fund-raising numbers suggest it's working, 61

doug schoen and charlie hurt, good to see you both. have a great weekend. >> thank you. >> good to be with you. >> gregg: coming up, dems, radical dems, are ratcheting up their rhetoric. elizabeth warren and kamala harrisangerous falsehoods -- i call them "lies." and the media is afraid to call them out on it. we'll explain. stay with us. ♪ ♪ (music plays throughout) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma♪ ♪that i'm a traveller ♪i'm gonna follow the sun♪ ♪now i'm gonna tell my momma ♪that i'm a traveller transitions™ light under control™ ♪ >> gregg: welcome back to this "hannity" special. issues facing america. as the more than 20 democratic presidential contenders fight for the nomination, many are competing to see how far left they can go or how crazy they can be. yesterday, during a campaign event, beto o'rourke made this ominous prediction about president trump. take a look. >> when we allow this country to be defined along lines of race, and ethnicity, and religion, we allow a commander-in-chief to not only welcome that, but the violence that follows, to defy our laws, our institutions, and any ethical or moral boundaries. that if, at this moment, we do not wake up to this threat, then we, as a co