close to racial and gender and all different kinds of discrimination my grandfather george titan's. is from. virginia. and he ended up in russian the most peculiar way he was able to land an amazing contract with the ministry of culture in russia and he. got in a boat and then in the soviet union in 1930 s. it's important to remember that this was the period of the great depression and it was also a period in which the soviet government was during a massive recruitment people with turkey who killed. key graduated a diversity as agriculturists there's no career moves there's no jobs and there's so much discrimination what he's supposed to do he went to a country where. he had no clue what was going on and you watch russia on the news soviet union communism why would you want to go there george times had a dream. he found a solution and. history for some of the african-americans who went to school reunion in the 1930. 6 looking at. cern james crabbers. james patterson became a national icon. famous circuits. the movie circus has an extraordinary story behind it i think it was said to

she had to deal with such labor titans as john d. lewis, george meany, and harry bridges, when 15 million americans were unemployed. although many people helped to shape franklin roosevelt's new deal, her fingerprints are all over the main ingredients. the national recovery act, the works progress administration, and most important, the social security administration. so that's the end of his quote. and this reporter for "the worcester telegram" is in his 90s himself. he writes a weekly column, al -- what was his name? al southwick. anyway, back to my words. fdr and my grandmother had worked together in new york state government for four years when he won the 1932 election. the great depression hit at a time when they began to -- the great depression that hit during that time and they began to experiment with measures that could help the people of new york get through the mounting hard times. when fdr was elected in 1932, he and frances perkins were by no means devoid of ideas on what might help the nation based on concepts and strategies they had

george floyd. that, look at the toxic backdrop in our country. and while we talk about this toxic backdrop in our country, in state houses across our country, there is quite a titanic effort to restrict voting rights. on a false assumption that they were somehow the -- vote was violated or fraudulent, or unfair. a big full page ad today. a lot of household names of corporations. a lot of logos visible around the world. matt, does any of this surprise you? that these companies are putting their good names where their mouths are? >> i'm not surprised at, brian. because we have seen a pattern in the last couple of years of woke capitalism. and i think this is just a continuation of that. i have to be honest, i don't think these corporations are suddenly discovering their conscience, care about racial equality or voting rights back in georgia. only until a couple of weeks ago, some of these, i can't speak for all of these things happening in the state houses, but in georgia -- i think some of the concern about that bill was overwrought. certainly, i think calling it jim crow two point oh was -- but nevertheless, i don't think that these corporations are finding their c

titans, all the way from nashville, tennessee. their song is called "freedom was a highway." music from jimmie allen and brad paisley. [ cheers and applause ] tomorrow night former president georges with music from maroon 5. and thursday, gal gadot, eric andre, and music from kalayo. please join us for all that. [ applause ] our first guest wears many hats. comedian, talk show host, game show host, and she's really good at buying furniture and lamps. on thursday her new series "ellen's next great designer" premieres on hbo max. please say hello to ellen degeneres. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: welcome. [ cheers and applause ] how are you? [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming. >> i'm thrilled i could come. i'm happy to be here. who are these people? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: these are -- these people, you don't recognize them now because they're wearing masks. but this is our staff. they are our staff and crew, yeah. [ cheers and applause ] >> are they writers? >> jimmy: two of them are writers. yeah. >> because they will laugh more at you than me. because they're writing your stuff. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, right, exactly. you know how that works. >> yeah, yeah. >

george floyd. hey, matt, look at the toxic backdrop in our country, and while we talk about this toxic backdrop in our country, in state houses across our country, there is quite a titanic effort to restrict voting rights on a false assumption that they were somehow -- the vote was violated or fraudulent. a big front page today told names of corporations, a lot of logos visible around the world. matt, does any of this surprise you that these companies are putting their good names where their mouths are? >> i'm not surprised, brian, because we have seen a pattern in the last couple of years of capitalism, and i think this is just a continuation of that. i have to be honest, i don't think that these corporations are -- suddenly discovered their conscience, care about racial equality or voting rights. in fact, in georgia, i was on the show a couple weeks ago kind of talking about that. i can't speak for all of the things happening in the state houses, but in georgia, i think some of the concern about that bill was overwrought. certainly i think calling it jim crow 2.0 was. but, nevertheless, i don't think that these corporations are finding their conscience or, you know, f