ruth marcus, michael gerson.>> nawaz: finallght, a film out today shows abolitionist harriet tman in a new light. as i found in a recent conversation with the director and star of "harriet," there is so much more to her personal story and historical role than is usually told. it's part of our ongoing arts and culture series, "canvas." born around 1820 to enslaved parents, araminta ross, known as "minty," braved a 100-mile journey north to freedom as a young woman in 1849. shbegan her new life with new name-- harriet tubman-- then returned to the south dozensf timesto free more than 300 enslaved people throughout her lifetime, including her own family, along the network of abolitionists and safe houses known as the underground railro. e continued to lead in the fight against slavery as a spy in the civil war. and, she went on to become one of the only american women to lead an armed expedition. after the war, tubman returnede to her h auburn, new york, where she died in 1913 at the estimated age of 91. the story o

bill joining me now in the studio is our political scientist john gerson but on surgery and you're out welcome just speaking. give us some context who exactly is an opponent and why is he so important in thai politics or in a nutshell is a new generation of politician who cannot be bought off. political patronage system and he's very ideological or. so he speaks his not afraid of the establishment and was importantly i think the interview showed us that he really believes the idea of democracy and he's really fighting for it so this is unprecedented for type and it's interesting you mention he's not afraid of the establishment is that. make him a target to can tie politics differently. usually we have the opposition that can be so call negotiated and compromised and because i think that kind of all method has been tried with him didn't work out and so that's why now establishment has restored it we started to believe gore repression and that's why i mean before we seen what we've seen today that he's been tackett it by. the political establishment so he's not going to be in parliament

joining us now, "washington post" op-ed columnist michael gerson, a former speechwriter for presidentrge w bush, and rick wilson, author of "everything trump touches dies." michael, you wrote an op-ed in the "washington post" today in which you say, quote, loyalty to trump among republicans is proved by the loosening of all other loyalties to truth, to honesty, and to the national good. by this measure, you write, kennedy is profoundly loyal to the president. i just think back to when i first met you in 2000 when you were a speechwriter for george w. bush. can you even recognize someone like this in your party today? >> no. i mean there's a real irony at work here. it used to be conservatives in the '80s and '90s who defended the idea of absolute truth, who criticized relativism and subjectivism. now in trump world everyone can have their own truth. it means that no one can have the truth at all. >> right. and in some cases there aren't multiple truths, particularly like in this one. there seems to be one truth that russia attacked the u.s. election and ukraine didn't. so in other wor

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ruth marcus and michael gerson, thank you so much for being here. ♪ >> finally tonight, a film out todaybolitionist harriet tubman in a new light. as i found any recent conversation with the director and star, there is so much more to her personal story an historical role than is usually told. it is part of our ongoing arts and culture series. born around 1820, she braved a 100 mile journey north to freedom as a young woman. ershe beganew life with a new name.ie ha tubman. tthen returnefree more than 300 and slaved people throughout family, among a network ofio abolitsts and safehses. she continued to lead in the fight against slavery and went on to become one of the only american women to lead an armed. expediti after the war, tubman returned to her home in new york where she died in 1913 at the estimated e of 91. the story of the underground railroad's most famous conductor ist,ow being told in "harrie a new film which is also the first to tell tubm's story on the big screen. i'm joined now by the director, kasi lemmons, and the star, cynthia erivo. welcome to you both. >> hi. >> thank