there should be memorials to medgar evers, to john lewis, to fannie lou hamer.'s spend more time memorializing the true heroes of american history. let's not forget that part of the struggle. >> so maybe fannie lou hamer should go up in that place where robert e. lee was, the one that they just took down. >> that would be great as far as i'm concerned. >> listen, i get it because i like learning and reading and understanding history. as i said, people are fighting so hard now for our history, for the real history of this country not to be taught. perhaps this is a way that it could be taught. i don't know. but i think you have a point when you say we should examine exactly what we're doing, not necessarily that it couldn't come down. but i want to ask you, you described yourself as a racial optimist. this was back in 2014. but in your book, you write this about donald trump. you say the fealty he elicits reveals and reinforces ugly racial attitudes that are considerably more prevalent, deep seated and influential than i had recognized. even after decades of stud

a settlement over the death of a police detective due to covid complications. 43 year-old mary lou hamer died in march of last year after testing positive for covid cal osha investigating found the city did not have proper workplace safety measures in place. the agency initially sought $32,000 in penalties. but downgraded the fine after city officials argued that armour's death happened at a time when the nature of the virus was still unknown. >> on the peninsula. the city of millbrae will not be moving forward with a vaccine mandate. city council members say that the mandate would make it tough for businesses to get back on their feet after this past year. one resident says the county's high vaccination rate is enough to make him feel safe and the decision to require shots should be left up to businesses. >> i don't think it's necessary. i think it's more important for the employees to be vaccinated. i think it would be helpful for them since they're the ones that are working there and i'm contact with everyone. the mateo county is around 80%. if i'm not mistaken were pretty high. >> 80

remember when fannie lou hamer said, i'm sick and tired of being sick and tired.hs now. as lincoln said, we are not enemies, we must not be enemies. for people with disagreements, big deal. if you don't like arguing, you picked the wrong country. we're an argumentative people. but someone is going to come forward and say, we've had enough of that act. mr. trump has worked one pedal on the organ long enough. relax. and the country is going to sigh in gratitude. i'm sure of it, brian. >> all right, i'm going to hold you to that. that's why we have you back. again, the new book is "american happiness and discontents: the unruly torrent 2008 to 2020." it is available right now. george will has been our special guest tonight. it is always a treat and a pleasure. thank you for coming on. have a good weekend. >>> coming up for us, the truth about what's going on at our southern border and those willing to use that crisis to avoid blame when it comes to another crisis. a global pandemic that shows no real sign of ending any time soon. ending any time soon hey kim, with 5%

politics is often a game of incremental changes and our leaders, our heroes, james baldwin to fannie lou hamersenator booker, jonathan again. last question. you mentioned that you were in the oval office yesterday, you met with the president and there's certainly a lot on the plate right now in terms of getting these deals done, the reconciliation package, real differences within your own party as to how big that should be, how that's going to get done, when it's going to get done and a looming government shutdown perhaps. how do you get all of this done? i know you're looking forward to an expansion of the child tax credit. what's the appetite for that? how can this all be put together when you have people in your own party saying we've gone too far already? >> again, this is the time and i think this is where the president literally had moderates walking out and a bunch of us that lean more progressive walking in, one of those is a friend of mine, mark warner, who even after that we were on the senate floor discussing that we cannot miss this moment. everybody understands this country and de