congressman jamal bowman, thanks for your time.aims to be a moderate republican, but the real nancy mace is far more extreme in farm are prone to flip-flopping. i'll explain my 16 -- 62nd minute. but first, richard is here with the headlines. hello, richard. >> thank, you mehdi. senate majority leader chuck streamers as -- obviously briefing on february 15th on the suspected surveillance balloon from china. this comes after u.s. forces shot down with the pentagon called a high altitude surveillance balloon at the direction of president biden. and chilly extended an emergency declaration to another region this weekend as firefighters try to control dozens of deadly wildfires. the fires caused over 20 deaths and more than 500 injuries. the country's interior minister expects the death toll to rise. and, temperatures, talking about rising, are warming by around 50 degrees in just days in the northeast. this comes after arctic air brought dangerously cold wind chill temperatures to at least one death. the midwest will also see warmer t

rep>> we want to welcome to our table this morning congressman jamal bowman, democrat of new york, represents the 16th district. thank you for being here, sir, let's talk about the state of the union address. the president pointing to the family of tyre nichols who joined all of you at the state of the union and talking about police reform. what did you hear from him and what is the push by democrats and others up on capitol hill? is there a bipartisan proposal? >> not yet, i'm hoping a bipartisan proposal comes pretty quickly. the next couple of weeks is going to be really important. just like the unfortunate horrific validate shooting, after that happened, you saw the senate mobilize pretty quickly to get something done. they sent it over to us in the house. we got legislation passed. we need to see that same sense of urgency right now. first of, all the state of the union address, i thought was very good. i give the president a nay. it was uplifting. it was inspiring. it was celebratory in terms of what we've gotten done over the last couple of years like the infrastructure bill, the infla

several members of the congressional black caucus, joyce beatty, jamal bowman, and quasi-and who may, promoting the importance of african american history as a part of american history. we will be, proactively, advancing those policies this congress. >> as a student of history myself, as a mother of two daughters, granted, they are young, so not here yet, i just wonder if, without learning intersectionality, without learning about the history of incarceration in this country, without learning about the concept of reparations, whether or not you can understand race, and racism in this country, whether or not you can understand systems, and structures in this country, that have been built on a racist foundation, and whether or not you can understand something like a conversation we're having today about policing in america? >> look, ron desantis, and others like him, are ideologues, who are trying to divide america. rather than bringing us together, to share the unique experiences, culture, and history, that we contribute to making america great. black america, immigrants, from all ove

here is congressman jamal bowman and he talks about his african american history act legislation fromis perspective as a member of congress and as an educator. >> african american history is american history. their history matters and should be taught in our schools and what i experience as a young children and as an educator was the lack of african american history being taught. maybe during black history month, you learn mostly about draft king and you -- dr. king and the trance lebron james slave trade and how my ancestors came here but african american history has a history that predates trans-atlantic slave trade we had infrastructure in africa. we built the pyramid in africa. that's my ancestral history and it's important for me to know that so i could have the self-esteem and self-worth that i need to do well in school and in life. it appropriates $10 million which is not a large amount of money in washington, $10 million for the smithsonian museum to create curriculum that is accurate, that school districts can come and use for free to tim plenty in their schools. so it's crit

. >> host: congressman jamal bowman is our guest or two represents the 16th district in new york, democrats serves on and workforce committee. clarence in maryland, independent. >> caller: hello, good morning. what i want to say, i told her part of this. i would you know what all he's been talking about, but i live about 50 miles from baltimore city. now, i know i'm a redneck. i am and 86-year-old redneck so want to tell you to start with. baltimore city, years ago we would go down and really enjoy ourselves. today you couldn't pay me to go down there. and it's not because, i'm telling you, there's a lot of your good black people but i'm going to tell you then cities are not safe to go in. baltimore city, i listen to the news. every day there's murder after murder, and it's black on black dirt now -- >> host: i'm going to jump in and have the congressman respond to your. >> guest: i don't know which part to exact respond to come but what i will say is this. gun trafficking continues to be an issue in our country and those guns are often trafficked to vulnerable communities. baltimore city,