for more, we are joined by his longtime friend and fellow peace activist father john dear, former directorhip of reconciliation, the group that brought thich first nhat hanh to the united states in the 1960's. father dear, welcome back to democracy now! that was when he met with dr. martin luther king, influenced him to write the speech against the war in vietnam and then king nominated thich nhat hanh for a nobel peace prize. talk about your relationship. >> thank you so much, amy. thank you for playing that beautiful clip. i knew him because of my friendship with daniel berrigan and because i was the director of fellowship of reconciliation. i have been in contact with him in the late's early 1990's. remember, the fellowship reconciliation is the group that brought him to the united states in 1966. our friend was the genius who set this up. this idea -- nobody knew who thich nhat hanh was. to introduce this unknown vietnamese monk to the three most important religious leaders in the united states -- martin luther king, thomas bergen, and daniel berrigan -- and that was brilliant. our cha

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my dear friend in lake cali, congressman john lewis said our struggle is not a struggle of a day, a week, a month, a year. it is a struggle of a life time. so january 6 reminds us that even in the face of a struggle, an insurmountable bearing our democracy will. i hear you say i of more and this i'm joined by a ration right. he's a senior fellow at the brookings institute. great of your time, mr. write politics and society in the u. s. i increasingly clearly polarized with the geared to process the data and the demographics. can you tell us what we know now of the ideological roots of a movement that tried to overturn an election was very clear and it was very clear to me on that day one year ago that people were stormy, the capital not simply to protest the election but to maintain white supremacy for only a few small group of people, we know that because a noose was hanging. there was someone wearing an ouch, which a concentration camp shirt. there was someone else hanging a confederate flag. we know that hundreds of people, storm the capital, thousands of people were there. it left ma

dear friends. [applause] thank you, john.ent and former presidents here. i feel for you folks. today you are stuck with the speech writer. [laughter] i should explain that i had a special job on the speech writing staff. draft the speech, it would go to the president he would make his final and then it would come to me. [laughter] the reagan library on the 40th anniversary, we all think that this institution is important, but why? the setting is beautiful, wonderful ways to spend this sunday as we are today. but what makes it important? consider two decades. the 1970s. soaring inflation, chronic unemployment, the watergate scandal, defeating vietnam. the erosion of the physician and the cold war as a soviets increased their new polar arsenal around the world. rapid job creation and economic so vigorous that it would continue for a quarter of a century. it may sound strange or flat to us today. that phrase represented something real. the representation of our armed forces and the renewed willingness to stand up to the soviets.

it dear friend of mine who passed of ours. his name was john trudell. jennifer brother john trudeau was here today. he would say to you. each and everyone of you. is descended from a tribe. you may know not not know what that tribe is. but you are descended from a tribe and he would remind you. that you are all indigenous. because you are indigenous to the planet you're in business to our mother earth. i'm gonna leave you with this thought briefly. crazy horse. he said that we would end up living in the shadow world. but the real world. is the world behind this one. it is the world of dreams. so today. i ask you to dream there was another profit. and he sang a song and he said. you may say i'm a dreamer. but i'm not the only one the only one. i am here today we see they're getting we're not the only one that has your asking us to leave right now but all of our staff is over at the indigenous students we're trying to raise user awareness we're trying to bring this treaty to light and we're trying right now to create some women's retreats in the beautiful

john strike in baghdad. along with iraqi commander, i will my dear hondas and several others. breton donald trump ordered the monies, killing the leader of molly's intrigue. authorities calling for elections to be delayed. the transitional government had agreed to hold the polls next month following a military full in 2020. now it won't somehow. within 5 years, the west african regional blanket glass has imposed sanctions and officials and its promise more if molly's leaders don't produce a plan for a democratic transition. fidelis bass has moved my butcher. last thursday, there was a, at the end of the national dialogue, had recommended that elections, that's presidential and legislative elections would be held between 6 months and 5 years. but then, you know, the countries are foreign minister had in meeting with the neither off the echo or so a block which is the regional block lead. that's the president of gonna, after the meeting, it broadcasts on national tv where the foreign minister now said that so that they expect to hold elections in 5 years. because in previous times they had actually complained

dear friend and brother, my, my, my, g.k. and i were saying just how sad we are that john lewis is not on this floor. who gave blood and almost his life, but lived his life to assure that every american had the right to vote and was facilitated in that right. dr. king joined by other giants of the civil rights movement, including our friend and brother, john lewis, used the tools of nonviolent peaceful protests in organizing to expose the hypocrisy of a system that called itself a democracy but did not allow all of its citizens to share in electing leaders. each year on martin luther king jr.'s birthday, americans reflect on the lessons of his life and civil rights movement as though they formed a chapter in america's past. would that they mirrored simply the past, mr. speaker, but if we look around us today there can be no doubt the fight for our democracy is very much a part of our present. this is a radical bill that will allow a process in the united states senate that's a failing practice. the majority will rule on kuwaiting -- debating this bill. the majority. isn't that a radical, radical prop

dear colleague, dr. jho low contact -- dr. john is a professor. in this capacity, he serves as heritage's leading scholar on western civilization and john locke. he has a former associate professor of history at the kings in new york. and also author of the new york times's bestseller "a hobbit, a wardrobe and a great war: how j.r.r. tolkien and cs lewis rediscovered faith, friendship, and heroism." his scholarship is respected across the nation and he serves as a senior fellow at the trinity forum in washington, d.c., and a scholar with the faith and liberty discovery center in philadelphia. he served as a distinguished visiting professor at the school of public power but see -- policy at pepperdine university where he taught on religion in public policy. i would also like to welcome our second moderator dr. eric patterson who serves as the executive vice president of the religious freedom interested that institute. he has a scar at large and i passed dean of -- he has a scholar at large and a past dean of the university. eric's interest in the i

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our dear friend, someone who i had the privilege of serving with in the house of representatives, the late john lewis, took a beating on a bridge in selma for the right to vote. surely, we in the senate can muster a shred of his courage to protect that right. there are no other rights without the right to vote. it is through the right to vote that freedom rings, that justice reigns, and opportunity arises. as we all know, this monday was dr. martin luther king day, and we have to remember his words. he said, quote, the vote is the most powerful instrument ever, ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others. that's what he called the right to vote. humanity's greatest instrument for advancing progress. well, the time has come for us to defend it. #w now, my colleagues who oppose our voting rights legislation have had ample time to make their opinions heard. soon it will be time to end debate and hold a simple up or down vote on the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advance

. >> bret: and john mccormick tweeting, our friend, hate it when i accidently compare my dear friendsmmediately express outrage and takes me three days to explain i didn't really mean what i obviously said. byron? >> well, it was an outrageous speech. it was a self-inflicted wound, but i think it may show the degree to which biden is trying to appeal to a small part of his base. that would listen to that and say yeah, let's hear some more of that. these are the people who are very angry at joe biden for not getting a voting bill done. they are very angry at joe biden for not going off and spending 5, 6, $7 trillion on a new social spending bill. now biden is talking about maybe pivoting to some sort of police reform order next week in which he would introduce new restrictions on police. which amidst a crime wave in some of our cities seems kind of crazy, but, again, it's an appeal to this base that is so angry at him. what you are see on thursday, which marks the first anniversary of biden's presidency you will see him trying to do that and trying to remind people hey we really did pa

my dear friend and late colleague congressman john lewis said our struggle is not a struggle of a day, a week, a month, a year. it is a struggle of a lifetime. so january 6, reminds us that even in the face of a struggle, an insurmountable barrier, our democracy will stand. our democracy will stand. god bless us, god bless america. [applause] >> next i would like to recognize my friend veronica escobar from texas. >> thank you, my friends. thank you for bringing us together, jason. madame speaker, i'm so grateful for this opportunity. opportunity you have given us to address one another and our country. i'm so honored to be in the presence of the sicknick family as well. thank you to my colleagues, but thank you to my love it valerie group. -- love it gallery group. when you're going today i was trapped with about two dozen colleagues and members of the press. i was in the final group of members and journalists who made it out of the house chamber that day. the capital had long been breached and we had been surrounded for some time by insurrectionists attempting to overturn our electi

the late john lewis of georgia was a dear friend and former colleague. we first won election to the house of representatives on the same day. he recalled an important lesson that he learned from reverend martin luther king jr. when he said, each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up, speak out. when we see something that is not right, you must say something. you must do something. democracy is not a state. it is an act and each generation must do its part. well, mr. president, we need to follow congressman lewis' admonition. we can do our part by passing the bipartisan john lewis voting rights advancement act, s. 4. congress has an historic and bipartisan tradition of coming together across party lines to safeguard and strengthen the right to vote, which is the bedrock of our democracy. congress passed and the states ratified the 15th amendment after the civil war which declares that the rights of citizens of the united states shall not be denied or abridged by united states or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition se

dear to his with every expectation that would be counted. with iron eight me too come back after being 24 years and to see john and the state he was in when ik. he called and said my friend you come back from a cold. that fight talked about in 1987 is still very much alive. so when the chairwoman talks about the visceral meaning of this to all of us or the gentlewoman from delaware or anyone else it is not contrite it is what we believe it's what we feel it's in our dna. it's what we are compassionately committed to no matter what. trust me, john lewis is in this room right now. his spirit 34 years later still resonate in this building. the tragedy, the tragedy is we are now fighting the same fight that many of us thought were behind us. senate of the united states will be forced, hate to even say that. they are being forced to take a vote on this. it is convenient everyone will be judged by history on how they stood on how they acted how they voted in the rights across americans to vote and have those votes counted would in fact come before them. i urge everyone in the senate to think about the things that have preceded you and all of us.

host: john, you know what you say to your wife when she says that. you say yes, dear. caller: i've been saying that for almost 40 years, greta. [laughter] host: and that's why you're still married. john in new york, thank you. some headline from "the washington post," omicron wave is receding nationally, but cases continue rising in some states from their reporting. death rates are also high in many states and have more than doubled in the past week in virginia, oregon, nebraska, washington, and florida. the seven-day average for total deaths in the united states reached 2,430 on thursday, a total not seen since january 2021. the regions with the highest case rates have less protection than the northeast, where 73% of people are fully vaccinated. in the west, 66% of people have full vaccination. in the midwest and south, the rates are 60% and 59% respectively. now to connecticut, good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to tell you that we had mixed experience. we had a very good experience. unfortunately, a family member that wasn't covid related was very, very sic

to act, saying in a dear colleague letter, president biden made it crystal clear must sign legislation into law issue house democrats will take a step to send the freedom to vote john r. lewis act to the senate for consideration. what happens next in the 50/50 split? kyrsten sinema and -- majority leader schumer says he will use a loophole to debate voting rights legislation. carley. >> carley: todd, i think this election reform conversation is in and out of the news cycle in the blink of an eye. the filibuster is not going anywhere. reaction to president biden's speech was bad. republicans outraged at being called racist and democrats, by and large, felt if was weird and an overshot and you would think if president biden made a speech demanding everybody vote for election reform legislation, they would have that legislation ready to go. that is not true. nancy pelosi says the rules committee would meet yesterday, last night, to provide key provisions for the john lewis voting rights act and they will vote today. they don't know what they are voting for yet when it comes to voter reform. >> todd: when has that stopped dc before, read the bill after you vote, i beli

december, 1945 >> reporter: john was 22, writing from germany months after the official end of the second world war the letter was to his mother, also named angelina. >> dear mom, received another letter from you today. everything is okay. >> reporter: after two pages, he signed his name. >> i just love it because i know he has touched it. >> reporter: with the letter came another one from the u.s. postal service we're uncertain where this letter has been. by virtue of some dedicated sleuth work, we were able to determine your address robert is one of the five sons >> it's just pretty neat to see that little piece of him when he was 22 years old it's amazing >> what do you think it is about a letter that's so powerful? >> i don't know. i mean because like when i first read it, it was as though he was here with me. >> reporter: angelina keeps grabbing the letter, hugging her husband's words. i don't think i've ever seen somebody holding a letter as lovingly as you are right now. >> really. he really meant everything to me he really, really did. >> for the news, i'm perry russom >>> 70 seconds left on a race to the finish the supreme court today blocked pres

host: john, you know what you say to your wife when she says that. you say yes, dear. caller: i've been saying that for almost 40 years, greta. [laughter] host: and that's why you're still married. john in new york, thank you. some headline from "the washington post," omicron wave is receding nationally, but cases continue rising in some states from their reporting. death rates are also high in many states and have more than doubled in the past week in virginia, oregon, nebraska, washington, and florida. the seven-day average for total deaths in the united states reached 2,430 on thursday, a total not seen since january 2021. the regions with the highest case rates have less protection than the northeast, where 73% of people are fully vaccinated. in the west, 66% of people have full vaccination. in the midwest and south, the rates are 60% and 59% respectively. now to connecticut, good morning. caller: good morning. i wanted to tell you that we had mixed experience. we had a very good experience. unfortunately, a family member that wasn't covid related was very, very sic

dear friend and brother, my, my, my, g.k. and i were saying just how sad we are that john lewis is not on this floor. who gave blood and almost his life, but lived his life to assure that every american had the right to vote and was facilitated in that right. dr. king joined by other giants of the civil rights movement, including our friend and brother, john lewis, used the tools of nonviolent peaceful protests in organizing to expose the hypocrisy of a system that called itself a democracy but did not allow all of its citizens to share in electing leaders. each year on martin luther king jr.'s birthday, americans reflect on the lessons of his life and civil rights movement as though they formed a chapter in america's past. would that they mirrored simply the past, mr. speaker, but if we look around us today there can be no doubt the fight for our democracy is very much a part of our present. this is a radical bill that will allow a process in the united states senate that's a failing practice. the majority will rule on kuwaiting -- debating this bill. the majority. isn't that a radical, radical prop

dear colleague dr. joe laconte is the director of the fuller institute's b kenneth simon center for american studies. in this capacity dr. laconte serves as heritages leading scholar on western civilization and john locke. he is a former associate professor of history at the king's college in new york. and author of the new york times bestseller a hobbit a wardrobe and a great war how jrr tolkien and cs lewis rediscovered faith friendship and heroism. gel scholarship is respected across the nation. he also serves as a senior fellow in christianity and culture at the king's college. as a singer fellow at the trinity forum in washington dc and the scholar with the faith and liberty discovery center in philadelphia. and i think now moved. he previously served as a distinguished visiting professor at the school of public policy at pepperdine university where he taught on religion and public policy. i would also like to welcome and our second moderator dr. eric patterson who serves as the executive vice president of the religious freedom institute. dr. patterson is a scholar at large and a past dean of the robertson school of government at regent university and a research fellow at georgetown universi

dear colleague dr. joe laconte is the director of the fuller institute's b kenneth simon center for american studies. in this capacity dr. laconte serves as heritages leading scholar on western civilization and john locke. he is a former associate professor of history at the king's college in new york. and author of the new york times bestseller a hobbit a wardrobe and a great war how jrr tolkien and cs lewis rediscovered faith friendship and heroism. gel scholarship is respected across the nation. he also serves as a senior fellow in christianity and culture at the king's college. as a singer fellow at the trinity farm in washington dc and the scholar with the faith and liberty discovery center in philadelphia. and i think now moved. he previously served as a distinguished visiting professor at the school of public policy at pepperdine university where he taught on religion and public policy. i would also like to welcome and our second moderator dr. eric patterson who serves as the executive vice president of the religious freedom institute. dr. patterson is a scholar at large and a past dean of the robertson school of government at regent university and a research fellow at georgetown universit

consolidated bill to clear the path for the senate saying in a dear colleague letter, quote: house democrats will take a step to send the freedom to vote johninema opposed, very opposed to any change in the filibuster. schumer is even sending in fellow democrats to twist their arms, because they are worried about losing the senate majority. but ultimately the house should pass this consolidated bill which actually is a jetsoning of an old nasa bill schumer can use a loophole in procedure to try to get at least debate moving on this voting rights legislation. but one thing is clear, the math does not appear to be there to change any filibuster rules. so this may be dead on arrival. steve, ainsley, brian? >> ainsley: this carve out, loophole, if it does go through they wouldn't need the 60 votes. >> so, it's complicated. what it would do is then allow schumer, minority leader -- majority leader schumer to bring up a debate on this bill. they would vote to pass it. they would need 60. they will clearly not have that then they would try the carveout, something similar what they did in 2013 and 2017 on executive branch and supreme court nominati

our dear friend, someone who i had the privilege of serving with in the house of representatives, the late john lewis, took a beating on a bridge in selma for the right to vote. surely, we in the senate can muster a shred of his courage to protect that right. there are no other rights without the right to vote. it is through the right to vote that freedom rings, that justice reigns, and opportunity arises. as we all know, this monday was dr. martin luther king day, and we have to remember his words. he said, quote, the vote is the most powerful instrument ever, ever devised by human beings for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison people because they are different from others. that's what he called the right to vote. humanity's greatest instrument for advancing progress. well, the time has come for us to defend it. #w now, my colleagues who oppose our voting rights legislation have had ample time to make their opinions heard. soon it will be time to end debate and hold a simple up or down vote on the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights advance