. >> this weekend on after words, maryland congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer, how we can unify our divided nation". he's interviewed by donna brazil, former xhar of the democratic national -- former chair of the democratic national committee. >> you have been a ebb many of congress now since -- you have been a member of congress now since 2013. you have had an opportunity to work with democrats and republicans. you also in the book call for an end to partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. what do you mean by that? >> i think every president should represent everyone, whether they voted for them or not. they should take a pledge to never divide us. that doesn't say why they shouldn't say why my ideas are better than the other persons ideas. or the future i am envisioning is better than the other person is. but taking to it the step where you are actually kind of cultivating a spirit of division is i think one of the things that's going on in this cou

. >> this weekend on "afterwards" maryland congressman john delaney the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer how we can unify our divided nation". he's interviewed by former chair of the democratic national committee. >> so you have been a member of congress now since 2013. >> that's right. >> you have had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats, republicans, but you also in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. >> uh-huh. >> whether they voted for them or not. and they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean that they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas or why the future i'm envisioning is better than what the other person is, but taking to it the step where you are actually kind of cultivating a spirit of di

listen on the free c-span radio app read ♪ >> this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman john delaneye first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer: how we can unify our divided nation." he is interviewed by donna azil, former chair of the democratic national committee. book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. what do you mean? >> i think a president, or any other elected leader in this country, should effectively represent everyone, whether they voted for them or not. and they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean that they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's but taking it to the step where you are actually cultivating a spirit of division is one of the things going on in this country right now, which is insidious. and i think if you have the privilege of serving, which i feel like i do, we should all, in addition to swearing to defend and protect th

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. >> this weekend, maryland congressman john delaney, the first to declare running for president in 2020alks about .is book he is interviewed by donna brazil, former chair of the democratic national committee. >> you have been in congress since 2013. you have four put democrats and republicans. you suggest an end to partisanship. what do you mean by that? >> i think any leader in this country should effectively represent everyone and they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that does not mean they don't go out there and say, why don't you vote for me over the other person or my ideas are better, but taking it to the step where you are actually cultivating division is one of the things going on in this country that is insidious. i think if you have the privilege of serving, which i think i do, in addition to swearing to defect -- protect and defend constitution, which a promise we won't say things to divide us, that we will go out of our way to unify the country. the country is apparently stronger when we are unified. >> watch sunday night on c-span2's book tv. >> homeland sec

if i put one of my ads on television i have to say paid for by john delaney. but if i put the same ad on social media, i don't have to disclose who paid for it so there is a reason it's not because they thought that it was that much better but they didn't have to say who was paying for it and that is an example of us failing to update the basic institutions for change so i found it at the artificial intelligence caucus as a way of creating a convening space for members to basically start getting up to speed as to what all this stuff is which is very hard. so you didn't get the sense that they couldn't even ask questions. we need a government that is focusemore focused on where we e going. in the state of the union today would say if they tell you what's happening in the world and he would play it off and say this is how it is going to affect us and this is what we should talk about giving. it's a lot less partisan than a conversation about the past. >> host: you also talk in the book about the style they use in great britain when talking to lawmakers opening u

. >> congressman john delaney with the book tee2 so congressman you wrote this book at a time in our country is very divided what motivated you to not look at the challenges that what is going on? >> it is great to be here. the central question facing this country more than any other piece of policy ideas is how do we take this to bring it back together? number one it is consistent with who we are as people to be more unified for what has happened over the last several decades the stock doing things. why? because we never talk about what we disagree on. if you don't constantly update society based on how it is changed and you start leaving people behind so it is incredibly important we try to come together so we can start getting things done. with that character and resilience to deal with the crisis that could arise also day to day operations. >> to draw upon your background is the grandson of an immigrant tell us more. >> my grandfather is the star of the book as i put in my acknowledgment and he came here as a boy 1924. on the ship with a couple thousand people coming into new yor

announcer: this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman john delaney. the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book the right answer. how we can unify a divided nation. you have been a member of congress since 2013. you have had an opportunity to introduce legislation. the book, call for an and to partisanship. especially that rewards division. >> i think a president, or any other elected leader in this country, should effectively represent everyone. whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take the pledge never to divide us. that does not mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person, or why my ideas are better than the other but, taking it to the step where you are actually cultivating a spirit of the things one of that is going on in this country right now. which is really insidious. id think if you have the privilege of serving, we should -- in addition to swearing to defend to protect the constitution, we should lead to that we are not

. >> this weekend on afterwards john delaney declared a run for the presidency in 2020 offered a vision. he's interviewed for the former chair of the democratic national committee. >> you been on here since 2013. but you also call for an and to partisanship. especially partisanship that rewards division. >> i think any elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. we should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that does not mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me or someone else or why my ideas are better than someone else. but taking it to the step where you are cultivating a spirit of division is one thing that is going on in the country which is insidious. if you have the privilege of serving, in addition to swearing to defend and protect the constitution, we should plan pledge to the american people that will not say things to divide us. we will go out of our way

. >> this weekend on "afterwards," maryland congressman john delaney offices vision for america. his vision for america. he is interviewed by donna brazil. a member ofbeen congress since 2013 and have an opportunity to introduce legislation and work with other congresspeople but you have called to an end of partisanship. what do you mean? >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. whether they voted for them or not. they should always take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me or via the person or why my ideas are better in the other person's ideas are why the future i'm envisioning is what the other person is but taking it to the step where you're actually cultivating a spirit of division is, i think, one of the things going on in this country right now that is really insidious. i think if you have the privilege of serving i feel like i do, in addition to swearing to defend and protect the constitution, we really should pledge the american people th

maryland congressman john delaney, the first-ever cry to declare a run for the -- first democrat to declare run for the presidency in 2020 iand his book. he's interview by donna brazil, the former chair of the democratic national committee. donna: you have been a member of congress is 2013. you had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats, republicans but you also in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards position. what you mean by that? >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. whether they voted for them or not. and they should almost make a pledge never to divide us. got doesn't mean they do not out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas of why my future is better than what the other person says, but it's taking it to the step where you are actually kind of cultivating a spirit of division is, i think, one of the things that is going on in this country right now which is really insidio

. >> this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman john delaney to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book the right answer, how we can unify our divided nation. he's interviewed by donna brazil. >> you've been a member of congress now since 2013. >> that's right. you've had >> you in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. what did you mean by that? >> i think any president or other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone, whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take a pledge to never divide us. they doesn't mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas. taking it to the step where you're actually cultivating a spirit of division is, i think, one of the things that's going on in this country right now, which is really insidious. if you have the privilege of serving, in addition to swearing to defend and protect the constitution, we should pledge to the

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side and any good friends on this side, there's a good book out there by one of your colleagues john delaney called the right answer. he's in the presidential campaign right now. it's worth reading. mr. delaney and i had for several congress' a process set up to deal with social security and it's not original doves, we looked back what ronald reagan and tip o'neil did and made it fiscally sustainable and the commission was very bipartisan, we actually had twist, commission would be made 7 to 6, whoever has the presidency would get 7 and the other party 6. you would have to have 9 votes and would have to be bipartisan, congress would give straight up or down vote. that's how we fixed this thing the last time. those on my side that want to privatize it, there would never come out of commission like. the commission would be designed simply to make the current program fiscally sustainable which is not today. this could be done, i've actually had this discussion with the white house and i said, look, this is actually popular. when they did it in 1983 ronald reagan won 49 states the next year and

conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> this weekend on "after words," maryland congressman john delaney the first democrat to declare a run nor presidency in 2020, offer his vision for america in his book "the right answer: how to unidentify our divided nation" interviewed by donna brazil, the former chair of the democratic national committee. >> you have been a member of congress since 2013. >> that's right. >> an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with depthcrats, republic rans but you also in the book call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. what do you mean. >> i think a president or any other elected leader in the country should effectively represent everyone. whether they vote for them or not. and should almost take major never to divide us. that doesn't say why they should vote for me or why my ideas-better than the other person's ideas or my vision of the future is better but taking it to the step where you're actually kind of cultivating a spirit of division is, i think, one of the things had going on in the country which is really

think about the last election if i put one of my ads on television i have to say paid for by john delaney for president or congress whatever it may be. on radio the same thing but i put the same ad on social media, i don't have to disclose the payment. payment. there's there is a reason that y decided social media not television. this is because they thought it was that much better but they didn't have to say who is paying for it and that is a simple example of failing to update the basic institutions of society for change. i founded the artificial intelligence caucus as a way of creating a kind of convening space within the congress for members to start getting up to speed on what this stuff was just hard so when facebook testified in the senate committee didn't get the sense that the senators could ask so i want to change that and i think we need a government that is more focused on where the world is coming. having an honest conversation about it that is what the state of the union should be. the. you hear one set of facts and another and that makes it hard for the american people to a

and this weekend maryland congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare for the 2020 presidentialelection lays out his vision for america. >> why do you want to bring republicans into the democratic party? >> i always had this kind of concept in business that you should run with criticism. right. so you should think about people who disagree with you and you should understand why they disagree with you. because maybe they're right about some things and maybe you have something to learn. and if you just talk to people who agree with you, you're never going to really learn anything. so i've been to a bunch of these kind of meetings with the democratic party. you have too. we all get together in a room and we bring up a bunch of democratic strategists who basically just say the same things. any of the democratic consultants i may talk to when i'm running for office will say. and, you know, it's kind of like, okay, we just spent a lot of time convincing ourselves we were right about everything we believe. so what i suggested why don't we bring in a republican pollster. why don't we br

this weekend on afterwords, maryland congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare a run forresidency in 2020, offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer." he is interviewed by donna brazile. you've been a member of congress in 2013. you have had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats, republicans, but you also in the book offer a partisanship, especially that which rewards vision. what do you mean by that? or anyink a president other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that does not mean that they do not go out and say why they should vote for me over the other person, or why my ideas future ir, or why the am envisioning is better, but taking get to the step where you are actually cultivating a think of division is i one of the things that is going on in this country right now. it is really insidious. if you have the privilege of serving, which i feel like i do, in addition to swearing to wetect the constitution, rea

. >>> this weekend on afterward maryland congressman john delaney the first democrat to declare run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision for america. it is how we can unify our divided nation. he is interviewed by donna brazil the former chair of the democratic national committee. >> so you have been a member of congress now since 2013? >> that's right. >> you've had an opportunity to introduce legislature but you have also in the book talked about partisanship especially partisanship that rewards the vision. >> i think the president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. >> that does not mean that they do not go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other prison are why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas or why the future i'm envisioning is better than what the other person is but taken it to the step where they are actually cultivating a spirit of division is one of the things that is going on in this country right

maryland congressman john delaney declaring the 2020 presidential election laid out his vision for americaor television and radio hosts reflected on his broad crest career and syndicated column is jonah goldberg waited on threats to democracy work in the coming weeks on afterwards amanda carpenter, former staffer for ted cruz provides a critical analysis of president trumps political messaging. journalist mike adams recants his 3000-mile trek to alaska and this weekend pediatric physician doctor mona he tells her efforts to provide scientific evidence that children in flint, michigan were exposed to lead poisoning through the city's water supply. >> after the crisis was revealed and we worked to recover we were starting to get more and more water lead levels and people were getting tested and lead levels of thousands of parts per billion and there is no safe lead level at all in my saddest day came when the lead level of a home which is adjacent to the hospital, a home for foster children and troubled children next to the hospital and their lead in level came back at 5000 parts, so the act

. ♪ >> this weekend, john delaney, the first accredited to clear a run for the presidency offers hision for america in his book the right answer. how we can unify. you in the book called for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards vision. what do you mean by that? president should effectively represent everyone. whether they voted for them or not. they should take a pledge never to divide us. that doesn't mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the but taking it to the step where you are actually cultivating a spirit of division. it is insidious. i do think if you have the privilege of serving we should in addition to swearing to defend and protect the constitution we should pledge to the american people we are not going to say things to divide us. we're going to go out of our way to unify the country. we are stronger when we are unified. >> c-span, where history unfolds daily. in 1979 c-span was created as a public service by america's cable television companies. today we continue to bring you unfiltered coverage of congress, the su

in the coming weeks on "after words", congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare for theresidential election willlay out his vision for america . mona had a will detail her efforts to provide scientific evidence of lead poisoning in the water supply in flint michigan and this weekend, television and radio host bill press reflects on his broadcast career. >> i was in los angeles in delaware doing radio and tv. the time, i was with tco tv channel 13 and the rodney king riots happened. we were on la brea avenue, that's where the views are located at the time i was a member of first ame church which is a black church in south centralla , wonderful community. and so i wanted to be where the riots were, i wanted to be with my people. so i suggested to our news director bob that i was in commentary on the evening news. can:00 news, 2 and a half minute commentary so i suggested but i do my commentary from the church because i knew people would be out there and also that the mayor was going to be there. and he said that's a great idea. go down there now and i'll send a crew. in ti

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john delaney the first democrat to declare it for the 2020 presidential election will offer his vision for america. and this weekend that syndicated columnist examined threats to democracy. whenever you talk about the left having some responsibility. we didn't vote for this guy. there is some truth to all of that. you can't go around yes all white people are racist. you can't say it's amazing how the white working class blue-collar guy joe luntz -- lunch bucket that is what joe biden bragged about. and archie bunker was the democrat. the second they vote for donald trump they are all champions of white supremacy. it's like the day before that 2016 election. blue well that they have. the day it worked against them as an institution of white supremacy. you can't demonize people forever and expect them to say you're right i'm horrible. my grandfather fought in world war ii. he fought for the union union and the civil war. that's the normal human response. and now we are seen increasing numbers of white people identifying and seeing their core saying their core identity comes from being wh

. ♪ >> this weekend on afterwords, congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare a run for presidency of 2020, offers his vision of america in his book. he is interviewed by donna brazil, former chair of the democratic national committee. >> you have been a member of congress since 2013. europe had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats and republicans, but you also call for an end of partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards vision. what do you mean? >> a president or any elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone, whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that does not mean they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the other person or why my ideas are better than the other person's ideas. it to the step where you are actually kind of cultivating a spirit of division is one of the things going on in this country right now which is really insidious. i think if you have the privilege of serving -- which i feel like i do -- in addition to swearing to

this weekend on afterwards, maryland, spent john delaney, the first democrat to declare a run for thesidency in 2020 offers his vision for america in his book "the right answer: how we can unify our divided nation." he is interviewed by donna brazil. >> you have been a member of congress now since 2013. you had the opportunity to do legislation work with democrats and republicans, what you call for an end to partisanship, especially partisanship that rewards division. >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone, whether they voted for them or not. they should almost take a pledge never to divide us. that does not mean that they don't go out there and say why they should vote for me over the or why theon, fo future i'm envisioning is better, that taking it to the step for the were actually cultivating a spirit of division is, i think, one of the things going on in this country right now that is insidious. if you have the privilege of serving, which i feel like i do, in addition to swearing to defend and protect the constituti

this weekend on afterwards, maryland congressman john delaney, the first democrat to declare a run for the presidency in 2020 offers his vision in the book the right answer. how we can unify our divided nation. he's interviewed by donna brazil, former chair of the democratic national committee. >> so you've been a member of congress now since 2013. >> that's right. >> you've had an opportunity to introduce legislation, work with democrats and republicans, but you also in the book call for an end partisanship. what do you mean by that? >> i think a president or any other elected leader in this country should effectively represent everyone. >> uh-huh. >> whether they for them or not. and they should take a pledge never to divide us. >> that doesn't mean why they should vote for me or the other person or why the ideas are better than the other person's ideas or the future i'm envisioning is better than the other person. but taking it to the step where you're actually kind of a spirin is, i think, one of the things going on in this country right now, which i think is insidious. and i think