john lewis. fannie lou hamer. lou hamer. yeah, what i say hamer probably but that's what people usually say. john lewis, diane nash, julian bond and stokely carmichael. stokely was my man. you know, we're going to don't take that the wrong way, but stokely and i were friends to the end, no matter what you've heard about him. and i'm the person that got him into the deep south with the freedom rides. yep. i want to talk about that. so so you've seen it all. you've experienced it all. very few people have had the courage or the impact to. try to change a country the way you have. so i want to i want to talk to you about. oh, i want to say also that i am a white, southern owner and proud of it. robert lee is my homeboy, and i'm the mother of five ordinary sons. i survived a lot. yeah, yeah. well, okay okay. anything else you want to say before? get to the question that i'm to ask you. go back to you and we're going to cut off the coffee after this cup for sure. okay. tell about the significance of the title. it's called get bac

i ran into john lewis,ou know, we get to serve with these legeary figures and i, i saw john lewis on the floor myirst day and uh and somehow i made my waover to him and he says, are you the new guy? i said, yes, sir. anyone with sense called john lewis, sir. he said you're from brooklyn right now. i have tadmit liz, i was tempted to say brooklyn is always in the house, but this was john lewis. so instead i said, yes, sir. and then, you know, he said to me something that i i've never forgotten. he said, well, you know, washington dc can be a tough, tough place. i hear some great things about you from your predecessor, but this is a tough ace. i don't want you to get into any trouble unless it's good trouble, unless it's good trouble. anthat that was the story of john lewis's life. so, you know, the the the thwe we have to lean in uh to the resilience of the journey. and you know, the fact that incredible leaders like a john lewis, for instance, tk about in the letter i ha freedom over fascism. and we shoan image of martin luther king nior speaking uh at the march on washington on augu

well, the john lewis ad is one of the most exciting and anticipated adverts of the whole year. entertained and for it to feel like christmas is kicking off, and then beyond that the metrics are multiple and diverse in terms of engagement, sentiment. you know, we're running a tiktok competition this year because we want the audience to kind of get involved in a way that they never have done before. and then ultimately, of course, it's about the performance of the store. but you got to the performance of the store at the end. i was just wondering how central that is forjohn lewis. are these adverts designed to drive big sales in the weeks after it comes out, or is it more complex than that? i think it's more complex than that, and obviously we're working at a brand level. so we are about developing a real sense of love for the brand and a reinvigoration of how people feel about john lewis, that then definitely... you know, the expectation is that translates against many other activations and activities that john lewis are doing to... is there a nerve—racking moment where you all

john lewis has increased interest in christmas ads oh the years and it has become uk's super bowl sodard, there is a superhigh standard, there is good and less good within there as well. is is good and less good within there as well.— there as well. is there a common _ there as well. is there a common theme - there as well. is there a common theme that. there as well. is there a common theme that we j there as well. is there a - common theme that we are seeing? year after year you get the usual, don't you, it is kind of family, reuniting, what is the general theme for this year? is the general theme for this ear? ,, ., ., is the general theme for this ear? ., ., year? so the general theme for christmas _ year? so the general theme for christmas ads _ year? so the general theme for christmas ads generally - year? so the general theme for christmas ads generally is - year? so the general theme for christmas ads generally is to i christmas ads generally is to evoke intense warmth and joy. that is the emotions for the ads, those that win tend to add other emotions to that formula so in t

and his truth is marching on, john lewis and the power of hope. thank you for being with us to kick us off this morning. >> i think what you just did is more than a kickoff. a remarkable both emotionally informed and historically informed essay that i think perfectly captures where we are. and the question is, i think, but now? - what now? i am privileged i do not have particular policy passions. so my view of contemporary politics, unfolding politics is that i want there to be an infrastructure of democracy. the rule of law, the constitutional arena in which we do what we are supposed to do. but folks who look like me said we wanted to be back in the late 18th century. as you so beautifully have detailed, it took so long to actually realize that promise. that was a nation founded on ethnicity, not on nationalism but on patriotism which is different. patriotism is an allegiance to an idea. the fundamental idea of the american experiment is that incredibly, the most important sentence written by thomas jefferson we are all created equal. the truth

. >> we are forcefully working to pass the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights act. and working to help ensure that all americans know what they get when they vote, to further encourage them to vote, knowing that it will make a difference in their lives. >> one reason i think vice president harris sought to take on voting rights as an issue is that she wanted a signature policy issue that related specifically to black communities and some of the groups that helped push the biden administration to choose her in the first place. but, because of the realities of the senate and the house, it was never very likely to pass. >> despite an aggressive campaign from vice president harris and president biden, congress failed to pass the voting rights bills. >> the motion is not agreed to. >> so rather than being a signature accomplishment, i think the issue functioned in the first couple years as a signature failure. >> harris promises as president she'll keep pushing. >> when i am president, we are going to finally pass the john lewis voting rights act and the freedom to vote

you are not talking about john lewis. if you want to dig up john lewis and put them in there, i would be for it. kash patel has no record on the stuff you're talking about. you are trying to dig up excuses for something inexcusable. this dude should not be in charge of the fbi. you know it as well as anybody else. this is donald trump risking americans safety. >> the rebuttal you just made to my argument -- >> yes, absolutely, you act like christopher wray is ronald mcdonald. he is a serious guy. kash patel is not. >> a serious guy, who also had his agents investigate activists that were members of blm, illegally. >> we could go on with this for a while, especially, when it comes to reform of the fbi, but there are many agents that are doing good work, assisting local and state law enforcement in many operations they have going on. the question is, would this new era of leadership fix some of the very real issues we have talked about. shermichael singleton, good to see you. van jones, you the same. come in person next tim

john lewis just called them john, and he was sitting there that was at the economic level of detroit a couple of weeks ago. but i told john a year ago i want to see a plan. and he said, well, i'd have to take you to mexico. i says, i don't want to see it, but i want to see a play of here. we're not the big one. you said we don't really do too many big ones in the united states anymore. is it? what is that all about mexico? is it? well, china is building some of the biggest plants anywhere in the world. they're building them in mexico. and i said, well, i'm not happy about that. i don't want to see the dam plans in mexico. it wouldn't look right if i'm in mexico, look at it. plans. do we agree, sir? when you look right. and so he said, or i look, i say, forget, then i thought about it and i was making this speech in detroit. and i said, a couple of weeks before i said, if they want to build a plant in mexico own by china, so that they can save all of the costs associated with bringing their cars to all of the things. i'm going to put a 100 percent tara for every single go are coming o

we're not demanding that they pass the john lewis a policing act. we're not demanding that comma le harris address. uh, uh, uh, health disparities in wealth disparities in education disparities. we're not making any demands on her. so then when she gets elected, or if she gets elected and then doesn't deliver, and she will give the same answer, the president, the president obama gave when he was asked, why did you do more for the black community? the answer she gave you all didn't demand anything about. let me ask you about the, the republicans too, because according to gallup more american voters now identify when they do a p, as the part of that is better equipped to address the most important, the most pressing american problems like economy, immigration, government, inflation. but it is politically, are the parties know what the unified either on the, i wonder if you take these numbers as um, as an expression of genuine genuine supports when the republicans, or is it the up. and now that another example of the lesser of the 2 evils that they're

jungle and had no internet, no electricity, and nobody knew top using lozzo a new canal, 7 about john lewis, including mister miles, co found the down thing didn't own, were arrested. one of them was brutally tortured and one person is still in prison . anyone involved with miss am i can be indicted for working with us. at a minimum they could face 2 to 3 years imprisonment by their families and friends or oops, or risk. shortly after the q, we stopped including bylines, with journalists, real identities and, and started using pseudonyms. and we cause any connections between journalists operating on the ground in young gong and those elsewhere in the country. that way, one journalist is that branded, they wouldn't be able to disclose any links with the other level of the wall and a new chat. i use media workers face considerable risks. if quotes by the ministry many have been imprisoned under sweeping on the states and false news laws, and at least 3 john unless have been killed while in the armies custody is positive . what the un has cooled scorched policy against the unprecedented wave o

and nobody knew top using lozzo and nuclear 7 about john lewis, including mister miles, co found the down thing then on were arrested. one of them was brutally tortured and one person is still in prison. anyone involved with me is that my can be indicted for working with us. at a minimum, they could face 2 to 3 years imprisonment by their families and friends. the roots are at risk. shortly off to the crew. we stopped including by lines with journalists, real identities and started using pseudonyms. and we cause any connections between john and i stop writing on the ground and young gong and those elsewhere in the country. that way, if one journalist is apprehended, they won't be able to disclose any links with the other mobile allowable and a new chat. media workers face considerable risks. if quotes by the ministry, many have been imprisoned under sweeping on the states and false news laws. and at least 3 john unless have been killed while in the armies custody is positive. what the un has cooled scorched policy against the unprecedented wave of opposition? the hunter faces across

the same republicans who refused to lift the filibuster to pass key piece of legislation like the john lewis voting rights act. what i say to my republican colleagues is, show some back bone, be a senator, and let's vet these candidates for their experience and whether or not they're suitable for the position and whether or not they've been compromised. and let's truly put people into these positions who are going to do good for the nation. and putting somebody like tulsi gabbard who is not qualified and likely compromised is not the answer. >> senator, i know that you were a harris campaign co-chair and democrats on the hill are meeting this week trying to regroup after the election loss last week. what are you hearing in conversations about what you and your fellow lawmaker are taking as a message from voters given what we saw last week? >> you know, we are having a lot of conversations, especially with our new members. we have a group of new members who are majority- minority, everybody from ruben gallego to our additional other new members that are coming in, and to andy kim. we have a g

you can do for your country, what you can do for democracy and what you can do for the spirit of john lewis all the others who dared to walk across that bridge in selma and fight for justice for us all, what you can do for every pregnant young woman who has died because she was not eligible to receive the emergency medical care she desperately needed because of an abortion ban, what you can do for yourself and what you can do for everyone and everything you cherish is about. if you are watching or hearing me right now and you haven't already, you've got to vote. listen, i know that some of you are feeling burnt out and bruised and maybe inconsequential. nothing could be further from the truth. every single vote, everyone will matter. that is why i've come to philadelphia tonight. and yesterday i was all the way across the country hiking on a sunday afternoon when i met a woman named angela. she told me she was going to sit this one out. i know she was immediately sorry she told me that. i would not let up. i said, sit this one out? we don't get to sit this one out. if we don't show up tomor

then in fairness to -- not partisanship, we might pass the freedom to vote and act in the john lewis voting rights act before at least two members who are phenomenal democrats -- phenomenal democrats who resisted reforming the filibuster -- i've written about this and we have reconciliation for budgetary issues as an exception to the filibuster. we should have democracy reconciliation for a democracy bill, a voting bill and we almost got there but for certainly plenty of republicans and unfortunately it was blocked as you well know, i don't think you were too gentle. i applaud the panel for everyone jumping in. one online question was whether if there are shenanigans in the state and electors are sent or withheld in a way that does not reflect the will of the voters will that -- this comes from paul in maryland, paul asked is that kind of state-level funny business -- we got it last time, is that a threat and have we adapted the law to deal with it or is congress susceptible to having the will of the people hijacked by elector manipulation again? i will start at the end, do you want

it's the men and women led by a young john lewis who were beaten for demanding the right to vote.atever it would take. >> we intend to march if it takes us a lifetime. >> we intend to marsh to montgomery even if it takes a lifetime. throughout some of these fights, the naacp legal defense fund has been there, but it's those small, peaceful acts of resistance from people like you and me who have made this world a much more just place. we don't just owe it to them and our kids to do the same, we owe it to ourselves. during troushled times, dr. king wrote, our survival depends on our ability to stay awake and mace the challenge of change. maybe his words can serve as a guide. joining me now is janay nelson, council for the naacp legal defense fund. janay, my friend, so good to see you. i wonder how you're feeling in this moment and how you and your staff are gathering your resources, your emotional, mental, and obviously legal resources in this moment. >> oh, joy, so good to be with you on this day, and this week. my staff and i met today, in fact, and we gathered to talk about what

the john lewis voting rights advancement act. and they are part and parcel of building an economy that works for all of us. because our economy is not money, it's people. it's the american people. >> i know you are here in your personal capacity, as you stated, but social security is an extremely important topic to millions of americans. and while president-elect trump has insisted he has no interest in messing with social security, many around him have been talking about making drastic cuts to government. elon musk, who will be one of the co-heads of trump's department of government efficiency, has spoken about eliminating trillions of dollars from the budget, which is virtually impossible without targeting entitlement programs. are you worried about the future of social security under a second trump administration? and what should democrats be doing about it? >> yes, i'm extremely concerned. the cuts in the republican congress have now reduced social security staffing to a 50 year low. what's make one thing very clear. i've lea

john lewis, diane nash, pedis memorial bridge, all those voters, they kept finding hope, but they feltrend dr. jackie lewis, appreciate you. in all honesty, i do feel a little better. thank you both very much for coming to the sunday show. stay right here, more of the sunday show after the break. a your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel. nothing beats it. i recommend pronamel active shield because it actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients. try pronamel mouthwash. your business needs a network it can count on... a gamechanger even during the unexpected. power's out! -power's out! comcast business has you covered, with wifi backup to help keep you up and running. wifi's up. let's power on! let's power on! -let's power on! it's from the company with 99.9% network reliability. let's power on! power on with the leader in connectivity. stay connected with comcast business internet and wifi back-up or get started for $49.99 a month. plus ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card. ca

john lewis. malala. muhammad ali. mandela steven spielberg. i hope my addition brings something to the extraordinary work of this great institution. thank you from the bottom of my heart. keep. thank you too. to my best friend, sarah botstein. for her extraordinary and sort of see crit betrayal of our process when we want to share it with the world. and i've never anyone do it as well as. you have. thank you so much. i love you. thank you to two half of my girls who are here, sarah and lily. most important co-productions that will ever be involved. they are as sarah said, magnificent women. and i'm thank you for recognizing them. ladies and gentlemen i am in the business of history the often complicated task of trying to decipher the evidence of the past into a coherent narrative that sheds some light on not only where we've been but where we are now. and where we may be going. that is to our mysterious, unknown future, that future particularly today is not always predictable and comfortably assured in these fraught moments is often the past t

many human rights causes, but i'm quoting the great civil rights leader, long time congressman john lewis who said without freedom of speech, the civil rights movement would have been a bird without wings. without freedom of speech, every human rights cause would be a bird without wings. >> beautiful. ... to mike i'm so grateful the time to listen to this vigorous discussion with agreement and disagreement and what we have learned. what we learn from the scholars we've assembled is as justice holmes said the constitution is made for people a fundamentally different point of view and the point of this discussion of how and why to protect free speech is not agreement of the thoughtful exchange of ideas so we ultimately deeply more understand the basic value, the central value, the foundational value that is shimmering on the wall behind you. they're so many quotations to him to in with. i often the brandeis. i'm glad you called them out. i want to recall the inspiring words of justice robert jackson who said if there is any fixed star in our constitutional constellation it is that no offici

employers and 1939, the head of the united mine workers, john lewis, took the lead in forming a new national workers organization. a congress of industrial workers, the cio, lewis and other union leaders and workers broke away from the more craft oriented american federation of labor union, which had been the main union organizing union throughout the country. but we a split millions of workers join unions in the early 1930s and union membership reached. million by 1937. there were thousands of strikes throughout the decades across the country from flint, michigan, to san antonio, texas. and this was also the time when workers employed new strategies such as a sit down strike, which you can see being employed in. this image right here. so i set down strike entailed what it sounds it does entailed workers stopping production and sitting down inside the factory or their workplaces and preventing strikebreakers entering the factory and continue the work. so this strategy was one of many employed by workers who fought, for better wages and working conditions. and so what some of the first worker

in 2016 john lewis and other groups of progressive democrats wouldn't engage in the trump -- or trump's first -- you know, the inaugural then. when trump first got inaugurated, you had a women's march. in january 2017. the largest public gathering in american history to protest trump's views on women. what's happened since that protest? well, the dobbs decision. kamala harris, we had our first woman vice president, but that issue on women's reproductive rights didn't put harris over the top. it kind of flattened out, which has to disappoint feminists in the women's movement mightily. >> carol, we know that donald trump has never felt constrained by historical norms. but the truth of the matter is as doug alludes to this is a man who won an overwhelming victory, who got a lot more votes than his opponent. he is someone who has been given wide latitude in rulings by the u.s. supreme court. and he is someone who may well end up in control of the trifecta, the white house, the house, and the senate. given all of that, i think of the title of one of your books, which is "i alone can fix it."

day, but the virtue signaling, the tone, a movement that again takes its roots in an obama or a john lewis listen, and learn, and grow together. how did that turn into -- and maybe this is a misconception -- but a perception out there of, your way or the highway. >> well, look, it felt, when president obama was running for president, you know, he ran on hope. it was a much more hopeful time. the dominant emotion of our time is not hope. it seems to be rage, and resentment, and reaction, which has been largely engendered by the experience of inflation, and to a lesser extent, the migrant crisis. but, i feel like as a party, we have to look inward, we have to be careful not to scold, or scapegoat, or shame anyone, you know, condescension is not only bad morals, it is bad politics. there is a story of a fan of abby stevenson who said to abby stevenson, mr. stevenson, you will have the support of every thinking american. and he said, madam, i need a majority of the american people. and i feel like that kind of condescension is not only bad morals, it is bad politics. it will not only lose you

they have like a christmas john lewis ad is going to have doctor shola mos—shogbamimu wiping her bumomething. this is just what this is. just what all the big department stores do. people are upset because she previously said she she pointed at the royal. she was doing coverage of the royal family's wedding or whatever they had, or the what was it, the coronation, the what was it, the coronation, the coronation. >> you work on this channel, you don't know this story . don't know this story. >> i'm not a details guy, but she pointed at the balcony and she pointed at the balcony and she said, oh, it's terribly white. oh, terribly white. and by extension, she's saying britain's terribly white because there are royal family. and it's like, that's imagine if somebody said, oh, that's terribly black at the, you know , the english at the, you know, the english football team or something like that, they'd be put in jail. they'd literally be put in jail. keir starmer would be like hooking up electrodes to their testicles right now. and chanting incantations. and, you know , this is just this

in fairness to nonpartisanship, i will say we might have had the freedom to vote act and the john lewis voting rights act but for two members, at least two members who are nominal democrats who caucus with the democrats who resisted reforming the filibuster. as you know i have written in the post about this. jen has been kind enough to ask for comments about this. we have reconciliation for budgetary issues. it is an exception to the filibuster. isn't democracy as important as our budgets? we should have democracy reconciliation for a democracy bill, a voting bill and we almost got there. we almost got there but for -- certainly there was plenty of republican opposition but there was -- it was unfortunately blocked. i don't think you were too gentle on them. i'm going to take one of the online questions. i applaud the panel for everybody jumping in and having a real conversation. one of our online questionnaires asks whether if there are shenanigans in the states and slates of electors are sent or withheld in a way that does not reflect the actual will of the voters, -- and this comes f

only on cnn civil rights icon john lewis skipped donald trump's inauguration in protest. >> fast forward now and one liberal columnist is urging democrats to do exactly the same thing for trump's second presidency. joan walsh writes in the nation that everyone from kamala harris to the obamas should boycott the quote sorry, spectacle. this comes after president biden took heat this week for his friendly and all smiles meeting with trump at the white house. this is kind of a continuation of where we were in the last segment. liberals navigating this world in which they they lost many of them are upset about what biden did this week about the the graciousness, frankly, with which he welcomed trump. and many of them are also leaving platforms like x and saying, i quit i'm going to blue sky or wherever they're going. >> i'm less less prolific on x, in part because it's just like a whole bunch of neo nazis coming at me all the time. so that's a different reason. it's not a principled stance. it's just a matter of my mental health. >> reason. i mean, i think that's part of the rationale, right

. >> she says some of her legislative priorities will be passing the john lewis voting rights act and securing reproductive rights nationally. >> a shocker in the south bay as we continue. a councilman resigns on the same day he's arrested the mayor's sharp words. when we come back for now, we'll leave you with more election results. stay with us. according to nielsen. a city council member, omar torres, was arrested today and resigned. >> torres is under investigation for sending sexually explicit text messages to a minor. he's claimed that the messages were fantasy and he had no intentions of doing anything. san jose mayor matt mehan talked with us tonight about what's next. >> the council has a choice to make in the coming weeks between a special election and an appointment. once we know the method by which we will fill the office, we will lay out a timeline for everyone that will be prepared by our city clerk so that everyone has transparency into how the process will play out. >> mehan says he would prefer a special election to let the people decide their representation. >> happe