marc lamont hill, host of thegrio with marc lamont hill, discusses recent polling on black pullers heading into the midterm elections. make sure to join the conversation with your phone calls, text messages, and tweets. "washington journal" is next. ♪ host: just over two weeks to election day and the holidays on the horizon, a time that typically brings family and friends together, we are wondering, are our political views pushing us farther apart? one survey says political polarization is one of the top issues we face. still, there is evidence that americans are fed up. beyond election day, how much of that political disagreement and frustration with politics in general will continue in our personal lives? good morning and welcome to "washington journal" for sunday, october 20 3, 2022 -- 23, 2022. has politics affected your relationships or your views of others? here are your lines to use, (202) 748-8001 four republicans. for democrats, (202) 748-8000. for others, (202) 748-8002. you can send us a text at (202) 748-8003. tell us your name and where you are texting from. we are on facebook

host: marc lamont hill is with us.ia studies professor at temple university in philadelphia. we welcome your comments at (202) 748-8001 four republican -- for republicans. (202) 748-8000 for democrats. and for independents and everyone else, (202) 748-8002. you touched on the environment, climate justice. are there other issues that posters get wrong about the black community that they care very -- pollsters get wrong about the black community that they carrier very much -- they care very much about? guest: abortion. abortion is framed as a political debate between the white men. we are talking about the media narrative. the fact that we are not just deeply affected by justice over reproductive rights, but they are deeply invested in the conversation is something people often miss. again, it makes sense. the economy makes sense. gas make sense. abortion access, 64% of black voters say abortion access was important to them. among democrats it was 68%. that is a significant number! i mentioned climate change. that is 52%

marc lamont hill, he he literally anybody he's a baby can dissolve. he's like, that's energy.yeah, exactly. yeah. so have you got marc lamont hill energy and you like a good debate and people who have no actual substantive interest in understanding what's going on. and i think it's good because what happens for some people is that they get to see like do that. i like engaging with people who are curious, too skeptical. that's my best kind of that's what i like, enjoy the most. that's why i find this struggle is usually the deepest and the longest is because it's like, oh, we get to see, we get to ask each other questions. we get to learn together over time that sort of when i write that is to that tends to be the people who i'm writing for that tend to be the people. when i'm thinking about the people i tend to like. yeah, people who are showing up to organizations like i heard something about abolition. oh, i don't really know. i'm a see i like me in a conversation with people like that who are like, i don't know, there's going to work, but whatever, like that's my life. and

. >> marc lamont hill is the steve charles chair in media and solutions at temple university. his books include nobody:casualties in america's more on the vulnerable from ferguson to flint and beyond and exit for palestine the limits of progressive politics. and the founding director of the people education center, a nonprofit organization to community organization. todd brewster's co-author with peter jennings of the number one new york times bestseller the century. as other work includes lincoln's gamble and in search of america. he taught journalism at temple university, was a knight fellow at yale law school and was founding director of the center for oral history at west point. he's also the executive producer of the documentary into harm's way. in their new book "seen and unseen: technology, social media, and the fight for racial justice" the authors examine the uniqueness of this moment in the overall history of civil rights movement in the united states. joining them in conversation this evening is award-winning broadcaster and journalist tracey matisak. join me in wel

sunday morning, gary schilling and marc lamont hill, a temple university professor on the recent pollingf black voters heading into the midterm elections. watch washington journal, live sunday morning, on c-span, c-span now, our free mobile video app. during the discussion with your phone calls, facebook, was -- comments, text messages and tweet. >> sunday night on q&a, william doyle talks about the life and career of the longest-serving republican senator in history, orrin hatch. he served in the u.s. senate from 1977 to 2019 and died in 2022. he says post on -- based on the legislative achievements, it was the greatest senator of modern times. >> senator gordon smith worked with orrin hatch a great deal, was a fellow mormon, told me he thought the secret to the effectiveness was orrin hatch saw everybody as a child of god coming from his deep religious faith, and he saw the nobility in his opponents, he saw his opponents as noble. >> william doyle, with his book titans of the senate, on c-span q and a. listen to q&a and all of our podcasts on our free out. >> next, a debate between sus

>> marc lamont hill is at temple university. his books include nobody, casualties america's war on the vulnerable from bergersen to plant and beyond and except for palestine, the limits of progressive politics. he also owns uncle bobby's coffee and books and is a founding director of the people's education center. a nonprofit organization devoted to community education. todd brewster is the co-author of the number one bestseller the century. their other work includes the book lincoln's gamble and in search of america but he also taughty journalism at temple university was a knight fellow at yale law school and was the founding director of the center for oral history at west point. he is also the executive producer of the documentary in harm's way. in their new book "seen and unseen" the authors examined the uniqueness of this moment in the overall history of the civil rights movement in the united states. joining them in conversation this evening is award winner, award-winning broadcaster and journalist tracey matisek. please jo

and marc lamont hill, temple university professor on recent polling of black voters' views heading intohe midterm election. watch this morning on c-span or c-span now. join the conversation with your phone calls, text messages and tweets. ♪ >> tonight on q and a, the life and career of the longest-serving senator in history, orrin hatch. he died in april of 2022. based on his legislative achievements, he insists that hatch was the greatest senator of modern times. >> a lawmaker who works with orrin hatch quite a bit, is a fellow mormon. he said that these secret was that orrin hatch saw everybody as a child of god coming from his deep religious faith. he saw the nobility and his opponents. he saw his opponents as noble. >> william doyle with his book, " titan of the senate," on c-span's q and a. >> former secretary of state mike pompeo discusses china's increasing influence and threat to the arctic region. his remarks came after the biden administration announced a new strategy for the arctic, focused on climate resilience and international collaboration.

and marc lamont hill, a host of the grio on recent polling of black voters heading into the midterm electional live at seven eastern on c-span or on c-span now, our free mobile video app. join this discussion with your phone calls, text messages, and tweets. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. we are funded by these companies and more including comcast. >> this is way more than that. >> comcast is creating wi-fi enabled areas so students can get the tools that they need to be ready for anything. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving you a front row seat to democracy. >> sunday night on q&a, william doyle author of titan of the senate talks about the life of career of the longest-serving republican senator in history, orrin hatch of utah. he served in the u.s. senate from 1977 through 2019 and died in april of 2022. he insists that based on his left sleeve achievements orrin hatch was the greatest u.s. senator of modern times. >> he is a fellow mormon, he told me that he thought that the secret to the effectiveness of p