michael bennet about his decision not to go to israel. ael: doing my research on palestine and israel and the things going on, i see similarities between the black lives movement and the palestinian movement. to go to israel, i should be able to see both sides. to be an want ambassador for a certain government if i was not sure i agreed with everything the government was doing. i thought it would be better to go on my own and figure out my own situation. amy: how did this trip get planned? michael: they contacted us during the last year, in the summertime. getought it was a trip you to go see israel. i didn't know it was an ambassador trip. about that, myt friends said -- do you know this or that? , iecided i cannot do this don't want to be an ambassador for something i don't agree with. amy: what kind of response did you get from posting that letter? michael: there were people who thought i was anti-semitic. they were getting mad. against jewish people, not against anybody when it comes to people. anti-somatici was cop -- anti-somatic --

amy: we are talking to michael bennet.spoken on everything from politics in the world to what is the nfl. within or we are also joined by a -- we are also joined by dave. >> michael bennet is a person of uncommon character. person of uncommon character, he is part of a wave of athletes who are speaking out right now and have been speaking out over the last several years. everything from the influencncef the black lives matter's movement to the influence of social media, to the fact there are people in the streets of fed up with what is happening in this country and the world. athletes don't live apart from this. michael bennet has daughters. there is a misogynist and sexual harasser in the white house. michael bennet reads the work of angela davis. it connects the issues of ferguson and palestine. about black lives matter without looking at it globally. these things are connectcted. at the same time, it takes those , like john carlos, colin, it takes those individuals willing to stand up and speak out and share with t e wo

michael bennet, colorado. a person from california. there are some new folks coming up. elizabeth warren, of course. it is very important that we start looking at these new faces, and these new faces do not necessarily have to mean that they are 40 years old or 45. you can be in your 60's and be a new face on the national scene. host: florida, line four republicans. m a republican. i voted for hillary, because the democrats vote for our environment. i was afraid of trump, and look to be picked for the epa. and listen to me, democrats, on why hillary lost. the democrats have turned their back on the working man and woman. they want to make all the illegal aliens citizens so they will vote for the democratic party. they are just as selfish as the republicans. the republicans a selfish because they want more money, and that is why they back the polluters and big oil, etc. and the democrats, they just want power, and that is why they want to make all the illegal aliens citizens. host: jim kessler? guest: thanks for your vote. you look at how people voted and how white workin

montana, john donnelly of indiana, obviously joe manchin of west virginia, chris coons of delaware, michael bennetado, are they among the more persuasive of the butch that could make this whole "nuclear option" a non-issue? in other words they joined with 52 republicans you're close to the 60 you need anyway, and you're there? >> what is interesting about that list, when you look at it, only senator coons is on the senate judiciary committee. not like president hauled in here the democrats on the committee to try to start that -- neil: you think he passed that to the full senate vote, right? reporter: correct. correct. this is clearly a group they feel they can start with or potentially maybe spread the worth amongst democrats. hey, we sat down with the president. this is what we heard. and clearly the white house feels this is a group at least they should start with.ting. blake burman, thank you, very, very much. reporter: thanks. neil: blake was touching on with the tax cut talk, that came up, i sound like a broken record with this. bears repeating. not a right or left thing, or red or blue. it

what happened in those hearings is that michael bennet and al franken and chris murphy and elizabeth just did their jobs an asked questions. -- and asked questions. if you told me a clip about the distinction between proficiency and growth, that is the wonkiest thing in the world, but two million people saw that on facebook. what happened was, people saw the hearing and got really worried that we have the wrong persons in charge of public education at the policy level. you have people left, right, and enter. you can ask the senate republicans whether they are getting phone calls too. they are getting phone calls too. this is it not a democratic strategy. what's happened is we have the wrong person who may be confirmed as the secretary of education. the central issue is that there remain concerns around ms. devos's education policy. during the confirmation hearing, there were moments when she didn't seem to grasp important parts of federal law on education. "the washington post" published an article called "six astonishing things betsy devos said and refused to say at her confirmation