it was a moral one, and that question was this.for the genocide of jews violate your universes code of conduct a bowling and arrest the? shockingly one after another after another shock the world and answered quote it depends on the context. in the world heard. let me be clear. it does not depend on the context. you asked that same question to three hard-working constituents for my district, a farmer, a manufacturer and a suburban mom, and then answer that question. it is now the most viewed testament in history of the united states congress with billions of views you can let me it again for all to hear, two down, so many to go. they are fired. and this hearing showed the world what we already know that there is a radical leftist rot in our higher education system that is destroying the minds of our next generation. these are the sins so-called elite schools that rank last when it comes to defending fm of speech. they gleefully cancel conservatives simply for being pro-life or stand up for election integrity, and yet they fail to c

we have a prime minister— moral high ground. we have a prime minister who— moral high ground.moral high ground. we have a prime minister who has a terrible lack- minister who has a terrible lack of judgment — minister who has a terrible lack of judgment as— minister who has a terrible lack of judgment as you _ minister who has a terrible lack of judgment as you have _ minister who has a terrible lack of judgment as you have just said, . judgment as you have just said, he appointed — judgment as you have just said, he appointed somebody with - judgment as you have just said, he appointed somebody with a - judgment as you have just said, he appointed somebody with a fraud i appointed somebody with a fraud conviction— appointed somebody with a fraud conviction to _ appointed somebody with a fraud conviction to his cabinet - appointed somebody with a fraud conviction to his cabinet back in i conviction to his cabinet back in july and — conviction to his cabinet back in july and he _ conviction to his cabinet back in july and he has _ conviction to his cabinet back in july and he h

our sense of moral patriotic duty feels heightened renewed. 226 days ago, we witnessed the most vicious brutal attack on israel and the jewish people since the holocaust. our barbaric terrorist attack that claimed more than 1200 innocent lives. civilian women, children and the elderly were ripped from their homes and massacred. raped, beheaded, jewish families were bound together and burned. babies burned alive. atrocities of humanity. we must never forget and we must never relent. israelis americans and others were savagely kidnapped from their homes, beaten, tortured and taken hostage to the terror tunnels beneath gaza and we must remind the world every day that there is still over 120 souls held hostage. 226 days of captivity including americans held by hamas terrorist thugs. let me be very clear. we will not rest until the hostages are back home. this spirit calls to mind the many time forces of evil have tried to destroy israel and the jewish people. since israel's first days of existence, there have been those that have sought out its destruction. we see it's all the same eliminat

it was not just moral equivocation. it was moral bankruptcy that we saw on full display. ask you, did you see that committee hearing clip? yes. [applause] the world saw the committee hearing clip and i want to take you inside that committee hearing. i was deeply concerned with the rise of anti-semitism particularly after the october seventh hamas attack against israel. i graduated from harvard myself, the first member of my immediate family to have that opportunity to graduate from college, but i'm most proud of graduating and staying at a conservative, which is a big achievement. [applause] so i encourage my colleague, chairwoman virginia foxx, that we need to have a hearing to address and combat this rise of anti-semitism on our college campuses. she agreed. we had the hearing with university presidents from m.i.t., from penn, and harvard. throughout the hearing, we did not get a lot of direct answers. they were trying to avoid answering our questions. the question that is now the most of you to testimony in the history of the united states congress, that was the last q

requires a moral citizenry. and i think most of the founders thought religion was necessary to help cultivate morality where they disagreed was whether was government support necessary to religion. did religion actually need the help of government? and some, like john adams and george washington, thought it was perfectly legitimate for government to aid religion because religion helped cultivate the moral necessary for good government. but others like madison and jefferson thought, you know, religion be necessary for government. but government isn't necessary for religion. and government support actually tended to corrupt or harm. religion. that's not difference in fundamental principles, but a difference in. and practical application of those principles. such a powerful and crisp way to put it to founders agreed that religion was necessary for good, but disagreed about whether government was necessary. religion and we'll explore that deep implications of that distinction in moment. jane calvert one of our audie

it was a moral one. that question was this.alling for the genocide of jews violate your university's code of conduct on bullying and harassment. shockingly one after another after another, shock the world and answered "it depends on the context. and the world heard. let me be clear, it does not depend on the context. [applause] you asked that same question 23 hard-working constituents from my district, a farmer, manufacturer and suburban mom and they know how to answer that question. it is now the most viewed testimony in the history of the united states congress with billions of views and let me say it again, off to hereto down, sue many to go. they are fired. [applause] and this hearing showed the world what we already know. there was a radical leftist in our higher education system that is destroying the minds of our next generation. these are the elite schools. they gleefully cancel conservatives simply for being pro-lifers standing up for election integrity and yet they failed to condemn the genocide of jews. we must stop

they believe that our countries had to be worthy spiritually and morally of the victory. they were asking god to grant us. so on january 1st, 1942, president roosevelt and mrs. roosevelt came here to christchurch with prime minister winston churchill. lord halifax, the british ambassador and lady halifax and others in their party to commemorate what roosevelt had called for the national day of prayer. and they prayed for three things. they prayed for strength in the coming conflict. they prayed for a just peace and above all, they prayed for forgiveness of our national of our national sins so that we would be worthy of the victory. they were asking god to grant us and that combination of of the willingness to commit military power in the name of freedom and also the humility to know that we can't prevail with military strength alone is really the trait of these two great leaders that i think has lessons for us today. churchill had crossed the atlantic for the second time. the this was a very dangerous crossing. the the atlantic was infested with u-boats that were taking a

[applause] our moral sense dictates a clear-cut preference for those societies which share with us anbiding respect for individual human rights. we do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people. the world is still engaged in a massive armaments race designed to ensure continuing equivalent strength among potential adversaries. we pledge perseverance and wisdom in our efforts to limit the world's armaments to those necessary for each nation's own domestic safety. and we will move this year a step toward our ultimate goal -- the elimination of all nuclear weapons from this earth. [applause] we urge all other people to join us, for success can mean life instead of death. within us, the people of the united states, there is evident a serious and purposeful rekindling of confidence. and i join in the hope that when my time as your president has ended, people might say this about our nation -- that we had remembered the words of micah and renewed our search for hum

it was also a matter of spiritual and moral strength. and so they humbly asked god that day to bless our countries and make us worthy of the victory they were asking god to give us. ♪ ♪ >> democracy is always an unfinished creation. >> democracy is worth dying for. >> democracy longs to us all. >> we are here in the sanctuary of democracy. >> great responsibilities fall once again to the great democracies. >> american democracy is bigger than any one person. >> freedom and democracy must be constantly guarded and protected. >> we are still at our core a democracy. >> this is also a massive victory for democracy and for freedom. ♪ ♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast. every saturday, american history tv documents america's story. and on sundays, booktv brings you the latest of nonfiction books and authors. funding from c-span2 comes from these television companies and more, including cox. >>

and, yes, i do believe the free world has a moral right to stand, a moral responsibility...s of democracy, freedom and the rule of law. you've just pointed to some russian prisoners who are still incarcerated because they were brave enough, in the russian context, to speak out against putin's all—out invasion of ukraine. within hours of your liberty, you stepped into a major controversy. newly freed, you chose to say that you believed some of the sanctions being imposed on russia as a result of putin's ukraine war were "unfair". and you deeply upset many ukrainians who felt that you were failing to understand the gravity of what putin and russia have done to ukraine and the need for the gravest of consequences, and at the very least, very serious sanctions to be placed upon the country. do you regret what you said? well, first of all, let's make it absolutely clear. i've spent many years working to impose sanctions on the kremlin. the two poisonings that you've mentioned were in response to my work on advocating for the magnitsky legislation that imposed targeted personal sa

provide leadership for the moral dimension of government? the moral dimension? yeah. get let's be heard on human rights. let's be heard on justice. let's be heard on fairness. let's be heard on on those issues that can disappear unless they have champions. a single senator. if they get involved and work on issues, can make a big difference. it's very, very few offices where that can be said. the presidency, of course, the house less so because you have so many numbers there. the numbers are so many. but in the senate, a senator can make a big difference, like hubert humphrey. you know, i had another senator in mind, but. but as well. but as mark twain said, he became vice president and was never heard from again. yesterday. mr. president, so i might use a biblical analogy. it's been 40 years. so like moses, do you have a song for us? what is it? what's a kind of benediction for for you? what? the country. what the world could be doing, should be doing? well, i happen to be a christian, and i would say follow the principles of the universal declaration of human rights.

but it also imposed this on us a special obligation to take on those moral duties, which want us to name invariably to be in our own best interest. you have given me a great responsibility to this day. first to you to be worthy of you, and to exemplify what you are. let us create together a new national spirit of unity and trust. your strength can compensate for my weakness and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistake. let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together. confident. but in the end, we will triumph together in the right. the american dream. the american dream endures. we must once again have full faith in our country and in one another. i believe america can be better. we can be even stronger than before. let our recent mistake bring a resurgent commitment to the basic principles of our nation. well, we know that if we despise our own government, we have no future. we recall and pressure time, but we have stood briefly, but magnificently. united in those times. no prime was beyond our grasp. we cannot rule upon remember glory. we cannot afford t

it was also a matter of spiritual and moral strength.nd so they humbly kegod that day to bless our countries and make us worthy of the victory we were asking god to give us. ♪ >> democracy is always an unfinished creation. >> democracy belongs to us all. >> we are in the sanctuary of democracy. >> great responsibilities all within to the great democracies . >> american democracy is bigger than any one person. >> democracy and freedom must be constantly guarded and protected. >> we are at our core, a democracy. >> a massive victory for democracy and for freedom. ♪ ♪ >> weekends on c-span2 are an intellectual feast , every saturday american history tv documents america's story. on sunday, booktv brings you the latest in nonfiction books and authors , funding for c-span2 comes from these television companies and more , including cox. >> when connection is needed, cox is there, support to veterans. whenever and wherever it matters most we will be there. >> cox, with these television companies, support c-span2 as a public service . >> listeni

among people everywhere, you have to become politically moral, socially moral, and increasingly impatient with global inequities. and as you know, we have organized in to nations, this calls for nothing less than the sustained shape an international framework of peace, but even with our own ideals, gradually as they come, a global reality. all to derive its character directly from the people. and let this be the strength and the image to be presented so the world, to the american people. democracy is much more important than that which divides us with economics or politics. the nations that seek to rid themselves of poverty, i say america shares are aspirations and extends its to you. for those nationstates that wish to compete with us, i say, that we need a big competition and not see it as an obstacle so cooperation, and to all people, i say that after 200 years, america still remains confident and youthful in its commitment to freedom and equality, and we always will be. [applause] during this election year, we candidates will ask you for your votes, and some of us will be demanded, ou

that is not even a moral theory, right? to count as a moral theory it seems to me you have to say something like, everybody counsels one, nobody counts as more than one. taking a look at the common good i think we have to pay particular attention to people who were left behind, but we have to take everybody into account. host: let's place your book into the context of the presidential election. your views on president-elect trump and his promise to make america great again, and the context of this discussion around liberalism. guest: i don't think there is anything particularly liberal about the desire to make a country great. in fact, it can be the source of liberalism. -- of liberalism -- the liberalism illiberalism. historically it has been. there is another side to our liberal tradition. historically our tradition of equality in the declaration, which is liberal, and the idea there is that if you are liberal you should be feeling a sense of brotherhood. at least, to everybody else in your society and nation. there is a

so that cannot be a moral recovery for syria unless justice is served. he went on to his guest from going off of the new bill, thought he's technical expertise when it comes to, to, to meeting out just this. i mean, how was sent to mike the new suit and lead to ship be to an offer from, from sly that to essentially help set up some sort of judicial framework in the country. mary? yes. well, i think the additional charges have said that it's important that there is an accountability process so that there is reconciliation in syria and the country can move forward. so i think in for us to intersect here, i'm friends also this to have some of the expertise on the digital side. you might remember that's a specialist that has been evicted by a fresh quote for crimes against humanity. so that has been experts also on the international, the need to jason side, taking place in france. and also i would like to underline that there is a symbol in the visit of the french foreign minister and the german foreign minister, who in the middle of the 20th century, where

it's a matter of morality.i don't believe the arab countries will pursue it when we have a song president who will protect the integrity of our country, the commitment of our constitution and bill of rights upperdeck people in this country who happen to be jews, may 3 be catholics, it may be later baptists were threatened by some foreign country. we ought to stand strong and it's a disgrace that so far this affords administration has blocked the passive legislation that would of revealed by law of instance of the boycott and would've prevented the boycott from continuing. >> president ford. >> again, governor carter is inaccurate. the error boycott action was first taken in 1952. 1952. and in november of 1975 i was the first president to order the executive branch to take action affirmative action for the department of commerce and other cabinet departments to make certain that no american businessman or business organization should discriminate against jews because of an arab boycott. and i might add that my a

has given us an exceptional appeal, but it also imposes on us a special obligation, to take on those moralies which, when assumed, seem invariably to be in our own best interests. you have given me a great responsibility to stay close to you, to be worthy of you, and to exemplify what you are. let us create together a new national spirit of unity and trust. your strength can compensate for my weakness, and your wisdom can help to minimize my mistakes. let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right. the american dream endures. we must once again have full faith in our country and in one another. i believe america can be better. we can be even stronger than before. let our recent mistakes bring a resurgent commitment to the basic principles of our nation, for we know that if we despise our own government we have no future. we recall in special times when we have stood briefly, but magnificently, united. in those times no prize was beyond our grasp. but we cannot dwell upon remembered glory. we cann

[applause] our moral sense dictates a clear-cut preference for those societies which share with us anng respect for individual human rights. we do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people. the world is still engaged in a massive armaments race designed to ensure continuing equivalent strength among potential adversaries. we pledge perseverance and wisdom in our efforts to limit the world's armaments to those necessary for each nation's own domestic safety. and we will move this year a step toward our ultimate goal -- the elimination of all nuclear weapons from this earth. [applause] we urge all other people to join us, for success can mean life instead of death. within us, the people of the united states, there is evident a serious and purposeful rekindling of confidence. and i join in the hope that when my time as your president has ended, people might say this about our nation. that we had remembered the words of micah and renewed our search for humility,

it's a matter of morality. and i don't believe that arab countries will pursue it when we have a strong president who will protect the integrity of our country, the commitment of our constitution and bill of rights and protect people in this country who happen to be jews. it may later be catholics, it may later be baptists who are threatened by some foreign country. but we ought to stand staunch. and i think it's a disgrace that so far mr. ford's administration has blocked the passage of legislation that would've revealed by law every instance of the boycott and it would've prevented the boycott from continuing. ms. frederick: president ford. mr. ford: again governor carter is inaccurate. the arab boycott action was first taken in 1952. and in november of 1975 i was the first president to order the executive branch to take action, affirmative action, through the department of commerce and other cabinet departments, to make certain that no american businessman or business organization should discriminate against

look in the chief will stand up and talk about the morale of his troops, morale is in the high of the beholder for i'm the last person should ask about morale. i could give you a long dissertation on morale. the fact of the matter is, you ask these officers, do you have confidence today? obviously the role call at 7:00 a.m. this morning. i was talking to officers and asked for a show of hands how many of you were here four years ago about half of them raise their hand. the other half came here knowing exactly that they're getting into and they're here because they want to be if you ask most of them they were because it january 6 that is why they wanted to become capitol police. the other folks in that role call for the first responders, and the civil disturbance officers. the front lines of what's happening here. i do think officers are competent -- but confident we are prepared for anything. have restored that sense of safety for community and capitol hill and stop when you let them down. >> hi, elliot silberman with the "washington post." thank you for taking my question. or talk ab

it's a moral thing."and that was a moment when suddenly it became clear that we as artists have that unique combination of morality and creativity that put dictators into panic mode. and that was that particular moment when we thought we must push that button and put them into that panic mode nonstop. - katya, i want to ask you about the circumstances in belarus for lgbtq people. you came out as gay last year, and since then the belarusian government has announced incredibly harsh crackdowns on the lgbt community. they have issued a law equating homosexuality to pedophilia. what is your message? do you have a message for belarusian youth who are lgbt who are suffering under the dictatorship? - for me, this way was more for actually all people in belarus who's under this pressure of, like, regime telling you, "lgbtq people are crazy, are not normal" or something else, something else. and i just want to show them, because i never talk about it out loud, and i just want to show them, i'm just one of you guys

we feel that moral decay has weakened our country, that it's crippled by a lack of goals and values,t our public officials have lost faith in us. we've been a nation adrift too long. we've been without leadership too long. we've had divided and deadlocked government too long. we've been governed by veto too long. [applause] we've suffered enough at the hands of a tired and worn-out administration without new ideas, without youth or vitality, without vision and without the confidence of the american people. there's a fear that our best years are behind us. but i say to you that our nation's best is still ahead. [applause] our country's lived through a time of torment. it's now a time for healing. we want to have faith again. we want to be proud again. we just want the truth again. it is time for the people to run the government, and not the other way around. [applause] it's time to honor and strengthen our families and our neighborhoods and our diverse cultures and customs. we need a democratic president and a congress to work in harmony for a change, with mutual respect for a change,

how is morale? your officers feeling going into this, knowing about all of the past trauma from just four years ago? >> probably the biggest goal that my management team has had over the past four years is to restore the confidence in our officers that we are prepared for anything. we have spent the last four years increasing staffing, increasing training, getting new equipment, and standing up what i believe is a world-class intelligence operation, and probably most of all, just overturned our planning process into what it should be. so when we plan for an event, everything that goes into it. look, any chief will stand up here and talk about the morale of his troops, morale is in the eye of the beholder. i'm the last person that should ask about morale. i could give you a long dissertation on morale. the fact of the matter is, you asked these officers, do you have confidence today? i was in a roll call at 7:00 this morning , was talking to officers and i asked for a show of hands how many of you we

elise stefanik has shown moral clarity by exposing, she has shown her moral clarity by exposing anti-semitism on our college campuses. she has shown that moral clarity by posting on social media every single day about the innocent hostages taken by hamas during the horrific attacks of october 7th more than 450 days later. the united nations is a tough place. she is from new york but she never backed down from a challenge. at the time of her first congressional election she was the youngest woman ever elected to the congress in united states history. she went on to become the youngest woman ever to serve elected house leadership and she will confidently and skillfully execute for donald trump and all of the american people at the united nations. additionally, on a personal level. she is a good mother, you can see her son sam back here, such a good mother they have legos on hold ready to go. a great wife, great daughter and a wonderful friend. her steady hand and genuine caring nature combined with her fierce intellect will bring exactly the person donald trump and our nation need at the united