but it was it was funny many years after my few years after my dad passed away, i saw my old history teacher in right out of college. he was working at some defense contractor and he said, guys, you know, your dad told me all these crazy stories about world war two. and it wasn't until as series came out, it's like, i just thought this guy was crazy. but actually the stories that he did tell, this guy were true. so he did share the stories like some other guys did. and it was a lot of dark moments. these guys saw. and i think what they were able do and i think we touched on it yesterday was the reunions were a vital part of it? and getting together every year. and i know how important it was and. so i was born in 1956, july 24th. remember that date? nobody's going to send you a car, jordan. okay, that's okay. i get more than i can handle. so july 24th, 1956, i have a from the 1956 reunion, which was in los angeles, and it was in august. just now i wasn't there. my and father left me behind with josephine and uncle jimmy, and i guess they figured it wasn't that important. i was four we

>> my dad grew up in the same area as my mom. my mom grew up in watertown which was about 20 miles away. so both from south dakota, both from the northeastern corner. my dad was raised out in the country farming and raising cattle. my mom was a city girl. >> host: what does that mean in south dakota? >> guest: well, it means that the town was probably 15 to 20,000 people. so probably not a city girl in terms of what a lot of the country thinks, but she certainly had 4-h and had showed cattle before so i guess that's still doesn't make her quite the city girl that a lot of people would say, but she certainly had never run tractors and live the kind of life that my dad had required when she married him. in fact, she says when she got married she moved out to the farm and was so lonely because it was so far away from her family. they only went into town on sundays really, and she immediately was put in a tractor. she had no idea what to do and was out of her element. i think they met through high school friends, but quickly fell in

>> out to say my dad and i were a lot y alike. act my brother says if you want to know my dad was like spend a day with her. my time was wonderful for my dreamless farming and ranching for the rest of my life. but other times both of us have very strong personalities. we both kind of wanted to be in charge too.nt i don't what that would have looked like into the future. i didn't think i could ever be happy not farming and ranching. my passion is animals. di love the land. i love being outdoors. the fact they do what i do today was never on my radar. so my plan was always to be involved in the family business. the fact that i am not today is a very unique circumstance. >> he spent a lot of time and not my first radio talking about your parents. who are they? where did they come from? how did they meet? ask my dad grew up in the same area as my mom. my mom grew up in watertown which is about 20 miles away but both from south dakota, both from the northeast corner. my dad was raised out of the country farming and raising cattle. my mo

my dad taught me by having a strong work ethic. we don't complain about things we fix them also my time in the state legislature how i made big decisions in my life, and i think a lot of people first heard my name during covid, but it's important for them to know that that wasn't my first rodeo. that wasn't my first challenge i went through i did have a life before that and served in congress and some of those experiences along the way i think will give people a little better understanding about how i make my decisions when it comes to this public office that i hold today as well. not my first rodeo lessons from the heartland opens with i think my favorite story of yours and as they pay me to do this. i have heard it, but i bet you a lot of people have not out at least outside of south dakota have not heard this story and i want to i want to go to your words and it's chapter one and i thought it was fitting and just given how often you talk about this in terms of how it's shaped you chapter one is titled the tapes and you start the

>> my dad grew up in the same area as my mom. my mom grew up in watertown about 20 miles away so both from south dakota and my dad was raised out in the country farming and raising cattle. my mom was a city girl. it means the town was probably 50 to 20,000 people so probably not a city girl in terms of what a lot of the country thinks, but she certainly had shown the cattle befores so that still doesn't makee her quite the city girl a lot of people would say but the kind of life my dad required, she says when she married she went to the farm and was so lonely because it was so far away from her family they only went into town on sundays and was put in a tractor and had no idea whatso to do and was out of her element. i think they met through high school friends but quickly fell in love and got married. my mom's whole life went from running the businessar with my dad. he worked so hard all the time. she was kind of the peacemaker and is the one that kept us alive. he was always coming in the house saying let's go, let's go and she

with my dad's passing. you are that. in a cool thing you talk about your dad in the things that they did, the schools. and i went to a tippers circuses, and i got a chance to meet all those people. and they would, say hey mister tipper this, mr. tipper that. it was really super. the relationship i had with babe was just amazing. on sundays i would call babe and i would say -- he would, when we got close to 7:30, and i never knew the significance of 7:30, but he said, so is there anything i can do for you? which means, you are done. get off the phone. >> get off the phone. >> because treasure was calling at 7:30, and he didn't have that call waiting dialing thing. and then the relationship with, bill bill was just a super guy. my mom always used to characterize a bill as a growth. and he might have appeared to be rough on the exterior, but he certainly was not graph on his interior. we were all able to see that. so what was it like when you first saw rick portraying your dad? >> it was really. cool because recall my, mom a

my dad was in charge of the alcohol for that reunion. whoever said it took them 20 years to get over a hangover, my father would've been proud. it is one of those things, he grew up not really realizing how special that is. i was a little kid at all of these reunions. everyone was living their own life, but i was of course tagging along with mom and dad. i remember dancing on the dance floor with her. he is throwing a stump abundance crush. i don't think anything of that, that was certainly strange. speaking of dollar bills, he would say, you see that green bottle? see that clear bottle with the yellow label? half and half, come back over. i go up to the hotel room and, look mom, look how much i made. $80 in tips from bartending at six years old, gin and tonics. it's amazing i don't have a problem actually. so, the stories that i heard had to be kind of calculated to a level that i could understand. i remember going to the 50th anniversary of d-day, i would have been around 11 years old. that was the first time that i understood that ther

my dad has been in politics for most of my life. more than 30 years.er as a child when he first got into politics, he started with the pta and moved on to like the city council and and became mayor. i remember i worked on every part of my dad's campaign year after year. he would have to run every two years. we did it all. i just did it all. i did not know what i was doing but i was there to support my dad. looking back, those were seeds being sown i would need later on in life. it is funny because i was at all my dad's functions, holding the sides, wearing the shirts, doing all the stuff. now my dad is doing the exact same thing for me. you cannot stop my dad from wearing his cori bush for congress t-shirt and making sure everybody knows vote for my daughter. amy: can you talk about your protest to stop evictions? you yourself were unhoused with your two beloved children. you are a registered nurse. you came out of the black lives matter movement. dealing with the terrible police killing of michael brown and ferguson. -- in ferguson. talk about how tha

>> my dad and i were a lot alike. if you want to know what my dad was like spend a day with christie. at times that was wonderful. my dream is farming and ranching but other times both of us had strong personalities and i did not think i could ever be happy not farming. my passion is animals. i love the land, being outdoors. what i do today is very strange, was never on my radar. my plan was always to be in the family business. the fact that i am not today is a unique circumstance. >> you spend a lot of time and not my first rodeo talking about your parents, who are they and where do they come from? >> my dagger up in the same area as my mom, grubbing watertown, 20 miles away, from south dakota to the northeastern corner. my dad was raised farming, raising cattle. it means the town was probably 15 to 20,000 people, in terms of what the country thinks. she certainly showed cattle before, quite the city girl a lot of people would say but certainly never run trackers and lived the kind of life my dad required when she ma

my dad said "yes, everybody is entitled to make a mistake."stination for everyone because it was a safe place. it was inclusive for all. i suppose mainly it was black, but there was a really nice mix of a lot of white women, and then obviously a lot of mixed culture coming from the marriages of black men with white women. and other places you would go, i think they would be ridiculed, be made to feel uncomfortable, whereas anybody who would go down they would have a good time and would feel welcomed. my dad had previously gone to montreal to see muhammad ali fight, a year, maybe 18 months later, muhammad ali came to manchester, england, and came to the club and brought him a gift, which was a gold boxing glove that muhammad ali had received for one of his fights. them days, the police was very. . . harassing. they was very harassing to people and very aggressive with black people. they are not like they was today. the rioting in moss side was brief, but such was the legacy of tension and bitterness left afterjust two nights of disorder, that g

so, i ran for new york city council when my dad, decided, to run for president. rudy giuliani asked my father to run for borough president, to increase the republicans on staten island. my mother was diagnosed, not long before that, and threw away from home, for the right thing. so, he ran for borough president, and one, which left off in his congressional data. it was always just a dream come true for me, watching him, following him, and following the discussions, and the debates, to have an opportunity to serve in the united states house of representatives. it was probably about the highest honor i could think of. >> what was his reaction we told him he wanted to run? >> oh, horror. when i told him i wanted to run for new york city council, he opened up, and took out a card and he said to me, take this, keep it in your bag, because you will need it. it's a tough business, but it's a beautiful business. my father, always, he is the true public servant. so, he always thought that this, and his daughter, or anybody who would ever say, i would like to run for office

my dad was raised out in the country farming and raising cattle. my mom was a city girl. so -- >> what did it mean to south dakota? >> it means that the town was probably 15 to 20,000. probably not a c city girl in terms of what a lot of the country thinks. she required that when she married him and moved out to the farm and was so lonely and so far away from him and he went into town and he was always in the house and saying let's go and eating on the way to the field and eat this on the way to the line of taking care of these kids and the parts and stuff around the country supporting the business. >> the grandfather was here ask my dad's grandparents had been here before but they weren't german but every time i settled up north of us probably about 50 miles. you know, these four generations and very much tide to the land and they worked and earned and what was your relationship like growing up. what has it been like as governor and it's nothing crazy. >> it's funny how different we all are and my sister is the oldest and she runs my life and she's the one who -- when i

my dad was very bipartisan. he believed very much in the institution as opposed the political party. a lot of the memories i have of my dad were teaching me the lesson up he worked very closely within congressman chuck schumer. he saved the hospital that was about to close. a public health hospital on staten island as a freshman member because he did not know any better that he was not supposed to be able to have that kind of clout and figure things out. most of the memories i have of my dad. he saw walls but he did not walk around them he took him down and he still does. : : : in the carryall they said that is going to nominate guy to the state assembly. i said i got her so speaking publicly, i thought i would be afraid of it. and so because i was always active and from a very young age to running for office and then it open up the near city council and working in washington dc, back in new york city there is no way that i was supposed to be in this frame. but it would give me some good exposure. and i wanted t

i w watch so much of eyes on the prize, my dad had brought him home from work. and he said to me oh my god you're going to turn into a militant. [laughter] the samed thing watching roots, knowing your history of the kings and queens of africa. turks really? >> we had the same poster in our house. i also felt the same pressure that you felt to succeed academically and do wellin school. but i want you to talk a little bit about how unpopular that was in the 80s and. 90s in st. louis as a young black woman. the fact you're a bit more bookish and more on the studious side did not always work in your favor and trying to fit in but. >> no it did not. it was being cute being able to wear a, the mood color lipgloss and having the latest gasset jeans and polo close and all of that. that was the thing but it did not matter if you're smart or not. people didn't care about that in our age group. it was about the look. but for me i wanted both. i want to look this way because i like it. but i also loved books. i loved school, i love the knowledge and learning for that was my

my dad on this i raised his brothers and all the qualities to my son.thing. i remember him very often. i thank him for the fact that i now have in this life, that i have brothers, that i have a family, that everything is fine with me. with a tool, great will say that you got me you sit up, don't you? something today at the table they asked me, what kind of songs does dad love ? can't love you in the eyes? you can’t love, i’m a profitable woman and i deny about love not to take you away. i'll go there. we must recall that alena's father, a well-known teacher, saw the talent of yaroslav evdokimov. and his father was strict. no, in fact, my mother was always for strictness. it was her function, and dad is always for love for care for some conversation about something very soulful spiritual creative. at least at one time, he worked as a shepherd. he is my child of war, he is 35 years old. daddy, he literally turned 87. well, straight, here, baby, that's exactly as much as i'm ready to do everything to be healthy, so as not to burden you with anything. i am

but my dad never made a difference. would not have known their color differences for it my mom is a a different shade than allf us. you would not have known, he taught me my dark skin was still beautiful and to never hold myt head down for anyone. but also tell me every single day before we walked out of our home, where the craziest kids but now i get it he would set a sound from walked out the door and hay responsibility, responsibility, responsibility, responsibility. you are a leader you will not be a follower. a good leader knows how to follow andhe then you can walk t the door he would pray then you can walk out the door. 111111 similar upbringing my father came home from work he came home from work and said to me are going to turn into a militant. this is what was encouraged in our house the same thing watching roots, knowing your history. when theme kings and queens of africa too. >> really? [laughter] >> yes we have the same poster in our house. i also felt the same pressure you felt to succeedd academicay and to

, but my dad never made a difference. you would not have known that there were color differences. in fact, my mom is a different shade than all of us. you would not have known that he taught me that my dark skin was still beautiful and could never hold my head down for anyone. but also he taught me every single day before we walked out of our home, drove us crazy as kids but now i get it. he would sit is down before he walked out the door and would take responsibility. responsibility, responsibility, responsibility. you are a leader. you will not be a follower. a good leader knows how to follow, and then you could walk outside the door. he would pray and then you could walk out the door. >> i love it i love it. i had a very similar upbringing. i watched so much of eyes on the prize my father came home from work at mcdonnell douglas which i did think we walk by boeing at some time. he came home from work and said to me or my god you're going to turn into a militant. this was what was encouraged in our house, the same thing

but at my dad was a kind, sweet, tough man. i was very proud of my dad. you mentioned that howard baker, though, everett dirksen, senator baker and my dad and sandra baker both came from scott county, tennessee. and that senator baker wanted his, i think maybe his favorite political story was, he said his first speech in the u.s. senate 1966. he said he spoke for well over an hour and covered every issue that he could think of. and he said when he got that, the only people in the chamber at that time were the democrat who was in the democrats for a majority, the democrat in the chair and senator dirksen, who was his father in law. and he went up to senator dirksen that speech and asked him what he thought. and he said howard said, senator dirksen said in his beautiful voice that he had his which i won't try to imitate. but he said you might occasionally want to enjoy the luxury of an unexpressed opinion. and and the, you know the, you know, i tell that story for the humor. but in my political i tried to take that advice and i'll tell you why i didn't thin

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