>> well, typically, and this is pretty consistent throughout the company is nation, democrats have a slight lead between four to six points over the last four or five years and so we get to double digits or close to double-digit, that is pretty where. so we saw the democratic advantages in 2006 through 2009. that is when george bush was president and also at the beginning of the obama administration, very popular at that point. also certainly we referenced 2012 when obama was reelected and also late 1992 or 1993 after clinton was elected. >> the numbers tell us one thing, what are the driving was i not enact. >> what we are really seeing is probably less of a shift to the democratic party, so if you compare the first quarter 2021 but the last quarter 2020, the leading has dropped three points where is it has stayed the same and what we are saying is that fewer americans identify as republican, 25% identify out right as republican, that is not the lowest but it's pretty close to it. below is 22% in 2013 by obamacare. >> would youou say to that drop amongst republicans going towards de

what is the national democratic party going to do to counter it? ell, we are fighting on a number of fronts, rev, from working with democrats in statehouses and state senates across this country to push back against these laws and do all that we can there. we are also taking this fight to the courtrooms. we are suing many of these states and we're pushing back on these laws that are being passed and enacted. and we're also ramping up the pressure in congress. you know, just last cycle, we spent tens of millions of dollars fighting in the courtrooms to keep suppressive legislation from moving forward, and we're going to continue to do just that, rev. but we also need folks on the ground to ramp up the pressure. call your members of congress. call your statehouse leaders. let them know that you don't want these type of measures to happen. we are going to do all that we can. every breath in my body is going to be focused on making sure that everybody can enjoy their right to vote. but we all have to take on that responsibility. can't just be on my shou

certainly on the right we have our challenges so given it's hard to run a free nation, responsible nation, democratic nation when the citizens don't believe in democratic elections, when they don't actually show any ability to distinguish between fact and fantasy when they are to engage then civic education is huge and crucial but we wrote this book to get away from and how hard it can be to talk about civics education in a way that is kind of respectful to the core challenges of teaching students to love and appreciate all that's been done to make it what it is finding a civics education that makes students care and gets them engaged and teaches them principles and skills but it's a lot more interesting to have the same old fight. but they are actually willing to stand up to the fighters and are creating a space to tackle it differently. >> as much as i enjoyed the book and i think about the lessons to take away from this book it's as much as you wrote as what you just modeled here, the notion of respect the different point of view is okay but part of it is to respect different points of view and li

and. -- democratic national committee. -- democratic national convention.n the 1930's, pendergast eventually selected truman to be senator for missouri. he was selected in the statewide vote, but at this point, through pendergast's -i believe the number he could produce was about 70,000 fraudulent or ghost boats -- votes, in any given election at this time --so with that, it was the sheer number of votes, he could produce out of kansas city, that would be tallied, and they were official, whether they were real or not. he had the power to do this. >> at a time of extreme prejudice, in the 1920's and 1930's, the ku klux klan for instance, was in kansas city in 1922, for a convention. 10,000 but it klansmen did a parade down main street, grand avenue. while in the convention, one of their chants was, goodbye, tom, goodbye, joe, your crooked gang has got to go. they were referring to tom pendergast and joe shannon, his took al and sometime competitor on the democrat political -- democratic political scene locally. one of the reasons that ku klux klan targeted t

performance of a vaccine is very very high i have no conflict of interest i have no shares national democratic or not that's but i do of course have a share in being a doctor myself and treating patients who are suffering with this disease which we can prevent with this vaccine next backswing. thank you very much indeed i really appreciate your messages of the hope of this particular moment when people are eager to see light at the end of the tunnel chris smith. jeff a lot of us thank you very much indeed for your contribution i thank you for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website c.n.n. dot com for further discussion go to our facebook page that's facebook dot com for was last a.j. insights laurie you can also join the conversation. a j inside story from the entire team here in doha by for now. the climate has changed every year for millions of years decades of told good little action it's all about just create confusion to create smoke and mirrors the shocking truth about how the climate debate has been systematically subverted the oil industry was a main ban

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you feeling the unity yet, three months after joe biden took office promising to unite the nation the democratsontinue their assault on institutions that define american democracy. lawmakers unveiled a plan to expand the supreme court from the current nine to 13 justices. that is known as court packing. the idea is to cement a left-wing majority in turn the entire judiciary into a rubberstamp whose job to enshrine in law every radical progressive major the democrats can come up with. and to abolish the filibuster and overrate states rights and elections and other matters and all the things we have in common is a progressive goal of a narrow political majority gets its way he wants to do, the very opposite of the true democratic idea in which the united states is founded, it is a very opposite of the uniting fracture country. we will have more to in this century or more of pluralist government the united states later in the show, we want to start with a look of foreign policy. there was a moment of unusual bipartisan when president biden announced a plan to the u.s. presence in afghanistan. >> w

as black business leaders we cannot sit silently in the face of this gathering threat to our nation's democraticand allow the fundamental right of americans to cast their votes for whomever they choose to be trampled upon yet again. we call upon our colleagues in corporate america to join us in taking a nonpartisan stand for equality and democracy. now, this comes one week after georgia's governor signed a sweeping bill into law that opponents say will reduce minority voting. they also say companies based in georgia haven't done enough to speak out against it. as calls to boycott delta, home depot and coca-cola grow, several ceos are now blasting the new law. >> let me be crystal clear and unequivocal. this legislation is unacceptable. it is a step backwards and it does not promote principles we have stood for in georgia. >> and georgia isn't alone, as i mentioned, there are now efforts under way across dozens of states to restrict voting access. cnn's joe johns takes a closer look. >> reporter: jim crow is making a come back. the fictional black-faced character from minstrel shows who came to s

in 2012 sister simone spoke at the national democratic convention. >> in cincinnati i met jenny who hadrom her sister's memorial service. when jenny's sister margaret lost her job she lost her health insurance. she developed cancer and had no access to diagnosis or treatment. she died unnecessarily, and that is tragic. and it is wrong. the affordable care act will cover people like margaret. >> president obama invited sister simone to the oval office when she organized nuns on the bus to oppose congressional republicans budget proposals. in 2013 sister simone testified before the house budget committee which was then chaired by fellow catholic congressman paul ryan. >> everyone has a right to eat in -- to realize their human dignity. and therefore there is a -- in our position, a government responsibility to ensure everyone's capacity to eat. >> joining us now is sister simone campbell, the leader of nuns on the bus, she's a former executive director of the catholic advocacy group network. sister simone. does this mean you have more or less time to be on the bus? >> well, lawrence, it's

i head the national democratic redistricting committee.have focused solely on this redistricting process since 2017. we've put in place commissions to draw the lines instead of politicians. we have elected people who will be involved in the redistricting process such as governors will be able to veto the maps put forward by republican legislatures. we've also galvanized our advocacy program. we have people all around the country who are focused on this issue in a way that we were not focused in 2011. now, having said all that, it's going to be difficult, especially in states like texas, north carolina, georgia, and florida, where they have a trifecta, they control both the governorship and both houses of the legislature. those are going to be the most difficult states for us. >> and what happens if this goes against your interests? >> well, we've got litigation alternatives. we can certainly, where they engage in racial gerrymandering, we can use the federal courts. when they engage in partisan gerrymandering, it's more difficult as a resu

quote, as business leaders, we cannot sit silently in the face of this gathering threat to our nation's democraticeagues in corporate america to join us in taking a nonpartisan stand for equality and democracy. and joining me now is one of the ceos who organized this letter, former american express ceo ken chenald. ken, thank you for being here. we were discussing what a historic moment this seems to be, but i want to start with what is going on in georgia with major league baseball. it's such a big move for that organization to do that. do you think that they made the right decision to move the all-star game and draft out of atlanta, georgia? >> i think what's very important here, abby, is it's not just the issue in georgia, in fact there are proposals in 43 states. but with respect to major league baseball taking the action to move the all-star game, it really is a direct consequence of the action taken by the georgia legislature to restrict voting. i want to be clear that our group does not favor boycotts. what we are asking as you stated is that corporations publicly oppose this type of legisl

you feeling the unity yet, three months after joe biden took office promising to unite the nation the democratsracy. lawmakers unveiled a plan to expand the supreme court from the current nine to 13 justices. that is known as court packing. the idea is to cement a

thank you for running and trying to stop the national socialist democratic party from destroying this country. my question for you is why would you put yourself through a show like this that hates you? guest: i do not think it is -- it is an opportunity to share my side of the story. i do not think it is good to sit back and let others dictate the narrative. i want to talk about what is important to me, what is important to the republican party, and what we can do for this country. host: a question from connecticut -- you can send a text to us at (202) 748-8003, talking about the oklahoma city bombing, saying since your district suffered one of the worst domestic terrorism attacks in america, what would you do to address that issue now? guest: that is a really interesting question. the oklahoma city bombing was an incredible impact on our community. we really came together to help those impacted. i think it takes soul-searching to figure out why people have an antigovernment belief or feeling and figure out how do we connect with them and change hearts and minds. host: here is wiscons

none of this lost on former attorney general eric holder who runs the national democratic redistrictingommittee. >> this is all about the republican acquisition and retention of illegitimate power. that's what this thing is all about. >> yeah, i should say texas up two, california down one. the reason this redistribution of seats is so crucial because it dictates electoral college votes. if you care about how hundreds of billions of dollars in federal funds are spent on schools, emergency response, roads, bridges and hospitals, folks, you care about the census. cnn's kristen holmes has more from washington. >> reporter: good morning, christine and laura. there are two big things that we are looking at in this data. we want to break them down. the first is that new population number, the new number they announced yesterday population of the u.s. is 331 million give or take. the really important thing to note is this is actually the second slowest population growth in u.s. history. the last time it was this low was actually between 190 and -- 1930 and 1940. the other thing we're watching

national democratic playbook. white supremacy, white hatred, this suspect is black.t belong here to the woman. he said. >> i'm trying to make a point. outcry last week by democrats related to the suspect being white. white supremacy. this case involves a black suspect. why aren't you focusing on the suspect and where is the democratic outcry? please answer that, please. it's hypocrisy. please. >> number one, i'm not -- >> bill: leo, hang on. >> i'm not a democrat point one. point two, i say with great specificity i identify the perpetrator in all of these crimes. that was a black man. i tell you something else. a good friend of mine known to bill, a woman in television lives a block away from this incident happens to be korean, asian american, wonderful, high functioning beautiful woman, a television star has to walk around with sunglasses because she is afraid somebody will see she is asian and attack her. >> bill: the point is we're talking about none of it is right, none of it. "new york post" they didn't even call 911 is the cover. blame new york's soft on crime

house in order to a new president it's the west african nations 1st democratic and peaceful transfer of power it is 1st address sounds president mohamad bones zuma accused of groups of committing war crimes by killing civilians on wednesday security forces stop what they call an attempted coup have to an attack on the presidential palace civilians of be increasingly targeted fine of groups operating near the border with mommy. and there have been media reports of a possible mass killing reportedly carried out in ethiopia's northern to grey region is reportedly happened in the town or they go in early march the following unverified footage which we advise our views is of graphic content emerged on social media are burned wary what appears to be ethiopian in military uniforms can be heard speaking in america language off camera then seen dragging a group of men off a cliff after they've been shot dead but with access and internet connections severely limited in a to dry it's difficult to independently verify these accounts well the government's offensive in to grow began last year but

so given it's really hard to run a free nation, a responsible and democratic nation c when citizens don't believe in democratic elections, they don't show any ability to distinguish between fact and fantasy, they are loath to engage in hard questions, civic education is crucial. but i do worry about it for all the other ideological abates that pedro and i wrote this book to get away from and how hard it can be to talk about civic education that is respectful to the core challenges to teach students to love and appreciate what has been done or having their eyes wide open with the shortcomings finding a civics education that makes kids care and get them engaged to teach core principles and skills. it's a classic case of a practical constructive conversation. but for a lot of folks it's more interesting to have the same food fight. so for me the acid test to improve civic education is are they willing to stand up to the food fighters? are they creating a space for people to tackle? >> this has been a fantastic conversation. i enjoy it as much as i enjoy the book. think about the lessons to t

he has inaugurated a new president the west african nations 1st democratic peaceful transfer of power in his 1st address as president mohamed does whom accused armed groups of committing war crimes by killing civilians and on wednesday security forces stopped what they called an attempted coup after an attack on the presidential palace civilians are becoming are being increasingly targeted by our troops operating near the border with mali. with the media reports of a possible mass killing currently carried out in ethiopia is more than to grow a region it's happened in the town of de go in early march apparently the following un verified footage which we advise our viewers is of graphic content has emerged on social media armed men wearing what appear to be ethiopian military uniform can be heard speaking the language off camera they are seen then dragging a group of men off a cliff after they've been shot but with access and internet connection severely limited into it is difficult to independently verify these accounts of. the government's offensive integrate began last year but it h

it's more that the united states should protect a democratic nation. will have unimpeded access to the pacific up to the united of high, guam, the west coast of the united states. there's a geo political concern. the united states is not afford for china to take taiwan. >> charles: i've read that. if china takes taiwan, that's end of america's dominance around the world. unlike the suez canal in great britain. the push to get kids back in school is getting fierce pushback, a california teacher caught berating students or their parent's complaints. it all went viral next. >> so sick to my stomach of parents trying to tell educators how to do their jobs. veteran homeownersiting r who need cash. refiplus from newday usa. with mortgage rates low and home values high refiplus can help you lower your rate plus turn your home equity into an average of $50,000. money for security today. money for retirement tomorrow. refiplus from newday usa. cal: our confident forever plan is possible with a cfp® professional. a cfp® professional can help you build a complete

other abuses while in detention nisha you know going to the new president's the west african nations 1st democratic. peaceful transfer of power in his 1st address as president mohammad presumed accused groups of committing war crimes by killing civilians on wednesday security forces stopped what they called an attempted coup after an attack on the presidential palace civilians are being increasingly targeted by armed groups operating near the border with mali. here's more from. basically he speech will focus on healing the country and of course reining in. military officers who by the way. to democracy here in the in other parts of west africa as well now will also is expected also to focus on his economic agenda people will also watch closely to see who he appoints interest cabinet who becomes prime minister and who handles key middle ministries in the country but he's coming like you said in the introduction to a time when the here is facing very very serious challenges security in terms of security the coup he's in the country has been dealing with insurgencies have been dealing with. armed grou

national crisis. we have a border wall by wednesday. for democratsint of immigration is not to show compassion to refugees, much less to improve our country. it is definitely not about racial injustice. mass immigration hurts african-americans may be more anyone else. immigration is a means to electoral advantage. it is about power. more democratic voters mean more power for democratic politicians. that is the signature lesson of the state of california. between 1948 and 1992, the state of california voted for exactly one democratic presidential candidate, one. alone, among americo's big populations, a contrast to chicago and new york, california was reliably and proudly republican. for 8 years, ronald reagan ran the state. the country's best schools, best infrastructure, best economy, and california was a model for the world. in 1980, ronald reagan became president of the united states. and never got any better for california. midway through his term, he signed something called the immigration reform act in 1996. but we didn't realize it at the time

the united states is the only democratic country that denies both voting rights in the national legislature and local self-government to the people of its capital. that is wrong and violates everything we stand for as americans. the district pays more in federal taxes than 21 states, and more per capita than any state. think about that. it pays more than nearly half the states in this country, yet, d.c. residents have no vote in congress. that is wrong. unfortunately, so far republicans have opposed our efforts to ensure equality for district residents. but let me be clear what republican opposition is really about. partisanship. they would rather deny voting rights for hundreds of thousands of american citizens than even consider the possibility that representatives from the new state could possibly be democrats. think about that argument. they're willing to violate the core principles of our democracy merely because the new state might elect representatives from a different political party. i strongly urge every member in this house to vote yes on h.r. 51, and i reserve the balance of my

it endangered our national democratic way of life. service would revolve around such an issue. a small coal mining claim in alaska that would explode into the biggest political scandal of the era. when william howard taft succeeded theodore roosevelt, pinchot realized there was no longer a conservationist in the white house. >> it is a complicated story, but what agents of the forest service came to believe is the taft administration was releasing public plans to a significant out of -- syndicate out of new york city. narrator: -- secretary of the interior. pinchot and his allies implicated ballenger in the alaska scandal to blame taft for not firing him. >> he is basically accusing his superiors of corruption. he is basically telling the president of the u.s. he is not doing his job, and he is doing it publicly. narrator: unable to resolve the rift within his administration, taft fired pinchot. >> he should have been fired for insubordination, because he was insubordinate. narrator: pinchot was defiant and publicly upbeat about his d

the structure of a democratic and independent nation was fashioned step-by-step.hilippine commonwealth, the first great stride towards full nationhood, was inaugurated in 1935. the fiery filipino leader became its president. [explosions] five years away from its promised appointment with freedom, the philippine commonwealth was plunged into war. lost to the enemy after a brave but futile stand, general macarthur promised its eventual liberation. this was the price of liberation. on july 4, 1946, despite the devastation brought by war, the philippines became an independent nation. the president took the oath of office as its first president. the ambassador, then american commissioner in the philippines, declared the united states sovereignty over the philippines at an end. the raising of the philippine flag marked the birth of a free, independent nation. ♪ an asian nation conceived in the selfless tenets of a true democracy. ♪ work -- there was a lot of it for the new republic. with the help of the united states, the republic began its work of reconstruction. there

congress-person in michigan or minnesota had to say, so these things have become much more nationalized. democratshere or crazy. republicans are going to be doing just the same to democrats this time around. >> brian: carol we're talking about the political implications of this but when you talk about defund the police in places like minneapolis for example, close to where i come from, it's a bread and butter issue for people who frankly could care less about politics. they're much more concerned about can i run my business. will my neighborhood be safe so i can serve customers and employ people. talk about, carol, the issue for small businesses when it comes to defund the police and how you think that might affect what happens economically or in terms of voting patterns in some of the cities hardest hit by these issues. >> yeah, i mean, unfortunately one of the things that we've lost in our discourse is any semblance of nuance, and i think that when you look at small business, there are a lot of people who are sympathetic to a need for perhaps some reform, but reform doesn't mean defund or abolis

. >> democratic national committee jaime harrison: talks about voting rights. >> good afternoon. welcome to the national press club what -- press club, the place where news happens. membership secretary of the international press club.

our nation is the only democratic country in the world that denies full democratic rights to the citizens living in its nation's capital. . that's more than 700,000 american citizens who pay federal taxes, who fight and die in wars, who serve on our juries, and yet have no vote in the senate or the house of representatives. that is the definition of taxation without representation. it is 219 years overdue for the city -- citizens of the district of columbia to have their right to vote. let me thank and commend my colleague, eleanor holmes norton, for all of her decades of work. it is time to vote yes on statehood for the district of columbia. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. making d.c. a city state is unconstitutional, it's impractical, and supplies in the face of the founder's

tended to show that roughly 40% of the world's population of 3 billion people live in those democratic nations. we have more in common, in fact we have more common cause than we've had, perhaps in quite a long time. we are very optimistic the biden administration recognizes this that the world wants from us and i think we should be hardheaded. it will take a lot of work to rebuild confidence in the united states it will take determination over time and i will hasten to add with people in government alone. even in the last four years, when the government retreated if they leaned in and those of us -- of the u.s. in the tech sector, especially, it's a powerful reminder of the opportunity we have to contribute for this enormous responsibility we have to entrust ourselves to have guardrails around technology and to do more to address the concerns that people have, often times about technology itself. john: well, as we face 2021, you know it's just recently the last few days, where the first indicators came to us about covid. in less than a year, we have suffered hundreds of thousands of millions o

a community of democratic nations, nato and the other emerging organizations and the u.s.a stakeholder of the humankind. >> you and i had a conversation with a group of people once. we were talking about american power, chinese power, european power in the world and it came up that power is often like the value of a stock in stock market. it is the value of future expectations. if you look at the power of america and what people thought about its future, it did not feel as robust as china where you look at -- we know china's future returns, what china is becoming, how it is growing, what it is going to be. how would you advise a government like the bided administration to to -- the biden administration to turn that around? >> i think it is very important to not underestimate american power. i am personally -- i do believe the u.s. will remain the first power in the world for the coming decades. there are so many assets in this country. so much creativity from the universities to the business community. the second advice would be not overestimate china. i do believe right n

coming up, a controversial push to expand the supreme court why republicans and some democrats or against it. 7.24 in national news, democratic lawmakers are introducing legislation to increase the number of supreme court justices from 9 to 13. but it's meeting a lot of resistance, a group of house and senate democrats say a change is needed to rebalance the court after senate republicans blocked president obama's nominee in 2016. then republicans pushed through 3 of president trump's conservative nominees after that, including justice amy coney barrett just days before joe biden's election last year. >> and make no mistake about it, the court is broken because leader mitch mcconnell, his senate republican colleagues and donald trump. >> broke it. you make the supreme court. basically a political football. it loses independents is consistency. >> the legislation does not have much of chance of succeeding, though president biden says he's not a fan of expanding the court house speaker nancy pelosi says she has no plans to bring it to the floor. >> it is 7.26 still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news 8 peopl

nation? senate democrats must avoid the temptation to abandon our republican colleagues on important national issues. republicans, however, have a responsibility to stop saying no and participate in finding real compromise with democrats. and the reason why that is so key and, john, you'll agree, erica, too, is because joe manchin's whole point of view is that the united states senate was meant as a place for compromise and that the biden administration, democratic leaders are giving up on compromise too soon. of course, what the democratic leaders say is, give me a break. if you really think there are republicans who are going to actually compromise and you need at least ten, there's no chance there's -- history does not show that there's evidence for that, but joe manchin, in this op-ed and in conversations i've had with him, he says that is simply not true. it is doable. but it is up to senators in both parties to roll up their sleeves and prove it's possible. >> he says it's time to do the hard work here. is he, you know, bringing any republicans to play at this point? >> well, what he ar

our nation is the only democratic country in the world that denies full democratic rights to the citizens living in its nation's capital. . that's more than 700,000 american citizens who pay federal taxes, who fight and die in wars, who serve on our juries, and yet have no vote in the senate or the house of representatives. that is the definition of taxation without representation. it is 219 years overdue for the city -- citizens of the district of columbia to have their right to vote. let me thank and commend my colleague, eleanor holmes norton, for all of her decades of work. it is time to vote yes on statehood for the district of columbia. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from illinois yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky virginia tech. mr. comer: mr. speaker, i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, mr. speaker. making d.c. a city state is unconstitutional, it's impractical, and supplies in the face of the founder's