this pressure all comes down to jeanette rankin. she got into washington, congress is convening on april 2 , the eyes of the country are upon her there is a sense that as a woman maybe she is going to be against the war. maybe women are not so aggressive or not so tough. how will she vote? she wouldn't say. she continues not to say, she really wanted to push or suffrage and she was under tremendous pressure from women in the group who wanted her to follow wilson and others in montana who were against the war. she understood that she represented not only the people of montana, but also in some sense all the women of the united states. she represented and stood in for all the women who would follow her and office in the years and decades to follow. she felt under tremendous pressure. here it is. wilson asks for war on april 2 and the most famous line from that speech is the world must be made safe for democracy and that is the most important point he wanted to make. he voted in the russian revolution. the senate took a couple of days

rankin is one of britain's best photographers.s person imaginable, including the queen, arnie and robert downeer. he is also a huge inspiration to keaton. hey, you all right. cheers, keaton. so tell me all about it. yeah, 23 man. i want to see your work. keaton has been examining with 3—d images which is key for the future. this is pretty good, what are you trying to do that and moving your camera? that is really good. that's good, as well. i like that. this is great, so such a cool photo for you. people say do not do freebies but i disagree with that. i also disagree. i think you should do as many freebies as you can because i always a day where you are not shooting you could be shooting. and all those things are plan the company. try and see you as a comfort zone, try and do music. not necessarily your kind of like favourite, favourite but stuff that you know might have a bit more in it. you know that if you do a top ten, you know, pop act, if you have a little bit more money than a grime artist. so that means if you can get a c

my name is jeanette rankin. the first woman elected to congress. [applause] i always said that the first woman to do anything had no one to precede her and had no role model to follow. she had to make her own way and that is the way it was. and i was elected in 1916 and found myself in congress in march of 1917, when they called for a vote for a war that was taking place in europe. so the first vote by the first woman in congress was a vote against war. i understand that women in politics have come quite a long way. [laughter]. >> but i do want to make one comment if i may. addressing the question about the second wave of feminists. i had the luxury of a long perspective in history. when i was elected to congress, women didn't see themselves as pursuing these kinds of goals to be equal to men. they saw themselves as wanting to step alongside and bring a woman's perspective to the government, to science, to education. of, oh, i't a matter will be just like a man. it was a way of saying, i will bring this feminine perspective to all of these areas of

my name is jeanette rankin. i am the first woman elected to congress. [laughter] i always said the first one to do anything had no one to proceed her, so she had no role model to follow. she had to make her on way. that was the way it was. i was elected and found myself they called for a vote for a war that was taken in -- taken. women in politics have come quite a long way. comment, to make one addressing the question about the second wave the menace. i have the luxury of a long perspective in history. when i was elected to congress, asen did not see themselves pursuing these kinds of goals to be equal to men. as wantingemselves to step alongside and bring a woman's perspective to the government, to science, to education. want to be just like a man, it was a way of saying i will bring this feminine perspective to all of these areas of life because it is very much needed. it was not present. here we have all of these women's stories brought together as the woman's perspective. feminists going forward will continue to see that it is not about the quality

the world of comics, and there are many writers, people might be surprised by this, i know that ian rankin who eve ryo ne book fan. you have alan moore, who everyone does, one of the great creators in this country, and as you say, neil gaiman, the bestselling phenomenon that he is, they were very much influenced and grew up reading stan lee, and what stan lee did was give it an element of you might save melodrama, certainly it was soap opera, there were kind of emotional storylines involving the real lives of the characters, so you are concerned about peter parker's relationship with his aunt, the fact that he couldn't get a girlfriend for years, the fact that he was trying to hold on to a job, he gave at that kind of soap opera quality, which really humanised comic books, and put them in the real world thrust. even though of course it is still a fantasy, they felt real more so than superman, who was an alien who lived in the antarctic, and that man who was a billionaire who lived ina cave, man who was a billionaire who lived in a cave, they were great characters, but they didn't resonate

by the way, the first ever woman elected to congress in 1917, jeannette rankin of montana, but it's notly up there anymore. joining me with a special election edition of ladies' night, amanda palmer, senior correspondent for politico, and penny nance, ceo and president of concerned women for america all in power read for the women out there. let me start with you. use was it as big a wave of women as it could've been and what's the impact, do you think? >> it's clearly a high watermark for women in congress. more than 103 women in the house alone, that's huge. it definitely broke for democrats. democrats have more women running in these races. i think the big question going forward is going to be can the republicans tried to also find the catalyst for their women to get more active in some of these races and can democrats also say, hey, a lot of these women still didn't win. you have these big numbers up top. will they try to run 2020? what that momentum continued to build quick to make >> here is nancy pelosi, one of the best-known women in congress. here she is talking about the speak

he started the 26 hearings and then interview five of the members, general counsel rankin and some of the commissioner a es top investigators. the pattern that began to emerge disturbed him. >> well, there are three i think levels of complaint. the first one was the institutional you might say, the general problem that a government has when it searches for truth. a problem of trying to have an autonomous investigation free from political interference and at the same time its doing by its very nature a political problem. the second level the organizational level of was the warren commission organized in a way that prevented it from finding facts. here my findings were that by using a part-time staff, and the commissioners detaching themselves from the investigation, actively not partaking in the investigation, it raised some problems as to whether the warren commission's investigation went deep enough so if there was evidence of a conspiracy, they would have, in fact, found it. the third level of my criticism concerned the evidence itself and this concerned a problem, one the warren co

. >> do you plan on grting your rankin member own the republ side subpoena author >> no. >> so your not? explai why you.wouldn if you believe this is something that should have been granted to you when you were in the minori >> i didn't say that. you know, they who have power in washin all power. >> right. >> and i think the american people have said they want checks and balances. the subpoenas that i want to issue would be much different than ones that what i have seeno i want issue them that go to the very heart of our democracy and protecting that democracy and subpoenas by the way that mainvolve,say, private indust like the pharmaceutical compan with ese skyroc drug prices. i just don't -- it's o opport i will consult with them. i work with them. unlike they did with me. but, no. >> this is one of those what's good for the goose is-- i guess the point is when do you stop? >> chuck, let me be clear. i'm hoping that we will return to a level of civility now. that's what i'm hoping for. hop that just doesn't move to common ground but move to higher ground and i plan to lead that way. o

rankin. >> may it please the court. this case undoubtedly implicates interest in policy and empirical questions. those are the types of questions that the administrative process, the judicial conference, the advisory committee, congress can investigate and answer. >> where did this guy can come from, was that created by congress? be the cy-pres doctrine comes out of ineptly negative from the notion that what someone who gets a reward, someone who gets an award can repurpose it to a different purpose if the -- the existing purpose isn't feasible. for several, private parties regularly will get an award or settlement that they can actually have the settlement come to them or go to a third party for their benefit. the question this case, is there anything in 20 3b that that the class representatives would have reasonable at her cannot do that do exactly what any other private party can. it doesn't answer that question by saying ever. it answers the question by providing a standard of fairness , reasonable's and adequacy. >

from the world of comics, and there are many writers, people who might be surprised that, i note ian rankinry much influenced and grew up loving what standard. and what he did was to give it an element of you might say melodrama, certainly soap opera. there were emotional storyli nes opera. there were emotional storylines from the sea were concerned about peter parker's relationship with his aunt, the fact it could not get a girlfriend for yea rs, it could not get a girlfriend for years, he was trying to hold on for ajob, years, he was trying to hold on for a job, javid that soap opera quality which really humanised comic books, but they felt real, more so than superman, who was an alien who lived in the antarctic, and that man, who was a millionaire who lived in a cave. they were great characters, but they didn't resonate with us in the way that spider—man did, all the fantastic four, because they felt like real people, realfamilies. was he pleased, do you think, with the transition from the comic book, with that wonderful, lurid colour printing, and that willy bold thing that you got so e

this nation's come a long way from 1916 when janet rankin became the first woman elected to congress four years before women won the right to vote. now a century later, 30 first-time winners from last night will bring the total number of women lawmakers to more than 100. among the new female members of congress, new york's alexandria ocasio-cortez at 29. she's the youngest woman elected to the house. ra she data lid and debra halam the first native american woman elected to the house, a lot of first. who better to talk about those than "new york times" columnist, michelle goldberg. also back with us, eddie glaude and john meacham. you wrote something yesterday and i want to call our viewers and listeners attention to it. the last two years have been a stress test for american democracy based on the results that we continue to see pour in. how would you characterize the state of our democracy? >> one of the things i said was that yesterday was going to be a test about whether women could save this deeply broken country. i think we've seen that the answer is a provisional yes, right? i

if republican counties like rankin county, which is to the county, whichto if wethe memphis suburbs,ee low numbers for republicans, it will be a big night for espy. host: appreciate your time this arning at the start of very busy day for you. guest: thank you so much. host: back to your phone calls for the next 25 minutes on "washington journal." democrats and republicans as usual. herby is from mississippi, a democrat. your thoughts? caller: the whole thing is based on race. we are the only state with that rebel flag still. we are the most recent state. for some reason, -- racist stat e. for some reason, cnn and the other networks don't realize the problem is right here. the solution to the problem is based on cindy. it is the white woman. she is in support of the white man's racism. that is what supports him. they benefit. the biggest people to be insulted by this is women. takings no other man people's rights but the white man. behind the closed doors she votes for this man so she can benefit her children and her. the biggest problem and the solution is all white women should turn

if republican counties like rankin county, which is to the county, whichto if wethe memphis suburbs, see low numbers for republicans, it will be a big night for espy. host: appreciate your time this morning >> a look for victory and concession speeches tonight on c-span in that runoff race in mississippi. sunset over the capitol but the house is just coming in for work for legislative work, their first of the week. back to continue the lame-duck session. they have eight springs bills coming up in the next -- suspension bills coming up in the next hour including the coast guard re-authorization, a bill that would expand u.s.-mexico relations with educational and professional exchange program. votes after 6:30 this evening. they'll also swear in a new member, democrat susan wild, winner of the pennsylvania 15th district, special election. she also won the seat for the 116th. message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president