trials and tribulations for for the 18th century: it's >> colonial williamsburg also has an american indian initiatives. can you talk about that to present the stories of native people there? >> sure, thank you. you can't relate american history, convey american history without conveying american indian history. native american history. several years ago we started the american indian initiative at the foundation. under the guidance of a professionally trained anthropologist. and a number of special programs have been developed over the course of these years. and we've hired several interpreters whose primary function here within the interpreter corps is to depict american history and what happened here in williamsburg from a native american perspective. i'm excited to say that next year we'll be hiring several more interpreters. and we'll have the largest corps of interpreters dedicated to conveying perspectives of american indians than we've ever had before. and these programs, some of which will continue to be special programs like our beloved women program where we highlight a group of cherokee women and men who are trying to decide whether or not to side

the 18th century, quite adventurous apparently. also colonial williamsburg has american indian initiative, can you talk about that and the stories of the native people there? guest: sure. thank you. you cannot relate american history, convey american history without conveying american indian history and native american history. several years ago, we started the american indian initiative at the foundation under the guidance of trained anthropologist. a number of programs have been developed over the course of the sears and we have hired several interpreters whose primary which is to depict american history and what happened in williamsburg from a native american perspective. i am excited to say that next year, we will be hiring several more interpreters and you will have the largest core of interpreters dedicated to conveying perspectives of american indians that we have never had before. these programs, some of which will continue to be special highlight aere we group of cherokee women and men who are trying to decide whether or not to side with the americans, whether their fate lies with the british, but we will also have a new kind of regu

coming up next on american history tv, johnson county community college professor tai edwards talks about the history of the native american osage tribe. she explains why the tribe was moved from their ancestral lands in modern-day misery and why the move was detrimental to their health and prosperity. we interviewed professor edwards at the annual conference in portland, oregon in october. this is about 20 minutes. edwards, can you tell us about the osage tribe? : they had lived for a long time in what is now present day missouri. they had built structures of earth. was believed they lived there at one point, and by the time the europeans arrived, they were living in present-day missouri, and they were farmers, the women, as is traditional for a lot of natives. they lived on waterways where they could plants along the waters where they do not have to so they would form there. they had lived in western missouri, and when the french colonizers came, the osage really wanted to develop on tax the french because they had access to goods. the way native groups had power over one another relative to their rivals him eve

. >> the native americans would say, look, we're the first. >> the native americans have first claim. but when we think about who the american other is, we don't recognize the humanity on the backs of the people who literally built this country, so muslims are into that mold. and it's not to the extent where african-americans treated and we don't see the same structure, but once we see the issues that black lives matter are attempting to address, we can see with asians and muslims. >> this comes into the context of a presidential campaign, and it makes me think of the age of obama and everything that we have seen. and i wonder if you thought about that, and if there's a context there, and in terms of what we're seeing and what's coming to the surface and bubbling up in the age of obama. >> absolutely. eight years ago when obama was running for president, i started writing, people are calling him a muslim because they can't say the "n" word. it's a shift. and it's the same racist rhetoric. the fact that he has been successful and done things on national security that the republican par

there is the military cleansing the native americans, or the railroads, the telegraph lines. the federal government and washington, d.c. has a huge role in taking in the future region and make it part of the nation. the question is how do they exercise that power? a tentative conclusion is that they are farming out that power togovern and punish detectives weather than enforcing of themselves with their soldiers or federal marshals. host: when did this use of detectives begin to phase out? where dcd trajectory -- do you see the trajectory going? guest: after the 1930's and new deal, congress had had enough of the labor espionage and detective agencies. there are new laws that you cannot do this. it is at this point that the bigger to an agency destroyed all their papers, making my life a lot harder. surveillance is something that is always in the news and something i was thinking about, and in a lot of ways resembles the work that the detectives were doing in the 19th century. we taken for granted that the .tate knows everything about us and an earlier world, everywhere, for

>> you are talking about the dreamers on the latino side, the black lives matter movement, the native americans a component that exploded into public view. p.m., theup at 6:30 republican jewish coalition sharing their thoughts on terrorism, and national security. for the full lineup, go to c-span.org. >> she was such an authentic person. i thought there was more to the story of lady bird than anyone had covered, serving more than i wrote about. she became the first modern first lady. she had a big staff, she had a very important project, she wrote her book as soon as she left the white house. she really invented the modern first lady. >> sunday night on q&a, the first speak of lady lady bird johnson. lady bird johnson is a perfect example of the conclusion i came to which was those women saw something in those men, the ambition, the opportunity to really climb and make a mark in the world, and they married them in spite of parental objections. she is a good example of that. i decided i had to find out more about her. >> sunday night on c-span q and a. >> security and foreign-policy analyst disc

>> in the native american cultures, in africa, in the original dali of india. >> rose: gender conflicthe oldest cultures. >> yes. in fact, their languages by and large don't even have he and she as gendered pronounce. people are people. >> rose: give me those countries. >> the qua and the sun who are the relatives of all of us, the native american, the cherokee, for instance, in this country, their language does not have mee and she nor a word from nature because we're not separate from nature. so in the original cultures in which reproduction was naturally controlled by women because it's our health concern, it's our bodies and so on, there were somewhat gender-assigned tasks, like women might be in charge of agriculture and women might hunt, so they were regarded as equal, so we did not start with division. we saw other people as -- the paradigm was a circle, not a pyramid, and we saw human beings as linked rather than ranked. >> rose: if you had to make one last speech and the subject was, look how far we've come, and look how far we have to go, what would you say? >> well, to the f

inin the oldest cultures, native american cultures, in the original indian -- >> so there's less genderhe oldest cultures. why is that? languages, byeir and large, don't even have "he" gendered pronames. concept. the native american, the instance, their language does not have he and she, nor a word for nature, separate fromnot nature. cultures, inginal which reproduction was naturally women, because it's our health concern. on. our bodies and so there were somewhat liker-assigned tasks, women might be in charge of men might hunt,membe but they were regarded as equal. start withot division. people as -- the aradigm was a circle, not pyramid. we saw human beings as linked ranked -- linked rather than ranked. make one lastto speech and the subject was "look come," and look how far we have to go, what would you say? question,o the first how far we've come, i would say we know we're not crazy; we know is crazy. this is big. ha ha! >> yes. >> and -- ha ha! to how far we have to go, i would say we have a long way to go, because we need to stop dividing each other up by labels and thinking -- >

"the united states department of justice rigorously enforces the laws designed to protect native american culture. protecting the sanctity of native american remains is a top munson has been under investigation since 2011 when he returned a box of prehistoric bones to effigy mounds national monument north of marquette. this is aerial video of that area. the bones were between one and two thousand years old. munson said he had kept them in his garage for decades. meteorologist joe winters joins us now with your first forecast. joe, these winds today are blowing in some cooler air? winds still remain strong totoght as cooler weather moves into the state. we can say goodbye to highs in the 40s and look forward to 20s for highs on friday. this, however, will be the coldest day of the week. 30s come quickly back into the forecast on saturday with 40s ahead for sunday. for those of you attending opening night of "the force awakens" on thursday night the weather looks quiet. as master yoda would s sy, "cloudy mossy, it will be. truly tonight: mostly cloudy low: 24-30 winds: w 15-25tomorrow: most

the more vie threptscote. charlie: where are gender roles least polarized? gloria: in native american cultures, africa. rlie: gender conflict in the oldest culture. why is that? gloria: their languages don't even have -- as gendered pronoun -- don't have he and she as gender pronouns. the native american, the cherokee, their language does not have he and she, nor a word for nature because we're not separate from nature. in e original cultures, which reproduction was naturally controlled by women because it is our health concern. t is our bodies and so on. there were somewhat gender assigned tasks like women might be in charge of agriculture and men might hunt, but they were regarded as equal. so we did not start with division. saw other people -- the paradigm was a circle, not a pyramid. we saw human beings as linked rather than ranked. charlie: if you had to make one last speech and the subject was look how far we have come and look how far we have to go, what would you say? gloria: well, to the first question, how far we have come, i would say we know we're not crazy. we know the system is crazy. this

the caribbean. virginians sell native americans into slavery in the caribbean. south carolina on a massive scale. tens of thousands of native americans go to the island. and even for a colony that wasn't directly involved in supporting the islands, the older colony of virginia which still had its tobacco plantations, virginia still becomes closely tied to this. because virginia is another colony. that has this colonial product tobacco and the price keeps falling on it. virginia planters are constantly looking for ways to maximize the profits on these tobacco lands. so virginia planters start coordinating with her betas planters and virginia imports the gang system and the plantation model. new investors from england come to virginia in the late 1600s after the sugar boom to re-create in virginia what the barbadians already created. they start training back and forth what the laws of slavery should be and there is a great close correspondence between the two colonies. so, all of these big developments, and i will talk about these in more detail over the next week or two, all of these are fueled by

almost every one of the founding fathers the goal was to keep their rematch far enough away with the native american population under control so that was a war against the french then you had the british who were fighting the french. but when the british than the french made peace than was 100 percent right. i think they looked at us as a threat. really? we don't have that in britain or france. we really don't have elections. so then they would threaten. i'll believe they were ever on our side. if not for miraculously other activity. i believe they were very best in their feelings. >> -- feelings. >> i appreciate your reference. >> i don't appreciate my own reference. [laughter] but this gore stands for itself. my question is a personal question what was your inspiration? did you have a teacher that inspired you? >> i am from the same people that keep you jerry seinfeld and the baldwins. [laughter] joey buttafuoco and i cannot apologize enough. [laughter] i just had great teachers who told stories. i still remember thinking world war i. i need you on this side and then to climb up and down to say th

and those who spoke favorably of the native americans did the same thing. looking at the scriptures at length to defend his positions in opposition to much of the spanish colonial activity with native americans. the first archbishop of mexico also had a plan for translating the bible into native languages. a plan that had gone some distance before in the middle decades of the 16th century the spread of protestant attachment tightened the dissemination of the language of the bible in vernacular languages. so by the time the settlements began in north america, catholic use of scripture is present, but highly contained in the institutional hierarchies of the church and it's a protestant story. protestant character of early american history leads me to the first carry away point. the bible plays a very large role in american public life, but only because it's so consistently and constantly shaped the private lives of many, many individuals. with this connection in mind, it's obvious why martin luther should be regarded as a hugely important figure in american hi

someone noted that the native american community was not represented on the panel. sensitivity to spiritual beliefs. we did attempt to fill that seat but point is well taken. another set of questions came siteshaving to do with that don't exist, peoples they don't exist, how we get those places into our registers. how does social justice fit into the work of historic preservation? not just diversity of sites but the actual work of social justice. another person amplify that by saying you have to bring the challenging aspects of our cost of stories forward. stephanie: when you articulate those who been excluded you bring social justice into the conversation. justiceing a social we are articulating and using that power. it is important to have that prism. as you decide what to work on. what issues the lift up. it is so important for everyone. metal community they come from. represent,group i but the intersections that must aboutught whether it is race or gender or sexual orientation, it has to be a part of the conversation. floyd: a program that the japanese-american

you are talking about the dreamers on the latino side, the black lives matter of movement, the native americansthe third wing of the party with no candidate and no pretense of a black candidate to mask all of that. they exploded into public view. --coming up at 6:30, the gop sharing about on terrorism, is -- go to our website www.c-span.org. andida republican senator presidential candidate marco rubio allied his plans to support israel and defeat isis. he delivered these remarks yesterday at the republican jewish coalition or schedule form in washington. it is about half an hour. ♪ >> thank you very much. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, i appreciate it. you for being brief, although as he told me on the way out, you have been a life 44 years, how much more is there to say? , our thoughts and prayers are with those that have been impacted by the attacks in california last night. we are still gathering details. factsnot know all of the yet. we have learned facts that are concerning any wait on our minds in the aftermath that we see happening in the world. we begin with that acknowledgment in

use cranberries as food and medicine from the native americans. cranberries -in someform -were likely served at the first thanksgiving at plymouth.about 20 miles from there -in wareham, massachusetts -thenation's largest cranberry farm is celebrating a successfulseason. andrew mccrea has our story. in the early 19th century timbered lowlands of southeastern massachusetts wereknown for producing iron. log iron as it was known wasimportant to the young nation, by the mid 1800s better ironwas found in the west and the land here around wareham, mass.found another important use. > well all the iron millsaround here closed up and went out to pennsylvania, left this areaopen for growing cranberries. > cranberries grew naturallyaround the swamps, so early farmers knew this would be agood location to begin larger production of the crop. able demake peace was just 22 years old seven generations later, its2000 acres make it the largest cranberry farm in the world. >cranberries take a lot of water and a lot of sand, which wehave, both of especially in this kin

the 18th century, quite adventurous apparently. also colonial williamsburg has american indian initiative, can you talk about that and the stories of the native people there? guest: sure. thank you. you cannot relate american history, convey american history without conveying american indian history and native american history. several years ago, we started the american indian initiative at the foundation under the guidance of trained anthropologist. a number of programs have been developed over the course of the sears and we have hired several interpreters whose primary which is to depict american history and what happened in williamsburg from a native american perspective. i am excited to say that next year, we will be hiring several more interpreters and you will have the largest core of interpreters dedicated to conveying perspectives of american indians that we have never had before. these programs, some of which will continue to be special highlight aere we group of cherokee women and men who are trying to decide whether or not to side with the americans, whether their fate lies with the british, but we will also have a new kind of regu

great artist was at work in california before the gold rush, before the spanish, before the first native americans. since the first sunrise, mother nature has been making a masterpiece of america's west coast. using the oldest rocks, the greatest ocean, and an unsettled earth, she has rendered a landscape so beautiful, people

>> the native-american indians. y upset that such a derogatory term is being used for a football team. many other teams for that instance. what if there was the berlin jews? what if germany came out with a football team -- >> i i'll address that. i'll tell you this -- i'm going to answer your question. if they did, i would represent them pro bono in spite of the fact that i'm jewish. as long as we protect their rights, then my rights will be around when i want to speak in this country. >> well, it's the same thing here. people would be very offended, and people are very offended here. >> that's america, debra. >> it is america, and i celebrate being american, but we have to have some limitations. >> all right. spirited discussion, so much so we're going to keep you around. our legal panel will stick around to weigh in on the most ridiculous lawsuits of 2015. one including a child who sued over a hug. >>> plus from the miss america stage to miss peaksuspended. the beauty convene who found herself in a world of trouble

and you're talking about the dreamers on the latino side, the black lives movement, native americans, racial justice third wing of the party with no candidate and no voice and no pretense of a black candidate to mask all of that and they exploded into public view. announcer: sunday evening at 6:30, the republican jewish coalition presidential forum. for the full we can line up, go to our website, www.c-span.org. security and foreign policy analysts discuss tactics and rivalry between isis and al qaeda and how the u.s. should counter the threat of these groups. the discussion was hosted by new america. this is an hour and 20 minutes. jason

"the united states department of justice rigorously enforces the laws designed to protect native american culture. protecting the sanctity of native american remains is a top priority of this office. " munson has been under returned a box of prehistoric bones to effigy mounds national monument north of marquette. this is aerial video of that area. the bones were between one and two thousand years old. munson said he had kept them in his garage for decades. a dubuque group working to connect people with their community now has more money thanks to a grant. the surdna foundation has granted 65-thousand dollars to the community foundation of greater dubuque in support of "inclusive dubuque." it's a network of individuals and organizations that make sure people in the community feel respected, valued and engaged. ""we have a lot of resources, what we could do better is connecting the dots with those resources, making sure we are identifying who are the populations that aren't being served, where are their vulnerability and how do we make sure that the resources are provided." van milligen did

he was widely renowned as an advocate for the physical and cultural survival of native americans. s legacy reminds us that the pursuit of equality and justice is the work of every generation. [applause] the honorable lee h. hamilton. [applause] a leading voice on national security and foreign policy, lee h. hamilton has played a pivotal role in developing solutions to some of the most complex challenges of our times. his leadership in congress reflected his profound commitment to preserving the safety and integrity of our nation. and his role in promoting pacific engagement has made an impact for generations to come. lee h. hamilton has help steer the course of american history in a spirit of bipartisanship and he continues to strengthen the homeland and promote diplomacy. [applause] katherine g. johnson. [applause] with her razor-sharp mathematical mind, katherine g. johnson helped broaden the scope of space travel charting new frontiers for humanity's exploration of space and creating new possibilities for all humankind. from sending the first american to space to the first moon

there's the native american society are a natural society. we were mopey ethnic before we became multicultural or rather multicultural before we became multicultural ideologically. so when we fail to do anything about the refugees. >> we are no longer in a position to lead because the example that we present is not one that we can point to. all of whom come from somewhere else and should make us a model in the age of globalization whatever that means. over the fact we are no longer interested, bush and obama together it's like the two nails in the coffin of intervention and internationalism for the generation that each played their part brilliantly. >> it can be simply that it was a humanitarian gesture. but she recognized that europe had about inflection point. i don't know this but you have to stand up for the european values as they've been embodied in the european union's. it's stalling because of this crisis overall and she thought she had to take a stand even if the burden was good to fall on germany. there is another reason. she wants t

the story of jupiter of monticello are all american stories. eve of the randolph house. you see every single person who lived in the colonial times, no matter what their color was, whether they were native or woman, ithite, man or is your story as americans, as a member of the world. those stories need to be told everywhere. that is where we are heading. we will always have new programs that tell stories that tell about the enslaved. not as slaves, but as people. people that had lives just as rich as anyone else within the world of the 18th century. that is where we are going. that is the destination. host: a lot more to come from colonial williamsburg. i'm sure many of our viewers have been enticed today to visit. we thank you for the conversation and everyone there at the foundation for welcoming , helpinghe c-span bus us bring the sites and sounds of 18th-century virginia today to americanago p.m. and 11 a clockd on christmas at noon and 8:00 p.m. eastern. blackwe will visit the smith shop and public armory to learn about the role of the blacksmith and how they supported the militia. after that, you will get to go behind the scenes of williamsburg's costume design

when the native americans asked you to bring something to dinner, they weren't talking about smallpox. ya blazed. the detroit lions. you're having a worse year than cecil the lion. ya blazed. [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] oh, i'm not confident about how this next one is going to go. [ light laughter ] tryptophan. thanks, but i'll take my main course without a roofie in it. you're the bill cosby of thanksgiving dinner. [ cheers and applause ] ya blazed. cecil's not so bad anymore, is he? [ ap ause ] people with nowhere to go on thanksgiving, you -- [ buzzing ] oh, that buzzer means we have run out of time. looks like you lonely a-holes will have to garner our sympathy another time. this has been ya burnt! [ cheers and applause ] you guys! tonight we have a very special thanksgiving show for you. the meyers clan is in the house tonight. [ cheers and applause ] that is my father larry, my mother hillary, and my brother josh. we'll be playing america's favorite game show "how well do you know your meyers?" and then later we will be cooking with my mom as she makes my favorite snack of all

we think about the military cleansing native americans and the reservation system and the railroads. but the federal government has a huge role in taking in this huge region and making a part of the nation. the question is how did the exercise that power? a tentative conclusion would be is that they are farming out that power to govern and punish to these corporations and their detectives rather than forcing it themselves with soldiers in the 1880's or federal marshals. so when did this use of did itves in this way, begin to phase out at a certain point? where do you see the trajectory going? mr. lillert: on one hand by the 19th 30's and the new deal congress had had enough of this labor espionage with the detective agencies and their investigations. there were new laws. it was at this point that that the pinkerton's destroy their old papers which makes my life a lot harder. we were going to talk with the surveillance society today. it was definitely something to think about when getting started on this research. it resemblesays what the detectives are doing in the 19th century. we t

it was put in place after the native american student council said redskins gear offended them. >>> it will start to look like christmas later today at union station. we'll get a sneak peek at the norwegian christmas tree there this morning. it will be completely decorated and shiny cds. that's how the royal norwegian embassy said it wants to bring attention to popular music in norway. it is a public tree lighting ceremony tonight at 6:00. beautiful wreaths out there on union station. >>> we bet you think of this the next time you pass a salvation army kettle. a couple in minnesota dropped the a check for $500,000 into one of those kettles. a kettle wages $500 a day on a good day. the couple didn't want to be named. they told the salvation army they wanted to honor one of their fathers who fought in world war ii and had been grateful to the salvation army members who brought soldiers food. what a wonderful donation. $500,000. >> great gesture. more and more people doing things just because you should . >> they didn't look for recognition. >>> 6:21. we want to put chuck bell front and c

the pilgrims and native americans were finishing the first-ever thanksgiving feast. >> that stuffing was delicious. and your cornbread was amazing. >> you mean my maize bread was amazing. >> all right, you guys. ha ha ha ha! >> hi, everyone. i'm jebadiah from crazy jebadiah's trading post. our post-thanksgiving prices are insane! doors open at sunrise. >> well, 30% off molasses. >> animal pelts are half price! i have an idea. let's sleep in front of the store so we can get the best stuff. >> yay! >> the pilgrims and native americans spent an entire cold november night sleeping in front of the trading post. one of them was eaten by a wolf. >> roar! >> ah! aahhh! opens. cock-a-doodle-doo! >> okay. we're open. >> yay! >> ah! >> yes! >> stop, stop! >> yes, yes! >> stop! >> it's mine! >> it's all mine. mine! >> stop fighting. >> get out. >> look. look, i got so much molasses. >> sorry your husband got eaten by a wolf. >> it was worth it. >> so what do we call this wonderful holiday? >> why? >> because it's friday and you guys gave me two black eyes. [ cheers and applause ] we wish you goo

racial justice like area talk about the dreamers on the latino side the black on matter movement, you warmongering -- native americans. not even the pretense of a black candidate to map all that makes loaded to public view area >> coming up at 630 the republican jewish coalition presidential all. sharing their thoughts on terrorism. the full we can line up go to our website. >> c-span takes you on the road to the white house in the classrooms. this your student can documentary on test students to tell us what they want to hear from the presidential candidate. follow our road to the white house and get all of the details about our student can contest at our website. >> capitol hill senate democrats reacted to the san bernardino shooting. our and begins with senator chuck schumer of new york.

the pilgrims and native americans spent an enti cold november night sleeping in front of the trading post. one of them was eaten by a wolf. >> roar! >> ah! aahhh! >> at sunrise the trading post opens. cock-a-doodle-doo! >> okay. we're open. >> yay! >> ah! >> yes! >> stop, stop! >> yes, yes! >> stop! >> it's mine! >> it's all mine. mine! >> get out. >> look. look, i got so much molasses. >> sorry your husband got eaten by a wolf. >> i iwas worth it. >> so what do we call this wonderful holiday? >> we should call it black friday. >> why? >> because it's friday and y y guys gave me two black eyes. [ cheers and applause ] we wish you good black friday we wish you a good black friday and a great online monday [ cheers and applause ] >> the end. >> jimmy: all right. very good. great job, kids. how about that? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: i'm glad you're okay. you all right? all right. very good. nice to meet you, pilgrimsms. thanks so much. what a beautiful story you've told. the children, everybody. that's exactly how it happened. tonight on the show, we have music from fall out boy,

"the united states department of justice rigorously enforces the laws designed to protect native american culture. protecting the sanctity of native american remains is a top priority of this office. " munson has been under investigation since 2011. that's when he returned a box of prehistoric bones to effigy mounds national monument north of marquette. this is aerial video of that area. the bones were between one and two thousand years old. munson said he kept them in his garage for decades. a dubuque group working to connect people with their community now has more money thanks to a grant. the surdna foundation has granted 65-thousand dollars to the community foundation of greater dubuque in support of "inclusive dubuque." it's a network of individuals that make sure people in the community feel respected, valued and engaged. ""we have a lot of resources, what we could do better is connecting the dots with those resources, making sure we are identifying who are the populations that aren't being served, where are their vulnerability and how do we make sure that the resources are provided

we have to give contributions to the native american indians, who actually have come up with this recipes it different? a lot of people say, "well, how do i make spoonbread?" you make spoonbread basically with the same ingredients that you make cornbread. but the difference between spoonbread and cornbread is that

coming up next on american history tv, johnson county community college professor tai edwards talks about the history of the nativeamerican osage tribe. she explains why the tribe was moved from their ancestral lands in modern-day misery and why the move was detrimental to their health and prosperity. we interviewed professor edwards at the annual conference in portland, oregon in october. this is about 20 minutes. edwards, can you tell us about the osage tribe? tai

we are a nation of immigrants, almost all of us except for the native americans and some people forcibly. we know how to assimilate people much easier than almost anybody else. we understand that immigrants are not our enemies. that is fundamental. thank you. [applause] >> thanks for your work and your writing and your comments mr. secretary. i just finished a master's degree in public policy at the robert lafollett school of public affairs here at madison and over the last two years i have had the opportunity to sit in a lecture for professor bob hayden that was called the labor market is in a mess. he would integrate detail about how this recovery really has been dramatically different from the previous recoveries and some of the wise. we have the institute for research on poverty here that has established an excellent seminar series. so what i have seen for the last two years is a lot of the data, the facts that tell us just how broken things really are right now and at the same time you know as a class warrior you know this, there are a chairman is number of people out there who are

we are a nation of immigrants, almost all of us except for the native americans. we know how to assimilate people much easier. we understand that immigrants are not our enemies. that is fundamental. thank you. [applause] >> thank you for your work and your writing. i just finished a degree in public policy, public affairs. and over the last two years i have had the opportunity to set a lecture. he went into great detail about how this recovery really has been dramatically different from previous recoveries and some of the y as well. we have the institute for research on poverty here. that has established an excellent seminar series. they tell us just how broken things really are right now. and at the same time as a class warrior you know this, there are tremendous people out there who are deluded into voting against their own economic self-interest. >> why is it people vote against? >> well, basically what i want to no is as someone who has excelled in both academia and government at the highest levels what would you suggest, what are your thoughts about this bill