. >> a sunday night on afterwards, journalist sophia nelson on her latest book "e pluribus unum on" she is" she is interviewed by michael steele, former chair of the rnc. >> where does unity come into play and how does this book provide prescriptions for turning that important corner to recognize how important unity is? >> this book is a refresh of civics but i wrote it in my way of, we need a little help, were little messed up. america is a great country lower little bit confused right now who we are what we want. that's what were wrestling with. this unity piece we have to break it down. the problem use on the last election is that half of the country literally feels one way and another half and feels the other. >> sunday sunday night on nine eastern on afterwards.

"e pluribus one" is me translate the word e pluribus unum. out of many one. that was a founding motto. our motto now is in god we trust interestingly so. there's been a move to get it back to e pluribus unum at the founders vision comes critical we understand the importance of unity. unity does not mean we agree. unity does not mean we don't march, protest watch the government. it has never met that there was a founding fathers understood that if they're going to defeat the british empire, the 13 colonies cannot be divided. i had to come together under this one ideal, liberty. the best defense against tyranny is to my fellow americans out there who are marching, upset on social media acting out, if you really think this president is going to be tyrannically if you think your government is headed in a true medical direction, unity is a way we beat it. unity is how we defeat liberty. at the first thing -- keep liberty. the founders didn't agree on a whole lot of what they did agree with was this vision of unity of purpose, unity of liberty and udf reader. those

e pluribus unum. this deal. there are things our founders put forth that have stayed with us to hundred 40 years. no other country is still standing. role was the last republican we know what happened to rome. the notion of the separation of powers in we had p. rose in every chapter the reason i bring people to life is a one to fellow americans to connect with the notion who and what made the country great. live think it is still great but the vision to be self-governing and vigilant is the most sacrosanct saying that could happen. i chose paul revere and elizabeth cady stanton because to call the country emission. and we have that now. so that everybody understands the most powerful branch of government because they interpret the laws and enforce them. so this travel ban issue there will be a proving very soon with the appeals court it will go to the supreme court is a classic separation of powers does the president have the authority or does the power rests with the congress to create some type of legislation?

> oakland congresswoman lee and others in the black caucus wore black flowers and lee says she was unum bringsed by the president's more moderate tone. >> maybe his tone was different, you know, look at the reality of his budget, look at the reality of his cabinet officials, millionaires and billionaires. >> he offered jobs and the importance of nato and funding infrastructure projects and supporting military and police. >> we must support the incredible men and women of law enforcement. >> but when the president repeated his pledge to repeal and replace "the affordable care act", and turned to a young woman named meagan, democrats called it a dekrep see. >> she whose have been denied coverage because she whose have been a preexisting condition. >> former kentucky governor steve -- >> when the president attacks the loyalty and credibility of our intelligence agencies, the court system, the military, the free press, individual americans, simply because he doesn't like what they say, he's eroding our democracy. >> we have reactions to the president's speech coming in from both sides of th

not perfect but e pluribus unum. from anyone.nd which are all, not republican, judges, democrat judges, we're judges. and i think we do have an opportunity, that's one of things i look forward to as a justice. my little talks my be a little better-attended on civics and i hope to do that. maybe that's a western thing. i don't know, or midwestern thing, senator, but i really he believe in this country and i'm optimistic about its future. i see the young people, i teach them. i get law clerks. they really care about this country.

e pluribus one is me translating the phrase, e pluribus unum. out in acin god we trust but the founders 3. unity doesn't men we don't agree. but the founding fathers understood was that if they were going defeat the british empire the 13 colonies could not be divided. they had to come together under this one ideal, liberty. the best defense against tyranny is, to my fellow americans out there marching, upset, on social media acting out, if you think this president is going be tyrannical or your government is headed in a tyrannical direction, unity is the way we beat it and how we keep liberty. so that is the first thing. the founders didn't agree on a whole lot. but what they did agree was a vision of unity, of purpose, unity of liberty, and unity of freedom. the thing theres you brought up. core and essential to our government function is the three separate branches of government. the executive, donald trump. the judiciary, the courts. the thin to authority, the supreme court. and then the congress. which is your article 1, your article 2 and y

we want them to be patriotic, individualistic, we want them to believe in e pluribus unum, the opportunityof quality, not the quality of outcome, you've got to come here and really make life and contribute. i came to make and not take, to give and not receive, to join the place and not change it. trish: and you had a tough time as well getting here to begin with. >> i did. trish: you say all this, and it seems like in many ways, nick, that's not asking too much, right? shouldn't we demand that of people that are going to come and be part of our country? we are very large, but i can think of smaller countries in the world that probably would put the same kind of requirements on any citizens that would be coming to their countries to establish residency to live. trish: trish, you're a voice of reason, that's exactly right. this is a very commonsense approach. we're asking for traditional values. we're not being politically correct. we're basically saying this this is our country. we're going to determine who comes to this country and the rcumstances under which they come. we want to make it

announcer: tonight on afterwards, journalist cynthia nelson on her latest book "e pluribus unum --one, reclaiming our vision for america" >> where does unity come into bookand how this prescribed this book as a refresher of synnex, but i wrote it in a way -- civics, but i wrote it in a way of we are a little messed up, we are confused right now about who we are and what we want. and that is what we are wrestling with. downve to break this because the problem use on the last election is that half the country is one way and another half of the country will another. tonight at 9:00 eastern on afterwards. american history tv, ben stein, a former presidenter for richard nixon and gerald ford, reflects on accident time in the white house. -- nixon's time in the white house. he also speculates on what nixon might think of our current political landscape. sie richard nixon