it is e pluribus unum. out of many one. more than ever our country needs a united states to turn pluribus into unum, to lead the american struggle to forge unity from diversity. now some advocate operating the senate in a different way. end the filibuster. the senate's best known tradition. in the movie "mr. smith goes to washington" he calls it the right to talk your head off. don't worry about party lines. pass everything with a majority vote. presidents would like that. they've said so. they get their way more easily if we allowed the passions to roar through the senate like they roar through the house of representatives. so if the democrats are in charge, we could abolish every right to work law, repeal all limits on abortion, and pass restrictions on guns. very appealing for the moment. but what about if the train roars in the other direction? and republicans say let's impose a right to work law on every state and pro-life laws and gun rights laws. is such back and forth and back and forth what we really want as a coun

motto ofs unum, the our country. race is an illusion. there is no such thing. those small genetic differences you followple, if history and science which of founding fathers supported, you would see that race is an illusion. that we all share the seam dna. host: we will leave it there and let our guest respond. rocking with you at the beginning of the phrase we did have founding fathers and believed in science and ironically enough, we now only have one party that believes in science. i thought that was where you were going, basic things like climate change is real, or wear a mask so you don't get sick and callous all. i thought that is where we were going with that. -- kill us all. ... ais an illusion fascinating yet somewhat intellectually dishonest paradigm, i guess. we probably don't have enough time to explore that. i think that you just have to look at the history of this country and the complicated relationship with the issue of race. this,t have to harp on ,ut we had slavery, jim crow you have even today, the number of unarmed black man who are murdered

, he likes elections, he likes judges, but he wants the senate as an pluribusion to turn blur into unumto be a unifying institution. so i have served him by serving up to him pieces of legislation that are good for the country and have bipartisan support, so that he can put them on the floor. songwriters act and said, i have 50 cosponsors and he said, try to have 65. my story about 21st-century tears, it wouldn't have happened without him. i inc. i have served him in the senate and country by giving him a steady stream of big bills -- i think i have served him in the senate and country by giving him a steady stream of big bills people can vote for. greta: you served during impeachment and the pandemic. any votes you regret as you depart? senator alexander: yeah. i voted against the horse slaughter bill. it sounds like a terrible thing to slaughter horses, but if you don't do it, they escape and run all over the country. i voted against that. that was a mistake. and i changed my vote the next time it came up. greta: how does it come about that that is the vote you remember? senator alexa

it is e pluribus unum. out of many one. more than ever our country needs a united states to turn pluribus into unum, to lead the american struggle to forge unity from diversity. now some advocate operating the senate in a different way. end the filibuster. the senate's best known tradition. in the movie "mr. smith goes to washington" he calls it the right to talk your head off. don't worry about party lines. pass everything with a majority vote. presidents would like that. they've said so. they get their way more easily if we allowed the passions to roar through the senate like they roar through the house of representatives. so if the democrats are in charge, we could abolish every right to work law, repeal all limits on abortion, and pass restrictions on guns. very appealing for the moment. but what about if the train roars in the other direction? and republicans say let's impose a right to work law on every state and pro-life laws and gun rights laws. is such back and forth and back and forth what we really want as a coun

political, he likes elections and judges, but he wants the senate as an institution to turn this into a unum, toluribus into be a unifying institution. so i have served him by serving up to him a series of pieces of legislation that are important to the country and have bipartisan support so he can put them on the floor. taking the songwriters act, i said i got 40 cosponsors, he said, try to get 65. you heard my story about 21st-century cures. it would not happen without him. i have served him and the senate and the country by giving him a steady stream of big bills that most of us in the end could vote for. >> you have seen a lot over your years in washington. wars, impeachment, pandemic, any -- pandemic, any votes that you have regret as you depart? sen. alexander: yes. i voted against the horse slaughter bill. it sounds like a terrible thing to slaughter horses, but if you don't do it, they escape and run all over the country. i voted against that, that was a mistake, and i would change my vote the next time it comes up. >> how does that come about that that is the vote you remember? sen.

unum,ricans, e pluribus how do we move forward and bolster present-day opportunity to live as free men? today, we have invited you here to participate in a thoughtful discussion with leading historians and leading scholars about one of the most divisive issues being debated in our nation today. andallenge you to step back view the opportunity to debate the constitution as a proslavery or antislavery document as a pathway to reduce racial tension and create a resolution. i challenge you to step forward and transform the debate into action, action that promotes the american identity and celebrates the benefits granted to citizens of the freest nation the world has ever known. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my colleague paul larkin, who will no moderate the panel. he is a senior legal research fellow in the center for legal and judicial studies. paul works on criminal justice policy, drug policy, and regulatory policy. before joining heritage, paul held various positions with the federal government in washington, d.c., at the u.s. department of justice paul served as an assistant to

not by race or ethnicity or national origin or religion but in idea, by an idea,together e pluribus unum so proud to stand with you this afternoon. i am proud to stand with you this afternoon because i am an example and an iteration of the american story. i stand here this afternoon, but i can never forget that i am a kid who grew up in public housing down in savannah, georgia. one of 12 children in my family. i am number 11. clearly my folks read the scripture that said be fruitful and multiply. they took it rather seriously. i am one of 12 children. my dad used to wake me early every morning. he was a veteran. a pastor and a small businessman. he believed you should get up early and get moving. he used to wake me at the dawn seven days a week during the school year and summer. he would say, son, get up. get dressed. get ready. put your shoes on. it was summertime it was summertime. i said, get ready for what? he said he would figure that out later. just be ready. that was a bit irritating when i was 7, 10, 14 years old. now i am so glad that my dad ethic becauseork in this defining mom

motto ofs unum, the our country. race is an illusion. there is no such thing.se small genetic differences you followple, if history and science which of founding fathers supported, you would see that race is an illusion. that we all share the seam dna. host: we will leave it there and let our guest respond. rocking with you at the beginning of the phrase we did have founding fathers and believed in science and ironically enough, we now only have one party that believes in science. i thought that was where you were going, basic things like climate change is real, or wear a mask so you don't get sick and callous all. i thought that is where we were going with that. -- kill us all. ... ais an illusion fascinating yet somewhat intellectually dishonest paradigm, i guess. we probably don't have enough time to explore that. i think that you just have to look at the history of this country and the complicated relationship with the issue of race. this,t have to harp on ,ut we had slavery, jim crow you have even today, the number of unarmed black man who are murdered. yo

they signed god e pluribus unum controversial. there has been good and bad news here.is group of people is pretty small, but the bad news is the way that the country is going, i think that it is growing, so i think it all boils down to the parenting and the teaching your kids about religion early and hoping for the best. >> kennedy: yes. and having the choice to do th that. that is implicit and religious liberty, katie. >> katie: yeah. you know, kennedy, you brought up being able to shop at target, which proves that this is a calculated attack on religion in america. the idea that you can -- freedom of religion is basically the first amendment here just as you are able to go out and protest, whatever protest that democrats are embracing while they are also regulating church services, it is in the first amendment that freedom of religion and assembly. so this idea that we are attacking the rights of americans, especially around holiday time, christmas time, really is a bigger problem. and when it comes to the way the biden administration is going to handle this, let's n

speaker, that we are, you know, e pluribus unum, out of many one. we are a nation reliant upon one another. and the harm to one results in the harm to the other. therefore, we believe that there ought to be a comp rehence i piece of legislation, as there was overwhelmingly supported. but the republicans after cares, and when we passed the heroes 15,in may, passed it on may they thought everything was hunky dory and they walked away. mr. mcconnell said the states can go bankrupt. think of what that would have had the -- the consequence that would have had. we gay them some money under cares. nobody, when we voted on cares, thought we would be where we are today. nobody. except dr. fauci. and some other experts, scientists, medical personnel. said look, this thing will come back. that's what happens with these pandemics. they have original assault, then they come back and they came back with a vengeance. people are losing their lives. and the failure to pass a comprehensive bill, we agree, we want to help these small businesses. and heroes 1 helped sm

speaker, that we are, you know, e pluribus unum, out of many one. we are a nation reliant upon one another. and the harm to one results in the harm to the other. therefore, we believe that there ought to be a comp rehence i piece of legislation, as there was overwhelmingly supported. but the republicans after cares, and when we passed the heroes 15,in may, passed it on may they thought everything was hunky dory and they walked away. mr. mcconnell said the states can go bankrupt. think of what that would have had the -- the consequence that would have had. we gay them some money under cares. nobody, when we voted on cares, thought we would be where we are today. nobody. except dr. fauci. and some other experts, scientists, medical personnel. said look, this thing will come back. that's what happens with these pandemics. they have original assault, then they come back and they came back with a vengeance. people are losing their lives. and the failure to pass a comprehensive bill, we agree, we want to help these small businesses. and heroes 1 helped sm

volunteer% -- i am a the unum veteran. i have had -- vietnam veteran.rangehad 13, 14 agent surgeries. you think the veterans will stand by after they have put their lives down for the country? host: do you think there will be some kind of civil war in the next month? caller: i don't think there needs to be. i think things will develop in such a way -- i do think god is involved. against a spiritual war evil -- i'm sorry, i see your lips moving, but i don't hear you talking. there is a spiritual war in this world right now and i know how it ends. int: that is earl california. jason, falls church, virginia. independent good morning. caller: thanks for having me on cat i want to talk about joe biden "unifying message," and how ridiculous it is. i work in media and i have interviewed so many different black supporters, asian supporters of donald trump who have been attacked viciously in the streets in the last march and there was -- not the most recent one, but in the last one there were old women, people with children being hunted down in the streets by bl

i'm hopeful that we're going to have republicans and democrats looking up at -- you know, e pluribus unumnderstanding that, you know, out of many, one. we can get things done. but listen to -- this is a pretty strong caucus, conservative/moderate caucus. where you have kristen sinema and mark kelly, governor hickenlooper will be sworn in, manchin, romney, collins and murkowski. i think i'm going to be repeating it a lot more over the next four years, lindsey graham has been in the middle of these negotiations. i think you're going to see chris coons from delaware, a border state who's going to be in the middle of these negotiations. you know, we're going to have 8, 9, 10 senators who can really determine which way -- which way the senate moves and because there's such a narrow gap between democrats and republicans in the house, there's going to be a lot of deal making there too. i was there when there was a four vote majority for republicans and we made a lot of deals based on what was best for america and not based on what our leaders wanted. >> yeah. of course, house democrats, nancy pe

e pluribus unum. let's refocus on that. let's talk about the house and specifically the house leadership because jake, you guys have been looking at what the democrats and republicans are thinking of the leaders in the house and the senate. well, focus on the house. nancy pelosi and kevin mccarthy. what have you been finding as you guys have been making phone calls about the level of support these two leaders have to continue to be speaker and minority leader? >> i think the big dynamic shift when joe biden takes the presidency is a big shift of power back to capitol hill when you have a president that's not taking up so much oxygen so to speak. and what we found in the newest politico morning consult poll 53% of democrats want to keep nancy pelosi as the house speaker and 43% want to keep kevin mccarthy as the minority leader. and the party leaders get increasingly more unpopular as time goes on, but still a youthful metric to keep an eye on as we get into the new congress and get into picking leaders. nancy pelosi is goin