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Are you accepting of the apology, and what do you want for that business? because as reprehensible as i think it was for them to have asked your officers to leave, i dont want them wiped out as a result. lesson learned, right? >> correct. and on behalf of the department, yes, i accepted their apology. look, one of the things that we have to do, and this was said by the owners of the restaurant, is we have to sit down and have conversations. you know, thats what we do in this city. we know that t...

Of the rules. rules that people were doing everything to obey. that was never my intention. i regret those remarks for the rest of my days and i offer my profound apologies for the few at home for them. working in government is an immense privilege. i tried to do right by you all, to behave with civility and decency and acts to the high standards you expect of number ten, rightly expect of number ten. i will always be achieved what was achieved at cop 26 that glasgow and the progress that was ma...

Of empathy gene there. and there is no humanity there. there is no civility. and even though for a lot of progressives and a lot of democrats, that is a huge issue in terms of governing that it shows that republicans have no interest whatsoever in actually governing. its tough to make that an election-time issue. >> i dont know -- it certainly shows that some republicans arent interested in governing. republican texas congressman dan crenshaw, before a lot of this, said something about this and ...

The owners of the restaurant, is we have to sit down and have conversations. you know, thats what we do in this city. we know that there are sometimes opposite sides of conversations about police officers and policing. but we sit down, we have conversations, and we can agree to disagree, but there has to be some civility in this process. you know, time is a healer. and you know, people were upset about this, and rightfully so. >> no doubt. good but time is a healer, and were willing to have, as ...

Fellow veterans at the national world war ii memorial it was where i met up with him in 2018 for one of his last interviews you come here pretty much every saturday? >> yeah. i have been doing it for about eight years, and i met thousands of veterans. >> dole was a major force at making the memorial possible, helping to spearhead funding, a soldiers soldier who refused to put an expiration date on public service. >> above all, i rare about people, and i guess i have sort of latched on to the vet...

S im work 70, to 80 hours a week my civility to sustain the business. unfortunately the mayor has been really destructive. he has called the key to unlock new york city. its destructive. its hard to find employees, its hard to find people to work. now we are putting another thing over them that they need to be vaccinated in order to come in and get a job. if you are not vaccinated you, you cant get unemployment. what kind of world do we live in? what kind of city do we live in? its supposed to b...

Provides this: bob dole served his country with courage on the battlefield and dignity in the senate. mike pence wrote: an extraordinary life of service to america and who will be deeply missed by all of us who had the privilege to know him. many are sharing the personal connections they had, but senator chuck grassley tweeting, quote: bob took me under his wing when i came to the senate, and i couldnt have had a better senator to learn from. he was a best friend and mentor. god bless the great ...

And when i think about how bob dole supporting the voting rights act in 65 and co-sponsored it in 1982, and today we cant get one republican in the senate, not one, to support either of the bills, the voting rights bills, john lewis bill or the freedom bill. where have we gone that were so divided and so hostile, more than we were 50 years ago? we need to come back to where at least we have civility. well be right back.

Debbie scholz wrote in part, our country could use more like him right about now, may his memory be a blessing. they hope that bob doles legacy will encourage reaching across the aisle and civility in congress. >> we are blessed to be americans and we should treat each other that way. >> the way in which he led is something that we need to reflect on today without a doubt. >> susan collins echoed many, senator bob dole defined the term the greatest generation. on that point in his book one soldi...

Republican party loyalists. weve seen this before from the gop. we know where theyre head and its nowhere good. but there still is time to fight back. there are bills in congress right now, including the john lewis voting rights act and the for the people act that can protect our democracy. we must prioritize their passage, even if it means eliminating the senate filibuster. democrats cannot repeat past mistakes, going into 2022 and 2024, as vulnerable as they were in 2016. republicans have sown...