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82-year-old paul pelosi to make a complete recovery. however, it was apparently a very near thing, especially for a man of his age. tonight a spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injury to his right arm and hands. she is now at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington when the attack happened....

thank goodness. doctors expect 82-year-old paul pelosi to make complete recovery. however, very near thing, especially a man of his age. tonight, spokesperson for his wife, house speaker nancy pelosi, second in the line of presidential succession, said mr. pelosi underwent surgery to repair a fractured skull and serious injuries to his right arm and hand. short, go, we learned she is at the hospital with him. this is new video just in of her motorcade arriving. she was in washington wh...

The beating lasted no more than a minute, but its effect on American history would be long and terrible.

On May 19, 1856 — 167 years ago — Charles Sumner of Massachusetts, a gifted orator and the US Senate’s foremost opponent of slavery, rose to deliver a speech on

Kevin McCarthy finally won the position of the speaker to the detriment of the entire nation for we will see business as usual on Capitol Hill, which is probably needed by our model to ensure the decline and fall of the United States by 2044. Congressman Mike Rogers lunged to attack Matt Gaetz on the

Government i think today we saw the consequences of what, you know, all of that violence really has wrought for this country. >> david, you worked at the an attempt of ronald reagan. how would you describe how this moment compares? what is unique about where we are today? >> well, i think we have to accept the fact that for a long time america has had a problem with violence in our political circles. i mean, one the most famous examples in history came before the outbreak of the civil war when s...

I think today we saw the consequences of what all of that violence really has brought for the country. >> david gergen, you work at the white house through watergate and assassination attempt of ronald reagan. a lot of flashpoints in history. how would you describe how this moment compares? what is unique about where we are today? >> i think we have to accept for the fact a long time america has had a problem with violence in our political circles. one of the most favorite examples in history ca...

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I want perhaps nothing more than to live in an America where skin color has absolutely no meaning whatsoever. But such an America does not yet exist.

Rachel Maddow looks at how the North and South viewed the attack on Senator Sumner differently ahead of the Civil War, and how that split in perspectives over violence in the Capitol is echoed in the violence of January 6th and how Republicans have trained themselves to see it in a different light than Democrats.