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Would you never do that. but we have so made black pain and suffering like a place of our enjoyment, a place that feels good to us. a place that feels familiar to us, that we dont pay attention to the suffering, we dont pay attention to why it is problematic. >> i know you talked about before in your presentation, but how do you define freedom for yourself? >> i have been conditioned to think of emancipation as an ending point. so i realize that freedom was not just liberation. freedom was like ...

Its problematic. >> i know you talked about the force in your presentation. but how do you define freedom for yourself? >> i have been conditioned to think of emancipation as an ending point. so i realize that freedom was not just like liberation. freedom was like owning your humanity, operating your full humanity, being recognized for your full humanity. i think that the spirit of slavery that i talked about before that makes color a mark of degradation is still very much with us, and i think f...

The film lays bare the pervasiveness of the lie that dismisses the continuing legacy of slavery that tells people of color, black people, still suffering under centuries of institutionalized racism to get over it. here is what one professor featured in the film had to say in response. >> i have been conditioned to think of emancipation as an ending point. i realize freedom was not just like liberation, freedom was like owning your humanity, operating in your full humanity, being recognized for y...

>> i have been conditioned to think of emancipation as an ending point. so i realize that freedom was not just like liberation. freedom was like owning your humanity, operating in your full humanity, being recognized for your full humanity. i think that the spirit of slavery that i talked about before, that makes color a mark of degradation is still very much with us. and i think for too long, the onus of racism has been put on people of color to solve, when this is not really like a people of c...

Wasting time and trying to have a do-over of the 2016 presidential election. >> so we are expecting to hear from speaker pelosi and democratic leadership in moments. both are facing new pressure to start the impeachment proceedings. our team of reporters is here with the latest reaction and todays big story. lets start in washington, d.c. leeann caldwell and geoff bennett for us. were expecting to hear from the leaders of the house shortly. if nancy pelosi -- well see if nancy pelosi has more to...

On one point and that is that it is definitely not that, not the ending point. there is some reporting out there that says that jerry nadler the chair of the judiciary committee and house speaker nancy pelosi in a closed door meeting were at odds on this issue of impeachment, that pelosi rebuffed nadler who talked about it. our reporting says that was more of a technical discussion, that they werent in such extreme agreement as what some are reporting. and what we also have is that what nancy pe...

I think you have to be 35 and there should be an ending point -- >> hes 76, but i take your point. help me with this. youre very practical also. hes the only one who beats the current president. >> thats what they say. but i dont believe thats true. your time has passed in terms of being the president of the united states. thats my personal opinion. >> now what i care about more, frankly, people on the border. you want to help. youre going to have an event soon. i think this friday? >> yes. >> w...

Nonlobbies, you know, its pretty astounding to me. >> politics is not plans, its not persuasion, you know this. the metric is who beat this is president. every poll that comes out says joe biden beats the president. and the latest round, really, its head to head with everybody else expect joe biden. so how does that not make him your future? >>. >> well, because hes a lot of history is long time ago. it is time to pass the torch. and i dont think 80 years old is an age to be starting a president...

So whats going to happen next? lets discuss now with former u.s. ambassador to nato, nicholas burns, along with the former supreme allied commander for nato forces and that is general wesley clark. general, thank you so much. so, good evening, everyone, both of you. how should the united states respond to the downing of this drone? >> i think you got to go first to your allies. you got to try to bring your allies back on board because a simple tit for tat process is going to lead to an escalatio...

Their administration. the only one who was lower was ronald reagan at 35%. its worth noting reagan did win re-election, but still 40% not good. though not down. the shutdown didnt seem to drive the president significantly lower. >> there you go. the presidents strategy that i think was obvious from the beginning was he was going to play to his base. hes going to say what they wanted to hear. the people who like him and were going to disregard all of the negative input from every other source are...