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Again. And good evening, welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, up close and personal. Right now, im reflecting on my exclusive interview this week with Vice President Kamala Harris who i joined at the white house this week ahead of two events. The 60th Anniversary of the March On Washington, which i will be leading with ronald came the third and his beautiful active wife that on august 26th i will be meeting with them as head of National Action network. And andrea waters, came head of the dr...

people as the central players -- >> shush, dont tell them. >> well, cats out of the bag. >> its happening. >> i think it happened today. >> thank you for the book plug, as well. thank you my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. the year was 1990. republican incumbent north carolina senator jesse helms was pulling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election. so helms cold in the political consultants, wh...

the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. >> you needed that job, -- but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt s...

news. we have a lot to cover in our second hour of "chris jansing reports." lets get right to it. >> at this hour, a $3 billion accounting error by the pentagon could mean more military equipment for ukraine. how exactly that happened, next. there are mounting concerns in washington about the health of california senator dianne feinstein as we learn about new details about her rocky road to recovery following multiple health challenges. how her colleagues on both sides of the aisle...

would expend the political capital here. >> washington lost its collective mind on this yesterday. the chinese do spy on us. this goes back to maybe some cold war worry about something tangible looking up at us. the joke i had in my household is that they are getting a preview of the next season of "yellowstone." >> laura: "yellowstone?" what a riot sent around the comedy circuit. the chinese are laughing at us, thats for sure. the role of the pentagon under biden seems clear. unles...

Database on a scale like never before of the names of the 10 million people who were enslaved in the land of the united states. . its personal to me when austin fan or a new york daily news writer 16 years ago thats where i brought my daughter. the irony was my family was enslaved by the family of a leading segregationist at that time. senator strong thurmans distant relative married the owner of my great-grandfather, senator thurman was a leading segregationist in south carolina. anna thurman s...

Chair -- and as head of the civil rights division, he sought to ban civil rights. -- that pattern clarence thomas a public admonishment from the naacp, but in the raid reagan justice department was a different story. it earned him praise. during a ceremony held in september of 1985 to reappoint clarence thomas is the head of the eeoc thomas was like by attorney general edwin meese and senator strong thurman, south carolina segregationist as well as bradford reynolds who lauded thomas is the epit...

His yield diploma because apparently thats how much he thought it was worth. and clarence thomas is the guy reagan picked to head up the office in charge of taking on affirmative action related cases. with clarence thomas as eeoc chair -- and as head of the civil rights division, he sought to ban civil rights. -- that pattern clarence thomas a public admonishment from the naacp, but in the raid reagan justice department was a different story. it earned him praise. during a ceremony held in septe...

Follies. we join fox news can be to raymond arroyo. raymond, there was a national prayer breakfast this week in d.c. i was not invited. >> neither was i. and though the president spoke at the scaled-down event, i wonder why it got almost no press coverage laura. >> pastor. i dont know. im a little worried how you got this whole choir here. i tell you what. i think youve got i wont go into that, anyway. when i first got to the senate it was in the days when the -- there were some very strong segr...

They also signal they want to pin her down on her judicial philosophy. so many of the republicans said she has to reveal that to us. she base her riulings on fact ad law which is what plenty of republican appointees have said. chief justice roberts said that. i think they will try but i think she will probably be very careful on that front. >> jeffrey, lets talk about judicial philosophy since joan brought it up. strong thurman voted to confirm ruth bader ginsburg. those senators likely did not ...