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One of the reasons that we enjoy having you here is because you are that student of history. we have a movement under way in this country to reject the education of that history. the ugliest parts of our history in america. that cannot lead to success for us. >> no, it cannot. and let me make sure that all your listeners know, i'm borrowing that tweet. that was written back in 1835 i believe in the work called democracy in america. and that is when slavery was running rampant in this country. slavery was not abolished until 1863 and of course we're celebrating juneteenth today because the mess...

The community stands with ms. mona hardin and ronald greene's family. and i agree with ms. mona. that this is, in fact, about ronnie. but it is about the larger constellation of cases of police brutality that, frankly, have existed in this country over centuries. we should know the etiology of policing in this country. and in the early 1800s, especially in the state of louisiana, we had specific statutes which codified and deputized any-white citizen in the -- in the state to surveil, and to exact corporal punishment upon newly-freed slaves. and to harm them at whim. and it is no surprise, tha...

Sam houston is one of them. this is what we should do. we should take our troops. this is my plan. there's so much infighting that nothing is getting done. >> after the alamo is taken and general coast is ousted, he's released with the promise not fight again. sam houston gives orders to no longer hole the -- hold the alamo. but travis, buoy and crockett decided otherwise. >> they're holding it because of the town. that's the part that often gets left out. the alamo is important but it's important because where it is. the town of behar has two battle spots one one in 1835 where the texans capt...

People -- sam houston is one of them -- and this is what we should do. we should take our troops, and this is my plan. and there is so much infighting that nothing is getting done. >> after the alamo is taken and general coast is ousted, he eventually is released with the promise to not fight again. but that promise is ignored. with forces on the horizon, sam houston gives orders to no longer hold the alamo. recognize and it wouldn't be wise.s, but travis, but we, and otherwise.th >> they are holding it because of the town, and that is the part that often gets left out, the alamo is important,...

Assault weapons during last night's debate. >> are you proposing taking away their guns and how would this work? >> i am if it's a weapon designed to kill people on a battlefield. hell yes, we're going to take your ar-15, ak-47, we're not going to allow it to be used against americans anymore. >> some lawmakers saying that plays right into the hands of many republicans. >> shortly after that texas lawmaker tweeted this. my ar is ready for you, robert francis. twitter deleted that after o'rourke called his words a death threat. it's long been the unofficial motto of the state of texas, come a...