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It's headed, whatever is on your mind. but this is our first time, and it won't be our last, but it is the first. together we are working toward that more perfect union. our first question is from michael from chicago. >> i'm assuming most people go into congress with a set of ideals, of making compromises and compromise is what made our nation great. it seems we're not doing that anymore. how do we get back to that? >> trey: it is true, our country has a rich history of compromise. the fact that each state has two senators, was a compromise. the electoral college was a compromise. some of tho...

Senate legislation for voting rights. i think it puts us in a very good place. when you look at all the principles we're fighting for, when you look at history and what is due and what the american people overall want. so i think when we look at the people, they're going to be on our side. we're making compromises already. we have solid legislation and we also believe we'll have the courts on our side. >> you spoke about history. in february you put forth legislation previously introduced by marcia fudge about black history being american history. this has become -- to me it would have been ob...

Paul: and what happened, joe, is because they kept demanding more, the moderates said, look, this is falling apart, i'm not going to vote for this, and ultimately in the end everybody started to run away from it. >> yeah. you had a pointless fight about insurance coverage for pregnant women or cancer patients or whatever -- paul: which wouldn't have changed. >> it was a pointless fight, but you just had a complete stampede away from the bill. if they they'd put it on the floor, it would have gotten maybe 100 votes. it was a total collapse. paul: you run against this for four elections, you vot...

>> the male of the species tends to be the protector, the dominant one in that regard. when we forced ourselves to this point in society, where they have to be, that's not a good healthy thing for society. you can't have it all, and they're making compromises, and i'm not judging them, and no one should. >> you are judging them. >> to ignore the fact that we have marriages breaking up, shattering in this society and we know that that reduces by at least -- >> why are you attributing that to women in the workforce. >> let me just finish saying what i want to say, oh, dom plant one. >> excuse me...

That children there isn't a big difference. the middle class where the issues are bubbling up when you have a mom who is working 12 hours a day and a dad who is working 12 hours a day and they come home and also trying to be good parents you can't have it all and they are making compromises. i'm not judging them and no one should it is just the reality. >> megyn: you are judging them. >> i'm not. >> megyn: you are. you come out clearly and say women who choose to work instead of staying at home to "are inurture the children "the making a worse choice. >> i view it as a statement of fact when y...