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Moment on sunday over at nbc, on one of the sunday shows people use to pay attention to but no longer do. u.s. senator john kennedy of louisiana was on there with chuck todd, the host, and he made an argument that todd didn't like. todd didn't rebut the argument, not capable of that, so instead he did what many do now. he accused senator kennedy of being an agent of russia. >> senator kennedy, you know how the president of ukraine saying orhe actually actively worked fe democratic nominee for president. you realize the only otherts person selling this argument outside the united states is this...

Will arrive on capitol hill. he's set to face extensive questioning. the focus will be heavily on his text messages where he raised significant concerns about the u.s. policy in ukraine and quid pro quos. he said i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. joining me on this and more, senator richard blumenthal, democrat of connecticut. thank you for being here. we already know the concerns he raised with ambassador sondland. if you were in these hearings today, on one of those house committees, what would you ask bill taylor? >> i would very much wan...

Number of so-called nones, those with no religious affiliation agnostic or atheist 26%. up from 17% 10 years ago. the trend was displayed this week during the democratic debate when an ad ran featuring ron reagan the son of ronald reagan supporting an atheist group which targets religion in public schools and governments. it became a top google search. >> ron reagan, lifelong atheist, not afraid of burning in hell. >> according to the study, the younger population is driving the trend away from religion. >> there are a lot of people raised in a faith who, when they become adults, say they have...

Aggressively fought arguing taxpayer dollars would be spent in traditional public schools. >> public schools are where 90% of parents send their kids and we have to make sure they are well-funded and we have to make sure that they have the resources they need so that every child has a shot in public schools. the trump administration is not doing anything on public education. >> bret: your response to that? >> einstein's desks of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. the solution, the pivot we need to make is a dramatic one. it's really allowing f...

By this administration. it's not working for too many kids. two out of three eighth graders today can't read or write at their grade level. two out of three. in international results we are 24th in reading. 25th in science. and 40th in math. that's simply not acceptable. we can't be competitive as a country when we are leaving so many students behind and ill prepared for their adult life. >> bret: one of the pieces we did this week is about home schooling. take a look. >> it's one of the many ways you can choose to educate your children. >> according to the national center for educational stat...