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At the resumes of the members of the board of trustees, who felt that they were better qualified than the faculty and the peer reviewers at the university of north carolina to determine that i was not worthy of tenure. and i really decided that i didn't want to be in a position where political appointees would have any say over my career or my life again. and then of course there was the largest donor to the school, the university of north carolina, walter huntsman, who we found out in the last six weeks had been lobbying against me privately and then who went on kind of a national speaking to...

Senate democrats blocked by way of filibuster a voting bill, and so what can you do? i mean they have -- it was a split vote, 50/50. that's not changing. what do you think you can change by being in d.c.? >> we can show just how -- how these bills are going to go across the nation. this isn't just a texas problem. this is a national problem, and we're here to bring it to washington so that these senators can see that this is a problem that is going around nationwide and texas is just one of the largest states where it is happening. >> don't senators know that already? >> we are meeting with th...

Didn't want to be in a position where political appointees would have any say over my career or my life again. and then of course there was the largest donor to the school, the university of north carolina, walter huntsman, who we found out in the last six week had been lobbying against me privately and then who went on kind of a national speaking tour to castigate me as a journalist publicly. and his name is on the school. it became very difficult for me to believe i could maintain my dignity and work at a school with his name on it. then there was the kind of third nail in the coffin, the bo...

Want to put the burden on you either. >> dean, again, i know you wanted her there, but how did unc blow this so badly? >> on every front. and i don't totally understand it. i think nicole and i are still sometimes unsure exactly what happened in every point. but, the 1619 project has been acclaimed and also been criticized and it raised questions over time and we try to meet those questions at every moment. and i do also want to emphasize that i think we've got to celebrate that last week when the board of trustees finally lived up to the responsibility of reviewing her package they voted in f...

We will be sharing in the days to come. we're here with garrett haake, good morning, listen, democrats have a long list of agenda items they want to get done with voting rights, infrastructure, climate change, health care, and there has been movement in the last 24 to 48 hours on some of this. >> met he will try to knock these down in order. it will almost certainly fail on a 50/50 republican democratic split vote. for democrats, that is progress, why 1234 they have joe manchin. they think he will vote to get to start debate. if republicans block it, they