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00:03good evening and welcome to politics nation i'm live in new orleans for the essence festival
00:12tonight's lead an american anniversary we are just a few hours away from president trump's
00:32massively hyped july 4th celebration of america's 250th birthday in washington dc
00:41it's an event that has so far been marked by scorching temperatures and overheated rhetoric
00:48a divisive display for a nation where many are desperate for a unifying moment before tonight's
00:57festivities had even started washingtonians were confronted with a disturbing scene members of the
01:06white nationalist group patriot front carrying confederate flags in the city but the national
01:14mall is only one of the thousands of independent day commemorations going on throughout the country
01:22tonight many americans are finding alternative ways to express their feelings and we are gearing up
01:31uh for the midterm elections that could decisively set the future direction of our two and a half
01:39century experiment in democratic self-governance
01:46let's go let's let's begin the show with the latest from the washington mall hours before the trump
01:53speech and the fireworks ms now senior white house reporter von hilliard is live on the nation's lawn
02:01uh von what are you seeing there now right good evening reverend sharpton here just moments ago the
02:11doors here on national mall formally opened through the secret service for the expected thousands to come
02:17to an event that let's be clear we haven't seen a president of the united states come and speak on
02:21the
02:21national mall on july 4th since president truman did on the 175th birthday of the united states in 1951
02:29and of course 75 years a lot has changed and it requires the secret service apparatus that has really
02:34made getting to this event difficult in the first place again contrast to the typically open grass along
02:40the national mall that we've seen in generations past here but we just made our way through here and
02:46the anticipation is that the president will be speaking at 9 45 pm eastern he is
02:51calling this the quote most magnificent trump rally yet essentially politicizing and making
02:58this event about him here an event that he has also welcomed pete hegseth and marco rubio to speak at
03:04as
03:04well this is an event here that we are also anticipating what they're calling the world record of fireworks
03:11850 000 fireworks and so there is a lot at stake on this 100 degree day one in which there
03:17are health
03:17conditions of great many americans coming to this event that are top of mind but of
03:21course we should also look for a politicized elements of this speech here tonight of course
03:26he is over the last year rev recast american history uh he has somebody that one year ago
03:32signed an executive order to push the 1776 commission to push forward a more quote unifying
03:38version of american history against the 1619 project and this is a president that has used american military
03:45installations to attack former president joe biden as well as other democratic officials across the
03:50country and this is a moment here for the president of the united states on the 250th birthday where he
03:56has used these events including last night in front around rushmore to try to warn the country of supposed
04:02threats of communists trying to enter our politics of course he has taken on the likes of doran mamdani and
04:07other democrats that are emerging on the political scene whether the president sticks to a more optimistic
04:13hopeful unifying message accurately reflecting the history of america over the last 250 years we'll have to wait for this
04:20evening rev now on that point we reported earlier in the open members of the white nationalist group
04:29patriot front was spotted marching with masks on and carrying confederate flags in dc today what can you tell
04:39us about that incident
04:40rev this is a group that took shape after the charlottesville attack in 2017 when the president
04:49suggested that there were good people on both sides this is a group that we have seen appear in cities
04:55across the country over the last eight years they wear these white masks they wear khaki pants these navy
05:02shirts and what we saw today walking around union station the train station just one block from cap
05:08the u.s capitol and through the neighborhoods colleagues of ours said that they were walking in
05:13front of their streets the kids inside of their homes as these marchers several hundred of them this is the
05:19biggest accounting of the patriot front that we have seen over the last eight years in terms of them
05:25in the streets we then saw them go into the dc metro system on their way out of dc but
05:31there were images
05:33still images that were captured by cheney or of reuters that i think in many ways will be a testament
05:39to this day july 4th of 2026 where you see a young black woman surrounded on the dc metro by
05:46the hundreds of
05:46these patriot front members metropolitan police department says that they are watching for any movements
05:52here but at a time in which our history is debated here in the country we are still seeing actively
05:58in real time here on july 4th a group of people that said that they were going to reclaim america
06:04appearing here in the nation's capital ahead of president trump's speech tonight rev
06:09all right ms niles von hillyard thank you for that report joining me now is democratic congressman
06:17from indiana andre carson thank you for being here on this july 4th holiday congressman uh thank you
06:26we're looking at let's let's start with the independence day celebration taking place now
06:32on a very hot national mall we know that years of work went into non-partisan if this non-partisan
06:40event
06:41at least it was described that way for the nation's 250th anniversary but instead it was hijacked
06:48by president trump who turned it into what we are seeing today what are your thoughts on all of it
06:56so
06:56far and especially this demonstrators that were carrying confederate flags who we should note are not
07:04part of the official commemorations but apparently felt emboldened to put on their own display today
07:13well it's a very sobering and painful reminder of our 250 celebration um it has been tumultuous uh as
07:22you know rev you know we're celebrating 250 years of our country but we're not celebrating 250 years of
07:29freedom for everyone in our country donald trump is attempting to create a spectacle to distract from
07:37a very serious reality americans can't afford gas groceries housing or even health care and my
07:45colleagues and i just passed a bill to make housing more affordable donald trump is holding that bill
07:51hostage and refusing to sign it until he can pass the save act which will make it harder for americans
07:57to
07:57vote especially women now we don't exactly know what trump plans to say during tonight's speech but if it's
08:09anything like his address at mountain rushmore last night it will contain plenty of digs at his perceived
08:16political enemies i want to contrast that with what we heard from new york city mayor zaron mandani
08:24in his address just yesterday take a listen there are some who respond to those who ask for more
08:34from america with a simple refrain love it or leave it they say but patriotism has never been about
08:41pretending our nation is without flaws patriotism is every act of righteous dissent it is every march
08:48led under the heavy sun it is every protest held a decade before its time it is precisely because we
08:54love this nation that we will not leave it we don't have to agree with every position the mayor takes
09:04any more than we do with president trump but that certainly sounds closer to the america so many of us
09:12have fought so hard to create than anything coming out of the white house does it not absolutely i'm
09:19i mean i'm i'm so proud of uh the mayor in this moment mayor mom donnie is meeting the moment
09:26and you
09:27know i'm always reminded rev uh on the fourth of july what the great self-emancipated abolitionist
09:34frederick douglas said uh what to a slave is the fourth of july we're still fighting for the promise
09:42of freedom liberty justice for everyone especially with the challenges of this administration
09:48donald trump has attacked our civil rights he's gutted dei he's attacked voting rights and listen
09:56i'm not saying that we can't enjoy the holiday weekend and celebrate with loved ones but i think we
10:02have to be very clear eyed about the challenges we face and the work that lies ahead for all of
10:08us
10:09especially black people in this country now finally before i let you go the federal appeals court last
10:18night on the eve of july 4th cleared the way for the trump administration to immediately make changes
10:26to the slavery exhibit at the president's house in philadelphia according to lawyers arguing against
10:34the changes the trump administration seeks to downplay the suffering of enslaved people and george
10:42washington's own role in it what are your thoughts on that congressman well i think again it's a sobering
10:49reminder of the america we live in america is not america the great without the presence of black
10:56people america is not the land of freedom and promise without the very reality and the deep sin not
11:05only of displacing native american brothers and sisters and indigenous brothers and sisters but the
11:10african slave trade and we're still dealing with the impacts of that slave trade as we speak and so in
11:17order for america to be great and to stay great and to soar we have to acknowledge that we are
11:24a country
11:25of diversity but we are certainly a country built on the backs of black men and women
11:33all right thank you congressman andre carson this week in a supreme court decision with possible
11:39midterm impact the court ruled five to four to uphold a mississippi state law allowing mail-in ballots to
11:49be accepted after election day joining me now is nevada secretary of state cisco aguiello
11:56chair of the democratic association of secretaries of state
12:03the ruling on mississippi's late mail-in voting has a big impact on nevada which is one of about a
12:15dozen
12:16states that allows for ballots to arrive after election day up to four days provided they are
12:23postmarked by election day and up to three days after if there's no postmark or it's unclear
12:30still republicans have sued several times over these laws though your office says that these
12:37late ballots are usually a very small percentage of the totals in the in nevada's biggest counties
12:45what's your reaction tonight well i think we the spring court made a decision that truly impacts not
12:51only in nevada but the rest of the country we know the road to the white house runs through nevada
12:55we know that nevadans have a voice in the future of this country and the future of our state
12:59less than two percent of mail ballots arrive after election day 98 of ballots are in the possession
13:05of the counties mail ballots are critical to every nevadan having a voice but not just nevadans in our
13:11state it's nevadans who are serving overseas in the active military those individuals should have an
13:17opportunity to have a voice because they're fighting every single day for our freedoms they're
13:22protecting the fundamental right to vote even though we know it's under attack and there's been
13:27decisions made that have been harmful to our voting rights but we continue to fight every single day
13:31to ensure everybody has a voice now we had another court ruling on mail-in voting this week this one
13:40is one from a federal judge who blocked the mail-in ballot restrictions that u.s postal service tried
13:46to enforce on states that didn't turn over their lists of mail-in voters in compliance with trump's
13:54executive order demanding it with this ruling are you feeling confident that the postal service will
14:01be reliable as a reliable partner uh as states conduct their mail-in voting come this november
14:09you know democratic secretary of states are on the front line of protecting our mail ballots
14:14making sure that our system works as it's intended to work we won two cases we won a case
14:20against the first executive order which tried to do proof of citizenship and the re-registration
14:25of americans across this country which would have a huge impact on women but we also the very next day
14:31we won our case against the president's second executive order where he tried to change the
14:37way the post office operates he wanted the post office to be able to collect data about every voter
14:43across this country that used a mail ballot we stood up secretaries in the front line and said no
14:48this is not what's going to happen this is not how our elections are run our elections are safe
14:53secure and accessible with accessibility being a priority and we wanted to make sure that every
14:59nevada continue to have a voice across this country we talk about to the 250th birthday of america
15:04that exists because voting rights exist and we know they're being eroded every single day
15:09we have a president who wants to choose his voters rather than voters choosing the president and we know
15:17that 26 is critical to the 28 election there are 26 secretary races across this country in 2026
15:24those secretaries are going to be the ones to stand up in 28 to make sure our presidential election
15:30works and that we are able to cast a ballot that is safe and secure and again it's about voters
15:35choosing their elected officials and not elected officials choosing their voters
15:42staying staying with election threats right now i'm concerned with two of them first ms now reports
15:50that the fbi has directed as many as 260 staffers to probe the 2020 election data in fulton county
16:00georgia and second based on reports from internal documents obtained by usa today several secretaries of
16:09states don't believe the administration will reliably share information about threats to elections ahead
16:16of the midterms the trump administration has responded with a statement saying it is committed
16:22to supporting state and local election officials how do states defend their elections when it seems like
16:29the most immediate threats of election interference and insecurities are coming from our own executive branch
16:36election well i think this is where the constitution is very clear the constitution says states have
16:42the responsibility to run their elections to administer the elections we as secretary of states who
16:47are on the front line have taken that very seriously we know that we have a responsibility to run our
16:52elections for our states the courts are recognizing that right we cannot rely on the federal government
16:58what the federal government is trying to do is to flood the zone they're trying to intimidate us they're
17:03trying to create chaos so it creates confusion and the voter decides not to participate and we cannot
17:09have that secretaries of state and elections administrators have to be confident in the process they have
17:15to be in front of their voters convincing them that our elections are safe they are secure and that they
17:20are
17:20freely able to participate this nonsense early on about federal agents being at polling locations was a threat to
17:28ensure that the chaos existed and i think americans especially nevadanians want somebody who's going
17:33to lead they don't want somebody who's going to create chaos and intimidation the intimidation factor and
17:38what the fbi is doing exactly that intimidation to force us into compliance but little do they know
17:44that secretaries aren't afraid of this federal administration we're willing to stand up for what's
17:49right we are willing to fight back and i think the last week showed that we won a u.s
17:53supreme court case
17:54and we won both of our cases against both of the executive orders i would say that's three and oh
17:59and i would say we're winning in this situation and we're going to continue to win because we're on the
18:03right side of the law all right nevada secretary of state cisco aguilar thank you for being with us
18:11coming up a major surge in ice arrest as the supreme court strikes down temporary protective status
18:19for tens of thousands of migrants the details next
18:30welcome back to politics nation on ms now the new york times reports ice made 10 000 arrests in just
18:39five
18:39days during the late june surge the next comes as more than 135 000 haitians and syrians
18:49who previously were in the united states with temporary protective status face an uncertain future
18:56after supreme court ruling clearing the way for the administration to undo their status and remove
19:03them joining me now is michelle laponte legal director for the american immigration council and
19:12antoine seawright a democratic strategist michelle there are 350 000 haitians and 6 000 syrians who are in
19:23legal limbo due to this ruling there are also more than 1.3 million tps holders from other countries who
19:32are now at risk what is life like for them right now what difficult choices are they having to make
19:41well reverend sharpton after the supreme court's ruling last week there are as you said 350 000 haitians
19:49and 6 000 syrians but really over 1 million people now who had temporary protected status when trump took
19:59office in 2025 who are now at risk of losing all of that what it means is they will be
20:05at risk for
20:06detention arrest and deportation by this administration because it chose to undertake
20:12a mass de-legalization so that is going to impact of course these individuals and their families
20:18but also the broader communities their families uh their extended families and the businesses that rely
20:25on these individuals especially the health care industry where haitians in particular have played a
20:31critical role as home health aides as nursing home workers and other jobs in florida and massachusetts
20:38in particular so it's absolutely devastating
20:41now antoine many of these haitians are famously living in the swing state of ohio they can't vote
20:49but some of them may live in mixed status households and they have friends and supporters
20:55within their community including business leaders and even the republican governor does these deep tps
21:03holders have any political power to push back well they do and that pushback has always come by way
21:11of the people who cast their votes and hold their elected officials accountable rev i would just say
21:17that ice needs to chill uh because like most of president trump's immigration agenda they are in hot water
21:24amongst the american people it's no secret that these arrests have upticked since the supreme court made
21:30two consequential rulings one the one that you've been talking about with the with our guest on the
21:35other side but two the fact that the supreme court affirmed a fundamental belief in this country
21:41that if you're born in america you are american striking a blow to the maga agenda who wants to rearrange
21:48who we are as americans thirdly i don't think people understand when it comes to ice the by way of
21:54the
21:54big ugly bill they were given 170 billion dollars for empowerment and then just a few weeks ago
22:01through budget reconciliation an additional slush fund of 70 billion dollars so they are feeling very empowered
22:07and it's not just who they are it's not just how many people they arrested it's who they're arresting
22:13and where they're going to get them in sacred places churches hospitals schools etc that is why they want to
22:20do this
22:21by way of reconciliation so there are no checks and balances on ice and this is all part of the
22:26maga agenda to strike fear and intimidation to the american people ahead of the midterms
22:33michelle trump's homeland security secretary mark wayne mullen has claimed tps recipients should either
22:42quote try to fill out the paperwork or for permanent status or leave uh when you hear the secretary talk
22:53uh this way uh do you think he has any real understanding of how the tps program worked in the
23:00first place
23:03absolutely not that's precisely the problem it's a false choice as it stands right now there is no pathway
23:10for most tps holders to become permanent residents or eventually citizens the problem is that time and
23:17time again congress has failed to act to create a permanent path for most of these individuals
23:25so they're left in limbo subject to the whims of the executive hoping that tps will be renewed and of
23:31course now it's being terminated so it's simply false that if only they had filled out paperwork they
23:39could have stayed and um done it the right way quote unquote there is no path right now and that's
23:45why
23:45it's incumbent upon congress to do something to create pathways for tps holders but also daca
23:52recipients and many many other people who have made their lives in this country contributed contribute
23:57to it every day and need a way to be able to regularize their status
24:04antoine trump returned to office in part uh due to a rise in support among latino voters in key parts
24:13of
24:13the country since he returned to office though polling shows many latino voters have soured on trump
24:21and his policies but they aren't necessarily eager to vote for democrats either and many may not
24:28per may may not be persuadable on the immigration issue alone how do democrats reach them well we
24:36have to reach them where they are we have to tell a story and deliver a message that resonates to
24:41them
24:42in their current situation it's no secret that economics has been a failure it's no secret that
24:47we have an affordability crisis that the republican party mike magma mike and dollar trump have created
24:53unnecessarily so there's not stability in communities of color that black americans brown americans and
24:59everything in between and so we have to remind them who created this chaos who's trying to literally
25:04deport them who is not trying to give them simple things guaranteed by the constitution like due process
25:10and quite frankly who has failed them every step of the way that's why i've unapologetically said that black
25:16folks and i will add brown americans are casting a survival vote in this upcoming election whoever wins
25:23in november up and down that ballot is going to determine whether or not communities that look
25:27like mine and communities that look like latino voters all across this country live or die and so
25:33we cannot take this election for granted as democrats we must do two things we must tell people what we
25:39are for we must also remind people how we have continued to fight against the policies that have driven
25:45this economy and this country into the ground arguably full steam backwards
25:52all right michelle laponte and antoine seawright thank you both for being with us a federal judge
25:59has greenlit the trump administration's whitewashing of american history just as the nation celebrates 250
26:07years i'll explain after the break well welcome back to politics nation on ms now we're going out to
26:20washington where the supreme court just ended his 2025 2026 term with several significant decisions on
26:30birthright citizenship mail-in ballots and more welcome uh with us now janae nelson president of the
26:38naacp legal defense fund uh let's start with the 5-4 decision to uphold birthright citizenship over trump's
26:47executive order ending it justices john roberts and amy comry barrett joined the court's three liberals
26:55in that majority decision while justice brett kavanaugh dissented from the majority ruling that trump's eo
27:03violated the constitution but he did join a 6-3 majority which found it violated federal law trump and his
27:13allies
27:14are teasing that they may try to get around the ruling legislatively using kavanaugh's dissent to rewrite a
27:22congressional law interpreting the right to birthright citizenship what what should we make of how this
27:29narrow of how this narrow birthright decision was janae and can republicans go through congress to get
27:38around it well reverend we should be deeply alarmed that this was not a nine zero slam dunk decision by
27:47this court the fact that the margin was just one vote away from rewriting the 14th amendment a key
27:56provision a foundational clear pellucid provision of the 14th amendment should give us great pause
28:05we know that we have interpreted the 14th amendment's birthright citizenship clause the same way
28:11for well over a century and the fact that a supreme court justice could write a decision as justice thomas
28:21did
28:21a 91 page screed against the 14th amendment a reconstruction amendment that was meant to ensure
28:28the birthright citizenship not only of people who were formerly enslaved but of all people because as
28:35justice kattanji brown jackson said that provision is an anti-caste anti-subordination clause in the
28:42constitution it's meant to put everyone who's born on u.s soil on equal footing so the fact that there
28:47are
28:48four justices uh three who are adamantly opposed to it and one who left an opening for congress to try
28:54to
28:54continue to foment this division in our society although they won't succeed because it's unlawful but even to
29:01continue the debate is harmful in this country to continue the debate about birthright citizenship
29:07creates anti-immigrant sentiment xenophobia and uh a a jingoism that is really deeply harmful
29:16for the progress of our multiracial democracy now i i don't remember any major republican politicians
29:25or commentators up in arms over this particular issue of birthright citizenship prior to trump
29:33elevating it you sound worried we haven't seen the end of this jenay well you know i i'm worried
29:41because i know what this type of sentiment has created for uh black and brown people who justice
29:50is kavanagh with his kavanagh with his kavanagh stops have allowed ice agents to harass individuals who they
29:56suspect may be here on illegally um there has been a growing sentiment of hatred towards black people
30:05generally but especially black immigrants and so i'm worried less about what the outcome will be in congress
30:12because it is patently unequivocally unlawful for congress to try to rewrite the constitution but that doesn't mean
30:19that it doesn't have negative effects in our society where we start to act like people's belonging
30:26is up for debate when the constitution makes it clear and so that's what i find most disturbing about this
30:33decision
30:36now i i want to circle back to last month's uh court six to three ruling rescinding temporary
30:45protected status for an estimated 350 000 haitians here in the u.s justice elana kagan joined by uh
30:55the court's other two liberals criticized the decision in her dissent for ignoring the flood of racist rhetoric
31:03that comes from the president and maga towards haiti and the haitian people for nearly a decade now it
31:12follows this robert supreme court's pattern of invoking color blindness in rulings like its voting right
31:20decisions earlier this year where it again ignored the racial implications of redistricting and as a
31:28result the entire old confederacy is trying to gerrymander its voting maps how do we fight racism in a
31:37court that insists it's no longer a force in american life well we fight it by reforming it it is
31:46clear that
31:46the supreme court absolutely needs reform not because we're you know looking at case decisions that we don't
31:54like but we're looking at decisions and opinions and legal analyses that go against precedent that go against
32:02principle that go against the rule of law and they're being meted out by the supreme court which is the
32:08highest court in the land and the final arbiter of the law it is clear that in certain instances and
32:13on
32:14certain subjects this court is effectively captured and there needs to be a challenge to the binding law
32:22that it imposes across the country that seems to be animated by some other forces be they political be
32:31ideological ideological but there seems to be something else motivating this court than a fair and objective
32:37application of the law because as you point out the court is suggesting that this throwaway line
32:43in a centuries old decision about a colorblind constitution somehow allows them to ignore the documented history
32:53of racism in this country its ongoing effects and hampers and constrains our ability to remedy it
33:00that can't be the way we move forward as a multi-racial democracy
33:06all right janay nelson of the naacp legal defense fund thank you for joining us uh coming up
33:15coming up rare photos of dr martin luther king jr are part of an america 250 exhibit
33:22that shines a spotlight on a forgotten moment in civil rights history that story is next
33:34welcome back to politics nation on ms now as america celebrates its 250th
33:41a beautiful moment of solidarity hawaii the last state to join the union chose to celebrate the
33:49anniversary in part with an exhibit telling the often overlooked story of a delegation of hawaii
33:56residents who traveled to alabama during the civil rights movement capturing remarkable images for
34:03dr martin luther king jr just weeks before bloody sunday joining me now is democratic lieutenant
34:11governor of hawaii keith reagan lieutenant governor hawaii in many ways feels far removed from the civil
34:20rights movement of the 60s and yet in the midst of the selma to montgomery marches in 1965 several
34:28hawaii residents found themselves at the center of all of it can you tell us a little of that story
34:36and how it become a focal point of hawaii's america's 250 commemoration absolutely first and foremost thank
34:47you very much reverend for having me on this program to talk about hawaii's involvement in the civil rights
34:51movement if you can think back 61 years ago a group of individuals decided that they were going to leave
34:59hawaii and travel 4 400 miles 20 hours to get to selma to participate and show that hawaii was there
35:07to
35:08support the civil rights movement knowing what we've been through here in hawaii in such a diverse place
35:14where we know that as the sign says it's one of the pictures that you'll see that hawaii knows integration
35:20works what an amazing opportunity for hawaii to bring that aloha with them and to be able to celebrate
35:26and to be able to support this important movement back in 1960s
35:33now besides just the extraordinary visuals what can we learn from this about how widespread and diverse
35:42the civil rights movement of the 60s really was well i would say this that hawaii understood and has
35:50understand understood for a long time that people can live together in harmony regardless of
35:56ethnicity regardless of religion regardless of backgrounds hawaii is the leader in that regard
36:03and we've shown that for decades and if not you know more than that so it's just an amazing show
36:10that
36:10hawaii is one of those places where we have learned to be able to appreciate and enjoy
36:17and really just become one group of people that celebrate each other
36:24now it occurred to me that looking at the people at this exhibit no one in these pictures could know
36:33or have even believed that the nation's first black president had already been born just a few years
36:40prior in honolulu does the obama connection add maybe even a bit more to all of this
36:47i would say absolutely you know president obama has played an important role in hawaii's
36:53history and we all adore the president and appreciate his good work that he has done to lead the nation
37:01when
37:01he was our president and we we have we hold him in high honor and regard here throughout the entire
37:07state of hawaii and i just think it shows that hawaii is such a incredible place where no matter what
37:13your
37:13background no matter what your ethnicity no matter what your race your culture your religion that you
37:19can become something great in fact you can become the president of the united states of america
37:26lastly we we can't help but notice the contrast between this project and the kind of patriotism
37:33and america 250 celebrations uh we've seen from maga and and trump did we miss an opportunity this year
37:42to tell a more inclusive and hopeful story about america on a grand scale well reverend you know i think
37:50that the display of these photos here in our ceremonial room in the state of hawaii is an
37:56important way for us to be able to show that america is a great place and it can be a
38:01great place if we
38:02work together if we overcome some of the challenges and issues that we're faced with we need to just
38:07reach back and think about the spirit of aloha and how we can incorporate that into our every single day
38:12lives every doesn't you don't have to be in hawaii to celebrate aloha and to embrace aloha and that spirit
38:19of aloha it is truly something that people across the nation across the world can embrace and be
38:26able to overcome some of the adversity and the challenges that we're trying to navigate in this
38:30truly um unstable environment that we're in right now
38:36all right hawaii lieutenant governor keith reagan uh we thank you for being with us up next my final
38:43thoughts stay with us this this week in the lead up to america's 250th anniversary president trump
39:01traveled to north dakota to have a conversation with a i teddy roosevelt at his presidential library
39:09the two of them talked about the panama canal americans all across the political spectrum
39:17revere independence day but the real differences come in the american story we are celebrating trump
39:25and his allies are pushing a vision of the country encased in amber a nation locked in front uh and
39:34locked in from a founding that cannot be changed and improved upon one where your american identity is
39:42defined by your connections to our white male christian founders i prefer to view america as a place
39:49of profound struggle and progress where our understanding of citizenship and democracy has expanded over
39:57and deepened in time transforming us from a baker's dozen of unruly colonies to a global superpower the
40:08direction of our country takes over the next quarter millennia has everything to do which narrative we embrace
40:17today that does it for me thanks for watching the beat weekend edition with harry melba is up next i'll
40:26see you back here tomorrow
40:27tomorrow live at 5 pm eastern
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