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Around one thing, issues imperative and important to women of color in this country. alex, we looked back at the alabama senate race and saw the undeniable influence of african-american woman there, 98% voting for doug jones and playing a big role in getting him elected to the u.s. senate. their goal here is to harness that power and use it to make a difference in the midterms. i spoke with a number of people who were attending this summit this weekend to ask them what is the most important thin...

Say on that. americans need to know that when you allow people to get elected by racialized voter suppression, guess what, its not just about black people. the people who get elected by racialized voter suppression are also anti labor rights, antiworkers rights, antiworking wages, antipoverty programs, anticivil rights and womens rights, immigration reform, anti-health care. and the ugly irony is more white people, particularly in the south, get hurt by those who get elected because of racialize...

Including governors, too. >> the thinking here is that, all right, we make those cuts, but we make up for it in peoples lives by this job creation. >> right. >> theres no guarantee of this. >> no. these are two very distinct philosophies here. you have got a philosophy on the right that were going to create so many jobs and grow the economy so strongly that you wont need expanded food stamps, expanded -- overlapping and maybe mismanaged antipoverty programs, right? were going to focus on the job...

Criticizing them as racists. >> i would say with all respect to eric, has it backwards. you didnt get jobs until crime is brought down. new york saw. that we brought crime down. and the economy is worse in the inner cities. the economy did not get better because of a government program. weve been spending trillions of dollars on antipoverty programs. it wasnt until police saying, got data driven as police commanders for crimes in their jurisdictions but the effort to demonize the police is leadi...

Ring. webb a novelest decorated vietnam vet and outspoken critic of the iraq war is vowing to bring an outsiders voice to the race with a message centered on helping working-class americans. an impressive figure this morning from senator bernie sanders, raising $15 million for his presidential campaign in the last three months. most of that money coming from small donors. sanders has been rising in the polls and just attracted a crowd of 10,000 in wisconsin. but hes still trailing far behind h...

Two minutes till the top of the hour. before you leave the house heres whats happening. secretary of state kerry on his way to the ukraine is to put pressure on putin. president obama unveils his 2015 plan today. the focus will be on antipoverty programs and retirement security. more classic corvettes expected to be pulled from the sink hole in kentucky today. the recovery operation underway at the national corvette museum. >> time for the good, the bad, and the ugly. up first the good. remember...

Does this budget throw more money at a problem? >> chris, what the presidents proposing, you just laid out, as well as the child tax credit, are provisions that have had bipartisan support in the past. what the president is doing here is extending that tax cut to child less workers, right now it applies to a lower income workers with kids and so we hope actually that this will be an area where republicans can come together with us and works together. >> whats the indication youre getting on the ...

In other words, walmart cares about their employees, apparently not enough to pay them a decent salary so running a food drive for their own employees wasnt something they had to do in the first place. and this is a walmart problem at large. the company claims that average salary nationally for their full-time associates is around $25,000 a year. analysis by the advocacy group our walmart puts that salary at roughly between $15,000 and $20,000 a year. countless number of walmart workers are depe...

When asked about it by a cleveland newspaper, a company spokesperson had this to say -- "this is part of the companys culture, to rally around associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships." in other words, walmart cares about their employees, apparently not enough to pay them a decent salary so running a food drive for their own employees was something they didnt have to do in the first place. and this is a walmart problem at large. the company claims that average salary nat...

Associates and take care of them when they face extreme hardships." in other words, walmart cares about their employees, apparently not enough to pay them a decent salary so running a food drive for their own employees wasnt something they had to do in the first place. and this is a walmart problem at large. the company claims that average salary nationally for their full-time associates is around $25,000 a year. analysis by the advocacy group our walmart puts that salary at roughly between $15,...