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This is greedy and shameful and disrespectful to people in this community. and her exasperations as somebody who is a nonpartisan observer in that community, it resonated in an interesting way. i think a lot of democrats feel very dispirited by this process. i think a lot of fair minded observers who want small the well run democracies, whether or not they like democrats or republicans as candidates, feel dispirited by this, feel sort of hopeless. youve been reporting on this so aggressively. do...

>> ari, i think a lot of democrats and a lot of fair-minded americans -- im glad we played that clip of a white woman speaking at that galveston meeting saying im not a democrat or a republican, but this seems really racist to me and she went on to remark i find shame over what youre doing. its greedy, shameful and disrespectful to the people who live in this community. and her exasperation as somebody whos a nonpartisan observer in that community resonated in an interesting way and i think a lo...

Its greedy, shameful, and disrespectful to the people who live in this community. and her exasperation as somebody whos a nonpartisan observer in that community resonated in an interesting way and i think a lot of democrats feel very dispirited by this process. i think a lot of fair-minded observers who want small "d" well-run democracies, whether or not they like democrats or republicans feel dispirited by this, feel sort of hopeless about this. do you see the arc bending on this? do you see an...

Issue anymore. it involves race, religion, gender, you name it. there is so much hate and rhetoric and divisiveness that this is an important reminder that we need to care for each other more, respect each other more and consider things from other peoples point of view. >> gene robinson has a question for you. >> sure. >> just to follow up, we are at a moment when race relations in this country seem to have gone backwards. and i see sort of expressions of outright, overt vicious racism that i ha...

Voters in the general election. >> you and your wife, former congresswoman gabby giffords, endorsed hillary clinton today. can you tell me a little bit about what went into that decision? was that a foregone conclusion and it was just a question of the timing or was there something specific she had to do in order to earn that endorsement? >> its something we watched over time. secretary clinton has laid out a very clear plan about how she is going to try to protect -- or how she will protect the...

In order to earn that endorsement? >> its something we watched over time. secretary clinton has laid out a very clear plan about how she is going to try to protect -- or how she will protect the american people. families, women, children, communities. from gun violence. you know, its clear and its a detailed plan and its a very common sense plan and its one that both gabby and i support. >> in terms of senator sanders, whos her chief rival for the nomination, i played that clip at the top becaus...

>> you and your wife, former congresswoman gabby giffords, endorsed hillary clinton today. can you tell me a little bit about what went into that decision? was that a foregone conclusion and it was just a question of the timing or was there something specific she had to do in order to earn that endorsement? >> its something we watched over time. secretary clinton has laid out a very clear plan about how she is going to try to protect -- or how she will protect the american people. families, wome...

On the law. >> and i also think we have to talk about the human element here. we have talked a lot about interracial marriage. its striking when we talk about whether the country is there or not on interracial equality. we look at the time where the supreme court decided loving vs. virginia it, had 20% approval and 73 disapproval. thats dramatically different than where public opinion is now on gay marriage. >> i wouldnt say were in a situation where we have an arc bending toward justice. were o...

Systems perception of fallout, that means they are not deciding those issues impartially based on the law. >> and i also think we have to talk about the human element here. we have talked a lot about interracial marriage. its striking when we talk about whether the country is there or not on interracial equality. we look at the time where the supreme court decided loving vs. virginia it, had 20% approval and 73 disapproval. thats dramatically different than where public opinion is now on gay mar...

Those issues impartially based on the law. >> and i also think we have to talk about the human element here. we have talked a lot about interracial marriage. its striking when we talk about whether the country is there or not on interracial equality. we look at the time where the supreme court decided loving vs. virginia it, had 20% approval and 73 disapproval. thats dramatically different than where pup opiniblic opiniow on gay marriage. >> i wouldnt say were in a situation where we have an arc...