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Jefferson beauregard sessions who is from alabama who we know people like deval patrick said he tried to deny voting rights from citizens in alabama. this is a letter from coretta scott king saying the same thing 30 years ago, like a letter from the grave. and we know hes made jokes that were inappropriate about the ku klux klan and referred to black steph members calling them boy. when people think youre a racist or harbor racist intentions and then you go out and vote to deny voting rights to ...

Of folks to get their ideas and input. hes shown that both through the transition and now. were going to continue to reach out to people of different backgrounds, of different color, of different gender, of different socioeconomic, of different industry, of different parties. the president i think continues to show a desire to reach out and talk to people who i think share an agenda of moving the country forward and doesnt really care about their background, their voting history, any of those ot...

Thank you for coming on into the elevator. >> thanks for having me. >> give you these. two numbers. the first one, 1-10, on what you think of the product, the second of the pitch. lets start with you, alicia. >> i gave you a seven on both. the product front looks great. i love the branding. i loved hearing about the competitive advantages, its clearly a big market. i have no sense of pricing. i feel that would be important to know who you are targeting. on the pitch side, you did a good job. i l...

There is the lgbt solidarity rally over the ban, thats at 2:00. theres one scheduled for 6:00 tonight at west palm beach, florida. and we know that this list would lengthen because we saw last week protests pop up in cities ant and airports across the country. we want to bring in "daily beast" contributor. good to see you. what do you make of this judges ruling and the fact that now people can board planes, whereas 24 hours ago, they couldnt? >> im also former attorney and i think its a great ...

Then how do we do it. the best tool we have in our arsenal is through school choice by making sure that those kids that come from challenged backgrounds do get access to a quality education and that way we can provide some impetus for public schools to right itself. its happened in d.c. where i was on the city council. i think betsy gets that but with all the hype around the president and travel ban its hard to get that message through. >> i only have about 30 seconds left but i think a lot of p...

Part of a movement that were working with democrats on the inside and people on the outside, not necessarily democrats, but a peoples movement that has developed. >> representative, as you gather there, what are some of the ideas youre coming up with that will work that were seeing in the streets here across the country? >> one of the strategies weve been talking about is the whole notion of intersectionality and how weve come together. the young women who organized the womens march really got i...

Just another thing that president obama has done while leaving the white house to try to gum up the works as he leaves. >> senator, are you comfortable with somebody having a mental disability and having a gun? >> you can take a look at what the constitution says which is what i do as a physician who spent lots of time working with patients with all different backgrounds. theyre clearly people labeled one way or another, and im not comfortable with this late midnight recommendation by the presid...

Kinds of people from different backgrounds and political persuasions. if we can make things work right, thats the way it should work. its a big sacrifice people who are here to spend their time. everybodys busy. s that america. so to put those things aside, not just for me but theres prep rk that goes into any successful meetin it means these people who have attended, taken their time, care about the country. so thats the spirit in which we are approaching things. i want to thank everybody on th...

Different backgrounds and different political persuasions and if we can make things work right, thats the way the country is supposed to work. and so its a big sacrifice for the people who are here to spend the time. everybody is busy. thats america. so to put those things aside to focus on this. there is prep work. in any successful meeting, it means these people who attended and taken their time care about the country and thats the spirit in which you approach things. i want to thank everybody...

We have people from different backgrounds and different political persuasions. if we can make things work right, thats the way the country is supposed to work. its a big sacrifice for the people who are here to spend the time. everybody is busy. so to put those things aside and focus on this, theres prep work that goes into any successful meeting, means these people who have attended and taken their time, care about the country. and so thats the spirit in which we are approaching things. i want ...