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Around the world in places like australia and france and finland, and almost every state here in the united states of america. as you said, not going to school today, to send a message, they say, to the adults, to the politicians, telling them were going to disrupt the social order. >> well get to that in a bit. we are learning more about the mass shootings at two new zealand mosques that have left 49 people dead. allegedly at the hands of a self-proclaimed white nationalist. nbc news has obtain...

Renewed white identity and common purpose. >> if somebody comes into the country without papers and killed somebody in san francisco, the victims are all angels. and i understand why he does that. but in the case where a white nationalist kill all kinds of people, its like its an isolated case of a guy who quote has problems. im not sure what that meant. a dangerous way of phrasing it, i thought. who knows whautwhat he was doin with that phrase. >> and the rhetoric is important coming from one o...

A theory ability whats driving then. why is this room so packed? why is every room packed that i go to? >> we want to get rid of trump. >> im obviously nervous. a little bit of ptsd sort of what happened in 2016 and i think a lot of us are afraid its going to happen again. im excited. this is great. i really cant wait. shes one of my favorite candidates. >> reporter: a common purpose, an early unifier in this crowd. whats happening as far as people being so drawn to you and some of your other de...

Shes one of my favorite candidates. >> reporter: a common purpose, an early unifier in this crowd. whats happening as far as people being so drawn to you and some of your other democratic contenders, whats happening? >> i think whats happening is that the american public has rightly embraced the fact that their government and its future is in their hands. >> i think were all very motivated, you know, it is very real to a lot of people, so, yeah, i definitely think that were all feeling this on a...

And women of color, and pete buttigieg who is gay. are you willing to pitch yourself as the nominee in such a diverse field to a party that is fully embracing diversity? >> i think embracing diversity is what we should be doing as a country. i think our leaders should reflect broadly the american people. i think diversity is one of the great strengths of the democratic party. my candidacy is real solutions to solve problems and focusing on the future. all of these changes in the world with techn...

The message that he was just talking about, about a common purpose, this is something im really fascinated by, andrea. outside even the policy debate, what kind of messages these democrats are actually sending. cory booker is almost like, common purpose, he talked about radical empathy, which i thought was really interesting. other people like elizabeth warren want to be fighters. im not sure that democrats have settled on a message. that word from cory booker that you heard today about common p...

And i think its approp retoot show it now because when you were talking about how you are on the front lines and treating to gun shot wounds and emergency rhyme. is there a space for gun rights advocates and it it crack solutions together. or too inflamed? >> theres absolutely an opportunity. we see common purpose. and to make firearm owner hp saz safe as possible. firearm strategy team which im a part of just published 13 recommendations for how we can make the united states safer. and year not...

Escalator and immediately started playing the race card as they accuse us of doing. talking about the mexicans, talking about the muslims, trying to whip up fear and hate. theres always been demagogues, always been bigotry. but the story 06 america is the goodness of us overcoming that, not allowing that being the playing field, defining the higher ground of common cause, common purpose. and so im proud of the candidates who are out there that are talking about those issues. and again, im not ju...

That. gerrymandering is a big problem. it creates district that dont represent the american people. congress is broken in many ways and our democracy is broken. not does the person with the most votes win? that still works. representatives in washington dont go there with the spirit to find unity and common purpose. they go there and they might. they put their only political parties ahead of the country. as a result we dont do anything. i think there say huge cost associated with not doing anyth...

Unfortunately, that number is likely to rise as well. hurricane harvey causeded what is being called the thousand-year flood. we want to take a look back at the past week at scenes of tragedy, survival and of common purpose. >> this storm intensified quickly, making landfall overnight. >> this whole front area was grass earlier. now weve got two feet of water. >> behind me, you can see -- wow. this is one of the major highways in houston. >> the house is flooding, and its rising way too fast. >>...