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Listen. >> learning that harris eats no for brek fast and encouraged him dont let people tell you who you are. you tell them who you are. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. have a good day. hello and thanks for joining us, im ana cabrera in new york, forgotten no more, hidden no more. this hour president biden arrives in tulsa, oklahoma where he will soon deliver remarks on this 100th anniversary of the citys race massacre, a century later biden is set to become the first u.s. presid...

They went block by block, killing black men and women, burning down their homes, destroying their businesses, hundreds were killed, thousands were left homeless, and the wounds are still being felt today. survivors and their families want action, and soon president biden will meet with them in hopes of addressing the roots of their pain. he is set to unveil a plan aimed at bringing some accountability to the injustices black americans have faced and still live with today. cnn anchor and cnn poli...

If we dont get him off of her right away, he could really do some damage. im glad shes okay. and i appreciate her service. >> police arrested the suspect a short time later. the officer had a bloody nose but thankfully is expected to be okay. thank you all so much for joining us at this hour. im kate bolduan, john king picks up from here. hello, everybody, and welcome to "inside politics," a im john king in washington. president biden on his way to tulsa, oklahoma this hour, for solemn duty,...

Open their businesses. and people in those communities, they want those specific things addressed. they recognize that there have been decades of systemic racism. there was urban renewal, that places like tulsa were affected by. thats the sort of big picture of racism in america. but i think theres a desire here to see biden address the specifics of what happened here in tulsa, and in other parts of the country, where land, money, businesses were actually taken away from black business owners at...

President biden right now is on his way to oklahoma for the 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre, the visit shine as presidential spotlight on a horrific moment that is too often ignored in american history lessons. back on may 31st, 1921, a white mob destroyed tulsas greenwood district, hundreds killed, thousands left homeless across some 35 city blocks, theits cad one of the worst racial episodes. race war rages for hours. troops and armed men patrolling streets. heres front page headl...

Putting black wealth creation at the center of an economic development policy. as abby said, i think as president biden arrives in tulsa today one thing thats important for thimm is to not make it look like a photo op so to speak. when i was in tulsa earlier this year for this piece, as abby was hearing from black tulsans, theyre cognizant of the fact that its inv vogue to come to tulsa and talk about black wall street. hes going to be judged by the policies today, not the top line numbers and a...

Conversation josh chamberson. 100 days, the president of the united states is coming to promise and offer some help from washington. what is the mood, the spirit, like there on this day? >> reporter: yeah, it is a big deal for president biden to come here to commemorate this massacre, as youd pointed out its not something thats been talked about frequently over the last 100 years. its been largely omitted from the history books. to have a president come down here to mark it is really important, ...

Priority in this white house without a doubt. but to joshs point, can you overcome skepticism in the community, "a," that you mean it, and after you leave and the cameras leave, six months from now, ten years from now, you will see the seeds take root. >> reporter: there are two elements of this. some of these proposals are tied to the future of legislation here in washington, its the bigger story of legislative gridlock. can he get an infrastructure plan passed that includes these funds for inf...

Its something thats rarely taught in american school books but as we stand here today there are still three living survivors of this massacre, each of them over 100 years old and biden will be meeting with them today as he tours the greenwood cultural center, which is in a part of the city known as "black wall street" that was burned down 100 years ago. but what youll also hear biden talking about today is what can be done to rectify the racial wealth gap that has only expanded in that 100-year ...

>> right. >> that says history that makes people uncomfortable cant be taught. i cant imagine such a thing. history that makes people uncomfortable cant be taught. you are a child of the south where in 1921 there was still sharecropping across the south. there were still people since the end of slavery ended each year without a dollar to their name. the idea you are sitting in a place that was generating prosperity, generating wealth, creating the opportunity for a great future for african-ameri...