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Seen it. He has uncanny ability to connect with their hopes and their desires. And like reagan, he reminds americans that what makes us special is our people. Its our freedom. Its not our government. And as for the socalled smart educated people who are now criticizing trump, i have a few questions. Was it smart to enact policies that ended up enriching the repressive regime in china at the expense of american workers, American Companies and American Security . And was it smart to leave our bord...

Rights laws, and it is now being used -- and i dont know if the senators today realize what tradition theyre in. theyre in a tradition of segregationist senators who use that filibuster. and frankly, were all going to be participating in civil disobedience. well be back again next week with women, and youre see members of congress engaging in civil disobedience as legislators because we want to legislate, but weve got to move in order to legislate. >> talk to me about the tactical decision to mo...

And so we knew we had to continue to engage, as i was in the meeting with my civil rights colleagues last week with president biden and vice president harris, but also, we also knew we needed to weigh in with the senate. and so for us, were going to continue a summer of activism. not just in washington, d.c. but across this country. as you mentioned, my brother wade henderson, who was doing some actions around congressman john lewis one year anniversary of his passing. im a daughter of the south...

Extensively for republicans prior to 1960. even in 1960 you saw nixon get a lot of black votes. goldwater runs in 1964. they appeal with the southern strategy and thats been the case ever since. here is the other piece were dealing with. youve got a bunch of broke white folks in america. you have african-americans who are poor. so america did not truly fully embrace lbjs war on poverty and we still have seen that. youre seeing rev right-hand william barb barber picking up where dr. king was as n...

Kremlin not to meddle in the upcoming election. if it is news to you, it is news to us as well. abby phillip is live in the white house with more. we have never heard about anyone in the white house or any of the extensions of government going at russia about interference except for the president to say its a hoax. >> reporter: well, thats right, chris. and this is all coming in part because the president himself made a claim on social media that he had been far tougher on russia than his predec...

Setting aside politics and all of that. appearance issues plague all politicians. but that one opens up so many questions and always did. >> it was a tough situation. you had never had a former president with a significant foundation doing good around the world married to a secretary of state. >> laura: why does the whole thing dry up after she doesnt become president? why. >> i dont think thats true. a lot of accusations made against the clinton foundation including mr. schweizer in clinton cas...

Setting aside politics and all of that. appearance issues plague all politicians. but that one opens up so many questions and always did. >> it was a tough situation. you had never had a former president with a significant foundation doing good around the world married to a secretary of state. >> laura: why does the whole thing dry up after she doesnt become president? why. >> i dont think thats true. a lot of accusations made against the clinton foundation including mr. schweizer in clinton cas...

Comments that bob corker made, what they are all about and what they are saying with some level of direct sentence that donald trump is unfit to be the president of the united states. he is unsteady. he is unworthy. he is not trustworthy with the nuclear codes. so far weve seen the action of rhetoric. it remains to be seen, are we going to see action? for example, all it takes is bob corker, jeff flake and john mccain. they can make angus king the majority leader of the united states senate. the...

Clearly the democratic party has. im wondering if theres a moment that can help to get behind it? >> in my opinion, occupy was more about how do we destroy hierarchies in any form. the message was, look, the power source is not washington, d.c. the power source is in new york city. these are the people calling the shots. i think in the wake of occupy its shifted conversation and other groups have used that momentum to take up this struggle around minimum wage. i dont know that occupy is the grou...

Pastor of that churn called for direction action to expand medicaid. georgia governor naths diehl was in attendance, except apparently the governor left the service by that point. dr. king gave his life for equality. in all its glorious depth, equality remains decades after his assassination a radical, worthy and as yet unachieved goal. [ female announcer ] season after season, no matter the occasion... your homes the place everyone gathers. so be ready with a stouffers lasagna.