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This way and in pennsylvania its happening this way. i think americans dont always catch, and i think your point makes this well, theres no national right to vote. theres no federal level, every single american having -- it all rests in each and every state. so as ive heard reverend jackson say many times, there are 50 separate and unequal rights to vote or relatively less right to vote in each and every state. isnt it time to simply say, okay, even if youre a states rights kind of person, this ...

Elana sebarus. and msnbc contributor karen finney. thank you for being here, ladies. >> thank you for having us. >> its almost exciting to have foot soldiers at the table. when you all discovered this, sort of in your civics class, why the decision to take the information and turn it into a petition? >> because we wanted to do something about it. we were all sort of shocked that it had been 20 years and sort of wondering why people like us couldnt moderate a debate and wanted to change that by t...

American democracy is the expansion of the franchise. and it is actually one of the histories we should be proudest of and embrace. we started off with a restricted franchise with only white property owning males able to vote. and slowly by surely over time as a result of social, profound social movements as a result of americans coming together and valuing democracy, we got to the point where everyone can vote. and to begin the process of pulling some of those, some of that progress back is rea...

Great position. >> so when you heard that candy crowley had, in fact, gotten this decision, did you feel like we have a win here? >> we were so excited that this finally happened and we were so thankful to everyone who signed the petition. we couldnt be here without them. >> so just -- this is one of those moments when young activists sort of do something so obvious that the rest of us should feel like, oh, right? why didnt we take care of that? why didnt we take care of that for 20 years. >> ma...

Gerri willis with us from the fox business network. whats the sense about how optimistic everybody should be about these numbers? >> dont get too excited here. the numbers are up 16% year after year. take long view here. if you look at the period since the recession ended. the number of job openings -- people have these jobs are not so optimistic they are holding back. >> there was talk a while back that the fed might do some sort of stimulus to make things better. it decided not to. and now one...

Its a big fund-raising trip for him as well overseas. >> thats right. some fund-raising going on there. thank you very much, molly ball and jonathan capehart, as always. two survivors of the aurora movie theater shooting have been released from the hospital in colorado today, but there are still about 12 people in the hospital with 10 in critical condition. and yesterday allie young and stephanie davis talked about that fateful day for the very first time. >> she put my fingers over my artery,...

Buildings, including the apartment building of the subject. those evacuees have been staying at central high school. again, with the support of aurora public schools. with regard to the paris location, its a very vexing problem, how to enter that problem safely. i personally have not seen anything like what the pictures show us. when it relates to bomb stuff, i see a lot of wires. trip wires, jars full of ammunition, jars full of liquid. something that looks like mortar rounds. we have a lot of ...

Todays events, as you leave here you spend a little time thinking about the incredible blessings that god has given us. >> this call for prayerful reflection is important. when we feel helpless, prayer is something that we can do. when we have no words to express our grief, religious texts give us something to say. when we feel all hope is lost, fate gives us a way to hold on until tomorrow. these are not prif yell fooets and these acts of fact can keep communities from descending in despair, in...

Is real. lets go. we gotta go do something. >> selena, you were there with friends? >> i had one friend with me. >> have you talked to other people who were there also since you left out of the theater? >> i talked to them on facebook. but, like, i havent been able to get in contact on the phone with any of them. but like a lot is happening on social media, facebook, twitter, instagram, even. like every social media network. >> tell me some of what is happening there? are you having an opportuni...

You know, what is the true quality of people and how can they deal with situations that, you know, theres no training, no way to prepare for something like this. and i think the way hes handled all of the integration of the different efforts between the federal and the state, the county and the local, it really is a remarkable skill. hes been able to keep everybody focused together. no one is pointing fingers. everybody is moving to the next step. this has happened, what do we do next. and chief...