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That we make, we know it is not enough. our economy doesnt work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper the cost of the middle class, thats a the economic argument but start inequality is also the democratic idea. the top 1% has amassed a bigger share of wealth and income, too many of our families and inner cities and in rural counties have been left behind. the laid-off factory workers, the waitress, or health care worker who is just barely getting by and struggling to pay the bills. convinc...

It provides jobs for factory workers in malawi to make desks for students in schools that have never had desks. the k.i.n.d. fund also provides for girls to attend high school in malawi where school is not free. jane ashford tweeted i cant donate until at least january. is this fund only seasonal or all year? yes, jane. and i am so glad that you asked. you can contribute to the k.i.n.d. 24 hours a day, every day of the week, every day of the year. by going to the last word desks.msnbc.com. you c...

Another $251,212. thats just overnight. for kids in need of desks, k-i-n-d. it provides jobs for factory workers in malawi to make desks for students in schools that have never had desks. the k.i.n.d. fund also provides for girls to attend high school in malawi where school is not free. jane ashford tweeted i cant donate until at least january. is this fund only seasonal or all year? yes, jane. and i am so glad that you asked. you can contribute to the k.i.n.d. 24 hours a day, every day of the w...

The state and local level. take a listen to that. if we cant find a way to break through what is a complicated history in the south and start winning races there and winning back southern white voters without betraying our commitment to civil rights and diversity, if we cant do those things, then we can win elections, but we will see the same kinds of patterns we saw during my presidency, a progressive president but a gridlocked congress that you could move an agenda forward. >> reporter: he did...

Saw during my presidency, a progressive president but a gridlocked congress that cant move an agenda for us. >> reporter: and so that is the challenge he laid out for the democratic party, being able to communicate, not just with the people who have already been won over. not just with that so-called obama coalition, but with a lot of other voters. he has talked about how he was able to do that during his run for the senate. obviously, during his two runs for president. its a point hes made over...

Missed out and the independent revolution came in. >> put this into perspective. we all remember the economy that president obama was handed in the beginning. it was pretty devastating. he talks about the accomplishments through his two terms in office here, but some people say hes politicizing this, that there is an alternative the republicans are offering here that could be more beneficial to the american people. what part is politicizing, what part of it is real? give us a sense of where hes ...

Obama would not have the had to contend with, the jim comey letter 11 days before the election. >> kailee? >> blaming everything on the fbi and russia and recounts and -- what happened here, the presidents right i think hes a more likable figure than hillary clinton. his approval ratinging are above 50%. hes a popular president. that is true. democrats have forgotten when obama touts wage increases and touts a robust economy, hes knee glegting the pain of workers in wisconsin and factory workers...

It, i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it. >> reporter: he also went on, as you noted, jim, to deliver an implicit criticism of hillary clintons run. he had a lot of good things to say about her run for the white house, but he said that democrats need to do a better job of connecting with voters everywhere on a visceral level. factory workers, farmers, people living outside urban centers, and also white voters in the south. heres more on what he had ...

Proud of it. >> on the shores of lake michigan, between chicago and milwaukee, kenosha, wisconsin, a city and a region that flourished in the heyday of american history. >> this was a manufacturing community. we made things. this community was built on the hands and backs of working people, who came to work in those factories. >> back in 1902, kenosha started making cars, beginning with the jeffrey rambler. nash motors bought the plant 14 years later and by the 1920s, it was the biggest employer...

Voters for the factory workers in her state for the working class, they like the sound of this. >> right, well look. you know, we have seen the parties in their business of voters switch positions on trade. i mean democratic party is now more of the pro-trade party than the republican party. the problem is, is that first of all, for a lot of those blue collar and nonurban voters, as christine said, this is a tax. i mean they rely on in many cases the low prices that are produced by lower cost im...