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Thank you. in one months time, the national action network will gather civil rights activists, stakeholders, and 2020 presidential candidates to examine the state of civil liberties and racial justice today. among the speakers and panelists, 2020 presidential candidate senators cory booker, kirsten gillibrand, bernie sanders, amy klobuchar, elizabeth warren, buttigieg, and other notables such as stacy abrams, eric holder, representatives karen bass, congressman greg meeks, and alexandria ocasi...

The legislative strategy for the comprehensive anti-apartheid act of 1986. imposing u.s. sanctions on the south african government and demanding the release of political prisoners, like nelson mandela. >> we have come a long way. but the caucus continues fighting every single day. for the marginalized and the disenfranchised. weve got to keep fighting. we are freedom fighters, mandela would want us to keep fighting. please welcome to the stage representing the united states members of congress, ...

Countries that were part of it. they say this plan is reckless, use words like illogical, crazy. they feel this is a dangerous idea and a dangerous approach to foreign policy. what you hear from the white house, this is the most reasonable option. were not breaking apart the deal itself, were still in the deal, we just want to work out the part where the president has to certify it and congress can or cannot lift sanctions. there are a couple of options. congress can do nothing, leave lifting of...

Democratic society. and president trump, you know, sometimes weighs the line because sometimes as he said in the campaign, i think he wants to be like mr. putin, he would like to shut down the press or have the state run the press. he would like to be more of an authoritarian type president, hes got to show that he is going to be, you know, democracy and the values that we share like with our eu partners are what has to stand forward. >> all right. congressman greg meeks, thank you so much. >> m...

Swing and were seeing that right now exactly. >> representative keith ellison did a town hall in congressman greg meeks district, southeast queens and 400 people showed up on a saturday morning in a holiday weekend and they were asking us to push back. saying youve got to resist and we need to stand firm. theres a tremendous amount of energy out there. as we -- as if members of congress like mr. donovan over there would hold town hall meetings he would get great feedback but i guess he doesnt wa...

>> we have been joined by two -- three members of congress, stalwarts from the house of representatives, fighters, barbara lee, maxine waters, greg meeks. ing anybody else? [applause] thank you so much for joining us on stage. these folks i had the privilege of working with at the labor department and the justice department before that, and they have been such remarkable, remarkably successful people. be so you know what, folks? id like to have you give one more round of applause for an incredib...

Life, that country, the democratic party. we have got earnest and sincere work to do and it is going to be up der the leadership of chairman perez and all of us are going to help him and all of you are going to help him. thank you very much. >> we have been joined by two, three members of congress, stalwarts from the house of representatives and fighters by maxine water, greg meeks and anybody else? thank you so much for joining us on stage. these folks, i had the privilege of working with at th...

When theres a crisis, economic collapse, a massive crisis abroad. president trump is trying to go at the pillars of democratic society. it is not just the media, it is the court, the opposition party, his own people in the legislature. its the intelligence branches. all of these set up a situation where hes going to say, you know, god forbid theres a terrorist attack and im in charge here and i dont care what the courts or kon says an enthats when we have a crisis and the institutions need to pu...

in modern history. now mitch mcconnell says keep waiting. >> hoped to turn to her next week but if we cant finish the trafficking bill shell be put off again. if they want to have time to turn to the attorney general next week we need to finish up this human trafficking bill. first thing we need to do is finish this important human trafficking bill then turn to the nomination of the attorney general. its not a threat. we need to finish this human trafficking bill. >> its not a threat? ...

Yourself with loretta lynch. it says "loretta lynch is eminently qualified to be the attorney general. she deserves a vote. confirm lynch. "why is this taking so long senator coons? >> there is no good explanation for the remarkable delay. its longer than any comparable attorney general nomination. there was, i think, no disagreement significant disagreement from republican members of the committee during her eight-hour confirmation hearing. she was composed. she was professional. she was dilige...