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Defeat the climate crisis, we need to embed environmental justice in the mission to do so. that means caring for the front line communities that are frequently communities of poverty and color. these are communities that are living on top of the superfund sites. i met harold mitchell, a black leader in spartanburg, who has built a low income facility on top of a superfund site. thats the type of investment we need to make. so my plan to put 8 million people to work embeds this idea of environmen...

Critical to your success in south carolina. how are you tying the climate crisis discussion and platform to what is experienced in many communities across this country in terms of environmental racism? youve got lead in certain water. youve got the idea of putting certain plants and affecting the air quality. what are you going to do about it? >> well, not only do we need to defeat the climate crisis, we need to embed environmental justice in the mission to do so. that means caring for the front...

Shooters use it as self-defense. it became the issue in trayvon martin in florida. it was used as a defense after the shooting death of darrel niles in columbia, south carolina. in 2010, the unarmed teen was shot sitting in a car outside a girls home. the homeowner shot niles, an innocent bystander, by mistake. on monday, the parents of martin and davis will join a rally and march led by reverend al sharpton. democrats concede it will be an up hill battle with a republican legislature there. it ...

Threatened by, that assumed threat they are thinking about and just lashing out. this is a license to shoot and kill here. >> all right. state representative harold mitchell, best of luck to you and thanks. to miami, now. right now, president obama and the first lady are visiting coral reef high school. the president is expected to announce a brand-new executive order on higher education. well update you when it happens. arching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle b...

wage in his speeches. >> nobody who works full time should ever have to raise a family in poverty. [ applause ] >> that violates a basic sense of who we are. thats why its time to give america a raise. >> yeah. >> of course, the tiny rise in wages begs the question, why so small? why are wages growing so poorly in a country where the dow is up 27% since last year. look at this chart. the data that goes from 1960 to 2012 indicates as profits go up, way up, past the historical average, w...