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Democrats and republicans, the democrats are half people of color. 25% black. the experience that people have, its not just trump mouthing a racist attacks on black congress people, its a whole system that affects housing and it affects health care and education. thats the experience thats defined people of color in this country. racism is a tool. its no doubt it will consolidate and may even increase turn out on the part of the gop using racism and it will also increase turn out on the part of ...

Talk to his base about race. we see that based on his campaigns embrace of race and white identity politics. it may not be what a will the of people want to hear but it seems his base is responding in the way hes talking about race. democratic candidates are criticized for the fact they dont necessarily know how to talk about race and that the president is really stoking this racial divide in this country. the new york times is writing this. an increasingly vocal group of democratic organizers a...

And i saw that and i said, wait a minute, this guy is -- hes been extreme in so many ways but that goes beyond anything that is acceptable in america. weve got to start the impeachment process. the evidence has to come out. the american people have to be convinced during that process. and i also say as a democrat, democrats should not only talk about impeachment, i fear sometimes they do too much, talk about the issues of working people to show were doing the work that americans sent us to do. n...

Change. and it deeply affects as you just pointed out food. food growth, food production. what do we do about the inertia in terms of people not realizing the perils that we are facing right now? >> thats a great question, and that was really one of the things that motivated me in this story. i think food -- it was coming at the food issue sort of from the side. im not a foodie or a food activist, but it is such an intimate frame for a story thats becoming, you know, more and more real for peopl...

To the left. that happens in the primary. the internet is pretty big right now. television is on all the time, these moments where you make to different people, you say this to the guy and i will end this to the guy in massachusetts , thats now captured on camera and it helps candidates more when they get to the general. >> leslie: i think the free stuff will resonate with some. there are 207 districts that voted for barack obama twice and flipped for trump who are struggling economically right ...

And there is a question about regulation and what this is all going to end up being. we are back with the panel. ben, do you have a sense of where congress is headed here? >> i think congress is led in a lot of the directions. a lot of them are still trying to figure out what exactly to say. elizabeth warren has obviously been hammering at this idea to break things up. the truth is breaking up facebook and instagram doesnt really solve a lot of problems that actually matter to people. one thing ...

Audience -- just raise your hand, how many in the audience, this issue of college debt is real. a kitchen table issue. yeah. look at that. real people. thank you. let me go to lydia right now. go ahead, lydia. >> well, thank you for coming to fresno. womens rights and equality are very important issues to me, especially in todays political climate. youve talked a lot about getting along and working together, but in a primary where we have multiple strong progressive candidates to choose from wit...

Have your kids go to school and to put food on the table and even to be able to afford to be generous in some way to your little league, to your church. whether you have gone to college or not. and so in addition to making going to college affordable, weve got to make not going to college more affordable in this country. >> okay. how many -- how many in the audience -- just raise your hand, how many in the audience, this issue of college debt is real. a kitchen table issue. yeah. look at that. r...

So we also have to make sure that through, first of all, making sure that weve got a decent minimum wage, starting with 15. but also more broadly that we honor work and that we have adequate benefits and good pay and affordable health care, housing, education and the rest of it. that a working class lifestyle is a good one. it ought to be possible in this country to be able to afford to have your kids go to school and to put food on the table and even to be able to afford to be generous in some ...

Handedly, and also new states came online that were competitive obviously. senator sinema and also newly competitive states like texas and georgia a map deeply unfavorable to donald trump and one. reasons hes been so panicked since the day after the election. >> and jared bernstein, the exit polls showed health care policy as an issue was twice as important as the economy as an issue. never seen that before, but a good economy is not especially reassuring when you could lose your health insuranc...