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Another democrat is pan inning about the midterms -- pan inning. senator elizabeth warren predicts democrats are going to lose if they dont deliver on key progressive issues. >> there is so much we can do. and if we do it over the next 200 days, were going to be in fine shape, but we need to get the work done. >> and if you dont, will you lose control of congress? enter yeah, i think were going to be in real trouble. if we dont get out and deliver. >> yeah. even democratic strategists and advise...

Color. >> reporter: but looking around the convention grounds the reality is very different. 35-year-old associate pastor keelan adams of montgomery, alabama, is one of the few black people here. adams voted as a convention messenger for the first time this year. he has hope for litton who is politically conservative but considered a moderate by some in the denomination on issues like critical race hery and the black lives matter movement. >> there is a reason younger people like him. its due to...

Is really pushing to go far left and prgive like with the warren. and sanders. and the like. progressive. more moderate like joe biden and those who are certainly more middle of the road are going to be much more successful in the general election. and tonight as indication of that. clearly the democratic party has taken a strong shift to the left. and they are all in on ot progressive issues. and do tend to gravitate to a candidate like waurp. for big ideas and makes you feel good. but thats on...

White educated folks and women. where is all the conversations with women? we have female candidates and elizabeth elizabeth, for example. she is gaining every week in the polls. she is showing voters she has a plan. i asked these other candidates, what is your plan and asked joe biden whats your plan. show us. >> does the plan business work? it seems to be working for elizabeth warren at the moment. the idea that she is am category up with policy on a weekly basis. joe biden is basing his candi...

Progressive battle and take on more progressive issues, i think you have a lot of people in that field, elizabeth elizabeth, etc. >> you are the pollster. slightly fewer democrats want a more progressive candidate than want to beat donald trump. >> voters are all over the place and they are off in the conflict. they wanted the candidate who is more likely to win in the fall. there is always a change backlash. always an element of the primary voters. the republican primary voter who is backlash a...

About the same as mitt romney. so are there some cross currents there that democrats need to be aware of? >> well, the first thing i think and we all know that hispanic voters arent really monolithic. they run the gamut, especially by age from conservative to really progressive. and polling kind of has a limitation inherently dealing with hispanic voters because of that. what the research and this poll tells us is that more and more latino voters are gravitating towards progressive issues. they ...

The conclusion, and those issues that are still open must be made public not only to congress, but to the american public and congress must take that, whatever there is and hopefully its complete, take all of that information and conduct public hearings on it, calling in witnesses and doing whatever is necessary and think about the watergate period and it was those public hearings by congress that illuminated the issues that nixon had and similarly it will illuminate the issues of donald trump a...

To make their own moral choices, their own health care choices. when youre trying to say the politicians in washington and the president of the united states should make that decision for you, i think theyre going to disagree. >> so senator jilets talk abou elections. in your home state, you have a big development in the congressional primary. a newcomer. a 28-year-old puerto rican, alexandria ocasio-cortez. she won against a ten-term congressman, joe crowley. she had words for you. she put out ...

>> so lets talk about elections. in your home state, you have a big development in the congressional primary. a newcomer. a 28-year-old puerto rican, alexandria ocasio-cortez. she won against a ten-term congressman, joe crowley. she had words for you. she put out a tweet about it. if we have if for the audience. disappointing that she didnt even bother to talk more consider me before endorsing. youd think a progressive leader would at least be interested in how a no corporate money bronx person ...

Actively to deal with the issues that seem to invariably surround these shootings? we know what the states are doing. but on the federal level, is there anything to give any hope for any kind of momentum? >> well, congress is certainly broke and has done nothing to end gun crime. i have hope. i believe the fact that this movement has become more led by kids, led my students that its intersectional. it applies to all communities and all kinds of gun violence. that momentum thats being created by ...