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You have to explain it to people that dont know you. when youre explaining youre losing. it seems like hes back on his heels over and over again. at the end of the day, i dont know whether or not he loses african-american support as a result of this in and of itself. but over time, all of these little not so little but all of these gaffes, all of these moments where he could turn the message around and say, you know what? this is where i was but this is where i am because this is where we are to...

Are some things where you dont know exactly what happened 20, 30, 40 years ago. here, dna evidence. >> clearly. >> open and shut case. there are not two sides to this. >> not at all, and you know, these were babies. these are children. 14, 15, 16. and the fact that donald trump at the time, because at the time there was a discourse around super predators, around these kids that john delilio, talking about these crack babies who werent able to submit themselves to social norms, they were monsters...

That the social scientists who put forward the idea of super predators, came back a decade later and said they were completely wrong. what happened in this moment for donald trump, he basically said, right, that these kids should be murdered, they should be killed, and one of the interesting things about this, and particularly the netflix documentary, or film, not a documentary, its a film, is that she views how broken these kids were, and how broken the men still are, and folks went on to live ...

Five young men caught at the center of this central park jogger rain. >> yes. >> initially accused and convicted of raping her and then someone else stepped forward to say he did it. i would say whats happening here is were having these pieces of television based on real life that were made about something that happened when we felt one way about an issue and coming to television and asking hus to reconsider in the current light. so the central park five convicted when people in new york and acr...

He would have this incoming given hes the front-runner but what do you think is the impact on his race? >> well, i think we have to always be mindful that there is a deep idealogical debate happening within the democratic party right now. we saw it in 2016 with regards to hillary clintons candidacy and some believe that that debate, that fissure led to the election of donald trump. but we do know the rejection of clinton-ism is a part of that debate. and so biden in some ways represents that cur...

>> steve: by the way, beto orourke -- >> melissa: i need to ask a question on the way out so shes not totally frustrated. do you think there is a solution where both sides can come together that includes a wall that isnt a wall? could it look like criminal justice reform? do you think they would go for that? >> jessica: i think border security done in different ways obviously conversation prayed but its a huge sticking point. >> dagen: i need to say this about criminal justice reform. they did t...

Japan, i do agree with mark that it was shameful. i will raise him. it was also unbelievable hypocritical for donald trump to go around bashing people for promoting the idea of super predators back in the 80s and 90s. he took out a full page ad at his own expense calling for the death penalty for 5 young men who were falsly accused of beating a woman in new york. donald trump was one of the loud mouths in new york city. once joe biden gets in a position to do it, he can parity him on that. >> mi...

Exactly right along with that is the question of, you know, really the same question, has he been around too long, is he too old, does he simply have too much time in grade, too many things people can look at and say, yes, we know this was a position you took 20, 30, in some cases 40 years ago, but youre still running, youre the same guy. do you still, for example, you know, think that black criminals are super predators? you remember how that very question hounded hillary during the 2016 campai...

Just mentioned with super predators that hillary clinton said at first lady that really hurt her in that primary, and so were just in a different time, joy, and you cannot -- you cannot go by and not talk about your record because youre going to be called out for it, and this is just where we are. there is an energy. there is an activism. there is a conversation happening. people are calling out white supremacy, and we also have donald trump whos in the white house whos doing a bunch of things t...

>> we know young black voters held hillary clinton first lady at the time, she didnt pass or sign the crime bill. she was the first lady. she got tagged with her comment, super predators about the crime bill in this cycle kamala harris is being really tagged by a lot of -- not a lot but some african american voters because she was a prosecutor and prosecuted people in california in the way that office ran. can biden i dont know how to put this but bidens legacy is obama, his support for barack o...