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Systemic racism and the cycle of poverty like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. its a school day, youre going to be late. >> it wasnt just about, hey, look at these black kids selling drugs on the street. you were in the apartment with them where they had no parents, where they were taking care of their siblings, where they were trying to scrounge for food. >> wheres your book bag? >> teacher didnt give homework. >> so you start to get a much more realistic, three-dimensional pic...

Im in a western district. im not a narco. i dont dirty people because i dont give a [ bleep ] about a possession charge. im a murder police. im here for the bodies. >> david simon was a newspaper reporter in baltimore. he spent a year embedded with the baltimore homicide unit to write a book. he and ed burns, who was a police officer, got together and said, what if we tell the whole story of the death of the american city, the futility of the war on drugs through the eyes of cops? of drug dealer...

Ago when cummings accurately pointed out the true devastation of that city. what is anybody done about it since then? i know what i did, i watched "the wire" like a bunch of other white people did. back before drugs became a lifestyle choice, it was a big favorite among white educated people, especially liberals who felt by watching "the wire" and talking about its all baltimores problems, sort of like watching "game of thrones" solved the nations dragon problem. everyone watching the show feels...

Chairman of the house oversight committee, spending the last few years chasing something for which there is no evidence. this canard about russian collusion. thats why he went after elijah cummings. i dont think anybody disagrees that there is corruption in baltimore. donald trump is appointing a light on that. elijah cummings has been representing the district for 26 years. that is before "the wire" was on hbo. anybody who saw 5 minutes of "the wire," -- >> bill: speaking of wires, your microph...

Statement, because yesterday at an international bridge, heres the statement of what happened. they said a group of 47 undocumented individuals attempted to illegally enter the united states in three waves, via the far international bridge, ignoring commands to stop. the group suddenly rushed the temporary barricades, disabled the wire affixed to the barrier that puts agents in danger. its a busy, busy port of entry, i think the busiest in the rio grande sector. you see it here, this is that ent...

City. >> one of the things about "the wire" that was so interesting is, it didnt rely on this traditional representation of gangsters. it didnt rely on this traditional representation of cops. it was like reading a great novel or a great series of novels. >> i think "the wire" showed the architecture of a full city and the way it layered its characters, particularly omar. omar was, by all other facets of his life, pretty awful. >> yeah, the cheese stands alone. >> but he had this code that he li...

Of drug dealers. >> ive got the best territory and no kind of product. >> i got the best product but could stand a little more territory. >> of teachers, of politicians. just make the entire city into the character itself. >> you follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. but you start to follow the money, and you dont know where the [ bleep ] its going to take you. >> "the wire" broke down systemic racism and the cycle of poverty like no other television show had. >> come on, get up. ...

Numbers went up. so his general election numbers went up. hes facing a challenge in dealing with kamala harris because he doesnt know how to handle it, and i think also, theres another big difference. harris campaign is just starting to gear up. so were going to see her out in iowa and other places field operations. biden seems to have a campaign that needs a reorg immediately. i would not be surprised if we heard there was a reorganization in the biden campaign in the next week. >> would reorga...

Day. >> karine? >> i want to give her some more credit. because when i was watching last night, i thought to myself, that line from "the wire," that famous line that people use a lot, which is, when you come from the king, you best not miss. and she didnt miss. she went for biden and she went in. and the way that she did it was so masterful, was so surgical, and she -- what she did was she used something thats incredibly important to him, which is his 40-year record. and then she leaned in on an...

Hostility every day. >> i want to give her some more credit, which is when i was watching last night, i thought to myself that line from "the wire," famous line people use a lot. when you come from the king, you bet not miss, and she didnt miss. she went for biden and she went in. the way that she did it was so masterful, was so surgical. and what she did was she used something thats incredibly important to him, which is his 40-year record and then she leaned in on an issue thats really importan...