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>> whats it like for you to come back home and see brothers and sisters with their uniforms on on those engines? >> its twofold. it is good to see. you have a sense of guilt. for me, i wanted him to be around to see it. >> thank you. the city disputed the finding that discriminatory practices by the fire department were intentional, but after the election of mayor bill de blasio city lawyers settled the discrimination suit. the city hired a chief diversity officer and a diversity advocate. since...

Responders who we lost on september 11th. msnbc correspondent tremane lee and his into america podcast team take a look at the history of black firefighters in new york city, specifically the 12 who died on 9/11 and the struggle for justice and equity for those who carry their legacy. [ siren ] >> of the 343 firefighters who tragically died on 9/11, 12 were black. >> leon smith, great guy. always had a big smile on his face. >> captain paul robertson knew them all. >> we studied together for the...

Conversations with people who dont look like us. >> there is more change to be had, to come, this is just the beginning. this is nowhere near the end. >> and one thing that you continue to hear from people who continue to show up to events like this is that its not just about george floyd. they want the focus to be on policing broadly. people mentioned dante wright who during the trial of george floyd, who was killed by a brooklyn center police officer about 15 minutes from where we stand right ...

Hans, lets start with you. whats the point of the visit? >> well, the president wants to drive his message on criminal justice reform. white house officials and allies the white house think that this presents an opportunity to peel off some african-american voters not just here in columbia, right? the presidents down here in south carolina. hes going to win this state. but in battleground states where you have high concentration of african-americans, so thats pennsylvania, thats michigan, thats ...

Her behalf. still, even though there is some good will, there are other folks like the state and naacp saying they were taken off guard by trumps visit. other students i talked to earlier said they take umbridge with the fact that many students werent invited. according to a number of sources, only ten students from benedict college where the president is speaking right now, only ten were invited. so some say its a clear curated room of his supporters without much nuance in terms of how people v...

Assembled a historic coalition and it was indeed historic. we had em so liberal, you wouldnt believe it and so conservative, you wouldnt believe it. and they got together. i said how did we do that one? but it was a beautiful thing to watch. we worked across party lines very strongly. after all of the work and effort, we passed the bill and i proudly signed it into law. the most significant criminal justice reform in many generations. >> but with the administrations ongoing attacks on the impeac...

Project and produced it with the new york times. she also wrote the lead piece spiegtsed our democracys founding ideals were false when they were written. black americans have fought to make it true. also with us, tremane lee who contributed to the piece. thank you to both of you for being here and for this remarkable work it has take ton get it done. your argument here, its written in sort of a sub headline. it says america wasnt a democracy until black america made it one. >> yes. >> its a ver...

52 years ago tuesday this was the scene in selma, alabama, as police turned on a peaceful crowd marching for voting rights. the day now known as bloody sunday. msnbcs tremane lee is in selma for the an verniversary. why does this year hold particular significance? >> reporter: every year since that year, 1965, theres been special significance here in selma. they kicked off the voting rights and i am here at brown chapel which really was the staging ground where much of the planning for the selma...

Difficult to abolish as well. certainly, you can take shots at planned parenthood if you are anti-abortion, for its abortion services. but thats only a small part of what planned parenthood does. it provides all kinds of important health and counseling services to women. do you really want, as a republican, on your legacy undermining the health of millions of women across america? not an easy thing to do. its easy to talk about these things but talk is very cheap. actually acting is very difficu...

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