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Anyone expected and as katy mentioned, it was also the diversity of the crowds in new york that was very interesting. we saw men, young children. we spoke to entire generations of women in the same family. one woman was an older african american woman and she said in 2008 i march in washington for president obamas inauguration and im marching today for exactly the opposite reason. i felt hope in 2008 going to 2009 and looking at this now i dont feel like this hope. and young children had brought...

We have to take over the democratic party. im sorry but the old guard of the democratic party has to go. it has to go. we need new leadership. we need young leadership. we need women leadership. we need people of color. we need gay and lesbian and bisexual and transgender. >> welcome back to "hardball." of course michael moore speaking at the massive demonstrations in washington. a reporter for the huffington post. and voter -- and washington bureau chief, david corn. maria, theres a lot of move...

Energy and true democracy like i have never seen in my very long life. it is wide in age, it is deep in diversity and remember the constitution does not begin with "i the president", it begins with "we the people." >> that was the great gloria steinem speaking in washington today. and ryan, you going to tell me something i dont know. >> im going to try. . >> take your time, brother. >> so around it country a lot of towns are 5,000/10,000/20,000. and had even 12% of their populations. palmer, ala...

Hillary clinton. so think of it in the historical terms of we didnt realize the tea party was here to stay, that all those people that came to the trump rallies -- i didnt write theres a lot of people going there to where hes going to be president. dont ignore crowds at this level. something will happen. i dont know what. >> were you surprised? i heard 200 thousand, then 400,000 in d.c. and i went wait a minute and it was about a half million today. >> everyone i know who lives in washington had...

Even led by washington-based national organizations. thats what was special. >> and they made it big and the people read about it and said 200,000. this looks family friendly. im going to go. >> and what was special was they decentralized. we helped with sister marches and we would get on phone calls and someone else would say this is how you fund raise. people felt like they were owning something which is something that democratic part y partys soul has lost. >> and most people dont like him an...

Theres a small sliver who voted for obama who you can win back. you only needed 50,000 of them in three states to win. >> lets look at what happened possibly today. his boycott and led 50 some members of the house not to go yesterday. then this woman out west. >> hawaii. >> she was ticked off at the election of donald trump and she put this together. this didnt come from schumer or pelosi. it came from a regular person without office. >> on facebook. so on election night she said we should march...

>> i know something about marching when i was much younger i marched in nashville. i marched in washington. i marched from selma to montgomery. im ready to march again. >> president trump, i did not vote for you. that said, i respect that you are our president-elect and i want to be able to support you but first i ask that you support me. support my daughter, who may actually as a result of the oappointments you have made grow up in a country moving backwards, not forwards and who may potentiall...

>> it dies do unin washington and maybe in the national conversation. after all, in a few weeks well be consumed about the super bowl. were always distracted. but in places like newtown. rite here in washington, d.c., with the navy atshooting, the weej will not go away. were losing a lot of kids all the type. its im for us to xwrar our children and talk to our children. i tell people i have 18 nieces and nephews. im not aurchie. i text them. we have to have in touch with or first are first and o...

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