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Tactic to do that, thats great. theres great legislation right now in congress from marcia fudge in the house and senator chris murphy in the senate that would allow federal investment and grant money to go towards school diversification efforts. so were not talking about, you know, some sort of broad thing that were talking about, what were talking about is making sure that right now in this environment of the modern era that schools have the resources they need to diversify and ensure that kid...

Here. ben, if you were the biden campaign and you had a scale of -- this is the own john mcloughlin style -- ten is absolute panic, where are you right now? >> id be at an 8 looking at these numbers. we talked about this debate. i was frankly pretty shocked by how poorly he performed, not just the answers on busing and his position in the 1970s but cutting himself off in the midst of answers, not looking particularly on top of things throughout the course of that debate. and i talked to a lot of...

Across the country, folks tend to have opinion of them. but what were seeing now is people like kamala harris introducing herself to voters for the first time. and on that stage thats exactly what she did. >> the issue behind that exchange she had with the former vice president on stage, it was busing, and it brought back the politics of the 1970s, the 1980s in a lot of ways. and one of the questions that emerged from that is, is kamala harris calling for a return to the busing that we saw in th...

Busing. what we were dealing with at the time in the 60s and 70s was localities were roelting against it. >> berkeley, california, was i think the first city -- >> yeah. >> but the story she told -- i guess im asking was that the model she has in mind for the country? >> you cant take a snapshot in time and apply it to the modern era. everything changes over the course of time. and right now there are new approaches we have to take. busing can be a part of that solution. but i think whats import...

That she gets into. >> when i was trying to figure out, zerlina, in terms of assessing the politics was this voluntary-involuntary question. was this about rewarding berkeley. is it across district lines. are you saying heres an urban school district thats predominantly minority, its predominantly low-income. so to achieve the kind of balance thats needed here, we are going to go across district lines into the suburbs. do you have a sense what shes calling for here? >> i think what she was doing...

Opposed voluntary busing. >> the big take aways from both nights. >> whats been missing is courage. >> and why never trump former republicans need to expect democrats to act like democrats. >> raise your hand is your government plan would provide coverage for undocumented immigrants. >> when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york, im chris hayes. the most watched democratic debate in history happened last night. nbc news announcing that 18.1 million tv viewers watched the debate a...

Racial justice, including busing. i never, never, never, ever opposed voluntary busing, and as a program that senator harris participated in and made a difference in her life. >> joining me now for more on the first round democratic debate, howard dean, former dnc chair and a 2004 democratic presidential candidate, amy allen president of she the people and dorian warren president of the national community organizing group community change. amy, let me start with you. theres two levels i want to ...

Happened and was decided many decades ago. the former vice president had struggled to explain why he opposed federally mandated busing as a way to integrate schools. keon laue has details. >> reporter: joe biden defending his record on civil rights after an intense exchange. >> i respect senator harris, but we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. >> reporter: speaking to the rainbow push coalition, a civil r...

Said yesterday. >> we all know that 30 seconds to 60 seconds on a campaign debate exchange cant do justice to a lifetime committed to civil rights. i want to be absolutely clear about my record and position on racial justice, including busing. i never, ever, ever opposed voluntary busing. >> okay, cut to a few minutes later when he had this comment which drew criticism, and this time the criticism came from senator cory booker. here it is. >> we have to recognize that kid wearing a hoodie may ve...

About my record and position on racial justice including busing. i never, never, any, ever opposed voluntary busing. >> reporter: but the issue wasnt voluntary busing. it is the federal government stepping in to desegregate schools which biden repeatedly opposed. >> the one way to push civil rights in america further back is to promote busing because its a bankrupt policy. >> reporter: in 2019, the policy isnt really about busing but a conversation about democrats and whether biden fits the mome...