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Red flag laws. a sense of what that means now. its hard to get past that two-word phrase, gun control. when youre on the campaign trail, how much nuance is there h these conversations? as much as youre talking to folks as you see in a poll like this? >> i think youre starting to see more. i think the american people are getting more educated on this unfortunately by the violence theyre seeing. used to be they were strong on issues. second amendment voters were strong voting block. people voted o...

Little to lose. they provide the weapons and the training and in return they get access to the countrys natural resources. and in the process, hope to reassert themselves as a major player in this region. its a campaign for hearts and minds and hard power. russia is moving quickly to get a step ahead of its rivals. >> outstanding reporting by our clarissa ward, clarissa, thank you. the u.s. president may have a problem with a critical voting block, women, after the break were hear from some on...

Right now among african-american voters. its still early. august in the off year. i think what joe biden is trying to do, is try to go out there and make up ground in areas, where he has room to grow. he doesnt think that he necessarily needs to be competing with some of these other folks who are in atlanta right now, because he doesnt want to get caught up in the -- he wants to have his own press strategy is the point. so, you know, joe biden has done this on a number of occasions where all the...

Pl plurality of the black vote. everybody else is fighting for scraps at this point. the ability to appeal to that voting block will be absolutely crucial if any one of those other 22 candidates want to make inroads in this race. >> thank you, garrett haake, in atlanta. well check in with you again. a couple topics to get to with your ladies, but seema, you first, because i know youre covering the black vote. is garretts assessment right at this point that the black vote is joe bidens to lose? >...

African-american voters should they decide to go with any of these candidates. >> she appropriately addresses the inaugural black church presidential candidates here. do you think the candidates will step up their wooing, if you will, fortunate blackof the bla? do you see evidence of that? >> absolutely. the black vote is so crucial in south carolina, the first primary state of any kind where black folks make up the majority of the electorate. and the southern states, all these southeastern conf...

Voting block that could tip the scales in 2020. back and forth. the fallout from israel denying entry it two u.s. house members. a new reaction from the president and congresswoman rashida tlaib. tackling gun violence. two weeks after mass shootings, demonstration s on a huge scale across this country today. will it work? ivanka for 2024. while she may prefer the oval office over her penthouse, talk about that this summer. good evening. welcome to alex witt. planned gun control rallies i...

Millennial millennials. garrett haake, mayor pete buttigieg. this would appear to be a specific democratic group that theyre targeting here. do they get a sense it will be a big voting block? hard to overstate how important the black church is in organizing that. these are young leaders across the country, here from all over the country. a lot of these folks getting exposed to some of the candidates, like julian castro who spoke yesterday. a lot of people said they never heard of him before yest...

Clinton. and shandel summer. >> and warren keeps surging in the polls, do you think she has a clear path to the nomination, and does this spell bad news for fellow progressive bernie sande sanders chances? >> i think it would be malpractice to give a premature benediction to this race. what we know is there is a lot of ball left to play, and the vice president has remained steady and has remained his coalition of the most decisive voting block in this party, african-american voters. we know the ...

Underway. we see elizabeth warren taking the stage right now. lets go to garrett haake. garrett, whats on tap for all this? >> im going to try to use my church whisper voice while shes on stage. if you cannot find your vote for the democratic primary and if these democratic primaries want to be president of the united states, they will need the black vote and they will need the black church, an enormous power in this community. thats why youve seen a half dozen of them or so here at this confere...

Historically we fought so hard for the right to vote as people of color so i dont want to throw in my vote that cant make the cut or stand up to donald trump and mayor pete comes into this with baggage and he had his own evolution in growth on the issues dealing with police brutality and black lives matter and understanding the relationship in his own community between a black police chief fired even though there was racist comments and if you cant handle this in your own community, how can you ...