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And then bill clinton spoke, and he got an incredible welcome, which is a far bigger and more enthusiastic reception than i think hes been used to for quite some time. so this was a real celebratory moment. the wrap-up of 2016, chelsea clinton introducing her dad, and the basic message is, tell your friends, tell your roommates, dont leave anything on the table. north carolina can change as it has been to be fighting for voting rights, against voting suppression. there was a key ruling here just...

Show up at the poll by 7:00 p.m. you have a right to vote no matter how long the line is. he wants to ensure everything is fair much like democrats want to assure there is no voting suppression. there is concern on both sides. >> if you are in line before the time of the polls closing even if the line goes for another two hours you have the right to vote. >> so block it out. >> pack your patience. >> whatever it is. >> i do want to get more into what mr. trump said. he said be careful with the v...

But historians dont agree that the election was thrown that way. >> douglas, what about what -- what rudy said there that from his own experience, with his own election, that he saw people being bused in to places where they shouldnt have been voting. >> well thats rudys own experience. i wasnt there what i can tell you is there are voting suppression in irregularities all throughout american history. i mean the whole story of the south was voter suppression, having jim crow laws, voter literacy...

This is an odd renaissance were seeing for someone who didnt have the chance. ben, i want to go to you. on the other hand with key provisions of the voting rights act being struck down, do you think lbjs greatest accomplishments are being eroded right now? >> what we know is what rosa parks told us, which is that freedom is never truly -- truly one. every group that comes has to win it again and again. each generation has to win freedom over again. what we should really look to is what happened ...

White minority voters in shelby county, alabama, has been the same for a decade. his quote was the south has changed. its not the same as it was in 1964. the whole country has changed. we are a dynamic society, not just in alabama, but everywhere. wait a minute, not everywhere. in florida last year, the justice department had to step in time and time again to stop governor rick scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general e...

Its not the same as it was in 1964. the whole country has changed. we are a dynamic society, not just in alabama, but everywhere. wait a minute, not everywhere. in florida last year, the justice department had to step in time and time again to stop governor rick scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general eric holder knows minority voting suppression is real. >> it is the position of this department of justice and this att...

>> were doing -- >> those are the people that you go out to dinner with and its really uncomfortable. and you go home, like, whoa, what was that? >> i cant believe we talked about that. >> so my dad, god rest his soul, every time he would say something inappropriate, my mom would kick him under the table. and my dad, every time, would go, mary jo, why are you kicking me? >> ive seen that. fantastic. >> mika, you kicked me under the table. >> no, you didnt. but you have no filter. >> were having ...

In south carolina, nikki haleys home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a drivers license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year...

>> according to reuters, voters in south carolina, nikki haleys home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a drivers license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting...

With the base. he connects with african-american voters. he connects with white working-class, blue collar voters. we love joe. thats why we love joe. at the same time, a speech like this, though, often gets white working-class voters rolling their eyes, saying come on, man, as joe biden says to himself, come on, man, this aint 1963 and dont try to paint false choices. >> joe, some ways it is 1963p pp what theyre doing with voting suppression is shocking. >> come on. >> it is shocking. 780,000 p...