group recruiting and training female candidates. we want our elected officials to look like us. to represent us. to have our experiences. and right now that is not the case. reporter: terry sule, alabama s first black congresswoman, is expected to be re-elected in a majority black district. she s confident more democrats have a fighting chance because they re running on working class issues. they re doing a remarkable job of rallying around the issues that matter most to underserved communities and all the candidates are having to address those issues in order to run against them. i m standing strong. thank you. i appreciate you. reporter: black women standing up and hoping to catch a wave. rehema ellis, nbc news, montgomery, alabama. two big stories people are talking about in this me too era. for the first time, harvey weinstein s estranged wife talking about the scandal trying to move past it. and monica lewinsky calling out
i think we can continue to see them priorityizing publically when campaigning, working class issues. but i think one thing both republicans and democrats need to think about, when we re talking about the working class we re talking about white people. the working class looks like me, my dad, people from all different backgrounds and races, and when i talk to democratic aides on the hill they complain how they think the democratic party s largest problem is they re ignoring minority voters. so while they need to prioritize issues they need to think about how it encompasses all people not just white working class voters. that s the debate i ve heard in the democratic party. do you double down on a straj f strategy of winning back noncollege whites or expand or is it one or the other. it s a discussion that s going
excitement, it s contagious. i know nothing about soccer and the world cup. i just want to be part of it so i go to as many viewing parties as i can. let s talk about hillary clinton and joe biden, both making statements about their wealth or joe vide s lack thereof. he says he s not wealthy. this week in an interview hillary clinton said she and her husband pay full income taxes unlike a lot of people who are truly well off. not to be outdone, of course, joe viden told a forum spotlighting working families that he has no stocks, no bonds and to savings account. what are your reactions on that squaring off for the nomination of 2016? david, you talk about the democrats. i ll talk about the democrats. i think it s a sideshow. i think this is a media-created issue. i think that both hillary clinton and joe biden have made their lives devoted to working class issues.
hillary clinton said she and her husband pay full income taxes unlike a lot of people who are truly well off. not to be outdone, of course, joe viden told a forum spotlighting working families that he has no stocks, no bonds and to savings account. what are your reactions on that squaring off for the nomination of 2016? david, you talk about the democrats. i ll talk about the democrats. i think it s a sideshow. i think this is a media-created issue. i think that both hillary clinton and joe biden have made their lives devoted to working class issues. trying to get better education, better health care, more employment. balance add budget, the kinds of things that benefit the middle class. and i think that this issue as to who has less money or who pays more taxes is a media issue. not something between the two of them.
rejecting the medicaid expansion, we have the most uninsured children in the state of texas. it is largely women who care for those children alone, working low-wage jobs. when senator harry reid said we shouldn t focus on 20-week abortion bans, we need to focus on working-class issues, i have some news for you, mr. reid. women are part of the working class. we are 63% of the low-wage workers in texas, okay? this is not a fringe issue. ask the women in albuquerque. ask the 20,000 people you just mentioned who will be in need of abortion services in texas if it s a fringe issue. i don t think we have anywhere left to go but up. i think we have hit the bottom in texas when it comes to the denial of health care access based on discriminatory standards like race and sex. we have hit rock bottom. joan walsh, this fight is far from over. could this be the turning point? i think it s a turning point, ed. sara is a microcosm of what is happening, right? progressives felt they needed to leav