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Hung hungry, homeless, and considered in the lower tear of the economic dealings with this country. what do you say and propose about dealing with poverty and hunger in america? >> number one, that its time we did it. we need to invest in an america where everyone counts. and so ive proposed several investments and policies to make sure that everyone can prosper in our country, including expanding the earned income tax credit, child tax credit, making sure we invest in affordable child care so f...

Two bedroom, one bath that i grew up in. garage converted to be a bedroom for my brothers. so ive got a plan the 3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities. for people who are coming back from being incarcerated. its about tenants rights, but there is one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people...

3.2 million houses units in america, those are housing units for working families, for the working poor poor, for seniors with disabilities, its about tenant rights but theres one more piece. housing is how we build wealth in america. the federal government has subsidized the purchasing of housing for decades for white people, and has said for black people youre cut out of the deal. that was known as red lining. when i built a housing plan its not only a housing plan about building new units. it...

Already large field of candidates among them is julian castro, who is speaking out tonight about something democratic voters told us is a big concern. the bite taxes take out of their paychecks. castro talks to harry smith about what matters. >> reporter: were at the home of former housing secretary julian castro showing him what one democratic voter had to say about taxes. >> im being penalized because im single, i have no children and i own no property. what they are taking from me for taxes i...

The challenges for bloomberg. number one, his position on stop and frisk is a huge issue amongst african-american voters. it is a big liability for him. again, as i said, his greatest asset is his money. but thats also his greatest liability. were at a time, yes, lots of jobs, but those jobs are not allowing people to afford their mortgages, college tuition, health care. so many other things. the standard of living in this country. so bloomberg is not going to be a great spokesperson for those p...

Affordable health care, i think thats going to be problematic. im someone who thinks mayor bloomberg is quite competent, a huge philanthropist. i know organizations that have benefited from his philanthropy. when your messaging is around what we cant do to help some of the poorest americans who are working, the working poor, thats a problematic issue, particularly in a democratic primary. >> the best way to do it, not that he cant do it, but whats the best way to achieve unification of our socie...

To prioritize issues important to the poorest americans, setting off on a 22-state tour, to prioritize issues. trymaine lee is in greensboro, north carolina for us. youve been working on this original reporting. talk through what effect theyre hoping to have here. >> reporter: the organizers of the poor peoples campaign need to do more tour, 22 states. they hope to end in june with a big rally in washington, d.c. when you think about the 40 million people living in poverty, those are folks livin...

Have gotten to know her and her family frankly, the president could benefit from meeting some of the homeless folks in los angeles. just like beto orourke did yesterday along skid row the solution people here will tell you is not rounding people up and moving them somewhere else thats already being done including in places like this. its additional services for people on the streets. its additional housing for people on the streets and its addressing the income inequality as a structural problem...

Matter is, there is a homelessness crisis in the state of california and in the united states half of the homeless people who are living on the streets do live in the state of california. and as i said, 60,000 of them live in los angeles. 30,000 of them are just too poor to afford a house in los angeles. so, if the president wants to talk about fixing homelessness, he might want to start with fixing the economy that he says is doing so well its certainly not doing well for people on the lower en...

Our teachers are paid at the very bottom of the barrel in this country. our water is contaminated because we have not fully funded our department of environmental quality. our schools are crumbling because of a lack of infrastructure. and we have the working poor, of course, who have not enjoyed health care because of our failure to expand medicaid. its a travesty, and governor cooper has fought very hard as have i and our colleagues. we have been steadfast. im whone of the whips in our caucus. ...