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House to house they will go, bringing mirth, mockery, and mayhem. ♪ cajun mardi gras traces its roots back to medieval france, when this was the one day of the year working poor could hide their identity and subvert the conventions of society. old-fashioned costumes modeled on satirical rifts on the period garb of aristocrats, religious, and political leaders remain the garment of choice. though, there are also some decidedly modern adaptations. and at this point, i feel like i should be givin...

Good for black america sthat what you are saying? >> i am not saying that. laura, you are cutting me off. if you are make less than $15 an hour, you are the working poor and they want to cut health care. working and cant afford college education. >> laura: how did barack obama change that? >> well, he didnt change it significantly enough. the fact is unemployment 10% down to 5%. >> laura: now its at a record low. the atlantic headline on this. how barack obama failed americans. the countrys firs...

Working with jared kushner. this president has done nothing good for black america sthat what you are saying? >> i am not saying that. laura, you are cutting me off. if you are make less than $15 an hour, you are the working poor and they want to cut health care. >> laura: how did barack obama change that? >> well, he didnt change it significantly enough. the fact is unemployment 10% down to 5%. >> laura: now its at a record low. the atlantic headline on this. how barack obama failed americans. ...

Yet you deal with people every day that are saying i remain forgotten. so where is the disconnect? >> the disconnect is we are watching a slow tickup on rising wages. but in no way being able to make up for the fact were still watching rising inflation, rising prices that are happening on everything and were watching wages even with a slight increase in no way is keeping up with where people are. delta were seeing between living wage and minimum wage continues to get bigger. so when you think ab...

What progress and success looks like. the same way we can say, well, unemployment is low, but that doesnt include underemployment. >> you got it. >> also people who have stocked looking for jobs. so if a person is at $24,000 or $25,000 as a family of four, theyre not good. its not like, okay, hooray, everything is great. we have to understand the fact that we still have families who every single day are struggling. the face of poverty continues to change. what we used to call the middle class an...

Navajo, being mistreated and kept in poverty. passing tax cuts that benefit the wealthy and hurt the working poor. voting rights are being blocked and we are firing chaplains. its so thee logically concerning, you know. joy, i read the bible, the bible in isaiah says whoa under those that legislate evil and rob the poor of their right. iz keek called those that hurt the poor wolves. this is very concerning to be happening in our country. if you cant take a prayer, you surely cant take prophetic ...

Significantly lower at 14.7%. >> the poverty rate in california is 39% higher proportionally than in texas. and the us census bureau, the old official rate, takes into account the cost-of-living distances, rents are 55% higher in california than texas. what happens is if you are a member of the working poor or anyone other than the elite from silicon valley in hollywood, it is tough to make legals meet, put food on the table and put a roof over your head and that is why 100,000 americans every y...

Mother, it was some soft most important poverty testimony i have seen in congress, and paul ryan followed the lead bringing that woman into the committee to be heard. and i reported on that hearing that night right here with a slight glimmer of optimism about what that could mean. optimism that was crushed by paul ryan. he leaves his speakership with exactly one accomplishment. and today, in his first exit interview, he could not even tell the truth about that. >> so if i -- if a year ago, two y...

Were going to lose a bunch of states, his supporters will blame us, but he hasnt led he wakes up in the morning poops on twitter, his staff. f him i cant say that in public. judiciary is stacked with a bunch of people who can win. reelection is, as long as they dont piss off trump voters in the primary. id vote to impeach him myself, most of us would. hell all the democrats would. if were going to lose because of him, we might as well impeach the mother, take him out with us and let mike pence t...

House of representatives. every pole shows the republicans losing the house. and that is because of paul ryans leadership, which has been no leadership at all. none. and i am one of the many congressional observers who is deeply disappointed in paul ryan. i never fell for the media picture of paul ryan as a policy won because i know few qualify for that description on any subject. they are always guided by their staffs on policy. the staffs always know more on policy. but paul ryan had done more...