Need for a new type of candidate to help the democrats win their elections in the fall. Ive got four fresh faces on this show tonight. They want to change the country, the party, i want to get a chance to talk to them. First, i want to talk to you. This summer has turned out to be shocking, even by the standards of the trump era, okay . Just this week we had a cnn reporter who was barred from a white house event for the crime of doing her job and asking some tough questions of the president. Also, you had trump threatening to yank away the Security Clearances from former top intelligence officials just out of smit, they didnt do anything wrong. And we got to hear recordings of trump two months before being elected president of the United States, talking about how to pay off a playboy model. And before that we had the horror in helsinki, where the president of the United States played lap dog to vladimir
Van Jones offers his unique take on the forces that elected Donald Trump, the antiTrump Resistance Movement and the future of both major parties in front of. Good, the money seems to be flowing pretty well. I think people are pretty happy with that. Now, listen, these are all fair points. The economy is growing at its fastest pace in 2014, the dow is up, 40 . You have to give trump some credit, these valid points miss a bigger point. In exchange for tax cuts, economic growth, some right wing judges, republicans are now in danger of losing their core conservative principles and even their moral principles. Republicans hated deficits under obama, remember the tea party . Trumps nearly trillion dollar deficit, no problem, all good. The conservatives hated obama, they called it socialism. Theyre fine with trump doing a 12 billion bailout for farmers. Please remember the only arent
family. Thats right, you know. And other than that, have you to have three jobs and its part time work and low benefits and things like that, i was looking at people that i grew up with, people that were part of my family, people that i loved, and they were struggling and Hillary Clinton come down there and she was talking about job training. The training she was talking about were of jobs that do not exist in West Virginia. Coal mining is a job where you can start making 90,000 a year. You want to tell a person that makes that that can feed their family to now go ahead and settle for moving out of state or to take a job making minimum wage. Thats not going to do it. Donald trump said he was going to get the coal miners back to work. How do you evaluate him now. Why should they vote for you. If everything is going so well now, why are you running for office . I relate to the people. I come home from the military, the reason i got into politics, i spent a lot of time away from my wife and kids. I found out i have kids in my backyard that have it worse than the children i saw in iraq and afghanistan. The village will raise the child. But here mom and dads addicted to drugs and grandma and grandpa are on Social Security and trying to raise a grandchild, theyre already cutting their meds in half. You have mexican heritage. Yes, i do. Your grandfather came here undocumented, made a good life for yourself. You voted for a guy who hasnt said a good thing about a mexican that i heard. Why was that not a barrier for y you. Once again for me it was about the people that i understand that. When i think about donald trump, i cant help but mainly relate
republican. Joe manchin, hes on a bicycle trying to get away from the democrats a lot of the time. What is the advantage for you running as a democrat . Im a real democrat many i believe if the Democratic Party gets back to what the Democratic Party is, well be fine. Taking care of the sick, the elderly, and finding those in poverty to elevate them with a hand up not a hand out. Thats what the Democratic Party is supposed to be, and weve gone away from that. You were viciously and physically attacked and assaulted almost beaten to death because youre out there talking the way youre talking. Help me understand how we got this divided and what can you do to bring us back together when we cant have somebody like yourself speak the way youre
speaking without possibly being killed . A lot of times its old politics. Its the way politics are ran across this country. I happen to start saying the things that need to be said and it ruffled the feathers of the people who didnt want to be ruffled. They saw this as an opportunity to try to scare me to get out of politics or take me out. I might have considered a different job if i ended up in your situation many. I spent 24 years in the United States army. I have tattoos on my back of soldiers that didnt come home. They didnt die for this. I lived in a bubble, i thought every time we went overseas and fought for this country. We were doing it because we were trying to give people a swliver of the greatness we have here in the United States of america. I realize that my brothers did not have their hopes and dreams bleed out on a battlefield so we could have corrupt politicians
that have their hands in the cookie jar blatantly and nobody can do anything about it. I cant tolerate that i got children in my backyard that are struggling, when were supposed to be great. I cant do it. I wish more people had your passion. We got a lot more to talk about with richard, his take on how to help teachers. And how to fight the Opiod Epidemic in West Virginia, when we get back. vo why are Subaru Outback owners always smiling . Because theyve chosen the industry leader. Subaru outback holds its value better than any other vehicle in its class, according to alg. Better than rav4. Better than grand cherokee. Better than edge. Make every adventure a happy one with Subaru Outback. Get 0 Apr Financing on the 2018 Subaru Outback. Book now at lq. Com. But behr premium stain y can weather any weather. Overall 1 rated, weathers it all. Find our most advanced formula exclusively at the home depot. And im still going for my best even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. So if theres a better treatment than warfarin, im up for that. Eliquis. Eliquis is proven to reduce stroke risk better than warfarin. Plus has significantly less major bleeding than warfarin. Eliquis is fdaapproved and has both. So whats next . Seeing these guys. Dont Stop Taking Eliquis unless your doctor tells you to, as stopping increases your risk of having a stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. Dont take eliquis if you have an Artificial Heart Valve or abnormal bleeding. While taking eliquis, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer than usual for any bleeding to stop. Seek immediate medical care for sudden signs of bleeding, like unusual bruising. Eliquis may increase your bleeding risk if you take certain medicines. Tell your doctor about all planned medical or dental procedures. Eliquis, the number one cardiologistprescribed blood thinner. Ask your doctor if eliquis is whats next for you. I knew at that exact moment. Im beating this. My main focus was to find a team of doctors. Its not just picking a surgeon, its picking the care team and feeling secure in where you are. Visit cancercenter. Com breast welcome back to the van jones show. A democrat running for congress in West Virginia. In a district that trump won by doubledigits. But theyre now saying its a tossup, you are neck and neck in a district that trump won. And youre running as a democrat. I want to get deeper into the reason you ran and that youre running . This Opiod Epidemic that is killing so many people, how do you evaluate the trump response and what would you do to make it better . I think that he has definitely been lacking in that. Right now i have 75 beds to address the Opiod Epidemic. Yet my area, my people were targeted by big pharma. They threw their oxycodone on West Virginia like tic tacs. I have one person on my team that both parents have died because of the Opiod Epidemic. I have another person on my team that found his brother dead due to an overdose. Its destroyed and ripped us apart. What can be done about it that is not being done right
now. We need to check big pharma. We lost more lives in the United States of america than all of the vote flax war. Big pharma goes into the capi l capitols and greases legislators products. You wont take their money . Let me tell you something. They will never be allowed in my office. You can i applaud that. We dont have people who do their party, that are willing to stand up to money. The fact that youre willing to do so. What about some people say medical marijuana would do a better job what do people say in West Virginia about medical marijuana . My bill is what made West Virginia the 29th state to become legal for medical cannabis. Thats a nonaddictive form of pain management. States that accepted medical cannabis have seen a decrease in
opiod apost. It can help with parkinsons, ptsd. 24 soldiers are committing suicide every day. Its my duty to reduce that to 0. You mentioned being a vete n veteran, how do you evaluate trump as commander in chief, especially this whole situation with russia and helsinki. Successful leaders surround themselves with intelligent people. He has two brilliant military minds. He needs to listen to them. I notice you seem a little hesitant to be directly critical of donald trump. Is that because you have a lot of love for him in your heart . Youre concerned that your constituents care about it 1234. Most democrats come out boom boom on trump. Youre a little less boom boom. From where i live, hes done pretty good for southern west
virginia. My people are working, and thats my family, i have to give him a thumbs up on that, theres a lot of things im not happy with. If donald trump has a good idea i will support it wholeheartedly, if he doesnt i wont. Thats the way i am with anybody. I share your passion to make sure the coal minors are treated right and well. You also have a climate crisis. And the whole Global Warming situation. How do you deal with that issue . I believe Global Warming exists. When it comes you know, in terms of coal mining, what i say is that the most important thing that ever comes out of a coal mine needs to be the coal minor, i expect for you to protect my water and my air, as long as you can do that, we can find that balance. We still need coal. Make no mistake about it, this country suffers from infrastructure issues. We have a Military Mite that is crumbling right now, if we want to fix those, we want steel. And we want the best steel to be fix those issues. And the best steel comes from coal and that comes from my mountains. There is a way for us to work together. Im glad you recognize that. You were out there before a lot of other people helping these teachers, who were suffering from budget cuts, not enough supplies. This Movement Spread like wildfire. Ive never seen so many teachers in red states standing up for themselves. I want to play a clip of you its time for us to start looking past the faces of the people that are here that are fighting for nothing more than profits for the people that arent even from our states that are making millions and billions that dont care about us. And start looking at those faces in the gallery. Do you think the fire and the passion that you saw when you were out there leading those movements is going to translate to the ballot box . Its a different thing to march and hoot and holler than to go and vote. The 55 strong will remember in november. That sounds thats a mike drop. Thank you for being here. I want you good luck on your race, its a tossup now. Coming up, we have the 10time nba allstar, carmelo anthony. Hes making big moves on the court and off the court. Well talk with him when we get back. Connected. Or keep tabs on them. He skipped orientation for the beach . He takes after me. Join tmobile, buy an iphone 8, get an iphone 8 on us. Welcome to holiday inn thank you wait, i have something for you every stay is a special stay at holiday inn. Save up to 15 when you book early at hollidayinn. Com
his commitment to charitable work started with the vow he took as a young guy. Take a look. First of all, welcome to the van jones show, obviously, a massive hero on court with all the accolades and whatever, i didnt realize, though, how much heroic stuff youre doing off the court. You are putting puerto rico on your shoulders, baltimore on your shoulders, doing stuff in south africa. Before we get into all that, why are you doing this . Why are you using your platform in a way that you are . I think understanding what my platform is and what im capable of doing. And how strong of a voice i have, once i realize that, the rest of it was easy for me, was just going and doing it. You know, i felt like i had a vow to do it. You talk about this vow. How old were you when you made this vow . The vow was to like my
crew. It was like, when i make it, this is what were doing, were giving back. It was more so to them, being that theyre still there, i always feel obligated. I got some news for you, though. Everybody says that, everybody says i know you thought you were special everybody says it, nobody does it. When youre from there, its easy. Youre a product of that environment, you know whats going on, you know the struggle, and the cry, the cry out for help and those people, if youre not from there, then its easy to say youre going to do it and shy away from it. The thing i think for me, i didnt realize the depth of your commitment until you walked out on stage that time at the espys. And it was like you and lebron and dwyane wade this is like the titans coming out. What are they talking about . Why did you do that . Thats not never been done before, never been done since. It was an iconic moment. What was your Thought Process to say, were all going to walk out here and take this stand for justice. Where we was at at the time, and we still there, its like, you had all the athletes in one place at one time. So that was a Perfect Place to do that, to send that message, deliver that message. And almost a call for hip, It Speer Headed something, not just with athletes but with everything. A lot of athletes back in the 90s, they really stads out of politics. 60s they were political, 70s, 80s, 90s, not so much political. Why do you think so many athletes, not just yourself, why are athletes stepping to the forefront in a different way . I think the game has changed as far as the business of the game, the focus of the game. I think one good thing we realize as basketball players, we are the league. Theres no League Without the players. We support the owners, they support us, most importantly,
our commissioner. Adam silver does a great job of supporting our causes, he would never try to interrupt, he would try to team up with us. He gives us a you know, that Freedom Of Speech to go out there. At the end of the day he understands that we are those people, and some way, somehow we are affected by it too. Youre going to be a part of this Documentary Series on Trayvon Martin, rest in power, The Rock Nation Pull together. Trayvon became the face of our community. We had to go to war for him. Why is that an important thing for you to be a part of. Why is that issue so important to you . We all know what happened to Trayvon Martin, to even speak on that is touching, its hurtful. But at the end of the day it was almost a sacrifice. I had an opportunity to meet the family. You know, so i know the mom, i know the father and i know the hurt that they was going through at that time. I met with them right after. The tragedy, so to see where they were at at that point in time, to see where theyre at right now, to see how society gathers around them, rallying around them, uplifting them, kind of they are the voice for that. I mean, other families, you know, who have been through the same situation. Theyre to be the backbone and be their strength as well. Do you feel like were making progress from those Trayvon Martin days . Are we still there . Do you see much improvement yet . Not at all. Its actually gotten worse. Now were seeing it live on our fingertips, so we feel we have to do something. And i think thats the upoar. Is that why you sent i think you have 4500 kids go to the march for our lives. Youre trying to help the next generation find their voice . Yeah, at the end of the day, i know how powerful the youth voice is, now is it the time where were going to start hearing more and more voices
from the youth. They understand how powerful they are now. And they can move and shake, they can make things happen. A lot of people are tired of hearing the adults talk, when you hear the kids speak, you hear the youth speak, its a little more touching, and people feel obligated to get something done. When you were growing up, did you see gun violence, that kind of stuff, was the neighborhood that tough . Or is that something thats gotten worse . I would like to talk about it, its easy, but neighborhood was called the pharmacy for a reason. They made a tv show about my neighborhood, the wire. A lot of those teams before tv, a lot of those things were real. Just the drugs, the prostitution, the fighting, the killing, the police brutality, the School System, and the prison system, ive been a part of all of that growing up, so i know what that feeling is like,
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