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Now going viral joins me live in just a bit. But we begin with race taking center stage on the campaign trail. Today former Vice President joe biden delivered what his Campaign Calls his biggest speech yet on race. Biden gave an impassioned address at the Historic Church in birmingham, alabama. Today marks the anniversary of the horrific bombing there that killed four incent young girls. That blast took aim at the very foundations of this community in 1963. It pblew wide open the door for the it shook my generation to its core. It helped us realize in other parts of the country different races and helped us realize working on the fringes of the movement was not enough. We must acknowledge that there cant be no realization of the American Dream without grappling with the original sin of slavery. This comes after a response to a question. It involved repairing the legacy of slavery. Joining me now is mike. Thanks for joining us. This was really an important moment for biden and his team. Its a speech that really highlights what is essentially a paradox in bidens campaign on the issue of race. He has some of the strongest support from africanamerican voters, but he has also faced the intense scrutiny for past statements on racial issues. How was the speech received from your Vantage Point . Reporter absolutely right. This is an important moment for the form eer Vice President. We know in the past few weeks there has been additional scrutiny and focus on the former Vice President S Performance on the campaign trail. He was very much at home. He was very warmly received. The former Vice President joins a deep reservoir of good will. For biden this subject matter is at the core of his candidacy. He wanted f ed to broaden the conversation and talk about the complicated history on race. He said the United States has not always lived up to the values. He seemed to acknowledge the burden on white americans in having the Difficult Conversations about race. Lets take a listen to how he described it this morning. Those of us who are white try, but we can never fully understand no matter how hard we try. Were almost at this next phase of progress in my view. Its hard, heart wringing work, but there is almost 330 americans. I know there is nothing we cant accomplish if we stand together, stand against hate, stand up for the best our nation believes, honesty, decency, treating everyone with dignity and respect. Reporter so biden laying out the moments of tragedy and setbacks in the battle for equality like the solemn anniversary here in birmingham. More recent incidents of domestic terror. And this wasnt the only stop for the Vice President today. He is going to be taking the stage in miami with his first real direct appeal to latino voters directly in talking about the importance of including them in the american family, as well. Thank you for the update. We have breaking news to share with you right now. President trump defending Supreme Court Justice Brett kavanaugh after allegations of Sexual Misconduct resurface. Kavanaugh adamantly denies the claims. Joining me with all the details is nbc White House Correspondent kelly odonnell. This really appears to be a major new development. What is the latest youre hearing. Reporter if everyone remember whz Brett Kavanaugh first came on to the National Scene and his confirmation hearing was so divisive because of allegations back during his high school and College Years some 30 plus years ago of being too aggressive with sexual interactions. Brett kavanaugh denied any claims made by another woman who was a classmate at yale. That didnt really develop into a full part of the investigation of the senate at the time. Here we are more than a year later. And there is a new book that examines the kavanaugh confirmation. And there is new reporting from nbc news that goes back, as well, and looks at some of the allegations from that time. Nbc news, our colleagues have been working on this and have been able to find that there were other instances, another allegation separate from what we know at the time that had been brought to the attention of the fbi during the confirmation process, but that did not go forward with any further investigation or development. Part of why this has spiked with new interest is that because of the book, because of new reporting, there are democrats on the campaign trail for 2020 who are saying kavanaugh may have lied during this confirmation and therefore should be impeached and removed from the high court. That, of course, has brought out President Trump with a forceful defense of his choice for the high court, one of two that he has placed on the Supreme Court. And it has unearthed the allegations that kavanaugh had denied. In part of this, there is a new incident that is very similar to the sort of nature of what was explored during his confirmation process of kavanaugh as a high school or College Student drinking too much, getting carried away in his interactions with women, exposing himself, that kind of thing. He denied it at the time. We have reached out to kavanaugh and have not gotten comment about this allegation. Part of what democrats are saying is that the process itself of investigating the allegations was not fully investigated, that the fbi did not do enough. They looked at some of these claims through the Judiciary Committee, but did not look at all of it. So it opens up these wounds from a year ago. It opens up the questions about is kavanaugh fit to serve on the high court . Of course, that brings out the defensiveness of President Trump and those who support kavanaugh. Mitch mcconnell today tweeting that he expects kavanaugh to be on the court for years to come. And democrats were saying these were circumstances that should be explored more fully and an impeachment process is warranted. The process does exist, but under the current circumstances where you have republicans in control of the senate, it seems unlikely and putting more heat on kavanaugh and more fire for both sides of the political spectrum as we head into a campaign season. President trump has a lot at stake here. Kavanaugh, a big part of his legacy. Coming up this hour, ill talk live with democratic a congressman who serves on the house Judiciary Committee. Another major story is the United Auto Workers union strike set to start tonight at midnight. Roughly 49,000 members of General Motors plants will stop working. Last night, union allowed the collective Bargaining Agreement to expire. This is the first strike in a dozen years when gm workers were out for two days and comes after contracted negotiations broke down. Wages, health care, temporary employees, job security and profit sharing. These were all some of the issues on the negotiating table. Gm says it offered wages more than 7 billion u. S. Investments as well as 5,400 jobs. Now, its called the unions decision to strike quote disappointing. Joining me to talk about all of this. There have been months of negotiating. Why do you think the sides couldnt come to some sort of deal . Even though gm laid out a lot of its proposal today, we dont know a lot of the details of it. It said it committed to best of Class Health Care which auto workers have, but we really dont know if thats as good a plan as we have currently or if gm is stepping back a little bit. In a broader sense, our workers have been upset with gm since november when it announced plans to shut down four u. S. Plants and a canadian plant involved, too. They feel like that was a violation of the previous contract. Gm said Market Conditions changed. The auto workers had been upset that the new blazer suv is being assembled in mexico even though the engines are built in the United States. In some ways, when that happened, it seemed like we may have been heading to this point all along. The strike doesnt include ford and chrysler. Do you think this could be a sign of maybe whats to come for other companies . Well, what the uaw does every four years is picks one company that its going to negotiate the first contract with. And that becomes the template that it takes to the other two companies and tries to use that as a pattern, which usually works pretty well. So its likely that the other two negotiations will be less contentious. In 2007, there was the twoday strike against gm and then a very short strike against what was then chrysler. This really could have a Significant Impact on detroit and the auto community. We appreciate you breaking it down for us. Thank you. We go to escalating tensions in the middle east following saturdays coordinated drone strikes on two key Saudi Arabia Oil facilities. Iran is rejecting secretary of state mike pompeos accusation that iran is responsible for the attack. Pompeo accused ta ron of an unprecedented attack on the Worlds Energy supply. Yemens rebels claimed responsibility for the strike saying they launched the attacks themselves with ten drones, but pompeo is contending there is no evidence those attacks came from yemen. Joining me now to discuss is nbc news Foreign Correspondent sarah harmine. Analysts are calling the attack really a game changer in the con frntration between iran and saudi arabia. This could have serious implications. Whats the latest response from the white house . Reporter the plblame game continues. White house counselor doubled down the claim pointing the finger at iran. Interestingly, she also left the door open to a possible meeting between President Trump and iranian president next week in new york, something that was considered a possibility before the attack in saudi arabia. You know this president and his National Security team and secretary pompeo, our nations chief diplomat keep many options on the table particularly when it comes to retaliating against maline behavior. Reporter its interesting to note that neither secretary pompeo nor Kellyanne Conway released any proof and seems to follow a pattern of plaming iran for attacks. You remember over the summer the u. S. Accused iran of carrying out attacks and the u. S. Military put out Video Evidence that it said backed up the claim of iranian responsibility. So thats something to watch for. Are we going to see any proof . There is a group that has taken responsibility for this attack, where saudi arabia is engaged in what is a proxy war with iran. In the past, they have received support from iran and they say they use ten drones to carry out this strike. Thats a pretty scary claim if its true. We dont know where the drones were launched from or how they managed to hit facilities deep inside saudi territory. 500 miles, still a lot more digging to do. This is going to inflame tensions across the region and potentially between tehran and the u. S. One of the Big Questions is the Financial Impact all of this could have. Saudi arabia responsible reportedly for five percent of the global daily output of oil production. So how could this potentially Impact Oil Prices here in the u. S. . I know its hard to have a crystal ball, but it could have a serious implication. Absolutely. The answer to your question will depend largely on how quickly they can return to normal output. The facility hit is the Worlds Largest Oil Processing facility. The damage was significant, significant enough to reduce the oil output by about 5 Million Barrels a day. Thats five percent of the daily supply. Of course they have Spare Capacity for situations like this, but they wont last forever. In addition, the u. S. Has indicated it would be willing to tap into its own reserves if necessary potentially as part of a kwoerd nalted release. Again, not forever. This question of how long the output is going to be reduced, that is key. Dramatic escalation in the gulf confrontation. Thank you. Coming up, president ial contender loses an endorsement to joe biden. Can he recover . Or is this a sign of more of whats to come . Sign of more of whats to come i am royalty of racing, i am the twisting thundercloud. Raise your steins to the king of speed. Yesss, im doing it all. The water. The exercise. The fiber. Month after month, and i still have belly pain and recurring constipation. So i asked my doctor what else i could do, and i said yesss to linzess. 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Representative gonzalez says at this point in time, we need to narrow the field and unite as democrats to defeat trump. Thats why he is moving his support to Vice President biden. Castros Campaign Spokesman responded saying congressman gonzalez is entitled to endorse whichever candidate he feels represents his values. Secretary castro will continue to fight for a Better Future for all americans including a Health Care System that inshurz all have access to quality coverage. Joining me now is David Goodfriend and adam goodman. Thank you both for being here. Lets start with you, david. Congressman gonzalez stresses the need to narrow the field. Could it be a sign of more endorsements to come for biden . I think its a reflection on how secretary castro handled the debate. I think he was clumsy. I think that mayor pete jumping right in saying this is why people are sick of politics immediately took the air out of the room for castro. I think what were seeing here is there is a way to attack the front runner without alienating yourself from the democratic base. Its a delicate dance, but i dont think secretary castro helps himself in that debate. You will notice that all the other candidates went out of their way to sort of be polite to each other. His attacks stuck out a little bit, i thought. Whoever the nominee is will have to go up against donald trump who is not exactly polite on the debate stage. So there is going to come a time where the democratic field narrows and pivots to more harsh attacks. I just think mr. Castro sort of jumped the gun and did so in a way that was inelegant. Do you think that this was a rebuke to castroS Performance at the debate, as well . Julian castro is looking for a breakout moment. I think he ended up further breaking up a campaign. There was a bigger issue thats in play here. The real time reaction to castros attack was a lot of people said that was wrong. It was nasty. We feel sorry for joe biden. The residual impact of his attack and attacks that have come at the Vice President Kamala Harris and others really this point. Is the Vice President , is joe biden still sharp enough, still there enough to be able to go toe to toe with the president of the United States in the fall of 2020 . And that has a residual kind of long tail effect about questioning whether or not joe biden is going to be a front runner that can stand the test of this race to come. I can tell you that he in terms of generating the one thing he needs to generate which is passion, which is the creating a sense of movement and everyone coming out of their seats and saying we believe again, i think he has his work cut out for him. Thats a big problem for the Vice President when it comes to the first three contests next year, two of which are caucuses. I think if you dont have a passionate base behind you, you are going to find yourself like jeb bush did in 16 and Hillary Clinton in 2008 going backwards, not forwards. Joe biden did release a passionate speech today. Do you think that will help soothe criticism about bidens comments at the debate when asked about the legacy of sla slavery. I think it under scores a truth about the Biden Campaign which is as long as he can maintain a sizable lead across all age groups in the afric