Policies. Senator Michael Bennett of colorado has just taken the podium at the state convention, and were still waiting to hear from beto orourke, cory booker, joe biden, and heres a taste of what we heard so far on this day. We need an economy and a government that works for all of us, not just wealthy Campaign Contributors in the 1 . People across this nation understand it is time for big structural change in america. I believe in an america where health care is a right and not a privilege for just those who can afford it. Values like freedom and security and democracy are not conservative values, they are american values. No matter who you are, no matter what you look like, no matter the color of your skin, you ought to be treated the same under our justice system. We got the nra on the run. When im president were going to keep them on the run across the United States of america. Some of the issues are income and equality. Lets go straight to the podium right now. There at the moment speaking is senator Michael Bennett of colorado. Lets listen in for a moment. I propose a set of ideas to overturn Citizens United, to end partisan gerrymandering, to ban members of congress from ever becoming lobbyists if theyve had the privilege to be in the house or the senate. To restore the Voting Rights act, to create automatic and sameday Voter Registration all across this country. We also need democrats if were going to beat donald trump and if were going to win the majority in the senate and send Mitch Mcconnell packing, we need an agenda that unites america. We all agree that we need universal health care and that we have to fight Climate Change. And as a former school superintendent, there is more we need to do. There is Something Else we need to focus on, an Education System for the 21st century. I know you know this. I know everybody in this room knows this, that when one group of American Children has access to highquality preschool and the other through no fault of their own does not, when one group has access to highquality k12 education and the other, through no fault of their own, does not. When one group of students enjoys tutoring and the advice of parents who themselves went to college, and the other does not, then equal is not equal. And unequal is catastrophic for Students Holding the short end of the stick. We need preschool in america for every kid that needs it, and thats every kid in america. We need k12 schools all across this country that any senator with all the choices in the world would be proud to send their own children. My daughter ann is here today. We need people to be able to go to College Without bankrupting their families and for the 70 of kids that dont go to college, we need them to get training so when theyre finished with high school, they can get paid a living wage instead of the minimum wage. To beat donald trump and make progress, we need to take this agenda to the American People in two unusual places, not just the usual places, to the middle of the country. I know something about winning a race or two in a purple state in colorado. The first time i ran Citizens United had just been decided and there was more outside money to spend in that race than any race in the country. And its tough to win those races, but if you have an agenda that unites people, you can do it. And we can do it. You know how to do it. Joe cunningham did exactly what im talking about. Thats what we need to do across the country. So we can take back the white house and send Mitch Mcconnell and the Freedom Caucus to the dust bin and so we can govern this country again. And the reason we have to do it, the reason weve got to be urgent about it, like i said, my daughter ann is here with me today. Shes 14 years old. Like millions of kids across the country, they worked hard to finish their school year in a strong way. Their hands are full. They need to learn english, they need to learn science, they need to learn mathematics. They cant figure out how to fix our broken immigration system, although they can probably do a better job than congress, now that i think about it. They dont have time to fix Climate Change before weve irradiated the planet through inaction. They cant give themselves the quality education they need. They cant restore americas place in the world. Theyre too busy for that. They have a job, and they have a reasonable expectation that we will do our job and that we will not be the first generation of americans to leave less opportunity, not more, for the people that are coming after us. Thats why im running for president. Thats why im asking for your support. Please go to michaelbennet. Com and sign up. Thank you for your patience. Thank you for having me today. Thank you, South Carolina democrats, for your leadership Michael Bennet there speaking for the allotted seven minutes speaking about equality, a major issue for the africanamerican vote there in South Carolina. Lets go to Shaq Brewster who is one of our nbc road warriors. Hes got Bernie Sanders, you might recognize that fellow standing next to him. Shack, what do you got there . Reporter richard, were going to change things up a little bit. Ive been here outside both the state convention and the planned parenthood event talking to voters and how theyve been feeling about what the candidates have been saying, and then Bernie Sanders happened to walk in. First talk about your speech up there. What was the reception inside . I think it was pretty good. I think people want a candidate who is going to fight for ordinary americans and not just the 1 . Thats something we dont talk about very often, and that is the power of corporate america, whether its wall street or the Drug Companies or the insurance companies, and people, i believe, think that we need a president who is going to take them on, provide health care to everybody as a right, lower the cost of prescription drugs, et cetera. This is a state where africanamerican voters are che lot. Our message of equality in the country, we also have to deal with racial disparities, whether its criminal justice, whether its religion, whether its wealth. There is no reason why the average american owns ten times more wealth than the average black family. Those are issues we have to dig in on and resolve. You might have been on stage when this was happening, but President Trump said hes delaying this roundup of Illegal Immigrants. Whats your reaction to that . When i read a tweet by donald trump last week where he says in so many words that hes going to round up millions of people and deport them, that is sickening. That is disgusting, and that is everything that this country does not stand for. We need comprehensive Immigration Reform. We need a humane policy at the border, not locking up children in cages, and we need to protect the 1. 8 Million People in daca. Im glad trump made this decision, but thats not good enough. What we need to do is move toward real Immigration Reform. Hes putting this on congress right now. Hes saying that Congress Needs to be able to handle this situation on the border, a real humanitarian crisis. Whats your solution as a senator and candidate for president . The solution to the crisis at the border is we need to have the administrative judges to adequately and effectively, in a timely manner, process the clai claims. These are people where in some cases a mother with a child has walked 1,000 miles, 500 miles, whatever, because theyre living in violence, threats to their own life and terrible poverty. So you have to approach this from a compassionate point of view, not from a criminal point of view. And we need to have a humane and rational immigration policy at the border and every place else. Youve been a strong voice against taking any military action in iran. Absolutely. Do you support the president pulling back . Die suppoo i support the pre . Its like asking do i support putting out the fire that you started. Some of us are oldfashioned. We actually believe in the constitution. That is, who has decisionmaking power over war in this country . It is not the president , it is congress. And he does not have that authority. I will do everything i can to prevent them from going to war. Let me just say this. I was one of the leaders when i was in the house in opposition to the war in iraq. And that decision to invade iraq was one of the worst Foreign Policy decisions in the modern history this country made. If we go to war in iraq, in my view, it will be even worse. So we need to do everything we can to stop this president from start ing a war with iran. We need to solve them diplomatically, not with war. They did bring down a u. S. Military drone. What is your reaction to that . I think we could have prevented that crisis. This crisis started when trump ran for president in 2016, being very, very provocative. Why is iran our enemy and we love saudi arabia which is an incredibly dispotic murder ruou regime . Has iran done things badly . Absolutely. But our job is to sit these people down in that region and say, were sick and tired of going to war, losing our men and women and spending trillions of dollars. Youre going to get your act together and were going to work this out in a diplomatic way. I dont know if you heard, but there is a debate next week. I knew there was something i forgot about. Youre going to be on the stage with nine other candidates, including Vice President biden. Whats going to be your message for Vice President biden who is leading the field if you look at polling. Look, joe is a friend of mine. Ive known him for many years. I respect him a whole lot. I hope and i believe that that debate will be about our records and our ideas for the future of this country. I hope it will be a civil, intelligent debate and that the voters of this country lwill hae the opportunity to take a look at who they would like to see as the next president. Senator sanders, thank you very much. Im impressed youre not sweating. Its 90 degrees and you have the full suit on. I just came from an airconditioned place. Thank you very much, senator. Richard, back to you. Shaq brewster out on the streets and happened to find one bystander, shall we say, there in columbia. Shaq, lets go over now. Bill de blasio speaking live on stage right now. Mayor de blasio of new york. First we get to reverend al sharpton who has been live there at the Democratic Convention all day. Rev, youve got yet another great guest to talk to. Yeah, thank you, richard, and we are here with Michael Bennet who is a candidate who just spoke here at the convention. Ive known you since you worked in your office very diligently around education equality. Are you dealing a lot with that in your platform running for president . Because thats a real big issue. I am, reverend. Its so good to see you again and see you back in those old days when i was superintendent of the Denver Public schools. What i said today was the reason im running is that were at risk for being the first generation to leave less opportunity, not more, to our kids and grandkids, and today in america, im sad to say this, but our public Education System is reinforcing the income and inequality that we have rather than liberating people from it. That wasnt always true in america. After world war ii, we can talk about why it was a wind beneath our economy, now its Holding People back. You are considered one of the centrist democratic candidates. Do you think the issues like education, like the economy, are these the issues that democrats need to move the independent voters and a lot of the voters that have voted for president obama and then turned around and voted for donald trump . Yeah, i think opportunity is what people want, and they should want it when youve got 40 years of no economic mobility for 90 of the people. All the benefits have been captured at the top. I completely believe with bernie that the families that are in the top 1 have as much wealth as the bottom 9 , which is 200 million. What are we going to do about it . I think structuring an agenda around education, increasing the Child Tax Credit so families can cash flow themselves 300 a month, not just waiting until the end of the year. That bill alone, that proposal alone would reduce childhood poverty in america by 40 and end 2 a day poverty in america. Thats what we need to do not just to move the country forward, but to take the majority away from Mitch Mcconnell as well as win the white house, which is really what we have to do. You raised voter rights. And the fact that many people are seeing steps to dis disenfranchise people, typically in areas that are dominated by africanamericans or poor people. Explain your concern and why you thought it was important to raise that. Youve known this for a general rirtion or more. I think its important because youre either for the democracy or youre not. Donald trump has brought to america a politics of division where its about destroying other people, preventing other people from participating. I was in the white house twice since hes been president , and the one time i was there, he said that he would have won New Hampshire except that they bus thousands of people from certain parts of massachusetts. The president of the United States, certain parts of massachusetts to steal the election from him. That and from the beginning he made that commission which i objected to which he finally withdrew. 3,000 people in colorado were already off the rolls just because of that, and i think, as i said, youre either for a Pluralistic Society where everybody participants and you think were stronger as a result, and that is what i believe. Thats why kids who are denied a quality education are denied something really important, which is participation in the democracy, participation in the economy. So i think sameday registration, automatic registration, a whole burcnch o other things that i and others have proposed are on the side of building a pluralistic side of america. When were interacting with people in china, iran and russia, we cant retreat to some idea of a divided society and expect this country to succeed. Lastly, the president has now delayed for two weeks the sending i. C. E. Out to apprehend Illegal Immigrants. He got a call last night from nancy pelosi, the speaker, requesting he delay it. Hes agreed to two weeks. Your reaction to that. I hope thats enough time for the American People and for all of us to have a chance to change his mind. He is striking terror into the hearts of families that go to my old School District in denver. If you dont feel that yourself, all you have to do is substitute your religion, your ethnicity or the language your parents speak for the target of his obsession on immigration. In 2013, eight of us sat down and wrote a comprehensive immigration bill that passed with almost 70 votes. We need to get back there. We need to get past this president s divisive rhetoric and hateful rhetoric, and i hope over the next two weeks, well take this as an opportunity to do that. The point i want to make is he has done real damage to the fabric of this country already, and were going to have a lot to recover from. All right, senator, thank you. Good to see you. Great to see you again. Back to you, richard. Rev, thank you so much for that. Great interview as always with Michael Bennet from colorado. At the moment polling 0 . Bill de blasio, you can see on the righthand side of your screen, hes coming in at 1 . 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