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You launched your campaign in lawrence, massachusetts at everett mills. right? huge historic labor strike there in 1912. so you've had these two tent pole moments, 1911 and 1912. is that because you see us as sort of -- that was a time when the gilded age was yielding the progressive era. >> yes. >> do you see us in that kind of transition again or is that what you're trying to make happen >> i see it as we have this moment in history that if we get out there and fight, we can turn it around. but it's not guaranteed. it really is about whether we get out and fight. and that's how i see pulling...

And then the moment came when over 140 people died in that fire when frances perkins stood on the street and watched as one woman jumped to her death and then another and another and another. in 18 minutes, 143 people died their bodies lying on the ground their blood running into the gutters. people piled up at the fire exit that was locked because the owners were so worried that those workers might steal a scrap of cloth but this time the plan was different. it was to say we're not just going to have one more protest we're going to have a huge protest. we're going to build a grassroots moveme...

The flesh. she says that she chose this park because around the corner from it is a factory where a whole bunch of people died from a fire in 1911. and that's all because of corruption and corporate greed. but i think the speech was a lot more than just the anti-corruption theme. politically, it was so significant because i think this might have been the most sort of forceful and sharpest argument -- general election argument we've seen her make all year. let's take a listen to some of the arguments she made last night. >> now, i know what some of you are thinking. i do. whoa, too much. too bi...

So overnight senator elizabeth warren drawing one of her biggest crowds of her campaign to date, thousands f l filled new york's washington square park to hear her speech and take selfies with her. mj, what was that like? >> reporter: no question that last night was one of elizabeth warren's biggest campaign rallies to date. thousands of people gathering in washington square park for something pretty rare. warren delivering a speech off of teleprompter. thematically the speech was also anticorruption, she pointed to the infamous 1911 fire at a factory around the corner from the park to argue t...

>> wages that barely budge, shrinking opportunities for the next generation and the one after that and the one after that the 'the american people get it and they are sick of it. >> so warren spoke in washington square park near the side of the triangle shirt way factory fire of 1911 which due to corrupt working practices killed 146 garment workers, most of them women and immigrants. according to the "new york times," the new york city department of parks and recreation expected between 8,000 and 10,000 people to attend last night's speech. however, warren's campaign says the crowd exceeded 20...