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On deck. >> it is this different than every other thing you've seen? >> yes. it's different. there's action steps. they have awoken something in us that won't stop. >> borrowing for the republican play book, hoping for a different ending in 2020. >> straight ahead as democrats work to pick up the pieces after the election, some are calling for new party leader slip. is nancy pelosi likely to be shown the door? we'll be right back. our mission is to produce programs and online content for african women as they try to build their businesses and careers. my name is yasmin belo-osagie and i'm a co...

Going to -- >> democrats are going to be afraid of trump. i think they are going to be all hands on deck. >> is this different than every other thing you have ever seen? >> yes. definitely different. there are action steps. they have awoken something that won't stop. >> borrowing from the republican playbook, hoping for a different ending in 2020. so would this tea party of the left stay on the left coast or could this grow into a national movement? the people we spoke with say if it is going to happen now is the time and something else we noticed jim, it is not just politically. but over this...

Happened frequently with an overconcentration of stops, arrests, convictions, sentencing. now that we are having this at the forefront and it is a national conversation what i think the country is looking for are action steps to address the behavior and address it to make it a more inclusive society. when i hear that a governmental agency is assigning an independent overseer to examine and take action steps, i am encouraged by that. when i hear the federal government released the 21st century policing as a model of what local jurisdictions should be doing, i am encouraged by that. i think the ...

They all have actions that surround that. when you ask about the crisis of the state of black america and the fact that 4 million people are in mass incarceration right now and deprived of their access to democracy, they have no response for that. they have no action steps. you know, we took the opportunity to show the rest of america what we already know that they are not focused on black life and we know they should be. there can be no platform addressing jobs, addressing housing, addressing economic injustice, all things that americans hope to hear from candidates without addressing black l...

>> there are definitely steps they could be taking. it's steps they would take to address any other issue that's been brought to their attention. when you asked a candidate about iran or about economic injustice or when you ask them about gay rights issues and when you ask them about environmental issues they all have a platform. they all have actions that surround that. when you ask about the crisis of the state of black america and the fact that 4 million people are in mass incarceration right now and deprived of their access to democracy, they have no response for that. they have no action ...