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>> if the elections were held today, just among the folks with the african american vote, we would lose. but i think we have a path to winning the support of a lot of folks in the african american community. i'm just not well known in the african american community. i think people will tell you. so we have to do a better job in discussing my record in the united states congress. it's one of the strongest records of any member in terms of civil rights. >> how does he turn that around in south carolina? can he possibly gain support in the african american community? >> yeah, i think absolutely. ...

She's meeting with the aflcio, this is lobbying for an increase in the minimum wage in san francisco. except, for unionized workers. and that's how the clinton economy works. that's how the crony economy works, donald trump and hillary clinton get to chose who's in the club and who's not. if you're not club you are, if you're in the club, you get to have lower wages, if you're not in the club, then you don't get the right to have a job because of the minimum wage increase and the cost of labor. >> all of clinton's troubles, and first of all, i'd be curious to hear about what you think about ho...

She's meeting with the aflcio this is lobbying for an increase in the minimum wage in san francisco. except for unionized workers. and that's how the clinton economy works. that's how the crony economy works, donald trump and hillary clinton get to chose who's in the club and who's not. if you're not club you are, if you're in the club you get to have lower wages, if you're not in the club then you don't get the right to have a job because of the minimum wage increase and the cost of labor. >> all of clinton's troubles and first of all, i'd be curious to hear about what you think about how muc...

Go out there, get good organizers build a strong volunteer base work with the label movement, work with the environmental kmunlt work with the women's community and mobilize people in all across this country to stand up and fight back to the billionaires. >> do you expect the support of labor? >> i think we have some labor, absolutely. some are sympathetic. >> they're all against the tpp. >> without exception. >> all of them? >> every single union. >> this is their issue. >> rich trumka recently reported and said again, this is a key issue for the flcio. >> how would president bernie sanders b...

we'll introduce legislation to do it. it will cost us about $70 billion a year of federal money or money in general to provide free tuition in every public college and university in america. $70 billion a year. republicans want to give $269 billion in tax breaks to the richest 5,000 families by eliminating the estate tax. lose $110 billion every year because corporations stash their money in the kaman islands and don't pay in federal taxes. if we're competitive in the global economy, we need the best educated workforce, we need to encourage kids to go to college, graduate school, regardless...