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This is greedy and shameful and disrespectful to people in this community. and her exasperations as somebody who is a nonpartisan observer in that community, it resonated in an interesting way. i think a lot of democrats feel very dispirited by this process. i think a lot of fair minded observers who want small the well run democracies, whether or not they like democrats or republicans as candidates, feel dispirited by this, feel sort of hopeless. you've been reporting on this so aggressively. do you see the arc bending on this in any way? do you see any way to look at this that is potentially...

>> ari, i think a lot of democrats and a lot of fair-minded americans -- i'm glad we played that clip of a white woman speaking at that galveston meeting saying i'm not a democrat or a republican, but this seems really racist to me and she went on to remark i find shame over what you're doing. it's greedy, shameful and disrespectful to the people who live in this community. and her exasperation as somebody who's a nonpartisan observer in that community resonated in an interesting way and i think a lot of democrats feel very dispirited by this process. i think a lot of fair-minded observers who...

It's greedy, shameful, and disrespectful to the people who live in this community. and her exasperation as somebody who's a nonpartisan observer in that community resonated in an interesting way and i think a lot of democrats feel very dispirited by this process. i think a lot of fair-minded observers who want small "d" well-run democracies, whether or not they like democrats or republicans feel dispirited by this, feel sort of hopeless about this. do you see the arc bending on this? do you see any way to look at this that is hopeful and constructive and isn't just deflating for people? >> we ...

Issue anymore. it involves race, religion, gender, you name it. there is so much hate and rhetoric and divisiveness that this is an important reminder that we need to care for each other more, respect each other more and consider things from other people's point of view. >> gene robinson has a question for you. >> sure. >> just to follow up, we are at a moment when race relations in this country seem to have gone backwards. and i see sort of expressions of outright, overt vicious racism that i haven't really seen since my childhood in the south. and so, you know, as another southerner and an a...

Voters in the general election. >> you and your wife, former congresswoman gabby giffords, endorsed hillary clinton today. can you tell me a little bit about what went into that decision? was that a foregone conclusion and it was just a question of the timing or was there something specific she had to do in order to earn that endorsement? >> it's something we watched over time. secretary clinton has laid out a very clear plan about how she is going to try to protect -- or how she will protect the american people. families, women, children, communities. from gun violence. you know, it's clear a...