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It will get even more crowded when two big names, officially announce their candidacies. senator warren continues to apologize for how she's identified herself in the pasts. >> i had a good conversation last week with chief baker, who is chief of the cherokee tribes and i told chief baker that i am sorry. that i extended confusion about tribal citizenship and tribal sovereignty and for harm caused. kblb also sorry for not being more mindful of this decades ago. >> as for senator klobuchere is struggling to find people to work in her campaign because of how she treats her staff.

I am not a tribal citizen. i told chief baker that i am sorry. that i extended confusion about tribal citizenship and tribal sovereignty. and for harm caused. i am also sorry for not being more mindful of this decades ago. >> senator elizabeth warren apologizing again for confusion caused biy her claims of native american ancestry. she was forced to answer in 2012. but president trump really reinvigorated those criticisms in a major wayne in 2016 when he demanded a dna test. senator warren did take a dna test. she was less than one tenth of 1% native americans. report surfaced that she was pri...

Or forms like this out there that you have listed yourself as that could come out? >> look, this is who i grew up believing with my brothers, this is our family's story and it's all consistent from that point in time, but as i said, it's important to note i'm not a tribal citizen and i should have been more mindful of the distinction with tribal citizenship and tribal sovereignty and that is why i apologized to chief baker and why i've made a very public apology. >> senator? >> i'm sorry? >> could there be other documents out there with you self-identifying as american indian? >> so all i know...

My family's stories but family stories are not the same as tribal citizenship and this is why i have apologized both to chief baker who was very gracious about it and have apologized publicly. >> senator, this most recent incident just came out yesterday. have you spoken with him with chief baker since this new incident was released and have you heard from any native american tribes or groups today since that information came out yesterday? >> so i haven't spoken with anyone since i saw this information, no, but my apology is an apology for not having been more sensitive about tribal citizensh...

Tribes and only tribes determine tribal citizenship. i had a good conversation with chief baker who is very gracious. we continue to talk about issues and continue to work on issues that matter deeply to indian country and continue to work on things that we both care a lot about. >> senator, why would you list yourself as an american indian on this texas bar application? >> this was about 30 years ago. and i am not a tribal citizen. only tribes determine citizenship. when i was growing up in oklahoma, i learned about my family the same way most people do. my brothers and i learned from our mom...