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Now, i would like to talk about this conversation about eric gardner. i met with his mother. one of the things we have to be clear about is this president of the united states, donald trump, while he has been in office, has quietly been allowing the united states department of justice to shut down consent decrees, to stop pattern investigations, on that case we know the civil rights division -- this is important. the civil rights division should have been filed. but this united states justice department, usurped, and i believe it's because the president do not want the charges to go forward an...

Defense of his record in the '90s. lay out a little bit about what he's talking about and how it fits in with the broader narrative of the campaign. >> you have seen joe biden since he entered the 2020 race. he's come under criticism, under fire for his support of the 1994 crime bill, and today he's unveiling that criminal justice reform plan that is focussing on part in reducing incarceration rates. there's a lot of plans, i'm going to tick through a bit of it. there's a $20 billion competitive grant program for states to move from incarceration to prevention to focus on things that have been...

Told a group of jewish republicans that i don't want your money, so, i know you won't support me. and just turned to the black community and said, you know, living in poverty, your schools are no good, you have no jobs, what the hell do you have to lose? and he won the electoral college vote. has there ever been a consequence to race? >> well, there has. he won the minority of the popular vote. he's been labeled a racist widely. he's been reviled. fined, scolded by the government. he's had to sign consent decrees for discriminating against black tenants. but on the other hand, he's found with ...

Died. inherited from obama, i don't think so. >> lastly, it's the cameras in the courtroom that made that clip go viral. what do you think that tells us about transparency in the court system? because sometimes people don't even know what's going down. >> yeah, it's so important. people say a picture is worth a thousand words. but when it comes to the law, a picture is like 10,000 words. the law makes people's eyes glaze over, when you talk about consent decrees, declaratory judgments and the like. when you see that clip and the cold hard truth of what the trump administration is arguing, boy,...

How it still punishes entire communities and jeff sessions is a guy who stood against constructive reforms that would have made a difference. not only that but against voting rights and against protecting lgbtq kids. we knew and i've now seen it happen that the justice department would pull back from defending voting rights, civil rights, to fighting against a criminal justice system broken and even just police accountability measures. things that were happening all around our country holding police accountable. and making sure we have police departments especially in police involved violence ...