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African-american groups spoke out against because of his past and track record. how do you think the president's actions jive with his words? >> the actions are the key. lots of opportunity to justify or support what he said he was going to do. first of all, he won 8% of african-american voters. he made modest inroads. better than republicans did against the first african-american presidential nominee barack obama. his beachhead is rather constrained to begin with. there are lots of opportunities on the policy. the justice department under president obama was a significant force in pressuring ...

Rabbit that doesn't exist that -- the voter fraud. but the fact that hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people are today not able to vote because of these restrictive laws, that's a major problem. that's what we should be looking at. and i'm hoping that the republicans will bring legislation to the floor of the house whereby we can restore the voting rights act because as you know the supreme court pretty much gutted it. now you have got american people and others who are being denied the right to vote. that's the bigger question. so if they are going to do an investigation, they need t...

Community. how do we make sure we have civilian review board that is really strong. how do you make sure that technology is in place so our police department can do their jobs. but at the same time, provide the oversight and training needed for our police department. all of those things we in baltimore believe in and will continue to move forward with this consent decree. we're looking forward to getting our monitor appointed and we're looking forward to all of the reforms that will take place under this consent decree. >> ms. clarke, let me quickly ask you. we saw chicago and baltimore this w...

Define its legacy is the work that was done to address the problem of policing reform. almost two dozen investigations across the country over the last eight years into chicago and baltimore and new orleans. and there are now consent decrees in place like in baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. and this is hard work. baltimore is just heading down this road. the ace is on the paper, but the work lies ahead to make sure we bring about a culture change that brings about better policing practices that respect people's constitutional rights. i'm deeply conc...

Political activism? in the coming years you're going to have a very different justice department. i want to have each of you give us your predictions, trymaine, and then michelle. >> when you think about the idea, the prospect of a donald trump presidency and what we've seen with the consent decrees, we've seen this aggressive action by the civil rights unit of the department of justice, really honing in on these police departmes in communities where we've seen outright abuses by police departments and law enforcement against black folks in particular. already there's been a tone set of some p...