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Economy going. once the -- if the economy is good, then everybody seems to get a little bit of pie. >> she was trying to let us know how she grew up. we kind of grew up the same way, in the city. i live right down the street. i grew up right down the street. so i knew exactly where she was talking about and how, you know, to be in the community and be a part of the community. >> and for these campaigns and the candidates, what you heard riva say, that's exactly what they're looking to hear. that the candidates are able to connect on a personal level with voters. senator bernie sanders was also...

You see sanders here today in colombia, not far from where i am right now u, and the way he's trying to connect to some of these voters is talking about a new criminal justice reform plan. yesterday i spoke to a young black voter who said that's exactly what he wanted to hear then you hear buttigieg as you just heard, talk iing about his douglas plan. soly l insights into how these candidates in campaigns are look ing to reach out to the black community here in south carolina that makes up more than 60% of the electorate in the primary, fred. >> all right. layla, thank you so much. appreciate ...

Spoke to a young black man who said that's exactly what he's looking to hear from these candidates, how they plan to reform the criminal justice system. buttigieg talking about the douglas plan. they're all trying to find ways to win that vote that is so critical here in south carolina. >> and so for warren, she's usually, you know, she says, i have a plan for that. how about faith? is that something that she has talked about while on the campaign trail before? >> right. so today, and it was interesting to see how people reacted to it. today she talked about her experience as a sunday schoolte...

On race and with that message to republicans, what did you take away from that? and was it enough? >> no, it's not enough. i think the reality of it is it can't just be one question in a debate either. i think tonight what we have to look forward to is joe biden being pressed on his black agenda. every other candidate besides the moderates, which also i think is very telling and damning, has some type of black agenda and has spoken directly to that. pete boouuttigieg has a douglas plan. the fact that joe biden has said, i don't just have a black agenda, i have an agenda for all americans, is g...

I appreciated the moment to lay out the stakes and talk about why we can't just recycle the same debate we've had the last 20 years. we've got to do something different. >> you had a challenge in the polls with african-american voters. do you think that you were able to move the needle last night? >> i'm glad there was a chance to talk about the douglas plan. because when we have the chance to lay that out in front of voters, we're getting a great response. this is about a comprehensive answer to systemic racism in this country. it's everything from making sure that the criminal justice reform...