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Grassroots advocacy at the national downstream advocacy society. she joins me now along with the society ceo kandi pickard. welcome to both of you ladies. thank you very much for joining us on this. caitlin, let me start with you, what was the most important thing for you when you thought about what he wanted this barbee to look like? and now, what is it like to know that there is a barbie out there that represents you? >> barbie approached us. i am so incredibly thankful and just to see this new addition to the fashionistas line, this bar me looks not just like me, but me and my friends who h...

Constituents really see how she values, and what her values are. this exemplifies those values. they are immoral, unethical, and wrong. >> congresswoman, barbara lee, as always it is a. pleasure as the president officially launches an election bid voters have expressed concern about his age. last night the topic would not off limits, even for the president himself. watch this. >> i believe in the first amendment. not just because my good friend jimmy madison rhoda >> jimmy madison [laughter] let's bring in cristobal alex and, now an msnbc political analyst. thank you for joining. us how do you...

They already traveled some 500 miles with armed drones guarding them from above. nbc news is josh german at the latest. new information on the hopes for peace. >> yasmin a u.s. official tells me that navy ship was called the u.s. and s brunswick. it is more than 330 feet long. it is a rapid transfer vessel that has been used by the u.s. on the pass to respond to humanitarian missions. to do disaster relief. it is well equipped for an evacuation effort. as the u.s. tries to get americans safely out of the country, including some of those roughly 300 americans who made it to ports today yesterda...

Was holding we had the conversations, as well. around diversity. looking at a male barbie. a lot of those conversations. we are taking a lot of the feedback that the community is giving us. we have a lot of outreach asking when's the next barbie that looks a little bit more like them? we want to provide that feedback back to mattel. hopefully we will have an opportunity to do this again with another barbie with down syndrome. >> was your advocacy, kandi, people in your communities advocacy a part of the design processed with mattel? did they tap into your knowledge? >> they did, they did. we w...

A delicate cease-fire between sudan's military and the paramilitary rapid support forces has now been extended to another three days. that cease-fire was set to expire on midnight, tonight. both sides now saying after efforts in the u.s. in saudi arabia to mediate they will extend that deal to lay down arms for another three days. all of the previously fires that they have announced have been incomplete. mark by gun fights in additional violence. the big question is, will the cease-fire hold any better. will it create an opportunity for people who are in harm's way. sudanese and others, trying...