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Alternative to an establishment candidate. he was the outsider. he was the new flavor. this time around, bernie is the old model, right? there are plenty of new shinier models to choose from, all of which are basically occupying the same policy space as him. so it's a much different feel. it's a much different dynamic for bernie. we've seen his poll numbers take a hit because of that. there are too many other options out there for a lot of these democratic candidates who like his message, but they're finding it in these different candidates. we'll see what happens. whether he's able to sort of...

Damaging. >> from the mid-1950s to the mid-1960s, it was easy for the white press to pick which side they were on. they were clearly on the sides of the demonstrators with the advent of black power. it becomes a little bit more difficult for the press to cast it in terms of good versus evil. the message of black power kind of like black lives matter 50 years later, this message is geared to blacks themselves. >> this movement is not brand-new. this is the latest chapter in a struggle in america for black people and people of color. >> what's the response so far? >> the real truth of the matter...

Far? >> the real truth of the matter is that children are the ones who are suffering from this occupation the most. >> my role is to take the demands from the street and make them relevant in the policy space. >> reporter: brittany packnett, a leading black lives matter activist, was one of several civil rights leaders, past and present, invited to the white house in 2016. >> people like brittany, who served on our police task force in the wake of ferguson has led many of the protests. >> the beginning of our work in ferguson was simply to help people understand that there really is a problem,...

>> the message of black power, kind of like the message of black lives matter 50 years later, this is a message that is geared to blacks themselves. >> black lives matter. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> wt do w? justice. when do weanit? now. >> whose streets? our streets! >> this movement is not brand new. this is the latest chapter in a liberatory struggle in america for black people and for people of color. >> what's been the response so far? >> the real truth of the matter is that children are the ones who are suffering from this occupation the most. >> my role is to take the...

To pick which side they're on. they were clearly on the side of the civil rights demonstrators. >> black power, black power! >> with the advent of black power -- >> black power, black power! >> -- it becomes a little bit more difficult for the press to cast it in terms of good versus evil. >> black power! what do you want? >> the message of black power, kind of like the message of black lives matter 50 years later, this is a message that is geared to blacks themselves. >> black lives matter. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> what do we want? justice. when do we want it? now. >> who...