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Fairness in our criminal justice system. by providing this generation with riders of opportunity that were unavailable for previous generations. it requires all americans to realize that your dreams do not have to come at the expense of my dreams. investing in the health, welfare and education of black and brown and white children will ultimately help all of america prosper. >> reverend al sharpton joining us from washington, d.c. we played the debate last week. it's been played a lot. a transcript has been studied in the days sense. what does joe biden have to do today and what are you going ...

They're hugely important to protect the ones we have, to actually restore wetlands and replant them. >> so i don't think it's commonly understood, but there is a race gap even in the air we breathe. a recent study from the university of minnesota earlier found that because of where many black communities are located, black americans are exposed to 56% more air pollution than they produce. on the other hand, white americans were exposed to 17% less air pollution than they produce. what does that mean for the lungs of black americans? >> referred al, it means one thing, black americans are more ...

Health care, employment that still plague black america. >> specific. there's a race gap in these areas and they're not saying how to close the gap. >> black unemployment is still twice as high as white unemployment, and that needs to be addressed. >> maya, great piece in politico. chris and sarah, thank you for being with us. meanwhile the devastation continues in the bahamas, which was decimated by dorian. the storm which has now been downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone has been blamed for at least 43 deaths in the country. and that number is expected to go up, quote, significantly. co...

African-american women, in particular, making 61 cents for every $1 a white male makes. i and essence leaders michelle ebanks and richelieu dennis sat down with elizabeth warren to ask her about her bold moves, solidarity with black women and, of course, her most important plan to, one, defeat president trump. senator warren, you have laid out, and i might say from day one, specific policies addressing what is needed and how you're going to pay for it. and you have not shied away at all. in fact, you've aggressively addressed the race gap. >> yep. >> particularly, black women. this is the larg...

Black voting base that is critical to beating trump in 2020. >> one of the >> one of the things that has troubled me even with so-called progressives is that we hear talk about the class gap which is real but not the race gap because even in the -- in the class gap, there's a race gap. there's a gap between what women make and men, but there's even a gap between what black women make and white women and criminal justice and on and on. and this is the first report that really brings out this is not alicia talking or this is how al. this is how our people feel. >> that's exactly right, and this ...