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Mark Ridley-Thomas hosted the Empowerment Congress Summit, an annual event designed to improve Los Angeles communities by establishing a “broad-based and diverse constituency made up of community residents, representatives of the Neighborhood Councils and block clubs, social and human service organizations, academic and religious institutions, business interests and individual citizens,” according to the Empowerment Congress website. The objective of the summit “is to support empowering residents and community members with the tools that they need to make an impact in their individual ...

Take a look. >> have you ever put any words that the president asked you to write down before in a safe or was this the first time you had done that? >> i believe it's my standard operating procedure when taking notes, congressman. >> so every note that you take of the president you put in a safe how big is that safe >> it's a big safe, congressman. there's a lot of guns in there. >> is it the first time that the president ever asked you to deliver to someone else to a safe >> not to the best of my recollection. >> yeah, that was an important moment, i think, in the sense that it demonstrated ...

>> i don't think it's any surprise at all. we did go meet with the president several months ago, and we took the time to prepare a 125-page book of policies and issues that are significant to the african-american population, and we didn't hear one word from him. we took the meeting seriously, he didn't, so it's no surprise. i think if anything, he has shown that he is consistent. his attitude toward african-americans have been consistent for the last several decades. so no surprise there. i do think, though, that he doesn't understand the significance of the congressional black caucus. he does...

United states whose office i respect who talks about the country's origins, my fellow citizens, in the most despicable manner. you don't remember. you can't remember the words of your commander in chief. i find that unacceptable. mr. chairman, i'm grateful to be on this committee. i'm more than ever today happy i am here. thank you. >> representative bass, senator booker was angry. you could see the secretary's reaction. she rolled her eyes. did that add insult to injury? >> absolutely it does. and, you know, the fact that she is, in my opinion, outright lying as well as the other senators the...

Every time i come home to my district, i can tell you that i am in meetings and i was in a meeting last night with over 60 people who were telling me without question that they are frightened, they're frightened by his presidency. they're frightened by the fact that we never know what he's going to do from minute-to-minute. >> i'm curious, representative bass, you believe that the republican colleagues have their concerns. have they voiced them to you and if they have, do they do it in confidence and if they're not voicing them, is it because they're afraid of retribution? >> well, they are vo...