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And we went to the streets. we went back to our old community roots. we talked to people. when you give us qualified, strong black candidates, we will turn out to the polls and vote. >> how many of y'all have beat guys to get to where you are now? how did that feel? that feel kind of good? >> i am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> i've been in the state house. i worked 35 years as a teacher, and i've been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you ...

I am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat, and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> i've been in the state house. i told you i've worked 35 years and four months as a teacher, and i've been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? say listen, just call me barbara, ms. barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper, but just call me by my name. >> msnbc's tremaine lee joins me now. that must have been amazing for you to sit with those women and talk through their experiences and ho...

Turn out to the polls and vote. >> how many of y'all have beat guys to get to where you are now? how did that feel? that feel kind of good? >> i am woman, hear me roar. it felt great. >> it did. i too beat a long-time incumbent for my seat. and it was just a matter of just saying you know what? why not me? >> i've been in the state house. i worked 35 years as a teacher, and i've been in the state house for 21 years. you get called girl. can you believe that? listen, just call me barbara, miss barbara, ms. cooper, representative cooper, but just call me by my name. >> you have to work harder th...

>> so look, a lot of this has to come down to money. not only was congress maj rogers but representative cooper of tennessee, being advocates of the concept, but they were kind of annoyed with how the president put this out there because it's as if, he as you write, hijacked the issue and could vastly inflate the budget process because it wasn't really thought out. can you talk about that? >> that's right. representative cooper was very concerned about that. representative rogers was not because he feels like this is great momentum for the idea. and in fact a lot of the people who have been pu...

feels like february here in new york city. welcome to american morning. >> i just can't believe it is november 1st. where does time go? good morning to you. up first, herman cain fighting back against allegations of sexual harassment. problem is, his story just keeps changing. the gop frontrunner is defending himself against a politico report against two women that accused him of inappropriate behavior during his tenure at the american restaurant association in the 1990s. we begin with cnn political director paul steinhauser. so i'm trying to think how many times herman cain's story ...