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Highlighted some of the work that needs to be done. there are nearly 6 million young people aged 16 to 24 in america today who are not in school or at work. the numbers for young people of color are particularly staggering. a quarter of young black men and nearly 15% of all latino youth cannot find a job. i firmly believe that the best anti-poverty program is a job, but that s hard to say if there aren t enough jobs for people trying to help lift themselves out of poverty. joining me now is congressman g.k. butterfield, chairman of the congressional black caucus and political strategist angela wright. thank you both for being here. thank you. thank you, rev. congressman, mr. chairman what can you tell us about what clinton talked about? ....
A political meeting or policy meeting. it says she understands this group is very very important. they re not only her former democratic colleagues but they re super delegates. and it s very very important for her to have these conversations early so her agenda begins to mirror theirs. so it s very very important. i think the other piece you re talking about what she can do differently. i think the circumstances are certainly much different. it s very very hard for a cbc member and it was at the time in 2008 to argue that they would not support the first black potentially president. that would be standing on the wrong side of history. many of them did. what i m saying to you is many of them did not as well. the caucus was probably three-fourths for the president and one-fourth for secretary clinton. most of that had to do rev, with the fact they knew her longer. they had relationships with her. i know my former boss congressman cleaver, was a clinton appointee. that s where his all ....
Nor the debt but we want to prioritize federal dollars in persistent poverty communities and she gets it and she told us she was very supportive of the idea and looked forward to working with us. this was not a political meeting today, i want to stress. this was a policy meeting and we want to know where she stands and we gave it to her for 60 continuous minutes. angela it wasn t a political meeting but many members of the cbc actually supported mrs. clinton in 2008 over then-senator obama. what can she do this time around to win over the members who didn t support her then? well i think there are a couple of things. one, rev, it s important to note the cbc was one of the meetings secretary clinton held today. there was also an overall democratic caucus meeting. there was also a meeting with the asian caucus the hispanic and pro-gressive caucus. this speaks volumes about her political acumen whether it was ....
Debate schedule it gets more and more serious and the public starts getting beyond your persona and your charisma or lack of it and starts listening to the issues. right. somebody will emerge as the anti-trump. i don t think it will be scott walker for sure. somebody will have a shot but, you know it s going to be tough not to be pulled right by him. joan walsh, dorian warren thank you both for your time tonight. thank you, reverend. thanks rev. come up eric garner s family fights for justice nearly one year after his death. to steady betty. fire it up! am i the only one with a meeting? i ve got two. yeah we ve gotta go. i gotta say it man this is a nice set-up. too soon. just kidding. nissan sentra. j.d. power s highest ranked compact car in initial quality. now get 0% financing or a great lease on the nissan sentra. ....
President johnson did it in 1964. he didn t mince words. he said what he meant and he executed his words, and that s what we expect of the next president of the united states. angela this week the rnc is working on minority outreach announcing a four-week ohio campaign that will focus on outreach to and mobilization of black voters in advance of november 2016 s presidential election. part of an ongoing effort by the national republican party under chairman reince priebus to recruit black and urban voters. haven t we seen this kind of outreach effort from the rnc before, angela? we certainly heard this talk before rev, and all i would say to that is welcome to the party, rnc. you re really late a four-week trial period with minority voters at this point is simply ridiculous. what do your policies say? what are your candidates saying? how are you going to represent ....