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It's not the same as it was in 1964. the whole country has changed. we are a dynamic society, not just in alabama, but everywhere. wait a minute, not everywhere. in florida last year, the justice department had to step in time and time again to stop governor rick scott from purging minority voters from rural voting roles and eliminating early voting. thankfully, attorney general eric holder knows minority voting suppression is real. >> it is the position of this department of justice and this attorney general that we will vigorously defend and vigorously use section 5. the need for it is still...

>> we're doing -- >> those are the people that you go out to dinner with and it's really uncomfortable. and you go home, like, whoa, what was that? >> i can't believe we talked about that. >> so my dad, god rest his soul, every time he would say something inappropriate, my mom would kick him under the table. and my dad, every time, would go, mary jo, why are you kicking me? >> i've seen that. fantastic. >> mika, you kicked me under the table. >> no, you didn't. but you have no filter. >> we're having this great discussion about polls. >> right. you guys are so brilliant, blah, blah, blah. >> y...

In south carolina, nikki haley's home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a driver's license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able to get the voting. she is a pro...

>> according to reuters, voters in south carolina, nikki haley's home state, 20% more likely to be black. and just over 1/3 of registers voters do not have a driver's license. anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us. you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able...

With the base. he connects with african-american voters. he connects with white working-class, blue collar voters. we love joe. that's why we love joe. at the same time, a speech like this, though, often gets white working-class voters rolling their eyes, saying come on, man, as joe biden says to himself, come on, man, this ain't 1963 and don't try to paint false choices. >> joe, some ways it is 1963p pp what they're doing with voting suppression is shocking. >> come on. >> it is shocking. 780,000 people will be ineligible to vote in pennsylvania as a result of what the pennsylvania republican...