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it's james baldwin.n and of itself, because i wanted to honor his legacy in the way that i thought it should be honored. jeffrey: and now, a celebration of the centennial of his birth, including an exhibition at the national portrait gallery called "this morning, this evening, so soon: james baldwin and the voices of queer resistance," which takes its name from a short story he published in 1960. another at the schomburg center for research in black culture, titled "jimmy: god's black revolutionary mouth," presenting a selection of baldwin's archive of personal papers. there's a new album by singer-songwriter and bassist, meshell ndegeocello, called "no more water: the gospel of james baldwin." ♪ and reissues of seminal works with new introductions and artwork. >> what is the best lesson you have learned being in the spiritual community that you are in with james baldwin? jeffrey: along with a podcast, "the baldwin 100," in which host cree myles talks with contemporary writers and thinkers. what is his r
it's james baldwin.n and of itself, because i wanted to honor his legacy in the way that i thought it should be honored. jeffrey: and now, a celebration of the centennial of his birth, including an exhibition at the national portrait gallery called "this morning, this evening, so soon: james baldwin and the voices of queer resistance," which takes its name from a short story he published in 1960. another at the schomburg center for research in black culture, titled "jimmy: god's...
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james baldwin is one of my heroes. with the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act, too many times people do not realize all the time in america, african americans have had to struggle. we all know about blackwell street, -- black wall street, but that was an anomaly. african-americans were driving all over america until they were brushed aside, and i wish you would name a couple more of the african-americans who were driving and they were cut off at the knee because of racism. guest: absolutely. thank you for the call. when you think about the civil rights act, this is a culmination of a long history of struggle. you alluded to tulsa in 1921 and the black wall street, but certainly there is st. louis, chicago, atlanta, arkansas, rosewood, florida, there are really going to be hundreds, really thousands of small, large and medium-sized cities going back to hamburg, north carolina, and mississippi, and new orleans , and tennessee, where there are these racial programs that are anti-black but also destroy areas and fre
james baldwin is one of my heroes. with the 60th anniversary of the civil rights act, too many times people do not realize all the time in america, african americans have had to struggle. we all know about blackwell street, -- black wall street, but that was an anomaly. african-americans were driving all over america until they were brushed aside, and i wish you would name a couple more of the african-americans who were driving and they were cut off at the knee because of racism. guest:...
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james baldwin is a multiplicity of identities like we all are.much with his writings is that graplings of these multiple selves that make up an individual. >> reporter: did everyone know he was gay? >> i don't believe so. i think it was sort of assumed, presumed. >> reporter: in 1956, he published a pioneering novel, "giovanni's room," about a love affair between two white men in paris. >> i always go back to a quote, i want to be a honest man and good writer. these are slightly different things. >> reporter: james baldwin died in 1987 at 63 at his home in the south of france paid for by his 42 books and hundreds of essays. he would be one generation removed from slavery. >> his grandmother, who lived with them, was -- had an enslaved. >> he is one of our most history-based writers. you can't get to america without going through baldwin. >> reporter: if he were still with us, do you think he would be surprised at how many people are still reading him and still talking about him? >> depends on the baldwin you meet. i think maybe in public he would
james baldwin is a multiplicity of identities like we all are.much with his writings is that graplings of these multiple selves that make up an individual. >> reporter: did everyone know he was gay? >> i don't believe so. i think it was sort of assumed, presumed. >> reporter: in 1956, he published a pioneering novel, "giovanni's room," about a love affair between two white men in paris. >> i always go back to a quote, i want to be a honest man and good writer....
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[cheers and applause] james baldwin had a quote that he would often say when he was fighting for socialjustice. he would say, "i can't believe what you say because i see what you do." i can't believe what you say because i see what you do. [cheers and applause] philadelphia, pennsylvania, and america, the problem -- the promise of this moment and what it means for america could not be thicker. you could feel the energy in this room. it is tangible, and it is palpable. [cheers and applause] as vice president of the united states of america, i had the opportunity to meet kamala harris when she had just started out on the trail, and she came to philadelphia to visit on her first campaign meeting here in pennsylvania, and when she came to philadelphia, she had a whole lot of other places that she could have been to, but guess where she chose to be? in the neighborhood with the people in a backyard, talking to women about the power of unity and the issues extremely important to those in our nation , but like james baldwin, i watch what you do, and i want you to know that as vice president, s
[cheers and applause] james baldwin had a quote that he would often say when he was fighting for socialjustice. he would say, "i can't believe what you say because i see what you do." i can't believe what you say because i see what you do. [cheers and applause] philadelphia, pennsylvania, and america, the problem -- the promise of this moment and what it means for america could not be thicker. you could feel the energy in this room. it is tangible, and it is palpable. [cheers and...
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james baldwin is one of my heroes.60th anniversary of the civil rights act, too many times people do not realize all the time in america, african americans have had to struggle. we all know about blackwell street, -- black wall street, but that was an anomaly. african-americans were driving all over america until they were brushed aside, and i wish you would name a couple more of the african-americans who were driving and they were cut off at the knee because of racism. guest: absolutely. thank you for the call. when you think about the civil rights act, this is a culmination of a long history of struggle. you alluded to tulsa in 1921 and the black wall street, but certainly there is st. louis, chicago, atlanta, arkansas, rosewood, florida, there are really going to be hundreds, really thousands of small, large and medium-sized cities going back to hamburg, north carolina, and mississippi, and new orleans , and tennessee, where there are these racial programs that are anti-black but also destroy areas and freedom colon
james baldwin is one of my heroes.60th anniversary of the civil rights act, too many times people do not realize all the time in america, african americans have had to struggle. we all know about blackwell street, -- black wall street, but that was an anomaly. african-americans were driving all over america until they were brushed aside, and i wish you would name a couple more of the african-americans who were driving and they were cut off at the knee because of racism. guest: absolutely. thank...
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it's kind of like a little bit james baldwin quote. i don't know if i'll getev it right but it was like in the maritimes and early 60s talking about the civil rights movement and is describing something to the effect k that everything come he can't change anything, everything can be changed nothing can be changed so this idea you can't begin to address these problems so the unseen is the challenge we face with marginalization of mental health within medicine within society. again it's not a lab test and not an mri or a scam that will show this person has this illness based onba that. but there's still this unseen part but there's a lot of suffering out there so if you think about how we can within medicine. that's inspired by james baldwin and also facing the unseen. >> damonns i had to say love the i've seen it on multiple levels facing the unseen and you are talking aboutju it. you can think about it on a societal level and think about it on an individual level. i thought it was a great title and about the subtitle in clarifying what
it's kind of like a little bit james baldwin quote. i don't know if i'll getev it right but it was like in the maritimes and early 60s talking about the civil rights movement and is describing something to the effect k that everything come he can't change anything, everything can be changed nothing can be changed so this idea you can't begin to address these problems so the unseen is the challenge we face with marginalization of mental health within medicine within society. again it's not a lab...
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baldwin to his nephew. that letter would be read and to a public audience but the idea of the intimate letterse you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-consciousness that you have when you know them there's angh audience. it's just from your heart. >> and can i say just that in this day and age anything digital can be discovered so justt be mindful that your private thoughts are not always private. >> just a funny story because right get most of the information is from letters that theyha left behind. i just finished a novel about the black woman jesse whitman faucet who was involved with w.e.b. dubois and after reading some of their exchanges and his exchanges with other women i told my daughter he gets no money from me unless you make sure that every e-mail, every text everything i have ever written is gone somehow. some way or she gets nothing from me. because like you said they are very intimate but that's how i was able to write a deeper book. i just don't want anyone writing a
baldwin to his nephew. that letter would be read and to a public audience but the idea of the intimate letterse you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-consciousness that you have when you know them there's angh audience. it's just from your heart. >> and can i say just that in this day and age anything digital can be discovered so justt be mindful that your private thoughts are not always private. >> just a funny story because right get most of the...
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baldwin to his nephew, he knew that letter would, would be read, was for public audience but the idea, these intimate letters, you learn so much about people because you don't have the self-consciousness that you have when you know there's and audience, right, it's just from your heart. >> can i say just that in this day and age anything digital can be discovered. >> yeah. >> just be mindful that your private thoughts are not always private. >> exactly. >> no, just a funny story because i write historical fiction and where i get most of the information is from f lettes that they left behind, so i just finished a novel about the black woman who discovered every, who was very much with bedoise, everything that i've ever written is gone somehow. [laughter] >> some way or she gets nothing from me. [laughter] >> because like you said, they are very intimate but that's how i was able to write a deeper book. i just don't want anyone writing a book like that about me. >> i'm with you there. [laughter] >> for real, so let's talk a moment just kind of where wepa continue to expand the idea, the
baldwin to his nephew, he knew that letter would, would be read, was for public audience but the idea, these intimate letters, you learn so much about people because you don't have the self-consciousness that you have when you know there's and audience, right, it's just from your heart. >> can i say just that in this day and age anything digital can be discovered. >> yeah. >> just be mindful that your private thoughts are not always private. >> exactly. >> no, just...
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it marks the 100th birthday aft late legendary author and civil rights activist james baldwin. books, poems, and essays confronted america's issues with race and sexuality. his no hold's bar style forced readers to look critically at the standards of american life, and they remain relevant today. just in time for his centennial, publisher penguin random house added books, on sale now, with a foreword by eddie glaude. you also wrote "the life and legacy of baldwin in 2020, begin again." he is an important figure to you. here is the book. certainly, people should pick it up. tell us more about why he is so meaningful to you and why he is so meaningful today. >> well, first of all, we used to play a game, every time i would drop a james baldwin quote, you'd say, i'll take a drink, right? because he is so important. >> tough shape by 6:30. >> tough shape by 6:30. look, baldwin taught me how to love and how to be angry. how to not allow my anger to overwhelm but to understand the importance, the nature of love, so that i could reach for a higher form of excellence, so i could releas
it marks the 100th birthday aft late legendary author and civil rights activist james baldwin. books, poems, and essays confronted america's issues with race and sexuality. his no hold's bar style forced readers to look critically at the standards of american life, and they remain relevant today. just in time for his centennial, publisher penguin random house added books, on sale now, with a foreword by eddie glaude. you also wrote "the life and legacy of baldwin in 2020, begin...
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baldwin to his nephew. he knew that letter would, would be read, was for public audience. but the idea of these intimate letter, you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-of consciousness that you have when you know that there's an audience, right? it's just from your heart. .. >> can i say in this day and age a anything digital -- [laughter] can be discovered. so just be mind. that -- mindful that your private thought it is are not always private. >> exactly. do you wantt to the add? >> a funny story because i write historical fiction, andth wherei get most of the information is from letters that they left behind. the harlemshed the renaissance novel about the black woman who discovered jesse redmond faucet who was very much involved with w.e.b. dubois. and after reading some to his exchanges with other women, i told my daughter that she gets no money from me unless she makes sure that every e-mail, every text, everything i've ever written is gone somehow. [laughter] some way, or she
baldwin to his nephew. he knew that letter would, would be read, was for public audience. but the idea of these intimate letter, you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-of consciousness that you have when you know that there's an audience, right? it's just from your heart. .. >> can i say in this day and age a anything digital -- [laughter] can be discovered. so just be mind. that -- mindful that your private thought it is are not always private. >> exactly....
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and, you know, there are other like that like the letter you cited james baldwin to, his nephew, he knew that letter would would be read was for public audience. the idea of these intimate letters you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-consciousness that you have when you know that there's an audience right, it's just your heart. can i say just that in this day and age, anything digital is public can be. yeah, yeah. so just be mindful that your private thoughts are not always private these days that you want to end. now, i just a funny story because i write historical fiction and where i get most the information is from letters that they left behind. so i just finished a harlem renaissance novel about the black woman, discovered every harlem renaissance writer, edmund fawcett, who was much involved with w.e.b. so i have some of their letters and reading some of their exchanges and his exchanges with other women. i, my daughter that she gets no money from me unless she makes sure that every email, every text, everything i've written is gone somehow, someway, or sh
and, you know, there are other like that like the letter you cited james baldwin to, his nephew, he knew that letter would would be read was for public audience. the idea of these intimate letters you learn so much about people because you don't have that self-consciousness that you have when you know that there's an audience right, it's just your heart. can i say just that in this day and age, anything digital is public can be. yeah, yeah. so just be mindful that your private thoughts are not...
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. >> james baldwin once said, i love america more than any other country in the world. and exactly for this reason i insist on the right to criticize her perpetually. the same could be said of democrats whose willingness to demand better of our nation led republicans to think that democrats hated america, not so. never been so. as adam kinsinger, member of the january 6th select committee admitted in his speech at the democratic convention. >> i have learned something about the democratic party. and i want to let my fellow republicans in on the secret. the democrats are as patriotic as us. as us. they-- they love this country just as much as we do. >> [ crowd chanting ] usa! usa! usa! >> and they-- and they are as eager to defend american values at home and abroad as we conservatives have ever been. >> real americans revere the flag and the patriots who defend it. real americans love this country, warts and all, and now, democrats are showing they have been this whole time, americans, too. joining me now, in sam's senior adviser to the harris-walz campaign. welcome back
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and so for instance, the freedom comes from people like james baldwin, the fire. next time, who gives us a whole new language on how to talk about race? 1963 truly extraordinary. if you take a look at sort of 35 national newspapers and look at every single issue for a year, which people like us up here do and other magazines and stuff from, 63 and archives. and you see the way our language changes. but. martin luther king jr changes our language to letter from birmingham jail by may. the american friends committee, the quakers print up 50,000 booklets by may of 1963. people are teaching there. and what is letter from birmingham jail. it's a theory of morally centered lyndon johnson uses that language in. 1963 and 64 and 65 transforms the whole ballgame. and when i say freedom, he means freedom for everyone. but he understands that not everyone is at same place. and that's why you get immigration you get water policy, you get voting rights, you get all these different policies, but truly extraordinary, and again, one word freedom. josh, josh underpinnings. i think
and so for instance, the freedom comes from people like james baldwin, the fire. next time, who gives us a whole new language on how to talk about race? 1963 truly extraordinary. if you take a look at sort of 35 national newspapers and look at every single issue for a year, which people like us up here do and other magazines and stuff from, 63 and archives. and you see the way our language changes. but. martin luther king jr changes our language to letter from birmingham jail by may. the...
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but if she was james baldwin, then her husband was thurgood marshall. he's got to prosecuting the case. he's got to lay it out. that's not as exciting as what she did, but you've got to carefully deconstruct what happened or if we change musical terms she was louis armstrong, a blistering, brilliant solo. and he was duke ellington trying to bring together the various parts of the symphony what are to represent a whole but at the end of the day, they just cold blooded with their black oratorical genius and to see that on display for the nation and to be free of the encumbrance of office, there was something free about them, not having the obligation to toe the line to when they go low, we go high she just said, i'm going to do what i gotta do. to and he laid it out in such beautiful terms that it was good to breathe the air of their freedom because they helped liberate us as well. >> yeah, that's really striking to make that comparison because remember, last night you heard from secretary hillary clinton, he spoke about shattering of glass ceiling and th
but if she was james baldwin, then her husband was thurgood marshall. he's got to prosecuting the case. he's got to lay it out. that's not as exciting as what she did, but you've got to carefully deconstruct what happened or if we change musical terms she was louis armstrong, a blistering, brilliant solo. and he was duke ellington trying to bring together the various parts of the symphony what are to represent a whole but at the end of the day, they just cold blooded with their black oratorical...
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baldwin but also by the idea of mental illness being unseen, but but obviously very important for uso sort of be faced him and i have to say i love title because i saw it on on multiple levels of, you know, the unseen in the way you were talking about it. but it's i mean, just on it, you can think about it on a societal level, can think about it on an individual. so i thought it was a great title and i thought the the subtitle did a good job in clarifying what it is we're talking about here. yeah, you know, it's funny, just off off the cuff here. so, you know, book titles. both book titles sort of came to me when i was in after taking a shower. i guess it's something, you know, the shower is must be to help your body. but i there's something about the mind, too. i'm all about this old body thing, right? and so it just is there's a certain certain clarity that kind of guide from into one day and they both just kind of make sense i think i really appreciate your insights on that. yeah. you other questions but can do like one more the one question that i want to read this past year. the
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. >> so i always like to start this conversation with a quote from james baldwin who says, is becausentry so much that i insist upon the right to criticize it. you want better for it. and so part of what wes moore is doing and i think we should emphasize this because wes moore is the one governor. wes moore is the one who has really they've been pushing this line for a very long time, over five years, really making this argument that we can reconcile the two things. we can say, i love america and we can also say america can be bad that the vision that we put forward is one of an america that is far more inclusive, one that is about freedom, one that is about having the ability to do these things. one of the things that i was really struck by was the story that he tells over and over again where he says that his grandfather was run out of this country by the kkk and he says that i will never come back. and he says knowing that he was like i became less still became the first black governor of maryland. i enlisted in the armed forces and i fought for this country because i love this cou
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and then you quote james baldwin, there's never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation, the challenges in the moment. the time is always now. there were people in san francisco who said, well, who are you to run for district attorney? mm hmm. why did you feel it was maybe necessary for you to jump in there and run for attorney? i'm sorry? for district attorney of san francisco. so i. in 2003 decided to run for district attorney of san francisco and challenge an incumbent who comes from an old political family and san francisco. he had been in office for two terms. his nickname is k.o. because he was known as being a boxer who knocked people out and when i decided to run because i thought that i could do the job better, people said to me, well, you know, nobody like you has ever done this before. they're not going to be ready for that or, oh, you're too young. why don't you wait some time? or, oh, it's not your turn. people would say, oh, it's going to be so difficult, as though we run away from hard work and and i didn't listen and i was all excited. and then i was sitt
and then you quote james baldwin, there's never a time in the future in which we will work out our salvation, the challenges in the moment. the time is always now. there were people in san francisco who said, well, who are you to run for district attorney? mm hmm. why did you feel it was maybe necessary for you to jump in there and run for attorney? i'm sorry? for district attorney of san francisco. so i. in 2003 decided to run for district attorney of san francisco and challenge an incumbent...
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is part of the book is really a confrontation with our incubus city to to witness and to stay with james baldwin always talks about we must try to bear it and and part of the american logic might be that we're not very good at trying to bear it. you walk through walk us through just his diligence when he gets out of prison in terms of which first trying to get recompense is that he goes to magistrates, he goes to try and get a haircut to clean up he goes to try and get a job as a farmhand. so there's this real for a person who comes out of prison and is disorient that in all of the ways having spent went in that was it 1515 right it comes out five years later the town has changed. he's lost most of his and yet he has this kind of deliberateness about trying to build life as a citizen, as compere located as that word can be, he's trying to do right by being a citizen and one of the axis to say i want to be paid for my labor. and he goes through all of these process, these. and so it's amazing in the book to have you juxtapose that diligence against this larger racist narrative of it's eit
is part of the book is really a confrontation with our incubus city to to witness and to stay with james baldwin always talks about we must try to bear it and and part of the american logic might be that we're not very good at trying to bear it. you walk through walk us through just his diligence when he gets out of prison in terms of which first trying to get recompense is that he goes to magistrates, he goes to try and get a haircut to clean up he goes to try and get a job as a farmhand. so...
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in 1981, nobody was publicly gay except james baldwin. some writers, some i mean, liberace kept doing interviews where he was saying he hoped to find out, you know, the right girl truly nobody was out. she lost $2 million overnight. she by that point, six knee surgeries and had to play a couple more years. she had a really clumsy damage control and talks. now, how who uses being of it as a as an opportunity to go further into the closet but that's what i did she said it took her years to to able to reconcile it. she thought that that the tour would she would let everybody down and it took her. so she that matter how things dark are i think she feels like people do come around to their better angels she believes that. she likes to tell a story about how. when she looks at all these movements that today black lives matter is marriage equality. time's up the the continuation of work that people been doing forever and she said it was, but it wasn't until things like the george floyd murder and when she saw people even in majority white commun
in 1981, nobody was publicly gay except james baldwin. some writers, some i mean, liberace kept doing interviews where he was saying he hoped to find out, you know, the right girl truly nobody was out. she lost $2 million overnight. she by that point, six knee surgeries and had to play a couple more years. she had a really clumsy damage control and talks. now, how who uses being of it as a as an opportunity to go further into the closet but that's what i did she said it took her years to to...
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nobody was publicly gay except james baldwin. some writers, some i mean, even liberace kept doing interviews where he was saying he hoped to find, you know, the right girl, truly, nobody out. she lost $2 million overnight. she by that point had six knee surgeries and had to play a couple more years. she had a really clumsy damage control and talks. now about how who uses being outed is a is an opportune party to go further into the closet. but that's what i did she said it took years to to able to reconcile it. she thought that that the tour would she would let everybody down and it took her years. so she knows the no matter how things dark things are. i think she feels like people do come around their better angels. she believes that. she likes to tell a story how. when she looks at all these movements she today black lives matter is a marriage equality. time's up. the the continuation of work that people have been doing forever and she said it was but it wasn't things like the george floyd murder and that when she saw people ev
nobody was publicly gay except james baldwin. some writers, some i mean, even liberace kept doing interviews where he was saying he hoped to find, you know, the right girl, truly, nobody out. she lost $2 million overnight. she by that point had six knee surgeries and had to play a couple more years. she had a really clumsy damage control and talks. now about how who uses being outed is a is an opportune party to go further into the closet. but that's what i did she said it took years to to able...
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[applause] james baldwin reminds us, i love america more than any other country in the world and it is exactly for that reason i insist on criticizing her perpetually. baldwin also said love takes off the mask we fear we cannot live without but know that we cannot live with. i use the word love here not merely in the personal state of being and grace but in the american sense of being happy but in the tough universal quest of daring and growth. where is your love in this movement? there'll be plenty of talk about strategy and data and the rest. at any other conference i would probably be moderating or breaking up a fight. i have done that a few times. nobody talks about how we win but for the elder lauren hill she says, how you gone win when you aint right within? we are aware of the 64 is in the race, aware of the care and concern of what we are advocating for. as many of you know, 90 days ago i had a mild stroke. there is no such thing as a medium stroke. with god's grace and favor, i'm standing on two feet before you today. [applause] in a moment's notice, shit got real. i went from
[applause] james baldwin reminds us, i love america more than any other country in the world and it is exactly for that reason i insist on criticizing her perpetually. baldwin also said love takes off the mask we fear we cannot live without but know that we cannot live with. i use the word love here not merely in the personal state of being and grace but in the american sense of being happy but in the tough universal quest of daring and growth. where is your love in this movement? there'll be...
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. >> eddie, we'll take emerson or james baldwin from you at any hour of any day, so you have a pass on that always. jeremy peters, this obviously was a big moment for the vice president. her nominee to be vice president at her side, tim walz was there, as well, but this really was an interview about the candidate, about who she is. there are open and fair questions about why she has changed so dramatically on so many key issues. what is the sense inside the campaign about how that interview went yesterday? >> i think, willie, the most telling phrase, and probably the most important to kamala harris' appeal to the kind of voters she'll need to win, was that phrase she used about where most americans are. i think overall, what we heard from her last night really was a repudiation of the politics that dominated the democratic party in 2020 when she was, of course, running in the democratic primary and had to stake out some positions that were not popular with most americans. i mean, you know, she said that she was -- you know, she reversed herself on the decriminalization of border crossi
. >> eddie, we'll take emerson or james baldwin from you at any hour of any day, so you have a pass on that always. jeremy peters, this obviously was a big moment for the vice president. her nominee to be vice president at her side, tim walz was there, as well, but this really was an interview about the candidate, about who she is. there are open and fair questions about why she has changed so dramatically on so many key issues. what is the sense inside the campaign about how that...