because no one else should be controlling the vote of the african-americans but the african-american communities. >> derek johnson serves as the president and ceo of the naacp. call comes from detroit michigan, democrat line, you are on with our guest. go ahead. >> caller: good morning to both of you and greetings. i have two questions and also i would like to make a comment, if i can. what steps are being taken to prevent voter suppression efforts on the part of -- [inaudible] -- on the republican side? and how far if in terms of white people's attitudes among african-americans do you think they have changed especially the younger generation of white people? >> quickly, please. >> so in terms of voter suppression, we filed a lawsuit last week in georgia where we realized that over 59,000 applications were being denied process for new registered voters. we're preparing similar lawsuits to what took place in georgia in tennessee where we've also learned that there are voter suppression methods to deny voter registration applications being processed. the naacp we see the whole nature o

and i am an african-american parent ambassador and the president of the african-american parent partnership committee at john o'connell. [applause] our aapac was formed in 2015 and the purpose of our support, our group is to support african-american students in the process of being successful, in their academic learning and provide social and emotional support for family and student. >> our goals for the year are to engage more black parents to be active and have students feel more motivated and confident through support so they do not give up. finally, to continue ensuring success for our african-american students. among many bright spots, our biggest one is that they created their own more electives, excellence in every part of the curriculum. we have two black students on our ssc as members. lastly, our black family dinners to kick off black history month. >> one of the major challenges faced at john o'connell is more african-american family involvement just trying to figure out how to, we invite, light meal, childcare is provided. we just need more support on getting them to the school.

of therolling the vote african-american community but the african-american community. host: jerry, democrat line. you are on with our guest. go ahead. two questions and would like to make a comment if i can. the first with the president of the end of lacey p is -- naacp is, what efforts have you taken to prevent voter suppression by racist white conservatives on the republican side? far in terms of white people's attitudes toward african-americans do you feel can change, it in terms of the younger generation of white people. and i would like to make my comment if i could. host: quickly, please. guest: on voter suppression, we filed a lawsuit last week in georgia where we realized there being9,000 applications denied process for new registered voters. tennessee, we also learned there was vote suppression to deny the process. voter the whole nature of registration as a vote suppression. you have to fill out an application to qualify to participate in a democracy they invest in with tax dollars. it is voter suppression. as a matter of fact, there are four components where

because no one else should be controlling the african-american community but the african-american community. derrick johnson, president and ceo of naacp. this is from michigan, jerry, democrats line. go ahead. >> good morning to both of you and greetings yet again from motown. i have two questions and also i would like to make the comment if i can. the first is -- voter suppression efforts on the part of racist white conservatives. on the republican side. and also, how far in terms of white peoples attitudes about african-americans do you think will change? especially amongst the younger generation of white people. i would like to make my comment. >> quickly please. >> in terms of voter suppression we filed a lawsuit last week in georgia when we realized over 59,000 applications were being denied process for new registered voters. we prepared some -- and tennessee we learned that there were voter suppression things happening here we see the nature of voter registration as a suppression method for why should citizens fill out the application to qualify to participate in a democracy that they

and african americans began and finding lives new freedom. getting married, searching for members of their families who had been sold. and yet, slavery's death did not automatically confer any rights or liberty on african americans. it only liberated them from a master, eliminating the motive for benevolence which slave people tried to use to their benefit. whatever meaning the 13th amendment may have had in january of 1865, the white south's reaction to the end of slavery changed the dynamics. the southern states, still controlled, visibly enacted thinly disguised versions of slavery known as black codes. these systems gave white employers the power of chastisement, meeting with being. -- meaning whipping. the power to administer moderate corporal chastisement. people could not travel without a pass, it became nearly impossible for african americans to rent land or seek legal redress against whites. blacks were not allowed to possess knives or firearms, to buy or sell alcohol, or preach the gospel without license from white authorities. in n

he announced he expected to let some african americans vote. one listener at the speech, john wilkes booth, read his darkest fears into lincoln's vision. that simple determination precipitated the final act. booth told his companion that is the last speech he will ever make, and it was. lincoln believed the emancipation proclamation was the central act of my administration and the great event of the 19th century. but i believe it was not the emancipation proclamation, but lincoln's belief in liberty. if you can take an ideal topology and put complete freedom over here, you can get an idea of where the emancipation is in terms of democracy. but i do think it is lincoln's legacy that's in the constitution that is most important. lincoln's devotion to our country's mission statement. lincoln worked to include equality in the constitution, which is our country's rulebook. while he was still alive, he knew that the country needed more than a presidential proclamation of freedom. a constitutional amendment was necessary to ban slavery. in january of

of therolling the vote african-american community but the african-american community. host: jerry, democrat line. you are on with our guest. go ahead. two questions and would like to make a comment if i can. the first with the president of the end of lacey p is -- naacp is, what efforts have you taken to prevent voter suppression by racist white conservatives on the republican side? far in terms of white people's attitudes toward african-americans do you feel can change, it in terms of the younger generation of white people. and i would like to make my comment if i could. host: quickly, please. guest: on voter suppression, we filed a lawsuit last week in georgia where we realized there being9,000 applications denied process for new registered voters. tennessee, we also learned there was vote suppression to deny the process. voter the whole nature of registration as a vote suppression. you have to fill out an application to qualify to participate in a democracy they invest in with tax dollars. it is voter suppression. as a matter of fact, there are four components where

recently, an african american c.n.e. was accused of abuse because she removed food from a patient who was vomiting. a co-worker accosted, one co-worker accosted two african americans and told them they are no good. they are, you know, they are a waste of time. this was reported to e.o. e.o.'s response was they have found nothing to substantiate racism. so, this is the equitable and fair employer that we work for. >> supervisor kim: thank you, miss rutherford. next speaker. >> good morning. miss kim, miss brown, miss fewer, i'm amos brown. president of the san francisco branch of the national association for the advancement of colored people. and also have had the honor of for 43 years serving as senior pastor of the historic third baptist church san francisco. i must respectfully submit that i am very troubled over the atmosphere, attitude, and the actions of san francisco political leadership toward its citizens of darker hue. it's out loud blatant disrespect. the first item i want to say that catalogues that, no person

but the african-american was overlooked. rather than looking at desertion in the context of emancipation, the government officials instead set their motivations were centered on free white male specific duty. black troops joined a military structure built to enlist and manage citizen soldiers. but formally -- formerly enslaved men did not fit in. the language used to describe black men who left their posts of secure the meaning of their fleeing. military officials in the 19th century use the term desertion to describe white soldiers who have banded -- who abandoned their contracts. in the eyes of the law deserters failed to uphold their oats and violated their contracts. second the government and wider public recognized desertion connoted a political relationship to the dereliction of contract. africanhe civil war era understood a community and nation. military service was an expression of their commitment to community and country. it functioned as a manifestation of masculine citizenship. as such desertion indicated a broke

in florida's camps were african-american.t has spread beyond african-americans to the entire state. you u have a situation where in floridida, about 1.7 million people can't vote. this amendment would restore million of those. 500,000 are african-american. the rest are white and latino. i think that is one of the reasons you have seen such a big coalition rally behind this because it is not just african-americans being disenfranchised. a lot of white republican trump supporters cannot vote in florida, either. but the numbers are so staggering. 10% of people in the country's most important swing statate not being able to vote. i think all of the attention on georgia voter suppression is warrananted, but we're talking -- 53,000hrough people. in florida, we're talking about 1.4 million people that mike at the right to vote back. more people right now are disenfranchised in florida than any other state. that is why amendment 4 is so important. juan: could you talk about the movement that is built around it terms of what kind of s

when he speaks to african americans, it's off the cuff. it doesn't really matter to him, and he knows that. >> liz, one would have to say that president donald trump knows that robert e. lee is a confederate generals, one of the statues being protested was of robert e. lee. so clearly one has to ask is he really trying to get african american voters or is he using them as a backboard to score with those that are to the far right and are intensive or are outright hostile to african american voters' interests? >> i don't think donald trump realizes exactly what he's saying. history will tell you upon talking about the issue of confederate statues that general lee wasn't in support of it during his time. so i think the other commentator is right. he's talking to his base, who are upset about these initiatives to remove these confederate statues that are images of a terrible time in our history and to try to honor a general who was treasonous during that time, who was fighting against the united states on behalf of the south in order to protec

that's suffering, but it is us, african americans especially. i have to represent one of my co-workers where a chair was physically pulled from underneath her by this manager, we have a nurse that works with our c.d.i. team that quit because -- [no audio] [microphone is silent] >> thank you. thank you, ms. hardy. [applause] >> hi. i'm from san francisco general hospital. it is not zuckerberg general hospital. [cheering] [applause] and when i -- and when i spoke out about that, when i spoke out about that, i learn what had it is like to not be white because i started to get a whole other kind of treatment from administration at the hospital. when i spoke out about facebook's unethical research practice and how that was a threat to our patient population, here's what -- here's what happened. even when i tried to do something good, i came to speak at a meeting of about 60, 70 mostly manager there is and there was a presentation about sexual orientation and gender identity. and a training that i was invited to speak about so i spoke afterwards and i

but whether you are african-american or hispanic-american or any american, really any american at all, you have the right to live in a country that puts your needs first. because people said -- i mean, i heard this one a couple weeks ago, said give me a break. they said america first, that could be racist. i said racist? racist? why is that racist? here we are, i think does everybody in this room agree, you're living in america. america first, [ chanting usa ] >> that is really beautiful. this is a beautiful meeting. i have to be honest with you. i go to a lot of them. some of them i'm a little bored. i do my thing, i say my words. i say bye, everybody. and i go and i say, you know, it's all right. but this -- to me, this is a very exciting group. every citizen benefits from tax cuts, regulation cuts, and millions more of great paying jobs. look at jobs. every citizen benefits from lower crime, safer communities, and school choice. every citizen benefits from reducing the price of prescription drugs, which we did yesterday. got very little coverage. you know, i was told by a very prom

overrepresented so therefore in the purges that happen whites are underrepresented by 8 percent african-americans are overrepresented by 35 percent asian americans are overrepresented by 31 percent and hispanics are overrepresented 14 percent of african-americans have been purged in the united states of america through this method. >> something that will impact this election but one of the things we look at obviously is if the supreme court, and you talk about that insight and several things that you talk about the suggestions when you go too far with partisan gerrymandering - - gerrymandering but one of the other things in the book there is the idea that justice roberts will be the swing vote but you have some commentary and rougher reference to the experience with justice roberts in the past that might be illuminating. >> the court has been interesting in this battle and we have to understand the idea of john roberts somehow, no. [laughter] no. so the way to get at this which gutted the voting rights act that made the state who had a history of discrimination be responsible for upholding the 15

. >> 70% of whom are african-american.nies this accusation. they conduct regular list maintenance to ensure voter integrity. that's their wording, as required by federal and state law. >> what was exactly that happened here? how did the story become to be? >> this is because the state passed a law about a year ago requiring the verification of voters status. it's called the exact match law. that means that there's even a missing hyphen, a misplaced c d comma. one deviation and the records office can put your application on hold, pending. those voters can still vote and voting rights advocates are making that clear. they should still go to the ballots and vote but they have to bring their id to make sure they can verify who they are. >> voters rights group don't like this exact match. what's the history there? >> yeah, it's a controversy law that passed about a year ago in georgia. republicans who supported it said it was passed in the effort of voter integrity to make sure people who are voting are who they said they were.

what kind of african-american men, women, how many asian-american? how many latinos?n the officer his ranks can -- that can reflect a self in this administration in terms of the future? these are the kinds of things that go in my mind. i am just excited. just thrilled and proud in terms of the presentation. it is interesting because some of the videos and some of the degree of the members of the department, it gets more than hipper than hip. the music is cool to each week. but part of that, when it comes up with a sign that says rebirth , that is no joke. for this commissioner to see those people present what they're doing with the african-american firefighters, the web and in, the veterans, and i just attended the afa to do the same kind of request. come to the commission and share what you are doing. but the -- because the reflection of what you are involved with is a much more diverse attraction. again, i think we have to keep our hindsight for the folks of color to be able to look at that and see where we are in terms of our presence, and in terms of advancements

this is what tom perez said in december of last year. >> african-american women in particular that americans are the backbone of the democratic party and precisely because they are the backbone of the democratic party we should never take them for granted and we have. shannon: this is what he said in july, african-americans in particular generally are the backbone of the party because they are. we should never take them for granted. in the past we have. i want to apologize for this. any better in engaging? >> they are doing better engaging. in the race we are talking about, i spent two weeks in missouri and st. louis in the ferguson crisis and there was lack of engagement and the municipal government is failing because there was not something we had time to get into but as you see the party trying to engage african-american voters, by running african-american candidates and by listening to african american voters in a transformative way and have them be part of the process. we saw that in the dow jones race where they took the race over-the-top for doug jones and in florida where gillam is l

he also explores the roles museums play in preserving african-american culture. this 45 minute discussion took place at the association of african american museums' annual conference. >> it is my duty to introduce to you the moderator of this conversation that will take place now, dr. jefferies, who is no stranger to this association. people are still talking about the keynote he gave a couple years ago where he mesmerized the crowd. he is a native of brooklyn, new york, the crown heights section. he is a graduate of morehouse college. he is a morehouse man. more importantly, for me, he is a duke man. he holds two degrees in masters of arts and a phd from duke university. he has taught on the faculties of the university of alabama and the ohio state university, where he is an associate professor of american history. at this time he will lead us into a conversation. let's give him a hand. [applause] >> thank you very much, and good afternoon. when he said at this time he will come, i thought he was going to say he would come and lead us in prayer. [laughter] that'

african-americans and hispanics running for president.e on the other side running on the democratic side? >> i guess you could say that argument. let's be real. you had president donald trump so yesterday he accused democratic candidate for governor of florida -- he called him a thief with absolutely no evidence. >> shannon: he's referring to the fbi investigation in which it has been revealed that there were broadway tickets that were very expensive to hamilton, i have not seen it, i've heard it's great for those tickets were given to him rather than reported or paid for. that's an accusation that's out there. i want to get to the next step of this because i want to talk to you about the celebrities that have gotten involved here. candace owens, she tweeted this. a big gathering of young black conservatives in d.c., she tweeted real donald trump's approval is at a record high. democrats took our fathers, destroyed our communities and told us we could be nothing but their victims. blexit is happening because it's time, that referring to b

for african american students we've seen the gain at the elementary level. we've seen losses, small losses but still losses in middle school and high school level. this corresponding set of results for mathematics. you will see at the district level, we've achieved 50% origin this was equal to the performance two years ago. this still has a 10% points higher than our largest urban counterpart in san francisco. you can see there the demographic and as well we're seeing the achievement gaps persisting in this year's results. over on the right-hand side, another interesting fact about this year's performance cohorts of students moving from the sixth to seventh grade made the single largest set of increases on the sb ac. these increase are also out pacing the course ponding increases at the state level. so to the extend that we're seeing, entering into middle school and all the supports we've been putting into middle school makes a difference, here is where it's showing up. >> looking at bright spots within the district, there are many. i could almost name each

after years of democrats failing and abandoning african-americans, republicans are delivering for african-americansr before. >> so nina, is he taking credit for something he doesn't deserve for job growths? should they be thanking president obama? >> oh, absolutely. definitely thanking president obama. none of this all happens under one president. it takes years and years and years to do this kind of thing. but you know, don, another point to this is also the quality of jobs. i mean, we have a president and a republican party that has balanced the budget off of the backs of the working poor and middle class of this country with all of the tax breaks, starving government, starving the services that people need to thrive in this country. so it's not just a one dimensional variable here. we have to take all of these variables. we still have in the city of flint, for example, our sisters and brothers in flint still don't have clean water. where is the major infrastructure bill we need to make sure we rebuild roads and bridges and water systems in this country? those are the kinds of things that bring t

african-american history is no different than white american history was. in the 1950's, it was said that black people are nothing but by people with black skins. there was a book challenging jim crow history. this was a well-meaning, liberal white person who made this case. professor jeffries: good white folk. [laughter] dr. kendi: he actually was comfortable, right? so, these assimilationist ideas have historically been a t -- threat threa andfrican-american culture museums. i am making the case that this is a racist idea, that there is something funnily inferior about black people. the way it operates is for people to say, you know what? it's not just that black people need resources and opportunities, they also need to be developed. what happens is you take time and resources away from challenging racial discrimination because you have been taught there is something wrong with these people, and that the way forward for those people is to move out of african-american history, to move out of those black museum's, to move out of black spaces and assimilate

there are many examples going down the line where this stuff happens to african-american people. i don't put anything past the american government when it comes to people of color. right? in this one statement, spike lee is moving through a number of things we discussed tonight and saying as an african-american male familiar with the history of the african-american people with the american government, there are a number of things. one, structural racism. we don't get the kind of social services we get. two, you have to make a decision to flood one neighborhood. and of course the african-americans will come out on the bad end of that. and the tuskegee experiments, just to put in there, don't tell me the government wouldn't do this, right? and then in the middle, do you think the 2000 election was fair if they can rig an election, they can do anything. there is this, if you change the names and dates of people and places but kept all of this, talking about they with a different set of evidence, it can work with people of different races, right? but these are distinct because of the

losing its african american middle class. and this trend has not been reversed. meaningful nondiscriminatory employment opportunitis are essential to ensuring that african americans are able to remain in san francisco. as a second largest employer in the bay area, the city and county of san francisco must work to end discrimination in its workplaces and ensure access to jobs for black san franciscans. this hearing and mayor breed's directive are a first step to ending the discrimination against the black population. brightline is here to listen today and we hope to continue to work to support san franciscans black community. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you all for having this hearing. but i hope that something will come of it to change things. my name is norma nelson and in 2012, i was constructively terminated from the port of san francisco by the current executive director of the port of san francisco. i had worked there for seven years and had not had any disciplinary issues at all. however, i did sli

i'd like to discuss a little more african american chronic absenteeism. 26% of all african american students in the contradict were chronically absent. and then, last year, it was 23%, and last year, it was 36%, so an increase over two years -- three years. what we've done, obviously is not working if it's going up. and if students aren't in school, all the indicators that we look at in terms of academic achievement and socio emotional learning, that's affected by not being at school. so i'd just like us to talk a little bit about what we're doing to affect chronic absenteeism. the rate for asian students is 3%, so it's a 33% gap, which is really mind blowing. latino students at 22%, special ed at 23% chronic absenteeism. district wide is at 13%. discuss this. >> this was the data that was presented to you this year in may, at the board meeting. and there was also a presentation that said some of the initiatives that we are doing to address this this year. i have listed some of the initiatives that we found in the presentation on the right. >> what does some of the data show -- or are there

this was the first african-american church built after union occupation in alexandria. and in the 1860's, during the civil war, this would have been about the edge of town. so further down, this street would have been more countryside. this is also where contraband camps were located. contraband camps were like refugee camps we would recognize today. they were encampments of formerly enslaved people who found refuge and freedom in alexandria, d.c., maryland. the term contraband camps started cropping up very early on into the civil war. in 1861, general benjamin butler -- he was stationed at fort monroe in virginia -- he was the general at this fort, and during his time there, african-americans escaped from their enslaver. they sought refuge at the fort. they were taken in, but the next day there was knocking on the door demanding that their enslaved people were returned. butler, who was a lawyer before the war, thinking on his toes, said that these people were now contraband of war. that is where the term comes from. this term spread like wildfire. today as historians

however, african-american women who practiced as nurses were considered laundress says -- , which was away for the army to get away with paying them for -- below equal wage. any of the churches were used as hospitals and women were able to make this practice more of a field for women, however they did get pushback from medical surgeons who were predominantly men. these men would tell women they ceased to be women if they started practicing medicine. there was a lot of discrimination within the field, but women, including dorothea dix and mary -- pushed past this discrimination and were able to help medical field by leaps and bounds and helped save many lives. the next stop will be market square where we will talk about women and the other businesses they ran during the war. here we are in market square. this is the oldest, continuously operating marketplace in the united states, and during the civil war, this is the marketplace where women who worked on local farms would come in and sell fruits and vegetables to nurses, who would take them to the soldiers recovering in the hospital. w

wonderful publicbl servant i think she has a terrific chance of becoming this nation's first african-american female governor in fact, this will be a great asset to our country to the state of georgia to have stacy leading us. >> what are they interested in this time quick. >> the economy is still a major concern especially after the kavanaugh hearings they would understand not just who we are but respect us when we come forward and when we speak out. as a woman who has experienced sexual assault in my lifetim lifetime, and racial discrimination as well as gender discrimination. itd is time we put our best selves forward and i do believe that women this election cycle will make historic gains not just with voters as candidates also. >> host: how does the aca come into this and with voting? . >> people are worried they will lose their insurance and premiums are going up and prescription medicine prices continue to rise. most importantly people with pre-existing conditions and the trumpet ministration is chipping away at the affordable care act. i do believe health care will be a major issue on

fundamental differences between what it meant to be white and a jewish and what it meant to be african- americanthey were predicting, not only a nice interfaith alliance, but that it would have to split up. there is no way that this alliance could survive, given the different american experiences between the groups. >> when you say they within a jewish leadership context, who were they talking about? >> that's an excellent question. i elected to study leaders of national jewish organizations and the regional offices. they are mostly men, they are mostly white, they are mostly middle-aged. there are pros and cons to doing that. the pro is that these are jewish leaders proclaiming to act in their jewishness. i wanted to see what someone who is claiming jewishness would say. the challenging part for historians is that most of the jews involved in the movement did not identify as jewish. >> i think that every historian classically looks to the future. i am wondering, given all of this and all of what is in our world at large, both in the san francisco bay area, the united states, and beyond, what is

she isbe african-american studis chair at emory university. on top of that, a facebook comment for you. this is from lydia. voter id should be required. all a s constitutional republic. >> guest: okay. one of the things that is happening and i call it that kind of, you know, it's the kind of playing with the words legerdemain wears where is -- are with democracy what are we a republic? a that's just garbage. i don't how else to put it. it drives us off of the point where we need to be. so first we are a people who vote for representatives. and the fact that that vote then gets skewed, stamped upon, scrunched over, divided, that's a problem for our democracy. secondly, no, voter id, the reason voter id came into being had to deal with the light of voter fraud. prior to come so we hear voter fraud, voter fraud, that's what i mentioned it and wove it through come throughout because it is so dominant in this nation discourse where we have 50% of americans believe that voter fraud is real. and it's not. what is real is that, for instance, justin le

donna brazile is accusing kanye of setting african-americans back 155 years. joining me pastor darryl scott, ceo of the national diversity coal little, leo perel and jeffrey lord and garland nixon, radio talk show host and political analyst. great to have you all on. thanks for joining me. leo, let me start with you. michael eric dyson said white supremacy by ventriloquistism. if a conservative said that about an african-american celebrity who was liberal, who was showing up with obama or clinton or anyone on the left for that matter, there would be hell to pay. because kanye is in the oval with the president, it is okay to call it a minstrel show, call him stupid, insane. he is now just a dummy with donald trump operating his dummy body. how could you think that was a good thing? >> well, let me be very clear. i am not going to condone a personal attack by dyson. i will simply say this. i was embarrassed when i saucon yea west speak yesterday. it was a photo opportunity for trump. why? because i challenge anyone on this panel to say that the elimination of th

to be a white supremacist, who has no interest in the african-american people.his is such a blitzkrieg of blathering ignorance. kanye, please cease the interventions through media about trying to engage issues of which you don't have sophisticated knowledge. >> sophisticated knowledge like beyonce and jay-z. when they are in the obama white house. donna brazile is accusing kanye of setting african-americans back 155 years. look at that. joining me pastor darryl scott,k ceo of the national diversity coalition, leo perel and jeffret lord and garland nixon, radio talk show host and political analyst. great to have you all on. thanks for joining me. leo, let me start with you. michael eric dyson said white supremacy by ventriloquism. when i hear that, leo, to set aside politics. if a conservative said that about an african-american celebrity who was liberal, who was showing up with obama oror clinton or anyone on the left for that matter, there would ber hell to pay. because kanye is in the oval with the president, it is okay to call it a minstrel show, call him stu

the majority african-american town, african-american militia, they are marching and having a good time, they have read the declaration of independence, they are marching on the center square of the african-american town which they bought with their own money. and right here, is the wagon with these two -- tommy butler and henry gets in and they are watching these guys marked under their militia, a man named doc adams, this was a witness who remembered them marching, most equal to any company no matter what they came from, they had them well drilled, so henry and tommy belong to the butler plantation. they have to come across the river from augusta where they have done whatever training and loop around the father's plantation. so they are constantly having to come through hamburg on their way to augusta from their plantation. and it's driving them crazy, probably that these are black men with guns and they are so well ordered and drilled and happy. on july 4, 1876, which represents everything they don't want to see in history of the united states. so they drive their wagons directly int

"i am an african american and i vote republican." only about 8% of african-americans voted for donald trump so he is in the minority. anyway, he said "i believe in a growing economy and enterprise," and these are things that donald trump says he stands for making america great. ye said we are keen to make america great but not necessarily go back to some issues that african-americans struggled with in the civil rits era. is donald trump reaching out to the right voice to help african-american voters? some people would say kanye is not the person who speaks for us. jane:hadoes he have in common with the trump supporters you meet when you go to rallies? juyo got back from mississippi. thati: if you look at encounter between the two people, what we have is what politics today is all about. the anti-politician -- you have kanye west, a rap star, sitting across the table fromt, the presideality tv star and businessmen. that is what the base wants, someone who is away from the estaishment and doing things differently. in some sense kanye w

mcconnell on the subject of african-american outreach. >> with african americans, we haven't been able to make much headway, although i think it is note worthy that tim scott is a member of our conference. and he's arguably the most popular politician in south carolina. so there's hope with the

he has taken african-americans off the voter rolls in disproportionate numbers. 32% of the population but 70% of those whose registrations have been frozen. many of them have not received any notice so they don't know how they will cast their ballots on november 6th. we are trying to bring light to the fact that we have a potential of the georgia ethic cold and the constitution and voting rights act by having kemp continue to preside over these voter registration proceedings. >> this is going back as far as accusations decades ago. stacey abrams was on last night with rachel maddow and spoke about that and the accusations against kemp. i want to play that and we'll talk about it. >> brian kemp has been an exquisite architect of voter suppression over the last decade. this isn't about me. this is about them and about us. they cannot let him steal their votes up. >> had the legal defense fund also sending a letter saying, hey, just recuse. what are the chances of him actually doing that or being forced to recuse? >> that's something we hope the letter will have gre

now, andrew gillum embodies more of the typical african-american experience that you see in florida.born in a relatively poor or not rich area of miami. pardon me. and raised in gainesville in kind of a small town. he went to school at a traditionally black college, fmu. so this is going to be a test on whether that theory that florida or many big states is not ready to elect a black man is true or not because here he is, leading in polls and there's a lot of excitement for him across the board. >> it is the regular african-american experience. >> he wasn't raised in hawaii. didn't go to harvard. >> exotic in many ways. let me ask you about the executive thing, presidents like to show their stuff in a war, but they can show leadership ability in a war, can't do it in peace time. when there's a natural disaster like we have now this week from hurricane michael how will rick scott use that, how will mayor gillum use that to show their stuff? >> they're both doing an effective job. rick scott has a bigger bully pulpit and has been through this before. after hurricane irma in 2017, his n

the most mobilised piece of the democratic coalition is african american women. roy moore, the senator who the first democrat to be elected from alabama in a generation. there were black women all over the ballot so the real question and challenge is how can we not only use black women as the wheels on the bus, but how do we actually put them in the driver's seat? what are the agendas that actually speak to them? if we can figure that out, we'll probably be able to figure out how to speak across the working class because black women are disproportionately working class, and we'll probably be able to build those ties that at one point made the democratic coalition a winning political mobilised coalition. that's what we're looking for in this mid—term election. we'll see. we will indeed see. kimberle crenshaw, thank you very much forjoining me on hardtalk. hello there, good morning. the last 2a hours has seen the number of flood warnings reducing as the wettest of the weather moved its way a little bit further east. gradually, everything will come in from the atlan