anne bennett from the inner divisional initiative. when you look at how that work's evolved, the most salient and important work of that office has been around health equity and the african american health initiatives and putting equity front and center of the work. the office will be catalytic in the sense that equity work will still be owned and need to be owned by people across the department but this office will be the catalytic engine for that work not only within the department including human resources, but also with other departments across the city and county and particularly with the human rights commission which is increasingly taking an interesting and a role in driving this work across the city. the office will codify specific tools and policies related to equity. rather than well intentioned groups doing one thing here and other well intentioned groups doing something different over here, we can understand and codify the goals as the department moves forward and develop the skill set through trainings and inquiry and pic

with me is jeff bennett, nbc news correspondent, lee ann caldwell and michael gurson from "the washington post." congresswoman, you heard joe biden's remarks today. i'm curious. do you believe he's right that the democratic party is still the obama-biden democratic party or is he sounding like someone who's hoping it is still the obama-biden democratic party. >> i'm from the midwest. i told you for three years -- three years ago now that president trump could become president because he listened to people in the midwest, talked about economic issues, talked about issues that mattered to working people. i'm going to tell you now president trump could win re-election if we didn't nominate the right candidate. obama-biden party? it's a party of working men and women that want somebody to care about them that are going to talk about the issues that matter to families across this country. >> it seems as if, congresswoman, that the specific debate about the personal space issue with the vice president is more symbolic of the larger question. is he 21st century enough for the democratic party? h