we are honored to present her the barbara jordan award.ship and more two decades of service to the people of ohio and to the nation. [applause] representative eddie bernice johnson will present the barbara jordan award to representative fudge. please welcome, representative marcia fudge. ♪ >> thank you very much. lovee first say that i eddie bernice johnson. [applause] eddie bernice johnson has always been there for me since i have been a member of the house of representatives. i think every member of the congressional black caucus for their support, friendship, and encouragement. this award is special for many reasons. just a few of them is that it is very special to me to be honored by their -- by your peers and colleagues. it is special because i have the opportunity to have been blessed to have known barbara jordan. through our sorority, we sat on the delta board together. [cheering] >> she was one of my idols. as a young lawyer, i aspired to be barbara jordan, because she dedicated passionate, , and she was the real deal. i cannot tha

as a young lawyer i aspire to be barbara jordan.she was passionate, she was dedicated, and she was the real deal. enough for theou confidence you have placed in me. and thank you cbc, i love you all. [applause] [applause] president obama: hello, cbc. you for the great work you are doing and that kind introduction. i love you too. i want to thank the cbc foundation, chairman butterfield. members of the congressional black caucus. and the whole cbc family. it is always good to be with the conscience of congress. i also want to congratulate tonight's honorees, beginning with charlie wrangle, a founding member of the cbc. servant,nding public who will be writing often the sunsetted -- sunset together. fudge -- tive marcia [applause] smith, the emmanuel family, and the champion for change, secretary hillary clinton. there is an extra spring in my step tonight. i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. [laughter] [applause] mean, isil, north korea, change, none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth

[applause] it is special because i have had the opportunity to know barbara jordan.e sat on the delta board together. she was one of my idols. aspired tolawyer, i spidere be barbara jordan. she was smart, passionate, dedicated, a real deal. i can't thank you enough for the confidence you have placed in me. god bless you. i love you all. [applause] >> what an amazing evening this is. every single person on the stage. theknow, i have had pleasure of coming to the united states on and off for the past eight years. i remember the first time i came to the u.s. i was stunned by how similar the stories were between south africa and america, stories of stories of virtue, stories of people overcoming. i will never forget i came out and met a black american in new york city, and he said, you know how hard it is out here for a black man. [laughter] >> i don't think you understand. i got to go with you to the motherland, man. i have got to go home. [laughter] my dream was to come to america. his dream was to go to africa. years later, i met a beautiful, and sheman down south, sa

said take the jobs away interest them, the welfare benefits and wanted civil rights activist barbara jordan to head a commission to stop it. what do you make? >> barack obama has deported more than any other. >> the why is donald trump called a racist now? >> he's not -- >> nobody opposes deporting criminals, people who commit real crimes. >> why do we have sanctuary cities then. >> ice should be doing its job. >> the federal government under president obama is not doing its job. that's when you said that that's not what i said. let me clarify for you, if you are here illegally and commit a crime murder somebody, the nypd living here in new york will arrest you. ice will deport you. >> but -- >> i got to -- >> they will -- >> ice will not -- >> because this guy kept coming across the border. >> the obama administration won't enforce the law. >> gary, come in. >> more people [ inaudible ]. hang on. gary, come in here. >> listen, ice just state there's 172,000 criminal illegals here that they don't even know where they are. so all this talk about ice getting the job done, ain't happening. and

barbara jordan, shirley chisholm. i would not be standing here without them.f women and men who struggled and sacrificed and cleared a path for all of us. this award is also for everyone out there helping to break down the barriers holding americans back. to leaders like all of you and to a rising generation of young activists. to all those on the front lines dedicated to the proposition that in america every single child deserves the chance to fulfill his or her god-given potential. this has been the cause of my life. ever since i went to work for the children's defense fund all those years ago. and i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career. and the way that i will serve as your president. focused on opportunities for our children and fairness for our families. we have so much work to do together. i've heard many heartbreaking stories over this campaign. one was from tiana gaines turner, a working mother to three children from northeast philadelphia. she testified at the dnc platform meeting in june and told us how her husband had been laid off

he appointed barbara jordan to run that program. >> the opportunity mr. trump has right now is to clarify what does it mean when he says to fix the legal immigration process. what a lot of people don't know is almost half of the immigrants undocumented today came to the country legally but there is not a legal mechanism to change status. it happened to me as a documented immigrant that at some point in my life i was undocumented because i couldn't change from a student visa to a work visa. that's a real gap. he has an opportunity to tell us what it means to fix the illegal immigration process. elizabeth: americans are tired of the heated rhetoric. the use of pejorative terms like racist. bill clinton had the same ideas as bill clinton. he was not called a racist. he was applaud. what works? maybe a wall would work. many countries in the european union have set up wall to the protect their borders. maybe the deportation force is the hot button issue. maybe he needs to dial it back. >> trump's target audience is suburban women. he's under performing where r

andrew young from georgia and barbara jordan from texas. as the numbers of african americans in congress increase, one thing that this allows the core group to do is to create an issues caucus. in 1971, we have the formation of the congressional black caucus. a group of roughly a dozen members at that point. but it is able to exercise some power as a voting block and as an organization that educates members on issues that are important to the black community nationally. the black caucus becomes involved very early on in things like opposing apartheid in south africa, building momentum to pass a federal holiday to commemorate martin luther king's birthday. it is operating at a legislative level. but inside the institution, it is important to african american members because it is doing things like getting them on to bigger and better committees and into positions where they can influence a broad range of legislation. >> one of my favorite parts of the house collection is our campaign buttons, especially as they relate to african american law

[applause] barbara jordan famously said that a government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. tonight, please keep doing what you are doing but also help to register voters, tell others about the clear choice in this election. in some states, early voting is nearly here. we need to keep the pressure on. send a loud and clear message, once and for all, we are stronger together. and no matter what, remember trumps hate. thank you all very much. ♪ [applause] >> president obama focused his remarks on the presidential election this fall and called on americans to get out and vote. president obama: hello cbc. i love you also. i want to thank the cbc foundation, chairman butterfield , members of the congressional black caucus, the whole cbc family. good to be with the conscious of congress. i also want to congratulate tonight's honorees beginning , a founding wrangle member of the cbc, and outstanding public servant who as we just talked about will -- we will be riding off into the sunset together. fudge.ntative marcia robert smith. f

barbara jordan, shirley chisholm. i would not be standing here without them. [applause] mrs. clinton: generations of women and men who struggled and sacrificed and cleared a path for all of us. this award is also for everyone out there helping to break down the barriers holding americans back. andleaders like all of you, to a rising generation of young activists. to all those on the front lines dedicated to the proposition that in america, every single child deserves the chance to fulfill his or her god-given potential. this has been the cause of my life, ever since i went to work with the children's defense fund all those years ago, and i am going to close my campaign the way i began my career, and the way that i will serve as your president, focused on opportunities for our children and fairness for our families. [applause] mrs. clinton: we have so much work to do together. i have heard many heartbreaking stories over this campaign. one was from a working mother to three children from northeast philadelphia. she testified at the dnc platform meeting in june and told us how

we want what barbara jordan said many years ago, it's very simple. give the people what they want. give the people what america promised. >> don, we'll see you on -- i'm out of time. you've got it. >> vladimir putin, president putin -- >> forget putin, we're not doing that. don if you have a typical airline credit card, you only earn double miles when you buy stuff from that airline. wait...is this where you typically shop? you should be getting double miles on every purchase! switch...to the capital one venture card. with venture, you earn unlimited double miles on every purchase, everywhere, every day. not just ...(dismissively) airline purchases. seriously... double miles... everywhere. what's in your wallet? >>> for two weeks now, we've heard a lot about the health of the presidential candidates, their stamina, their age. so, for this week's "street justice," we decided to ask some health-conscience americans how important physical fitness is for a president. and modal sporting goods was kind enough to host us. take a look. i'm at modal sporting goods and i am practicing, becau

we want what barbara jordan said many years ago, it's very simple. give the people what they want. what america promised. >> don, we'll see you on -- i'm out of time. you've got it. >> vladimir putin, president putin -- >> forget putin, we're not doing that. don i absolutely love my new york apartment, but the rent is outrageous. good thing geico offers affordable renters insurance. with great coverage it protects my personal belongings should they get damaged, stolen or destroyed. [doorbell] uh, excuse me. delivery. hey. lo mein, szechwan chicken, chopsticks, soy sauce and you got some fortune cookies. have a good one. ah, these small new york apartments... protect your belongings. let geico help you with renters insurance. >>> for two weeks now, we've heard a lot about the health of the presidential candidates, their stamina, their age. so, for this week's "street justice," we decided to ask some health-conscience americans how important physical fitness is for a president. and modal sporting goods was kind enough to host us. take a look. i'm at modal sporting goods and i am prac

barbara jordan famously said that a government is invigorated when peach of us is will be to participatee future of this nation. so to everyone here tonight, but also help to register voters, tell others about the clear choice in this election, in some states, early voting is nearly here, so we need to keep the pressure on, let's send a loud and clear message once and for all. we are songer together. and no matter what, remember this, love trumps hate, thank you all very much. >> and there secretary hillary clinton, the democratic nominee, speaking for about 7 or 8 minutes at the democratic black caucus awards ceremony tonight. we will be covering barack obama who will be speaking. really the headline being that she is not taking votes for granted and that she's asking for help from this influential group there at the awards dinner, this following what was a very -- where they used words about donald trump calling him disgusting, racist, fraud and bigot and other words. she not bringing up the republican nominee in her comments there at the phoenix awards winner in washington, d.c., we w

i also want to recognize pioneers like barbara jordan and shirley chisholm.ficed and struggled so that i and so many other women running for office could soar. i'm here because of friends and colleagues like donna brazile, reverend leah daughtry and congresswoman marcia fudge, three black women who ran the democratic national convention in july. it was a great four days and it goes to show that black women deserve more than a seat at the table. it's past time you had a fair chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you, who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and beauty salons and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together and as i said yesterday, in north carolina, i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i hav

we want what barbara jordan said many years ago, it's very simple. give the people what they want. what america promised. >> don, we'll see you on -- i'm out of time. you've got it. >> vladimir putin, president putin -- >> forget putin, we're not doing that. don king, good night, i'll see you monday. street justice is next. on the r♪ [ front assist sounds ] [ music stops ] [ girl laughs ] ♪ on the road again ♪ like a band of gypsies we go down the highway ♪ [ beetle horn honks ] no matter which passat you choose, you get more standard features, for less than you expected. hurry in and lease the 2017 passat s for just $199 a month. . . >>> for two weeks now, we've heard a lot about the health of the presidential candidates, their stamina, their age. so, for this week's "street justice," we decided to ask some health-conscience americans how important physical fitness is for a president. and modal sporting goods was kind enough to host us. take a look. i'm at modal sporting goods and i am practicing, because i think it's important that any commander in chief needs to be in great phys

i also want to recognize pioneers like barbara jordan and shirl shirl shirley chisham. struggled so i and others running for office could soar. i'm here because of friends and colleagues like donna brazil, reverend leia daughtry and ran the democratic national convention in july. it was a great four days and it goes to show that black women deserve more than a seat at the table. it's past time you had a fair chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barbershops. we've come far together and as i said yesterday in north carolina, i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president, should i have the great honor of being elected, i will be focused on opportunities for kids and fairness for families. the american people deserve something to vote for, no

[applause] barbara jordan famously said that a government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. tonight, please keep doing what you are doing but also help to register voters, tell others about the clear choice in this election. in some states, early voting is nearly here. we need to keep the pressure on. send a loud and clear message, once and for all, we are stronger together. and no matter what, remember this,

i also want to recognize pioneers like barbara jordan and shirley chisholm.ficed and struggled so that i and so many other women running for office could soar. i'm here because of friend and colleagues like donna brazile, and congresswoman marcia fudge. and the three democratic women who ran the convention in july. it was a great four days. it's past time you had a chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for the president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and bitey a lobs and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together. as i said yesterday in north carolina. i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i have the great honor of being elected, i will be focused on opportunities for kids and fairness for families. the am

the late great congresswoman barbara jordan who hails from texas once said, what the people want is veryn america as good as its promise. do not call for black power or green power. call for brain power. for the first time in history wealth can be created without having massive amounts of capital handed down, the ownership of people or land or natural resources. for the first time in history wealth can be created through the power of one's mind, thoughts and ideas, and it can be developed and monetized and distributed instantly across the globe. intellectual property has now become the new currency of business. the promise of brain power to move individuals and families and communities from poverty to prosperity has never been closer and within our grasp. despite this progress, too many of our communities are being left behind, but i for one refuse to accept this. now more than ever, the power to move individuals and families out of poverty into the mainstream of our economy is within our reach. this is our defining moment. it's a defining moment for our community, but it takes all of us