amy: former naacp president ben jealous, now running for governor of maryland.e will be back with him and 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, just after former naacp president ben jealous announced he is officially entering the race for governor in maryland, i sat down and interviewed him. i want to ask about the murder earlierrd collins iii this month on just a few days before his graduation. was visiting the near by university of maryland at college park when he was stabbed at a bus stop near campus by sean urbanski, a white student who was a senior. though investigators have not yet determined whether the killing was a hate crime, urbanski was part of a group nation.lt reich i want to ask you about this, something that the menu will be running against commercial thing governor larry hogan who hopes to be the second republican governor to win a second term since the 1950's. he convinced -- he condemned this on his facebook page. i want to ask you about his response,

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we'll talk to ben jealous in a few minutes. kmeed yen and friend bill maher is using a friend that he shouldn't, and i'm pretty upset about that. and those parenis accords, why they matter especially to poor and minorities. but we start with breaking news. seven people are dead. 48 injured in an attack in the heart of london. around 10:00 p.m. local time last night. the incident began on london bridge as a car veered off the road and on to the sidewalk. hitting pedestrians. the attackers then fled the van and started attacking people in bars and restaurants at a nearby market. the police killed them from within eight minutes within when the attack again. the prime minister and the london mayor spoke a short time ago. >> we believe we are experiencing a new trend in the threat we face. as terrorism breeds terrorism. and perpetrators are inspired to attack, not only on the basis of carefully-constructed plots after years of planning and training. and not even as lone attackers radicalized online, but by copying one another and of

he joins now the former naacp rossdent ben jealous and hoping to unseat the current republican governor, larry hogan. ralph jaffe has also announced his intention of running. now to a case that shock to the nation, a black man shot to death in his car by a police officer. the aftermath, streamed live on facebook. the officer was acquitted of all charges. now we are seeing new dashcam video showing what happened after he pulled casteel over, saying he looks like a burglary subject. we want to warn you that this video is graphic and may be disturbing to some viewers. >> i have to tel don't pull it out. [screaming] ofry: he was found guilty second-degree manslaughter -- not guilty of second three-month that's secondary manslaughter. autria: a ferguson was very police officer shot michael ,rown to death three years ago setting off riots that destroyed part of the city. financial terms of the settlement between the family and the city were not disclosed. now, new developments this morning after the death of auto warm beer --otto warmbier. willause of his death remain a mystery, the family ha

all right, let me bring in right now ben jealous, who is of course the former president and ceo of the, who has now announced just yesterday that he is jumping into politics officially. he is jumping in the race for governor, the race for governor of maryland. ben, it's great to see you. thanks for coming in. >> thank you. great to see you. >> i want to get to your big announcement in a second, but first on the direction of the democratic party at moment. hillary clinton has offered some of these excuses for her loss in the past -- james comey and russia. but what we haven't heard before from her is blaming the democratic party. listen to this, ben. >> i set up my campaign, and we have our own data operation. i get the nomination. so i'm now the nominee of the democratic party. i inherit nothing from the democratic party. >> what do you mean nothing? >> i mean, it was bankrupt, it was on the verge of insolvency. its data was mediocre to poor, nonexistent, wrong. i had to inject money into it. >> this is the dnc you're talking about. >> the dnc to keep it going. >> what do you make of t

baker joins former naacp president ben jealous and technology entrepreur alec ross as the democrats hopingunseat current governor republican larry hogan.toss to weather - happy first day of summer - longest amount of daylight - hottest day of the next 10 tomorrow (90+) - impacts from t.s. cindy this weekend - nice early next week (lower humidity! hot, but relatively comfortable humidity. stray pm shower possible. highs: 86-90 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. isolated shower. warm. lows: 64-71 winds: w 5 mph thursday: partly cloudy. hot and humid. isolated pm thunderstorm. highs: 90-94 winds: wsw 5-10 mph breaking news -- out of belguim... a very busy metro reopened following terrorist attack there yesterday. this morning -- police have identified the attacker as a 36 year old moroccan... but haven't released his name. (picture) -- police say he was carrying two explosive devices... the bag did not fully detonate, but it did set him on fire. police then shot and killed him. no one else was injured. police have also said he lived in the same district in brussels as the te

ben jealous, richard mataleno, alec ross, and ralph jaffe. they'll be challenging republican governor larry hogan. baker has served as county executive since 2010. >>> the first major poll since last week's primary in virginia's race for governor has democrat ralph northham in the lead, leading republican ed gillespie 47-39% in the quinnipiac university survey. the margin of error is plus or minus four points. this poll also asks about president trump. almost half of virginia voters said they would be less likely to vote for a candidate who supports the president. about a quarter said they would be more likely. and 28% said their vote wouldn't change either way. >> reporter: i'm shomari stone. a congressional women's softball game, one week after a gunman opened fire at the congressional men's basketball game. i'll have the story,in >>> also ahead tonight, after the big concert last night, bono pays a visit up to capitol hill today, showing his support for steve scalise as we get good news about the congressman's recovery. >>> and stay tuned

we'll talk to ben jealous in a few minutes. kmeed yen and friend bill maher is using a friend that he shouldn't, and i'm pretty upset about that. and those parenis accords, why they matter especially to poor and minorities

ben jealous having headed the naacp at a very juyoung age andn the forefront of the fight for the $15r wage, same-sex marriage laws. >> and he ran -- >> and bernie sanders, he considers himself a progressive. and so i think that's what you need to know about him. he announced in baltimore he talked about things he wanted to do for the truck in baltimore, but he talked about the purple line here in our area, wanting to fund that. and so he kind of hits the ground running because he has both some name recognition and clearly he has an infrastructure in placef support him and who are familiar with maryland politics and so he will definitely hit the ground running. >> and so if he were to win the democratic nomination, being he'd be facing a popular governor who wants to be the second republican governor to wichb a c win a consecutive term. >> and that is a tough thing for hogan to repeat as governor in maryland which as yyou point ou typically leads democratic. but, yes, hogan has been popular. particularly for a republican in maryland. and distancing himself, you know, he keeps enough d

ben jealous, alec ross and ralph jaffy will be challenging larry hogan. sean quinn with is the libertarian party candidate. >>> and republican leaders appearbe health care bill next week. but the contents of the bill are still a mystery to almost everyone. and concern is growing about a bill that could affect the health and financial security of million of us. blayne alexander is on capitol hill with more. >> reporter: so leaders have promised at least a draft of the bill by tomorrow, but now it's a question of timing with many people asking if there are enough time to have a thorough discussion before going for an expected vote next week. democrats and even some republicans are saying no. at the u.s. capitol, a protest outside over the health care bill being secretly crafted inside. >> house care is a right, into the privilege. >> reporter: the gop leaders latest plan reveal a first draft tomorrow. a cbo score, how much the bill will cost early next week and a vote next thursday. >> they are trying to do this as quickly and a they can because they know t

former naacb president ben jealous, state senator richard, former state official and giraf jaffey.aker has served as the county executive in prince georges county since 2010. >>> he's considered an icon in the district and this week you'll have a chance to pay your final respects to former d.c. council member jim graham. his body will lie in repose from noon to 5:00 and on saturday there will be a viewing and funeral service at all souls unitarian church in northwest. graham was a staunch advocate for gay rights and a pioneer for funding hiv research. people attending the services are encouraged to bear bow tiwe as a transcriibute to him. >>> there's a state of emergency in louisiana. there's a significant storm moving in. these crews lined one southern shore with rocks to prevent flooding. tropical storm cindy could dump more than a foot of rain on louisiana, texas, and several other southern states. it could also cause some tornados. nbc's carrie sanders takes a look at the concerns in the c of new orleans. >> reporter: here in new orleans, the question of course after hurricane

also running, prince george's county executive rushern state senator, and former naacp president ben jealous. election, november 2018. >>> former president obama might be going on the campaign trail, but this time to stump for the person who could be virginia's next governor. the "huffington post" reports that mr. obama will hit the campaign trail for democrat ralph northam. according to the "washington post," an obama aide confirmed he made a congratulatory call. >>> the time right now is 11:10. it's almost the fourth of july. if you're buying fireworks, you'll want a refresher on the best way to keep your family safe. news4's justin finch live in fairfax where they're showing off what to know in a pretty interesting way. >> reporter: with illegal fireworks, you are seconds away from danger at any time and that's the message that fairfax county firefighters drove home to us. i'm holding an arm. it came off this child-size mannequin when they used the now, luckily, in this case, these were mannequins that were being blown of up here, but this happens often in real life. summer celebrations c

. >> ben jealous, when he announced in baltimore, he talked about the transit line and he talked about the line in baltimore that needed to be funded and he mentioned the purple line as well. so it is already an issue in the upupcoming election season. >> i remember being at an event with martin o'malley, former governor, where he couldn't have been more sxwit excited to anno that the purple line was coming from bethesda to new carrollton and that was years ago and look where we are now. there has been a bit more movement as far as how the funding would come together, but not everybody wants this. but you also have to remember, this is why this judge has held it up because a group basically said look, you have to take into account metro's falling ridership, metro is down 100,000 trips per workday on the system. and they are saying that that could negatively impact the ridership of the purple line which then you start to question whether it's needed or not. remember the purple line is not metro project, sta by the state of maryland, it's a light car system, but it does connect to the me

baker joins former naacp president ben jealous and alec ross in announcing a run on the democratic sidearry hogan next year. >>> the state of georgia remains red this morning after a nail biting special congressional race. republican karen handle beat out john ossoff. it was the most expensive house race in up again in year and a half during the 2018 mid term elections. president trump taking to twitter to congratulate her. >>> get to developing story from the district. police investigate a deadly shooting. >> it happened just after midnight in northeast and our annie yu is there live on the scene of the shooting with all the developing details. annie washington can you tell us? >> reporter: well, holly and steve, still at this hour dc police still have no information as far as the gunman goes. i can tell you they got that 911 call just after midnight since then they've been processing the scene. they remain out here you have detective as forensic unit and we saw the officer bring out two bags of evidence. we don't see any evidence markers, however, and witness told us that the shooting

familiar face to many in our region throwing his hat into the race for maryland governor ben jealous youngest ceo of president of the naacp any of the hi retrieve years old. he said he would bring a passion for social and economic justice to the governor' office and he joins us now with more. good to see you. thanks for coming in. >>> it's good to be here. >> how is the campaign so far. >> it's good. it's fun. we're getting all over the state. i get to meet folks and talk about it. there's a real passion our state for todd moving forward. there's frustration we have a governor whose popular but not very productive. he's kept his head down and gun to to do things like veto paid sick leave and folks like really like we got to move forward. we got to get back to doing big things here again. >> a lot of people know from you the time in the work and effort you spent with the naacp. >> yup. >> they might knot know you have a background in tech and economics, roads a lot of stuff going on there. why politics now? you've been on the periphery for while. >> sure. why dive into it? >> i got tw