i want to first go to bree newsome bass.re in the carolinas but you're in the other one, north carolina. can you talk about this major debate, this debate for the soul of the democratic party right now? >> certainly. first of all, to this argument being made so fiercely right now attacking the defund the police effort, i have yet to see anyone provide any concrete data that supports that claim other than people making this conjecture. i live in the carolinas. i have seen all of the ads that have been running. there also running a lot of ads into dry -- type jamie harrison to hillary clinton and nancy pelosi. unless anyone are showing guided they can really show one or the other is what led to jim here --ce specifically pie toy in plateauing in a deeply red state, an uphill battle against lindsey graham to begin with, i know -- i frankly don't give that a whole lot of weight. i think again we cannot gloss aspects of this whole situation. we talking about a situation with the democratic leadership is making -- simultaneously m

i wanted to first go to bree newsome bass.'re in the carolinas, but you are in the other one, in north carolina. can you talk about this major debate, this debate for the soul of the democratic party right now, bree? >> yeah, certainly. well, i mean, first of all, to this argument that is being made so fiercely right now, you know, attacking the "defund the police" effort, i mean, i have yet to see anyone provide any concrete data that supports that claim, other than people making this conjecture. i mean, i live in the carolinas. i have seen all of the ads that have been running. i mean, they were also running a lot of ads trying to tie jaime harrison to hillary clinton and nancy pelosi. so, i mean, unless someone is showing data that can really show that one or the other is what led to jaime harrison specifically plateauing in south carolina, which is a deeply red state, you know, was an uphill battle against lindsey graham to begin with, i frankly don't give that a whole lot of weight. and i think, again, we cannot gloss ove

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i think it was bree newsom said every man doesn't want to get rid of the patriarchy, some want a pieceit. there are men of color who voted against hillary clinton, did not like the idea of having a woman president. did not like -- still had the same memes about her that white men had and there are black working-class men who identify even with some of the anti-immigrant positions there. so there are going to be -- let's be realistic here. donald trump has no shot at getting a significant share of black male voters. aisle goi 50i i'm going to defend black men on this. the vast majority. i got to tell you, i don't know a single black man who's going to vote for trump and if they did who would tell us about it. they will not be at the cookout. they can't be in the car and get a plate at the cookout in the car if they vote for him. they know that. even if they vote for him, they're not going to tell their mamas. promise. >> all right. there is one state whose name we repeat like a creepy incantation come election day. we have a live report from florida. florida. florida. in just a moment.