i'm colin allred. .unning for senate to fix this problem. >> congressman already to -- congressman allred. >> you attended a black pride dinner in north texas that disturbed and -- going for the release of -- [indiscernible] >> do still consider the border wall to be racist? >> do you believe joe biden can handle another four years? ♪ >> why did you vote against biden's border policies? >> a reminder this program and all of c-span's campaign 2024

i'm colin allred. .unning for senate to fix this problem. >> congressman already to -- congressman allred. >> you attended a black pride dinner in north texas that disturbed and -- going for the release of -- [indiscernible] >> do still consider the border wall to be racist? >> do you believe joe biden can handle another four years? ♪ >> why did you vote against biden's border policies? >> a reminder this pgram and all of c-span's campaign 2024 >> friday nights, watch c-span's 2024 campaign trail, providing a one-stop shop to discover what the candidates are saying to voters along with first-hand accounts from political voters differ borders, whole numbers -- poll numbers and campaign ads. watch the campaign trail friday night at 7:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org or as a podcast on c-span now, our free mobile app, or wherever you get your podcasts. c-span, your unfiltered view of politics. >> if you ever miss any of c-span's coverage, you can find it anytime online at c-span.org. videos of key hear

i'm colin allred. .ning for senate to fix this problem. >> congressman already to -- congressman allred. >> you attended a black pride dinner in north texas that disturbed and -- going for the release of -- [indiscernible] >> do still consider the border wall to be racist? >> do you believe joe biden can handle another four years? ♪ >> why did you vote against biden's border policies? >> a reminder thisroam and all of c-span's campaign 2024 >> journal come a live forum to discuss the latest issues of government, and public policy in washington and across the country. saturday morning we will look at the efforts to expand school choice program in america with the president and ceo of it choice. and the author of popular information discusses his sub stock newsletter and the political news of the day. c-span's washington journal, join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on c-span, c-span now or online at c-span.org. >> saturday, 20 24 republican presidential nominee and former president donald tmppeak

i'm colin allred. .unning for senate to fix this problem. >> congressman already to -- congressman allred. >> you attended a black pride dinner in north texas that disturbed and -- going for the release of -- [indiscernible] >> do still consider the border wall to be racist? >> do you believe joe biden can handle another four years? ♪ >> why did you vote against biden's border policies? >> a reminder program and all of c-span's campaign 2024 coverage can be found online at c-span.org/campaign. >> coming up, book tv's author interview program afterwards with a journalist who reports on the success and concerns surrounding a new weight loss drug and his own expenses taking ozempic. the deputy attorney general lisa monaco addressing the justice's department's work to defend elections and the democratic institutions. the acting director of the secret service on increasing security during events with presidential candidates and their running mates. >> saturday, 2024epublican presidential nominee and former pr

joining me now is texas, husband colin allred. >> thanks for having me, chris, i appreciate it. >> let's start with meat and potatoes here. we were just talking about senate:, battleground states polling. what, when you go to voters in texas, what are the top three things you say you sent me to the u.s. senate and i will do this, this, this, vote to the spring on the opposite side of ted cruz? >> in texas, we are experiencing what a total ban on abortion looks like. the reality is, it is horrific. we are telling these stories and unfortunately there are so many texas women who have so many different stories. what we are talking about is i am a fourth generation texan. i was raised in dallas by a single law. there is one thing i know about us, we believe in freedom. we have to restore this freedom to 30 million americans, 30 million texans who have been living under the boot heel of this. this is ted cruz is abortion ban. you have to think about the discussion about the border. my grandfather was a customs officer in the tip of tex

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representative colin allred who wants his job, 45%. within the margin of error against donald trump, and i say deja vu because we talk about texas, it feels like every year. democrats are within striking distance. only for ted cruz to hold his challenger back. >> ted cruz is probably one of the more, if you look at the scale of senators, probably one of the more unpopular senators, but texas is still a red sate. but here's what i would say. i do think that colin allred will bring it closer than other candidates in the pass. i think it will be a 2, 3 point race. colin allred is spending a lot of money on the air waves of texas, a lot, a lot of money. early. we're 75 days out. the last number i saw was $20 million on television, compared to a single digit number from ted cruz. he's trying to make it a race. texas democrats who say the state is going to turn blue all the time are going to be disappointed this year. i think it will eventually happen. we had an event with lizzie fletcher, texas democrats are again falling in love with their

joining us now, the after mention congressman, colin allred from texas. how was that?at experience was like? >> hey, nicole, thanks for having me. it was great and it was a unique experience for me. you know, what i wanted to do in the short bit of time i had was introduce myself, talk about how important the selection is, but also, and you know we all know guys like ted cruz and donald trump. anyone who's been on a team, anyone who's had to work in a group setting knows what i'm talking about. there's those guys that will take all the credit, you don't do any of the work, who you can't count on in a crisis and there the guys who hold you back and you can have too many of them. any kind of team setting. locker rooms had a way of turning those guys out. you see them bouncing around the league, going from team to team, even though they are talented. in congress, we have too many of them. for texas, we can afford six more years of a guy like ted cruz only cares about himself but also, part of his self interest is taking away the rights of texans and a lot of this conventi

colin allred ran against a sitting incumbent republican in texas who no one thought any had chance of allred beat him, and when he beat him, he legislated in a way that brought republicans and democrats together around those very issues that i just described right now that make every day texans' lives better. if he can continue to tell that story across the state and contrast it with ted cruz, who not only helped to incite the insurrection in january 2021, but when this state lost power literally, i mean, no more heat, no more water in our pipes because they were frozen, no more electricity, 700 texans lost their lives, many of them freezing to death in their homes, ted cruz went to the ritz carlton in cancun, collin allred was on the ground trying to help people in this state. that issue of character, i think, is going to be absolutely defining in this race. we can make it about that, then collin allred defeats ted cruz in november. >> congressman, please stick around. i'm going to sneak in a quick record afterwards, i'm going to ask how you think the vice president should address th

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. >> reporter: these women now stumping for texas democratic representative colin allred as he lookslican senator ted cruz. >> the women before us fought for roe, and, you know, i look at my daughter and my son and we owe it to you to make that change. >> reporter: priscilla thompson, nbc news, dallas. >> and you can watch kristen welker's full interview with senator j.d. vance on "meet the press" tomorrow right here on nbc. >>> german officials say they have arrested a suspect in a deadly knife attack that killed three people and injured eight more. it happened at a festival in western germany. officials are calling the attack an act of terror. isis has claimed responsibility. >>> and to ukraine now, where the country's marking its independence day today with a prisoner exchange with russia. but as erin mclaughlin reports, the country is still fighting for its survival. >> reporter: tonight on ukraine's independence day, a nation mourning lives lost and vowing revenge. as ukrainians lose ground in the country's east forcing civilians to flee. earlier today, ukrainian president volod

congresswoman jasmine crockett, congressman, congressman, al green, congressman, mark bey and congressman colin allred. and if the entire members of the congressional black caucus could please stand on behalf of the cbc words cannot express the profound sadness that we have felt in recent days. but this is also a time to remember and to celebrate a titan in houston and in our country for nearly 30 years, congresswoman jackson lee served in congress with honor, integrity, loyalty and her signature style as chairman of the congressional black caucus. it was a tremendous honor to work with congresswoman jackson lee each and every day. in fact, as a young freshman, i think it was leader jeffries and i, she used to make you carry her bag and i used to wonder what was in that bag. well, what was in the bag was her work from the commission to study reparations to the george floyd justice and policing act and to the june 10th national independence day act. congresswoman jackson lee was a former cbc whip and a devoted and active member. she was chair of the congressional black caucuses foundation and was a mem

i'm colin allred.z. [cheers and applause] i am so proud to be here to support our next president, kamala harris. i was raised by a single mom. my mom was a public school teacher who worked two jobs to make ends meet, so when we talk about lowering costs, i think about when we went to the grocery store when i was growing up. with my mom and community in texas, they gave me a chance to make my version of the american dream. i played football at baylor and the nfl before becoming a senior lights -- a civil rights lawyer representing my hometown in congress. i will turn the texas senate seat blue. [cheers and applause] you know, in the nfl, we had a term for guys like donald trump and my opponent, ted cruz. you know the type. they talk a big game, only care about themselves, but you don't want to get stuck with them at a barbecue. the truth is america has never been about me. as president obama said, the single most powerful word in our democracy does the word "we," we the people, we shall overcome, yes we

he's flawed and colin allred won a republican district in the dallas area who have been around for a long time. he's got the background and the skills to win that race. we just need to make sure they have the resources. >> should we take from the fact that the senators, they did not attend the convention in chicago? >> no, i don't think so at all. what's the best use of their time for their campaign and probably the most precious resource is the candidate's time. that you have to engage with voters. they wanted to talk to voters where they were all confident that they were supporting them already and now they need to make sure the people in their individual states are engaged, motivated. and that is the decision they need to make. >> i should have asked you this question in the beginning of our interview, but it's amazing for me to see where you have gone from enthusiasm including the incredible fundraising numbers that the campaign announced today with the grand total of $540 million in 35 days. are you seeing that same level of senate races? >> and definitely especially with volunt

. >> now let's listen to colin allred . >> hey, everybody. i'm colin allred. i'm a congressman from dallas. i have two perfect little boys. this november i'm going to beat ted cruz. [ cheering and applause ] i am so proud to be here to support our next president, kamala harris. like kamala, i was raised by a single mom. my mom was a public school teacher who often worked two jobs to make ends meet. when we talk about lowering cost, i think about the time we went to the grocery store when i was growing up and swiped the debit card and said a little prayer. my mom and my community in texas gave me a chance to chase my version of the american dream. i played football at baylor and in the nfl before coming a civil rights lawyer and representing my hometown in congress. now i am the guy that is going to turn the texas senate seat blue. [ cheering and applause ] you know, in the nfl we had a term for guys like donald trump and my opponent ted cruz, me guys. you know the type. talk a big game, only care about themselves, but you don't want to be stuck with them at a

colin allred versus ted cruz. i think harris/walz increase the chances we will win these races. nose, but joe biden lost texas by only 5.5 points in 2020 and it's been moving faster into the blue column than any other battleground state. anything, i think, as possible this year and with the energy those two upbringing, think texas could possibly be in play. >> you heard it from a guy who would know. thank you so much for joining me. >>> it sure seems like technical issues have been prevented anyone from hearing anything between elon musk at donald trump. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew. "paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insurance," hm. i have a few minutes. i can do that now. oh, that fast? remember that colonial penn ad? i called and i got information. they sent the simple form i need to apply. all i do is fill it out and send it back. well, that sounds too easy! (man) give a little information, check a few boxes, sign my name, done. they don't ask about your health? (man) no health questions. -physical exam? -don't need one. it's colonial pe

i am colin allred, a congressman from dallas. dad to two perfect little boys and this november i'm going to beat ted cruz. and i am so proud to be here to support our next president, kamala harris. you know, like kamala, i was raised by a single mom. my mom was a public school teacher who often worked two jobs to make ends meet. when we talk about lowering costs, i think about the times we went to the grocery store when i was growing up and swept the debit card and said a little prayer. my mom and my community in texas give me a chance to chase my version of the american dream. i played football at baylor and in the nfl. before becoming a civil rights lawyer representing my hometown and congress. now i am the guy who is going to turn texas's senate seat blue. you know in the nfl we had a term for guys like donald trump and my opponent ted cruz. me guys. you know the type. talk a big game. only care about themselves. but you don't want to be stuck with them at a barbecue. the truth is, america has never been about me. as president

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the opportunity is colin allred versus ted cruz. any issue that you care about.ey all come to a head in texas and, chris, to your earlier point, 40 electoral college votes. the day the democratic nominee wins texas is the day after which no republican will be able to find a path to the white house. so it may not be on your radar now, but keep an eye on texas. the state is going to decide the future. >> congressman joe neguse and beto o'rourke. appreciate your time, gentlemen. thank you. >> thank you. >>> coming up, after lengthy negotiations the dnc declined to allow a palestinian american to speak at the convention. one of the proposed speakers joins me on what she would've said. that is next. at is next. when we say it'll be on time, they expect it to be on time. turn shipping to your advantage. keep those expectations with reliable ground shipping. thanks brandon. with usps ground advantage®. ♪♪ harlem has everything. but i couldn't find pilates anywhere. so i started my own studio. and with the right help, i can make this place i love even better. earn up to

and i'll point out by the way my reelection campaign in texas, my opponent congressman colin allred, harris, he's doing the same strategies have been over 60 days without doing a press conference. it is and answer questions. thing joe biden and kamala and collin all right are in all the same basement and they're all there for the same reason it is they cannot defend their left-wing open border's record. >> sean: so far they've gotten away with it. so far your opponent has gotten away with it. and what -- but the clock is not on her side here. early voting begins in pennsylvania, three weeks from tomorrow. we have million ballots going out in north carolina for them in other states really are very quickly including wisconsin and michigan, senator. this is a serious crisis for our country. now they want last-minute debate requested with the rules they requested the rules they agreed to, -- know she doesn't want to do by either? my guess is she doesn't. my guess is and if i'm donald trump, i don't think you can give an anymore. i don't think you should never have agreed to a debate on a

senator ted cruz facing democratic challenger colin allred.to hang on with reuben g gallego, trying to hold on to kyrsten sinema's seat. he wants a senate and house majority so he can push through that trump agenda and a place like montana despite the expectation he personally would win here is wholly understand it could be this senate seat that makes a difference on that senate map. >> trump told us why he's choosing to spend time in places like montana instead of a handful of states that will actually decide the election. here's what he said yesterday. >> i'm going out to certain places to help certain senators get elected. not even for me, i'm trying to help when i go out to wyoming or montana, i'm going to different places to help people, and i don't have to go there because i'm leading in those states as you know, by 35, 40, 50 points. >> i mean, of course the other way to look at that is you don't need to go to those states. especially when you're in a race that right now most people believe is too close to call. we all know the most val

colin allred spoke this evening.la harris and her presidential ambitions and democrats wanting to take the white house, tonight is also about them wanting to flip the senate. jonathan: they were winning a lot of these senate races already but there's science their lead has expanded as harris has become the nominee and there is this surge of energy that democrats really hope will cascade down ticket and instead of having to kind of distance themselves from their presidential candidate at they have been doing, instead of having to overcome a potential deficit at the top of the ticket, they are looking at the top of the ticket having them even more momentum and as you say, all these candidates who are in tough races are appearing here tonight. they are not afraid to be associated with kamala harris with two very important exceptions. jon tester of montana and sherrod brown of ohio. joe: he is the poster child of the boycott of the convention. jonathan: they are the two biggest ones. a number of the house members, jared

i'm colin allred.z. [cheers and applause] i am so proud to be here to support our next president, kamala harris. i was raised by a single mom. my mom was a public school teacher who worked two jobs to make ends meet, so when we talk about lowering costs, i think about when we went to the grocery store when i was growing up. with my mom and community in texas, they gave me a chance to make my version of the american dream. i played football at baylor and the nfl before becoming a senior lights -- a civil rights lawyer representing my hometown in congress. i will turn the texas senate seat blue. [cheers and applause] you know, in the nfl, we had a term for guys like donald trump and my opponent, ted cruz. you know the type. they talk a big game, only care about themselves, but you don't want to get stuck with them at a barbecue. the truth is america has never been about me. as president obama said, the single most powerful word in our democracy does the word "we," we the people, we shall overcome, yes we

that says a lot about us and a lot about them. >> congressman colin allred, thank you for joining usael mcfaul, let's return to you. let's talk about vladimir putin. president biden had to okay this from the u.s. end, that's true. give us your best estimate as someone who knows him well in terms of his thought process in terms of, first, collecting these prisoners and, second, using them as part of a deal. why did he say yes now? >> those are great questions. i don't have great answers. if you asked me two days ago, i would say he's not going to do this until after our election. he's going to want to do a favor for mr. trump by holding these people and waiting for that to happen, not unlike what happens during the iranian hostage crisis in 1979-1980. so i'm surprised. i would have thought that's what he was going to do. i'm surprised that he did it now. it suggests to me that there may be something with respect to people's health that is involved here, not the americans to the best of my knowledge, but some of the russians -- and we're deliberately not naming names, but these are peo

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there's only one major potential pickup opportunity, and that would be in the state of texas where colin allred trump understand the importance for him if he does win the white house to push through his trump agenda. it would be to have control of not only the house but also the senate, and that's why you see him here in bozeman, montana, along the senate nominee who he's backed. >> vaughn hillyard, thank you so much for your reporting and for joining us. i'm sure we'll be talking to you as all these days go on. thank you for being here today. >>> up next for us, how does the harris-walz campaign go about fact checking someone like donald trump? now we know how -- with truth, with elookrity, with humor, with levitt. we'll look at how it's done after a quick break. quick eabrk. what does a robot know about love? it takes a human to translate that leap in our hearts into something we can see and hold. etsy. (kev) yo, yo what's up everybody? how you doing? (reporter 1) kev! kev! can i get a response to the trade rumors? (kev) trade? trade means movin' man...we talkin' about moving? moving means co

colin allred. debbie powell.han half our candidates are candidates of color. we are making the senate look like america. now, let us compare that with senate republicans. senate republicans pretend to care about middle-class families, but they voted no on expanding the child tax credit and jd vance didn't even show up to vote. senate republicans pretend to care about the border. but they voted no on the strongest order bill in a decade. republicans pretend to care about freedom, but they voted no on a woman's right to choose. notice safeguard ivf -- no to safeguard ivf. no to birth control. that is just a taste of their extreme agenda. is that what we want for america? do we want a republican senate that assaults reproductive freedoms? do we want a republican senate that cuts taxes for the rich, rigs the game for big oil and big pharma? well, folks, the choice is ours. now, let me close -- let me close on a personal note. as the highest ranking jewish elected official in american history, i want my grandkids and

we also have amazing candidates, ruben gallego, andy kim, elissa slotkin, colin allred, and folks, morethat with senate republicans. senate republicans pretend to care about middle-class families, but they voted no on expending -- expanding the child tax credit and jd vance did not even show up to vote. senate republicans attend to care about the border, but they voted no on the strongest border bill in a decade. republicans tend to care about freedom, but they voted no on a woman's right to choose. no to safeguard ivf. no to birth control. that is just a taste of their extreme agenda. is that what we want for america? do we want a republican senate that installs reproductive freedoms? do we want a republican senate that cuts taxes for the rich, riggs the game for big oil and big pharma? folks, the choice is ours. let me close on a personal note. as the highest ranking jewish elected official in american history, i want my grandkids and all grandkids to never, never face discrimination because of who they are. but donald trump, this is a guy who peddles antisemitic stereotypes. he even

we also have amazing candidates, ruben gallego, andy kim, elissa slotkin, colin allred, and folks, moree that with senate republicans. senate republicans pretend to care about middle-class families, but they voted no on expending -- expanding the child tax credit and jd vance did not even show up to vote. senate republicans attend to care about the border, but they voted no on the strongest border bill in a decade. republicans tend to care about freedom, but they voted no on a woman's right to choose. no to safeguard ivf. no to birth control. that is just a taste of their extreme agenda. is that what we want for america? do we want a republican senate that installs reproductive freedoms? do we want a republican senate that cuts taxes for the rich, riggs the game for big oil and big pharma? folks, the choice is ours. let me close on a personal note. as the highest ranking jewish elected official in american history, i want my grandkids and all grandkids to never, never face discrimination because of who they are. but donald trump, this is a guy who peddles antisemitic stereotypes. he eve

i hope you saw colin allred last night. he's looking good down there in texas.court. we need a democratic senate so we can start to pass some of these laws. same things on the house side, but also it's down ballot races everywhere. you know, one of the things about this convention is how many people i talk to who got into politics over a single issue, that got into it because something had happened to them, someone they loved, and they were determined that they wouldn't be denied an opportunity to get their prescription drugs, so that we would have better gun safety laws, but now that they're in it, they've run for school board. they've run for city council. they've run for mayor. they've run for state assemblies. we need to vote up and down the ballot, and there's some data to suggest republicans do vote up and down the ballot. that is, they took and they see the r designation and say they're in. democrats say, you know, i'm not sure i know that person on down the line. let me tell you what you know. you know that they're a democrat, and you know they're fighti