best-selling author and founder of the children's defense fund, marian wright edelman. i'm maria hinojosa. this is one on one. marian wright edelman, you're an american hero. it's such an honor to have you here. >> it's wonderful to be here with you. >> hinojosa: so we know that you are an expert on policy around children. i've known that for years. you've been doing this for four decades. >> forever. >> hinojosa: forever! but what i really want to start us out talking about is your life, because you have an extraordinary life. it's as if marian wright edelman has this forrest gump life. she was in these places, in extraordinary places, and every page you turn of your life story is like, "she was there, too?" i guess i'm not even sure where to start. south carolina, your parents are very hard-working, your mom is an organizer, but even when you were a kid in school in south carolina, you end up crossing paths with langston hughes. >> well, i've always felt so lucky to have been born who i was, where i was, with the parents i had. and at the time, i was born in the conve

published on the 50th anniversary of the 1965 voting rights act for the 75th anniversary of the legal defense funds of naacp, which is an arm of the naacp that thurgood marshall founded. and so, those two things are just great. america right now is going through a lot of discussions about race and i think thurgood marshall plan to so many of the good deeds when it comes to racial equality in this country. and i am a trained journalist and i like to tell stories. i like the stories that have never been told. the story about thurgood marshall's 1967 confirmation hearing has never been told. he was the first african-american nominee to the supreme court. usually those hearings would last for hours or less. that is how long they lasted for other previous supreme court nominees. thurgood marshall's hearings lasted five days stretched across 12 days in the nomination that in limbo for five weeks. there's great drama and not. also the bigger than life like john mcclellan, senator sam ervin, north carolina strom thurmond. they wanted to stop thurgood marshall's hearings. they wanted to stop in their tracks

as a young attorney working for the children's offense -- defense fund, as first lady, healthg the children'snsurance program, which provides 8 million children in america access to health care. [applause] richards: and as u.s. senator, she introduced eight bills to expand access to health care, more than any senator in the united states. no candidate has done more than her for women, our rights, and economic security. she is the leader i trust in the white house to make sure women and families move forward. putecretary of state, she women's health care at the top of the global agenda. downed some of the toughest dictators around the globe. so i have no doubt she can stare down the gun lobby, the tea party, and anyone that will take away women's rights. because she never wavers. [applause] ms. richards: these past eight years under president obama, women have made huge advancements. you, president obama, for being a champion for women every single day. [applause] we know ifs: but donald trump or ted cruz has their way, we will be back in the stone age. this election is a showdown between thos

t t march for life education and defense fund says even with the weather, the event will go on as planned. the university of iowa has formed a groo to assess gender and other biases the university has been the scene of numerous recent years as udents and others exexess their opposition to some policies and support for others. the newly formed group is called the "bias assessment response team," or bart. it will handle campus incidents ttt fall anywhere between a policy violation and a crime. the group is somewhat modeled after one at ohio university. a new report shows iowa children and families are making some progress in decreasing the number of teens giving birth, but there is still a ways to go when it comes to children living in poverty. the child and family policy center released theiei annual kids count report today. it shows that iowa's teen birth rate is down more than 42 percent since 2000. it also decreased by two percent just in 2014. the child poverty rate in iowa has increased 44 percent in the last 16 years. a be living in poverty if there is an income of a little more than

it's for donovan's defense fund. we need the money for the lawyers and what not... i sold almost every guitar i owned. >> ronny, a musician, organized benefit concerts and raised tens of thousands of dollars for his son's legal defense. >> and i want you to put your fists up... we are donovan drayton... donovan drayton. >> in 2011 donovan's case went to trial. the case against him hinged on testimony from the other men at Äì testimony they gave in exchange for favorable pleas. donovan was acquitted of 3 major counts, including intentional murder. but the jury was hung on several others. donovan was again denied bail by the queens court, and sent back to rikers to wait for a new trial. >> they wanted to make it seem like the kid was a throwaway. how many kids have they thrown away? it's an assembly line. they do this to guys, they do this to families. they drain their money, they drain their relationships. they drain their children, they put fear in people. they do it every day. >> after years in pretrial detention, ronny was desperate to get donovan released. he tur

tim o'connor is director, california oil and gas, at the environmental defense fund.nd david balen is president of the renaissance homeowners association, located just outside of the well site. he's also a member of the porter ranch neighborhood council and board member of the porter ranch neighborhood school. let's start with tim o'connor. layout the scope of what has taken place so far. ,hen we last talked about this the governor had not declared a state of emergency. so talk about what has happened since. >> of course we know this leak has resulted in a state of emergency, really since day one. and since the order by the governor, the pollution has continued to spew out of the well like a volcano up above the community. even after being reduced by over 60%, this still has the climate change relevance and moreficance of having pollution than all of california's oil and gas production emissions combined. it is really quite phenomenal. nermeen: tim o'connor, could you talk about what some of the health effects of an of this week -- leak? >> thousands upon thousands of

in the category for alternative space and most interestingly, perhaps, a very low duration and defensive fund, timco, a short term in the fixed income. jerome snichneider runs that. i asked what does he think the fed will do tomorrow? >> we're looking for assets that produce income and the least volatile returns. when you weigh the risks additives of how you want to i ve invest, you don't want to buy those. >> slow and methodical. i assume that means you don't think they'll do anything tomorrow. >> they've been given us a prescription they will be slow and deliberate. they will be data dependent. they are going to react to that over the next few months. >> he says over the next few months, sue. i say over the next few months means the fed won't be doing anything tomorrow. back to you. >> thanks, ty. we'll see. >>> still ahead, are the big changes at insurance company aig big enough? >>> at&t reports a 22% rise in revenue. results were primarily helped by the acquisition of directv. shares of the former dow component were volatile. >>> sprint reported a smaller than expected loss. it was helpe

judge yesterday he's focused on fund-raising for his election campaign and will deal with his defense fundafter the election. the congressman says he hopes to hire a larger law firm. fattah is accused of accepting bribes and misusing government funds. he's married to renee chenault-fattah. >>> the deadline to submit the petitions is february 16th. voters can expect democrats seeking to challenge senator pat toomey and replace embattled attorney general kathleen kane. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> coming up on 5:37. we are getting a warmer start today. a little bit of rain still in the area. rain has fallen overnight in philadelphia but it's very light rain. 42 degrees. what an improvement. that's 20 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. and it's going to stay elevated, above freezing all day long. look at the light rain in new jersey. central and southern new jersey into delaware where you may see a few snowflakes as this one comes to an end as an indication of colder air aloft, coming into the area. at the surface, the temperatures stay a

the congressman told the judge he focused on fund raise forge re-election and will deal with his defense fund after the april election. the judge advised him to take his case seriously and re-evaluate his priorities. the congressman hopes to hire a larger law firm able to work with his financial?situation. the trial is scheduled to begin may 2. the judge did not rule on the issue today and noted that the decision date was set. the congressman is married to renee chenault-fattah. she is on leave from the station. >> back to the storm recovery, agents at the philly 311 call center say they answered 24,000 phone calls with their questions and requests, since friday night. officials say that is eight times higher than the normal call volume. the center has had extended hours since the blizzard moved into the area and about 6,000 requests came through social media. one of the most popular questions during this blizzard, can i report a property owner for not clearing snow or ice from their sidewalk? it's a good one. here is what 311 agents say. property owners must clear a path at least three feet

the councilman said he's to with us discussed on fund-raising and will deal with the defense fund after the election. the judge said to reprioritize. >> the issue is i can't meet a payment arrangement that requires me to short-change my re-election effort. right? in order to meet a burden to pay a law firm for a trial that may or may not actually take place on may 2nd. >> the congressman says he hopes to hire a larger law firm that will be able to work with his financial situation. the trial is scheduled to begin may 2nd. he's married to anchor renee. he is on leave from nbc 10. >>> pennsylvania state lawmakers are making another push now to oust attorney general kane. they voted unanimously to launch an investigation into whether kane should be removed for misbehavior in office. kane faced charges that she leaked secret grand jury information to the media and then lied about it under oath. >>> you heard about this? pulling the trump card. why you won't see donald trump on stage during the next republican debates. >>> i knew that i wasn't making it to the hospital. >> so a new mother to

congressman said he's focused on fund-raising for his re-election campaign and will deal with his defense fundfter the april elections. the judge advised fattah to re-evaluate his priorities. >> i can't meet a payment arrangement that requires me to short change my re-election effort in order to meet a burden to pay a law firm for a trial that may or may not actually take place on may 2nd. >> the congressman says he hopes to hire a larger law firm that will be able to work with his financial situation. fattah is accused of accepting bribes and misusing nonprofit funds and government grants. the trial is scheduled to begin on may 2nd. he's married to renee chenault-fattah. she's on leave from nbc 10. >>> the cdc reports the number of people who have died from drug overdoses involving heroin or opiate pain relievers rose 200% in the last 15 years. >>> investigators are trying to figure out why a school bus suddenly accelerated and hit a principal at an elementary school in indiana, killing her. before she died, theç principa was able to push two children out of harm's way yesterday afternoon. t

it stands for disability rights education and defense fund the case was resolved and the end result is confidential, he says he is getting the help he's needed. >> most parents come to me after years and years of begging for him. donna campbell had been a very driven achiever. he's very bright and incredible. but he couldn't read. generally speaking help can be by gaining services. so there is compensation that should have been provided that had not been provided. >> he turns in work, volunteers and is working hard to be a success and a good role model. >> never give up. you can do anything. >> if you see something try and find help. >> we're working on a special report that is going to air soon. that is a huge problem. >> yes. it is. >> keeping kids warm and >>> high speed rail officials were defending the project today with no agreement on what it might cost. when on the ballot eight years ago, voters were told it would cost $33 billion. since then, it has reached $68 billion. >> there are a range of uncertainties here. >> owe went on to say he expects the price tag to be lower. his

relocated -residents complaining of nausea, headaches and other symptoms -estimate environmental defense fund: more than 78,000 metric tons of methane have leaked from the well--same as: 745 million gallons of gasoline burning students reassigned to schools in the la area until the problem can be mitigated. highway patrol is investigating a single-car crash after one person was killed overnight in sumter county. it happened on old camden highway near charles jackson road. investigators say a 1999 camaro was traveling east on old camden highway and ran off the right side of the road, striking a street sign. the car overturned and ejected the driver...who was not wearing a seat belt. clear and very cold this morning with temperatures in the lower 20s with a few areas in the teens! look for a mostly sunny day with a few clouds by mid-afternoon highs upper 40s. due to a few more clouds and winds turning to the southwest, not as cold tonight, lows middle 30s. increasing clouds thursday, much warmer, high in the upper 50s. more clouds for friday with periods of rain likely, warmer with highs in the

the march for life education and defense fund says even with the weather, the event will go on as planned. today is the anniversary of the supreme court's roe versus wade decision. the snow out east is keeping us quiet for the weekend. justin, we can be thankful for that... this morning's flurries are behind us, leaving with a mostly cloudy sky. just like the past couple of days, though, we ought to get some occasional thinning of the clouds, allowing some sun to come through. temperatures will be fairly steady for the rest of the day. the sky gradually clears tonight as lows fall to the lower teens. the sunshine tomorrow and highs in the upper 20s. we'll make it into the 30s sunday with increasing clouds. snow is likely on monday, but amounts are looking light at this time. occasional snow chances are with us throughout next week with seasonable temperatures in the 20s and 30s.today: mostly cloudy high: 22-28 winds: n 5-15 alo: 23 dbq: 24 iow: 26 officials say all 12 missing marines who crashed off the coast of hawaii are now considered dead. the crash happened during a training session,

the march for life education and defense fund says even with the weather, the event will go on as planned. iowa congressman rod blum is in cedar rapids today for the congressiona l app challenge award ceremony. blum met with small businesses in other parts of eastern iowa yesterday. the first district republican to talk about how it can benefit from online sales. he also met with employees to hear about what issues that congress can help with. "wages have been flat to stagnant, to down over the last 20 years. so we need to get people's wages moving up in the right direction and it's small businesses that are a big part of that solution. that's why i like to familiarize myself with what they're doing." blum also stopped in manchester, where he toured x-l specialized and talked about the need for skilled welders and other trade workers. a new report shows the number of teens giving birth has gone down. but there are still a lot of kids living in poverty. the child and family policy center released its annual kids count report yesterday. it shows that iowa's teen birth rate is down more than

she got out, instead of taking a clerkship or big firm job, she went to work for the children's defense fundshe went to alabama to investigate whether segregated academies were claiming tax exemptions on the grounds that they were just private academies that happened to have no african-americans. and they changed the law and the school eventually changed the practice. she went to south carolina, this , toore important to me now investigate why so many 14-year-old and 15 --year-old children were in adult jails. not so much of that anymore. everywhere she went, she made something good happen. when she came home to arkansas to be with me, she opened the first legal aid clinic we ever had with the university is. forget, she made me take her to record the date of the judge accepted the legal aid. the cozy with a crusty on guy who liked the old system. so help me, the guy sitting on the bench, i introduced him and he was polite but stern and he called the court to order and she made her presentation and he leaned over and said, you know, i do not like legal aid very much and i do not like lady law

it was appealed by the naacp defense fund. justiceple believe that black wrote this decision. it said, it's over, now you must to segregate. i remember sitting in the old fifth circuit court room watching griffin bell. he went on to be attorney general under jimmy carter. he was there with the panel of three, and in the courtroom, all the school superintendents, the lawyers from mississippi, saying we can't get buses. i remember him saying it says , now. [laughter] was my introduction to the 14th amendment and the weight is applied -- the way it has applied going forward. but your question was how has it affected us. in terms of its enforcement over the years. that's a hard one again for me as a district judge. because, as a district judge, i'm not a politician in robes. i try to do whatever the circuit and supreme court says. my attention is really focused on what is the latest that has been said by the court of appeals or by the supreme court. what has happened in the past has left an impact on me in that respect. but at a conceptual level, it certainly does teach me to be m

the march for life education and defense fund says even with the weather, the event will go on as planned. iowa congressman rod blum is in cedar rapids today for the congressiona l app challenge award ceremony. blum met with small businesses in other parts of eastern iowa yesterday. the first district republican stopped at farmtek in dyersville to talk about how it can benefit from online sales. he also met with employees to hear about what issues that congress can help with. "wages have been flat to stagnant, to down over the last 20 years. so we need to get people's wages moving up in the right direction and it's small businesses that are a big part of that solution. that's why i like they're doing." blum also stopped in manchester, where he toured x-l specialized and talked about the need for skilled welders and other trade workers. a new group at the university of iowa will examine gender and other biases on campus. the university has been the scene of numerous protests and demonstratio ns in recent years in opposition to some policies and support for others. the newly formed group is

her starting with the children's defense fund and moving through her whole life. bernie sanders. they've been committed to progressive ideals and policies for a long time. it seems to me like the argument hi here is boiling down to an argument, at least how the clinton campaign is framing it. the clinton campaign is saying we both share the same values but let's be real and think about pragmatism. who can get these things done. i am more likely to get these things done for you. the sanders campaign is saying pragmatism and realism amounts to compromise and incrementalism. we make compromises all the time. let's dream big and anything is possible and let's not be these compromising, incremental policies and politics that the clintons are famous for. i don't know which way iowa voters will go. but that notion of dreaming big versus kind of trying to get real is what the argument is about in these final days here in iowa. >> mike, no doubt you look at bernie's campaign, you look at his events, you listen to his words, sweeping rhetoric. you look at his commercials. and it seems that

hillary clinton from her commencement speech at wellsley child to children's defense fund to paid familynder gap, the things women care about. those are the women he has to woo if he's the nominee if he wants to win them. >> do you see potentially this backfire for donald trump, while he might be thinking this is great strategy and in your face, against the other front-runner on the democratic side, that potentially it could hurt him? >> i'm reluctant to say at this point, fredericka, that anything will backfire against donald trump because at every turn where things fought, things will backfire against him, they will not. what i tell you against a woman, i hope they do because in part all the things other guests mentioned because dtonald trump has called them into question. he ended a marriage. he had a marriage where during a deposition, his wife said at the time that something that could have happened that was like spousal rape. he also recently talked about he would date his daughter if he wasn't married and she weren't his daughter. other things are in question. i'm sure opposition

. >>> congressman fattah's lawyers -- he will deal with his defense fund after the april election.he governor advised fattah to re-evaluate his priorities. >> the issue is, i can't meet a payment arrangement that requires me to short change my re-election effort, right, in order to meet a burden to pay a law firm for a trial that may or may not actually take place on may 2nd. >> the congressman says he hopes to hire a larger law firm that will be able to work with his financial situation. fattah is accused of accepting bribes and misusing nonprofit funds and governmenten grats. the trial is scheduled to begin may 2nd. congressman fattah is married to nbc 10 news anchor renee chenault-fattah. she's on leave from nbc 10. >>> 6:06 right now. 40 degrees in philadelphia. today a philadelphia veterans affairs executive will ask a judge to overturn her demotion and pay cut at a hearing. last year the va demoted diana rubens from director to assistant director of its regional office in germantown. they accuse her of arranging her own move to be closer to her family, costing the government

that, i think about when she first got her law degree and went out and worked for the children defense fund, she went door-to-door to go out and give educational opportunities to children with disabilities. that is what she was doing. it is that experience. >> experience, you're a great guest and a good advocate. i wish she found a way to find your voice, you're very good. >>> up next, the statement with reince priebus. >> you're welcome to come any time you want. >> any time, chris. >>> and coming up, we'll talk to the journalist freed from iran, this is a place for "hardball" politics. >>> today's progress, americans coming home, and an iran that rolled back its nuclear program and accepting unprecedented monitoring of that program. these things are a reminder of what we can achieve when we lead with strength and wisdom. with courage and resolve and patience and perhaps most important of all we achieved this historic progress through diplomacy. without resorting to another war in the middle east. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was of course president obama hailing two major victories

hillary clinton first came to our attention, because she played a leading role in the children's defense fund fighting for the child care and the support for the low income families and low income children, and one of the most famous moments that the whole nation watched as she fought for national health care reform at a time when the insurance companies attacked her with everything that they had, and she was in the kros fire he cro huge industry, and held firm and kept fighting for change, and if she had not done that, we wouldn't have gotten to health reform two decades later. so she has been fight iing for since the beginning of her adult life in dramatic and courageous ways, and i respect bernie sanders, too, but there is a picture of hillary sent a photo to bernie sanders thanking him for the support in 1993 for her fight for national health reform. be clear. she has been in the forefront many time, and often very courageously to boot. >> and mayor bill de blasio of new york, thank you very much for join g ing us. >> thank you, wolf. >> for all of the latest news in politic, and all of t

neece started to sense maybe we would get along in and she was very involved with the children's defense fundd the first time that with her it couldn't go on for days after we talked gunstock but she is a formidable talented deeply committed. i worked with her as first lady and again with the state department. ice see the respect that she demands and what she alissa's in the seriousness with which people take her. to hear all of the attacks but as the senator she crosses the aisle repeated the. and then to work together with her colleagues. and that secretary she got huge praise in the desire to be a:collaborator from the other party to win pushed say things like that was then. it as a woman we had a formidable candidate to be highly experienced and committed and frankly there is no woman in the race as well because there is a lot of talent out there the other half of the population and when asked over and over her to those like me are in these kinds of positions to you think america will ever have a woman president? [applause] >> el would love to open and your questions. if you have question

she was on the board of the children's defense fund before she became first lady of the united statesnk it does speak to her fight. i think it speaks to her experience, but i think people know about her experience. as the way i read it, iowa is an iconoclastic state. when you walk into iowa and say i have experience. i've been first lady and senator and secretary of state. of course, i should be the next president. it's almost like i deserve it. iowans are going to say not so fast, no matter who you are. to a certain extent, people know hillary is the most experienced, but they could be looking again for hope and change, and the hope and change this year i think is coming from bernie sanders. >> also when you see that ad that looks back and then comes to the president, everything she's done, you heard it last night in the town hall, her talking about all the fighting she did for children's health insurance way back when and still fighting today. is hillary clinton still trying to introduce herself to folks in iowa? >> yeah. and because, look, there are a lot of iowans who are caucusin

, instead of taking a clerkship clerkship or big firm job, she went to work for the children's defense fundabama to investigate whether segregated academies were claiming tax exemptions under the grounds that they were just private academies that happened have no african-americans in them. they change the law and the school and eventually change the practice. she went to south carolina, this is more important to me now, to investigate why so many 14 and

that, i think about when she first got her law degree and went out and worked for the children defense fundshe went door-to-door to go out and give educational opportunities to children with disabilities. that is what she was doing. it is that experience. >> experience, you're a great guest and a good advocate. i wish she found a way to find your voice, you're very good. >>> up next, the statement with reince priebus. >> you're welcome to come any time you want. >> any time, chris. >>> and coming up, we'll talk to the journalist freed from iran, this is a place for "hardball" politics. (secretly) so clean...you could wear them a second day. tell me i did not just hear that! (sheepishly) i said you could... not that you would! ...charmin ultra strong with its washcloth-like texture, helps clean better than the leading flat-textured bargain brand. it's 4 times stronger, and you can use up to 4 times less it cleans better. (to different boy) you should try it, "skidz." we all go. why not enjoy the go with charmin? ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on

i went to work for the children's defense fund.elped to reform the education system in arkansas. i was a legal services lawyer defending poor people. i went to work to try to make sure that we got health care in the beginning of my husband's administration because of so many people who were left out and were uninsured. i have been on this issue in many different ways. how do we make education more equal? how do we make health care more equal? of course that's tied to income equality, but there is a broader range of issues i have a long record of addressing. when i was in the senate i took on corporate executive pay. a lot of the abuses i thought were there. i took on these derivatives and credit default swaps that contributed to the collapse of the economy and the great recession. i stood up to wall street. i called them out. so i have a very long record. i have a broader agenda. it's not the only thing i talk about because i think you have to view the quality of opportunity and how we deliver that in the 21st century for many diff

she took a job at the children's defense fund.tory in the press you may have seen in the last several days talking about a trip she took to alabama to see if these so-called tax exempt private schools were really just segregation academies and therefore not entitled to the tax exemption. i valued even more the trip she took to south carolina to see why so many african-american children were being held in prisons. it is hard to remember 40 years ago what things were like. she hadn't been elected to anything. but everything she touched she made better. then she came over to arkansas to be with me and we were teaching in the law school and she started the first legal aid clinic we ever had. she used to get me to drive her out to see her clients and stuff. and there -- i'll never forget the day she was supposed to go actually formally get the acceptance of the legal system in this town where the university is for her running legal aid. we had to go before the judge who was in charge. he was a crusty old guy who wore wire-rimmed glasse

when she got out instead of taking a clerkship or a big job she went to work for the children's defense fund. she went to alabama to investigate whether segregated academies were claiming exemptions under the grounds that they were part of the academies that haven't have no african-americans in them. and they change the law and the schools and eventually change the practice. she went to south carolina, this is more reporting to me now, to investigate why so many 14 and 15-year-old children all of whom are african-american were in adult jails. not so much of that anymore. everywhere she went she -- when she came to arkansas she opened the first legal aid clinic we ever had and where the university is. i will never forget she made me take her to court accepting the legal aid proposal. he was a crusty old guy who liked the old system of lawyers and so help me the guy sitting on the run that bench and i introduced him and he was polite but concerned and he called and she makes her presentation and he leans over and he says you know i don't like legal aid for a much and i don't like lady lawyers

she took a job at the children's defense fund.s a nice story in the press, you may have seen, in the last several days talking about a trip she took to alabama to see if the so-called tax-exempt private schools were really just segregation academies and, therefore, not entitled to the tax exemption. i valued even more the trip she took to south carolina to see why so many african-american children were being held in adult prisons. it's hard to remember 40 years ago what things were like. she hadn't been elected to anything. but everything she touched, she made better. then she came to arkansas to be with me and we were teaching in the law school and she started the first legal aid clinic we ever had. she used to get me to drive her out to see her clients and stuff. and there was -- i'll never forget the day she was supposed to go actually formally get the acceptance of the legal system in this town where the university is for her running legal aid. so, we had to go before the judge who was in charge. he was a crusty old guy named

and starting with my first job, right out of law school for the children's defense fund, whether -- whereor trying to find out why kid weren't in school. you know, it's hard to imagine especially in a state that was so smart to send tom harkin to the congress so many years that we had problems getting kids with disabilities into schools and we had to make the case that every single child deserved an education. and then i worked with republicans and democrats in congress to create the children's health insurance program that now covers eight million kids, and i've worked throughout my career to try to find common ground with republicans, to make progress together. it's not easy, i know that. but it's absolutely necessary. we can't give up on our democracy, we can't give up on the hard work that is required to find that common ground, to get results to help people. i'll tell you, i'm not interested in ideas that sound good on paper but will never make it in the real world. i care about -- i care about making a real difference in your life. and that gets us to the choice that you have to mak

i went to work for the children's defense fund.elped to reform the education system in arkansas. i was a legal services lawyer defending poor people. i went to work to try to make sure that we got health care in the beginning of my husband's administration because of the so many people who were left out and were uninsured. i have been on this issue in many different ways. >> former -- i should point ute you'll see the complete interview on "new day" tomorrow morning. i want to bring in van jones, and amanda carpenter, democratic strategist paul begala, and mike rogers. it was interesting to hear biden say that bernie sander hayes credibility, obviously the implication is that hillary clinton does not. he said she just hasn't been talking about it quite as long as bernie sanders has. >> it's been -- something is happening in the democratic party which i think the mainstream media has been missing. this sanders surge is a real thing. >> he's not going away, at least not in iowa and new hampshire. >> certainly not. part of what you ar

so since i was a young lawyer, my first job in the children's defense fund, i took on the problem of juveniles in adult jails. what kind of inequality can you imagine than taking a child and putting them in with adult prisoners. we went right in to change that. i went after schools that were being turned into private schools that were really there because they wanted to escape integration in the south. i went by myself down to alabama to do investigation because, again, inequality stalks our education system. i was on the legal services corporation. i chaired the board. inequality's also not about being able to get a lawyer. you can't afford them. you can't stand up and have your voice heard and have your case adjudicated. i have a really long history of taking on all kinds of inequality. when i went to beijing in 1995 and said human rights were women rights, that was a statement about inequality. economic inequality, every kind of inequality you can imagine. now, when -- when you focus just narrowly on economic inequality, i've also been in that fight. i was in that fight during my

government's department of defense in funding the big data company. big data is a big buzzword. one of our challenges is describing how ayasdi does big data differently through topological analysis. the shape of data can tell you something about the data. stay with us, it's easier than you think. this is a graph of my salary over time starting with my first job out of college. the shape shows -- the shape of the data shows i'm generally on the right path. here is a graph showing eruptions of old faithful, shape tells us there are two a day, one is much bigger than the other. that's easy stuff one year regression. let's step up to what ayasdi done. this is a graph of data of knee replacements performed by a president who. i cannot interpret this data at all but the mathematicians and computers at ayasdi can and it tells them all kinds of things. gurjeet singh is the ceo and one of the founders at ayasdi. i was readings your dissertation i got pretty much past the title page. how would i do explaining what the hell it is you do. >> it's very simple. we learn to see the world in sh

that maybe we would get along, and the first conversation she was very involved in the children's defense fund of children is a passion of hers, and the first time i met with her, i think we talked for two hours nonstop and it could have gone on for days, but i do think that she is a nor middable challenge, deep i committed -- >> you worked for her in the state department. >> i did. so i worked with her when she was first lady and then i worked with her again in the state department, and i've seen her, and i've seen the respect she commands. i've seen the kinds of reaction chevy his sits. i've seen the seriousness with which people take her. it's so interesting today now that you have the political campaign going on, to hear all of the attacks on her, and yet as a senator she crossed the aisle repeatedly. that is one of the constant things one would hear about, well, she is not what we thought she was, and worked together with her colleagues on the other side, and as secretary, she got huge, huge praise and the desire to be a co-co lab raitt rater with her -- collaborator with her from many in

respect for him, but i think anyone who looks at my to work as a young lawyer for the children's defense fund, working as a legal services ay up to my public service, knows that i have been fighting to even the odds for people all my life. >> but more people are in han they were when the president assumed office. >> well, charlie, that was because of the great recession. i mean, look at what president bush inherited from my lion new jobs and incomes going up for everyone. more people lifted out of poverty than at any time in our nation's history since history. they dismantled it. they had two tax cuts and wouldn't pay for the two wars the president waged and took their eyes off the mortgage and financial market. yes, we fell into a great worst financial crisis since the great depression. and it's been a challenge to dig us out of a ditch that the that the auto industry was saved, that we have now recovered more than 13 million new jobs. but have we solved all of thet were caused by going back to trickle down economic policies? no, we still have work to do. on the right track and our economy i

an environmental defense fund study based on data from texas' primary electric grid operator shows existing market trends alone will get texas to 88% of its compliance with the plan as a result of increased wind power capacity, improved energy efficiency results and switching from coal to natural gas. in fact, texas' wind farms have become so good at generating power that some utilities are giving away energy. here's an article from "the new york times" on this unique situation in texas, headlined "a texas utility offers a nighttime special: free electricity." i ask unanimous consent that this article be put at the end of my remarks in the record. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. whitehouse: scott burns, the senior director for innovation at reliant energy, the texas utility with plans to incentivize night and weekend electricity use, says "you can be green and make green." with texas so strong in wind energy production and solar energy potential, texas is actually in a position to use its clean energy real estate sources to help -- resources to help other states comply with th

anyone who looks at my record, starting when i went to work as a young lawyer for the children's defense fund working as a legal services lawyer all the way up to my public service to even the odds for people all my life. >> but more people are in poverty today than they were when the president assumed office. >> well, charlie, that was because of the great recession. i mean look at what president bush inherited from my husband. 23 million new jobs, incomes going up for everyone, more people lifted out of poverer and they dismantlele it. they had huge tax cuts, wouldn't pay for the wars, took their eyes off the mortgage market and the financial market. yes, we fell into a gre recession, the worst financial crisis since the great depression. and it's been a challenge to dig us out of a ditch that the president had nothing to do with digging. and i'm very grateful that the auto industrtr was saved, that we have now recovered more than 13 million new jobs. but have we solved all the going back to trickle down failed economic policies? no. we still have work to do. but i'm confident we're on the