harry belafonte said the resources is some of the problem. he said republicans are funded by the koch brothers and nra, and things of that nature, whereas the liberals have trouble finding it. think there was an organizing principle around the tea party in a way there is not that around progressives. progressives, the diversity of their coalition sometimes makes organizing hard. it is essentially african-americans, latinos, college-educated white people, and they feel very differently about issues at times. >> and women. i am talking about a movement that has made change. think about it. the four kids that sat at a woolworth's counter, they got the ball rolling for the civil rights movement. dr. king was a young man and he only had 4% of the black church supporting him at the time. that is fact. >> the tea party was a movement and they affected change for donald trump. >> as journalists, i think this is a big moment. as someone just starting my career, i talked to a lot of my mentors and say, what would you do? it is so upsetting to me that i

harry belafonte said the resources are some of the problem. the republicans are funded by the koch brothers and n.r.a. and the liberals have a hard time finding-- >> and not as much-- >> i do think there was an organizing principle around the tea party, you know, the way that there isn't necessarily that around progressives, right? and the progressives, the divisionty of their coalition makes it hard. essentially it's african-americans, it's latinos, college educated white people. >> and women. >> and those people feel differently about issues. >>, but led movements around the nation that made change. think about it, the four kids that sat in the woolworth counter, 17 and 18 years old. they changed the dynamic. they started a lot of the ball rolling on the civil rights movement. dr. king was a young man and only had 4% of black churches that supported him at the time. and that's that. but, i mean, the tea party was a movement and they affected chan change-- >> and i think there's a few-- asked about as journalists, this is a big moment as some

when i coup to new york and sit with harry belafonte he said what do we see? he was an activist.e marched with dr. king, laid on pallets in the homes of these mothers who fed, fed them to made us on the you're going out to march 1 selma and the civil rights act and for the playwrights and all that kind of stuff. he said look, when i i was undr the tutelage of people like w.e.b. du bois, he told me something that you said this is the greatest time i've ever dash but -- why would you say? because when there is great pain, this is what w.e.b. du bois told and come when this great pain first activism, radl activism that effectuate change. but the question is what is that activism? people will get up on twitter and do this. i'm upset, take that. like you are doing something. i just like you. people are not willing, i'm not saying, we might see the women out the day after, the next after inauguration to have seen, a year later, but i'm not seeing the groundswell that harry belafonte was talking about. when i talk to begin he was kind of upset about that because people talk about his vi

harry belafonte said the resources are some of the problem. he said republicans are funded by the koch brothers and different organizations and the nra, whereas the liberals have trouble finding resources. >> not as much -- april: i do think there was an organizing principle around the tea party in a way there is not necessarily that around progressives. >> progressives, the diversity of their coalition sometimes makes organizing hard. i mean, it is essentially african-americans, latinos, it is college-educated white people -- >> and women. >> and those people feel very differently about issues at times. >> i am talking about a movement that has changed made change. , think about it. the four kids that sat at a woolworth's counter, they got the whole dynamic changed. they started a ball rolling, part of the ball rolling, and the civil rights movement. dr. king only had 40% of churches supporting him at the time. that is that. >> but the tea party was a movement and they affected change for donald trump. >> i also think there is -- as journalis

the great entertainer harry belafonte. he played an enormous role in the movement.and offstage. work with political figures like bobby kennedy while never giving up his militancy. that's "hardball" for now this week. thanks for being with us. >>> the first time i saw her, i thought she was beautiful. we just loved being together. we were always together. >> our kitchen back door was open and the glass was broken. >> i need an ambulance now. my wife! oh my god! >> it was he who found her. >> i didn't know how to handle that. i wish i could have been there to protect her. >> a wife murdered and later a