he was lawyer for jesse helms. and represented helms at a moment where the campaign was accused of having engaged in voter intimidation. against african-americans. and there were some questions about whether he was truthful about his ties to the campaign, when he first came before the senate judiciary committee. so for so many reasons i think it's important that the senate slow down, carefully review this nominee. he's somebody who is opposed by many people in the civil rights community, who care about the right to vote. he's somebody who i do not believe would be fair and impartial if he is appointed ultimately to the bench. i think he's somebody who would work decidedly to overturn cases in the voting rights space. so, thomas farr, someone who is a none mouse with voter suppression, i would put forth as the most dangerous nominee out there today. kristine: i second kristen. jen: no, you have to pick a different one. kristine: i'm just saying -- you picked tally because he's weird. i totally agree with kristen. thi

who's very smart, and i think that he will probably become someone, a figure along the lines of jesse helms in the senate. ultimately, someone who- - you mean that as a compliment? - well, i mean that in terms of someone who will have an out-sized impact on the body. - so i wanna understand trump not as a contrast to cruz or anybody else, but trump in his own way. what is he about really? did we see in the campaign the real trump? did we see a reality show version of the real guy, essentially a hyped up entertainment celebrity masquerading as a real person? i've wondered over the last since whatever it is, june of 2015 when he descended that escalator and talked about mexican rapists. from that day forward, i've wondered who's the real trump? what is the real trump? do you have a sense? - the real trump is a man who is a traitor to his class because he has a chip on his shoulder because he felt that he was never accepted by the new york elite. there's an alternate history that you could actually consider within this realm. the easy way to look at it is actually to look at the attempt by don

my first job in politics was working for jesse helms.i think a lot of people remember where he stood on a lot of issues of race or rights and working on eric steel and eric cantor of the highest ranking jewish republican that we have had. that's my background of what informs me as a republican, i have a hard time finding it impossible to say that hispanics or african-americans or gays, that the republican party ace hois a place they should go to. when the president speaks, he turns off americans that makes it hard for people like me and i know this is true for ana as well to say that you should be a republican, this is a party for you. >> doug heye, thank you both for joining us. cfo we appreciate your thoughts and you guys are all represent tic ti representatives party. >> coming up, as we continue to follow the breaking news. a wild interview involving north korea, the president hint that is having a very good relationship with kim jong-un. what is he talking about? former secretary of state lisa rice talks candidly in the age of trump

he told me it doesn't matter if you are to the right of jesse helms burton the left of gore that all.all of us can work to make this world a better place. my experience has been the greatest experience of my life. i got far more than i gave and i wouldn't trade the opportunity president clinton gave me to serve the country for any other opportunity. >> i am inspired. [laughter] i want to thank all of you for the opportunity to serve with all of you and to say going to politics and public service. so thank you all very much. [applause] as we set out the outset it's a way to explore bill clinton's vision. it's a testament i think to his leadership and probably good training from his communications chief. in every panel i heard the same four words over and over. opportunity, responsibility, community and service. i am looking forward and i hope that you all will join us for the president is a grand talk about what it means for him and all of us moving forward. i invite you all to join us. if you have an ied please feel free to get in the line. for those of you that are not able to join i

iftold me it doesn't matter you are to the right of jesse helms, or to the left of war but all. all of us can work to make the world a better place. my experience in adding to the woodpile has been the greatest experience of my life. i got more than i gave. i wouldn't trade the opportunities president clinton gave me to serve our country for any other opportunity you can name. >> i'm inspired. [laughter] you want to thank all of not only for being here today, but the opportunity to serve with all of you. models forave better why it is you have to go into politics. thank you all very much. [applause] >> think you all, not just for this one, but throughout the day. outset, this the was a day to explore bill clinton's vision. i sat back listening to all of the panels. it's a testament to his and probably some good training from his communications team. in every panel, i heard the same for words. responsibility, community, and service. forward, i hope you all will join us as we hear the president this afternoon talk about what it means for him and all of us moving forward. . invite

. >> he was a lawyer for jesse helms and represented him at a moment when the campaign was accused of having voter intimidation against african-americans. there's questions about if he is truthful about his ties to the campaign when he first came before the committee. i think it's important that the senate slowdown and review this nominee is been opposed by many who i do not believe would be fair and impartial if he is appointed to the bench. think you'd work to overturn cases in the voting rights space. so thomas bar put forth as the most dangerous nominee today. i totally agree with kristen. this is a perfect example chosen because it was a feature not a bug. not something they weren't aware. this is how the nominee earned the nomination in the state. any one who cares about quarter suppression this is the number one. a lot of bias some problematic things. he stands alone was history plus recency. not only misleading the committee his campaign sent out 100,000 postcards about communities that the election was a different day it could be punished for voter fraud. >> it's a notorious

think about jesse helms and what they were doing in the senate, you can think about that kind of energyal run in philadelphia, mississippi, and claiming states rights as his orientation. there was a lot of racial tension then. there was a lot of racial tension during barack obama's tenure. and we have racial tension now. and part of -- you know, i was thinking just earlier this morning about a quote from ralph elson, the great american novelist. he said americans are notoriously selective in our exercise of historical memory. and it's our ongoing forgetfulness of how john meachum said the original sin of racism continues to haunt the country that keeps us on this hamster wheel. here we are now dealing with the latest consequence and that's donald trump. >> well, but eddie, let's look at the entire portrait that's laid before us and pot be select permissive in just one direction, also. let's not -- let's not try to glaze over the bad, but let's not forget the good at the same time. barack obama elected president of the united states twice, record turnout among black voters when barack ob