. >> honored to present a dear friend, one of the great leaders of our country, jim clyburn, who has been in the congress since 1993 and had a phenomenal record of achievement in economic development and racial progress, one of the most revered members of the congress. 19 or 20 years ago, to develop the idea of a national african-american museum and congressman clyburn in his office was held, everybody who is about to have consultation with him and to ask for congressman to deal with the international -- i was headed to ask about the family and the congressman who lost a few years ago and because he was in washington or south carolina. he always said yes. james clyburn, a veteran of the board of -- went to charleston. not only did he do that but he was prepared for everything, as historian he taught history. the changing of the museum. it's under construction now and two years from now, allowed to happen and make me realize so everybody gets those going to step aside and to advise us and advise us and support us and been with the congressman since 1970 and one things that is the cong

jim clyburn is the assistant democratic several. know who? jim clyburn is. can i can i skip this? i'm going to skip that part. what i will say is that congressman clyburn has been a devoted, committed friend to the truman. and we are very grateful for everything that you've done for us. he has the honorary co-chair of the truman civil symposium. he served on our honorary national committee for, the seventh anniversary. and in 2017, congressman clyburn came with the late, great lewis to receive the truman legacy leadership award, which was a really wonderful experience for us in kansas city. thank you again for everything you do for us. dr. carla hayden, who i had the pleasure of finally meeting in person and not across the zoom lens, which is a nice experience as a new friend of the truman library, i you might become chairman soon. we look forward to that. dr. hayden is nominated the 14th librarian of congress by obama and confirmed in two 2016. she's a really lovely biography. was really amazed to learn i guess not surprised but amazed that she's the first woman to serve this pos

jim clyburn, my friend. realized that at ten enough to just get one self elected, you have to help get somebody elected. and so truman taint enough. thank you. thank you very much. i hope i'm enough. good evening to all of you. and thank you for joining us. as we gather to celebrate the civil rights, the third honorary president of these united states. i've spent a great deal of my 30 plus years in congress reflecting upon consequences of harry truman's presidency and its impact on our nation's pursuit of a more union. president truman's heritage would suggest that he would be an unwise reckless champion for a civil rights. he grew up in a segregated town in missouri, in a family of slave owners and among friends who were herons to white supremacy. but when he learned of the fate that fallen sergeant isaac woodard junior a decorated black world war two veteran who upon being honorably discharged was traveling home to winnsboro, south carolina. president truman except there is a soul to pull transform nation.

jim clyburn, my friend. realized that at ten enough to just get one self elected, you have to help get somebody elected. and so truman taint enough. thank you. thank you very much. i hope i'm enough. good evening to all of you. and thank you for joining us. as we gather to celebrate the civil rights, the third honorary president of these united states. i've spent a great deal of my 30 plus years in congress reflecting upon consequences of harry truman's presidency and its impact on our nation's pursuit of a more union. president truman's heritage would suggest that he would be an unwise reckless champion for a civil rights. he grew up in a segregated town in missouri, in a family of slave owners and among friends who were herons to white supremacy. but when he learned of the fate that fallen sergeant isaac woodard junior a decorated black world war two veteran who upon being honorably discharged was traveling home to winnsboro, south carolina. president truman except there is a soul to pull transform nation.

congressman jim clyburn right there, making a powerful statement in a couple of minutes that he's beented. speaking there on the steps of the lincoln memorial. let's go to nbc's tremaine lee, is there at the rally for us. tremaine, welcome back. when you hear words like jim clyburn, like what we heard before from ambassador andrew young, how inspiring is that? not only for you, covering this, but for everybody around you? >> i'll tell you what, alex. certainly the original folks who marched here, we're doing so in a very momentous and historic time. let's not forget, there were still lynching in -- and a deeply segregated society. and for many of the folks today, and even those spoken like congressman clyburn behind us, there's still a massive gap between the haves and have-nots, black folks and white folks the inequality still runs deep but to hear folks like andrew young, and congress meng clyburn, it's a reminder that giants walk among us. people who witnessed, not only witnessed history in those very important critical moment in american history, but played a role in pushing us for

take the stage, they including the civil rights leader, andrew, yang south carolina congressman jim clyburnes of new york. joining me now from the event in washington, nbc news correspondent tremaine lee. tell me what we're seeing out there? >> ali, there is this kind of growing energy among the thousands of people who have gathered he. -- folks came from all over the country to hear an amazingly diverse speakers. [inaudible] members of the lgbtq community here. not only commemorating those legacies but also continuing it. i sit down and speak with the third -- about what this moment means. let's take a listen. >> that part of the speech that we talked about, our daughter joins us today. the only grandchild of martin luther king junior and grant of scott king. at 15 years, old she has progressively lost rights since the day she was born. she was born in 2008. that started in 2013. the voting rights act, the crown jewel of the civil rights movement being totally decimated. what we have seen since that time it is rampant legislation being pushed through all over the country. making it harder

. >> reporter: jim clyburn who many credit with dwlifing south carolina for biden is hopeful trump won't be the nominee, but is concentrating on the general election. can joe biden reinvigorate all the voters he had in 2020 who may be disappointed in some parts of his administration? >> i think he can, and i think he will. he's not just joe biden that has to do this. we have got to do this. black and white, young and old, rich and poor, male and female. >> martha: but few states will be as key to winning 2024 than neighboring georgia which helped send president biden to the white house and donald trump to the fulton county jail this week. georgia of course, is where donald trump is in legal trouble. it's here where he asked the secretary of state to find 11,000 or more votes, but donald trump could also be in political trouble here. patricia murphy, a political columnist for "the atlanta journal-constitution" says that trouble was long before 2020. >> we used to see tons of trump signs and they had nothing, and joe biden came into georgia and just offered a quieter, more moderate solutio

house of representatives jim clyburn. >> thank you, thank you very much. i don't know who put me behind hakim, but i will visit with you shortly. 60 years ago martin luther king junior and others stood at the podium, they followed an event that took place four months earlier when king was sitting in the birmingham city jail. he received a letter from his clergyman asking him to leave birmingham because a -- he was a disruptive force. they told him that they thought is caused with right but his timing was wrong. king answered them saying, time is never right, time is never wrong,. then king said these words that i want you to think about today. he said he was coming to the conclusion that the people of ill will and are society were making a much better time than those of goodwill. people of ill will using their time to depress votes and to deny women and using their time to deny justice and history to blacks. king said to us on that day that we are going to repent for the people. we come today to break our silence. we come today to let the governor of flori

live in virginia now -- i got in touch with the officers at joe wilson, representative joe wilson, jim clyburnand lindsey graham. all i got back was a letter saying, you need to contact the representative for your district, ok? no one wants to talk about this issue. not in virginia. i met bob good in person, shook his hand and told him about tariff reform. he says it is the policies of joe biden. tariffs are nothing but attacks. just a different name. now we are paying for that. when secretary ellen went -- i believe she took a trip to japan , talking about the economy -- nobody said anything. nobody spoke anything about tariff reform. i know we did some negotiations with canada and mexico to get it reduced, but with china and japan, the other european countries or whatever, the previous administration also made several issues, saying that covid was a chinese virus and things like that. host: a story you might be interested in from earlier this summer from npr, biden kept trump tariffs on chinese imports , and this is who pays the price. speaking exactly to what you are talking about. a few mo