my father loved joe lewis. and i remember -- because this is really an emotional thing for me, man, but i remember when joe lewis died, because he framed my father's generation. but he told me, it was almost like i felt i lost a piece of me. and i didn't really understand until now. now i understand exactly what he meant because i really feel like i've lost -- here's somebody from the time i was 14 until now. at every single level. i'm in high school and getting the draft, i -- the draft was not voluntary. n we all lived in like fear of g getting it. and i got mine. i'm like, how am i going to deal with this. he taught you either stand for principle or you go. i'm 17 years old and i absorbed that message about principle. seeing a young brother, and that's really important. as universally loved as he was, he always reminded people, i'm a black man. he never lost connection with the community. and -- >> you mentioned joe lewis. i don't think a lot of people, at least in my generation perhaps, they don't understan

joe lewis came back. when joe lewis was near death, he had very little money. man can be redeemed. he saw those lessons of how people should grow and learn. he was never a race hater. he was a man that understood that america had mistreated blacks tremendously. and it was time for african-americans to be appreciated for who they were. >> i wanted to ask you, what about his conversion? what americans perceived mohammed ali? >> america had a full perception of islam but most americans had a poor perception of anything that wasn't like them. baptists dislike catholics. today, you had a mormon speaker. most would've thought that he was a demagogue. at the time he converted. other religions and other faiths , hoping to get out of the repression. ali converted. he was not a fanatic. he saw the world. islam was one of the largest religions in the world. you must remember that he used his belief and his faith to condemn those we believe misrepresent you. they destroy countries and people and buildings. perhaps one of his greatest contributions to the world. >> we appreciate you taking the

he was a genuine conscientious objector. >> there were prominent black americans, like joe lewis ando were very critical. >> he's hurting, i think, the morale of a lot of young negro soldiers over in vietnam. and the tragedy is that cassius has made millions of dollars off of the american public. and now, he's not willing to show his appreciation to a country that's giving him, in my view, a fantastic opportunity. >> the government took the position that ali's belief was not a religious belief because it did not recognize the nation of islam as a religion opinion. >> the heavywieght champion cassius clay, at a federal court in houston, is found guilty of violating the u.s. selective service laws. he is sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000, the maximum penalty for the offense, which is a felony. the sentence was appealed by clay's lawyers. ♪ clay contended his status as a black muslim minister, made him exempt from the draft. released on bail, he faces an 18-month wait for an appeal decision. >> immediately, without a trial, without due process of any form, he was strip

. >> already being compared with all time greats jack dempsey and joe lewis goes into training to dispense with the louisville left listed as an 8-1 favorite and many experts think that's giving clay the benefit of the doubt. >> he was the destroyer of flesh. if he was around he would knock them out. in fact i've seen him hit a guy with a jab and knocked his teeth out. true story. >> i saw him a few days ago. >> he's too ugly to be world champ. the world champ should be pretty like me. >> this was a guy who had been to jail. and it's three previous first round knockouts. >> and they didn't realize the transition before this kid became a man. >> he loved to spar. he could spar like you and i take a hot shower. >> my new year's resolution is to knockout that big ugly bear, shake up the whole world in 1964 and do no more. >> will you wish sonny liston a happy new year. >> he's going to need happiness after i annihilate him. i'm going to beat him so bad he is going to think he robbed a bank. >> i brought mohammed to a lot of his fights and one fight in particular liston knocked this guy out an

ishmael: we should not forget about joe lewis and armstrong, who fought on white men.as hounded by police from city to city, wherever he went. he had challenges, -- robinson in thery lewis fought fight only stopped when someone said that is joe lewis. we can honor mohammed ali. amy: your thoughts as we go out? ?lizabeth alexander rise to theeople level of icon. when we have that, the piece to remember along with the complexities and the contradictions is, what might their example lead other people to do and stand up for? quote from with a mohammed ali, i am america. black, confident, and cocky. my goals, my own. get used to me. mohammed ali died at the age of 74. his funeral is in kentucky on friday and thousands are expected to attend. ishmael reed, thank you so much for being here with us. his book, "the complete mohammed ali." elizabeth alexander, author of the home, "narrative: ali." i am amy goodman. i am amy goodman. - today on america's test kitchen, julia makes japanese-style stir fried noodles with beef, adam reviews knife sharpeners, and bridget cooks the bes

you like boxing, if you followed boxing, people who live through the 1930s and the early 1940s, joe lewis was the champion and rocky was the champion and jack dempsey, and if you lived through the 1960s in the 1970s, mohammed ali was your champion. in the ring he was your champion and what is even rarer, outside of the ring he was my champion so i thought, while i would like like to write a book about that. and johnny and i started to work on it and the more we worked on it the more we decided what is really interesting is how caches clay became mohammed ali. what went into that. and the more we looked at it the more we looked at it the more we realized it was malcolm x that cassius clay was inhabiting the mind of malcolm x. so we thought that's an interesting story. it's a short period of time, we can look at it fully and deal with all the sources that we could dig up on it. and it's a moment that helps change american history. i think from that period, the first half of the 19 sixties, 1960s, the three great black leaders, martin luther king, malcolm x., and improbably cassius clay who

particularly black because you needed that role model and example just as joe lewis transcended in his way some things. his individualality in particular, whether you agree or didn't agree with it, you had to look and say well, ali broke the mold. to what you said before, the majority and i always have felt this way, the majority may rule but it doesn't mean the majority is right. and i think that was the thing that ali had the guts enough to do in terms of his style of fighting, in terms of how he played with people and said things. the man was a very complex guy and all of that and you probably know it a lot more than i do because you were around him a lot. and all of that cockiness and creativety, underneath him in the short periods of time i was around him, was a guy who had a certain amount of humility, had a certain amount of foolishness and funness. he didn't take himself so seriously that he was offensive to people when he was not boxing. certainly he'd harass people and did a lot of things in the ring which you and i know that's gamesmanship. i always tell people there's certa

in the ring he had few peers, often compared to the great joe lewis. it's been said lewis forced the american to see and admire a black men. it was ali who made them listen. >> he was a credit to his race. the human race. i think of the final analysis, muhammad ali did us all a great service. >> reporter: ali tweeted i set out on a journey of love, of seeking truth, peace and understanding. i am still learning. >> a lightning rod both inside and outside of that boxing ring. coming up next, diane sawyer's visit with the boxing legend at his childhood home. ♪ your heart loves omega-3s. but there's a difference between the omega-3s in fish oil and those in megared krill oil. unlike fish oil, megared is easily absorbed by your body... ...which makes your heart, well, mega-happy. happier still, megared is proven to increase omega-3 levels in 30 days. megared. the difference is easy to absorb. text mom. i'll be right back. be good. boys have been really good today. send. let's get mark his own cell phone. nice. send. brad could use a new bike. send. [google]

as maya angelou set of joe lewis, a symbol of the way that we can have some form of jujuste and equalitytyour society. amy: dave zirin, the thoughts on who is giving the eulogy, which i think is what mohammed ali wanted him about president clinton, billy crystal, bryant gumbel? >> firstst of all,l, bryant guml is one of the most lucid analysts of mohammed ali's historory. he is the one who said mohammad ali allow the blalack freedom struggle to move forward because he made people less afraid. billy crysystal, longtime friend of m mohammed alali. i will be honest, the bill clinton, the presence there, it hurts given mohamed alili's historic place as a great figure against war r and against bigot, that the person who signgned the welfare e bill, the person who signgned the crime bill, the persrson who w was in chcharge e sanctions and iraq - -- it wille painful to see him up there. but in many ways, in some respects, that is mohammed ali's last victory. the same presidents that ususedo bug hihis phone and harass them and subject him to cointelpro. amy: we have to leave it there. dave zirin a

>> years ago when another great fighter died, a sports writer wrote, joe lewis was a credit to his race of the great muhammad ali. thank you for watching abc news. tune in for "good morning america" tomorrow and as always, we're online on our facebook page and on abc news.com. goodnight, america, have a good weekend.

. >> in 1993, the billionaire investor joe lewis and tavistock re-imagined isleworth by constructingh is home to celebrities like nba legend shaquille o'neal and multiple members of the pga tour. and the place -- let me tell you -- it is immaculate. they like to say that the leaves get picked up before they hit the ground. >> it's a 600-acre luxury community. uh, we like to say, you know, "we provide anything any time." >> isleworth is comprised of 320 luxury homes, ranging from 20,000-square-foot multimillion dollar lakefront lots to more modestly sized golf-course villas. ♪ one of those lakefront lots holds the property they call the bermudan. this 13,519-square-foot home sits on more than 2 acres and has 7 bedrooms and 9 1/2 bathrooms. >> bob, this home is a love story. media mogul rance crain took his bride to bermuda for a honeymoon, fell in love with the architecture. he hired the world-renowned architect taylor & taylor and gave them one task -- "build me a home and keep me on my honeymoon forever." >> [ chuckles ] and he did. >> and he did. >> well, let's go look at this home

you have joe lewis's fight of the month club, let's see who we now.eason she to cheer, let's see what he's doing now. how would marciano do against ali? that's the debate we be having in the green room today if we are work in a different era and that was happening in bars back then. jack johnson, what he meant to america at the time. jack dempsey, jean tunney, all these things represent an era. my hope is that another tyson, ali, another dempsey and mark marciano, board because it is a sensational sport that shows why it's a great movie sport because there's people like isaac get up after being knocked down, they like redemption and they like the idea of fighting for a living, fighting to make it in this world. that's what boxing represents. jon: just you and the rain, right? the eulogies should be remarkable. there's going to be a lot of humor mixed in today as well. watch the documentary when we were kings , 1974 and watched william buckley's interview with him in 1968. it was really remarkable stuff. >> thank you. jon: thank you brian. heather: mar

which was the boxing matches that would occur and my dad loved to follow boxing and he was a big joe lewis and rocky fan and of course my dad's generation, when cassius clay came along, were not happy with his poetry and manner. as a -- as a kid we thought it was the coolest thing. and i would always remind my dad that he never made a boast that his fists couldn't back up. and the poetry, well, he was ahead of his time in terms of rap. but he also was ahead of his time in terms of what he brought to the sport. and as the distinguished gentleman from louisville pointed out, when he stepped into the ring with sunny list ombing n, we all fear -- liston, we all feared for his life. but as it turned out, that speed and that endurance and his incredible skills -- he did everything that a boxer shouldn't do, but was able to do it because of the exceptional ability. ow do i know this? we're fortunate to have in this chamber somebody who was in the ing with muhammad ali. he was in the ring with him, sunny liston and joe frazier. bob brady of philadelphia was a sparring partner and used in bob ng, a

joe lewis served.re people who would say ali, you changed your name, went from a christian to a muslim. some people didn't like that. >> that's his per ogtive and embrace his religious freedom. it's important to stand-up for your personal beliefs, religious beliefs. that's why this is the greatest country in the world. muhammad ali was the greatest boxer. i love the sport. i love to box myself. he's been inspirational in my life. someone with that level of confidence and fighting for what you believe in is a good lesson for young people, too. >> can you help me out here? >> what? >> there was a documentary i can't remember the name, but it was phenomenal. >> amazing. >> if you have an inkling to watch it, it will be the best one or two hours. >> great. >> one last note, his z fight against parkinson's for anybody in your family, extraordinary. last event he attended in arizona for parkinsons, is what i'm trying to saz. tune in thursday and friday for coverage for muhammad ali. the world will never forg

one of the democrats, congressman joe lewis -- john lewis, is a veteran of protests. >> i crossed theust one time, but it took us three times to make it all the way from selma to montgomery. we have other bridges to cross and when we come back in july, we will start all over again. ryanuse speaker paul called the sit in nothing more than a publicity stunt. diplomacy isis needed in fighting terror in russia. police tried to ban and march in a march in paris. protesters will march along a shorter route. donald trump will interrupt his campaign to fly to scotland tomorrow. he is taking a planeload of journalists with him to mark the opening of his golf resort in scotland. he employs 150 people at the resort, a fraction of his initial pledge. global news 24 hours per day. this is bloomberg. tom: thank you so much. let's get right to the data check. equities are the lift this morning. dow futures doing well, as well. onto the next screen right now. vix trades before the market opening. sterling, 1.4882. francine: stocks rising in europe. we are seeing a lift for equities. i want to go back

it was on this date in 2009 the penguins won game seven at joe lewis arena in detroit.illiant save with 1.5 seconds to go. speaking of detroit, as you see marc-andre on this date in 1958, at age 30, they named gordie howe captain of the red wings. offensive zone face-off for the penguins here. they pull kessel slightly back and he got it. kessel rolls and shoots one. that one went off jones and wide. started back up again and nudged on by ward. moving up, nieto. both he and the net minder, murray, missed it. murray went skidding out. played out by kessel, but he can't make a pass. ward, able to take that one and circle back. one chaotic shift after another. a one-goal game in the balance. oh, and the stanley cup, too, which is still packed. so far, it's not been taken out of the case. so far as we know. we have cameras everywhere. here is malkin, taking this one ask trying to step through. that one forced away and can be carried back now defensively by donskoi. ship with a pass to burns. that one rattled off polak. played back by pavelski. led ahead, pavelski drops it b

>> well, to some extent, he appreciated the role of joe lewis, who was embraced by america but even jacked hero, and at the height of lynching, jack zonta knocked out white guys. he married a white woman and rode down the streets in his convertible car. he chose to be free. he identified with the finest factor no jack johnson a whole lot. america is better now because he identified so much with the struggle to make all americans the right to vote. when he stood with us, i remember the last april 4th, 1967, the day dr. king gave the speech in new york that night about the anti-vietnam war. he and jim brown spent much of that day along with dr. king and young in the motel room in new york. he made the most money as a boxer and lost the most money, because of his stand. it is one thing to be a marcher at a symbolic rally. he lost all of his wealth and stuff. he almost became a pauper, giving little speeches because he gave it all up. that made him a very, very different guy. >> he was willing to give up everything for what he believed in. reverend, when was the last time you spoke to muhamm

. >> and joe lewis; it was great too. but not like this guy.his guy would dance around and his line was, why am i dancing? you can't hit this pretty face. i don't want to get my pretty face mess up. so where it used to be before ali came along, wow i'll punch you, you punch me, and the survivor will stand tall at the end, he said no, no, no. you're not going to hit me and he would dance around. that's where float like a butterfly sting like a bee came from. he did not want his pretty face messed up. and it actually, the phrase came from 11 of his hangers on -- one of his entourage would yell float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, you're the champ of. it's it was not that bad, but who can equal muhammad ali. but you'll see drew brown who would hawk some of his trophies to earn a few bucks. and it's a great scene to show yo you the heart of ali. he gave away his championship belt so he could buy drugs. and he led him back in the camp because he felt sorry for him. and he hung around with ali for a few more years. but that was the thing about h

. >> before ali there was joe lewis who also helped break down barriers. >> and in his own way, it wasquieter. you know what strikes me is five decades after muhammad ali was in his prime, we have a leader of a political party that looked in a crowd and said "there is my african-american." i hope he behaves. >> it's amazing. they don't have to just be sports stars any more, you know? they can talk about all issues. >> that's all we have for today. we're back next week because if it is sunday, it is "meet the press." >>> it is monday june 6th. another primary win puts hillary clinton on the verge of clinching the democratic nomination. tributes continue to pour in on the death of boxing legend muhammad ali. plus major progress on a massive fast moving wild fire in southern california. a historic win for novak djokovic, and a new miss usa is crowned. >> good monday morning, everybody. hillary clinton

manipulation of the jury reminds me of what happened in the old jimmy hoffa case, when they brought joe lewiske hands with him. everybody knew, we thought the life of o.j. simpson, we thought, we all figured it all out. we got into that courtroom and didn't know anything was going to happen. i was covering it, that whole year. i covered it every night for two hours. and when that jury came back, i thought they would come back fast. and i said, conviction, for sure. i was blown away, as so many people were. tell us about how you went into this and what you were able to do here, to each us, what we should have learned what had happened? >> what's interesting about everything you're saying, thus far, in terms of the irony of the case, it seems to have been forgotten, as far as what we're really dealing with as far as who o.j. was, as a man before that trial in 1994, i think we in the last 20 years, especially, have, you know, as a culture, dismissed him as a monster. and i think one of the goals of this story is to show him in all his human glory and his celebrity. and have you be seduced by him

joe lewis knocks out max smelling in a 124 seconds. jessy lewis runs speeds and wins four gold medals. rosa parks sit down on a bus in montgomery of 1955 and a young boston university stands up and takes the complex ideas of negro and dips it in chocolate so big mommy can understand. and then from lewisville -- [applause] emerged the silver tongue boy who took the essence of somebodyness to unheard of heights. before james brown said i am black and i am proud, muhammad ali said i am black and i am pretty. black and pretty was an oxymoron. black doesn't say pretty. the first black millionaire in this country was not oprah but it was madam cj walker who made products in order to help black people escape their africanity. but muhammad ali said i am proud. i am pretty. i am glad of who i am. and when he said that, that infused in africans a sense of somebody-ness. taking muhammad ali in the time he lives is called historic prese presentism. it is to talk about george washington and not talk about the american revolution. it is to take abou

he was going to do boxing exhibitions just like joe lewis did decades earlier. he decided not to do it on principle. the fact that he surrendered millions of dollars, he surrendered his popularity rating, basically surrendered his career for a long time an didn't get it back, the fact that he did that made him a hero to many. and in subsequent decades he has sustained his carriage, he has established his image. >> when you talk about the military and the controversy about going to serve in the vietnam war when he claimed conscientious objector status and was then put in jail for several years. basically when we say his principle, he came out and said, why should i go kill these innocent people. that is not who i am. and that was his argument for not wanting to go. >> that's exactly right. as a student of the honorable elijah muhammad, he was taught that this was not his war and that he had global solidarity with people of color again around the world. because of that he did didn't see them as his enemy. he said i see more injustice in the united states than i do

he was so far and above any heavyweight that had come before, even the legendary joe lewis. -- >> even after his conscientious objection -- i saw him on the joe namath show and he was saying do you think he could be better than before after a two-year layoff? and ali said could you? and namath said no. and he said well i can. >> when he came back in 1970, they not only knew that he could take a punch, but he had an iron chin. now, when he came back, he had lost a lot of his speed. he couldn't dance around the ring. so, instead, he used his smarts and he stood there, by and large, against fighters who he dared to punch with him. and he felt that he could outsmart them, out-hit them and win the fights. it was a different muhammad ali. his smarts were such that, for example, when he fought the big george foreman in zaire, foreman could knock down a building. ali knew that. so, ali's strategy was to tell foreman that he couldn't hurt him so that foreman would throw dozens and dozens and dozens of punches and finally tire himself out so that ali, having taken the punches against t

host: joe is calling in from lewis, colorado. joe, you are on with nick bourke . caller: i am 65 years old, and when i see wrong here is first of all -- hello? host: you are on, joe. old, and'm 65 years what i see wrong here is this gentleman's idea of helping these people would loans is completely the wrong way down the road. here is the problem. we don't people -- we don't teach people how to budget, we don't teach them how to do mathematical equations so they can even figure out their checking account. we need to go back to teaching the new generation on how to budget, and on their wants and needs. he wants to propose a way for them to be able to keep getting their wants, let's get their needs taken care of by teaching them how to budget their money. what we are proposing here is a lifetime of servitude to these loans. we need to teach people mathematics. nick aet's give it -- chance to respond. is this a matter of poor budgeting? that is a vertically legitimate sentiment that i just heard, and i agree with it. we need to do a better job in this country getting

host: joe is calling in from lewis, colorado. joe, you are on with nick bourke .aller: i am 65 years old, and when i see wrong here is first of all -- hello? host: you are on, joe. old, and'm 65 years what i see wrong here is this gentleman's idea of helping these people would loans is completely the wrong way down the road. here is the problem. we don't people -- we don't teach people how to budget, we don't teach them how to do mathematical equations so they can even figure out their checking account. we need to go back to teaching the new generation on how to budget, and on their wants and needs. he wants to propose a way for them to be able to keep getting their wants, let's get their needs taken care of by teaching them how to budget their money. what we are proposing here is a lifetime of servitude to these loans. we need to teach people mathematics. nick aet's give it -- chance to respond. is this a matter of poor budgeting? that is a vertically legitimate sentiment that i just heard, and i agree with it. we need to do a better job in this country getting p

joe louis dismantles the pride of aryan supremacy by knocking out max. jesse lewisruns at am la -- am beulaher -- am laker to speed ad wins four goad medals. rosa parks sits on a bus in 1955 and a young seminary student from boston university stands up and takes the complex ideas and dips nit chocolate so big mama can understand it. and then from louisville, d. [cheering] -- emerged the civil very-tongued poet who took the ethos of somebodiness to unheard of heights before james brown said, i'm grabbing and i'm proud. muhammad ali said i'm black and i'm pretty. [laughter] >> black and pretty was an oxymoron. blacks did not say pretty. the first black millionaire in this country was not oprah but madam c.j. walker blocker -- walker who made products in order to help black people escape they're africanity, but muhammad ali said i'm proud. i'm pretty. i'm glad of who i am. and when he said that, that infused in africans a sense of somebodiness. to extrapolate mull mull -- muhammad ali from the times in which he lives is called historic presentism. to talk about george

lewis, abc7 news. alison: we'll see you then. thank you. a lot of reaction this week of course to the stanford sexual assault case. now vice president joe biden is speaking out. he released an open letter to the survivor of this attack saying that she will never be defined by the act, but her attacker, former stanford swimmer brock turner will. turner was sentenced to six months in prison but is expected to serve half of that time. scott: hockey legend gordie howe has died. the 88-year-old suffered a serious stroke in 2014 that led to him having stem cell treatment in mexico. his family said howe was making significant improvement. howe who layed for the detroit red wings was considered by many to be known as mr. hockey. michelle: changes coming to facebook, including adding a video option for comments. you can now upload a video as a response. the feature lau trying to increase its profile as a source for watching video. the move is in direct competition with other apps like snapchat and periscope. alison: is that something you can use for facebook live for the game? michelle: we have one coming up tonight. scott: you are adding more

joe biden, he wouldn't move to the center in deal. norman: if you go back to the stimulus package, very early on, the economy struggling deeply, wisconsin,ssman from called in his republican counterpart, jerry lewiscalifornia, and said, we're going to do a stimulus. i have the charge of putting the package together. we want to work with you. tell us the things you would like to have in. tell us the nonstarters. go back to your rank and file in your leaders and we will work it out. he said, i've got orders from headquarters. we're not going to cooperate. then you go to the affordable care act. fromaucus, the democrat montana, chairman of the finance committee, joins with his dear friend and counterpart, chuck grassley, republican of iowa. they form a gain of six. they start with principles and claims that grassley put forward when lincoln was president. the idea that this was sharply to the left, a plan that in the end didn't have a public option, doesn't comport with reality. al: sure the democrats have some fault for this dysfunction. norman: there are no angels here. polarization,just tribalism, that has developed on both sides. but if you look at the behavior of congress, of the parties especi

joe louis dismantles the pride of arian supremacy by knocking out max smelling in 124 seconds. jesse lewiss an ambulatory speed and wins four gold medals. rosa parks sits down on a bus in national correspondent good morning ri in december of 1955 and a young -- from boston university stands up and takes the complex ideas and dips it in chocolate so big mama can understand it. [ applause ] and then from louisville -- [ applause ] emerged the silver tongued poet who took the ethos of somebody-ness to unheard of heights. before james brown said, i'm black an i'm proud, muhammad ali said i'm black and i'm pretty. [ applause ] black and pretty was an oxymoron. blacks did not say pretty. the first black millionaire in this country was not oprah. but it was madame c.j. walker. who made products in order to help black people escape their africanity. muhammad ali said, i'm proud. i'm pretty. i'm glad of who i am. and when he said that, that infused in africans a sense of somebody-ness. to extrapolate muhammad ali from the times in which he lives is when's called historic precitinism. it is to talk

if joe goes back farther, he will wind up in a ringside >> will smith and lennox lewis. out the rio games. he didn't say anything about the zika virus. the nba finals, they lead 2 games to none and look unstoppable. >>> how would you like it if your tax dollars went toward gender reassignment for veterans? obamacare for illegals and studying if cheer leaders are more attractive in a squad. seriously. well, it's really happening. here with the waste watch is radio talk show host and founder of harrington capital media, it's kyle harrington. good to see you, kyle. you are over here chuckling because some of this is laughable. it's ridiculous. >> when you sit there and you find out and it become more transparent about where federal tax dollars are going to, you know, it can be very irritating and frustrating and you can understand why people are hesitant to send in their tax checks to the federal government. >> absolutely. we're talking about gender reassignment surgery for veterans. va hospital has 500,000 plus people on a waiting list that have been waiting for more than

joe crowley? no bill -- >> no break! mr. larson: let's give it up for mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: thank you, mr. larson. thank you, mr. lewis, catherine clark, colleagues. to our friends in the gallery and watching this on tv, thank you for being part of this democracy. thank you for joining in our efforts. thank you for allowing us the venue to have this discussion. but let's be very simple about what we're talking about here. closing loopholes that allow suspected terrorists and , iminals to purchase firearms closing loopholes to prevent suspected terrorists and criminals from purchasing firearms, what part of that is offensive? what part of that doesn't have the support of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle? who disagrees that a background check shouldn't be universal? for every purchase. what part is unreasonable? my community fell victim to gun violence and many of you know i stood in this very spot with many of you behind me. i was one of those 30 moments of silence since newton that we've talked about -- newtown that we've talked about. i stood with my colleagues and i asked for a moment of silence to hono

joe johns reporting live. thank you so much. >>> here to talk about all of this plus new polls is kaley mackin mackinee. and joining me is matt lewis, a senior contributing for "the daily caller." welcome to all of you. thank you for being here. take a look at the quinnipiac poll that came out. it is really interesting and contradictory. clinton has a four-point lead over trump according to the quinnipiac poll, but when you dig into the issues and they ask voters 42 questions, there's seems to be a lot of contradictions like this one, this is an example. voters say donald trump would be most effective against isis but say hillary clinton would do a better job of responding to an international crisis. matt, why the disconnect here? >> there are some nuance differences. if there's diplomacy needed and someone with experience in foreign policy needed, that's a different question than taking on isis. and so i think that explains it, but you're right, this gets confusing. and frankly some of it now depends on what happens in the universe. if georgia -- i'm sorry, if russia invades georgia as they did in 2008, then right before the elect

joe crowley and gregory meeks. thank you for being here. let's first of all start with that question of july 5th. we heard your colleague, the great john lewisou guys will come back and resume the fight. what does that mean? >> something's changed in washington. it's no longer going to be business as usual. i think there's an energy now within the democratic caucus that i haven't seen in my 18 years there. we are focused, we look at this issue as a life and death issue and it's very clear, massacre after massacre continues to take place, we stand for a moment of silence and then sit and do absolutely nothing. what you saw was really a frustration boiling over. part about being in the minority is we don't control the agenda of the floor but to have a benghazi select hearing, to have -- select committee, to have a select committee on planned parenthood and see people slaughtered, no movement toward committee. we know benghazi was all about politics. mccarthy made that very clear. the same thing for planned parenthood. this is about human lives and no, there's no select committee to look into gun violence. we know it's against the law for the c

joe as you elu alluded to. democrats decided to dramatize things yesterday with a sit-in on the house floor led by john lewis, the former civil rights leader who represents georgia in congress. they commandeered the house floor. paul ryan, the speaker tried to lose the c-span cameras that normally broadcast house action. the democrats protesting used periscope via twitter to broadcast and the tv networks picked it u. it was a chaotic scene as the house was trying to get through a bill to fund the zika virus. let's take look at the action on tloor. >> gentlemen from texas with recognition. >> i send to the desk for the committee on rules for filing under the rule. >> resolution provided for consideration of the bill hr 4768. >> we have a motion at the desk. clerk are report the motion. >> don't see that every day on the house floor and finally republicans had a enough of it and adjourned two days early in the middle of the night after passing that zika bill, adjourned early for the fourth of july. now separately in the presidential race you had donald trump finally sponresponding to two big round house punches hil