joe oliver is an early arrival who becomes the mayor of milwaukee, or the caretaker. and the real estate broker of the community. the 1830'swaukee in /1840's, and he is a caretaker, cook, and friend. it's a major issue to have african-americans vote, and joe oliver is the first to vote in 1835. of course in 1838, -- 1848, whisk -- wisconsin becomes a state and african-americans are denied the right to vote. ezekiel comes in the late 1840's and spends the whole 1850's fighting for the right to vote. ezekiel gillespie took that banner up and said we are going to demonstrate, march, and we are going to have conferences. even federal clot -- frederick douglass would visit the state of wisconsin. , that votingvision empowers a man and a woman to have some say about their destiny and their futures. but the if reit -- the issue of suffrage for african-americans wins in 1857. but people felt the issue was not legal, it was tied up in the state of wisconsin's supreme the wholend took period of the civil war for it 66 -- in 18ed in 18 six he six african-americans got the right

joe oliver is a caretaker, cook, and friend. to havemajor issue african-americans to vote.he first african-american to vote in 1835. in 1848, wisconsin becomes a state. gillespie comes to milwaukee in the late 1840's. he spends the whole 1850's fighting for the right to vote. as he killed gillespie took that banner up and said, we are going to demonstrate, we are going to march, we are going to have conferences. even frederick douglass would visit the state of wisconsin and have various conferences and meetings. they saw this vision that voting empowers a man, and a woman too, to have some say about their destiny and futures. the issue was with suffrage for african-americans, when. but people felt that the issue was not legal, it was tied up in the state of wisconsin's supreme court. it took a whole -- it took the whole period of the civil war for it to be ratified. brought-of-the-century a socialist movement and also brought in african-americans from the south, looking for new opportunities. those new opportunities certainly included jobs. domestic work, to work in the hom

as we look at a piece in the new york times is pointing out how joe biden is extending an olive branchl. do democrats want a bipartisan deal-maker or a partisan warrior? >> you're running for president of the united states. you're not running for president of the democratic party. we need to make sure we're reaching out to democrats, independents, republicans, everyone. there's a difference between, you know, going out and reaching and talking to all voters and not holding republicans accountable. and we need to hold republicans accountable. we must talk to all voters. i think you are seeing democrats do this across the country, running for president, crisscrossing the state, talking about the issues -- or the country, talking about these issues, talking about the economy, talking about health care. that is how we win. >> what about, brian, you have biden and fellow democrats disagreeing on how to take on trump, but the president seems to have his attention just on biden. is this the proof that the vice president -- former vice president might be doing something right? he's getting und

there's this new piece in "the new york times" which points out how joe biden is taking on donald trump while also extending an olivets are not agreeing with his approach. do the democrats, don, want a bipartisan deal maker, door they want a partisan warrior? >> we want a president who's not donald trump. so i think that the good thing about 2020, this rigorous, robust primary process, is you'll see someone -- whoever emerges, you will not see the partisanship we saw in '08 where the hillary supporters didn't want to support obama, where the bernie supporters didn't want to support hillary. biden appears to be the leader right now. mayor pete is having a great run. whoever it is, there will be somebody, a strong segment of the democratic party has a real issue with. whoever it is will be better than this current guy who's in the white house right now. so joe biden has got the spark right now, but he's not going to have the unanimous support of all of the party. it's a broad and diverse tint. whoever our nominee is will have unified support of the party. >> are you sure about that, don? right now there are those taki

joe rosato jr., nbc bay area news. >> wow. >>> in other news, the latest list of america's most popular baby names is out. liam is number one for boys, followed by noah, william, jamgs and oliverhe list for the fifth year in a row followed by olivia, ava, isabella and sophia. >>> it is 7:54. still much more ahead on tod"to in the bay". coming up, our clear the shelters segment. we will introduce you to this puppy next. at comcast, we didn't build the nation's largest gig-speed network just to make businesses run faster. we built it to help them go beyond. because beyond risk... welcome to the neighborhood, guys. there is reward. ♪ ♪ beyond work and life... who else could he be? there is the moment. beyond technology... there is human ingenuity. ♪ ♪ every day, comcast business is helping businesses go beyond the expected, to do the extraordinary. take your business beyond. with our friends fro >>> welcome back. time for our clear the shelters segment featuring pet s in nee. almond is this little gorgeous puppy. but not so little actually. a 12 week old shepherd mix. do you think almond will get mucher than this 124. >> i think so. look at the size of these paws. >> and you are

olive for these gorgeous hats. we love them. i am taking them all home. ed: thank you, janice. pete: more on that later on. back to politics is joeomparisons were made before he even announced. i did it. but is charles hurt, he says biden might end up being the left's safe word. will he be? as much for insuranc. as not safe drivers! that's why esurance has drivesense.® the safer you drive, the more you save. although i'm not really driving right now that would be unsafe. when insurance is affordable, it's surprisingly painless. termites, we're on the move.24/7. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out. terminix. defenders of home. hi. maria ramirez! mom! maria! maria ramirez... mcdonald's is committing 150 million dollars in tuition assistance, education, and career advising programs... prof: maria ramirez mom and dad: maria ramirez!!! to help more employees achieve their dreams. pete: welcome back. before joe biden officially threw his 2020 hat in the ring, there was talk his campaign would go much like the failed 2016 presidential bi