. >>> a civil rights actist turned congressman john lewis has been fighting for equality for much ofwas even arearested as you helped rally the nation. and now at 79, the veteran congress mana congressman is taking up the fight again. >> and barbara harrison has more about his new plan. er he is a legend. and so wondful to sit down and talk to him.am the fly equality council has been spearheading an effort to push against the discriminationo that of lgbtq people feel when they try to adopt through foster care. they found a hero in this organization in john lewis who has taken up their cause for human rights. >> this was a morning that>- reporter: john lewis was celebrating with president johnson on that morning in the summer of 1965 when the voting rights bill with us signed. that photo is among the men memorabilia that cover every space in his office. in his office he sred a a book about adoption as he talked about a billing that he sponsored recently called the every child deserves a child act. it seeks to create more loving adoptive families by ending discrimination based on gende

>> south carolina congressman jim clyburn and georgia congress with john lewis agree, his talk with segregationist is just the way things used to work. >> i don't think his remarks -- >> he's created confusion on his views on abortion and his return to jim clyburn's world famous fish fry which he hit the last time he ran. >> good beta here in clyburn country! >> this year, congress and the clapboard has 405 pounds of fish in the fridge and candidates are coming by for a tradition that started as a can queue for campaign volunteers who can't afford to pay for pricey fund-raisers. >> after that evening, you said to me that this was a place where an ordinary person like be to rub shoulders with an extraordinary person who is about to become president of the

. >> john lewis plans to continue his efforts to reverse the divisive rhetoric. >> i'd like to see us just some way try to be kind to people. take a lesson from the 1i6civil rights movemen a message of pe, of love. just love everybody. i remember dr. king saying on one occasion, just love the hell outf everybody. >> i love that. ohn lewis says every child deserves a family and his act was introduced earlier this month. we'll keep you updated on how it goes. >> couldn't have a better advocate. he has the aura and authority to actually get people to come togeth and think about things. >> he is wonderful person. he has promised to keep his

enough for john lewis and jim klei inner.od enough for all african-americans. we're not a month lithic kpun. just because two older people subpoena say that it's all the the rest of us. it's offense every to say that two people crossdown the conversation for the entire black community. >> do you think this is a generational sthu. >> jim cli rn did more than say it's okay. he said he did the same thing. and the message is clear here. the american people by 70% want us to get things done. want us to talk to each other. want us to talk to people who are political opponents. they're sick and tired of the grid lock in washington. and joe bidden is by far the best candidate to break that grid lock. >> part of the problem, governor with the exactic party, i'm a pastor party i worked in that clinton wlous and dynamicic candidates in the past but the let party has been too accommodating of white racist and people using whie racial resentment politics. and we haven't been cultivating the african-american people of the party. and women

john lewis and others that defend him are 15 years older than me. -- cory booker is closer to my age than i am to theirs, but i think it's a matter of function. some people fight hard and try to get things done and have to deal with people that oppose them. other people will take the ivory tower analyst views and become purist because they never had to try to engage and get things done. >> can i just say -- right now -- >> very hurtful. >> on "morning joe" we try not to be personal and launch personal -- >> yes, civil. >> you start talking about ivory towers and never having to get anything done. poor eddie jr., he knows you're talking about him. >> i didn't know eddie was there. i'm talking about -- >> we're joking. eddie, when he started to say that he was joking. he kind of rolled his eyes. oh, boy. that's what i like. why don't we do this. eddie, why don't you have the next question from your ivory tower for reverend al. >> reverend al, what do you make of vice president biden's reluctance to apologize? is he kind of taking a page out of the tru

john lewis, a legend, clyburn, a legend within the party.n and we know his head and we're okay with it. cory booker and kamala harris both said they found it unacceptable. >> i don't know how much of a problem it will be for a candidate who enjoys strong black support. barack obama knows this man. picked him as his vice president. we know that many people in addition to biden have evolved since, you know, 40 years ago and he's a different man. in addition, chris, a lot of people oppose bussing. you know, it's considered by a large number of people as a failed policy. will he be punished for opposing it? maybe not. think what may be troubling is the surfacing because of his dishonest on this and harris raising it, many of the comments he made on race, which many people who support him may not have heard before. >> the what is old is new again. daniel dale, always a pleasure. >> thank you, sir. >> thank you very much. >>> all right. so, you're going to have winners, your going to have losers. we'll see how it all bears out in the polls, to dan

first we're seeing prominent african-american lawmakers defend him like john lewis. take a look at this. >> i don't think the remarks were offensive. in the height of the civil rights movement we worked with people and got to know people that was members of the klan, people who opposed us, even people who beat us. >> and look, as political cover goes, biden can't ask for anything better than having john lewis vouching for him on an issue like that. what's your take a.b.? >> absolutely? i think jennifer is right. there was some kind of initial protest and faux outrage -- not faux, but overdone criticism coming from the other candidates until they realize the strength of the defense coming from the members of the black caucus, particularly jim clyburn, the top house leader who held this event, the famous fish fry for all the candidates in south carolina. where they saw john lewis then also make the comments that you just played and realized this is not a good bet to keep going after this on day three and four and five. and it's not going to pay dividends. it's going to

clyburn, john lewis and many of the voters in the south may also be of that generation. and they may have a reaction that it's not quite as shocking to them to see joe biden who came up through the 70s. this is sort of the era that they were all a part of. now, to younger voters perhaps this is something that is less familiar to them. and they did not grow up with it. there may be a bit of a calculation. is the democratic electorate going to look more like this older generation of voters or are there younger voters that respond to this as maybe as questioning what's in joe biden's heart necessarily but looking at him as sort of a product of an older era? that has always been one of the big concerns for the biden camp. when he gets on the stage with some of these younger candidates, is he going to look out of touch? this is -- this seems to be another sort of brick in that wall. but he may not be wrong if you think about who votes, it tends to be the older generations. we still see him holding onto that lead. the question is whether it's a ceiling instead of a floor. >> y

>> i would say on criminal justice reform and with vice president biden said, you had john lewis, james clyburn, all come out in support. you also had the majority of the black caucus vote for the crime bill in the early '90s. if we go back in history, the crime bill did lot of good things. i'm not saying there was lot of bad things. it reduced first-timers, it started the defensive woman's act. there was lot of things it brought to the forefront. >> martha: good to have you here. also coming up today, bernie sanders lays down a big marker ahead of the big debate going further than any of his opponents today unveiling a plan it erase all student debt for every american and make college free. here's how he said he will do it. >> our proposal which cost $2.2 trillion over ten years will be fully paid for by a tax on wall street speculation similar to what exist in dozens of countries around the world. the american people bailed out wall street, now it is time for wall street to come to the aid of the middle class of this country. >> martha: former education secretary bill bennett join me

civil rights hero, john lewis.both coming to his defense saying, hey, we had to work with people that we didn't agree with. they were people that were segregationalists. if we didn't work with them, we would have been working with other black politicians. this is part of the post civil rights era. and we actually are defending biden, we're coming to his defense. we know he is not a racist. so i think it's a step in the right direction for joe biden. but biden is doing the work he needs to do in south carolina to try to rebuild these fences. >> julie: he's got some strong backers. this was the second time in two weeks clyburn has come to biden's aid. what i want to know, what does it tell you about the loyalty among biden supporters, especially leading up to the presidential election, especially with him topping in the polls? >> i think that the people who are transfixed on beating president trump in the democratic party know that he is probably their best bet and that they are -- he does have a lot of loyalists. jo

registration card from 1867 and the noticeable thing about that was that was the last number of john lewis' family to vote until the work he did crossing that edmund pet is bridge and all the work and as john broke down in our caucus we can't help but think the h.r. 1, the protections we have put in for voting rights that are being held up in the senate and that that is the most important connection that we have to making sure that our democracy continues to thrive is to protect that vote for every single american. president trump has proposed cuts to medicaid and medicare, a direct contrast to what he promised the american people he would do as president of the united states. we have protected those programs and made investments in children nutrition programs, snap and health care assistance. republicans this month, this week tomorrow is the anniversary of the shootings in orlando and it's pride month. but republicans continue to stonewall our gun safety reform bills. house house democrats bills for the first time in way too long are table lift the dangerous ban on gun violence prevention

>> you know, ana, i was encouraged that congressman john lewis who is a personal hero and friend andas one of the great leaders of the american civil rights movement, followed up with exchanges between senator booker and former vice president biden saying he perfectly understands what it is the vice president was saying, that in the midst of the civil rights movement he worked across some of the vast differences that he was never willing to give up on anyone, even klansmen he was willing to make reconciliation with. i think biden has experience working with people, even people he really disagrees with. there's no doubt about his strong record on civil rights, the ways in which he successfully fought for reauthorization of bills like the voting rights act that john lewis fought so hard for. joe was just down in south carolina yesterday at jim clyburn's fish fry, had a chance to be there with two dozen other democratic candidates. as we head to the miami debates, my hope is we will focus more on laying out a positive, clear agenda for the country, than on endless back and forth over wh

identify connick congressman john lewis, in leading a sit-in here on this floor. we could not stand for another day of inaction. we stopped congress because congress had stopped working for the american people. now three years later within months of taking the majority we have passed two gun safety bills. while i am encouraged and proud of the work we have done here in the house, we see the same obstructionist game being played out in the senate. the two bills are stalled. and americans continue to die. 40,000 people a year die from gun violence in our country. every day 100 americans are killed with with guns and hundreds more are shot and injured. gun violence and mass shootings have gone from a rare event to public health crisis. just this week mass general hospital opened a gun violence prevention center to teach doctors how to deal with firearm safety in recognition of the public health risk that gun violence has become to americans. today i come before you standing and not sitting but still imploring with with with the senate to take a vote. perform your bas

among the group's organizers were student leaders john lewis and diane nash.ts knew the crucial importance of media coverage and were leaving nothing to chance. >> we knew that if one of us did not interpret what we were doing to the press, somebody would step in and try to do it and get it all wrong. and so i was elected to be the coordinator. >> there is this story when diane nash and these guys are on the freedom rides, seigenthaler, who worked for kennedy, said, "they plan to kill you when you go to mississippi." >> my father, he and diane nash had a conversation, he didn't want her to continue the freedom rides. he said, "you're gonna get somebody killed. you're gonna get somebody killed if you keep this up." and she said, "you don't understand, sir. we signed our last will and testament last night. we understand exactly what we're facing." >> in my capacity as coordinator several of the students who were about to get on the bus gave me sealed envelopes that i was to mail in the event of their death. their route would take them from virginia and the carol

john lewis, jim clyburn and others understanding or excusing it.younger people, white and black, having a lot of problems with it. >> well, i think that many of us that not are maybe as old as john lewis and them but not as young or others just don't understand why he just cannot say that i didn't intend that, but i apologize to those that were hurt, because it is very sensitive. to normalize and act like there's some kind of civil engagement with people that were advocating outright racist and bigoted views, you must remember even for younger people, people my age, our parents grew up with these people demanding they couldn't sit in the front of the bus or buy a cup of coffee. and to civilize or normalize that is painful. he says he didn't intend that. from the joe biden i got to know, i believe that. i quarrelled with him over the crime bill. i was opposed to it in the '90s but got to know him and felt he was not a racist. but you can't give comfort to racism and you've got to admit and own when you say something that may be insensitive to others

but georgia congressman and prominent civil rights figure john lewis came to his defense over the weekendhe remarks are insensitive, during the height of the civil rights movement, we worked with people and got to know people. there were members of the clan. people who opposed them. and people who beat us, arrested us, and jailed us. we never gave up on our fellow human beings. and i would not give up on any human being. >> melissa: and they are not giving up on attacking joe biden. >> dan: that is at the heart of this. and i can say from my background, serving in the government for several years, they are so much partisanship and what we would like to see as both parties reaching across the aisle. what if there were those of whom the democrats do not share in common, but they do agree with climate change. maybe they should work with people on that for example. i don't think that we will solve our problems we have not dealt with immigration reform since 1986. so, it is all about finding some shaded space in the political venn diagram to get stuff done. we elect the leaders to do that. and

at when john lewis sat down the lunch counters down in georgia, it was against the rules. however, he sat down anyway to make sure the country knew what we were doing. this man, beto o'rourke, put together an effort that led to make everyone know what we were doing. we stayed on that floor until 2:00 a.m. in the morning. and we saw him reestablish his party in state of texas, beto o'rourke. >> thank you. how's everybody feeling? buenos noches. i am so grateful for majority whip clyburn for his work, along with joe cunningham, to make sure the house of representatives closes the charlston loophole, that we make progress on ending gun violence in this country. but one of the things i am most grateful to you for, sir, is his work in the reconstruction era national monument and pen center, making sure that the full story of the united states of america is told to the people of the united states of america. because we know when everyone's story is included in our national story, it is only then we can right the wrongs and set this country in the right path. following the lead a

it's exactly what john lewis said.'ve got to deal with he was whoever is in the legislative body were part of get things done. you can't say you ideologically hated when he disagrees with you. then you will get anything done. look -- the vice president has got to do better, there's no question about that. but i believe he can and will. >> harris: so when you hear president trump and others on the other side of the political aisle from this candidate, joe biden, say -- you've heard the nickname, "sleepy joe biden." there were moments last night when he just wasn't quite keeping up with that moment. i know you said he needs to be better. is this a concern, that he's lost twice running for president? that you will put all of your eggs in that basket and the basket will break again? speak of the question is -- look at the field. the question is, is there another candidate who we think could do as well? remember, joe biden's views are not only in line with the majority of democratic voters, but they are also in line with in

john lewis and others are 15-years-older than me. i respect their approach.y respect mine, i respect younger people's approach. it's all about trying to get to the same place. i think that was what was striking to me is that the vice president, former vice president did not understand, as i was talking to him, the sensitivity of some of the words he said. i don't think his intention was bad. but his wording i think, he should have owned and apologized that that could have been very hurtful, certainly hurt people like me to hear the son/boy kind of statement. >> we are running short on time. i wanted to ask you about that that's a very interesting thing you said. do you think there is lasting damage to joe biden among black voters because of this? >> i think it's what he does with it from here. if he owns it, if he says i have been out here for decade, i may sometimes say things that are mistaken what i mean and if i did i apologize for any harm and moves on. i think the more he looks like he denies the sensitivity, he makes it something that could last longer

we just won't know and even though you have people like john lewis, congressman john lewis, saying thaty didn't think this was a problem, the black vote is not monolithic and we will have to see how this is going to play out with younger black voters who may want something a bit different. >> we have seen on the campaign trail over the last couple of years before it really kicked in that some african-american voters, democrats, are saying they felt they were taken for granted by the democratic party. >> absolutely. some voters will want something more bold and even though -- obviously biden is going to be talking a lot about former president obama and trying to tie himself as closely to him as possible, there is going to be a question, okay, yes, he was with obama but, okay, what happens going forward and is this the person that we really want to bring forward the policies that are going to help the black community when it comes to education, when it comes to the econanreally making a difference. you still see even with low black unemployment that this administration talks about a lot,

that we could pass today in a bipartisan way the safe act, save our federal elections, because john lewis said this on the press conference on the voting rights act which is a partner to this bill, it's a sacred right, the right to vote. any questions? reporter: madam speaker -- ms. pelosi: something new. -- ter: as you know [indiscernible] reporter: would you put the enate bill on the floor? ms. pelosi: i haven't been told by the administration that the president was predisposed by what we are proposing. what are they afraid of? i see that coming from mitch mcconnell and i just don't know why. we have respected the fact that the senate has passed their bill. we think they should respect the fact that we passed ours. if he sees things in the future, cooperation is a two-way street and when you are talking about the children, this is a very big priority for us. so we'll continue our conversation. without threats or present dicks but holding up this concern for children on the border and for children across america as a moral imperative. reporter: are you ruling outputting the senate bill o

john lewis and many others risked their lives. john lewis was beaten in the head margin for the voting rights of south alabama i think the witnesses for being here and look forward to their testimony and yielded to the opening statement the ranking member from louisiana mr. johnson. >> with sacrifices the blood and sweat and tears that were put in by all those other legends and patriots will not be forgotten while some have raised concerns regarding the 2013 decision in shelby county before was stricken down one part of voting rights act and i would like to quote again from parts of the decision because i think if we are going to talk about that decision today it serves us well to articulate with the supreme court actually said in the decision. in the majority decision the court laid out section four as follows and i'm just going to read the important excerpt. the framers of the constitution intended the states to keep for themselves as providing independent and the power to regulate elections but only do they maintain sovereignty

john lewis being an icon in the civil rights movement, those are all people people will listen to, iand your point, but joe biden was talking about not just segregationists, but they were calling for the mass murder for people of african-american descent. what we're talking about is whether or not joe biden can move past this. i think if i'm someone going on stage with joe biden, kamala harris or even marian williams, you're trying to remind people, look at what joe biden has been through in the first couple of weeks. is he someone who can continue on with this. as much as steve said he's not focussed on whether or not these issues are going to be retroactively looked at. as a reporter, i'm very much interested in whether or not other candidates are going to try to hold joe biden accountable. i heard from young african-americans, including people who are ferguson protesters and other people who were just very taken aback by the idea that joe biden would want to talk about a civil time of working with segregationists because the elephant in the room is that people were worried he was

. >> but then congressman john lewis vouched for biden. >> we worked with people that were members of the klan, people who opposed us. >> do the other candidates think he's a racist, probably not, are they trying to knock biden out the top? >> of course. they don't care, will someone bring up on debate stage next week, we will see. should i stop asking and answering my own questions? [cheers and applause] [applause] >> we are talking about this at the end, let's continue, do you feel any sympathy for joe? >> no. there's no reason to feel sympathy, he was telling something that actually happened. there was a time in this country that we had to work with certain individuals who prefer me serving drinks and not being on camera, that's a part of our history, ughy, or whatever, his whole point was he worked for common good and passed legislation to stop those types of beliefs because he had to work with them, find a way, so people who are legit joe crowe t-shirt rocking racist who are proud to stick it out, he can work with them. exact opposite of what he believes, joe has been a good dude

is john lewis because of the name. you to all of you for being here today. as technology continues to evolve and grow, the question of proper use for facial recognition in our society is becoming increasingly important. out are we how far from having facial recognition technology that is 100% accurate on photos of people in all demographics? i cannot speak to where the technologies that, but i will say based on how law-enforcement agencies using technology, it doesn't matter how good these algorithms get, if the images -- imagesality submitted are low-quality. >> other any cities that are deploying real-time face to surveillance?face >> we have seen chicago acquire it. they do not use the capability. about for.now a handful of other agencies in los angeles, west virginia have either purchased or piloted the technology as well. >> are there any federal agencies to your knowledge that utilize facetime -- real-time face surveillance -- surveillance? >> we know the cap the acquired for using amazon recognition which is the thing capability as orlando. faceh is t

he has been even goarlsd by john lewis, a civil rights legend.ling over himself. liz: he made another weird mistake. he said he would jail understand executives over the opioid crisis when it's the doctors doing the prescribing. >> there isn't anything illegal here. you may think opioid have been overprescribed. but i don't think anybody has broken the law. liz: i think people are already feeling exhausted. bernie sanders trying to attack corporate america on things like abortion. people are saying this is breathtakingly tedious. >> it started election night. this started the day after the election. app and the campaigns never end. it used to be they would end than would be time to govern. but yes, it is exhausting. liz: coming up, why you should run for your lives from bernie sanders and the other democrats. they have been saying yeah, what we have been warning you about for months, the mondale democrats will raise your taxes to pay for their big government policies. they want a massive tax on your 401ks and pensions. nobody is safe from bernie

and yet, it seems you look at what reverend al and what john lewis and what jim clyburn and a lot of heroes -- a lot of civil rights heroes said about him, they're fine with him. it looks like voters in the early states are fine with him. >> yeah, as i mentioned to you i was at the event a week or so ago when he made the now famous remarks and i thought he was on his game. as i said to you, ironically i think in a way trump lowered expectations. he's sending out all the tweets about sleepy joe and we went in with somewhat lower expectations and i think he delivered. he was crisp. he gave a stump speech. i don't think anyone walked out and said, wow, that's the greatest thing i ever heard and he was fine. then he had a couple of remarks in the middle which obviously blew up. as you said, what i'll call the black establishment for lack of a better word seems to have rallied around him and basically said -- even cory booker said the other day, when he was asked do you think joe biden is a racist? he said absolutely not. he said a couple of unfortunate things so i think he's playing his

. >> congressman john lewis an icon of the civil rights spoke out in defense of biden, citing his work with segregationists. >> i don't think it's offensive. during the height of the civil rights movement, we worked with people, we got to know people, there was members of the klan, people who opposed us, even people who beat us and arrested us and jailed us, we never gave up on our fellow human being. >> and since he began running for president four years ago, senator bernie sanders has had to defend his vote for a controversial 1994 crime bill saying the positive initiatives outweigh the negatives. as a result his support for the massive anti-crime package as not been scrutinized as much as other democratic candidates. an nbc review of his past statements shows sanders also backed some of the legislations key get tough on crime that he now says created a very broken system. according to his campaign, sanders cast a number of compromise votes, one in favor of including a 10 1/2 billion dollars grant for prison construction in an effort to strip out harsher language that expanded crimes

king and john lewis, their work was made possible by the experience of the second world war., '65, material prosperity was such. a lot of folks who looked like me were more willing than we had been in the segregation era to more generously apply that jeffersonian sentence that all men are created equal. the story is whoo at extent do apply that meaning. >> thank you so very much. > john has writen about dwight eisenhower. he planned and oversaw that operation. he became our 34th president. >> he could see the death of his own child. he came to the cemetery on d-day plus 20 years, walter koncrite, asked what did that do. they have given us a second chance. they gave us a second chance. it's up to us to make sure that we don't squander that chance. >> we're at a time when this is the first american president who is challenging the post-war institutions and our alliance with europe in many profound ways. >> i think it's at every stage of history it's always important to continue to talk to the american people about what's at stake, what others have done who came before them and

civil rights icon john lewis was on hand and he gave arf powe speech and so, too, u.s.ho worked to erect the monument and governor ralph northam there and there to share with the>elatives. > that's a big deal. >> he's a global humanitarian. >> and just the most graceful player when i was a little kid watching him on tj, just amazing. >> a real ground breaker. >> still looks murkyre out the. >> there's rain there and rain there, and that i pointingso uth. north is that way, by the way. how you what we're dealing with. rain out there and heavy rain as well. take a look at i-95, yeah, down around the fredericksburg area. it's always a mess, but when you add in rain and strong storms, look at that. you can see northbound on the right side of the screen, no problem therehb and soutnd, ooh, it's jt nasty out there right now. storms making its way through the area. light toin moderate rain through manassas and prince george's county and fairfax county and will williams county. no severe thunderstormin warn. one until 6:00. that's been cancelled now and some strong thunderstorm

here is georgia democrat congressman john lewis just a few hours ago. >> i don't think the remarks are -- keep his faith and keep his eyes on the prize and never ever give up. >> senator lindsey graham from south carolina and close friend of president donald trump also sticking up for biden. listen. >> he is a decent man. there is not a racist bone in my body. is he my friend. >> former v.p. biden will spend the next few days in south carolina meeting with african-american voters. he and booker will both be in miami for the first debate set for next week, harris? >> harris: it will be interesting to see if he doesn't settle this down before that first debate if it doesn't come up on that stable and how. david, good to see you thank you very much. >> thank you. >> harris: a cook county illinois judge appointing a special prosecutor to investigate the handling of the jussie smollett case by chicago's top prosecutor kim foxx. we were watching for this today. it has happened. her office, as you may remember, dropped all charges against the empire actor who was accuse accused of staging rac

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john lewis. he led a sitdown. we were told it was against the rule. when he sat down, down in georgia, it was against the rules. however, he said that he was. to make sure that the country knew what we were doing. this man put together an effort that led to everybody knowing what we're doing. people came from all over virginia and maryland. we stayed there until 2 am. we saw him reestablish this party in the state of texas. battle. >> how is everybody feeling? i am so grateful for his work along with joe cunningham to make sure the house of representatives close the loophole. that we make progress on ending gun violence in this country. one of the things i am most grateful to you for his his work on the reconstruction era of national monuments. making sure that the full story of the united states of america was told to the people of the united states of america. we know that when everyone stories included in our national story, it is only then that we can right the wrongs and set this country on the right path. following the lead and inspiration, we h

their issue is that we have a -- bill that will address john lewis, we have legislation that will go to the president's desk. some of these other issues. but, some of them make a big difference in the lives of the american people. youerms of mitch mcconnell, have to ask him the questions, why would he not want to have gun violence protection with a background check? agreed-upon inst the public mind. it has tremendous support. -- wee will be working don't separate things out so much as the break or this or try to forust several pass all of our bills so by september 30, government will be open. that is our must do. where hoping to have bipartisanship -- we are hoping to have bipartisanship on election security as well. >> julie from the new york times? in the category of bipartisanship, this year, the administration has been making positive, confident noises about the possibility that they will be able to persuade a large number of house democrats to support the agreement and legislation to implement it, what is your sense of the prospect for that? ambassador lighthizer was very couple

when asked about the comments, congressman and icon john lewis forcefully defended joe biden. >> i don'the remarks are offensive. during the height of the civil action movement, we worked with people and got to know people. there was members of the klan, people who opposed us, even people who beat us, arrested us and jailed us. we never gave up on our fellow human being. and i would not give up on any human being. >> well, stay with us, because as the 2020 hopefuls make their case in south carolina to voters there, we're going to break down the headlines and catch up with the major contenders throughout the day. >>> also coming up, in less than 24 hours, i.c.e. will begin arresting and deporting hundreds of undocumented immigrants in 10 major cities. 2. unlimited data. use as much as you want, when you want. 3. no surprises on your bill. taxes and fees included. still think you have a better deal? bring in your discount, and we'll match it. that's right. t-mobile will match your discount. over the last 24 hours, you finished preparing him for college. in 24 hours, you'll send him off thi

you had john lewis today, you've had clyburn, you've had greg meeks was on the show last night, seniort with biden. he's got to think about what he says. those are the old-timers though. the young guns are saying you don't know how to talk, biden. you talk about stuff we don't want to talk about that way anymore. you're not with it. how big a deal to you? >> i don't think it's a big deal at all. we're so far out from the election day or even the nomination of a democrat. but right now he's way at the top of the polls and this is par for the course. this is what they do. try to take down the leader. and they'll be doing that until it gets a little even and then they go after it. it's unfortunate because we got a real cancer over there in the white house and we got to stick together and not knock each other down over this stuff. i know this is part of what you do in the leadup to a nomination, but it's unfortunate. i don't think this is going to play at all. >> why biden is the best choice for you? >> for me, we have been destabilized. we have the single-worse president that has ever bee

collected data for the report and helping out also with the finished product, and our other colleagues john lewis, andrew, who gave insight. outside of the realm of the program on a stream is him, a number of external experts provided insightful edits on the rest of the report, which we are grateful for and also thankful for the scholarly technology group and the gelman library at basty well as clarissa helping out with the data analysis tool in the final design. i will be presenting the background behind this report and the project behind it as well as some of the major findings. then i will turn the floor over to my wonderful co-author, helen powell to present some of the case studies we did, as well as some of the recommendations and conclusions. folks that areor less familiar with telegram, it's an online instant messenger. if you have used whatsapp or signal, is very similar. there are three major differences important in looking at why terrorist groups and the islamic state make use of it. the first is there are a variety of communications options. everything from one-to-one secret chats an

charles: john lewis, legend in the civil rights movement, you know saying hey he has biden's back.ng he has biden's back. >> right. charles: does this put pressure on booker and kamala harris to back off? >> didn't hold back. they should hold his feet to the fire. they think he is the best chance to beat trump. he is attached to popular president. talking about president barack obama. people think that he is going to be the guy. they're picking favorites just like they did with hillary clinton. the thing is, this is the kind of tactics that will backfire. they have seen it already with hillary clinton. charles: we just got started. feels like, they have been doing kid gloves are getting a lot tougher right now. before the primaries started we were told democratic party is leaning young, towards women, towards black, towards hispanics, well the polls came out, the same people at top. >> of course. it's a lot of talk with no action. something i talked about far before i worked for senator sanders. we're saying all women yet senator sanders talked about elizabeth warren surging in the

turned the tide in south carolina and you started to see a major shift when superdelegates like john lewisheir support to barack obama. so i wonder if some of the support that biden is getting is institutional, is some of that, and then as the debates go on, as the candidates start to promote a stronger economic message for african-americans, particularly in criminal justice reform, that you may start to see a little more of a shift. >> the debate upcoming, rick tyler, again, look at the numbers on the screen here, it will be interesting to see how they address these very issues when it comes to economic issues related to this study. >> yeah, i think in the debates you're absolutely going to see that, in both the first and second debates, you'll see policies that will perk up the ears of african-americans, that will be directed toward them. again, particularly, you know, in south carolina, the african-american vote is so huge, such a big permission that it will be crucial. and those first three states really count. remember, iowa doesn't have much of an african-american voter base to speak

divide in south carolina over the weekend where the civil rights leaders from the movement itself, john lewis, jim clyburn were certainly excusing, forgiving and understanding of it, younger african americans and white activists very upset by his comments, by the example that he used to talk about jim eastland from mississippi, a mississippi democrat who was a supporter of violence and, you know, not only segregation but violent action and deprivation against african-americans, but he's at least holding in this poll, the weekend morning consult poll. >> i think that reflects voters are holding their powder dry. we have this debate come up. there are a series of other debates. i think voters are showing a streak of pragmatism, focussing on the fact that they want somebody who can beat donald trump. big picture, i think that generational divide that you pointed out, andrea is important. the generation divide between a biden and buttigieg is being reflected in the electorate, between younger african-american voters and older african-american voters. it's interesting how the candidates are reflec

you had john lewis coming out to defend joe biden, james clyburn coming out to defend him, and joe biden was able to dig into his background, his 30 years in the swamp, and say, "that's not who i am, it's a false allegation. you can't just throw it out there as something to attack now because running into a primary together." so the allegations they've been donald trump, they will see if they were given democratic primary. >> melissa: in the meantime, the president rattles back. in an interview, saying the rest of the group will fire back with how much free stuff they can give away, basically. listen to this. >> i guess it's a big race to who can give away the most and who can raise taxes the most. one of the big things i see -- i give the biggest tax cut in the history of our country. one of their big things is to eliminate the tax cut and raise everybody's taxes. i said, "i don't think that's going to play too well." >> melissa: chris, it comes down to dollars a lot. it seems like these democratic candidates, "i'm going to give away free school, i'm going to give away medicare for all,

he could have said look i am endorsed by john lewis and another about other people who know my recordn now is going to be kamala harris is trying to gain steam with voters including african-american voters who are supporting joe biden. now, whether they will buy her idea that he has a bad history on race because of the bussing issue is really what we will have to see when it comes to the polls. >> shannon: yeah, i mean, he has a long record plus or minus candidates but hear something a lot of old interviews and statements to be clarified. something where there was clarity tonight this issue all asked to raise their hand if they supported government funded health care coverage for people who are in the country illegally. everyone raised their hands. were you surprised at all, david? >> david: i was surprised that biden didn't raise his hand as well. he has saved off the push to the left that you see bernie sanders and elizabeth warren over the last two nights. they have been moving on. but i think it shows the rest of the party, the progressives and where the energy, i think biden is f

you had john lewis today, you've had clyburn, you've had greg meeks was on the show last night, seniory i'm all right with biden. he's got to think about what he says but we also have to look at what he does. those are the old-timers though. the young guns are saying you don't know how to talk, biden. you talk about stuff we don't want to talk about that way anymore. you're not with it. how big a deal to you? >> i don't think it's a big deal at all. we're so far out from the election day or even the nomination of a democrat. but right now he's way at the top of the polls and this is par for the course. this is what they do. try to take down the leader. and they'll be doing that until it gets a little even and then they go after it. it's unfortunate because we got a real cancer over there in the white house and we got to stick together and not knock each other down over this stuff. i know this is part of what you do in the leadup to a nomination, but it's unfortunate. i don't think this is going to play at all. >> why biden is the best choice for you? >> for me, we have been destabilize