so please welcome keith ellison. [applause] >> thanks a lot. roger, thank you. thank you to my dear friend bob, wherever he is. thank you to everyone who made this thing come off. thank you for being here today. we say to folks all the time, you've got to speak truth to power. we say that, right? but you know, i think the power already knows the truth. [laughter] think about it. do you think pete peterson is unaware that if a privatized social security that wall street is going to make a lot of money? do you think the multinationals are unaware that if the transpacific partnership gets past along that it will make -- give them a chance to make a lot of money and disemploy a bunch of workers? think they don't know that? the power knows that if we slash and burn the budget, the supports americans depend upon to get to a better economic situation will not be there, and people will be left on their own to fend for themselves and work for any pay these people care to offer. and, so what if there are a huge ocean of excess workers out there looking for opportunity? th

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so please welcome keith ellison. [applause] lot.anks a roger, thank you. thank oyou to my dear friend bo, wherever he is. thank you to everyone who made this thing come off. thank you for being here today. we say to folks all the time, you've got to speak truth to power. we say that, right? but you know, i think the power already knows the truth. [laughter] think about it. do you think pete peterson is unaware that if a privatized social security that wall street is going to make a lot of money? do you think the multinationals are unaware that if the transpacific partnership gets past along that it will make -- give them a chance to make a lot of money and disemploy a bunch of workers? think they don't know that? the power knows that if we slash and burn the budget, the supports americans depend upon to get to a better economic situation will not be there, and people will be left on their own to fend for themselves and work for any pay these people care to offer. are a huget if there ocean of excess workers out there looking for opportunity? that just mean

for more let me bring in minnesota congressman, keith ellison. congressman, this is a movement, evolving into a movement. >> absolutely. >> what happens going to happen here, what do you think? >> well what i think is the workers are going to keep fighting until they get a fair wage and a voice on the job. they have a right to organize a union, and as everybody knows, unionized workers make more money than workers who are not in the union. >> can the corporations afford $15 an hour? can -- is this too much to ask -- >> absolutely. absolutely. if the ceo's making 1,000 times more than the workers, i think the ceo can -- he can go down to 400 more times the worker, don't you think? in 1980 the average ceo made 42 times the average worker. i think we should have legislation in congress which limits the amount of money that a ceo can make above that of the average worker. because the truth is if we don't have some kind of legislation like that, you will will see people who are reaping dramatic benefits, 1,000 times for than the average work and the w

peggy noonan of "the wall street journal," and keith ellison. was this a shrewd move by karl rove? or did he overstep? >> i don't think it was a particularly shrewd move. we'll see how secretary clinton's health is. she'll be out campaigning. i imagine she will be fine. people can see for themselves. there's no reason for karl rove to speculate about it. >> one of the reasons we saw, jennifer granholm, the clinton camp hit back hard. the most extensive statement we've seen from secretary clinton's staff, responding to any kind of a charge. but she will have to address these health questions eventually, correct? >> well, every candidate has to put out their health records, et cetera. i'm sure, for whoever is running, that will be the case. but this was such a bunch of nonsense. and really, i think it demonstrates how utterly afraid they are of her. and i think for her, when she makes her decision, she will only be elevated by the nonsense that's happening on the other side. >> i think one of the reasons this happens, though, keith ellison, and jerry brown talked about it. he talks a

then, keith ellison and others at the new populism conference. after that, a conversation

congressman keith ellison and congresswoman barbara lee, among others, who have come and gone in the course of the debate. we have called the congressional black caucus the conscience of the congress helping to rally our nation to the cause of these abducted girls and address the broader threat to women and girls around the girl. associate myself with the comments that have been addressed on the floor, trafficking of children that passed earlier. congresswoman sheila jackson lee was part of that. i rise today in support of the resolution introduced by congresswoman wilson and to stand in solidarity with the young nigeriaian girls who are still being held in captivity by the boko haram. their kidnapping is outside the circle of human behavior and it is a crime that cries out for justice. nor is the first time that boko haram have attacked young nigeriaian students. they have murdered dozens of young boys, shooting and burning them, more than 50 of them to death in their boarding school. this is an afront to the human rights of men, women and children everywhere. it is important to not

so please welcome keith ellison. [applause] >> thanks a lot. thank you. thank my dear friend wherever he is, really working hard somewhere. also as a a pool who has put in all lot of hard work and thank you to everyone he made this thing come off. it is often said, you have to speak truth to power. we say that, right? and we admire people who do that you know, i think the power already knows the truth. [laughter] think about it. do you think there are no where that if they privatize social security that wall street will make a lot of money? he think he don't know that? you think the multinationals are unaware that if the trans-pacific partnership is passed into law that it is going to give them a chance to make all lot of money and disemployed a bunch of workers? i mean, the power knows that if we slash and burn the budget that the support that americans depend upon to get into a better economic situation will be there, and people will be left on the rhone to fend for themselves and to work for a pay that these people care to offer. so what if there are o

here in the house, the representative from minnesota, great man with great vision, representative keith ellison from minnesota. mr. ellison: let me thank you, congressman horsford, and thank you for leading this special order on brown vs. board of education. i think it could be safely argued that there's really no more important supreme court decision in the history of the united states. i believe it is the most important decision and the reason why is that our country was founded on the idea that all men were created equal and endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 243 t for so many years, years, men and women were held in bondage in this nation dedicated to freedom. american slavery, racism and discrimination stands as an indictment and as evidence of the insincerity of that fundamental promise of america. and then for another 100 years after slavery ended, for black people to exist in the state of jim crow's sboord nation, -- sbord nation, is further evidence that those original words were really not intended and not s

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more cently keith ellison participating in peter king's muslim thing here. he kind of skploesed the flimsiness of it. democrats are confident there's so much evidence here it's being lost in the fog. if it comes out, it would correct a bit of a narrative. >> do you think they're going to join the committee ultimately? >> i remember talking to james clapper on wednesday. whenever i see that kind of movement, i assume -- >> well, i want to pick this up. look. the republicans have the majority in the house right now. we know that. they'll have the majority of the seats on this committee, no matter what. they eat'll probably have the majority of the seat after this election. if they decide to do with this what they did with lewinsky in 1998 and take it to impeachment, they kchlt and i want to ask if there is and the wheels start turning, is there anything that will stop them. we'll come back. get lifelock protection and live life free. for $175 dollars a month? so our business can be on at&t's network yup. all five of you for $175. our clients need a lot of atte

will have sherrod brown the extraordinary populous senator from ohio who will have leaders from keith ellison to maya rockeymoore to reverend barber who's been leading the moral monday movement in north carolina it's going to be quite a gathering and it will be the kind of movers and shakers the activists and the organizers of what we believe is going to be a growing movement in america as people really start to reclaim their democracy and refused to allow this entrenched inequality to continue in a funny thought just occurred to me when alec gets together or when the billionaire koch brothers get together invite all the billionaire buddies to get together and plan political activities. americans try to infiltrate to find out what's going on and it you know if if it does leak out it becomes news you know mitt romney talking about the forty seven percent. it doesn't seem like anybody would want to try to infiltrate a conference on populism they want to attend but also have to it's going to be streamed live. on video you can go to our web site at our future dot org and watch the entire we have

congressman keith ellison and congresswoman barbara lee, among others, who have come and gone in the course of the debate. we have called the congressional black caucus the conscience of the congress helping to rally our nation to the cause of these abducted girls and address the broader threat to women and girls around the girl. associate myself with the comments that have been addressed on the floor, trafficking of children that passed earlier. congresswoman sheila jackson lee was part of that. i rise today in support of the resolution introduced by congresswoman wilson and to stand in solidarity with the young nigeriaian girls who are still being held in captivity by the boko haram. their kidnapping is outside the circle of human behavior and it is a crime that cries out for justice. nor is the first time that boko haram have attacked young nigeriaian students. they have murdered dozens of young boys, shooting and burning them, more than 50 of them to death in their boarding school. this is an afront to the human rights of men, women and children everywhere. it is important to not

keith ellison said: also, a user named gamon says: . >> but there has also been some backlash to the yes s a allwomen hash tag, tony. hash tag, tony. some men. >>> coming up on al jazeera america, a huge mud slide in a remote part of colorado, the search is on for three missing people. once ukraine puts its new government in place, it will have to deal with russia and the natural gas issues. >> that's the subject of tonight's inside story. ray suarez is here. >> russia sells more gas to europe than any place else. the lines run through ukraine. now,sh russia has a new huge customer: china, a 30-yield, $400 billion deal. we are looking at the economics and geo politics of this new alliance and what it means for the business of energy in asia, europe and the united states. join us at the top of the hour for "inside story." real reporting that brings you the world. >> this is a pretty dangerous trip. >> security in beirut is tight. >> more reporters. >> they don't have the resources to take the fight to al shabaab. >> more bureaus, more stories. >> this is where the typhoon came ashore.