welcomee representative marcia fudge. [applause] ♪ fudge: thank you very much. i love eddie bernice johnson. i love every member of the congressional black caucus and i and them for their encouragement and their friendship. this award is special for many amongs, but just a few them is that it is really special to be honored by your peers and your colleagues. it is special because i have had the opportunity to be blessed to know barbara jordan. through our sorority we sat on the delta board together. [applause] she was one of my idols. as a young lawyer i aspire to be barbara jordan. she was smart, she was passionate, she was dedicated, and she was the real deal. enough for theou confidence you have placed in me. and thank you cbc, i love you all. [applause] [applause] president obama: hello, cbc. you for the great work you are doing and that kind introduction. i love you too. i want to thank the cbc foundation, chairman butterfield. members of the congressional black caucus. and the whole cbc family. it is always good to be with the conscience of congress. i als

representative marcia fudge is an activist and compassionate leader.d the people of ohio for more than two decades. asa member of congress and the first black and female mayor . her mission has always been to improve the lives of her community. she is unwavering in her commitment in improving the public school systems in ohio and across the country. she works to provide quality schools in every community. as a ranking member in the house subcommittee of early child elementary and secondary education, she fostered equitable is to be she and of academic resources. as an advocate for providing all children access to fresh food through the farm to school act that is strengthening our child nutrition program. she has won the respect of president barack obama for being a strident advocate for voter protection and continuing the fight to prevent -- to preserve health care and medicaid. nowesentative fudge is aaveling the nation to give voice to communities of color and to get them to vote in this upcoming election. in july, she was elected by hillary clinton

congresswoman marcia fudge is the grand marshal. hillary clinton and tim kaine will speak at luke easter park at 2 this afternoon.ongresswomar thank you very much stacey freyr reporting from the newsroom this morning. appreciated we'll check back in ciith yo.hm it's been a driver's nightmare for years. and now, we are one step closere to finally entering the homeallr stretch of construction on the innerbelt bridge. good news for a lot of folks. we checked with odot and theyh y say everything is moving along as planned. the only thing is, they won't give us a specific date on when the project will be complete. they'll just say this fall. but they assure us it'll be worth the wait. give project wp the bridge only had a few lanes in each direction once we open it and will be five lanes in in each direction.ion. traffic will flow better and flow more efficiently andaf it t will be safer for everyone. contractors say this gravel road underneath the innerbelt will be transformed into a new accessun point for tremont terrace, which we'll b

marcia. the form ill jo fudge at the annual labor day parade. tim kaine will be by her side. y it's been a while since we've seen mrs. clinton on the. clint campaign trail.on on th she's been fundraising and prepping for the upcoming debates. the first one is three weeksks campaign tfund prepping away. the 11th congressional district parade is one of the longeste oe standing traditions in the city an opportunity for democratic candidates to connect with cleveland's african americanst in the for democrati community.ty. this is the final stretch of the presidential campaign. and according to the latest finh presiden polls, donald trump is cuttingdi into clinton's lead. she arrives in cleveland amid continued fallout from the fbi's email investigation.ttingg into cli amid both candidate's running mates took to the sunday talk shows to go on the attack.atatgo on tat we've got a candidate in donald trump who won't release his tax returns to the public after he promised to do so.ck've got a cd and talk about nationalt natiol security, he has openly encouraged russia to engage inae

. >> ho she will attend the 11th district parade sponsored by marcia fudge, who chaired the democratic national convention expected to talk to a rally at luke easter park. >> if you do not see them you did hear them as the blue angel practice todayr about the city had learned this year's air sho and roosevelt leftwich top of those who fly them and those wh keep them flying. >> d is perhaps the coast a job in the world,, that in the blue angels it is the coolest day job that to get in the air it is about hard wor and part of a team. >> t it's a really cool experie was not about just the flyinga the opportunity to represent something larger than ourselves. >> the blue angels are one of that alwaysl recision flying team's in the world, those who make it seem have been flying for ten years and have more tha 1200 flight hours but even still, selected team they had t be than excellent. the taesha benson says throwing the crowd is the ultimate goalwi especial the formation is most proud of. >> ione of the closest that we are proud of is the diamond 360 it takes a lot of hard work we work in t

the former secretary of state will join her friend and former colleague marcia fudge at the 45th annual 11th congressional district labor day parade. mrs. clinton is bringing her running mate along with her. virginia senator tim game will also be at that parade meeting with voters at tomorrow afternoon. again, the 45th annual 11th congressional district labor day parade stepping up tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. at the corner of kinsman and east 146 street. went to congresswoman fudge is the only clinton and timken will meet with at the post. festival at leeds easter park on martin luther king jr. beautiful this labor day weekend blowback. while the trend continued into monday? the actual holiday? >> i will give you the answer right now. absolutely. it's going to be fabulous once again tomorrow. temperatures warming up again. you notice an increase in humidity. you will need your sunglasses though. this breakthrough scabbard you're going to see it once again tomorr no notice by 5:00 p.m. getting a little bit sticky. dewpoint temperatures will be increasing at that. , but not so that it'

. >> and i want to thank congresswoman marcia fudge for hosting us.ughing]. >> as you can see the pollen levels on that day were extremely high. they were low to moderate. they were nothing to sneeze about. andrew dared to report on clinton's coughing fits and was ridiculed about it. clinton's traveling press secretary wrote, dear andrew, get a life. thanks, nick. jonathon insisting the story ain't news. others taunted the reporter telling him to, quote, delete your career. clinton who hasn't held a news conference since december finally took questions from reporters on her plane. the reporters pounced at the opportunity. >> how was your labor day weekend? >> are you ready? >> do you have a labor day message? >> let's see how she handles the tougher questions like a new cnn poll where trump is ahead of her . >> i've never been on it. >> what do you think of the cnn poll? >> we'll come back. we'll come back. we're saying good morning. >> we'll come back. perfect. nice press conference. >> what do you think, sam? >> she'll come back. she is still back t

i want to thank congresswoman marcia fudge for hosting us. [coughing] [chanting "hillary!"] ms. i think about trump, i get allergic. [applause] ms. clinton: boy, we have 63 days to go. [chanting] >> 63 days. ms. clinton: [coughing] well, thank you. [coughing] ms. clinton: you just heard the next vice president, didn't you? in addition to thanking marsha, we also thank great senators. excuse me. also two other great members of congress. tim ryan and joyce beatty. [applause] ms. clinton: and your mayor, jackson. and i hope, i hope that ohio will send ted strickland to the senate. now behind me, are some of great labor leaders of our country, saunders,garten, lee rich trumka. i'm proud to be on the same stage with them. they are always fighting for working families. once i get over my allergic reaction, let me say we are here in part because we know how important this election is to ohio. it is not just, as tim said, that ohio is one of those battleground states you hear about every four years, it is that ohio represents everything that is great again -- about america and all the c

the former secretary of state will j colleague, congresswomann marcia fudge at the 45th annual 11th congressional district labor day parade. and mrs. clinton is bringing her running mate along with her. virginia senator tim kaine will also be at the parade come a meeting with voters at luke easter park on monday afternoon. the 45th annualr 11th congressional district labor day paris eight step stuff monday fudge is a grand marshall. and hillary clinton and tim kaine will meet with voters of the post parade festival at luke easterat park on martin luther king junior boulevard. one candidate who will not be attending the parade is green partye presidential candidate doctor joel stein. it seems she has been having some trouble navigating ohio. doctor stein had a rally at temple university friday, but that rally had to be delayed for two hours accidentally flew to cincinnati instead of columbus. stein had another rally in cuyahoga falls last night. it's a busy weekend all along the north coast. jampacked with plenty of spectacularja labor day events. fox 8 suzanne strafford runs down the list of plac

. >> i want to thank congresswoman marcia fudge for hosting us. [ coughing ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: she's having a pretty hard time, but if you keep watching, i think i might see what the problem is. watch -- keep watching. [ coughing ] [ laughter ] >> jimmy: there you go. that's what it -- [ applaus she's vaping during her speech. >> steve: during the speech? >> jimmy: during the speech, she's vaping. >> steve: that seems inappropriate! >> jimmy: you've got to get millennials. you got to get millennials on your side. >> steve: gotta get 'em on board. >> jimmy: meanwhile, hillary's running mate, tim kane posted a a photo on twitter of him and joe biden posing with sunglasses on and wrote, "stronger together." [ light laughter ] it turns out biden posted that same photo to his twitter account, and he wrote, "about the shut down the bar at applebees. [ laughter and applause ] happy birthday to new jersey governor, chris christie. that's right. >> steve: yeah! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's right. it was the first birthday party where someone jumped into the cake instead of out of

johnson will present the barbara johnson fudge.o representative please welcome, representative marcia fudge. ♪ >> thank you very, very much. i am eddiet say that bernice johnson. she has always been there for me since i have been a member of the house of representatives. for theirnk them encouragement, support, and friendship. this award is special for many reasons. among them, it is special to be honored by your colleagues. [applause] it is special because i have had the opportunity to know barbara jordan. we sat on the delta board together. she was one of my idols. aspired tolawyer, i spidere be barbara jordan. she was smart, passionate, dedicated, a real deal. i can't thank you enough for the confidence you have placed in me. god bless you. i love you all. [applause] >> what an amazing evening this is. every single person on the stage. theknow, i have had pleasure of coming to the united states on and off for the past eight years. i remember the first time i came to the u.s. i was stunned by how similar the stories were between south africa and america, stories of stories of virtue, stor

. >> all right, congresswoman marcia fudge. >>> for the first time in its 126-year history, the arizona republic endorses a democrat for president. this is on the heels of the dallas morning news also breaking a trend. solid red states going for hillary. at least their papers. and later donald trump repeats his calls for the return of the controversial stop and frisk police tactic. he says he would use it just in chicago to reduce crime. coming up, i'll get new reaction live from the new york young man who brought this case to court. where it was ruled unconstitutional. wait until you hear what he has to say. we're back after a break. ♪ tomorrow's the day we'll play something besides video games. every day is a gift especially for people with heart failure. but today there's entresto®- a breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto® was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not

because of friends and colleagues like donna brazile, reverend leah daughtry and congresswoman marcia fudgeack women who ran the democratic national convention in july. it was a great four days and it goes to show that black women deserve more than a seat at the table. it's past time you had a fair chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you, who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and beauty salons and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together and as i said yesterday, in north carolina, i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i have the great honor of being elected, i will be focused on opportunities for kids and fairness for families. the american people deserve something to vote for, not just against, and together, we will make this a f

trumka, the president of the afl-cio, many others, and congressional district of congresswoman marcia fudge, a lot of african-americans, sort of hillary clinton's sweet spot as she campaigns and enters what we could call the home stretch of this presidential campaign. brooke, back to you. >> we are keeping a close eye on your event in cleveland. joe johns thank you. hillary clinton is adding reporters to her plane. donald trump allowed reporters on board his today. yes, he has done it before, today he says he was not aware that clinton was now traveling with press on her plane. he talked about the presidential debates which are three weeks away. here he was. >> i know it's logistically challenging at times but the past nominees have done that. >> it's different because of the way it's set up. it's not set up with seats, it's set up with -- it's a little bit different. kellyanne, i have no problem with that, with letting some of the folks travel. are you okay? >> we're talking about on a regular basis? >> i don't have a problem. i don't have a problem with it. she might have. it never would

i'm here because of friend and colleagues like donna brazile, and congresswoman marcia fudge.hree democratic women who ran the convention in july. it was a great four days. it's past time you had a chance to run the meeting. and let's be clear. i would not be the democratic nominee for the president of the united states were it not for black women like all of you who made noise at the polls this year in support of our campaign, who did surrogate events, went to barber shops and bitey a lobs and cafes, got on local radio and local tv to make the case. we have come far together. as i said yesterday in north carolina. i'm going to close my campaign the way i began my career all those years ago at the children's defense fund. and the way that i will serve as your president should i have the great honor of being elected, i will be focused on opportunities for kids and fairness for families. the american people deserve something to vote for, not just against. and together [applause] -- together we'll make this a freer, strong and fairer nation. we'll fight for the parents struggling

congresswoman marcia fudge from the 11th congressional district of my state. from promise to progress, mr. speaker, has given us the first black woman elected to congress from alabama and the only democrat in alabama's seven-member congressional delegation. thule. congresswoman her first piece of legislation recognized the four little girls who tragically lost their lives in the bombing of the 16th street baptist church. mr. speaker, i hope you can see why it's why it is important for us to be here and talk about the many promises and of greater importance, the progress that we have made. we are one of the largest member organizations in the united states house of representatives. making up 23% of the house, democratic caucus and 10% of the entire united states house of representatives. mr. speaker, when i think of where the congressional plaque caucus is today, i think of the shoulders that we stand on. 51 years later, i think of bloody sunday, where on march 7, 1965, some 600 peaceful participants in a voting rights march from selma, alabama, to the state ca

representative marcia fudge. [ cheers ] robert smith. the mother emanuel family.lblazer award recipient, my friend, a champion for change, secretary hillary clinton. there's an extra spring in my step tonight. i don't know about you guys, but i am so relieved that the whole birther thing is over. [ laughter ] i mean, isil, north korea, poverty, climate change. none of those things weighed on my mind like the validity of my birth certificate. and to think that with just 124 days to go, under the wire, we got that resolved. i mean, that's a boost for me in the home stretch. in other breaking news the world is round, not flat. [ laughter ] lo lord. this is of course my last cbc dinner as president. next time i show up i have to buy a ticket. [ laughter ] now, don't get me wrong, though. we've still got so much work to do. and we are sprinting all the way through the tape. but the days are winding down. i've noticed that whenever michelle and i travel around the country folks come up and they say oh, we're so sad to see you go. and i really appreciate that. and michel

folks like kevin cramer of north dakota, marcia fudge of ohio, brad ashford of nebraska. mia love of utah, alma adams of north carolina, gwen graham of florida. now pete sessions, house rules committee chairman are all on the bill. a fine word from you would be very, very helpful. i will ask my assistant, would you take those to them right now, tanner, so you can have those. all i'm asking, not asking you to use a blunt instrument. i'm asking you to use your golden voice and if you speak and say a kind word it will help us get these bills passed. not only will the african-american thank you, but all of america, white people and everybody. we all know the young black men highest unemployment rate of 18 to 39. are also child-producing ages. a this helps us to deal with the family breakdown structure. now we thank you for that. madam secretary, i want to ask you one other thing.re you have an opportunity to do something very significantsk because i understand that your fed regional bank president in my hometown of atlanta, dennis lockhart, is retiring. we never had an africa