i'm running as mike espy, someone who reverend knows who has already served the people of mississippin. when i ran in 1986, i received 80% of the black white and when i left there after three full terms, elected to my fourth term, i got 95% of the black vote and 40% of the white vote. so they know that. they know that i'll serve them, veterans issues or social security issues. it doesn't matter. if you're black or white. if you need help, i'm going to serve you. and they remember me. >> now, i preached that your alma mater, howard university in washington, this morning. >> yes. >> and one of the things that is a real issue in mississippi is education. and the lack of real investment in education by the government and its been tolerated for decades there. what are the real central issues of the epsy campaign? >> it's a real problem. i hear it everywhere. i go to ole miss and mississippi state and all the students say the same thing. number one, they're just overcome with student debt. so when they graduate from all these great institutions, they got one foot in the ditch because they h

mike espy's plan to be your next senator is simple.counts in his felony indictment or his 15 kconvictions and 11 million n fines. >> left out was you were acquitted. are you worried that it hurt? >> if i wasn't a threat, they wouldn't be doing that. that's old news. i don't listen to that noise. i was exonerated completely and every one knows that. that's what they leave out. i'm really concentrating making sure that prescription drug costs are lowered. we had news another mississippi rural hospital is closing due to bankruptcy. our leadership in mississippi did not take the medicaid funds that every state had been offered. we're talking about rural health care. that's what i'm doing. that old stuff is over. mississippi knows it's old news. >> health care a huge issue in the mid terms. you mentioned secretary that you have come closer in the polls to cindy hyde-smith. i think both campaigns raised more than a million dollars. how much does that matter. how focused are you on the money. is it the momentum? the message? >> all three go t

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mike espy looks as though he is strongly in the running for one of the top two spots.would happen in the follow-up election given that the republican running in the race does not already have a majority of the vote. nbc's cal perry has just returned from talking to mr. espy, and cal perry joins us now. what did you find out in mississippi? >> the road to victory and the margin to victory might lie in turning out that african-american vote. but for mike espy in mississippi, it's all playing out on hallowed ground. >> everybody, including you. >> reporter: there is something going on around the country. some say it's a blue wave. is mississippi going to continue that or does it stop in mississippi? you have an uphill climb. >> it's an uphill climb, but i've climbed uphill before. >> espy is the first black since reconstruction to win a vote in mississippi. >> i am humbled to be asked to serve this nation. >> reporter: where is mississippi going? >> on fair street during the jim crow era was the black mecca of mississippi. it's fallen a little bit in disrepair, and i'm gl

the latest poll has cindy hide smith at 38, mike espy at 29, chris mcdaniel at 15.ographics of the state that you come from, 37% african-american population, the highest percentage of any state in the country. if there is turnout in this state mike espy has a chance. >> he said he has a steep hill to climb but he has climbed hills before. there is a wonderful line that we have to do the impossible and we have a history of doing the impossible. you know, i come from a state that its soil is soaked in blood, you know, there's fannie lu namer, i'm thinking about all of those unsung heroes and heroines that made me possible. this election is more than just about mike espy, it's about our democracy and, you know, we've been in so many ways clarion call for it. so we will see if we turn out. if black folk turn out in the united states across these districts we can change the direction of the country and as always mississippi is a metaphor for america. we will see. we will see. >> well, i will tell you what, john meacham, black voters certainly showed up in alabama last ye

hopefully people will do the right thing and vote for mike espy.t on women on gender to understand the issue. thank god for murkowski's compassion. because of her own experience unfortunately. this situation says to me if we're going to be looking for leaders in jurisprudence as you put it. to really ensure that they are protecting what case law said, they are going forward and making sure we are great. again. we need to ensure this process is one that puts partisan ship aside and getting the best possible person on the bench. he had issues before this me too situation. >> good luck gl. >> lying before then. that's the process. >> it's a sham that happened long before kavanaugh. you had problems with the left and right. murkowski and collins came to opposite determinations with the same basic understanding of the process. it stinks. so the question is going to be who will change it. because if nothing else comes out of it, we know it cannot happen this way again. it was completely unacceptable. what was acceptable are the arguments made by michael

hopefully people will do the right thing and vote for mike espy because we should no longer count onheir gender to understand this issue. thank god for lisa murkowski's compassion. unfortunately, because of her own experience. but this is a situation that says to me if we're really going to be looking for leaders in jurisprudence, as you put it, to really ensure that they are protecting what case law says, that they are going forward and making sure that we are great again, we need to ensure that this process is one that puts partisanship aside and they're getting the best possible person on the bench. he had issues before this me too situation. he was lying before senators before then. that's the problem. >> the process is a sham that happened long before kavanaugh, he's only playing by the rules that are allowed in this farce. you had problems with the left and the right on this one and you had murkowski and collins who came to opposite determinations but with the same basic understanding of the process which is that it stinks. so the question is going to be who is going to change

mike espy's doing a lot better than people expect. if he win, we have a greater chance of winning the senate. >> we have to take a commercial break. guess what, candidates? in every party, you've got 18 days left. get out there and knock on some doors. the most important thing for every viewer out there to do is exercise your right to vote. maria, gentlemen, thank you all so much. great conversations. coming up, an nbc news exclusive. twitter taking action after nbc alerts the social media giant about bots spreading pro-saudi talking points in the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi. plus, the heartbreaking story. this one got me. of a young mother who was lost to the opoid epidemic like thousands and thousands of others. i'm going to be speaking to the vermont police chief whose sober reflection on that tragedy is serving as a wake-up call we all need to this crisis that's plaguing the nation. with fidelity wealth management you get straightforward advice, tailored recommendations, tax-efficient investing strategies, and a de

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republican senator, appointed senator, cindy heinz smith has a nine-point lead over the democrat mike espyort of the 50% threshold. no candidate hits 50, there will be a runoff on november 27th. think about that. you want to be in mississippi for post thanksgiving for campaigning? apparently i am. with the senate map as close as it is right now, one seat could tip the balance to either the republicans or the democrats. how about mississippi? the year started with alabama. why couldn't we have a swing race in mississippi too? much more to come on the meet the midterms road trip. we're in florida today, a state i have spent a little time in and a state that knows a lot about overtime. we will be back right after the break. ng was so fresh in the beginning. but that plug...quickly faded. luckily, there's new febreze plug. it cleans away odors and freshens for 1200 hours. [sniffs] ahhhh! breathe happy with new febreze plug. you may be learning about, medicare and supplemental insurance. medicare is great, but it doesn't cover everything ...only about 80% of your part b medicare costs. a medica

i thought eleanor said mike espy was a former obama official from the department of transportation. guest: clinton. caller: he was not from the department of transportation. he was from the department of agriculture. that is not what you said, so i guess i am a deplorable man from a red state. guest: i appreciate the correction. host: we will go to george next in st. petersburg, florida. caller: good morning. abused and she did not report it because she did not want to because it did not happen. they say it did not happen. it did. she did not report it. it was in the 1980's when you don't report things. i also think this ford thing was fake. at all thatproof anything happened. we had seven investigations from the fbi. come on, seven investigations? and everyone said no. that is pretty big. maybe he got drunk occasionally. people do. we all do, right? let's be honest. -- maybe he did not do it because there is no corroboration. thank you very much. i love c-span. host: thank you, george. guest: i don't doubt that dr. ford was sexually assaulted at some point in her life. it is possib

in mississippi where we were just there, the former secretary of agriculture mike espy on the show whoenate seat in the special election seat and has a pretty incredible name i.d. for a democrat in a state that usually would just doesn't happen because, again, at the national level they see looking at, you know, a state like mississippi as a possible pickup opportunity. steve, you in this book do, you deal with that at all about how you go from bill clinton who was able to kind of bridge the divide and wasn't a coastal lead, the man from hope, arkansas. how did we get to this point where it became so culturally segregated. >> part of the kin story. part of the legacy of bill clinton and his success in the '90s he was able to straddle that cultural divide. he had that bubba image. he could win back the reagan democrats. but it was always in very delicate balance because bill clinton was in alliance with the national democratic party that was a lot more liberal. when bill clinton became president in 1993 the first thing he got sucked into as president, think back 25 years the social dyna