the damn truth and we got to say it. >> bernie sanders not holding back today at the national action network conferenceemocrats running for president have to tick off. they made their cases to the black voters and the president of the national network just happens to be a friend of the show. i was there last year. the rev al sharpton and our panel is back. it's a phenomenal event and these are some of the most knowledgeable, political junkies i've ever met in my career. so the idea -- going and speaking is probably the easy part. i think it's the retail politics that they get to -- >> q&a and back and forth because these are activists that work around the country, so they know, they're in the trenches, they know what they're talking about. i think that ironically the right wing asked why are all the candidates coming there, donald trump came twice. he cut the ribbon once and i'm waiting on him to keep that up and release the photos of donald trump came to national action network when he was playing democrat. he could have came this year. the fact is that people want to make sure that this race gap is n

much, reverend sharpton, it was terrific to have an opportunity to be with you at the national action network conferenceyou know, we were all calling it the sharpton primary because every democratic candidate was there making their case. so i was honored to be there, and i love that you gave me a chance to talk about my book. it is called "finding my voice." it's my journey and how i learned to go from a very shy, painfully shy, in fact, young girl into a woman who found her voice, learned to trust it, and tried to use it to be a force for good and to help others, empower them to find theirs. >> let me ask you this. i don't want to ask you about the candidates because i know you have not decided to support anyone as i have not either. but president obama, who you know as well as anyone in the world and who has neutral trust between the two of you, a few hours ago in berlin, germany, said this. >> one of the things i do worry about sometimes among progressives in the united states, maybe it's true here as well, is a certain kind of rigidity, where we say, oh, i'm sorry, this is how it's going to be, and

you could see that at the national action network conference, which i think was really important whereou got -- and joe biden would have gone over really well there. i think he's in the right territory. he doesn't need to clap back on every single thing that trump does. but he needs to demonstrate that he's willing to take him on. and this was a particularly important moment because who's donald trump to go around teasing anybody about touching anyone with the things that he's said. so i think this was an important moment for joe biden. >> to underscore the point, 23 women credibly accusing donald trump of sexual misconduct. >>> after the break, an important primary, a couple of our guests have mentioned it, it wrapped up for the 2020 democrats. 12 candidates spoke at the national action network conference. we'll ask the man who hosted those candidates who stood out and why. that's next. why. that's next. y allergy muddlers.. achoo! do your sneezes turn heads? ♪ try zyrtec. zyrtec starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. zyrtec. muddl

. >>> senator cory booker was the latest 2020 democrat to address the national action network conferencere he was moments ago, reflecting on his time as mayor of newark. >> it was the words of my tenant leader in the projects, a woman named miss virginia jones, we named a street after her in that neighborhood. she had her son in the '80s murdered in the lobby of the buildings i moved into. and she never gave up. she never took her hands off the plow. she never moved out of the neighborhood in which her son was slain, every day she got up, i once asked her why she stayed and she looked at me indignantly and said, why do i stay here? because i'm in charge of homeland security. she didn't wait for a title. she didn't wait for a presidential appointment. she didn't need to be a cabinet member. she knew that change in our communities always comes from the grassroots up. she said these two things to me over and over again. she said, stay faithful. stay faithful. stay faithful. i say this to this community right now. we are facing tough days where they're rolling back civil rights, tough days w

that's why the national action network conference, showing up in places like the quad cities, iowa, goingant. going on a southern tour, like elizabeth warren has done. so i'm excited that folks are really fighting for the plaque vote, jake, because black voters are not just going to turn up and turn out for anybody. they are waiting to see. >> it's interesting, this is the most diverse field ever. two of the candidates are black, at least one is latino, one is asian american. but even with all of this and with a lot of candidates, as you saw there, i think pandering is a fine word to use in this context, just agreeing to what the crowd wanted, none of them got the biggest welcome and the biggest applause at the convention. take a look at who did. >> the people sussed out congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez! >> that's right. it's the hometown crowd for congresswoman ocasio-cortez. but does it also push to the popularity of the policies and her fighting spirit? >> you know, i think her policies certainly have a following in the democratic base, that's true. we've seen that with the green

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other presidential hopefuls also spent time in new york this past week speaking at national action network conference didn't shy away from the fact that democrats lost that state in 2016. >> i recognize that i am in a state that donald trump won. i hope people who had voted for donald trump pay attention not to what he says, he lies all of the time, but what he actually does. >> senator kirsten gillibrand is in new hampshire today hosting town hall, he hosted a meet and greet, arthel. eric: the trump administration, terrorist organization, first time washington formerly attach it is label to another nation's military, iran, of course, is listed as state department's number one sponsor, state sponsor of terrorism in the whole world. jonathan hunt has more from jerusalem. >> eric, this is the latest in a series of tough measures the white house has taken since president trump decided a year ago to pull out of president obama's nuclear deal with tehran. designating iran regard irgc as terrorist organization marks the first time that u.s. has labeled a foreign country military in such a way. the policy h

though at al sharp ton's national action network conference this week they all swept in to remind us anew. >> we have a long way to go to end the institutional racism which permeates almost every aspect of american society. >> massive voter suppression presented stacy abrams from becoming the rightful governor of georgia. they'll fight everyone to stands up to push back. >> we have to dismantle the institutional racism that pervades our society and holds back millions of families. >> laura: for the left, grievance has become a more animating principle than addressing a couple of key issues. how do we improve the lives of all americans? and how do we maybe keep them safe, security on our streets? and that leads us to the second inescape able reality and a more troubling one perhaps for the white house. i'm concerned tonight that president trump could be in some way squandering an opportunity to seize on the democrats' complete ineffectiveness by lacking a clear vision as it relates to the issue of immigration. mr. president, sometimes your rhetoric doesn't match the policy. and we're

conference. the national action network connection.g to listen just for a second. >> judicial positions of power in our country's most diverse city. so as i learned that paul quinn college on the opening day of their summer bridge program with president michael we can meet disappointment with a power and joy of people. this campaign has the ability to bring people together, not just to secure the nomination, not just to defeat president trump as important as that is, but to bring this country every single one of us together in a movement to ensure that we change the structure of this country and bring out the very best from every single one of us. that is why i'm so honored to be able to run and serve you as president and so grateful for the invitation from chairman richardson and reverend sharpton to address you today. thank you for having us out. i'm very grateful. appreciate it. >> we'll watch all the presidential candidates speaking at that conference today. keeping an eye on any new reaction to what they have to say, as well as an

really quickly, you were the national action network conference this week.e all of these candidates there. but i heard them kind of chanting for somebody to run. >> stacey abrams. she won the week. she resonates with voters in a way that no other candidate so far has been able to resonate. i talked to people, i interviewed some of the attendees there and they said something about her, she speaks to me. i feel like i understand her. you recall they talked about her being in debt and she said i couldn't delay cancer payments but coy delay these notes and 80% of the women are breadwinners in the family and backbone of the democratic party and she could make end rode roads. >> what will she do? >> i have my doubts she'll get in the race despite people wanting her to. it will be complicated, kamala harris was the first to endorse her and for her to get in -- exactly. >> are they from different sororities? >> stacey abrams is not greek and she didn't pledge a sorority but kamala harris is a member of the sorority. >> good to meet you in person. brenda buck thank y

former president, barack obama, was among all the candidates that came to the same national action network conference in 2007. let me show you what he said. >> i am proud to be a candidate for the presidency of the united states of america. i wouldn't be here if it had not been for reverend al sharpton running for president and carol moseley brown running for president and jesse jackson running for president and shirley chisolm running for president. they paved the way. >> the fact that he ended up winning and gave credit to folks that went toward that, christopher, we don't have anyone that said that president obama helped lead the way to this -- they're being able to run and even possibly be victorious. but we do have a president that told blacks they have nothing to lose voting for him. what is his black agenda? what is his black program? is it that he's telling them they have nothing to lose? it seems that we're losing a lot. >> well, you know, on the one hand, i'm hearing we want a president who is president of everyone and then on the other hand i'm hearing there is a black agenda. so let me be

republicans and one for the democrats. >> massachusetts senator elizabeth warren there at the national action network conference, again, just a few moments ago we heard from bernie sanders elizabeth warren getting the crowd fired up, if you will, devoting a fair amount of her speech there to universal child care, universal early education and spending time talking about the correlation between universal pre-k and student success. we also heard her toward the end there talk about how she would pay for that plan and the attacks on ultra millionaires as she put it. $50 million or more on household income being required to pay a 2% tax and we can also tell you that former vice president joe biden has arrived in washington, d.c. vice president biden is going to be delivering remarks at a labor conference. mike lomeli is standing by and of course, mike, all eyes and ears are on the vice president because this will be his first public appearance after a number of women have come forward and have claimed that the vice president touched them in a way that made them feel uncomfortable. do we expect that mr. biden will ad

the national action network conference this past week, its leader had a question. >> congresswoman sheila has proposed a bill to form a commission to study how to do reparations. if you're elected president, would you sign that bill if it came across your desk? >> when i'm elected president, i will sign that bill. >> i formally support congresswoman jackson lee's bill to create a commission to sudity reparations. >> yes, i already support that bill. >> absolutely i would sign that into law. >> the house and senate pass that bill, of course i would sign it. >> reparations is one long time progressive goal but it's getting more attention and more support. another is medicare for all, an idea president trump and other republicans label as socialist. the nation's top elected democrat speaker nancy pelosi waded into that debate, just like on impeachment, taking a position at odds with most of her party. we all share the value of health care for all americans, quality affordable health care for all americans. what's the path to that? when most people say they're for medicare for all, i think th

that pitch here in new york city tomorrow where he addresses reverend al sharpton's national action network conferenceand we can tell the sanders campaign is already putting a special emphasis on that speech. his advisers telling me that they are still putting the finishing touches on what sanders has to say here tomorrow. and sanders' prominent african-american supporters, they often say the big thing senator sanders has to do is actually talk to black voters. the more they hear from him directly about what his policy proposals are, the better he will do with that group of powerful democratic voters. jake? >> ryan, thank you so much. simone, you worked for sanders in 2016, although you haven't endorsed any candidate in this race. i have to say, they said that in 2016. >> i remember. i was writing talking points. i think i remember. >> simone said it. >> one, i think 2016 was a different race. two, i think that senator sanders is doing what he's supposed to do. since 2016, he -- this isn't the first time he's been in nan. >> that's the national action network. >> if people like him and the thing is li

came to midtown manhattan where several candidates appeared at reverend al sharpton's national action network conferencea very competitive field in terms of their policy proposals. the democratic presidential campaign has already supported and created important policy ideas that are going to become part of the boilerplate of the democratic campaign. >> black households are twice as likely to rent as to own, and nearly half of black families spend more than 30% of their income on rent. so what i am proposing is that for families who are spending and individuals who are spending more than 30% of their income on rent plus utilities, they get a tax credit to help them get through the month. >> we are the richest country in the history of the planet. access to high quality child care and education during the early stages of a child's life should not be a privilege reserved for the children of the rich. it should be a right for every single child in america. and that's why i'm proposing a big structural change. universal child care and early education for all our babies. >> we have to pass a national paid lea

candidates have been in new york this week trying to connect or win over black voters at the national action network conferencemaking their pitch today we have senators bernie sanders, kamala harris and cory booker, but there are many more as well. joining us now is knee a malika henderson and cornell william brooks former president and ceo of the naacp and civil rights attorney. great to have both of you here. mr. brooks -- >> good to be here. >> -- what do you want to hear some of these candidates talk about today? >> well, i think it's important for the candidates to speak with specificity and a poignancy. that is to say to make clear that they are connected to the issues that connect with the african-american community and with policy specificity. meaning speaking very clearly to the issue of voter suppression and voting rights, continuing income inequality, police misconduct and criminal justice reform. these are the issues that animate and inspire not only the black vote, but to be clear here, also youth voters and the black vote being pivotal, key, decisive with respect to the democratic primary vote. s

the annual al sharpton national action network conference.tle calls, that will be held across the country this year and next year. they're traveling in packs this week. midtown manhattan, they hope that if they can make it here, they can make it anywhere. >> what are you looking for in the speechs? >> one thing this group the national action network told them they want to hear about is support for potential reparations for slavery. as one of the leaders told us yesterday, we want to know these democratic candidates are at least open to the idea of possible reparations being paid. this is an issue that has been talked about a lot of the candidates, hasn't been talked about broadly there are different groups and people try to push it into the conversation. >> it will be interesting, what is the threshold, do they all just have to say yes, it would be interesting to have a in the to study it or specific about what reparation -- >> they want to see at least people say i'm okay with the idea, let's talk about it more. >> let me ask you this are we

different from factor, this is something that in talking to voters -- i was at the national action network conferencey. what's really interesting about that is as they were saying they're hearing many of the same things from all of these democrats so far, many are embracing the same or relatively similar, not the same, but relatively similar positions on climate change and on healthcare. and i know that we aukd talked about differentiating themselves in large fields like this, but to your point so far and what you were saying before, it's been very hard for them to find issues where they can really stand out, like the immigration and run with that issue so far. you've seen them sort of try, right? we've heard all of these things now about the filibuster or about the electoral college and really testing those ideas out. >> you've got these candidates, eric swalwell hit sitting on the sidelines who wants to run on guns. there are ones in the race to make the point known. >> last word to you. >> two things quickly. >> yes. >> okay. they know from past experience that eric swalwell not running for presid

. >> reverend, you spoke to several of the 2020 presidential candidates at the national action network conferencenversations will be featured on a special airing tonight and it's called "not just black and white: race and the 2020 election." what can we expect to see tonight? >> i talked to each one of them individually and asked questions about how they want to deal with the race gap. there's a class gap in this country and there's also a race gap. i think we've not dealt with that as a mainstream political issue and we wanted to make sure, yes, we've got to deal with issues like climate change, the economy, criminal justice, but we also have to deal with the race factor in them. and tonight we're going to have them respond and we're going to have a panel that will analyze their response because we can't sidestep race. this whole thing about getting away from identity politics, no, we need to deal with respecting everybody's identity so they're treated equally. unequal treatment based on race needs to be dealt with and no one should be president if they do not want to be dealing with it. >> you

many of the presidential hopefuls made a stop this week at reverend al sharpton national action network's annual conference to make in-roads with african-americans and some candidates used it as an opportunity to address areas where they have come under scrutiny. >> we have a president today who is a racist, who is a sexist, who is a homophobe, a xenophobe. bernie sanders reached out to african-americans because in 2016 he lost them by about 50 points to hillary clinton. pete buttigieg addressed recent criticism over the 2015 of the use of the phrase "all lives matter" which some say diminishes the black lives matter movement. >> we assert which should go without saying but must be said clearly and again and again that black lives matter. >> kamala harris whose faced criticism over her tenure as california's attorney general touted her record on criminal justice. >> you can look at my track record to know that's what i would do because that's what i did when i ran the california department of justice. >> and beto o'rourke who took hits for being short on substance was direct when it came to supporting a bi

presidential hopefuls are in new york city this week attending reverend al sharpton's national action network conference right now all made an appearance. did they all win sharpton's approval? ashley: al sharpton has become somewhat of a king maker in the democrat party. this is a guy who was around on the fringes of politics saying controversial things. my, how times have changed. now the democrats feel like they have to get al sharpton's approval, get his backing. he didn't back any of the candidates in 2016 but they are seeing him as a middleman for the democratic party to african-american community in america. if he thinks you're of the right stuff, he really helps your campaign, apparently. if he doesn't, it hurts. that's why they all have to get on board with mr. sharpton, attend his event. it's strange, isn't it? stuart: reverend al sharpton, king maker. who would have thought. thank you very much. >>> individual stocks, adidas, fans of beyonce can rejoice. adidas is teaming up with beyonce for a new line of footwear clothing and will bring back her brand ivy park. the stock doing nothing, up 50

conference room for a chance to stand up to a key democratic demographic. some 12 of 17 2020 hopefuls made it a priority to stop at the reverend al sharpton's national action networkconvention. >> al sharpton asking every candidate whether they would sign a bill that would create a commission to study the issue of reparations. the overwhelming response from the 2020 contenders: >> yes. >> 100%, of course. >> yes. >> i would. >> i already support that bill. go h.r. 40. >> and i will sign that bill. >> yes, i'm gonna pass it. come on now. >> >> trevor: "yes i'm gonna pass it. come on now." i'm in a room full of black people. what do you think i'm going to say? i'm not going to lie. that's a tough spot to be in. you're at a blask convention are the reverend al sharpton literally an inch from your face. you have to agree to anything. sharpton could be like, "actually, just to be fair, i think white people should be our slaves for a couple of hundred years, what do you think?" "yes, master sharpton, that's a fine idea." all of the democratic candidates are doing their best to reach black voters and sometimes part of that outreach meedges apologies to black people. like

leland: and others spent time in new york speaking with black voters at the national action network conferenceharris pledged to double the department of jifl rights, and study the reparations for african-americans and the sa sanders is hosting a town hall that begins in less than an h r hour. senator gillibrand and booker are in new hampshire. gillian: and lbgtq and civil rights sound like they're the top menu items. leland: and the maryland congressman and the first democratic candidate to throw his hat in the ring, john delaney, good to see you. >> appreciate it. leland: we'll start there. the big ideas we're hearing from the progressives on the trail. you're more moderate. is there a place for that? >> i think voters are looking to get these things done. i think i have the right plan to deal with climate change. i think it's incredibly important that every american have health care in this country. i think i have a much better way of making that happen. i've got a history of-- >> you're not promising everybody free stuff out there. that's what seems to be the democratic talking point. >> i