long political life. he clearly felt comfortable with her and we'll certainly see how this partnership unfolds. >> he took a lot of time to make this important decision today, nia-malika henderson. kamala harris is among the best known black woman in politics right now. this is a significant choice. tell us what this means to win, to black voters, to supporters of joe biden. >> well, it is a long time coming. in some ways it seems inevitable because people have been talking about this possible pairing for almost about a year. there was an article in "politico" about a biden/harris ticket in may of 2019. and it's kind of been a thing among the chattering classes. but if you think about the long history of women in this country, of black women in this country, trying to have a voice, black women trying to be included as women in the nineteenth amendment, you think about somebody like fanny lou who in 1968 had to beg the democratic party for black women in mississippi to have a voice. and then you fast forward to 1972, shirley chisholm launching her bid to the white house in january after she lost that one of the reasons that she wanted to run was to really expand