and to see the conditions there for themselves. >> at another housing project in the bronx, richie torrest was the scene of a tragedy. >> so here is elevator a. in -- around christmas day of 2015, you had a number of residents complain about the condition of the elevator was bouncing up and down, the elevator was raised above the landing here. and you had a senior citizen enter the elevator. it began bouncing up and down. he became startled and he wound up falling out of the elevator, sustaining a head injury, and three days later, he died. and there was a report by the department of investigations concluding that the defect -- the malfunction of the elevator was directly tied to his death. >> and new york city councilman richie torres joins me now. thank you so much for being here. >> it's an honor to be here. >> let's get an update. hillary clinton now has magically accepted your request. she visited a public housing project in the bronx. have you heard from the bernie sanders or other republican campaigns? >> no response from the republican campaigns. my understanding is that the sande

puts public housing on the schedule for sunday and then goes back to another one on monday with richie torresie is the youngest councilmember in new york, he's 28 years old. i never met barack obama when he was a community organizer in chicago but i feel like i met new york's version of it in richie torres. >> really? >> his depth of knowledge, he grew up in public housing, the head of a committee on the city council on public housing. his act to describe this world beyond rent structures and subsidy levels and government support it needs is really something. this guy is really who you want in city government. >> so which democratic candidate do you think would be most connected to what he wants, what the people he represents want? can hillary clinton understand what his constituents are going through, with the type of life that she's lived? can bernie sanders understand, being a vermont guy. >> yeah. i really do -- i do think it's a tie. it's worth noting that hillary clinton, senator from new york, never visited public housing in her years as a senator from new york. >> really? >> the new y

joining us now, richie torres representing central bronx. you took us on that tour the other day.is what you were hoping would happen, that the politico that this show would get attention to this question and at least one of these candidates would finally respond. it happened today. >> i've always believed that moral awareness is the first step toward action and i'm grateful to secretary clinton for touring a public housing development in east harlem, but i'm grateful to you and your show for giving national visibility to probably the most forgotten city in the united states. public housing has never been a thought on the minds of presidential candidates. it's never been a word spoken at presidential debates. it's never been a place to go when campaigning. and this morning everything changed. >> i want to play something she said this morning about affordable housing. let's listen to this. >> so we're going to create more incentives from the federal government for affordable housing. we're going to boost funding for what are called section eight vouchers and give people more choice

we took the crew and went around with richie torres and others showing us what's going on. i've been to many housing projects before, never there with a camera crew, doing what we were doing. but it's just amazing to me that the democratic candidates for president could get that invitation and just ignore it. >> lawrence o'donnell. it's a special, last word on the stop trump movement. >> i think steve kornacki will be there. >> i'll be there. >> your usual overtime rate. >> the same as the nonovertime rate. >> it's the cup of water. >> i'll take it. maybe something other than water at that hour, too. lawrence o'donnell. >>> donald trump says he's not at war with the republican party and looks to win the nomination with, quote, the conservative way. what does he mean in ugh! heartburn! no one burns on my watch! try alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. they work fast and don't taste chalky. mmm...amazing. i have heartburn. alka-seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us

. >> at another housing project in the bronx richie torres showed me another elevator that was the scene is elevator a. around christmas day of 2015 you had a number of residents complain about the condition of the elevator. it was raised above the landing here and you had a senior citizen enter the elevator. it began bouncing up and down and he became startled and he wound up falling out of the elevator sustaining a head injury and three days later he died. there was a report by the department of investigations concluding that the defect, the malfunction of the elevator was directly tied to his death. >> if you could get a presidential candidate in one of these apartments, what difference do you think it would make to that candidate after that candidate's back in the car leaving this housing project behind? >> the hope is that it will leave an impression, a lasting impression on the candidate, but also the larger world. i think wherever the presidential candidate goes the world is watching and the world has an opportunity to see how the urban poor lives in public housing. it speaks to t