and then we toured, with ritchie torres, in brownsville, a nature facility. and i felt more comfortable then. not exactly what i wanted, but it was more comfortable. and on the demand side of gun-violence, he's been excellent, talking about the root causes of it. and, so, i felt comfortable that this message had to be the message that was pushed forward. >> hillary clinton won by a pretty large margin, but bernie sanders got 42% of the vote. that is not insignificant. >> i mean, i was surprised at all of the coverage pooh-poohing his performance. and i was excited that night. of course, you want your candidate to win. i hoped that he would. but in the back of my head, i thought, "if he doesn't, my hope is that he cracked 40%." >> and he did. >> he actually did better than president obama did a few years back. and, so, i was excited that that message caught fire. i felt that if he caught fire a little sooner, if folks like me had kind of heard some of the little sooner, we would have pushed that up even a little bit more. but his message is still, i think righ

joining me now is ritchie torres, he represents the central bronx.eat to meet you. >> honor to be here. >> you took out lawerence at public housing and pointing out there is just as many as many people are live ing in the publ facili facility. >> the irony of public housing in new york city even though it is expansive everywhere, it was invisible for a long time to presidential candidates that have not been -- a word have not been spoken. i was part of the coalition of house leaders sending letters to all candidates calling them on a tour. >> did you hear back from any of them before lawerence aired that interview with you last week? >> both the clinton and the sanders campaigns were given a consideration but there is no firm commitment until the msnbc segment. >> two days later hillary clinton shows up unannounced schedule. >> you grew up in public housing? >> yes, i did. i grew up in a public housing department. it was across the street from trump's golf course. >> that's an irony. >> it houses new yorkers and houses about 700,000 people. >> i woul

. >> ritchie torres gets tonight's last word.y had an effect on these campaign schedules. >> a few tenant leaders and a 28-year-old kill from the bronx can reshape a presidential race. >> thank you very much. chris hayes is up next. >>> tonight on "all in," live >> rumble, let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. can bernie do it, do it again? can he win the big apple. a new poll today shows sanders has narrowed clinton, hillary clinton's national lead to two points. look at that 50-48 and closing on her, perhaps passing her. sanders gained four points while clinton dropped three. you know the math. meanwhile in new york state, the site of tomorrow's big primary, the democratic polls are tightening. sanders is predicting an upset matching the surprise victory last month. here is what he said this morning on "the today show".

. >> ritchie torres gets tonight's last word.had an effect on these campaign schedules. >> a few tenant leaders and a 28-year-old kill from the bronx can reshape a presidential race. >> thank you very much. chris hayes is up next. going to have a rough july at that convention. >> donald trump calls for a show biz takeover of the republican convention. as the rnc tries to tamp down hostile rhetoric. >> there's no room for threatening the delegates. >> tonight, more republican infighting out in the open ahead of tomorrow's vote in new york. >> i'm increasingly optimistic there actually may be a second ballot. >>> dems of new york. is the bernie line of attack on hillary going too far? plus a look back at the last time a new york primary really matter rd are and why johnny depp is apologizing to an entire continent. >> we disrespect australian law, they will tell you fondly. >> all that when "all in" starts right now.