shirley chisholm, she said if they don't give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair. i might have to say or bring a hoyer and you might get it done. that's why we're here with d.r.e.a.m.ers. we're making sure by the 19th we don't lose a single second or any momentum. these are young people as you know. i know you know all the stories, they've done everything right. i make this statement all the time. if you were to take a look at the collective field of elected officials at every level across the country, i assure you that you would be surprised at the number who couldn't meet the requirements, including a criminal background check that these young people are required to meet. they do everything right. 22,000 teachers, lawyers, doctors, med students, they're working in long-term care, they're working in every aspect of our economy in a meaningful way. they are leading the future of this country. it's a bright future indeed and we're going to do everything in our power to continue to fight for them. congress must recognize their humanity. and we must have a law that sa

today it is the first african-american woman elected to congress, shirley chisholm. irley was born in 1924 in brooklyn, new york. early in her career she worked as a music school director and advocated for child welfare. in 1965 she began three terms in the new york state assembly. then in 1969, she was sworn into the u.s. house of representatives where she continued her fight for poor and margeali marginalized grums. in 1972, she announced her bid for becoming president. she died in 2005. if you've got a monumental american, tweet us at #velshiruhle. we'll be back with more. your brain changes as you get older. but prevagen helps your brain with an ingredient originally discovered... in jellyfish. in clinical trials, prevagen has been shown to improve short-term memory. prevagen. the name to remember. >>> thank you for watching this hour of "velshi & ruhle." right now andrea mitchell of "andrea mitchell reports." >> right now, andrea mitchell reports hot spots. crises are heating up for the president around the world. iran's largest anti-government demonstrations in

will remind you, the first black woman to ever run for president in 1972, was the late great shirley chisholm. see what happens here. >> thank you to all of you. coming up, white house officials are out in full force to defend the president's mental health. that's after his tweet calling himself a very stable genius. will president trump meet with special counsel robert mueller. the president appears to have opened the door to sitting down for an interview. we will dig into possible legal strategies for the white house. cancer challenges us. to find smarter solutions. to offer more precise and less invasive treatment options than before. like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy. see how we're fighting to outsmart cancer at cancercenter.com/outsmart when a achoo!alls... ...answer it. with zicam cold remedy. it shortens colds, so you get better, faster. colds are gonna call. answer them with zicam! zicam. get your better back. now in delicious fruit drops. won't replace the full value of your totaled new car. the guy says you picked the wrong insurance plan. no, i picked the wrong insura

and a senator both presidents roosevelt and for my home county borough of brooklyn the amazing shirley chisholm absolutely demanded of ththe membersof the assembly beg i'm not the type of new yorker that only talks about new yorkers. this is a state senator from arizona and on justice sandra day o'connor a man whose personal decency and leadership we miss every day. of course there are many others my mentor when you recognize anyone else you can message us at future now usa. scream it out, fine. i will tell you there are no more beard like that in politi politics. they can be the great american leaders infect many already are and some go on to other jobs. but serving local districts in the laboratories of democracy and acting state policies in our federal system these are the core pillars of american leadership. now all of us know the state legislators key role in the leadership and courage it takes to deliver results is all too often ignored realities. the pledge to achieve america's goals for 2030 where the professor inspirational he described working the future now which is the related commi

and i think about to the late great shirley chisholm said if you don't have a seat, bring a folding chairre bringing a lot of folding chairs today. and i'll bring it back to something that we saw last year. the day after the inauguration. you know, we all worked inauguration day and the crowds were not as robust as they had been in years past. i was in the crowd, so i saw it. and i walked through easily. but the next day, a few women just started walking around washington, new york, lansing, sydney, london, and it caused sean spicer to come to the podium because there was a challenge of the look, you know. he came to that podium with that ill fitting suit screaming. and that was the reason i think that the tumbling began for him for six months. but i believe if the women kept that momentum, i think, you know, they would push a little bit more in the ear or the face of the president and the white house. >> and we have seen that. >> yeah, and if it is -- i'm just saying this from someone who has observed for the last 21 years how people get reaction from government. and that last year, they

chance to work with somebody that worked in the administration's and i got a chance to learn shirley chisholmand work with jesse jackson. i can go on and on. but the people that are out there on the front line creating change, not just the lawmakers that the people you see on television and out in the streets trying to reignite the campaign, i am always looking for leadership and people trying to make a difference. so those that are servants and willing to make a sacrifice. >> thank you. to pick up on what you said before, here is a question. do you feel president trump has developed a new coalition, people lik like like the two ofu sitting up here today being interviewed by lawrence o'donnell and being on his show to hear george will on rachel matthau etc.. what might this mean politically for the future after trump? >> you can disagree with me on this one, i'm very disappointed in donald trump. [laughter] [applause] he was open to people who disagreed with him. when i saw george herbert walker bush sign the civil rights act, i said he was open to people who disagree with him. when i saw geo