i can t quit. i can t let them down. reporter: how many of you are first time candidates? i m a first time candidate. i actually made history as well, first woman and african-american to hold the circuit court clerk first woman and african-american to hold the circuit clerk seat. it was an amazing feeling to not only represent shelby county but to show my children they can do whatever they want if they put their mind to it. i think maybe sometimes that the younger people thought that they couldn t be elected, and i wanted to step out and show them that women can be elected. at 27, the youngest among this amazing group of candidates, how does it feel to represent not just being a black woman but a young black woman? we galvanized young people, and we went to the streets. we went back to our old community roots. we talked to people. when you give us qualified, strong black candidates we will turn out to the polls and vote. how many of you all have beat guys to get where you r
crossroads. senator mark begich s raw footage and the same video in put alaska first. here is b-roll from dan sullivan. and here s the same shot in an ad for sullivan by american crossroads. several candidates have said they have no control over who uses their images. the groups making the ads say they are perfectly legal, but how is that possible considering that super pacs aren t allowed to contribute directly to candidates and the law clearly states that republication in whole or in part of any kind of campaign materials prepared by the candidate is considered a contribution. it s possible because the six commissioners on the federal election commission keep deadlocking on whether it is illegal like when house majority pac and others made an ad about christie vilsack. she knows that, she was a teacher. when they used rob portman in
challenger s youtube page. and some of the same video in a brand-new ad by american crossroads. senator mark begich s raw footage and the same video in put alaska first. here is b-roll from dan sullivan. and here s the same shot in an ad for sullivan by american crossroads. several candidates have said they have no control over who uses their images. the groups making the ads say they are perfectly legal, but how is that possible considering that super pacs aren t allowed to contribute directly to candidates and the law clearly states that republication in whole or in part of any kind of campaign materials prepared by the candidate is considered a contribution. it s possible because the six commissioners on the federal election commission keep deadlocking on whether it is illegal like when house majority pac and others made an ad about christie vilsack. she knows that, she was a teacher.
an ad from the southern alliance for clean energy. here is footage from her challenger s youtube page. and some of the same video in a brand-new ad by american crossroads. senator mark begich s raw footage and the same video in put alaska first. here is b-roll from dan sullivan. and here s the same shot in an ad for sullivan by american crossroads. several candidates have said they have no control over who uses their images. the groups making the ads say they are perfectly legal, but how is that possible considering that super pacs aren t allowed to contribute directly to candidates and the law clearly states that republication in whole or in part of any kind of campaign materials prepared by the candidate is considered a contribution. it s possible because the six commissioners on the federal election commission keep deadlocking on whether it is illegal like when house majority pac and others made an ad about christie vilsack. she knows that, she was a teacher. when they used rob
country s top political figures continue to congregate in austin, texas, at the lyndon b. johnson presidential library to mark the 50th anniversary of the civil rights act. everyone from john lewis to haley barbour to george w. bush has gathered to commemorate the landmark legislation. the star attraction was, of course, the nation s first black president, barack obama. in a time when cynicism is too often passed off as wisdom, it s perhaps easy to conclude there are limits to change. that we are trapped by our own history. and politics is a fool s errand. and we d be better off if we rolled back big chunks of lbj s legacy. or at least if we don t put too much of our hope, invest too much of our hope in our government. i reject such thinking. the president took the podium to speak of the progress of civil rights in this country in a very specific moment of his presidency, a moment when race and progress is front and center in the national dialogue. we ve been of course ta