of a big deal too. i was on oprah the last week of her show. oprah liked me very much. i ve always liked oprah. oprah s good, but the woman she s supporting is not qualified to be the governor of georgia by any stretch of the imagination. take a look at her past, take a look at her history. abrams who is a yale trained lawyer served in the georgia house of representatives for overing a decade and was the chamber s top democrat for more than half that time. she was the first woman to lead either party in the state s general assembly. technically, that means she has more political experience than the patresident. trump is expected to visit georgia sunday to campaign for her republican opponent brian kemp.
laura: we are joined by alveda king, former member of the georgia house of representatives. the niece of martin luther king. i went to start with you because this was a breakneck speed cancellation of the most popular network television show of the season. a huge smash hit. she apologized, but the comments in the eyes of a lot of people were pretty inexcusable to say the least. you know, this actually is a teachable moment. i m 67 years old and i do use social media, but i try to stop and may be pray or think or consider what i m about to tweet or put on facebook or instagram or linkedin or any of those because people will hear that or see that or read that and as you say, roseanne s remarks move
look at you. this tech stuff is easy. [ whirring sound ] you want a cookie? it s a drone! i know. find your phone easily with the xfinity voice remote. one more way comcast is working to fit into your life, not the other way around. tonight stacy abrams became the first african-american woman to be a major party nominee for governor anywhere in the united states. she is a graduate of yale law school. she was the first woman to lead the democrats in the georgia general assembly. she was the first african-american to lead the democrats in the georgia house of representatives. here is some of her victory speech tonight. i m running because i want every georgia family to have the freedom and opportunity to thrive. you deserve nothing less. and i know georgia can deliver a whole lot more. but here s the thing.
tonight stacy abrams became the first african-american woman to be a major party nominee for governor anywhere in the united states. she is a graduate of yale law school. she was the first woman to lead the democrats in the georgia general assembly. she was the first african-american to lead the democrats in the georgia house of representatives. here is some of her victory speech tonight. i m running because i want every georgia family to have the freedom and opportunity to thrive. you deserve nothing less. and i know georgia can deliver a whole lot more. but here s the thing. to claim our victory to write that next chapter, and live those best lives, we have a lot of work to do. we have to reach out to those
luce macbeth is a candidate for the seat in the georgia house of representatives. lucy, whenever i see you, i m very sorry for your loss. i think of jordan, he d be 22 years old now. there are others tonight in florida who are going through a version of what you went through. they will be five years from now thinking about what their kids would be like in college or graduating from college. they will never have that experience. what s your reaction to what s happened tonight, today, in florida? yet again, we re dealing with another devastating and horrific school shooting. as you said earlier this evening, this is the 18th school shooting to date for 2018. even since 2009, we ve had over 180 mass shootings in america. when is the insanity going to stop? when have our lawmakers are our lawmakers going to really step up to the plate and be about the business of making