big mistake and she continued that approach to the world as secretary of state. so it s really looking to the future. people say you re looking back to the iraq war. no no, i like to look to the future and how we re going to fit into the world. if you re less hawkish than hillary clinton how are you different than bernie sanders who has more experience arguably and more support right now? well, he isn t talking about any of the international issues. i ve never heard him talk a bit about anything international. he s on to an issue that is resonating and he s getting fund-raising and organization as a result. income inequalities. i m talking about the international issues and how we fit in around the world and america s leadership that we should assume the responsibility that comes with the power that we have and how we xor sighs that power responsibly in all areas, whether it s climate change or military cultural economic, how america conducts itself on the world stage. lincoln ch
relationship between young black men and police which is important in this case and important in so many cities around this nation. he the d.a. is biracial as i said. your nephew is biracial. the police officer here was white. people want to know how you feel about that. do you think that this was, in your view just a case of excessive force by police? do you think that race played a role in this white officer and your biracial nephew s run-in? what do you think? i think it s difficult to say. i know i know that we as americans we understand the racial disparities that are present right now, and a lot of the income inequalities that are prevalent also. it s difficult to say that it was based on race but what is known is that my nephew was unarmed and the calls that were placed were in an effort to help him, and he ended up killed. he ended up dead and being shot
we ve got to make sure that our economy works for everybody, not just a few. we ve got to make sure opportunity exists for all people, no matter who you are. incomes are lower under his watch. matter of fact, i would argue that his policies are driving a lot of the income inequalities that we see today. white house spokesman jay carney a few days ago defending the president s push on this on a substantive basis, but also under pressure because of questions about the mid-term elections because as you say, this is also an example the president may be shifting away from health care a bit which might be more difficult for him in the mid-terms and try to focus it more on pay equity, minimum wage, issues like that that they think poll better. yes, very interesting. so ed, do women at the white house make as much a as men? don t know if you ve done the analysis or not. the american enterprise interstuinte interstatuinte
and the pope said i really feel that you should feel at home here. i think it s a start of a good relationship. one of the gifts that the pope gave the president was his apostolic and that book was famous for criticized western capitalism. do you think that kind of topic came up and do you think there might have been a message in that gift? i think it s a general gift to give him. it s not surprising he would get that. but certainly poverty came up in terms of immigration reform. those are generally poor people and human trafficking again. the pope is, interestingly, much more forceful about income inequalities than president obama is. so if anyone is kind of taking the lead on poverty, it s the pope here. let s talk for a moment about the popularity, if we can. if you look at francis polls, they are great. 89% approval rating among
education plan, a stronger economic growth plan and allow us to get beyond these massive income inequalities that pervade the country. i know my good friend the mayor in baltimore is battling day in and day out. how do you be the change candidate? you have to recognize what change people want. you have to figure that out in politics. what s the mood, the zeitgeist starting in 2016 and you have to figure out how you can be that change. unless you do that, you re yesterday. well, clinton hillary clinton wouldn t be the first candidate to rebrand herself, to recreate herself. and i don t think it s that difficult. you have to be the present candidate and that means you have to understand, as harold ford said, what s important for the future of the country. i think hillary clinton does that. the good thing about the democratic party is so do many of our national candidates. the national figures that people