but, you have been clear from day one, as you helped form mothers of the movement that you want to serve and not just serve black people, but everybody. what you are standing for is good for everybody and in a district that is not a universal black district, a majority black district, you won the democratic nomination, you won the run off and now you are going into the general election. what does this say about sustaining an activism that you have turned your pain into power and about the changing mood of a lot of things in this age of bush. sorry, trump. i m probably used to saying bush. it is trump. i m dating myself. reverend al, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. what we are seeing is a change, a sea change. i say this is what democracy looks like now.
group recruiting and training female candidates. we want our elected officials to look like us. to represent us. to have our experiences. and right now that is not the case. reporter: terry sule, alabama s first black congresswoman, is expected to be re-elected in a majority black district. she s confident more democrats have a fighting chance because they re running on working class issues. they re doing a remarkable job of rallying around the issues that matter most to underserved communities and all the candidates are having to address those issues in order to run against them. i m standing strong. thank you. i appreciate you. reporter: black women standing up and hoping to catch a wave. rehema ellis, nbc news, montgomery, alabama. two big stories people are talking about in this me too era. for the first time, harvey weinstein s estranged wife talking about the scandal trying to move past it. and monica lewinsky calling out
african-americans. john lewis represents a majority black district. a district where 80% of the people are high school graduates and 41% also have college degrees, so trump has this troubling notion that somehow black people are only associated with pathology and that needs to be challenged as much as possible. he s trying to elevate black people like steve harvey and kanye west, but to deescalate people like john lewis and barack obama and he doesn t get to pick who our leaders are. i also want you to respond to this, what the president-elect just tweeted this afternoon, for years our country has been divided, angry and untrusting, many say it will never change, the hatred is too deep, it will change. he s saying we won t be as divisive a nation under his presidency. his response to the congressman
district also evident in the last election cycle which significantly increased the latino population in his district and who two years ago won by only 1,100 votes. the man who came within 1,100 votes of beating congressman charlie rangel two years ago is back today in a rematch. that challenger, adriana aspiat. senator rangel, quote, yes, i have attacked his record and shouldn t have because there is no record. there is no love lost between the two men in what has been a fiercely contested election. whereas last cycle it was the congressman s dominican republic villa that may have dogged charlie rangel. something under press scrutiny for years. this year, rangel is trying to introduce himself to a new generation of his district s voters. charlie, charlie, charlie rangel charlie, charlie, charlie rangel joining me now is azi
could wind up netting just over 310,000 new votes. enough to beat nathan deal in 2010, enough to give barack obama wins in both 2008 and 2012. according to that math, georgia turns blue. after signing the civil rights act of 1964, lyndon b. johnson reportedly remarked the democrats had lost the south for a generation, and they did. but if democrats can register enough voters across the south, they might just win it back. coming up, i ll talk to someone who spent years organizing to increase african-american turnout. one of the only white members of congress who represents a majority african-american district. this year, once again, he s facing a primary challenge. stay with us.