hillary clinton to bill clinton. her husband and the overall center of gravity on these issues, that i have moved enormously. he crafted a bill by vice president joe biden that did increase federal penalties for a number of offenses and also expanded policing and so forth. now she has moved a long way from a policy perspective towards the black lives matter movement. yet is facing pressure to go further. second, it s still in the map. african-american voters are a huge asset and the two person race with bernie sanders, she was leading him 12 to one. real quickly the third.it was resonant about caulking about the previous generation as a famous story when john lewis was one of the freedom riders and almost killed for his heroic civil activism, traveling on
buses in the segregated south. john f kennedy famously said, can t you get your friends to stop? so there is a long politicians finding this comforting. there is also a generational split here. in the end, most older activists understand the way you had vans these goals is through the end in the political process. let s talk about launching african-americans yesterday and in the evening at that gala. is there anything indication that the level of support and the passion of support that we saw from african-americans to support barack obama will transfer to hillary clinton this cycle? yeah, i think, african-americans, their participation has been on a secular long-term incracy that began before obama. in fact, in 2012, african-american turnout i plaev for the first time ever was slightly higher than white
her, well the group was fighting against her. reporter: as for clinton. she moved on to south carolina t. african-american vote is vic i critical. there she spoke at an ncaacp meeting. it illustrates the challenge she faces with an older traditional civil rights leaders. it s far from clear she has the backing of young african-american voters who want her to earn their support and who she needs to win for the democratic nomination. allison, victor. thank you so much ron brown steen, good to have you. i wonder, is this an isolated standoff or indicative of something more, these candidates still have not crafted a response or wait to chu them in the conversation? boy, there are so many things to plunge into here, a few thoughts, first, you compare
turnout. in a democratic primary, there is no question, hillary clinton will have a huge advantage of african-american voters, one if five, all the polls show her leading bernie sanders among hispanics as well overwhelmingly, the big question is turnout in the general election. i think part of the challenge there is not only unique to her, it s more generic. the they see the political process as a way of extending these goals, also, do they believe they need to have a conversation with all of society. right now, their energy has been zupting their allies in confronting those less sympathetic to those views. there has been a meaning between black lives matter and a couple candidates. they are with some of the candidates him we have the leave it there.