See, we are not event planners, looking just for record numbers that we did get an attendance. We are those that are involved in social justice work, cross party and racial lines to try to make a difference. Now the work begins to help to recapture the soul of america in the vision of dr. King. As one of the highlights we had the honor to host some democratic frontrunners for the 2020 race for the white house. Kamala harris and Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and christian gillibrand. Youre going to hear from all four today in what we call the sharpton primary. First, i challenged senator Kamala Harris of california. Senator harris, thank you for being with us this morning. You spoke at the National Action convention about how we have to reflect on the past but really face the challenges of today and youve coined a phrase about coalition. Yes. Coalition strong. Coalition strong. My parents met when they were active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s. A my memories of that time
Served as Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush. Karl, thank you for coming in. So describe the comeback, what evidence do you see for it . Well, i was suggesting that in addition to increase in republican enthusiasm and likelihood to vote thats been mirrored in a number of polls for after kavanaugh that this was actually starting before kavanaugh, if you looked at some of the individual state polls, for example, in tennessee up through labor day democrat led in 5 of 6 statewide polls, since labor day republican candidate Marsha Blackburn has led 4 to 5 polls conducted. My suggestion was that there was other things going on just besides kavanaugh and the other thing important beside natural increase in republican enthusiasm was the quality of individual republican campaigns. If you look at it particularly in the house since september, North Carolina 13, representative, ohio with steve, ohio 12 with troy, new jersey 3 with tom mcarthur, virginia 2 with scott taylor, florida with ca
Served as Senior Adviser to president george w. Bush. Karl, thank you for coming in. So describe the comeback, what evidence do you see for it . Well, i was suggesting that in addition to increase in republican enthusiasm and likelihood to vote thats been mirrored in a number of polls for after kavanaugh that this was actually starting before kavanaugh, if you looked at some of the individual state polls, for example, in tennessee up through labor day democrat led in 5 of 6 statewide polls, since labor day republican candidate Marsha Blackburn has led 4 to 5 polls conducted. My suggestion was that there was other things going on just besides kavanaugh and the other thing important beside natural increase in republican enthusiasm was the quality of individual republican campaigns. If you look at it particularly in the house since september, North Carolina 13, representative, ohio with steve, ohio 12 with troy, new jersey 3 with tom mcarthur, virginia 2 with scott taylor, florida with ca
His former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who has now flipped on the president and will start a threeyear prison sentence soon. This from the president today. Im quoting here. Remember Michael Cohen only became a rat after the fbi did something which was absolutely unthinkable and unheard of until the witchhunt was illegally started. Cnns Boris Sanchez is at the white house right now. Boris, Michael Cohen is a rat, according to the president of the United States, but before he goes away in march, cohen may have even more to say on the record. Reporter thats right, ana. Despite the fact that he admitted he lied to congress as part of his plea deal with the Southern District of new york. Elijah cummings today on state union with jake tapper said he would like to invite cohen back to capitol hill to testify once more. Of course, cummings is the upcoming chair of the oversight in the white house and he believes theres still questions unanswered. Listen to more from the representative. I
Gap exists because slavery, segregation, jim crow and predatory lending stole wealth from africanamericans. That racial wealth gap must be repaired and institutional racism from one end of this country to the other must be rooted out. Like many of you, i have been in the fight for economic, social and Racial Justice for more than a few years. Just a few, and i dont want to criticize those who are younger. As this president ial campaign unfolds and i know youre hearing from terrific candidates and many of them are friends of mine, but i just want to say a word about some of the differences, just a few, between donald trump and myself. [ laughter ] i know well have to dig deep, but well find a few. Trump is a man, who as you know, has said that he believes that the nazis and White Supremacists who marched in charlottesville are very fine people. Well, i am the son of an immigrant whose family was murdered by the nazis so from a very young age i knew that we must stand up to bigotry where