despairs bakes from our history is something we must do and now is the moment. you re leading on this bill, senator bernie sanders opposed preparations the last time he ran. he now supports this bill but also said he s not sure that writing a check is the answer. my question to you is, one, do you two have the same vision on there right now? and two, should the democratic nominee, should the democratic platform in 2020 it be for slavery reparations. first of all, that s what has become. a lot of people don t like the word because it evokes this manning nation people have and opponents who think this is about one person writing a check to another person. that s not what this is about. it s about how can we continue as a nation to have the kind of deep systemic inequalities we have that stem from income to health disparities to our criminal justice system? this is about actually leveling the playing field.
still being manifested today because of the structural inequities baked into our system and dealing with this issue and finding practical solutions to address those disparities baked from our history is something that we must do and now is the moment. you re leading on there bill, senator bernie sanders opposed reparations the last time he ran. he now supports this bill but also said he s not sure that writing a check is the answer. my question to you is, one, do you two have the same vision on there right now and two, should the democratic nominee, should the democratic platform in 2020 be for slavery reparations. that s what s become. a lot of people don t like the word because it evokes this imagination people have whipped up by opponents who think this is about one person writing a check to another person. that s not what this is about. it s about how can we continue as a nation to have the kind you
our original sin of slavery by fighting a civil war, by passing landmark civil rights legislation, we elected an african-american president, we are always a work in progress in this country. no one currently alive was responsible for that. sandra: 2020 contender cory booker quickly responded to those remarks in a new interview, he said this. you were talking about how electing barack obama was a reparation, just leave that alone. one of the big strikes of ignorance that he said there is that somehow this is about a compensation, in other words, a writing a check to somebody and reducing the urgency of the conversation. sandra: if i could get you
what do we know what happened on this phone call? reporter: we know it was another war of words between president donald trump and mexico s president enrique pena nie nieto. he will not visit the president for a previously scheduled march trip because president trump on the phone call continued to insist that mexico pay for his border wall. we know this is something that president donald trump has been talking about since his days on the campaign trail. and mexico has been very consistent. they won t be writing a check for that campaign wall. now, president donald trump excuse me border wall. president donald trump has been looking for money for that wall in a number of places, including capitol hill. and a bipartisan group of senators presented him with plan that would have provided $25 billion in border security in exchange for $1.2 million 1.2 million dreams to have citizenship. president trump rejected that deal and believes that mexico will pay for that wall. nieto is up for
money for trips on private jets. cnn has learned it doesn t stop there. an air force official says price also took military aircraft for two multi-stop international trips earlier this year, racking up a $500,000 bill according to politico. those overseas trips, which the white house approved, bringing the total cost of price s travel to over $1 million. wi heae heard the concern an critici criticism. reporter: price pledging on thursday to pay back a portion of the totalling. riting a check for 51 t$51,887.. to pay for my portion of those trips. this is unprecedented. reporter: the white house releasing a statement on thursday defending his travel on aircraft insisting sometimes