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Good evening, fellow democrats. Its great to be here. Congratulations on the great turnout. Its a real honor to be able to introduce tonights guest speaker. But before i do, i want to tell you why i have decided to support Kamala Harris for president. I was first attracted to senator harris because, after four years of donald trump, i felt there was nothing our country needed more than reconciliation and healing. She struck me, more than any other candidate, as a unifier who could bring our country together rather than split it further apart. I decided that when i saw her here at the south church. [ applause ] hundreds upon hundreds of people waiting in the snow to see her. I was next attracted to her bold, thoughtful policy proposals on a range of issues, including raising teacher salary, which we feel strongly about in our household, to expanding healthcare, combating climate change, confronting the humanitarian disaster on our s ....
Hats. You wear so many hats and you just are always a voice for so many people. Im so honored to have your support. And thank you for everything. Thank you, thank you, thank you. And confluence brewery, thanks for taking us in. Oh, that was at the last minute as you all know because youre here and you just you shifted the plan and you came here and i cant thank confluence brewery and all of you on a rainy afternoon for being here. Im very, very touched and, so, thank you. Im kamala harris. Im running for president of the United States. And and so i wanted to share with you a couple of my thoughts and then im really looking forward to taking questions because as youve probably heard me say before, i fully intend to win this election. I really do. But part of the measure of our success for me is also going to be that at the end of this process that we are relevant. And in order to ensure that, it is really important to me that i and ....
Washington journal. We are joined by joyann reid. She is the author of medgar and myrlie medgar evers and the love story that awakened america. She is also a political analyst for msnbc. Thank you. Guest host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the rst field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. Jordan was doing the same job in georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black people and registering people to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas history. Why do you think that happened . Guest if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. King was doing in alabama and that johnis was doing in georgia and he is doing it in mississippi which was the most dangerous place tothe highest n, the most violent version of the clan. Agency called the Sovereignty Commission that wen ....
It will for, i think, a larger segment of the population that people may realize. And i think thats one of the dynamics that both campaigns but especially the Biden Campaign has to take into account is youve got the other variables you cant take your eye off of. And there are many of them and i am glad you all underscored them. Thanks a bunch for you guys and see you next week. All right my friend. Velshi begins now. Good morning. It is sunday march 17th. Happy st. Patricks day. 2024 has been dubbed the year of elections. Citizens of many countries will head to the polls this year, including in eight of the ten most populous nation in the world. But some of those elections are less legitimate than others and one of them is happening right now. At some point today, we will get the results of russias president ial election. Its a real nail biter. Putin is facing off against three nobody who barely campaigned and in reality its a for ....
Thank you. Guest great to be here. Host remind us about medgar evers. Guest medgar evers was the first field secretary for the naacp in mississippi. ■w■ijordan was doing the same jn georgia. He was doing the same job in mississippi investigating the deaths and lynchings of black eople to vote. Host you said you feel that medgar evers has been given a short shift in americas history. Why do you think that happened . Guest if you think about the job he was doing, he was doing the kind of activism that dr. Dd that john lewis was doing in georgiamississippi which was tht dangerous place to be black in america. The highest number of lynchings, the most violent version of the clan. And the statewide agency called the sont into action after brow. They were under tremendous pressure even from the naacp which did not agree with activism in the streets. They wanted to fight in the courts. The amount of violence that you would face in that state was unprecedented for any civil rights activist ....