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what is going on in detroit is not alone in the state. ingrid jacques from detroit news. we appreciate your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we are continuing to take your phone calls as we talk about issues facing cities around the country. our topic for today's washington journal. all three hours devoted to this topic. we are hearing you on phone lines for city residents only. if you're in the eastern or central united states, it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific regions, it is (202) 748-8001. ingrid jacques just then mentioning the issue of opportuniti -- opportunity zones in detroit. that is one of the key efforts the trump administration has touted. president trump brought up the issue of zones in an interview at the end of last month when he talked about what he is doing for minorities in this country. here's a little bit from that interview. [video clip] ? if you look at what i have done for african-americans. president obama tried so hard to get it, he could not get it. you look at opportunity zones, and look out -- opportunity zones
what is going on in detroit is not alone in the state. ingrid jacques from detroit news. we appreciate your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we are continuing to take your phone calls as we talk about issues facing cities around the country. our topic for today's washington journal. all three hours devoted to this topic. we are hearing you on phone lines for city residents only. if you're in the eastern or central united states, it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or...
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what is going on in detroit is not alone in the state. ingrid jacques from detroit news. we appreciate your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we are continuing to take your phone calls as we talk about issues facing cities around the country. our topic for today's washington journal. all three hours devoted to this topic. we are hearing you on phone lines for city residents only. if you're in the eastern or central united states, it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or pacific regions, it is (202) 748-8001. ingrid jacques just then mentioning the issue of opportuniti -- opportunity zones in detroit. that is one of the key efforts the trump administration has touted. president trump brought up the issue of zones in an interview at the end of last month when he talked about what he is doing for minorities in this country. here's a little bit from that interview. [video clip] ? if you look at what i have done for african-americans. president obama tried so hard to get it, he could not get it. you look at opportunity zones, and look out -- opportunity zones
what is going on in detroit is not alone in the state. ingrid jacques from detroit news. we appreciate your time. guest: thanks for having me. host: we are continuing to take your phone calls as we talk about issues facing cities around the country. our topic for today's washington journal. all three hours devoted to this topic. we are hearing you on phone lines for city residents only. if you're in the eastern or central united states, it is (202) 748-8000. if you are in the mountain or...
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even the greenlight program in detroit has not decreased crime. instead of spending money, it it should be going to transportation. it is not just cameras, it is a system over criminalizing. if you look at the money, why aren't we spending on education and housing? absolutely. they have the authority. this is not money they're saying -- no, you made a conscious choice to use a broken surveillance system that basically creates a national database that will misidentify people. instead, why don't you spend the schools?go into children stop allowing to drink lead-infested water? may be then they can actually learn in school. how can they learn if they are literally getting poisoned? understand thei intersectionality. every time i talk to immigrant rights groups they are starting to wake up the last few years. they do not talk about fixing immigration without talking about mass and corporate mass incarceration. the same people profit off them. all of it is driven by corporate greed, corporate assault on working families. they are not putting facial rec
even the greenlight program in detroit has not decreased crime. instead of spending money, it it should be going to transportation. it is not just cameras, it is a system over criminalizing. if you look at the money, why aren't we spending on education and housing? absolutely. they have the authority. this is not money they're saying -- no, you made a conscious choice to use a broken surveillance system that basically creates a national database that will misidentify people. instead, why don't...
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detroit to canada. traveling across the ambassador bridge is nearly 10,000 cars per day, plus another 2000 semitruck's. for semitransport trucks leaving america and going to canada through michigan. we see everything on those trucks, from gerber baby food through kellogg's cereal, beer and iphones. everything that has to be traded. the two biggest international trading partners in the world, you can imagine the depth and scope of what is traveling the bridge. in 1929 when the windsor ambassador bridge opens, and in 1930 when the tunnel opens, they are heralded as engineering marvels. being able to bring in the tobacco that makes our cigar manufacturing flourish at the turn-of-the-century, bringing in the raw steel to make our stove industry and later automotive industry flourish. ofare at the height prohibition. it gets its name the detroit windsor funnel, because of the amount of illegal alcohol being smuggled. it is tied to who we are not only as a city but as an havetrial -- we have to these methods
detroit to canada. traveling across the ambassador bridge is nearly 10,000 cars per day, plus another 2000 semitruck's. for semitransport trucks leaving america and going to canada through michigan. we see everything on those trucks, from gerber baby food through kellogg's cereal, beer and iphones. everything that has to be traded. the two biggest international trading partners in the world, you can imagine the depth and scope of what is traveling the bridge. in 1929 when the windsor ambassador...
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you cannot make it on $7.29 an hour as the fast food workers in detroit earn. that is what we think the trump argument is baloney. we also need to make the demand for unions in this economy and democracy because unions are a way to make these raises stick. unions are a way to change every aspect of our lives. that is why we are doubling down on the demand for unions. >> how many are teenagers working on jobs providers of families. >> i thought the fight for 15 busted that myth several years ago. we learned that the average fast food worker age is 28 years old. it is moms and dads trying to make their and me for their kids. the idea that these jobs were done by high school students with pocket change is incorrect. we need to understand that the growth of poverty wage worked in this country is not allowing us to break the cycle of generational poverty. that is why i was so proud to march in detroit last week with a fast food worker, mother of two and she wants to break the cycle of generational poverty for herself and her kids. her mom was a fast food worker. she
you cannot make it on $7.29 an hour as the fast food workers in detroit earn. that is what we think the trump argument is baloney. we also need to make the demand for unions in this economy and democracy because unions are a way to make these raises stick. unions are a way to change every aspect of our lives. that is why we are doubling down on the demand for unions. >> how many are teenagers working on jobs providers of families. >> i thought the fight for 15 busted that myth...
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american representative in congress why is detroit so important to the democrats and i'm leading you to 2016 here was a good thing because the traits has seen its ups and downs it's like the poster child of the city that has great comeback we had to come back city we've had bankruptcy we've had high crime of education issues this is where you want to be if you're a democrat and you want to touch your urban planner your urban agenda moving forward how do we bring diversity back into the party how do we get people to come out and vote what is it going to take for these candidates to convince african-americans and other minorities to to vote for them and in and hit them hard and in 2020 get to republicans are what's going to take a strong urban agenda is going to take a place like detroit to land feet and move forward hard and fast and interestingly donald trump won michigan the 1st republican to do so since 1988 and he did so by 10000 votes which happens to be the margin the number of african-americans who voted in the obama election who did not vote in that election what are these fol
american representative in congress why is detroit so important to the democrats and i'm leading you to 2016 here was a good thing because the traits has seen its ups and downs it's like the poster child of the city that has great comeback we had to come back city we've had bankruptcy we've had high crime of education issues this is where you want to be if you're a democrat and you want to touch your urban planner your urban agenda moving forward how do we bring diversity back into the party...
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some of them come to the northern cities like chicago, detroit, buffalo. some of them go to washington, d.c., which during the civil war and reconstruction is a major place for african-americans, and some of them go all the way back into southern communities to try to reconnect with people they had known or find groups they think are in a position to make change and be part of that change. i am really tracking all kinds of movement back out of canada after the underground railroad. >> why do they want to come back and what gives them hope? >> a lot of them thought of themselves as members of the united states. they really wanted to be u.s. citizens, part of the united states. slavery was making that impossible. but with the civil war and the end of slavery, there were a number of political leaders who say this is our chance. we are going to go and be part of a reconstruction government, we are going to be part of the opportunity for black people to have equal rights in the united states. >> what is it like for those former slaves returning versus the peopl
some of them come to the northern cities like chicago, detroit, buffalo. some of them go to washington, d.c., which during the civil war and reconstruction is a major place for african-americans, and some of them go all the way back into southern communities to try to reconnect with people they had known or find groups they think are in a position to make change and be part of that change. i am really tracking all kinds of movement back out of canada after the underground railroad. >> why...
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because i go to work in detroit. because i was raised in detroit. i understand the issues detroitans are facing. i have the opportunity to talk to farmer hoes are going through tough times, whether it be in traverse city or whether you're on the corner of fashion and have construction that's shutting your business down. we need to have people who are able to reach across the aisle, reach across the state, understand where people are coming from and going to washington is not an option. we need to have somebody who will you every single resour at their disposal to bring resources and money and attention back to michigan, back to detroit, back all over this wonderful state. >> dana: thanks for being on the show. >> thanks, dana. >> we don't need a tax cut now. we have a strong economy. certainly a payroll tax cut. president obama did that in order to artificially jack up the economy. president obama had zero interest rates. i don't have zero interest rates. i have real interest rates. despite that, i have a strong economy. >> dana: short time ago pres
because i go to work in detroit. because i was raised in detroit. i understand the issues detroitans are facing. i have the opportunity to talk to farmer hoes are going through tough times, whether it be in traverse city or whether you're on the corner of fashion and have construction that's shutting your business down. we need to have people who are able to reach across the aisle, reach across the state, understand where people are coming from and going to washington is not an option. we need...
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detroit was: mentioned and i am glad to detroit is rebounding. detroit was nearly destroyed because of awful trade policy which allowed corporations in this community out on the streets. to win this election and defeat donald trump is not going to be easy. we need to have a campaign of energy and excitement and a vision. young people>> thank you senat. i wants to bring in senator klobuchar at the beginning of the night, you said you would hear a lot of promises on the stage. previously you had said, "a lot of people are making promises, and i will not make promises just to get elected." who on the stages making promises just to get elected. sen. klobuchar: everyone wants to get elected. the point is when we have a guy in a white house who has told 10,000 lies we have to be straightforward. do i think that we are going to voting for and up plant that will kick america off of their current insurance, i do not think we will do that. there is a better way to do what we want to see. do i think that i will vote to -- that we will give free college to t
detroit was: mentioned and i am glad to detroit is rebounding. detroit was nearly destroyed because of awful trade policy which allowed corporations in this community out on the streets. to win this election and defeat donald trump is not going to be easy. we need to have a campaign of energy and excitement and a vision. young people>> thank you senat. i wants to bring in senator klobuchar at the beginning of the night, you said you would hear a lot of promises on the stage. previously...
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and inning -- presidentmp t and i think detroit didn't come close to answer that question for them. there wasn't anybody who reay emerged in detroit who has i think what a lot of people arel ing for. we've been focused on the plans. elizabeth warren has risen cause she has plans for everything and this notion of i have a pla -- everybody else has adopted it and i think the i have a plan has come at the suspense of i have a vision and whate did not see in detroit were candidates who could come up from the details of their plans and talkbout a bigger, broader and for -- for fritsch vision. there were -- aitsch vision. there was very littleumor and lightness and hope on that stage and i think democrats have to have some of that to be a successful candidate for president, period. robert: hallie, you've set down with many moderate candidates in recent weeks. hienlooper. when they think about that vision to they see an opening for themselves as this race?n >> they certainly do. you have a couple of hitters trying to stake that out, particularly joe biden. let's be frank here, gentlemen. a
and inning -- presidentmp t and i think detroit didn't come close to answer that question for them. there wasn't anybody who reay emerged in detroit who has i think what a lot of people arel ing for. we've been focused on the plans. elizabeth warren has risen cause she has plans for everything and this notion of i have a pla -- everybody else has adopted it and i think the i have a plan has come at the suspense of i have a vision and whate did not see in detroit were candidates who could come...
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detroit state -- transformed for two nights of democratic debates. it was a brand-new stage and took a team of more than 100 people eight days and more than 1000 hours to assemble the set at fox theater. they were more than 25 cameras at the location, 500 plus lights, 40,000 pounds of equipment and 110 pallets of gear. there was so much equipment it took 953 foot semitruck's to haul it all in. how did the candidates qualified for last nights debate? according to cnn, candidates had to achieve 1% in three poles from an approved list or receive campaign contributions from 65,000 unique donors including 200 donors each of 20 different states. the bar was purposely set low for the first debate in the cycle but it will be set quite a bit higher for the third set of debates which will be televised by abc and univision in september. -- on thosees debates, foxnews.com takei report that the dnc is raising the bar effectively cutting out half or more of the candidates. candidates must meet public polling and donor thresholds. four dncr -- in approved national
detroit state -- transformed for two nights of democratic debates. it was a brand-new stage and took a team of more than 100 people eight days and more than 1000 hours to assemble the set at fox theater. they were more than 25 cameras at the location, 500 plus lights, 40,000 pounds of equipment and 110 pallets of gear. there was so much equipment it took 953 foot semitruck's to haul it all in. how did the candidates qualified for last nights debate? according to cnn, candidates had to achieve...
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>> i've been here many times to detroit. i love the city. i love the city for many residence that mostly have to do with its history and its people. this is a town of people who helped build america. this is a town of people who helped build the culture of america. and this is a town that also got really hit hard when america was not working for working people. and so i think of detroit and i think of michigan through that lens. and for me, winning back michigan is about, again, staying focused on the issues that wake people up in the middle of the night. and also doing it in a way that appreciates, when i talk about my 3:00 a.m. agenda, it is not only about what i believe to be the priorities of families in our country, it is also about the fact that in spite of these powerful forces that are in this president who is so trying sow hate and division among us, i also know the vast majority of us have more in common that separate us. when people wake up at 3:00 a.m., it's never through the lens of what they registered to vote. and i think the
>> i've been here many times to detroit. i love the city. i love the city for many residence that mostly have to do with its history and its people. this is a town of people who helped build america. this is a town of people who helped build the culture of america. and this is a town that also got really hit hard when america was not working for working people. and so i think of detroit and i think of michigan through that lens. and for me, winning back michigan is about, again, staying...
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i am a detroit advocate for workers and activist in my community. i want to thank everyone for coming out. we have some stories for you. [applause] >> all right. so, we will now hear from our panelists. they will share a quick story about their personal stake in this game. we will start off with henrietta. if you can tell us in a couple of minutes what brings you here, how you are impacted, and what we are trying to build with a caring economy. and why you want to keep fighting? >> just like the congresswoman said, health care care for all is necessary. i am a victim where i lost my job that gave me health care coverage. once i lost my job, i went two years without health care coverage. that prevented me from going to the doctor and finding out if there were issues going on with you. by the time i was eligible for medicare expansion, i did go back to my physician and i had developed diabetes. i found out that i developed diabetes is when i went to the emergency room and had a cut on my finger and it swelled up. you do those preliminary tests when yo
i am a detroit advocate for workers and activist in my community. i want to thank everyone for coming out. we have some stories for you. [applause] >> all right. so, we will now hear from our panelists. they will share a quick story about their personal stake in this game. we will start off with henrietta. if you can tell us in a couple of minutes what brings you here, how you are impacted, and what we are trying to build with a caring economy. and why you want to keep fighting? >>...
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i am a detroit advocate for workers and activist in my community. i want to thank everyone for coming out. we have some stories for you. [applause] >> so, we will now hear from our panelists. they will share their stories about their personal stake in this game. henrietta, we will start off with you, what brings you here, how you are impacted in what we are trying to build. why do you want to keep fighting? >> just like the congresswoman said, health care care for all is necessary. i am a victim where i lost my job that gave me health care coverage. once i lost my job, i went two years without coverage. that prevented me from going to the doctor and finding out if there were issues going on with me. by the time i was eligible for medicare, i did go back and i had developed diabetes. i found out that i developed diabetes is when i went to the emergency room and had a cut on my finger and it swelled up. you do those preliminary tests when you go to the emergency room. when the doctor came back and said i have good news and bad news, i panicked. i figu
i am a detroit advocate for workers and activist in my community. i want to thank everyone for coming out. we have some stories for you. [applause] >> so, we will now hear from our panelists. they will share their stories about their personal stake in this game. henrietta, we will start off with you, what brings you here, how you are impacted in what we are trying to build. why do you want to keep fighting? >> just like the congresswoman said, health care care for all is necessary....
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if these policies are so great, why haven't they succeeded in making detroit a utopia? i was also intrigued by the fact that conversation the first night was incredibly substantive , i thought for the idea of medicare for all, i thought it was enlightening to see where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders were on it and the discussion i think they had with john delaney was important for democrats to have. they are going through this process as a party and need to appeal to their voters. democrats need to decide whether single-payer government run health care, that elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are proposing is really the way to go. i think that was a healthy discussion for their party to have. the second night, i don't think it was as substantive. as much as i enjoyed watching kamala harris and tulsi gabbard go at it with each other and have told see gabbard -- tulsi gabbard bring senator harris down, it was a debate that i would not have enjoyed. it was as if the moderators were throwing out specific questions and challenges to egg on the candidates to attack each
if these policies are so great, why haven't they succeeded in making detroit a utopia? i was also intrigued by the fact that conversation the first night was incredibly substantive , i thought for the idea of medicare for all, i thought it was enlightening to see where elizabeth warren and bernie sanders were on it and the discussion i think they had with john delaney was important for democrats to have. they are going through this process as a party and need to appeal to their voters....
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the debate last night was held in detroit. joe biden because of his personal connection to and enthusiasm for the automobile industry, which was long an anchor of the middle class in delaware as well really fought hard to save the auto industry. that's just one of many pieces of the obama/biden legacy that could have been talked about positively last night. i wish we were spending more of our time focusing on the argument we have to make to middle america. why should you give us back the keys? why should you trust a democrat to run the country through the white house and give us a majority in the senate again? we have to speak to them, tell them about our positive record and tell them about how we're going to move forward. i thought joe did a strong job of that last night. >> why wouldn't former secretary julian castro, yes, a former obama administration official, but he's also the former mayor of san antonio, and he hears from people certainly in texas and around the country democrats who share his views that the obama admini
the debate last night was held in detroit. joe biden because of his personal connection to and enthusiasm for the automobile industry, which was long an anchor of the middle class in delaware as well really fought hard to save the auto industry. that's just one of many pieces of the obama/biden legacy that could have been talked about positively last night. i wish we were spending more of our time focusing on the argument we have to make to middle america. why should you give us back the keys?...
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my mom was born in detroit. to a uaw worker. my grandfather pulled his family out of poverty in the depression. my grandmother joined him. opened a pool hall and a laundry matt right here in the city. that is the american dream. and so many of us have stories like that. but the dream of this country is under threat right now. my mom generation 95% of baby boomers did better than their parents. it's a coin toss. we have a real crisis in the country and the crisis is donald trump. but not only trump, i have a frustration sometimes people the only thing they want is beat donald trump. that's the floor not the ceiling. not just focus on him he wants to take all the oxygen out of the room. it's when we focus on each other. and under r understand our common bonds and purpose to address our common pain is what is saved us before. it's going to save us now. that is the kind of leader that i'm going to be as president of the united states. not just uniting the democratic party. making sure that we put more indy visible back into the nati
my mom was born in detroit. to a uaw worker. my grandfather pulled his family out of poverty in the depression. my grandmother joined him. opened a pool hall and a laundry matt right here in the city. that is the american dream. and so many of us have stories like that. but the dream of this country is under threat right now. my mom generation 95% of baby boomers did better than their parents. it's a coin toss. we have a real crisis in the country and the crisis is donald trump. but not only...
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attacks from 9 other presidential hopefuls during the 2nd night of debates john hendren reports from detroit. the front runner spot was joe biden's to lose any plan to win or go down fighting in debate one comolli harris attacked biden got a boost in the polls. on the way in to debate to easy minutes later on question one he has sailed her plan for publicly funded health care the senators had several plans for you can't be president trying with double talk on this plan we are now paying 3 bill a trillion dollars a year for health care in america over the next 10 years it's probably going to be 6 trillion dollars we must then inside detroit's fox theater came an avalanche of counterattacks on immigration it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't on criminal justice because you stood up and used that tough on crime phony rhetoric that got a lot of people liked it but destroyed communities like mine and on climate change washington state governor jay inslee called biden's plan in adequate his disagreement with his response with me it did. when he said. the
attacks from 9 other presidential hopefuls during the 2nd night of debates john hendren reports from detroit. the front runner spot was joe biden's to lose any plan to win or go down fighting in debate one comolli harris attacked biden got a boost in the polls. on the way in to debate to easy minutes later on question one he has sailed her plan for publicly funded health care the senators had several plans for you can't be president trying with double talk on this plan we are now paying 3 bill...
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in america over the next 10 years it's probably going to be 6 trillion dollars we must then inside detroit's fox theater came an avalanche of counterattacks on immigration it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't on criminal justice because you stood up and use that tough on crime phony rhetoric we got a lot of people liked it but destroyed communities like mine and on climate change washington state governor jay inslee called biden's plan in adequate his disagreement with his response with me it did kind of set me off a little bit when he said. there's no work in the south this is our last chance in the next presidency we had to move our house on fire we're going to put it out. as well it had a target on his back it was hit again and again by his critics on a day each time he struck back over the next few days the polls will determine whether those repeated attacks left a lasting mark to win against president democrats will have to win in states like michigan which trump won in 2016 detroiter mario moral hazard vice come here often work hard to make s
in america over the next 10 years it's probably going to be 6 trillion dollars we must then inside detroit's fox theater came an avalanche of counterattacks on immigration it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't on criminal justice because you stood up and use that tough on crime phony rhetoric we got a lot of people liked it but destroyed communities like mine and on climate change washington state governor jay inslee called biden's plan in adequate his...
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norman finley of the detroit news, biden finds the old joe in detroit. that's available online. sleepy joe woke up in detroit wednesday night. it was vented to uncle joe, a politician whose career has been sustained on charm and familiarity and streetfighter grid when needed. he seemed to understand his challenge, appeared in command, diminished tears about bullying, defended his record, not directly from the clinical center by his progressive opponents, and if he wins the presidency he will be the oldest president ever sworn into office for a first term. robert from key largo, florida. caller: good morning. i like biden. i think he's the only salvation for the future. hello? host: go ahead. caller: also i believe he will be able to stop trump and putin from drilling in the arctic. that's very important for the people in this country to ,ealize if they drill for oil eventually it is going to somehow implode. the people are realizing we only have 10 years left. if we do make the right decisions this time, we might not have another time in our lifetime. host: thanks for the call.
norman finley of the detroit news, biden finds the old joe in detroit. that's available online. sleepy joe woke up in detroit wednesday night. it was vented to uncle joe, a politician whose career has been sustained on charm and familiarity and streetfighter grid when needed. he seemed to understand his challenge, appeared in command, diminished tears about bullying, defended his record, not directly from the clinical center by his progressive opponents, and if he wins the presidency he will be...
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mayor, for detroit hosting this. look, i've said it many times, and i think everyone agrees with this. we're in a battle for the soul of america. this is the most consequential election anyone of you, no matter how old or young you are, has ever, ever participated in. four more years of donald trump will go down as an aberration -- hard to overcome the damage he's done, but we can overcome it. eight more years of donald trump will change america in a fundamental way. the america we know will no longer exist. everybody knows who donald trump is. we have to let him know who we are. we choose science over fiction. we choose hope over fear. we choose unity over division. and we choose -- we choose the idea that we can as americans, when we act together, do anything. this is the united states of america. when we've acted together, we have never, never, never been unable to overcome whatever the problem was. if you agree with me, go to joe30330 and help me in this fight. thank you very much. [applause] ms. bash: candidates
mayor, for detroit hosting this. look, i've said it many times, and i think everyone agrees with this. we're in a battle for the soul of america. this is the most consequential election anyone of you, no matter how old or young you are, has ever, ever participated in. four more years of donald trump will go down as an aberration -- hard to overcome the damage he's done, but we can overcome it. eight more years of donald trump will change america in a fundamental way. the america we know will no...
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barbara plett—usher in detroit. more than 150 protesters have been arrested in hong kong sincejune as a series of protests swept across the city. protesters are calling for the complete withdrawal of a now suspended extradition bill, full democracy and amnesty for protesters arrested during the movement. the bbc has spoken to protesters who took part in the storming of hong kong's parliament on july 1st. they spoke under the condition of anonymity. this is one protester‘s story. 0ne protester‘s story. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: a study into chillis that's causing a stir. we talk to the researcher who says too many can have an impact on health. also on the programme: bluey — the australian cartoon that's been praised for its portrayal of fatherhood in 2019 and even credited with helping parenthood. cheering the us space agency, nasa, has ordered an investigation after confirmation today that astronauts were cleared to fly while drunk. the last foot patrol in south armagh
barbara plett—usher in detroit. more than 150 protesters have been arrested in hong kong sincejune as a series of protests swept across the city. protesters are calling for the complete withdrawal of a now suspended extradition bill, full democracy and amnesty for protesters arrested during the movement. the bbc has spoken to protesters who took part in the storming of hong kong's parliament on july 1st. they spoke under the condition of anonymity. this is one protester‘s story. 0ne...
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even the greenlight program in detroit has not decreased crime. instead of spending money, it it should be going to transportation. it is not just cameras, it is a system over criminalizing. if you look at the money, why aren't we spending on education and housing? absolutely. they have the authority. this is not money they're saying -- no, you made a conscious choice to use a broken surveillance system that basically creates a national database that will misidentify people. instead, why don't you spend the schools?go into children stop allowing to drink lead-infested water? may be then they can actually learn in school. how can they learn if they are literally getting poisoned? understand thei intersectionality. every time i talk to immigrant rights groups they are starting to wake up the last few years. they do not talk about fixing immigration without talking about mass and corporate mass incarceration. the same people profit off them. all of it is driven by corporate greed, corporate assault on working families. they are not putting facial rec
even the greenlight program in detroit has not decreased crime. instead of spending money, it it should be going to transportation. it is not just cameras, it is a system over criminalizing. if you look at the money, why aren't we spending on education and housing? absolutely. they have the authority. this is not money they're saying -- no, you made a conscious choice to use a broken surveillance system that basically creates a national database that will misidentify people. instead, why don't...
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you cannot make it on $7.29 an hour as the fast food workers in detroit earn. that is why we think trump's argument is baloney. we need to get behind the movement to ways -- to raise wages. we also need to make the demand for unions in this economy and democracy because unions are a way to make these raises stick. unions are a way to change every aspect of our lives. that is why we are doubling down on the demand for unions. quickly, how many are teenagers working odd jobs versus providers of families. mary kay: i thought the fight for 15 busted that myth several years ago. we learned that the average fast food worker age is 28 years old. mostly moms and dads trying to make their and me for their ends meet for their kids. the idea that these jobs were done by high school students with pocket change is incorrect. we need to understand that the growth of poverty wage worked in -- work in this country is not allowing us to break the cycle of generational poverty. that is why i was so proud to march in detroit last week with a fast food worker, mother of two and sh
you cannot make it on $7.29 an hour as the fast food workers in detroit earn. that is why we think trump's argument is baloney. we need to get behind the movement to ways -- to raise wages. we also need to make the demand for unions in this economy and democracy because unions are a way to make these raises stick. unions are a way to change every aspect of our lives. that is why we are doubling down on the demand for unions. quickly, how many are teenagers working odd jobs versus providers of...
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>> let me try to tie that together to our time together in detroit. what it is highlighting is matters of impeachment. in detroit it was about waying defeating me president and how nancy pelosi is able to manage between the two. here's my question. what do they want? because she's been protecting them because they have to stand for re-election. >> isn't it also the question of if they can do two things at once? if people believe it is their duty to impeach the president because they have seen high crimes and misdemeanors -- >> or just investigate him with an inquiry. >> that's what they're already doing, they would say. >> yes. >> they would say they've begun that and an impeachment inquiry kicks it into a higher gear. >> it does. >> is the argument that somehow that will cut into their legislating time and they really can't do two things at once and they have to make a choice? that's a much harder choice than the people have come here and said, look we can walk and chew gum at the same time. we should do both. >> well, i had that conversation with a
>> let me try to tie that together to our time together in detroit. what it is highlighting is matters of impeachment. in detroit it was about waying defeating me president and how nancy pelosi is able to manage between the two. here's my question. what do they want? because she's been protecting them because they have to stand for re-election. >> isn't it also the question of if they can do two things at once? if people believe it is their duty to impeach the president because they...
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mungo's taking part in detroit. protest leaders in sudan have called for a 1000000 man march on tuesday to demand justice for the killing of at least 6 demonstrators earlier in the week rallies have been taking place ever since security forces opened fire on a student. protest in north kordofan on monday hit morgan has more from neighboring ethiopia. for the 3rd successive day students in various parts of sudan raise their voices calling for justice and accountability and trials for the soldiers who opened fire on fellow students on monday at least 6 were killed and dozens injured in north dakota fan as they protested about the cost of living the protesters called for justice i repeated by the african union. i went in they did how do you think the african union cares it directly denounces the killing of students taking person a peaceful process and offer our condolences to the families of those who lost their lives we use the quick arrest of those responsible for the killings and for them to stand trial and face pun
mungo's taking part in detroit. protest leaders in sudan have called for a 1000000 man march on tuesday to demand justice for the killing of at least 6 demonstrators earlier in the week rallies have been taking place ever since security forces opened fire on a student. protest in north kordofan on monday hit morgan has more from neighboring ethiopia. for the 3rd successive day students in various parts of sudan raise their voices calling for justice and accountability and trials for the...
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he is at the detroit one coney restaurant. that is a place where you can get everything from foot-long all-beef hot dogs to wraps, lunch, dinner. it's part of a renovation, kind of a coney island from new york style area of detroit. there he is meeting with all the folks and he's with the mayor, by the way, of detroit who has endorsed him. we're going to keep our eye on that. >>> in the meantime, there's been some new and disturbing reporting on accused sex trafficking jeffrey epstein. he believed he could improve the population of the world by seeding with his dna and that he court famous and highly esteemed scientists into his circle, although there's no evidence anything ever came of it. and then there's the "washington post" with one answer to the question president trump wouldn't answer himself. what happened between him and epstein? they were once wealthy neighbors in palm beach, florida da. here you see him partying at the president's mar-a-lago club. >> i did have a fallout a long time ago. the reason doesn't make any
he is at the detroit one coney restaurant. that is a place where you can get everything from foot-long all-beef hot dogs to wraps, lunch, dinner. it's part of a renovation, kind of a coney island from new york style area of detroit. there he is meeting with all the folks and he's with the mayor, by the way, of detroit who has endorsed him. we're going to keep our eye on that. >>> in the meantime, there's been some new and disturbing reporting on accused sex trafficking jeffrey epstein....
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some of those people come from windsor across the river into detroit and they see opportunities in michigan that they didn't see in ontario. there's a whole mix of motives and i'm trying to sort out how to bring those things together. >> what kind of jobs are they returning to in america? >> in the late 19th century there are african-americans coming out of canada who are specifically porters on the railroad and some working as hotel staff but are seen as having a british education in wisconsin and niagara falls. but by the turn of the 20th century right before the great migration we see william perry is the first african-american who works for the ford motor company because he happens to know henry ford who is part of this group that comes back from canada into the united states. i feel like the company has celebrated him but have not told the canadian part of the story so i'm trying to think of this border crossing as part of the way they structure their lives pick >> how do you go about researching that? >> it's an interesting process. a lot of people care about where their families are
some of those people come from windsor across the river into detroit and they see opportunities in michigan that they didn't see in ontario. there's a whole mix of motives and i'm trying to sort out how to bring those things together. >> what kind of jobs are they returning to in america? >> in the late 19th century there are african-americans coming out of canada who are specifically porters on the railroad and some working as hotel staff but are seen as having a british education...
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i think what you saw in -- i was in detroit and in miami. i think detroit is actually a much stronger showing for the former vice president, particularly that one exchange he had with senator gillibrand. i think other folks that have the potential to continue to have that breakout moment are including gillibrand minus the exchange she had with senator biden. i think you also saw the likes of mario williamson make her points very well. but it's all about senator elizabeth warren and senator bernie sanders. i put this question, this is the second point i'll make quickly, i put this question in detroit to democratic national committee chairman tom perez. i asked him, you know, when is this going to dwindlehe? said the threshold is a bit more difficult for the candidates. that's because the polling threshold increases. i think you could see the lower tier candidates drop out. >> what happens next in terms of who is going to make the cut here? is there someone who really wants to make the cut that could potentially take away from biden's lead tha
i think what you saw in -- i was in detroit and in miami. i think detroit is actually a much stronger showing for the former vice president, particularly that one exchange he had with senator gillibrand. i think other folks that have the potential to continue to have that breakout moment are including gillibrand minus the exchange she had with senator biden. i think you also saw the likes of mario williamson make her points very well. but it's all about senator elizabeth warren and senator...
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laura: the bbc's barbara plett-usher is in detroit. she joins us now what is your assessment of who did well last night? tbarbara: main uction was therdog group of centrist candidates who took on the liberal candidates elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. senator warren had quite a good night. she had some memorableines about why the democrats should think big and go bold. bernie sanders, quite a solid performance, better than the one last mth, and the two of them banded together to ward o attacks on the policies rather than pursuing their own rivalries. the young mayor pet buttigieg broke through the noise of it,ki the case for generational change. but there was nobody else really obvious you had aout moment. the debate was feisty and around the ideological divisions which will shape the race. laura: what are joe biden's team saying abopr how he will ch tonight? he goes in as the front runner but had a ightly shaky debate last time. barbara: all eyes will be on joe biden. it is an important debore him and he is the front runner becaus
laura: the bbc's barbara plett-usher is in detroit. she joins us now what is your assessment of who did well last night? tbarbara: main uction was therdog group of centrist candidates who took on the liberal candidates elizabeth warren and bernie sanders. senator warren had quite a good night. she had some memorableines about why the democrats should think big and go bold. bernie sanders, quite a solid performance, better than the one last mth, and the two of them banded together to ward o...
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they held a proper rally in downtown detroit. they had a young, diverse crowd. the crowd was high energy. so was the candidate. you want to have a big event like this t aate because right now you're staring down the barrel into august. it's traditionally the slowest campaigning month, the slowest fundraising month. if you feel you had a good debate or even if you didn't you want to capture as much of that bounce as you possibly can. as you said, booker's performance was widely praised. the campaign says they raised more money in the first 24 hours immediately following the debate so ending last night than in any other 24-hour period including the campaign launch. that is big. but it is very difficult to sustain. so trying to kind of get one last bite at that apple with one more big rally here in detroit last night was certainly helpful as we now head into the long, hot summer. >> all right. garrett, stay with me a second. i want to cross over to ali vitale in d.c. where already as we are breaking down and analyzing what just happened in detroit we are already lo
they held a proper rally in downtown detroit. they had a young, diverse crowd. the crowd was high energy. so was the candidate. you want to have a big event like this t aate because right now you're staring down the barrel into august. it's traditionally the slowest campaigning month, the slowest fundraising month. if you feel you had a good debate or even if you didn't you want to capture as much of that bounce as you possibly can. as you said, booker's performance was widely praised. the...
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kevin: you were in detroit for the democratic debate. a lot of folks not that you may throw your hat into the ring, but you decided against it for now. i want to play what joe biden have to say about how charlottesville impacted his decision to get into this race. it was a turning point for a lot of politicians. that is when we heard the words of the president of the united dates that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation. he said there were "some a very fine people on both sides." in that moment, i knew the threat to this nation was unlike any i had ever seen in a lifetime. terry: very important statement. i spent a lot of time with vice president biden when i was thinking of running. half of our discussions were about charlottesville. the next president of the united states will be a democrat, has to heal the country, bring us back together. i'm very happy that joe biden has made as a centerpiece of his campaign. talkingother candidates about this issue, bringing people together again. debates,hing on these i want
kevin: you were in detroit for the democratic debate. a lot of folks not that you may throw your hat into the ring, but you decided against it for now. i want to play what joe biden have to say about how charlottesville impacted his decision to get into this race. it was a turning point for a lot of politicians. that is when we heard the words of the president of the united dates that stunned the world and shocked the conscience of this nation. he said there were "some a very fine people...
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rashida talks about the beautiful detroit community that she represents. but i also represent minneapolis, the heart of every progressive movement. [laughter] rep. tlaib: we did start the labor rights, i just want you to know. we died for the labor rights movement. i am just saying. rep. omar: and so it is just an honor to be not serving with you only because they are the first two muslim women to serve but also because you represent people who understand and value this particular fight we are waging on behalf of all oppressed people around the world. so we will take a few questions. we have to get to a townhall in a bit. >> what is the reaction from your district? you can represent a number of synagogues. rep. omar: the reaction in my district has been an overwhelming outcry and condemnation of the particular action that has been taken by the netanyahu administration at the urging of the president. people really are appalled in many ways. people feel like when you are a united states citizen, forget the fact that we are members of congress, when you are a
rashida talks about the beautiful detroit community that she represents. but i also represent minneapolis, the heart of every progressive movement. [laughter] rep. tlaib: we did start the labor rights, i just want you to know. we died for the labor rights movement. i am just saying. rep. omar: and so it is just an honor to be not serving with you only because they are the first two muslim women to serve but also because you represent people who understand and value this particular fight we are...
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has a story from detroit. it was clear that jimmy out there would was in distress once he got to iraq i begged him not to leave and then he's going to come over to work here. tonight will. become diabetic i think. a lot of people but. ever since the trumpet ministrations immigration crackdown began many distressing videos have been circulated but this was the 1st to foretell the death of a man whose lawyers had warms the deportation to iraq could be fatal he was deported in june 63 days later he was dead he was on a bench in this airport and not shelf with basically just the clothes on his back with nothing he had no food he had no water he had nothing an airport official took pity on him gave him some food called his family and that's how they found out that he had been deported it was incredibly incredibly cool in a statement immigration and customs enforcement said elder would had a criminal record and so had no legal basis to remain in the u.s. and that he was given a full complement of medicine to ensure
has a story from detroit. it was clear that jimmy out there would was in distress once he got to iraq i begged him not to leave and then he's going to come over to work here. tonight will. become diabetic i think. a lot of people but. ever since the trumpet ministrations immigration crackdown began many distressing videos have been circulated but this was the 1st to foretell the death of a man whose lawyers had warms the deportation to iraq could be fatal he was deported in june 63 days later...
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and that he was given a full complement of medicine to ensure continuity of care the detroit area has one of the largest populations of those with iraqi heritage outside of iraq many like jimmy all kow the catholics who came to the u.s. as refugee children around a 1000 green card holders currently face deportation to iraq because they have a criminal record no matter how minor even though they served their time in jail and many like jimmy have no connection to iraq ice is determined to send them to a country that the state department says no american should travel to because it's too dangerous as a result of the u.s. invasion and jimmy wasn't the 1st to be sent back all the individuals that were in contact with there are some individuals we don't know what happened to them we don't know if they're alive or they're dead the individuals that we've spoken to many of them are in terrible situations they are in hiding some have been assaulted some have been shot shot at we know that jimmy obviously die. many of the county and community supported donald trump of the 2016 election encourage
and that he was given a full complement of medicine to ensure continuity of care the detroit area has one of the largest populations of those with iraqi heritage outside of iraq many like jimmy all kow the catholics who came to the u.s. as refugee children around a 1000 green card holders currently face deportation to iraq because they have a criminal record no matter how minor even though they served their time in jail and many like jimmy have no connection to iraq ice is determined to send...
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number three, i was asked as the mayor of detroit can tell you, to help detroit get out of bankruptcy and back on its feet. i spent a better part of two years out here working to make sure it did exactly that. we invested in this city, on transportation. the point is, we made significant investments in this city. i suspect that's why the mayor endorsed me. >> senator gillibrand, what's your response? >> to the people of michigan, i know how i would beat president trump. i took a bus tour. he promised no bad trade deals. he started a trade war with china and signed on with nafta 2.0, a giveaway to drug companies in mexico. i took the pus to michigan, to ohio and pennsylvania, telling people he's broken his promises to them. i listened to their concerns and offered real solutions. i've done this before. my first house district i ran in, was a 2-1 republican district. i won it twice. i haven't lost an election since. i can bring people together in red, purple and blue areas. and i can get things done. >> mr. yang, in poll after poll, democratic voters saying having a nominee to beat pres
number three, i was asked as the mayor of detroit can tell you, to help detroit get out of bankruptcy and back on its feet. i spent a better part of two years out here working to make sure it did exactly that. we invested in this city, on transportation. the point is, we made significant investments in this city. i suspect that's why the mayor endorsed me. >> senator gillibrand, what's your response? >> to the people of michigan, i know how i would beat president trump. i took a bus...
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attacks from 9 other presidential hopefuls during the 2nd night of debates john hendren reports from detroit. the front runner spot was joe biden's to lose any plan to win or go down fighting in debate one comolli harris attacked biden got a boost in the polls. on the way in to debate 2 he asked her to go easy minutes later on question one he has sailed her plan for publicly funded health care the senators had several plans for you can't be president trying with double talk on this plan we are now paying 3 bill a trillion dollars a year for health care in america over the next 10 years it's probably going to be 6 trillion dollars we must then inside detroit's fox theater came an avalanche of counterattacks on immigration it looks like one of us has learned the lessons of the past and one of us hasn't on criminal justice because you stood up and used that tough on crime phony rhetoric that got a lot of people liked it but destroyed communities like mine and on climate change washington state governor jay inslee called biden's plan in adequate his disagreement with his response with me it did.
attacks from 9 other presidential hopefuls during the 2nd night of debates john hendren reports from detroit. the front runner spot was joe biden's to lose any plan to win or go down fighting in debate one comolli harris attacked biden got a boost in the polls. on the way in to debate 2 he asked her to go easy minutes later on question one he has sailed her plan for publicly funded health care the senators had several plans for you can't be president trying with double talk on this plan we are...
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health immigration and the race among other things john hendren has been following that debate for us in detroit so john as we were saying joe biden in the spotlight in the 1st round of the debate his performance was described as lackluster how to do he did this time. well he was a front runner again this time and as often happens to front runners he might as well have a target on his back because several of the other candidates were gunning for him joe biden was the 1st actually to launch an attack before coming out you may remember in the 1st debate connally harris the california senator attacked him on his civil rights record he ended up looking bad in that debate so this time as they walked in he embraced harris and he said take it easy on me kid but then in the 1st question it was biden who took the 1st shot criticizing her on her plan for publicly funded health care she shot back and said that biden's much more conservative plant simply was inadequate and then there came an avalanche of attacks on biden who leon castro the former secretary of housing and urban development attacked him on i
health immigration and the race among other things john hendren has been following that debate for us in detroit so john as we were saying joe biden in the spotlight in the 1st round of the debate his performance was described as lackluster how to do he did this time. well he was a front runner again this time and as often happens to front runners he might as well have a target on his back because several of the other candidates were gunning for him joe biden was the 1st actually to launch an...