years, charleston has been the top u.s. city for travel and leisure readers, a city known for its cobblestone streets and elegant homes. it was also the capital of the slave trade. more than 40% of all africans brought here came through this port. a harsh reality that many in charleston used to gloss over. >> i think it's crucial that we tell the entire story. >> reporter: now tour guides like john laverne make it the most important point to visitors. >> a lot of people, what they know about charleston is what they've seen on tv. you've got to discuss every horrific part of the entire institution of slavery. >> reporter: bernard powers heads up the center for the study of slavery in charleston at the college of charleston. >> it's very important to be frank and honest and forthright about the brutality of the system of slavery. i mean there is -- there is no getting around it. this was an aspect of daily life. >> reporter: and that's exactly what historians at charleston's nathaniel house are trying to do. >> every house th

college of charleston political science professors h. gibbs knotts and jordan ragusa, authored "first in the south,why south carolina's presidential primary matters. thank you, gentlemen. so it feels as if south carolina is becoming more and more important in sort of a conversation around who is is that a fair assessment? >> i think so. when we look at republican contests, one of the things that's really notable about south carolina is that it has a really good track record of picking who eventually becomes the nominee. on the democratic side, of course, you know, race is a critical issue in the modernic . and south carolina is the first state where candidates have to confront a large percentage of african-americans. soledad: are there any other >> certainly, yes. economics matters a little bit more in south carolina, in south carolina, democrats are a little more moderate, a little more conservative than national democrats. and so it's a different type of person who's going to win in iowa versus who's going to win in south carolina. sol

pam. >> welcome to charleston. one thing i think is important in a leader is the ability to listen and admit when you may not be right. can you give a couple of examples of recent situations in which you've listened to advice of others and maybe ajszed your approach as a result of that? >> sure. give you one. in terms of campaign strategy. we invite reporters to come to fund raising events. and hesitated to do it for a long time. i guess just out of habit i wish we'd done that sooner because reporters started coming and realize i say the exact same thing as i say in a town hall and got bored and sometimes i don't come anymore. i should have done that a long time earlier. but people encouraging me to do that made me realize it was a good idea. at a more profound level, listening the experiences of those whose lives are different than mine, especially in my hometown of south bend, was a important part of how i learned to do a better job as mayor. i arrived with a head full of ideas. and many of the ideas played out.

what happened in charleston? one of the things i do in the first chapter of the book is to cut back and forth chronologically between what's happening in boston and what's happening in charleston. my readers know what happening in both places but the bostonians didn't know what was happening in charleston, and the charlestonian's didn't know what was happening in boston. except in very vague terms. by the end of the process there were a few little bits of information that dribbled along through basically to sea captains going up and down the coast. very little was known. there wasn't any communications. both were making it up as they went along. charleston did something very different from boston. bostonians met and agreed what to do, charlestonian's met twice in large meetings, in that exchange building, and cannot make up their minds what to do. they could not reach any consensus. what they did was instead of reaching a consensus they basically punted and what punting in this context meant facilitating the cust

>>> all right, live from charleston, south carolina. this is a cnn town hall event. good evening, i'm chris cuomo, so we're just five days away from the south carolina primary. this is the last major test before super tuesday. the leading contenders are on stage this week making their case to south carolina voters. tonight they will question pete buttigieg and tom steyer, but please welcome the front runner vermont senator bernie sanders. >> shall we dance? >> yes. >> so you are the front runner. you had the results, you clearly had energy, and now along with it you'll have the target. a representative of the bloomberg campaign said one person matters on the debate stage tomorrow night and that is bernie sanders, are you ready for that pressure? >> absolutely. given the fact that i have been in opposition in my career, taking on every special interest, it is funny to find myself a so called front runner. but we will enter this debate with the full knowledge that tens of millions of americans want fundamental change in terms of what is going on in this country. they'r

. >> reporter: bernard powers heads up the center for the study of slavery in charleston at the charleston. >> it's very important to be frank and honest and forthright about the brutality of the system of slavery. there is no getting around it. this was an aspectf o exactly what historians at charleston's nathaniel russell house are trying to do. >> every house built before 1865 in charleston was built on the backs of enslaved men, women, and children. >> reporter: sarah northup is the director of museums for the historic charleston foundation. >> it's so important that visitors to these sites understand that enslaved people were people. they had agency. they had skills. they had hopes and dreams and relationships and families. >> reporter: while some say charleston is making progress, others believe the work is just beginning. >> the disparities that exist between african-american and whites in this community, they are still very glaring. >> reporter: the president and ceo of the charleston trident urban league says these inequalities could turn black voters in charleston away from the p

you talk about charleston and the murder of african-americans. last year it was a synagogue where jewish people were targeted. my administration will do what the american people want, not what the nra wants. what is very clear to me is there is a growing consensus in this country. rural states like mine and urban states about several things. number one, we need universal background checks. people who have a violent past including domestic violence should not be owning guns. number two, we have got to end the so-called gun show loophole which allows people -- which allows people to legally purchase guns while avoiding a background check. number three, we've got to end the so-called strong man position which allows you to legally walk in, buy as many guns as you want and then sell them to criminal gangs and elements. number four, what we have got to do and something i have supported for like 30 years is ban the sale and distribution of assault weapons in this country. i am -- i am proud that i have a d-minus voting record from the nra and i suspect

i know charleston well. my mother's family was originally from charleston, so it's like coming home. >> what do you make of what this will look like on saturday? >> everybody i've talked to agrees with the polls, likely a victory for joe biden. some question as to what the margin will be but the biden campaign, i'm sure they will say a win is a win. would be heavy with a double digit win, looking for a springboard into super tuesday. a campaign and the super tuesday states, and not time between now and super tuesday to get the money and the ads together and ad time. but like to get a free media a good victory here in south carolina, and that could give a boost to the campaign. a real boost. >> in fact, in a number of large super tuesday states, which is going to be on tuesday, a few days from now, bernie sanders is ahead of joe biden and one of the, some of the thinking as eugene spoipoints out, if he wi handily in south carolina, the coverage of that, the momentum of that could put him up in front of biden

i know charleston well. my mother's family was originally from charleston, so it's like coming home. >> what do you make of what this is going to look like on saturday? >> everybody i've talked to agrees with the polls, likely a victory for joe biden. some question as to what the margin will be but the biden campaign especially at this point in the campaign i'm sure will say a win is a win. i think they'd be very, very happy if it were a double-digit win. they're looking for a springboard into super tuesday. it's a campaign that frankly doesn't have -- it's not up on the air with television ads in the super tuesday states. and it's not time between now and super tuesday to get the money and the ads together and the ad time. but he'd get a whole lot of free media if he really can have a whopping good victory here in south carolina. and that could give a boost to his campaign. a real boost. >> and in fact, zerlina, in a number of large super tuesday states, which is going to be on tuesday a few days from now,

charleston met twice. in march meetings and that exchange building, i cannot make up their minds of what to do. they cannot reach any kind of consensus. and so what they did, was instead of reaching a consensus, the basically hunted. and what punting in this context meant, was facilitating the custom officers of south carolina to compensate the tea. that was because at the time, there was a rule that one ship had entered the harbor and they had to pay duty on their cargo within 20 days or else the cargo would be compensated. suntrust and, basically the cannot make up their minds to do so they just let the customs officers to compensate the tea after 20 days. it is clearly cohosted. an interesting claim i found out that john adams, learned that in his essays towards the end of her actually in 1735. he indicates that he knows that would happen in charleston was collusive between the locals in the customs officers and he probably learned that at the congress when he was there in the fall of 1774. place were t

win her over. >> welcome to charleston. >> thank you. >> this town hall is in the heart of downtown charleston. this is not the down charleston i grew up in seven blocks away. it is filled with working class families, many whom are being pushed out and priced out. displaced. gentryification spreads in the area. this happens all over the country especially in brown and black neighborhoods. and i'm wondering what will you do in order to protect families from being displaced and priced out of their homes? >> this is an example of one of those issues that i was talking about of racial justice that won't get better without intention and resources. this isn't just going it happen. we should remember a lot of the racial segregation of american neighborhoods happened because of federal policy. the racial discrimination in access to subsidies for housing for example. there is an obligation to proactively do something about this. yet what we have under this administration under president trump is the reverse. they gutted things like the rule the obama administration set up on ensuring communities furthe

to people in charleston and my age. i'm 27 years old. i have buying a house and getting married and having kids ahead of me. what do you say to people my age who are terrified of what climate change will do to this planet and our futures? >> natalie, thank you for asking that question. look, number one priority, the only one, go ask them. the only one. and i've said that i will declare, just so you know, natalie, a state of emergency on climate, on the first day of my presidency. and i will use the executive emergency powers of the presidency to tell companies how they can generate electricity, what kind of cars they can build on what schedule, what kind of buildings we're going to have, how we're going to use our public lands, how the government, which is the biggest bey b buyer of fossil fuels in the world is going to move to clean energy. and let me say this. i did not just come to this. i have been fighting this fight for well over a decade, and i have beat oil companies when they tried to repeal good laws. i've pas

listen to a professor from the college of charleston. we went to a forest that's now becoming a beach. take a listen. >> they tell us the city is going to go underwater sooner than later. if we really value the city we ought to think about what parts are we going to retreat to. you're not going to stop climate change, stop sea level rise. >> and i think this gets to the point of the conversation the country is having, which is we're going to have to make hard choices. the mayor thinks it will take $2 billion to save the downtown area. that doesn't account for outer islands where people are being displaced. it's becoming a housing and economic issue here. >> is that one of the reasons tom steyer is doing well here? >> probably. i think for people who live here it's more acute than in other parts of the country. that would explain why he's doing well here. bernie is doing well around the college of charleston because he seems to have carved out that lane or made it clear to the students that that's something he's going to pay attention to.

welcome to charleston. >> thank you. good to be here. >> my question about the general election campaign. donald trump has his racist nickname for you. i believe that if you're the nominee he would continue to personally insult you in addition to numerous other false statements you deal with this? what is your strategy for responding to him while at the same time doing more to push your own message? >> so, do remember whoever the nominee is donald trump will have ugly names, tell lies, and make it his personal and nasty as he can. so we're just there. that's what's going to happen. i see this two parts the first one is, you never back down from a bully. you just can't. i won't let him get behind me on a debate stage. i won't take anything off him. here's the key. the way we'll beat donald trump is by making this election not just about donald trump. i think the way we'll do it is by talking about our vision. for america. the way we'll do it is to talk about what's possible in this country. if we just decide to make it ha

i've been to the college of charleston. good to see you. >> thank you, senator klobuchar for being here. >> we've been dealing with an outbreak of mumps on campus and still receiving outbreak on how many cases it's been and how it's been through the student body and between this and the spreading of the coronavirus, what do you plan to do to keep these kinds of diseases for spreading. >> thank you and thank you for putting that in the bigger context. i think the first thing that we want to do here whether it is people who are dealing with the mumps at your college or those around the world that have been sickened by the coronavirus is to thank those on the front line and the nurses, the doctors, the researchers and everyone that is working around the clock to get at these diseases. last night on the debate stage i was asked about this, and you know how candidates always like to give their website out, right? i thought it was a moment to not just talk about why you want to be president, but to show how you should act as a pr

welcome to charleston, mr. biden. >> good to be back. >> throughout your career, you have been an advocate for the moderate side of the democratic party. at a recent debate, you did not raise your hand when asked if you or any of the candidates had a concern with the democratic socialist at the head of the ticket. after consideration, do you still feel you would support a socialist at the top of the ticket? >> look, first of all, you know, it's amazing how things change. my entire career, i was viewed as a liberal liberal. no, i'm serious. check all of these ratings about who's liberal, who's conservative. what's happened is, we have moved in a direction that now progressive means bernie. it means democratic socialism or whatever the phrase is. i think bernie is a decent, honorable man who means what he says. and i think -- but i think it's going to be -- it's not enough just to win, beat the president. the next president has to be able to win back a democratic senate. and let's just be -- no, for real. and let

hello, charleston. welcome. it's good to be back here. what a great town. we are back here in charleston, south carolina, for the democratic presidential primary that's here tomorrow. you are all ready to vote, i'm sure. we have a lot coming up, including an interview with senator elizabeth warren. she'll be talking to you tonight. but the big story today once again, of course, is the growing coronavirus. wall street closed down big again today, which makes it the worst week since the financial crisis in 2008. and it is just becoming abundantly clear every day how dangerous it is to have an incompetent administration leading us through a major crisis. it's worth taking just a second to look, walk back and walk through the facts about how this administration has handled this crisis so far, right? first, the administration had officials who overrode the advice from the centers for disease control and they chose to bring back a bunch of infected americans from a cruise ship on the same plane as noninfected americans. the cdc, who are the experts in this said,

we are in charleston ahead of tomorrow's pivotal democratic debate. we've got some big news on that in just a moment, but we want to begin tonight with this breaking news. harvey weinstein, the movie mogul behind some of hollywood's biggest hits, is behind bars

we are in charleston ahead of tomorrow's pivotal democratic debate. we've got some big news on that in just a moment, but we want to begin tonight with this breaking news. harvey weinstein, the movie mogul behind some of hollywood's biggest hits, is behind bars tonight. he was convicted by a new york jury today of rape and committing a criminal sexual act thter a month-long trial featuring testimony from multiple women who said he assaulted them. while he was acquitted of three other charges, the 67-year-old could still face decades in prison. today's verdict was the end of a stunning fall from grace for one of the movie industry's most powerful men, and it represents a milestone in the "me too" movement. jericka duncan leads off our coverage tonight. >> reporter: the man once referred to as a god in hollywood is now a convicted rapist. after five days of deliberation, the jury found harvey weinstein guilty of a criminal sexual act and third-degree rape, which could bring a maximum sentence of 29 years. >> these survivors weren't just brave, they were

until then, that's tonight's "cbs eveniah o'donnell in charleston, south carolina. we'll see you at the deb >>> this is "the cbs overnight news." >> i'm nickki battiste. we have a lot more to tell you about this morning, starting with a looming crisis at the nation's airplanes. starting october 1st, you won't be able to get through the security checkpoints unless you have what is called a real i.d. it's a driver's license with some added security measures. most people don't even know about the deadline. and for those who do, most still haven't upgraded their license. you can, of course, just carry around your pass poport if you e one of those. kris van cleave has the story from dwight d. eisenhower airport in wichita, kansas. >> reporter: three in ten americans have a real i.d. and congress is getting worried, too. a number of lawmakers sent a letter to dhs, asking what the contingency plan is, so people don't show up at an airport october 1st and learn they can't fly. it's the must-have for 2020, a real i.d.-compliant farm of identification. steven is updating his

from here. >> reporter: mark first opened figure in charleston, south carolina in 2003. it has since won three james beard awards and is considered one of the top restaurants in the world. lhota followed fig with the ordinary, which features an all seafood menu. >> nobody was talking about seafood, and here we are on the coast. >> reporter: this is charleston. how it is possible people weren't talking about seafood? >> i think everybody kind of pays attention to what's trending. nationally, nose to tail cooking was very popular for a decade, getting in whole hogs and learning how to break them down. i think for some reason that's where everybody's attention was turned. seafood was still popular in charleston, but we really weren't that connected to the people producing it. >> reporter: lotta has dedicated his work to staying as close as he can to the seafood he serves. here captain mark's boat just brought in a yellowfin tuna. >> you want the try some? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> reporter: it doesn't get any fresher than, this sliced and served just off the dock. >> the top of

in charleston we're joined , bydemocratic state rep. gilda cobb-hunter, president of the national black caucus of state legislators. also a senior national adviser for democratic presidential candidate tom steyer. adolph reed jr. is professor emeritus of political science at the university of pennsylvania, a columnist with the new republic, and an organizer for i'm a medicare voter campaign in south carolina. in columbia, kevin alexander gray is a longtime rights activist and community organizer, and author of "waiting for lightning to strike: the fundamentals of black politics." he was jesse jackson's south carolina campaign manager in 1988 and is the past president of the aclu of south carolina. we welcome all of you to democracy now! responded to last night's debate. cook's first of all, i would like to say hello to my two friends dr. reed and gilda cobb-hunter. two people i respect. adolph was on my dissertation committee, so i have something in common with everybody on your show today. but watching the debate last night, it wasn't

charleston is absolutely hopping tonight. the president just mapped a massive rally at the coliseum a few miles from here and just to give you an idea about how passionate the crowd was, folks were barbecuing. i kid you not, they brought their own barbecues, at 4:00 a.m. this morning. that is the kind of excitement and enthusiasm that the democrats are trying to emulate, to try to get going in their own party for tomorrow's primary. throughout the hour we are going to be talking to some of our favorite analysts, south carolina voters, and those who know the state best. along the way we are going to show you our own interactions with the voters today, including from fox news own gianno caldwell who is on the other side of the state at joe biden's rally tonight. as for joe, the former vice president seems poised to win based on the latest polls.s. he's up about 12 points in the real clear politics average. you might remember, i told you this last night, those most invested in the biden blowouts tomorrow are the democrats in the

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college of charleston, and author. gib, good morning. how are you? guest: good, jesse. how are you? caller: looks like a beautiful -- host: looks like a beautiful day there. day for very exciting south carolina. a polls open at 7:00 and close at 7:00 p.m. host: i want to talk about the weather because i know weather can affect turnout. what does the weather look like for today's presidential primary. guest: i think it is clear, a little chilly, but it is supposed to turn into a nice day, probably a little colder than we are used to, but no reason the weather will prevent anyone from coming to the polls. gibb, you have this great book out, so let's talk about the history of the presidential primary. how did south carolina's presidential primary become the first in the south? guest: the original primary was in 1980, and we had all of this discussion of the democratic primary, because that is what people are voting on. the republicans decided not to have a primary this time around. in the late 1970's, it was the republica

trump is here today in charleston, south carolina. now, all of you know there is a global health care crisis taking place right now with the coronavirus. countries all over the world are working frantically to figure out how they can control the virus, how we can get a vaccine to deal with the virus, and here in america, obviously we got to do the same. one might think that in the midst of a major health care crisis the president of the united states would be assembling doctors and scientists and researchers. not donald trump. he is here in south carolina for one reason -- to disrupt the democratic primary. that's why he's here. [crowd booing] senator sanders: he hopes he can get a little media attention taken away from the democratic candidates. how petty. how pathetic is that? so i say to donald trump, don't worry about the democratic primary. because we're going to beat you. [cheers and applause] start worrying about the coronavirus and the health care crisis in america. do your job as president. [cheers and applause] but it is not

good evening, i'm chris matthews in charleston, south carolina. there's increasing concern over the scope and impact of the coronavirus tonight. i'm starting the show talking with dr. anthony fauci, leading professional in the u.s. government dealing with the threat of the virus. the u.s. stock market continued to slide today marking its worst week since the 2008 financial crisis. the dow fell for a seventh straight day, closing down 350 points. that's a 12% loss since last week. it comes as additional countries report their first cases of coronavirus, including mexico, nigeria, belarus, new zealand, and the netherlands. now learning a second person in california contracted the coronavirus without having traveled to any effected areas. in a series of tweets overnight the president congratulated himself, his vice president, and his administration for their handling of the crisis in this country. among other things, trump said his decisions are, quote, putting us way ahead in the battle with coronavirus. here's how he tried to calm fears of the viru

ed o'keefe is with me in charleston. you can feel the energy, right, and nobody's in the room yet. >> reporter: good to be with you. >> i'm glad you're here. how do you think this will change the tone of the debate? >> reporter: it most definitely could in many ways. tonight arguably the two contenders most likely to face the most scrutiny are senator sanders and former mayor michael bloomberg. in the hours before they stand up here they or people close to them are standing by controversial things they've said or done. >> i have been extremely consistent and critical of all awe author tape -- authoritarians in the world. you remember heading people read and write. i think teaching people to read and write is a good thing. >> reporter: the castro literacy did teach hundreds of thousands to read and write in the 1960s, but it was also used to spread propaganda. debbie mucarsel-powell from a battleground state blasted the comments. >> those comments are extremely hurtful to so many people here in my area. and very offensive

he was a beloved librarian here in charleston for 31 years. she was killed in the shooting at emanuel church. melvin is supporting vice president biden. melvin, i'm so sorry for your loss. what is your question? >> my question is what can you do to bring common sense gun control into law and close all the loopholes with and without congress? >> well, we've created an organization, every town for gun violence. it has 6 million members across the country. a subgroup within it is something called moms demand action. you see them with these red shirts on, moms demand action on it. and what we've done so far is we have about 20 -- i think it's 20, 21 states that now have background checks which i'll come back to in a second. and also red flag laws. unfortunately, last time i checked, there were 50 states in the union and we have 30 to go. it would be easier to do this at a federal level. i know this backstage when i was watching the president, he said our prayers should be with the families. i'm sympathetic with that. what he should have said is an

north america landed in charleston. it was a cruel and barbaric business that paid no heed to any contemporary notion of human rights slave owners were allowed to do whatever they wanted with the people who were their property. charleston prospered under the slave trade and the british crown filled its coffers with taxes. in the colonies this bred resentment and they began to turn against british control the colonies were flourishing and did not want to follow orders whether in their business dealings or their religious beliefs from the north to the south this was something they agreed on. eventually in boston tensions boiled over. when london issued new duties on basic commodities such as paper leather team the colonies demanded no taxation without representation their protests were met with force. the conflict turned deadly when british soldiers shot and killed 5 people during protests in boston the king in london now offered to abolish all taxes except for the tax on t.v. but it was too little too late. the revolutio

griff jenkins live in charleston, south carolina with what is at stake in the palmetto state. i love charleston. >> i went down here in the waterfront to give you a shot at the bridge but got a little bit of a storm blowing in but they certainly have a political storm as well. it is a make it or break it for joe biden, amy klobuchar elizabeth lauren and pete buttigieg trying to get a steak before the big supertuesday, just a few days after the contest here but bernie sanders and the momentum he got in nevada is coming here rolling and he was talking about what may not sit well with voters and that is raising taxes. >> i will tell you how we pay for it, a modest tax on wall street speculation. to make sure all of our kids have the ability and desire to get the education they need is something we should do. >> you can look for joe biden on the debate stage to press bernie sanders to press. buttigieg on his support in the minority community particularly black voters. >> i want every, in particular, black voters who have been through so much to secure the vote and felt therefore t

the democratic debate in charleston, south carolina, is over. i want to thank dr. anthony fauci and austin goolsbee. i'm going to turn it over to my colleague brian williams for our full post-debate coverage. >> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, with thanks to ali velshi, that will be the last time we see this collection of democrats on one stage before the vote in 15 states. and it may be the last time we see several of these candidates on a debate stage period. lots of attention on the front runner bernie sanders tonight. he went first, attacking bloomberg right out of the box. bloomberg wasted no time invoking the russians. >> vladimir putin thinks that donald trump should be president of the united states, and that's why russia is helping you get elected so you'll lose for him. >> let me tell mr. putin, who interfered in the 2016 election, trying to bring americans against americans. hey, mr. putin. if i'm president of the united states, trust me, you're not going to interfere in any more american elections. >> i'll

clyburn: there are billboards around charleston with that pledge on it. reverend al, those billboards are up in honor of emily. [applause] clyburn: emily always told me, i don't care how many radio ads you buy, how many tv ads you produce, when you run for office, for me, i want to see billboards. someone asked me the other day why you got up billboards? because emily told me to put up billboards. run without billboards. people who came in, she was from texas, houston, texas. she said i almost had a i saw this billboard. and your name was there. but there was no picture. i always see politicians' pictures on the billboards. i didn't think was a good thing to put the pictures of the real congressperson there. but i put my name there, because emily told me, "it ain't about you, it's about corner, where she was raised. it is about rules, or rural south carolina." i just want to say to all of you who've gotten awards, i hope that you have demonstrated your days, weeks, and years ahead, that you are deserving, because i am going to work with all of this within

it is that the gilyard center here in charleston and they will try to make a push to sway undecided voters here in south carolina. bernie sanders will likely have a target on his back at the presidential debate. >> i share his ideals but i also believe that we must make promises that we can keep in the selection. >> reporter: candidates like pete buttigieg is saying his promises are unrealistic. >> reporter: michael bloomberg will be looking to rebound after the rough debate and former vice president joe biden needs a strong showing in south carolina to get his campaign back on track. >> people are just waiting and watching the debate to see what candidates come out with the best policies for the best action. >> reporter: seven candidates will be on stage here in charleston and is the last chance voters will get to see them side-by-side before the primary and next week's super tuesday contest. >> african americans represent 60% of the vote in south carolina and all of the candidates know that their support is critical. >> what we need is clear answers to the issues facing this country call

. >>> tonight on n of "all in" live from charleston, south carolina -- >> hello, charleston! >> two days from the democratic primary here, and things are getting intense. [ speaking simultaneously ] tonight, why that intensity is totally normal. >> he just had the gall to go after my mother. >> then, the stock market plummets as we get new information about the administration's incompetent handling of the coronavirus. >> everybody happy with your 401(k)? >>> plus, the stakes in this election -- >> there is an enormously important primary here in south carolina. >> with super tuesday right around the corner. >> i believe that we will win! i believe that we will win! >> "all in" live from charleston, south carolina starts right now. [ cheers and applause ] >>> hello! hey, charleston! how are we doing? great to have you here. good evening. it's great to be here in south carolina. we are just of course two days away from the democratic primary right here in this state. i think it's safe to say it's an anxiety-inducing week for a lot of people. coronavirus of course is sort of imp

the president, sure, he went to north charleston last night and asked people to vote. i just don't think it's going to make that big of a difference in the turnout. we've seen strong turnout for the absentee ballots and i don't believe this is going to have a huge impact. >> you won't really know until the polls close, right, and things are tallied up, right? >> we may not even know then. quite frankly, we'll just know what the turnout is. it will take about a month for our state election commission to input all of the data. so we'll know in about a month who actually voted and we can go back and look if they participate in republican primaries in the past but we'll be able to sort of analyze it probably in about a month. >> so the president was taking advantage of the fact that it is open primary. do you think as a result of, you know, that opening, do you think ultimately rules should be changed or should this continue to be the case for south carolina open primary? >> we have long had open primaries here. it hasn't been a problem. i don't really see this as being so

i mean, look, the charleston exception. the shooting in charleston. i was down here for the funerals and look, what -- why did that guy have access to the weapon? because barack -- excuse me because they posed what barack and i were supporting in the brady bill requiring a waiting period. the guy was able to get a gun without the waiting period. there are things that are big-deal differences and relate to job and job opportunities. >> we were just showing our viewrs for you to see. there's been changes in african-american support mere. backen november 54% of respondents in the cbs poll and now you have tom steyer and bernie sanders cutting in. >> well, bernie -- but tom steyer spent about 6 zillion dollars here and $14 million in ads. you can be a billionaire and spend a lot of money but can't hide your record. it's not buying black support. it's not -- this is a guy who made 90 billion -- $90 million on private prisons. i've been fighting against private prisons my whole career. get rid of them. made $90 million doing it. or do you know -- so, it's a

the highest eviction rate in the united states of america, his district, north charleston. he took me through, to see the response he gets. what's happening? the fact is too many communities are being treated unfairly. so that's why i proposed a bill of rights to protect those who are being evicted and help them get a fighting shot to get home. i remember, as i said then, excuse the point of personal privilege, i remember the day my sister was with me, my dad worked up a short flight of stairs, which i called the longest walk a parent has to make, to say honey, dad doesn't have a job anymore, we're going to have to move, you're going to have to go home and live with your grandpa, but it will all work out. when he said it, he believed it because he thought, if you got a fighting chance, you can do anything. and he believed he would have a fighting chance. took three years to get a home in a different state, but he got it. go back to your old neighborhoods, ask your old friends whether they they think that's still available, that's still likely. and look, in terms of making e

and we must collaborate and support innovative efforts like those envisioned in charleston. through the dutch dialogs. our commission will continue its vigorous discussions regarding the flood-related challenges that we all face and i am confident, i am confident, that we can be a model to other states. [ applause ] ladies and gentlemen, in closing, i want to say south carolina is winning. we are in the midst of a stunning economic resurgence with opportunities to seize prosperity for generations to come. we recognize our tremendous assets. we acknowledge our challenges. and we believe in faith, we believe in family, we believe in the flag, and we believe in free markets. we believe in liberty. we believe in that shining city on a hill of which president reagan spoke so eloquently years ago. and we know that liberty is worth fighting for. i'm here to say to all of us that our resolve will not wane and will not falter. as your governor, my determination is stronger than ever to fight for you, to fight for the ideals we all share, to fight for south carolina. there's no place

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new orleans, richmond, and charleston. the north possessed overwhelming advantage in the nation's industrial, commercial, and financial areas. for your third theme, geographical expansion, that stood at the center of sectional tensions. i have to be careful because i had a student once come to me in my office hours and say, i understand why the north and south hated each other, but what did sexual pensions have to do with it? [laughter] what was your answer? [laughter] joan: that remains private. [laughter] aforementioned gaston purchase was supported by the secretary, jefferson davis, and other slaveholders because it offered a chance for the south to have a route that would be to a transcontinental railroad to the south. political debates intensified in heat and anger regarding the question of slavery's expansion into the federal territories, beginning in the late 1840's, much numbers of northerners supported a free soil movement that sought to prevent slavery's introduction into the territories. the population of the fr

in charleston, now just three days before south carolina's primary, the candidates took aim at each other over socialism, electability, race, and the one issue you probably didn't see coming a week ago -- cuba. >> donald trump thinks it would be better if he's president. i do not think so. vladimir putin thinks that donald trump should be president of the united states. that's why russia is helping you get elected so you'll lose to him. >> i dug in. i did the work, and then bernie's team trashed me for it. >> you think the last four years has been chaotic, divisive, toxic, exhausting? imagine spending the better part of 2020 with bernie sanders versus donald trump. >> progressive is getting things done. and that's what we got done. [ applause ] >> i'm hearing my name mentioned a little bit tonight. i wonder why. >> i don't care how much money senate -- mayor bloomberg has, the core of the democratic party will never trust him. at least i didn't have a boss who said to me, "kill it," the way that mayor bloomberg -- >> i never said that -- >> said to one of his pregnant employees. who -- >>

griff jenkins is live in north charleston this morning. one day away from the primary how are you doing? >> reporter: the final push and what a battle it is, between biden in south carolina and bernie who leads nationally after a tremendous showing in the first weekly states, yesterday both candidates were going after each other, take a listen. >> senator sanders's medicare for all will be a long expensive slog, cost $35 trillion and patients can't afford to wait. >> when we first started this campaign we were 30 points behind, closing that gap every day. we can win in south carolina which i think we will do well on supertuesday and we are going to defeat donald trump. >> let me show you the latest polls. in the emerson hall biden has a 16 point lead over sanders, biden 41, sanders 45, tom styron buttigieg at 11, klobuchar 6. biden 20%, sanders 24 followed by tom's tire 16, warren 12, buttigieg, we are in the parking lot of the north charleston arena. you can see some of the sanders supporters started to wake up at miller around waiting fo

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