john lewis with us. bring so manyo members, 50. we would have more, except the coronavirus. i hope they will all stand, members of the house of representatives. [applause] harris and booker are with us as well. booker. harris and among them, mr. hoyer, steny hoyer, mr. clyburn, jim clyburn, with john lewis for over 30 years. [applause] have senior, we members and members of our freshman class. john convinced each one of us that we were his best friend in congress. we come with a flag flown over the night john passed. when this flag flew there, it said goodbye. ouraved goodbye to john, friend, our mentor, our colleague. all beautiful man that we had the privilege of serving with in the congress of the united states. again, we all bring our condolences to the family and to michael collins and john's staff who meant so much to him. thank you to your service -- for your service to john lewis. [applause] there are many things we are grateful to the family and the staff for and we condemn -- and we commended t

, when i met john lewis. i was about halfway into my radio show and my career and i never really felt like i deserved it, almost like i feel right now being on with joshua and one of my favorite all-time columnists michelle, seriously, sometimes i feel inadequate. but when i interviewed congressman john lewis humbling me by being in my prns on my radio show i felt like i arri d arrived, i made it, this is a legend, one of the greatest americans to ever live. to be in his presence was unbelievable and to hear president obama talking about it gave me chills. he was such a great man and president obama honoring him that way was poin nant. >> michelle you had a similar encounter with congressman john lewis right? >> that's right. it's not a secret i struggled in last three and half years with the utter despair of living through this particular administration. so i met john lewis in 2007. i ran into him when he was campaigning for john osoff who is now running for senate at the time was runner for special election

the life of john lewis was in so many ways the exception. vindicated the faith in our founding, redeemed that faith. that most american of ideas, the idea that any of us, ordinary people, without rank or wealth or title or fame can somehow point out the imperfections of this nation and come together and challenge the status quo and decide that it is in our power to remake this country that we love until it more closely aligns with our highest ideals. what a radical idea and what a revolutionary notion, this idea that any of us ordinary people, a young kid from troy, can stand up to the powers and principalities and say no, this isn't right, this isn't true, this isn't just. we can do better. on the battlefield of justice americans like john and americans like reverend lowery and ct vivian and two other patriots we lost this year and liberated all of us in the many americans came to take for granted and america was built by people like them and america was built -- [applause] by john lewis is. he, as much as anyone, and her history brought th

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about john lewis going in. it's all about him, a personal grievance he felt because john lewis wasn't nice to him once. jonathan swan you gave him every opportunity, take your relationship out it, his personality out of it, what do you think of his story? and he still couldn't say a nice word. >> there was a striking part of the exchange after saying john lewis didn't attend his inaugurati inauguration, president trump said nobody has done more for black people than i have. the implication is donald trump is saying he has done more for african-american than one of the civil rights icons in the last half century. there was another part of the interview where he said no president has done more for black people apart from maybe abraham lincoln. i said are you saying you've done more than lyndon johnson who passed the civil rights act? he said, how did that work out? i was sort of confused -- >> black people were able to vote. >> yeah, it was a very -- a very strange part of the -- he talked about opportunity zones

not so much about john lewis. but the significance. >> i hear someone who doesn't know about john lewis. someone who hasn't done research or no education about john lewis's tremendous contribution to civil rights and beyond. after john lewis crossed the bridge he stepped into a long career in legislative advocacy and public service. something trump learned from. it's convenient to erase the legacy of john lewis because that means he has to acknowledge the ways in which republicans have engaged nd voter suppression and he benefitted from it. he would have to acknowledge the fact that even though passed in the house this year, the senate has been negligent in taking up either measure to make elections fair and safe in the country. it is not in donald trumps interest to acknowledge the lifelong legacy and history of john lewis. anden fortunate given the fact we lost the giant of the man and trump is stuck on whether or not somebody attended his inauguration four years ago. >> we can both imagine him saying the same t

lewis, but the significance. >> well, i hear someone who doesn't know about john lewis. i hear someone who has not done any research, has no education about john lewis' tremendous contribution to civil rights and beyond. after john lewis crossed the edmund pettus bridge, he stepped into a robust and life-long career in legislative advocacy and public service. something that donald trump could certainly learn from. i'm sure it's convenient for him to erase the legacy of john lewis because that would mean he would have to acknowledge the ways in which republicans have engaged in voter suppression, and he's benefited from it, right? it would mean that he would have to acknowledge the fact that even though hr-1 and hr-4 were passed in the house this year, that the senate has been negligent in taking up either legislative measure that would make elections fair and safe in this country. so it is not in donald trump's interest to acknowledge the life-long legacy and history of john lewis. and i also think it's significantly unfortunate, given the fact we just lost this giant of

ou mentioned that john lewis you mention that would john lewis was a hero to the country, an icon to the movement and more importantly a friend. with his loss you now really take up the mantle in some ways as a leading voice on civil rights issues in this country with your history and experience but also with the work you're doing now so perhaps i could turn to you just for some broad reflections, asics. -- well, clyburn -- thank you very much for having me and thank you for your service, especially to the health field that i'm very, very concerned about. as for my 60-year long friendship with john lewis. john and i first melt back in octoberof 1960,the weekend ofoctober15 on thecampus of morehouse college. it's also the same day i met martin lutherking jr. that night, as many may beaware,therewas alittle bit f adisagreementbetween thestudents,martin luther king jr. andothers, as to what the approach ought to be. some wereadvocating nonviolence for breakingunjustlaws, paying the penalty of going to jail. t as of that weekend, king himself had never been to jail. so a lot of us felt,

john lewis was many but he was a man. a friend and sunshine in the storm, a friend who would walk the stone any roads that he asked you to walk. that would brave the rods he asked you to be whipped by.any d you to walk. that would brave the rods he asked you to be whipped by. always keeping his eyes on the prize, always believing none of us will be free until all of us are equal. i just loved him. i always will. and i'm sof grateful that he stayed true to form. he's gone up yonder and left us with marching orders. i suggest since he is close enough to god to keep his eye on the sparrow and us, we salute, suit up and march on. >> lewis wrote an essay shortly before his passing published in the "new york times." he left instructions for fellow americans he now leaves behind, writing in part, though i may not be here but, i urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. in my life i have done all i can do to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence in t

you are out with a new book on john lewis. because i butchered it in the open, your new book is titled "his truth is marching on, john lewis and the poour wer of hope" how would he see this week? >> he would see it not unlike the way he saw that week 57 years ago. he was the young radical. the kennedy administration had put two advance men behind the memorial with a power switch to cut the mic if john lewis seemed to become too revolutionary. he believed and said then, we're tired of being beaten by police. we're tired of going to jail. we're tired of being told to be patient. we want freedom, now. cut to june, in the wake of the murder of george floyd, what was the last time, the last occasion, where we saw john lewis in public? he was standing at black lives matter plaza, across from the white house. >> yeah. >> and there -- there's a line between those struggles. and what -- what john lewis would say, and he did say at the very end of his life, is that if you don't think america can change, come walk in my shoes. but he, al

he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis actually. i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> i can't say one way or the other. i find a lot of people impressive. >> do you find his story impressive. >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches. that's okay. that's his right. and again, nobody has done more for -- >> back to -- >> -- black americans than i have. he should have come. >> taking your relationship with him out of it, do you find his story impressive, what he's done for this country. >> he was a person that devoted a lot of energy and heart to civil rights but there were many others also. >> there's a petition to rename the edmund pettus bridge in selma, alabama, as the john lewis bridge. would you support that idea? >> i would have no objection to it. >> it is a good idea? >> no objection to it whatsoever. >> reverend warnock is pastor of ebenezer baptist church in atlanta and a democratic candidate for a u.s. senate seat in georgia. thank you so much for being with us tod

lewis how much he fought for john lewis. he talked about a chance he had to meet him in an airport, i guess it was logan airport in boston, massachusetts. that is what you learn. you don't give up. this country is in pursuit of perfection. it is there in the preamble. the pursuit of a more perfect union. we will never get there, but we should always be in search of that. i am not giving up on the country. toelieve that we are going get through this pandemic, i believe we are going to get through this racial strife. my wife and i met in jail. it works for us, we stayed married 58 years. [laughter] last september, having lost a 30 year battle to diabetes. we never gave up on this country. we talked about it often. right after labor day she was still talking about the election like john lewis. the last thing john lewis said to the former mayor of atlanta campbell who spoke at his funeral, tell people to vote. we are not giving up on this country. i think we will get beyond all of this and i will do everything i can. and i alway

we have a former president at john lewis' funeral, instead of celebrating john lewis and his incredible career, he is talking about peaceful demonstrators. but what the rest of america is watching is anything but peaceful. finish it is the act of antifa, anarchists and black lives matter activists. your thoughts. >> there are so many americans who wanted to celebrate john lewis, the peaceful warrior, the negotiator who even when you did not agree with john -- because i did not agree with in the of husband political policies or his social policies -- but you wanted to come together nonviolently. and so president obama did a great discuss service to many americans who really simply wanted to celebrate a peaceful, nonviolent warrior. and then to point to what is happening across the nation, all the strife and the violence and the protests and act as though those were peaceful protesters and negotiators and somebody was being mean going in and trying to stop them from tearing up, looting and burning. that's exactly what president obama did. he did it skillfully, very suave, but it just was

john lewis would be remembered. watch this. >> john lewis is lying in state in the u.s. capitol. how do you think history will remember john lewis? >> i don't know. i really don't know. i don't know. i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis, actually, i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> uh, i can't say one way or another. i find many people impressive. i find many people not impressive, but no -- >> did you find his story impressive? >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches, and that's okay. >> he really struggled. he really struggled to answer that question, other than that it was just the politics of grievance because john lewis didn't go to his inauguration. how did you expect him to answer that? i mean, you kept sort of pressing, but how do you believe he'll be remembered? how did you expect the president to answer that? >> the reason i asked the question is because i genuinely didn

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i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. i never met john lewis. u >> do nd him impressive? >> c't say one where the other. >> another moment was when he doubled down on his support for ghislaine maxwell. the friend of prince andrew and former girlfend of jeffrey stein. she is now in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges that she denies. >> you said i just wish her well. would you wish such a person well? parks >> her friend or boyfriend itwas either killed or cod suicide in jail. she is now in jail. i wish her well. i would wish a lot of people well. >> donald trump believes he is his own best salesman. he will be giving a lot more interviews. ether they will produce the headlines he wants is another matter. >> f more on that intview, i am joined by a former advisor to president george w. bush and a bbc analyst. what do you make of the claims and that interview? >> good evening to you. i think to myself one of the most valuable commodities a president has is their time andr thbility to communicate with the american people. bit of discus

and the john lewis voting rights restoration act. and when we conclude today, let's remember that this is the commitment march in the spirit of 1963. i ask you to join me in pledging to act in three ways. first, because human rights are at stake, i ask you not only to register to vote, make sure at least one other person registers to vote. second, i ask you to commit to service and struggle in your community. from voter registration to raising the minimum wage. to de-militarizing the police. get involved with one or more of many worthwhile struggles. third, i ask you to pledge as my father and john lewis did, to get into good trouble and do it nonviolently. remember that in the fight against injustice, nonviolence doesn't mean passive acceptance. it means peaceful resistance. must come together and join with the black lives matter movement, to raise our voices, and say, enough is enough. we must come with the poor people's campaign, the climate change and environmental justice movement, the women's march, and me too movements. and sa

the late congressman john lewis think about this moment? he was your friend. >> he would be so excited to live to see the first african-american president of the united states and now in the wake of his death. to see the progression, the march towards a more perfect union continuing in the united states by the selection of kamala harris and kamala harris as the first african-american vice presidential nominee of a major party. i think that this is exactly what john lewis and those foot soldiers were fighting for. the courage and the temerity, the audacity they had, they knew that they would -- that their courage would be rewarded by a more perfect democracy for us and to see that they're standing on his shoulders, we're all standing on his shoulders is critically important. you know, poppy, i get a chance as a lead democrat on the hr-4, the john lewis voting rights act, i've sponsored it now for three successive congresses since that bill -- since the voting rights act was gutted by the supreme court in 2013. and i spoke with john many time

king and john lewis and bayard ruston and a. phillip randolph organized that march, which by the way things weren't easy then. it was supposed to be a march on the capitol and president kennedy thought congress would react poorly if the folks showed up and faced them, so he encouraged them to go to the lincoln memorial. when john lewis spoke, they were so concerned he was going to be do radical and too revolutionary that the kennedy administration had two people inside the lincoln memorial ready to cut the microphone and play mahalia jackson singing "he's got the whole world in his hand" over the loudspeakers. the lesson of the first march on washington in 1963 is that dr. king set out the ideal and john lewis told the story about how the students of america, as they are again now, were trying to bring the ideal into reality. and so having a president who refuses to acknowledge the plain facts of the matter about structural racism and the prevalence of injustice, is a central stumbling block. we need a president who sees the wor

yesterday, at john lewiss funeral what president obama said is what john lewis waub saying today about the importance of the postal service. >> it is critical. we know that now. we have a president who is in office and we have seen -- including the recent trying to say we want the postal service to raise rates. three times what they are. it's part of his attempt to slow down the process. he wants the process and any way he can. he knows that mail in ballots have because of covid-19. he's has come out with the we should move the election from november 3. it's clear he has a major concern he's losing in the poll. and i think this attempt attack on the post office has a lot to do with his fear of losing this november. >> donald trump repeatedly says that absentee voting is different. it's okay. i'm reading what he is saying here. it says i'm an absentee voter because i can't be in florida because i'm in washington. the thing about that is, that's what all of this voting. is. absentee voting. california is the only state that will not require to ask for ballot. so basically, the 49 other s

i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis, actually, i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> i can't say one way or the other. i find a lot of people impressive. i find a lot of people not impressive, no, but i -- >> did you find his story impressive? >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches. and that's okay. that's his right. and again, nobody has done more for black americans than i have. >> i understand. >> he should have come -- >> i think he made a big mistake. >> but taking your relationship with him out of it, do you find his story impressive, what he's done for this country? >> he was a person that devoted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights, but there were many others also. >> david? >> john, it's so shameful, but it is also classic donald trump. it's a level of narcissism. i mean, it's just all about him. i mean, let's be clear, donald trump may not know how john lewis is going to be remembered, but

lewis was. >> john, help ustep back here. you've written a book about the presidency. does history offer us any guidance about this moment? >> well, what history tells us is what we should expect from a president, you know. system is the free, fairican peacefulthat creates transfer of power. nsd elections are how you have that peaceful tr of power. a president is a steward of that system. which means he must protect it. he mst work a hard as he can to keep it secure. and also to keepth people's f in that system, because that system will exist after he is out of office. so that's what the president's duties are by the office he holds. and so for ati s president to try to undermine all of that for his own p personalitical gain is wildly at odds with his office. anit's also an echo of what he did in 2016, which is when the polls looked bad, he talked about a rigged election.ac to go to susan's point, he is doing this on a day where he was unailable to give a eulogy for john lewis because of his relationship with the black commun

how do you memorialize john lewis and allow the bill that he stood for us, we want the john lewis voting rights bill. [applause] we didn't just come today to have a show. demonstration without legislation will not lead to change. we didn't come out and stand in this heat because we had nothing to do. we come to let you know that we will come out by these numbers in the heat and stand in the heat, that we will stand in the polls all day long. [applause] keep telling me about how it is going to change, that black parents have to have a conversation with her children -- the conversation with our children. explaining if a cop stops you, don't reach for the glove compartment, don't talk back. "the conversation." we have had the conversation for decades. it is time we have a conversation with america. we need to have a conversation about your racism, about your bigotry, about your hate, about how you would put your knee fight for our we lives. we need a new conversation. [applause] we didn't come to start trouble, we came to stop trouble. you act like there is no trouble -- like it is no troub

they also took the contributions of congressman john lewis and access to voting during the corona virus pandemic. i'm the president of this wonderful institution and by reciting together the constitution center is the weekend preparers also the learning ahead.so >> the national constitution center is the only institution in america chartered by congresr to increase awareness and understanding of the u.s. constitution among the american people on a nonpartisan basis. that is a wonderful representation and before we begin, i want to provide quick for the next couple august 4, please join us for the annual supreme court review would be anti-defamation league frederick lorenz and it will be a wonderful discussion of the important pieces of th cases ofm inferencing must tell you what a great pleasure on august 2 26th house circumstances permitting will open up our new exhibit how women won the vote about the 19th amendment as it is relevant to today's topic that examine exhibit about the history of the expansion of women's suffrage at workteam is hard glimmering behind me on the backdrop of.

but yesterday at john lewis' funeral what president obama said is exactly what john lewis would be saying to us today about the postal service. >> absolutely. it is critical. we know that right now we have a president who is in office who is dropping in the polls and we have to pull all of the tricks out of the bag including saying he wants the postal service to raise their rates, three times the rates they are and put a postmaster in place in his attempt to slow down the process. he wants to slow down the process any way he can. he knows that mail-in ballots have to be the way to vote because of covid-19. he's already come out with we should move elections from november the 3rd. it is clear he has a major concern that he's losing in the polls, and i think this attempt is an attack on the post office has a lot to do with his fear of losing this november. >> and tremaine, donald trump repeatedly says, as he did today, that absentee voting is different. absentee voting is okay. it says, i'm an absentee voter because i can't be in florida because i'm in washington. the thing about that is th

lewis. >> how do you think history will remember john lewis? >> i don't know. i really don't know. i don't know. i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis actually, i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> uh, i can't say one way or the other. i find a lot of people impressive. i find many people not impressive, but no. >> do you find his story impressive? >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches, and that's okay. that's his right. and, again, nobody has done more -- >> right. >> -- for black americans than i have. >> errin, i wanted to ask you this question as a daughter of the state of georgia. i want to remind our audience that john lewis boycotted the inauguration of bush 43, who eulogized him at his funeral. so, errin, about that last claim and how much this president has done for african-americans, what do you make of that? >> well, i have to chime in on this veepstakes conversation. i mean i work in a newsroom foc

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lewis had a lot to say about john lewis' funeral, athletes taking a knee and black lives matter. look here, it's your very own all-in-one entertainment experience: xfinity x1. it's the easiest way to watch live tv and all your favorite streaming apps. plus, x1 also includes peacock premium at no extra cost. this baby is the total package. it streams exclusive originals, the full peacock movie library, complete collections of iconic tv shows, and more. yup, the best really did get better. magnificent. xfinity x1 just got even better, with peacock premium included at no additional cost. no strings attached. >>> you just heard what joe biden and his campaign are doing to address the need and concerns of people of color. today donald trump called into "fox & friends" for a rambling, perhaps interview. what he had to say about the late civil rights icon john lewis, as you recall, called for restoration of the civil rights act. >> i thought it was angry speech. showed the anger that people don't see, he lost control. his speech at the funeral was a terrible representation of what our c

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john lewis, and talked about john lewis not attending his inauguration. it was all about president trump, and not very much about john lewis. in about ten minutes. ivanka trump and a.g. barr will have a special meeting, and yet in that same axios interview, the president doubled down on his comments last month about ghislaine maxwell. when he was at the pressed why he would wish someone wells who was arrested for sex trafficking, on the same day that his daughter is announcing help for people of human trafficking. >> her friend or boyfriend, epstein. >> either killed or committed suicide in jail. she's now in jail. yeah, i we should her well, i would wish you well. good luck. let them prove some been was guilty. >> is that interview clip going to overshadow the white house event that's about to take place which could actually be positive, or at least send some pretty strong mixed messaging? >> it's definitely mixed messaging, and it will likely overshadow what the administration is trying to do when it comes to human trafficking. we have a president who h

i don't know i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration he chose -- i never met john lewis actually i don't believe. >> reporter: do you find him impressive? >> ah, i can't say one way or the other. >> reporter: and with the focus on the election president trump continued his unfounded attacks on voting by mail >> there is no way you can go through a mail-in vote without massive cheating >> reporter: extensive research shows election fraud in the u.s. is extremely rare today the president in a reversal encouraged voters in florida to vote by mail, saying the state's election system is safe and secure as republican leaders worry his attacks on mail-in voting could suppress the gop vote. as for the coronavirus relief bill, both sides now say they hope to vote by next week lester >> geoff bennett at the white house, thanks. >>> there is growing concern this evening about the spread of covid in the midwest and south, many states getting hit harder than ever. here is miguel almaguer >> reporter: tonight i

i don't anything about john lewis. to me, it goes, person, woman, man, camera, tv, and then way down the list maybe john lewis we'll see. >> the criticism of you that is most prominent is about the communication. it's the public health experts saying that it needs to be based in reality >> look, it is based on reality. what people don't realize is america might have a lot of americans with covid, but we have very few british people with covid unlike, by the way, british land no one talks about that. you won't report that. well, no, look, look at these -- look at these -- look at these charts here. very impressive. four colors. i walked right into kinko's, i saw this chart on the wall, i said, boom, that's the chart then the kinko's guy started with all that, sir, that's just a sample chart to demonstrate our printing so there may be some problems with kinko's but we're looking into staples we're looking into office max. a lot of people are calling them stinko's, by the way people are dying that's right it is, as they s

i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis, actually, i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> i can't say one wear or the other. i find a lot of people impressive. i find many people not impressive. >> do you find his story impressive. >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches. and that's okay. that's his right. >> that's it. that's all he has to say about john lewis. didn't come to my inauguration. says it twice. state of the union. by the way, you know, lewis also skipped the first inauguration of president george w. bush following that 2000 recount. a"the washington post" reported at the time, john lewis spent the day in his atlanta district. he thought it would be hypocritical to attend the swearing in because he doesn't believe that bush is the true elected president. he had a decent case for that. now, george w. bush was a complete disaster on the directional disasters as presidents, the worst president in a very long wh

>> let me start with john lewis. if you have not seen the video footage of the march in 1965 where a young john lewis is in the front of the line in a peaceful march, alabama state troopers firing tear gas and beating him, a miracle that he is alive much less what it means to stand up about voting rights in a different era, the voting rights act of 1965 is tremendous work. took a lot of effort from congress to do it. took a march, took death, took a beating for congress to get the attention, there are real portions of this country, the voting rights act went a long way in and franchising numbers of african-american voters who were previously disenfranchised in ways they hadn't for 100 years in the south. it requires congressional will. congress's intent or motivation is tough to figure out. is it partisan in nature or something more sinister, the relationship between race and party. in 1965 there was one party in the south, white and black voters were essentially feuds that shifted in the sense that we have a lot of

i should say nobody can do that better than john lewis and so for us to talk about voting at a moment the whole nation is rightly honoring his life encourage and achievement on behalf of voting rights he very nearly gave his life and was willing to give his life. and that's why i want to read a statement he issued on behalf of us all. a towering figure in the history of this country representative lewis dedicated his life to fight for the ideals that represented the very best of america, unparalleled moral courage to have tremendous opposition but never a waiver with his commitment to remain encouraged and said do not get lost in the sea of despair be hopeful and optimistic and never be afraid to make noise and necessary travel. we will find a way to make a way out of no way. and let us in the fight for civil rights and while he would never want us to be silent but i would ask that we would in honor of the late john lewis. thank you. he said voting access is the key to equality and democracy. the number of your zip code in the size of your wallet should not matter. it is hard to find

i don't know john lewis. he chose not to come to my inauguration. he chose -- i don't -- i never met john lewis, i don't believe. >> do you find him impressive? >> i can't say one way or the other. i find a lot of people impressive. i find a lot of people not impressive. >> do you find his story -- >> he didn't come to my inauguration. he didn't come to my state of the union speeches and that's okay, that's his right. nobody has done more for black americans than i have. >> i understand. >> he should have gone. he made a big mistake. >> do you find his story impressive. what he's done for this country? >> he was a person that devoted a lot of energy and a lot of heart to civil rights but there were many others also. >> what a moment there taking your impression of him out of this for a moment. jackie kucinich, the amount of self-absorption, measuring a man solely it seems through his own view and his own relationship with trump. >> well, i mean, when jonathan said, okay, taking this out of your relationship that's an impossibility for this president

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