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Hey, everybody, I'm Van Jones,

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and we are so excited for you
to watch this documentary

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called "The Reunited States."

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That is my prayer, that we will
have the Reunited States.

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This is an important
documentary.

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It profiles everyday people,
ordinary people,

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who are on
this difficult journey

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of trying to bridge
these political divides,

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these racial divides,

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because we are at a crossroads
in our nation's history.

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Now, we can either keep going
where we're headed,

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keep going down
this dangerous road

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of division and demonization,
or we can turn things around

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and start trying to see each
other as human beings again.

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And now more than ever,
we gotta summon

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the power to change
how we see each other,

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how we relate to each other,
how we listen to each other.

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That power is in our hands.

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So we're inviting you

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not to only watch
the documentary.

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We want you to become
a bridge builder yourself,

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to be a part of this mission,
this journey,

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of reuniting America,

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reuniting this country.

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Everybody's got a role
to play in that,

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and you certainly do.

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Please enjoy the show.

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♪

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Our country is very divided
right now.

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We are as divided now
as we were before the Civil War.

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And we're not really getting
at the root causes.

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(indistinct chatter)

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What we have today
is a kind of party loyalty

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that is starting to transcend
our loyalty to our country.

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You don't belong here!

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You don't
belong here!

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What we're seeing today
is a dehumanizing

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of everyone who opposes us.

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If you ask people why
they're a Republican

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or why they're a Democrat:

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"It's because I hate
the other party."

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It sounds like
they're making arrests.

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-Why are they making arrests?
-I don't know.

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The divisions, they're happening
in our neighborhoods,

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they're happening
in our schools,

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and they're happening
in our families.

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It wasn't that they just had
political disagreements.

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Folks were physically attacking
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Stop!

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Stop!

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The root causes of division
go all the way down

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into our foundation
as a country.

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We're facing problems
we've never faced before.

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(shouting)

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If we're going to live
in a democracy,

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all of us have to learn
to be mediators

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and bridge-builders.

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I'm Steven Olikara.

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My name is Susan Bro.

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I'm Greg Orman.

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I'm Mark Gerzon, I'm the author

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of The Reunited States
of America,

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and I've been a bridge-builder

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between Democrats
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in the partisan divide
for the last 30 years.

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What I've learned
is that polarization

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is not just in Washington,
it's in our own hearts.

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Before we can fix government,
we have to fix ourselves

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and the way we see
our fellow citizens.

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-We're Erin...
-...and David Leaverton.

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We decided to travel
to all 50 states

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to get an understanding

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of what was causing
these divisions.

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The real key to solving
the partisan divide

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is within each of us.

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That's part of being a citizen
of America.

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We are the solution.

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Ordinary citizens working
across the divide every day

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to make this country
a better place.

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Whether it's a liberal agenda
or a conservative agenda,

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hate does not belong
to either one.

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We're always gonna
have liberals

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and conservatives in America.

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We'll never make
the other side go away.

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It's in our own interest

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to learn how to cross
the divide.

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We are the government.

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If we want to see
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the genius of America

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is that it's our responsibility
to fix it.

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We need a narrative
about the left and the right

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working together.

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This is something
we have the power to change.

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This is something
we have control over.

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I want to create a third force
in our politics

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that's able to get us beyond
this partisan warfare.

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This country needs
bridge-builders,

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people who have the courage
to be pioneers,

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who are willing to get out
of their comfort zones

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to bring both sides together.

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That's the path forward.

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Mary Catherine,
what are you drawing?

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-I'm making our bus.
-Are you really?

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-Yes.
-Look at it.

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Very beautiful.

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And where is it going?

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To all the states.

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To all the states.

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-Are you excited?
-Yeah.

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Cool, me too.

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-Very aerodynamic.
-Mm-hm.

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I like it.

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I always felt like
when I left politics

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that there were some things
that were left unfinished.

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I was a proud Republican,
and I was working

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to defeat any Democrat
who was in our way

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because I really felt like
what their policies were doing

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was destroying our country.

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Did everything
from opposition research

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to targeted campaigns

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that would turn
one group of voters

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against another group
of voters.

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I was involved in things
I'm not really proud of.

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People are getting inundated
with this message of division

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and dehumanization
and demonization

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of the other side,
and it is tearing families apart

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and it's tearing
communities apart.

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I've been involved in
those kind of campaigns

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and I know how to do that.

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So, fast forward to 2016,
we were watching

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a story about this guy
who got hit across the head

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with a bag of rocks
because he was wearing

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a Make America Great Again hat.

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I sensed a deep sort of sorrow
growing in him.

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And one night, I just said,

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"If you didn't have a mortgage,

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what would you want
to wake up and do tomorrow?"

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And I answered her,
"To bring unity to America."

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It came out before
I even thought about it.

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I was like, "How are you
gonna bring unity

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to people you've never met?"

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Okay. Now where's
the wrapping paper?

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-You got a Sharpie?
-Uh-huh.

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So at 5:00 a.m.,
she wakes me up.

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And I said, "You know,
what if the first step

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of learning about division

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is to go out
and actually ask people?"

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I said, "You're crazy,

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but I can't think
of a better way

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to learn about what's broken
in our country."

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Hey, guys, we've got an
exciting announcement to make.

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We've gone crazy.

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I quit my job,
we sold our house,

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and we bought an RV.

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We're going on a great
American road trip for a year

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to all 50 states
with our family of five.

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Our goal for this year
is to reach outside our bubble,

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to host dinners and to listen
and learn from people

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who aren't like us...

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Hi, big bus.

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...and hopefully discover
what connects us as Americans.

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Come along for the ride.

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It'll be fun.

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(sharp exhaling)

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She was still alive.

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She was still alive
a year ago right now.

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She was hot, she was tired,
she was thirsty.

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She was still alive.

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My daughter was not a leader.

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She was not a known activist.

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He just drove into a crowd,

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and she was the one
who happened to die.

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Thank you for coming
to remember Heather,

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but this was not
all about Heather.

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We have a huge problem
in our city and in our country.

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We have got to fix this

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or we'll be right back here
in no time.

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The world went crazy
when Heather lost her life,

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and that's not fair
because so many mothers lose

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their children every day,
and we have to fix that.

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I don't want other mothers
to be in my spot.

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I don't want other mothers
to go through this.

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So, today, not only
do we remember my baby girl,

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I want to thank the troopers
for their sacrifice

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who lost their lives that day.

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There's so much healing to do

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and we've got to do it together.

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Amen.

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I struggle with my own
emotional issues.

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Heather died,
but there were 30 people

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who were injured that day

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who are having
a really hard time.

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-I need to tell you something.
-Yes, dear.

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-It's about Heather.
-Yes?

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I stood there with her
as she went...

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She went well.

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I believe it.

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Thank you.

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I was the street medic
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for Heather
and initiated CPR...

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I do, I just wanted you to know

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I did everything
that I could do.

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Thank you, I understand,

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but this is the way
it was meant to be, sadly.

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Heather would never want
this attention on her.

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The attention belongs
squarely on the issues

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that she was standing up for
that day.

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Thirty-two-year-old
Heather Heyer

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was protesting white supremacy.

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The statue of Confederate
General Robert E. Lee

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has become the focal point

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since the city council voted
in February to remove it.

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I did not pay attention
to politics before Heather died.

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I thought the country
was healed over racial issues.

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I just didn't understand
how deeply it went.

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You know, it's difficult
to explain to a child

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why the Lee statue
still stands.

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Even at eight years old,

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they recognize the Lee statue

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as a civil rights issue.

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I did not seek
this opportunity.

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I'm just trying to make
something positive

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out of this horrible situation.

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My daughter, who was not
a known activist,

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would tell you as I am
telling you, get over her.

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Let's get on to the issues
that she died for.

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She died for lives mattering.

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(applause)

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All of us have to find
what our way

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of caring about each other is.

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Amen.

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I'm trying to figure out
what I'm supposed to be doing.

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I just wanted
to shake your hand.

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Thank you for keeping it real.

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That's the best way to be.

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Thanks, I'll try.

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We appreciate it.

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That's something
you didn't have to do,

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and we thank God for it.

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Thank you, but, yeah,
we do have to do it.

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We have a lot to do.

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♪

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Heather got all this attention
because she was a white woman

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who was killed.

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I just don't think if it had
been a person of color

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it would have gotten
near as much attention.

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♪

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I think Heather
and the survivors deserve

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their day of justice.

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♪

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So, we'll see
how it comes out in court.

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(traffic sounds)

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Bring it over--over here.

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Oh.

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Let's do "Anger Face,"
get it down,

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and then maybe we can
go back to that.

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All right, ready.

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♪

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The first passion I ever had
in life was playing music.

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♪

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Here, I think, actually,
the place to cut it out

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is let it go
all the way through,

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and then I'll just cut out
with--with the drum track,

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and then you just sit there
and do your, like, chug thing.

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One more time at the end?

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Yeah.

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It has informed my politics

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because I believe
our political system is best

300
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when people from
different backgrounds

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are sharing their ideas
to advance public interest.

302
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Oh, that's it, yeah.

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♪

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One, two, three, four.

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♪

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Yeah!

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That's sick!

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Oh my God.

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♪

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Two major forces

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shape the future
of our politics.

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One is the worsening
polarization and gridlock.

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The second is the rising
millennial generation,

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which we believe will transform
American politics.

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♪

316
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The average American
is about 20 years younger

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than the average member
of Congress.

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And I had this realization:

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who's actually in Congress

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looking out
for the next generation?

321
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Issues we'll inherit
in the future,

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whether it's climate change
or the national debt,

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are not so much dividing
between the left versus right

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but, really, the future
versus the past.

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♪

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We decided to create
the first-ever caucus

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for young members of Congress.

328
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♪

329
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Jefferson talked a lot
about the need

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for future generations
to replenish American democracy.

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♪

332
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Actually, the majority
of the Founding Fathers

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were under the age of 40.

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If a generation of 20-somethings
and 30-somethings

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can invent American democracy,

336
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then why can't a new generation

337
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reinvent American
self-government?

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♪

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When we formed
Millennial Action Project,

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it was the first time
that millennial Democrats

341
00:16:41,125 --> 00:16:42,793
and Republicans joined forces

342
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to work on the issues
facing our country's future.

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♪

344
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In addition to Texas,
our Oregon caucus

345
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is trying to get
a student loan bill of rights

346
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so that young people understand
all of their rights

347
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and the ins and outs
of their loans.

348
00:16:59,309 --> 00:17:00,561
♪

349
00:17:00,602 --> 00:17:02,980
Two-thirds of
the American public

350
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now sees people of the other
political party as evil.

351
00:17:07,484 --> 00:17:08,944
♪

352
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:11,739
We need to decide
if we're going to work together

353
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or attack each other.

354
00:17:13,907 --> 00:17:16,285
♪

355
00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:20,122
I'm dedicated to building
a generation of leaders

356
00:17:20,205 --> 00:17:22,708
across these divisions.

357
00:17:22,750 --> 00:17:25,335
♪

358
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We have an annual conference

359
00:17:26,962 --> 00:17:29,006
where we bring
our rising stars together

360
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from red, blue,
and purple states.

361
00:17:32,384 --> 00:17:34,428
And so I said to myself,
I better come down

362
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to a summit to learn more.

363
00:17:36,889 --> 00:17:37,890
That's awesome.

364
00:17:37,931 --> 00:17:39,558
We're basically looking
for two things:

365
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members who are young by age
or young by heart...

366
00:17:43,270 --> 00:17:46,815
Some people would see age
as, you know, a drawback,

367
00:17:46,899 --> 00:17:50,444
but in my opinion, it puts me
even closer to the issues

368
00:17:50,527 --> 00:17:51,487
that are important
to my family.

369
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Right.

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of bridge-building.

371
00:17:55,574 --> 00:17:57,409
It is not a partisan issue.

372
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Over time,
Mississippi will see

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00:18:00,245 --> 00:18:01,705
a solution to the brain drain.

374
00:18:01,789 --> 00:18:05,959
We support elected officials
who are bridge-builders,

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00:18:06,001 --> 00:18:08,462
not dividers.

376
00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:10,672
Over the next 20 to 30 years,

377
00:18:10,756 --> 00:18:14,301
our generation will take
the reins of government,

378
00:18:14,384 --> 00:18:16,345
and we have a choice to make.

379
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Are we going to lead
our country

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in a different direction,

381
00:18:20,849 --> 00:18:24,812
or will we be a continuation
of the status quo?

382
00:18:24,853 --> 00:18:29,149
More division, more dysfunction,
more inaction.

383
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♪

384
00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:34,863
Millennials recognize they've
been given a broken system.

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♪

386
00:18:36,323 --> 00:18:38,408
They're not interested
in the old right/left argument.

387
00:18:38,492 --> 00:18:41,245
They're interested
in the results.

388
00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:43,664
Polling data shows
that a third of Americans

389
00:18:43,705 --> 00:18:45,499
call themselves "independents."

390
00:18:45,582 --> 00:18:46,542
They don't want
to call themselves

391
00:18:46,625 --> 00:18:49,461
Democrats or Republicans.

392
00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:50,712
They're saying,
"I'm not following

393
00:18:50,796 --> 00:18:52,339
what some party leader
in Washington

394
00:18:52,381 --> 00:18:55,134
tells me I'm supposed to think.

395
00:18:55,175 --> 00:18:57,845
Why should I give up
my independence?"

396
00:18:57,928 --> 00:19:01,181
And I believe that is the key
to our future.

397
00:19:01,265 --> 00:19:02,683
♪

398
00:19:02,724 --> 00:19:04,685
One person said to me,
"You know, Greg,

399
00:19:04,768 --> 00:19:06,019
I love what you're saying.

400
00:19:06,061 --> 00:19:08,522
If I could pick
the governor myself,

401
00:19:08,564 --> 00:19:10,732
there's no question
it would be you.

402
00:19:10,816 --> 00:19:12,985
But I'm a little concerned
if I vote for you,

403
00:19:13,026 --> 00:19:14,862
I might help elect
the Democrat."

404
00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,530
Literally, 20 minutes later,

405
00:19:16,613 --> 00:19:18,866
the person sitting
right next to them said,

406
00:19:18,907 --> 00:19:21,702
"Greg, if I could pick
the governor, it'd be you,

407
00:19:21,743 --> 00:19:23,412
but I'm a little concerned
if I vote for you,

408
00:19:23,495 --> 00:19:26,248
I might help the Republican."

409
00:19:26,331 --> 00:19:27,583
And of course I said,

410
00:19:27,666 --> 00:19:28,876
"Well, I've got
a solution to that.

411
00:19:28,959 --> 00:19:30,210
Why don't you both just commit

412
00:19:30,294 --> 00:19:32,212
to voting for me right now?

413
00:19:32,296 --> 00:19:35,799
And you cancel each other out,
you won't have that concern."

414
00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:38,677
And so, we just need
to get people to realize

415
00:19:38,719 --> 00:19:42,181
that they don't need to vote
out of fear.

416
00:19:42,222 --> 00:19:49,897
♪

417
00:19:49,938 --> 00:19:51,899
Probably the most enduring
memory I have

418
00:19:51,982 --> 00:19:55,986
from my childhood was being
financially insecure.

419
00:19:56,069 --> 00:19:57,321
♪

420
00:19:57,404 --> 00:20:02,492
That feeling of being insecure
never really left me.

421
00:20:02,576 --> 00:20:06,872
♪

422
00:20:06,914 --> 00:20:08,498
I think it's
our moral obligation

423
00:20:08,582 --> 00:20:13,253
to leave a better country
for future generations.

424
00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:17,591
And so, I decided we had
to do something different.

425
00:20:17,674 --> 00:20:22,930
♪

426
00:20:22,971 --> 00:20:25,224
-You're Greg Orman.
-I am.

427
00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:26,600
My name is Greg Orman,
by the way.

428
00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:27,851
I'm running for governor.

429
00:20:27,935 --> 00:20:29,853
I believe
that the two-party system

430
00:20:29,937 --> 00:20:32,481
is irreparably broken.

431
00:20:32,564 --> 00:20:35,275
We need to disrupt it.

432
00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,611
It's focused on one thing
and one thing only

433
00:20:37,653 --> 00:20:39,821
and that's getting
their people elected.

434
00:20:39,905 --> 00:20:41,823
You know, ultimately,
it leads to

435
00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:43,700
a bunch of bad representation.

436
00:20:43,784 --> 00:20:45,202
I tell people,
"It's not public service

437
00:20:45,285 --> 00:20:48,288
if it's the best job
you're ever gonna have."

438
00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:51,291
I want to create a third force
in our politics

439
00:20:51,375 --> 00:20:54,920
that's able to get us beyond
this partisan warfare,

440
00:20:54,962 --> 00:20:57,631
this hatred, because it's not
meeting the needs

441
00:20:57,714 --> 00:20:59,883
of the American people.

442
00:20:59,967 --> 00:21:01,134
♪

443
00:21:01,218 --> 00:21:05,138
This political system
has to change.

444
00:21:05,222 --> 00:21:08,183
♪

445
00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:12,187
We built a strategy
back in 2012 and 2013

446
00:21:12,271 --> 00:21:15,232
that we refer to
as the Senate Fulcrum Strategy.

447
00:21:15,315 --> 00:21:18,735
If there were two independents
in the U.S. Senate,

448
00:21:18,819 --> 00:21:20,779
neither party would have
a majority.

449
00:21:20,821 --> 00:21:23,073
We underestimate
what that's worth,

450
00:21:23,156 --> 00:21:26,868
and to be the vote, to decide
control of the Senate,

451
00:21:26,952 --> 00:21:29,079
we would be able
to use that leverage

452
00:21:29,162 --> 00:21:31,456
to get Washington
back into the business

453
00:21:31,498 --> 00:21:33,000
of solving problems.

454
00:21:33,041 --> 00:21:34,251
'Cause I thought, you know,
"If you believe

455
00:21:38,171 --> 00:21:39,339
There he is!

456
00:21:39,381 --> 00:21:41,133
Greg Orman.

457
00:21:41,174 --> 00:21:44,261
And so, in 2014, we launched
an independent campaign

458
00:21:44,344 --> 00:21:45,846
for the U.S. Senate.

459
00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,890
We did a bus tour
like we're on right now,

460
00:21:48,974 --> 00:21:51,935
talked to people about issues
they cared about.

461
00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:54,187
People started gravitating
to our campaigns,

462
00:21:54,229 --> 00:21:56,231
and that was when the race
really changed.

463
00:21:56,315 --> 00:21:57,691
The Democratic candidate
dropped out

464
00:21:57,774 --> 00:21:58,859
of the race yesterday.

465
00:21:58,942 --> 00:22:00,819
Now Greg Orman,
the independent candidate,

466
00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:02,654
has a one-on-one shot
at Pat Roberts.

467
00:22:02,696 --> 00:22:04,531
This one could determine
who controls

468
00:22:04,614 --> 00:22:05,741
the United States Senate.

469
00:22:05,824 --> 00:22:07,534
It really woke up
the incumbent.

470
00:22:07,617 --> 00:22:10,871
There were at least two dozen
national Republican figures

471
00:22:10,954 --> 00:22:13,290
who came and campaigned
against me in Kansas.

472
00:22:13,373 --> 00:22:15,542
This race has
a razor-thin margin.

473
00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,961
He has refused to say
which party he'll caucus with

474
00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:20,297
because he says
he'll break the gridlock

475
00:22:20,380 --> 00:22:21,131
as an independent.

476
00:22:23,925 --> 00:22:27,346
to losing by about ten points
in November.

477
00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:32,225
♪

478
00:22:32,267 --> 00:22:35,395
Most of our Founding Fathers
were deeply skeptical

479
00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:39,900
of what would happen
if the nation was divided

480
00:22:39,941 --> 00:22:42,235
into two factions.

481
00:22:42,277 --> 00:22:44,237
They were concerned
about the moment

482
00:22:44,321 --> 00:22:45,697
that we're in right now.

483
00:22:45,739 --> 00:22:48,033
♪

484
00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:49,826
There's a reason
there are political parties.

485
00:22:49,910 --> 00:22:52,621
They're not in
the Constitution.

486
00:22:52,704 --> 00:22:54,873
♪

487
00:22:54,915 --> 00:22:56,166
That's why I'm an independent

488
00:22:56,249 --> 00:22:59,294
and I'm running
for governor of Kansas.

489
00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:00,796
♪

490
00:23:02,756 --> 00:23:07,260
♪

491
00:23:07,344 --> 00:23:08,595
This is good.

492
00:23:08,637 --> 00:23:09,971
♪ Just take my way ♪

493
00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:13,100
(indistinct chatter)

494
00:23:13,141 --> 00:23:14,768
Sorry, this is more important.

495
00:23:14,851 --> 00:23:16,311
No!

496
00:23:16,395 --> 00:23:18,522
Please!

497
00:23:18,605 --> 00:23:20,816
Does anybody know any more words
than that three?

498
00:23:20,899 --> 00:23:23,443
♪ It winds from Chicago ♪♪

499
00:23:23,485 --> 00:23:25,779
We're gonna go out
and just talk to people here,

500
00:23:25,821 --> 00:23:26,780
hear their stories.

501
00:23:26,822 --> 00:23:27,948
This is a beautiful city,

502
00:23:27,989 --> 00:23:29,908
and we're excited
to get to meet the people

503
00:23:29,950 --> 00:23:31,201
in state number one.

504
00:23:31,284 --> 00:23:32,452
-You have a baby on the way.
-I do.

505
00:23:32,494 --> 00:23:34,413
Tell us about
how you're feeling about that.

506
00:23:34,454 --> 00:23:38,125
I'm really, really excited,
but I'm also incredibly scared

507
00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:39,751
'cause right after
I got out of the military,

508
00:23:39,793 --> 00:23:41,002
right before I started this job,

509
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:42,963
I was on the verge
of being homeless.

510
00:23:43,004 --> 00:23:46,091
I met people
who I never talked to before.

511
00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:50,178
We have to bring
our white brothers and sisters

512
00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:54,975
to the understanding
of what white privilege means.

513
00:23:55,058 --> 00:23:56,935
I still hate the word
"white privilege."

514
00:23:56,977 --> 00:23:58,145
Why don't you like the word?

515
00:23:58,228 --> 00:24:00,188
I don't as much feel it
as a privilege

516
00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:04,192
as it is a right
that we should all have.

517
00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,902
-But we don't.
-Yeah.

518
00:24:05,986 --> 00:24:07,654
Right, but not everybody has it,

519
00:24:07,737 --> 00:24:09,322
so then what do you call it?

520
00:24:09,364 --> 00:24:11,658
I don't know,
I just don't like the word.

521
00:24:11,700 --> 00:24:14,494
Hey, guys, I'm at
the Boston Methodist Church

522
00:24:14,536 --> 00:24:17,330
in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and we just finished

523
00:24:17,372 --> 00:24:21,668
the most beautiful ceremony
for the MLK celebration.

524
00:24:21,710 --> 00:24:24,004
We're just finalizing RSVPs.

525
00:24:24,087 --> 00:24:26,882
A couple of people
are kind of on the fence

526
00:24:26,965 --> 00:24:30,177
and so, we're just trying
to lock that in.

527
00:24:30,218 --> 00:24:31,636
You're doing a good job,
by the way.

528
00:24:31,678 --> 00:24:32,471
Thank you.

529
00:24:34,514 --> 00:24:36,516
around the country
and we can host dinners

530
00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:37,893
of Republicans and Democrats,

531
00:24:37,976 --> 00:24:39,227
and if we can just get people
to sit down

532
00:24:39,311 --> 00:24:41,730
at a table together,
they'll realize

533
00:24:41,813 --> 00:24:45,692
that they're a lot more alike
than they thought.

534
00:24:45,775 --> 00:24:47,194
All right, welcome.

535
00:24:47,235 --> 00:24:49,237
We already kind of
welcomed you already,

536
00:24:49,321 --> 00:24:52,073
but I think the first thing
is to admit

537
00:24:52,157 --> 00:24:54,242
this is weird, right?

538
00:24:54,326 --> 00:24:57,078
One question I would love
to just sort of kick off

539
00:24:57,162 --> 00:25:01,875
is, like, what is your, um,

540
00:25:01,917 --> 00:25:04,085
your American story?

541
00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:07,047
Our theory
that divisions in America

542
00:25:07,130 --> 00:25:09,174
are rooted in politics

543
00:25:09,216 --> 00:25:12,052
got completely blown up
on Day One.

544
00:25:12,093 --> 00:25:14,804
Being called "illegal"
and being called a "wetback"

545
00:25:14,888 --> 00:25:17,807
and, you know,
every time I hear them,

546
00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:21,186
it's--it's dehumanizing.

547
00:25:21,228 --> 00:25:23,730
We learned very quickly
that our political divisions

548
00:25:23,813 --> 00:25:25,732
are more symptomatic
of something

549
00:25:25,815 --> 00:25:27,984
that goes a lot deeper.

550
00:25:28,068 --> 00:25:30,320
There's a huge division
in our country right now

551
00:25:30,403 --> 00:25:32,531
and, yeah, we wanted
to maybe see if we could

552
00:25:32,572 --> 00:25:34,908
start a little bit
of a conversation

553
00:25:34,950 --> 00:25:37,786
to try and break down
some walls of division.

554
00:25:37,869 --> 00:25:41,873
Generally speaking, um,

555
00:25:41,915 --> 00:25:45,085
I'd have to honestly say
that I don't have

556
00:25:45,126 --> 00:25:48,421
a really great feeling
towards white people.

557
00:25:48,505 --> 00:25:53,176
Um, a lot of it is because of
some of my experiences

558
00:25:53,260 --> 00:25:56,429
and some of what I've seen
my parents experience.

559
00:25:56,513 --> 00:25:59,599
I went into labor
with my first child

560
00:25:59,683 --> 00:26:02,227
when I was seven months along,

561
00:26:02,269 --> 00:26:05,480
and my water broke while I was
walking around the mall

562
00:26:05,564 --> 00:26:06,606
with my dad.

563
00:26:06,690 --> 00:26:08,733
He was buying baby clothes.

564
00:26:08,775 --> 00:26:11,111
And I went to the hospital.

565
00:26:11,194 --> 00:26:13,154
The nurse came in, and I said,

566
00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:14,781
"I think I'm having
contractions,"

567
00:26:14,864 --> 00:26:17,659
and she examined me
very quickly and she said,

568
00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:19,619
"Oh, you're not ready
to have this baby yet.

569
00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:21,079
You call me back in here
when you're ready

570
00:26:21,121 --> 00:26:22,455
to have this baby."

571
00:26:22,497 --> 00:26:25,625
And they let me lay there
for hours.

572
00:26:25,709 --> 00:26:28,878
By the time the doctor came,
I was crowning.

573
00:26:28,962 --> 00:26:32,465
-Wow.
-And my first baby died,

574
00:26:32,549 --> 00:26:36,469
and I know that they did not
give me the care

575
00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:38,680
and the attention
that I deserved.

576
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:42,809
I lost my baby
because they did not provide

577
00:26:42,892 --> 00:26:45,687
proper care for me.

578
00:26:45,770 --> 00:26:47,439
I'm so sorry.

579
00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:52,027
And it's so hard

580
00:26:52,110 --> 00:26:56,990
to know that I'm a good person,
I'm a good mother,

581
00:26:57,032 --> 00:26:59,784
and to have someone look at me

582
00:26:59,826 --> 00:27:03,038
or to look at Black children
as if they're criminals,

583
00:27:03,121 --> 00:27:05,206
as if we don't deserve
to be respected,

584
00:27:05,290 --> 00:27:08,126
we don't deserve
to be treated fairly,

585
00:27:08,168 --> 00:27:12,088
it does something to you
mentally and spiritually

586
00:27:12,172 --> 00:27:14,215
and emotionally.

587
00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:18,178
I've never forgotten
losing my first child

588
00:27:18,219 --> 00:27:22,766
because I was
a Black unwed mother,

589
00:27:22,849 --> 00:27:25,602
and they didn't think
that my child's life

590
00:27:25,685 --> 00:27:29,189
was as important
as the child being delivered

591
00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,691
in the room next to me.

592
00:27:33,276 --> 00:27:35,570
Mechelle, I'm so sorry.

593
00:27:35,654 --> 00:27:36,905
Stand up.

594
00:27:36,988 --> 00:27:40,116
(crying)

595
00:27:45,121 --> 00:27:47,332
Nothing can make it right.

596
00:27:48,875 --> 00:27:51,002
-It still hurts.
-I know.

597
00:27:51,044 --> 00:27:53,546
I know it does,
I'm so sorry.

598
00:27:55,382 --> 00:28:05,308
♪

599
00:28:07,143 --> 00:28:10,480
Beneath what we call
"political polarization"

600
00:28:10,563 --> 00:28:12,732
are a lot of other
fundamental tensions

601
00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:14,401
in our culture:

602
00:28:14,442 --> 00:28:16,361
race, religious differences,

603
00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:20,073
economic differences,
gender issues.

604
00:28:20,156 --> 00:28:23,910
Division is a human problem,
not just an American problem.

605
00:28:23,952 --> 00:28:25,286
♪

606
00:28:25,370 --> 00:28:26,830
If we're going to be
a democracy,

607
00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:29,207
we have to recognize our rights
and the rights of others

608
00:28:29,249 --> 00:28:31,459
and work through
the differences.

609
00:28:31,543 --> 00:28:34,921
That's our responsibility.

610
00:28:34,963 --> 00:28:44,723
♪

611
00:28:44,764 --> 00:28:49,644
Jazz is inherently
a call-and-response art form.

612
00:28:49,728 --> 00:28:50,979
♪

613
00:28:51,062 --> 00:28:52,772
The most important skill
is to listen.

614
00:28:52,856 --> 00:28:53,773
We have a special guest up here.

615
00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,904
(unintelligible)

616
00:28:59,946 --> 00:29:03,867
♪

617
00:29:03,950 --> 00:29:07,162
Imagine if we had a real
call-and-response in Congress

618
00:29:07,245 --> 00:29:09,247
where people would listen
and then respond

619
00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:11,374
with their ideas.

620
00:29:11,458 --> 00:29:15,128
♪

621
00:29:15,211 --> 00:29:18,047
That fusion of ideas
is what creates

622
00:29:18,131 --> 00:29:20,633
a stronger country.

623
00:29:20,675 --> 00:29:27,474
♪

624
00:29:27,557 --> 00:29:30,268
We were looking at
all the possible states

625
00:29:30,310 --> 00:29:32,353
for this year
to really focus on,

626
00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,230
and we thought because of--

627
00:29:34,314 --> 00:29:38,526
Iowa is significant
as a swing state

628
00:29:38,610 --> 00:29:41,321
and because of
the young leaders

629
00:29:41,404 --> 00:29:42,781
who just got elected
in the capital,

630
00:29:42,822 --> 00:29:44,324
we thought it would be
a good time

631
00:29:44,407 --> 00:29:47,869
to come here to Iowa
and see what's going on.

632
00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:56,336
The next project
is a program designed

633
00:29:56,377 --> 00:29:59,172
to have bipartisan colleagues
come together,

634
00:29:59,214 --> 00:30:00,590
have meaningful conversations.

635
00:30:00,673 --> 00:30:03,259
And I'm very grateful
that this future caucus

636
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:04,552
has been established.

637
00:30:04,636 --> 00:30:05,553
With that, I want to make sure

638
00:30:05,637 --> 00:30:09,641
that we welcome Steven Olikara,

639
00:30:09,682 --> 00:30:12,310
the Millennial Action Project
president.

640
00:30:12,352 --> 00:30:14,896
(applause)

641
00:30:19,442 --> 00:30:21,236
What wows me when I'm in
the state capital

642
00:30:21,319 --> 00:30:23,279
is that we have
so many young legislators

643
00:30:23,363 --> 00:30:26,157
who are uniting
across party lines.

644
00:30:26,199 --> 00:30:27,826
They're legislators...

645
00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:29,369
So it's become a movement.

646
00:30:29,410 --> 00:30:32,372
Youngest representative,
youngest senator.

647
00:30:32,455 --> 00:30:33,957
You know, we want
to change politics.

648
00:30:34,040 --> 00:30:35,416
Probably going to be
the younger leaders

649
00:30:35,500 --> 00:30:37,544
who change it, so, actually,
you'll now be invited

650
00:30:37,585 --> 00:30:38,837
to our annual conference.

651
00:30:38,878 --> 00:30:39,712
Okay. Sometimes, like,

652
00:30:39,796 --> 00:30:41,422
with different caucuses
and stuff,

653
00:30:41,506 --> 00:30:43,174
I get a little weary
because they might be--

654
00:30:43,216 --> 00:30:44,634
slide to one side
or the other,

655
00:30:44,717 --> 00:30:48,221
but, yeah, I gotta talk
to leadership about it first.

656
00:30:48,304 --> 00:30:49,722
Yeah.

657
00:30:49,764 --> 00:30:52,600
I had a lot of people tell me
we would never get

658
00:30:52,684 --> 00:30:54,894
Democratic members
and Republican members

659
00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:57,772
to actually sign on.

660
00:30:57,856 --> 00:31:01,568
♪

661
00:31:01,651 --> 00:31:04,487
I remember Steven
actually talking to me

662
00:31:04,571 --> 00:31:06,990
back in 2014, 2015,

663
00:31:07,073 --> 00:31:08,867
when MAP was still just an idea,

664
00:31:08,908 --> 00:31:11,703
this kind of bipartisan
talking across the aisle,

665
00:31:11,744 --> 00:31:13,329
and I wasn't sure
if I thought it was

666
00:31:13,413 --> 00:31:14,706
something that would
actually work.

667
00:31:14,747 --> 00:31:16,499
You know, we were both
pretty young, right?

668
00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,585
I mean, you were
a year or two out of...

669
00:31:18,626 --> 00:31:20,503
We were going
against the grain

670
00:31:20,587 --> 00:31:25,592
by seeking credibility
on both sides of the aisle.

671
00:31:25,633 --> 00:31:27,927
♪

672
00:31:27,969 --> 00:31:32,724
That goes against virtually
everything in politics.

673
00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:33,933
♪

674
00:31:33,975 --> 00:31:35,977
People immediately dismiss us
and say,

675
00:31:36,060 --> 00:31:37,729
"Oh, they're just a bunch
of millennials.

676
00:31:37,770 --> 00:31:40,064
They don't really know
what they're doing."

677
00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:41,900
♪

678
00:31:41,941 --> 00:31:44,152
Yeah, there was a lot
of discouragement, right?

679
00:31:44,235 --> 00:31:45,570
-Yeah.
-Yeah, especially

680
00:31:45,612 --> 00:31:48,031
with people telling him
that he's going to have

681
00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:52,076
a hard time convincing people
to work together.

682
00:31:52,118 --> 00:31:53,995
You know, at the end of the day,

683
00:31:54,078 --> 00:31:57,457
you have to do something
which you really enjoy.

684
00:31:57,498 --> 00:32:01,044
When you die,
you have to look back and say,

685
00:32:01,127 --> 00:32:03,880
"Did I have a good life?"

686
00:32:03,963 --> 00:32:09,636
♪

687
00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,889
We are in Montgomery, Alabama.

688
00:32:12,972 --> 00:32:14,766
Slidell, Louisiana.

689
00:32:14,807 --> 00:32:15,850
Georgia!

690
00:32:15,934 --> 00:32:17,185
I'm standing in front
of the first

691
00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:19,312
White House of the Confederacy.

692
00:32:19,395 --> 00:32:21,189
We thought that this journey
was gonna be

693
00:32:21,272 --> 00:32:22,607
about bringing people together.

694
00:32:22,649 --> 00:32:24,817
I don't think we factored in
the impact

695
00:32:24,859 --> 00:32:27,028
that these stories
would have on us.

696
00:32:27,111 --> 00:32:30,031
Would you say that
there are African Americans

697
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:32,867
who are not familiar
with the full history?

698
00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:34,702
There aren't
history books written

699
00:32:34,786 --> 00:32:37,330
that capture these realities.

700
00:32:37,372 --> 00:32:39,624
We love Arkansas!

701
00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:41,709
South Carolina, North Carolina,

702
00:32:41,793 --> 00:32:46,047
I could not get past
this racial divide.

703
00:32:46,130 --> 00:32:49,384
You have to make your life
less comfortable

704
00:32:49,467 --> 00:32:51,552
to understand the experience

705
00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:54,180
that people of color
are going through.

706
00:32:54,222 --> 00:32:55,056
Louisville!

707
00:32:55,139 --> 00:32:57,141
Wichita, Kansas.

708
00:32:57,183 --> 00:32:59,936
Welcome to Wyoming.

709
00:33:00,019 --> 00:33:01,020
Bozeman, Montana,

710
00:33:01,062 --> 00:33:03,648
on the way
to the Donald Trump rally.

711
00:33:03,690 --> 00:33:07,527
And I was a Trump supporter,
and in Jeff,

712
00:33:07,568 --> 00:33:09,529
I mean, he just about
didn't let me in his house.

713
00:33:09,570 --> 00:33:10,947
He was just like, "Pfft."

714
00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:13,116
(shouting)

715
00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:16,786
This one person in particular
works for an organization

716
00:33:16,869 --> 00:33:19,872
that my whole
professional career

717
00:33:19,956 --> 00:33:22,667
has fought against them
as a real enemy.

718
00:33:22,709 --> 00:33:25,211
I'm raising money
for a good cause,

719
00:33:25,294 --> 00:33:28,673
making sure people get
healthcare that they need.

720
00:33:28,715 --> 00:33:31,009
I didn't know
this was your house!

721
00:33:31,050 --> 00:33:33,678
-Happy Easter!
-Okay, let's go get eggs.

722
00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:35,638
It was cool to see
our kids begin

723
00:33:35,722 --> 00:33:39,392
to wrap their minds
around injustice.

724
00:33:39,434 --> 00:33:40,727
♪ To you ♪♪

725
00:33:40,768 --> 00:33:43,563
To break it down
to the simplest thing,

726
00:33:43,604 --> 00:33:45,732
-it's not fair.
-I originally thought

727
00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:48,026
I wasn't gonna be able to work
'cause I have autism

728
00:33:48,067 --> 00:33:50,194
and it makes it harder for me
to get a job.

729
00:33:50,236 --> 00:33:52,530
I mean, the way I see it,
everyone has challenges.

730
00:33:52,572 --> 00:33:55,825
You can either let it
put you down

731
00:33:55,908 --> 00:33:57,577
or you can find
the bright side.

732
00:33:57,660 --> 00:34:00,413
I expected to find an enemy.

733
00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:03,958
Instead, I found
a family member.

734
00:34:04,042 --> 00:34:08,671
♪

735
00:34:08,755 --> 00:34:11,883
Our daughter, Grace,
is six years old,

736
00:34:11,924 --> 00:34:15,094
and the day that she was born

737
00:34:15,136 --> 00:34:19,265
was one of the happiest,
toughest days of our lives.

738
00:34:19,348 --> 00:34:22,435
Neither of us had ever met
a person with Down syndrome

739
00:34:22,518 --> 00:34:24,020
until that day.

740
00:34:24,103 --> 00:34:26,355
Grace has changed the way
that I look at the world

741
00:34:26,439 --> 00:34:28,316
and look at other people,

742
00:34:28,399 --> 00:34:33,613
and that is a gift
that hardly anybody can give.

743
00:34:33,696 --> 00:34:37,408
It causes me to look
at other people with hope

744
00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:38,659
and not prejudgment

745
00:34:38,743 --> 00:34:40,286
because what you see
on the surface

746
00:34:40,369 --> 00:34:44,582
is not always
what is within somebody.

747
00:34:44,624 --> 00:34:47,043
She broke down the belief

748
00:34:47,126 --> 00:34:51,631
that certain people have
more value than others,

749
00:34:51,672 --> 00:34:53,466
and that started us
on a journey

750
00:34:53,508 --> 00:34:56,135
that we're on to this day.

751
00:34:56,177 --> 00:35:06,145
♪

752
00:35:21,994 --> 00:35:24,831
-Hi. How are you guys?
-Fine, thank you. Come on in.

753
00:35:24,872 --> 00:35:26,374
-I'm David.
-Good morning. Hello, hello.

754
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:27,708
Just grab something.

755
00:35:27,792 --> 00:35:29,669
It's all gonna be
handed out today.

756
00:35:29,710 --> 00:35:31,671
Thanks for taking us
around, man.

757
00:35:31,754 --> 00:35:34,298
This is really--really
kind of you to do this.

758
00:35:34,340 --> 00:35:35,424
Sure, sure.

759
00:35:35,508 --> 00:35:36,759
Tell me what you're doing today.

760
00:35:36,843 --> 00:35:39,762
-We feed hungry people.
-Okay.

761
00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:41,139
So when you deliver this
to somebody,

762
00:35:41,180 --> 00:35:43,474
is it their only meal
of the day

763
00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:44,851
or just a good start
to the day?

764
00:35:44,934 --> 00:35:46,686
-What is here usually...
-Sometimes, they tell me

765
00:35:46,769 --> 00:35:48,396
they haven't eaten
in five days.

766
00:35:48,479 --> 00:35:50,189
Oh my gosh.

767
00:35:50,273 --> 00:35:51,774
♪

768
00:35:51,858 --> 00:35:54,402
-Hi. How are you?
-Good morning.

769
00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:55,653
I'm tagging along
with Bear today.

770
00:35:55,695 --> 00:35:57,071
-I'm David.
-Henry.

771
00:35:57,155 --> 00:35:59,532
-Good to meet you, Henry.
-Cranberries today.

772
00:35:59,574 --> 00:36:00,867
-Thank you.
-You're welcome.

773
00:36:00,950 --> 00:36:02,618
-Are you from around here?
-Yeah, yeah.

774
00:36:02,702 --> 00:36:04,162
-Family around here?
-They don't consider me

775
00:36:04,203 --> 00:36:05,955
as family because of what
I'm doing around here,

776
00:36:06,038 --> 00:36:09,458
because I'm just drinking,
so I choose to be out here

777
00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,043
and I choose to drink.

778
00:36:11,085 --> 00:36:12,795
It's not good, though,
it's not good.

779
00:36:12,879 --> 00:36:14,922
I want to stop, it's just
gonna take me some time.

780
00:36:15,006 --> 00:36:17,216
Yeah. Is there support to stop?

781
00:36:17,300 --> 00:36:18,509
-I mean, like...
-Oh, yeah.

782
00:36:18,551 --> 00:36:20,052
My family comes, they stop by.

783
00:36:20,136 --> 00:36:23,347
Yeah, they get mad at me,
stuff like that.

784
00:36:23,389 --> 00:36:26,017
So you know you're breaking
the law, right?

785
00:36:26,058 --> 00:36:29,103
Alcohol is illegal
in the reservation.

786
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:31,397
Wake up, man!

787
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,983
♪

788
00:36:34,066 --> 00:36:36,694
So alcohol is illegal
on the reservation?

789
00:36:36,736 --> 00:36:38,029
This is a dry reservation.

790
00:36:38,070 --> 00:36:39,363
You know, I might be
a friendly guy,

791
00:36:39,405 --> 00:36:42,742
I might be, you know,
taught well by my parents,

792
00:36:42,825 --> 00:36:45,203
but there are things
that anger me, right?

793
00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:49,624
And when you hurt my people,
it really bothers me.

794
00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:51,667
Well, sometimes anger is okay.

795
00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:55,171
Yeah, righteous anger,
you know?

796
00:36:55,254 --> 00:36:56,297
♪

797
00:36:56,380 --> 00:36:57,465
Hey, guys.

798
00:36:57,548 --> 00:36:58,758
How's it going? How's it going?

799
00:36:58,799 --> 00:36:59,759
All right, all right.

800
00:36:59,842 --> 00:37:02,929
Yeah. You want some coffee?

801
00:37:03,012 --> 00:37:04,805
-So are you Navajo?
-Yeah.

802
00:37:04,889 --> 00:37:06,974
What's one thing
you would want to tell people

803
00:37:07,058 --> 00:37:08,768
to help them understand
what life is like

804
00:37:08,851 --> 00:37:09,936
on the reservation?

805
00:37:09,977 --> 00:37:12,230
It's like Third World.

806
00:37:12,271 --> 00:37:14,941
Some places, it's like
a Third World country

807
00:37:14,982 --> 00:37:19,487
with no jobs here,
no opportunities.

808
00:37:19,570 --> 00:37:21,489
It's depressing
living on a reservation.

809
00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:23,157
There's no auto parts store.

810
00:37:23,241 --> 00:37:26,410
There's no cafe that you can
go and meet and have coffee.

811
00:37:26,452 --> 00:37:29,747
There are thousands of mines
across this landscape,

812
00:37:29,789 --> 00:37:33,209
uranium mines
never paid us a dime for,

813
00:37:33,292 --> 00:37:35,920
never closed it up
and capped it.

814
00:37:35,962 --> 00:37:38,339
That's our reward
for being Native American!

815
00:37:38,422 --> 00:37:42,510
We get uranium, we get murder,
we get alcohol!

816
00:37:42,593 --> 00:37:46,389
Nobody is doing
nothing about it!

817
00:37:46,472 --> 00:37:47,682
I used to serve a lot of people

818
00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,141
on the east side of Shiprock.

819
00:37:49,225 --> 00:37:52,311
He dropped his 40,
he turned around to pick it up

820
00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:54,647
and a swift truck hit him
pretty quick.

821
00:37:54,730 --> 00:37:55,815
Killed him instantly.

822
00:37:55,856 --> 00:37:56,816
Floyd is gone.

823
00:37:56,899 --> 00:37:59,026
And every day I go by at 9:30

824
00:37:59,110 --> 00:38:01,195
and I still look for them.

825
00:38:01,279 --> 00:38:03,364
I still look to see
if they're over there,

826
00:38:03,447 --> 00:38:05,241
see if they're hungry.

827
00:38:05,324 --> 00:38:08,077
You know, I love them
like a brother would.

828
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:12,248
And when they go home,
yeah, it takes a part of me.

829
00:38:15,001 --> 00:38:19,547
Maybe there's these problems
with poverty and alcoholism

830
00:38:19,630 --> 00:38:23,175
because our government

831
00:38:23,217 --> 00:38:26,804
forcibly took them
off their land,

832
00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:28,764
removed their homes from them,

833
00:38:28,848 --> 00:38:31,726
punished them
for speaking their language,

834
00:38:31,809 --> 00:38:33,644
ripped families apart.

835
00:38:33,686 --> 00:38:36,022
You know, so I feel like
I have now a context

836
00:38:36,063 --> 00:38:39,275
of why there's brokenness

837
00:38:39,358 --> 00:38:42,445
and that has led
to how things are today.

838
00:38:42,528 --> 00:38:46,324
Our history is so much more
dark and complex

839
00:38:46,365 --> 00:38:49,201
than this, like, fairy tale
that we're taught.

840
00:38:49,243 --> 00:38:53,706
So we have to reconcile
that being an American

841
00:38:53,789 --> 00:38:54,999
for one person is not the same

842
00:38:55,041 --> 00:38:57,001
as being an American
for another.

843
00:38:57,043 --> 00:39:00,046
The great line
in our founding documents,

844
00:39:00,087 --> 00:39:02,631
"We the People" did not mean
"all the people."

845
00:39:02,715 --> 00:39:04,967
Policy cannot
accomplish something

846
00:39:05,051 --> 00:39:07,428
that can only happen
in a human heart.

847
00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:11,098
We've never been a place
where all men are created equal,

848
00:39:11,182 --> 00:39:12,224
but we could be.

849
00:39:12,308 --> 00:39:15,728
Now that we have this,
how do we use this

850
00:39:15,811 --> 00:39:17,730
in a constructive way?

851
00:39:17,813 --> 00:39:19,023
♪

852
00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:20,941
When I gave birth
to my third child,

853
00:39:21,025 --> 00:39:23,778
there were probably 15 doctors
in the room.

854
00:39:23,861 --> 00:39:25,821
The full power
of American medicine

855
00:39:25,905 --> 00:39:27,656
was behind that delivery.

856
00:39:27,740 --> 00:39:30,368
And Mechelle,
she deserved that

857
00:39:30,409 --> 00:39:32,244
and she didn't get it.

858
00:39:32,286 --> 00:39:34,497
That day was a turning point
in my life

859
00:39:34,580 --> 00:39:37,500
when I began to understand
for the first time

860
00:39:37,583 --> 00:39:41,128
why you need to say something
like, "Black Lives Matter."

861
00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:43,089
In my life
previous to that moment,

862
00:39:43,130 --> 00:39:45,383
I didn't understand
why it needed to be said.

863
00:39:45,424 --> 00:39:48,803
I thought, "Isn't it obvious
that everyone's life matters?"

864
00:39:48,886 --> 00:39:52,348
And the answer is, no,
it's not obvious.

865
00:39:52,431 --> 00:39:55,976
And it became clear to me
that day why it's so important

866
00:39:56,060 --> 00:39:58,646
that we, as her white brothers
and sisters,

867
00:39:58,729 --> 00:40:01,357
come into agreement
with the fact

868
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:04,485
that her life matters
and her baby's life mattered.

869
00:40:04,568 --> 00:40:06,112
How horrible is that?

870
00:40:06,153 --> 00:40:09,115
We don't want more or better
or different attention

871
00:40:09,156 --> 00:40:11,283
than someone else
with a different color skin.

872
00:40:11,367 --> 00:40:13,619
That's not what America
is supposed to be.

873
00:40:13,702 --> 00:40:17,540
So if you're shining a light
on these stories,

874
00:40:17,623 --> 00:40:20,209
then hallelujah,
it's gonna make us better.

875
00:40:20,292 --> 00:40:23,963
I realized that something
was shifting inside of me,

876
00:40:24,046 --> 00:40:27,133
and I wasn't becoming
a Democrat.

877
00:40:27,174 --> 00:40:28,634
That's not what was happening.

878
00:40:28,717 --> 00:40:30,511
Which has been a big fear
for a lot of our friends.

879
00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:32,471
"Oh, no, you guys are
becoming Democrats."

880
00:40:32,555 --> 00:40:36,267
It was--it was stepping
into someone's story, okay?

881
00:40:36,308 --> 00:40:38,644
And that's different, that has
nothing to do with politics.

882
00:40:38,686 --> 00:40:42,731
Yeah. You know, so I think
we learned that racism

883
00:40:42,815 --> 00:40:46,485
has been a thing in the past
for a long time, but, to me,

884
00:40:46,527 --> 00:40:48,320
I kind of thought that was over.

885
00:40:48,404 --> 00:40:49,989
I thought with
the Voting Rights Act,

886
00:40:50,072 --> 00:40:52,074
Civil Rights Act,
amend, get over it.

887
00:40:52,158 --> 00:40:53,576
These are just
small little things,

888
00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:56,620
but we saw how it manifests
still today

889
00:40:56,662 --> 00:40:59,582
in our communities,
and it was shocking to us.

890
00:40:59,665 --> 00:41:01,500
When did prayer come involved?

891
00:41:01,542 --> 00:41:02,835
How much does God matter

892
00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:05,337
in terms of what
you're doing together?

893
00:41:05,379 --> 00:41:08,966
And how would you, you know,
you can be candid with us,

894
00:41:09,008 --> 00:41:10,384
who is God to you?

895
00:41:10,468 --> 00:41:13,012
I don't want to impose
my faith on others,

896
00:41:13,095 --> 00:41:16,891
but, for us, God is everything.

897
00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:18,267
I'm gonna push back
just a little bit.

898
00:41:18,350 --> 00:41:21,437
-Yeah.
-Um, you began with the premise

899
00:41:21,520 --> 00:41:24,857
that things are broken,
but would you agree

900
00:41:24,899 --> 00:41:27,151
that not everyone agrees
on what is broken?

901
00:41:27,193 --> 00:41:28,986
-Of course, yeah.
-There are a lot of people

902
00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:30,863
who'd say, "Well,
politics isn't designed

903
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:32,364
to solve all these problems

904
00:41:32,406 --> 00:41:33,908
that you've talked
about tonight."

905
00:41:33,991 --> 00:41:35,701
But we want to share
these stories

906
00:41:35,743 --> 00:41:37,119
with the people from our world

907
00:41:37,203 --> 00:41:38,746
who don't know
that there's a problem.

908
00:41:38,829 --> 00:41:41,499
But I think the hard part
is to talk about these things

909
00:41:41,540 --> 00:41:44,460
in platitudes, because I think
every one of us would say,

910
00:41:44,543 --> 00:41:46,795
"Yeah, there are things
that are broken,"

911
00:41:46,879 --> 00:41:48,422
but we wouldn't
necessarily agree

912
00:41:48,506 --> 00:41:51,050
with what they are
and what the solution is.

913
00:41:51,133 --> 00:41:53,302
I've seen a level of brokenness
in this country

914
00:41:53,385 --> 00:41:55,179
that you haven't seen,
and you've seen a level

915
00:41:55,221 --> 00:41:57,389
of unbrokenness
that I haven't seen.

916
00:41:57,473 --> 00:41:59,934
And that's why
it's super difficult

917
00:42:00,017 --> 00:42:02,895
to get everyone, as you say,
to do this thing

918
00:42:02,978 --> 00:42:04,230
that's reconciliation.

919
00:42:04,313 --> 00:42:07,316
I guess part of it
is kind of me thinking,

920
00:42:07,399 --> 00:42:09,610
I wonder if
it's even possible.

921
00:42:09,693 --> 00:42:11,904
I don't know if it's possible.

922
00:42:11,946 --> 00:42:22,081
♪

923
00:42:30,005 --> 00:42:31,257
If you look very closely,
you can see

924
00:42:31,298 --> 00:42:34,051
that her ear is kind of closed.

925
00:42:34,093 --> 00:42:38,264
When Heather was born,
she only had one ear open.

926
00:42:38,347 --> 00:42:41,350
That encouraged her
to be more recognizing

927
00:42:41,433 --> 00:42:44,228
of people being treated
unfairly.

928
00:42:45,437 --> 00:42:49,525
I learned a lot from her
over the years.

929
00:42:49,608 --> 00:42:52,611
I was struggling to understand
white privilege

930
00:42:52,653 --> 00:42:55,114
'cause I thought,
"My parents and I worked

931
00:42:55,155 --> 00:42:57,283
for everything we got."

932
00:42:57,324 --> 00:43:01,453
My kids grew up being called
"trailer trash,"

933
00:43:01,495 --> 00:43:04,331
but that's not what
white privilege is about.

934
00:43:06,625 --> 00:43:09,169
(engine puttering)

935
00:43:13,966 --> 00:43:18,012
Your daughter was fighting
the real fight, was she not?

936
00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:20,639
And you taught her that.

937
00:43:20,681 --> 00:43:24,101
And so, here in Cleveland,
the same thing is going on,

938
00:43:24,143 --> 00:43:26,979
because it is when things
like this happen

939
00:43:27,062 --> 00:43:29,148
that we see the true power.

940
00:43:29,231 --> 00:43:31,692
It was an incident
that happened that...

941
00:43:33,110 --> 00:43:35,487
It really screwed
with our lives.

942
00:43:35,571 --> 00:43:37,823
I'm trying not to get
emotional, I'm sorry.

943
00:43:37,865 --> 00:43:39,366
My 15-year-old sister,

944
00:43:39,450 --> 00:43:42,494
she was jumped
at busted her teeth.

945
00:43:42,536 --> 00:43:44,830
I tell my mom
to call the police.

946
00:43:44,913 --> 00:43:46,206
Make a police report

947
00:43:46,290 --> 00:43:47,666
'cause that's all we can do.

948
00:43:47,750 --> 00:43:50,628
My mom tried everything,
doin' it the right way,

949
00:43:50,669 --> 00:43:53,797
and we got charged
with felony two.

950
00:43:53,839 --> 00:43:55,341
Oh!

951
00:43:55,382 --> 00:43:57,760
It's a hard struggle.

952
00:43:57,843 --> 00:43:59,428
Um, a couple of things.

953
00:43:59,511 --> 00:44:02,598
I wear today Angelo Miller.

954
00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:05,684
Angelo Miller
was killed by police,

955
00:44:05,768 --> 00:44:08,562
and I wanna say I thank you

956
00:44:08,646 --> 00:44:09,688
for standing up

957
00:44:09,730 --> 00:44:12,107
for people who can't
stand up for themselves.

958
00:44:12,191 --> 00:44:13,150
-Amen!
-I just wanted

959
00:44:13,192 --> 00:44:15,110
to come here and say that.

960
00:44:15,194 --> 00:44:17,696
What I hear from you guys,
unfortunately,

961
00:44:17,738 --> 00:44:19,198
I hear a lot of places.

962
00:44:19,281 --> 00:44:21,241
And believe it or not,
there are still a lot of people

963
00:44:21,325 --> 00:44:23,494
who would never
believe your story.

964
00:44:23,535 --> 00:44:26,497
I know your story is true,
I have heard that story

965
00:44:26,538 --> 00:44:29,041
in so many places
across the country.

966
00:44:29,083 --> 00:44:32,252
So, we have a lot of work to do.

967
00:44:32,336 --> 00:44:33,879
Thank you so much.

968
00:44:33,962 --> 00:44:36,423
(applause)

969
00:44:36,507 --> 00:44:38,300
A lot of people think that

970
00:44:38,384 --> 00:44:41,387
there are no
racial issues whatsoever.

971
00:44:41,428 --> 00:44:44,556
Why are we treating
people unequally?

972
00:44:44,598 --> 00:44:45,766
Thank you.

973
00:44:47,935 --> 00:44:49,228
When any of us is marginalized,

974
00:44:49,311 --> 00:44:51,772
-we are all marginalized.
-That's right.

975
00:44:51,855 --> 00:44:53,565
That's right.

976
00:44:53,649 --> 00:44:55,693
Part of the reason
I do what I do

977
00:44:55,734 --> 00:44:59,029
is because parents
are losing their kids

978
00:44:59,071 --> 00:45:02,449
in tragic circumstances
all the time.

979
00:45:02,533 --> 00:45:04,785
That's what I'm
trying to prevent.

980
00:45:08,247 --> 00:45:10,040
-Rob!
-Susan!

981
00:45:10,082 --> 00:45:11,959
What's your
official title now?

982
00:45:12,042 --> 00:45:14,837
I'm a professor, so, um,

983
00:45:14,920 --> 00:45:16,255
they call me Professor Lee.

984
00:45:16,338 --> 00:45:19,258
I just go by Rob most days.

985
00:45:19,299 --> 00:45:21,468
It is my distinct privilege

986
00:45:21,552 --> 00:45:24,471
to introduce to you Susan Bro.

987
00:45:24,555 --> 00:45:27,433
When I met Susan,
she came up to me,

988
00:45:27,474 --> 00:45:30,018
gave me this huge hug

989
00:45:30,102 --> 00:45:32,271
that I didn't deserve,

990
00:45:32,312 --> 00:45:33,814
and I apologized to her

991
00:45:33,897 --> 00:45:38,485
because my ancestry has been
filled with hate and racism.

992
00:45:38,569 --> 00:45:41,029
The statue of my ancestor
was the reason

993
00:45:41,113 --> 00:45:44,575
that many people were
marching on Charlottesville.

994
00:45:44,616 --> 00:45:46,201
Susan looked at me,
and she said,

995
00:45:46,285 --> 00:45:48,287
"Don't apologize.

996
00:45:48,328 --> 00:45:51,039
Do something about it."

997
00:45:51,123 --> 00:45:53,625
(applause)

998
00:45:54,835 --> 00:45:55,919
Thank you, good morning.

999
00:45:55,961 --> 00:45:58,046
On August 12th, I joined a club

1000
00:45:58,130 --> 00:45:59,965
that no mother
ever wants to join

1001
00:46:00,048 --> 00:46:02,050
where you have a child

1002
00:46:02,134 --> 00:46:04,303
who is removed from your life.

1003
00:46:04,344 --> 00:46:06,680
She was just 32 years old,

1004
00:46:06,764 --> 00:46:08,307
finding her voice.

1005
00:46:08,390 --> 00:46:09,725
She showed up.

1006
00:46:09,808 --> 00:46:12,269
You say, "Okay,
that happened a year ago.

1007
00:46:12,311 --> 00:46:13,979
What does that have
to do with anything?"

1008
00:46:14,021 --> 00:46:16,482
Well, here's what I would like
you to take away from this.

1009
00:46:16,523 --> 00:46:19,485
There is a great divide
in our country,

1010
00:46:19,568 --> 00:46:22,112
and I think it's
probably a good thing.

1011
00:46:22,154 --> 00:46:24,364
We're finally looking at issues

1012
00:46:24,448 --> 00:46:26,158
that we have glossed over.

1013
00:46:26,241 --> 00:46:27,826
What I hear from people of color

1014
00:46:27,910 --> 00:46:31,163
is white people annoy
the heck out of 'em

1015
00:46:31,205 --> 00:46:33,499
when they say,
"I don't see color.

1016
00:46:33,582 --> 00:46:35,709
Race isn't important to me.

1017
00:46:35,793 --> 00:46:37,294
All lives matter,"

1018
00:46:37,336 --> 00:46:39,296
because how it
sounds to them is

1019
00:46:39,338 --> 00:46:41,965
"I have to see you
as another white person

1020
00:46:42,007 --> 00:46:43,509
in order to accept you."

1021
00:46:43,592 --> 00:46:45,677
I used to say those same things.

1022
00:46:45,761 --> 00:46:47,888
What they would
like us to say is,

1023
00:46:47,971 --> 00:46:50,599
"I see your color,
I see your heritage.

1024
00:46:50,682 --> 00:46:53,852
I recognize them,
I celebrate them with you."

1025
00:46:53,936 --> 00:46:55,938
And therein lies the difference.

1026
00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:57,564
Be willing to understand

1027
00:46:57,648 --> 00:47:02,528
we as white people have had
a free ride in a lot of ways,

1028
00:47:02,569 --> 00:47:06,114
even if we've struggled
from poverty all the way up.

1029
00:47:06,198 --> 00:47:07,783
We still have
layers of protection

1030
00:47:07,866 --> 00:47:10,869
that other people
don't necessarily have.

1031
00:47:10,953 --> 00:47:12,162
So we have to rethink

1032
00:47:12,204 --> 00:47:14,373
a lot of the structures
of our country.

1033
00:47:14,414 --> 00:47:15,666
Simply glossing over,

1034
00:47:15,707 --> 00:47:17,334
and everybody
hugging each other

1035
00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:20,712
and singing Kumbaya
is not gonna solve anything.

1036
00:47:20,796 --> 00:47:23,757
We have some serious
issues to work on.

1037
00:47:23,841 --> 00:47:26,385
♪

1038
00:47:26,426 --> 00:47:28,887
I just hope everybody
stays calm in court

1039
00:47:28,929 --> 00:47:30,681
because I've seen
how the evidence

1040
00:47:30,722 --> 00:47:33,225
has triggered people
in the past.

1041
00:47:33,267 --> 00:47:36,812
♪

1042
00:47:36,895 --> 00:47:38,939
One problem is

1043
00:47:39,022 --> 00:47:40,107
Heather's death,

1044
00:47:40,190 --> 00:47:42,776
nor many major hate crimes,

1045
00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:46,864
are not counted as hate crimes
in the FBI statistics,

1046
00:47:46,905 --> 00:47:50,492
but we've gotta change
the way we report hate crimes.

1047
00:47:53,579 --> 00:47:55,080
In your own words,
can you just kind of

1048
00:47:55,122 --> 00:47:56,665
go over your platform points?

1049
00:47:56,748 --> 00:47:58,917
You know, Kansas is
at the geographic center

1050
00:47:59,001 --> 00:48:00,043
of the United States.

1051
00:48:03,130 --> 00:48:05,591
Does it discourage you at all
that you've been trailing behind

1052
00:48:05,674 --> 00:48:07,342
-your opponents?
-I'm still confident

1053
00:48:07,426 --> 00:48:08,844
we can win this race.

1054
00:48:08,927 --> 00:48:09,928
All eyes are on Kansas

1055
00:48:10,012 --> 00:48:11,263
in a heated governor's race

1056
00:48:11,346 --> 00:48:13,557
that's too close
for anyone to predict.

1057
00:48:13,599 --> 00:48:15,267
I was proud that he'd go
as an independent.

1058
00:48:15,309 --> 00:48:17,060
I think that's
the only way you can run

1059
00:48:17,102 --> 00:48:19,062
without selling your soul.

1060
00:48:19,104 --> 00:48:22,274
Hopefully, people can see
that there are more choices

1061
00:48:22,316 --> 00:48:25,402
than just being an R or a D.

1062
00:48:25,444 --> 00:48:27,613
Both sides play the same games.

1063
00:48:27,696 --> 00:48:30,866
It does not a damn thing
for the country.

1064
00:48:32,701 --> 00:48:36,538
I would like to ask you
where you stand on the LGBTQ?

1065
00:48:36,622 --> 00:48:38,624
I've got a brother who's gay,
I understand that.

1066
00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:40,959
I wouldn't wanna create
an environment

1067
00:48:41,043 --> 00:48:42,628
where he felt like
he couldn't build

1068
00:48:42,669 --> 00:48:45,047
a full and complete
life in Kansas.

1069
00:48:45,130 --> 00:48:46,673
Thank you.

1070
00:48:46,757 --> 00:48:49,384
(applause)

1071
00:48:49,468 --> 00:48:51,386
A poll taken in August
shows Laura Kelly

1072
00:48:51,470 --> 00:48:53,555
ahead one point of Kris Kobach,

1073
00:48:53,639 --> 00:48:56,391
and Greg Orman with
12 percent of votes.

1074
00:48:56,475 --> 00:48:58,727
The candidates are vying
for every last vote.

1075
00:48:58,810 --> 00:49:00,437
You feel re-energized
out of it?

1076
00:49:00,479 --> 00:49:02,022
You know, I think as
we travel the state,

1077
00:49:02,105 --> 00:49:04,733
it's very clear to me
that we're pulling votes

1078
00:49:04,816 --> 00:49:06,818
from across
the political spectrum.

1079
00:49:06,902 --> 00:49:11,782
Welcome the next governor
of the state of Kansas,

1080
00:49:11,823 --> 00:49:13,825
Greg Orman!

1081
00:49:13,867 --> 00:49:16,119
(cheering)

1082
00:49:16,161 --> 00:49:18,580
Thank you very much.

1083
00:49:18,664 --> 00:49:21,917
I'm actually gonna
open it up to questions.

1084
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:24,461
Some of the recent polls
don't give you

1085
00:49:24,503 --> 00:49:27,255
very high percentage
of the polling vote.

1086
00:49:27,339 --> 00:49:28,966
There's no question
we're behind,

1087
00:49:29,007 --> 00:49:32,386
but I also very much believe
we can win this race.

1088
00:49:32,469 --> 00:49:33,845
It's a little hard
for me to think

1089
00:49:33,929 --> 00:49:37,557
that you're gonna move
that many percent

1090
00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:40,894
in a little over a month.

1091
00:49:40,978 --> 00:49:42,104
The biggest single issue

1092
00:49:42,187 --> 00:49:43,897
facing an independent candidate

1093
00:49:43,981 --> 00:49:46,817
is psychological.

1094
00:49:46,858 --> 00:49:51,488
People tend to make decisions
now more based out of fear

1095
00:49:51,530 --> 00:49:55,534
than on what we
can become as a country.

1096
00:49:55,617 --> 00:49:57,661
But when fear dominates,

1097
00:49:57,703 --> 00:50:00,038
it's hard to break through.

1098
00:50:00,080 --> 00:50:01,873
♪

1099
00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:06,128
Somewhere between 30
and 40 percent of Americans

1100
00:50:06,211 --> 00:50:07,587
call themselves independents.

1101
00:50:07,671 --> 00:50:10,257
They're saying, "Hey,
I'm a combination of things.

1102
00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:12,134
I wanna vote
for people I trust."

1103
00:50:12,217 --> 00:50:14,553
Where are all those independents
in our state legislatures,

1104
00:50:14,594 --> 00:50:16,179
in the House of Representatives
and Senate?

1105
00:50:16,221 --> 00:50:17,806
There are very few independents

1106
00:50:17,889 --> 00:50:20,392
because we have now two parties

1107
00:50:20,475 --> 00:50:21,852
that control institutions,

1108
00:50:21,893 --> 00:50:24,855
which parties were
never meant to control.

1109
00:50:24,896 --> 00:50:27,441
We've gotta return
the institutions

1110
00:50:27,524 --> 00:50:29,276
that determine our lives
to the people,

1111
00:50:29,359 --> 00:50:30,652
not to the parties.

1112
00:50:30,736 --> 00:50:32,821
-Hi, how's everyone?
-Good!

1113
00:50:32,904 --> 00:50:34,448
I don't know why
anyone would want

1114
00:50:34,531 --> 00:50:36,742
to work in politics, honestly.

1115
00:50:36,825 --> 00:50:39,327
He wants to be
a public servant.

1116
00:50:39,411 --> 00:50:40,370
We're just getting going here.

1117
00:50:45,292 --> 00:50:47,586
I am your moderator, Nick,
and I'll be guiding everyone

1118
00:50:47,669 --> 00:50:50,297
through this telephone
town hall tonight.

1119
00:50:50,380 --> 00:50:52,716
His passion is
to change the way

1120
00:50:52,758 --> 00:50:54,426
and the direction the state is.

1121
00:50:54,509 --> 00:50:55,844
-Hi, Scott, how are you?
-Yes, sir,

1122
00:50:55,927 --> 00:50:58,013
I wanted to know your stance
on the second amendment.

1123
00:50:58,096 --> 00:51:00,932
Just succinctly,
I am a gun owner,

1124
00:51:00,974 --> 00:51:03,935
but I also believe we can
honor the second amendment

1125
00:51:04,019 --> 00:51:06,104
and have reasonable
firearm safety laws.

1126
00:51:06,188 --> 00:51:09,107
Any kind of conflict,
like he's really great at

1127
00:51:09,149 --> 00:51:11,109
looking at it and saying,
"Okay, there's a way

1128
00:51:11,151 --> 00:51:12,694
that we can fix this"

1129
00:51:12,778 --> 00:51:14,529
where everyone
comes out feeling whole.

1130
00:51:14,613 --> 00:51:15,822
Hi, Chuck, how are you?

1131
00:51:15,906 --> 00:51:17,074
Fine, Mr. Orman.

1132
00:51:17,115 --> 00:51:18,784
I'm retired military,

1133
00:51:18,867 --> 00:51:21,620
and me and my friends
meet for coffee every morning.

1134
00:51:21,661 --> 00:51:23,622
We just know you're
gonna be the next man,

1135
00:51:23,663 --> 00:51:27,125
and we're all very excited
to see you in there.

1136
00:51:27,167 --> 00:51:28,835
He sees something that's broken,

1137
00:51:28,919 --> 00:51:30,879
and he can really fix it.

1138
00:51:30,962 --> 00:51:34,674
Our next question
is coming from Dolores.

1139
00:51:34,758 --> 00:51:37,469
Hi, Dolores, how are you?

1140
00:51:37,511 --> 00:51:38,595
I'm fine.

1141
00:51:38,637 --> 00:51:42,474
I'm glad to hear your voice.

1142
00:51:42,516 --> 00:51:44,851
I am wondering

1143
00:51:44,935 --> 00:51:47,020
why you don't
drop out of the race

1144
00:51:47,104 --> 00:51:50,565
because I don't see
a snowball's chance in Hell

1145
00:51:50,649 --> 00:51:53,860
that you're gonna be able to
get in there.

1146
00:51:53,944 --> 00:51:59,491
♪

1147
00:51:59,574 --> 00:52:01,618
-Welcome to California!
-Thanks!

1148
00:52:01,660 --> 00:52:04,996
Forty-six
of fifty sates so far.

1149
00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,749
You were a politician,
that's very important.

1150
00:52:07,833 --> 00:52:10,460
Staffer, not like
an elected official.

1151
00:52:10,502 --> 00:52:11,670
I was kinda behind the scenes.

1152
00:52:11,753 --> 00:52:14,464
-Operative, if you will.
-Operative, okay.

1153
00:52:14,506 --> 00:52:15,632
What was the trigger point

1154
00:52:15,674 --> 00:52:17,676
that the two of you
got together and said,

1155
00:52:17,759 --> 00:52:19,678
"You know what, let's do this"?

1156
00:52:19,719 --> 00:52:21,680
The brokenness that
we saw in our country

1157
00:52:21,763 --> 00:52:23,765
in this last
presidential election.

1158
00:52:23,849 --> 00:52:27,352
We saw Americans really
wanting to destroy one another,

1159
00:52:27,394 --> 00:52:31,857
and that was different than
having political disagreements.

1160
00:52:31,898 --> 00:52:35,026
I had been part of what had
caused that in the past,

1161
00:52:35,068 --> 00:52:36,862
so for me this was
an opportunity

1162
00:52:36,945 --> 00:52:39,364
to do something in
the opposite side of that.

1163
00:52:39,406 --> 00:52:41,950
Has it changed your
approach in the way that you

1164
00:52:42,033 --> 00:52:43,743
deal with other people,
or people who

1165
00:52:43,827 --> 00:52:45,620
perhaps won't even
change their minds?

1166
00:52:45,704 --> 00:52:48,373
Absolutely because
it's really not about

1167
00:52:48,415 --> 00:52:50,792
where you stand,
and where I stand on an issue.

1168
00:52:50,876 --> 00:52:53,378
It's really more about
hearing your story.

1169
00:52:53,461 --> 00:52:54,880
If I can sit down with you,

1170
00:52:54,963 --> 00:52:57,257
and just listen to you
tell your story,

1171
00:52:57,340 --> 00:52:59,217
then I'm gonna find a way
to connect with you

1172
00:52:59,259 --> 00:53:00,177
as a human being

1173
00:53:03,889 --> 00:53:05,515
It's 8:00 in the morning,

1174
00:53:05,557 --> 00:53:07,642
and we woke up in San Diego,

1175
00:53:07,726 --> 00:53:11,271
and we're headed
down to the border

1176
00:53:11,354 --> 00:53:13,565
to go into Tijuana.

1177
00:53:13,648 --> 00:53:15,650
A month ago a story came out

1178
00:53:15,734 --> 00:53:18,737
about the migrant caravan
that was coming up

1179
00:53:18,820 --> 00:53:21,531
from Central America.

1180
00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:24,326
The media can take information

1181
00:53:24,409 --> 00:53:25,452
and present it in a way

1182
00:53:25,535 --> 00:53:27,579
that creates a narrative

1183
00:53:27,621 --> 00:53:28,872
that they want to create,

1184
00:53:28,914 --> 00:53:30,332
but there's also the reality

1185
00:53:30,415 --> 00:53:31,416
that there are families

1186
00:53:31,499 --> 00:53:35,420
who are walking 2,500 miles,

1187
00:53:35,503 --> 00:53:37,172
and there's a reason for that.

1188
00:53:37,255 --> 00:53:41,259
I wanted to find out
what the reason is.

1189
00:53:43,595 --> 00:53:45,555
What are they
announcing right now?

1190
00:53:45,597 --> 00:53:47,724
He was calling out
the names of the people

1191
00:53:47,766 --> 00:53:49,768
that need to get
all their stuff together

1192
00:53:49,851 --> 00:53:51,853
to get moved to the other one.

1193
00:53:51,937 --> 00:53:54,189
(speaking foreign language)

1194
00:53:54,272 --> 00:53:56,775
I'd love to hear
where you're from,

1195
00:53:56,816 --> 00:53:57,984
and why you came.

1196
00:54:52,372 --> 00:54:53,498
Her husband was kidnapped,

1197
00:54:53,581 --> 00:54:56,876
and an extortionist
coming at her and saying,

1198
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:59,421
"I want money, or I'm
gonna take your children."

1199
00:54:59,504 --> 00:55:01,423
And she doesn't know
where her husband is,

1200
00:55:01,506 --> 00:55:04,676
or if he's alive.

1201
00:55:04,718 --> 00:55:08,596
She walked here
with five kids somehow

1202
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:10,682
into a situation like this

1203
00:55:10,724 --> 00:55:12,475
with nowhere to go.

1204
00:55:12,517 --> 00:55:15,270
It's just hard to imagine.

1205
00:55:15,353 --> 00:55:17,605
I wish there was
something I could do

1206
00:55:17,689 --> 00:55:20,525
to help her.

1207
00:55:20,608 --> 00:55:24,195
♪

1208
00:55:24,279 --> 00:55:27,115
I do meet a lot
of people who say,

1209
00:55:27,198 --> 00:55:30,201
"What could I possibly do
to make a difference?

1210
00:55:30,243 --> 00:55:31,202
I'm not a senator.

1211
00:55:31,286 --> 00:55:32,829
I'm not a CEO.

1212
00:55:32,871 --> 00:55:35,415
I don't have any power,"

1213
00:55:35,498 --> 00:55:37,459
and I really empathize with them

1214
00:55:37,542 --> 00:55:40,879
because we're all
ordinary people in the end.

1215
00:55:40,962 --> 00:55:43,423
But I think each of us
have a certain kind of power.

1216
00:55:43,506 --> 00:55:44,966
And at whatever level we live,

1217
00:55:45,050 --> 00:55:47,218
I think we make a difference.

1218
00:55:47,260 --> 00:55:50,221
Every time you interact
with someone else

1219
00:55:50,263 --> 00:55:54,059
you can either express
decency, and empathy, and care,

1220
00:55:54,142 --> 00:55:57,771
or fear, and animosity,
and judgment.

1221
00:55:57,854 --> 00:55:59,564
The key thing is to feel like

1222
00:55:59,606 --> 00:56:02,650
we're part of the solution
for our own lives.

1223
00:56:02,734 --> 00:56:04,778
♪

1224
00:56:04,861 --> 00:56:06,071
I went on this journey

1225
00:56:06,154 --> 00:56:08,406
trying to figure out
what's causing the problem,

1226
00:56:08,490 --> 00:56:13,244
and I found out that
I am part of the problem.

1227
00:56:13,328 --> 00:56:17,082
It exposed something in myself
that I didn't wanna see

1228
00:56:17,165 --> 00:56:20,668
that's deeply rooted
in all of us,

1229
00:56:20,752 --> 00:56:22,837
the belief that certain people

1230
00:56:22,921 --> 00:56:26,383
have more value than others.

1231
00:56:26,424 --> 00:56:28,009
It has been hard for me
to come to terms

1232
00:56:28,093 --> 00:56:31,346
with the darkness
that lies inside of me.

1233
00:56:31,429 --> 00:56:35,850
And that darkness judges
people before I meet them.

1234
00:56:35,934 --> 00:56:37,102
And that's a,

1235
00:56:37,185 --> 00:56:39,437
that's a hard thing to face.

1236
00:56:41,272 --> 00:56:44,442
It was horrendously difficult

1237
00:56:44,526 --> 00:56:46,903
and full of tears,

1238
00:56:46,945 --> 00:56:48,780
asking the question,
"What in the hell

1239
00:56:48,863 --> 00:56:50,365
are we doing right now?

1240
00:56:50,448 --> 00:56:53,660
Why are we here?"

1241
00:56:53,743 --> 00:56:55,495
We have no home to return to.

1242
00:56:55,578 --> 00:56:57,205
We have no job to return to.

1243
00:56:57,288 --> 00:57:01,501
I've never felt more
irresponsible in my life,

1244
00:57:01,584 --> 00:57:04,129
but the transformation
that we're going through

1245
00:57:04,170 --> 00:57:07,549
in our minds,
and in our hearts

1246
00:57:07,632 --> 00:57:11,428
is worth every penny of this.

1247
00:57:11,469 --> 00:57:13,972
We felt a responsibility

1248
00:57:14,055 --> 00:57:16,015
to take these stories
and to share them

1249
00:57:16,099 --> 00:57:17,892
with people like me,

1250
00:57:17,976 --> 00:57:20,145
who don't know
there's a problem,

1251
00:57:20,186 --> 00:57:23,314
and that feels impossible.

1252
00:57:23,356 --> 00:57:25,150
♪

1253
00:57:25,191 --> 00:57:26,985
When I look at this nationally,

1254
00:57:27,068 --> 00:57:29,404
it's hard to be optimistic.

1255
00:57:29,487 --> 00:57:32,157
But meeting people
across the country

1256
00:57:32,240 --> 00:57:35,994
who have a passion
to see our divisions heal,

1257
00:57:36,077 --> 00:57:37,662
that gives me hope.

1258
00:57:37,704 --> 00:57:42,167
♪

1259
00:57:42,208 --> 00:57:44,043
There's no question
there are obstacles

1260
00:57:44,127 --> 00:57:45,670
that independents face.

1261
00:57:45,712 --> 00:57:47,755
♪

1262
00:57:47,839 --> 00:57:49,048
Oftentimes, they're prohibited

1263
00:57:49,132 --> 00:57:52,510
from participating in debates.

1264
00:57:52,552 --> 00:57:53,803
They try to make it like

1265
00:57:53,845 --> 00:57:55,930
the independent doesn't
have a chance to win,

1266
00:57:56,014 --> 00:57:58,349
and therefore why
would you vote for 'em?

1267
00:57:58,391 --> 00:58:01,895
♪

1268
00:58:01,978 --> 00:58:03,563
My process for
becoming an independent

1269
00:58:03,646 --> 00:58:06,858
has occurred over
a long period of time.

1270
00:58:06,900 --> 00:58:10,695
My dad was a Republican,
and my mother was a Democrat.

1271
00:58:10,778 --> 00:58:13,239
Becoming an independent
may have been a way to bridge

1272
00:58:13,323 --> 00:58:17,660
the divide between
my mother and my father.

1273
00:58:17,702 --> 00:58:19,329
Greg always uses the analogy of

1274
00:58:19,370 --> 00:58:22,415
a couple going through
a bitter divorce.

1275
00:58:22,499 --> 00:58:23,291
We've gotten to a point

1276
00:58:27,712 --> 00:58:29,005
and maybe we need a mediator,

1277
00:58:29,047 --> 00:58:30,465
and maybe that's what

1278
00:58:30,548 --> 00:58:33,218
independent
politicians could be.

1279
00:58:33,259 --> 00:58:35,595
This is my daughter Imogen.

1280
00:58:35,678 --> 00:58:37,889
The average American family

1281
00:58:37,931 --> 00:58:39,766
hadn't seen a pay increase

1282
00:58:39,849 --> 00:58:41,476
in 17 years!

1283
00:58:41,559 --> 00:58:43,853
It doesn't feel like
you're treading water.

1284
00:58:43,895 --> 00:58:45,813
It feels like you're drowning,

1285
00:58:45,897 --> 00:58:47,232
and that's one of the reasons

1286
00:58:47,273 --> 00:58:49,150
I continue to work so hard

1287
00:58:49,234 --> 00:58:52,070
to break the stranglehold

1288
00:58:52,111 --> 00:58:56,282
because it's put us
in a very, very bad spot.

1289
00:58:56,366 --> 00:58:57,951
We're going to continue
to make progress,

1290
00:58:58,034 --> 00:59:01,204
but it's going
to take a long time.

1291
00:59:01,246 --> 00:59:03,456
-Okay.
-I think you're good.

1292
00:59:03,540 --> 00:59:05,708
♪

1293
00:59:05,750 --> 00:59:07,544
When we were getting
the Millennial Action Project

1294
00:59:07,585 --> 00:59:08,670
off the ground,

1295
00:59:08,753 --> 00:59:10,255
of course there was
a lot of skepticism.

1296
00:59:10,338 --> 00:59:13,716
They thought this idea
of bringing people together

1297
00:59:13,758 --> 00:59:16,886
across party lines and
empowering young legislators

1298
00:59:16,928 --> 00:59:18,680
was too idealistic.

1299
00:59:18,763 --> 00:59:21,349
♪

1300
00:59:21,432 --> 00:59:23,685
Some people,
without even meeting,

1301
00:59:23,768 --> 00:59:25,520
would close the door.

1302
00:59:25,603 --> 00:59:29,190
People were looking
for reasons to dismiss us.

1303
00:59:29,274 --> 00:59:32,110
♪

1304
00:59:32,151 --> 00:59:36,781
I was 23 when we were
getting it off the ground.

1305
00:59:36,823 --> 00:59:38,575
I did have some moments
where I felt

1306
00:59:38,616 --> 00:59:41,703
"Why do I think I can
do anything about this

1307
00:59:41,786 --> 00:59:43,538
huge problem?"

1308
00:59:43,621 --> 00:59:46,541
♪

1309
00:59:46,624 --> 00:59:50,628
I think people are often
quick to dismiss

1310
00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:52,463
bold new ideas,

1311
00:59:52,505 --> 00:59:55,091
and even quicker
to dismiss those ideas

1312
00:59:55,133 --> 00:59:58,595
if it comes from young people.

1313
00:59:58,636 --> 01:00:01,014
Our bold new idea
is the bold new idea

1314
01:00:01,097 --> 01:00:02,515
of the founding of the country,

1315
01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:05,852
which is
an E Pluribus Unum society.

1316
01:00:05,935 --> 01:00:07,604
"Out of many, one."

1317
01:00:07,645 --> 01:00:10,315
♪

1318
01:00:10,356 --> 01:00:11,399
As Bobby Kennedy said,

1319
01:00:13,776 --> 01:00:16,821
and the greatest
stake in the future."

1320
01:00:16,863 --> 01:00:20,366
So it's really important to
listen to the next generation.

1321
01:00:20,450 --> 01:00:25,371
♪

1322
01:00:25,455 --> 01:00:30,627
We're on our way
to the first day of the trial.

1323
01:00:30,668 --> 01:00:34,172
I don't really expect
any sort of closure from this.

1324
01:00:34,255 --> 01:00:37,634
If it stops somebody else
from doing the same thing,

1325
01:00:37,675 --> 01:00:40,511
then it's worthwhile.

1326
01:00:40,595 --> 01:00:42,180
The man accused
of ramming his car

1327
01:00:42,263 --> 01:00:43,890
into a crowd appeared in court.

1328
01:00:43,973 --> 01:00:47,018
Now, this is expected to be
a high-profile case.

1329
01:00:47,060 --> 01:00:48,978
It's expected
to last three weeks.

1330
01:00:49,020 --> 01:00:51,022
If convicted,
one of those charges

1331
01:00:51,064 --> 01:00:54,525
could result in
the death penalty.

1332
01:00:54,567 --> 01:00:56,778
I don't hate him.

1333
01:00:56,861 --> 01:00:58,029
Hate is caustic

1334
01:00:58,112 --> 01:01:01,699
to the person who hates.

1335
01:01:01,741 --> 01:01:03,034
I'm glad I'm not the one

1336
01:01:03,117 --> 01:01:06,788
who has to place
judgment on him 'cause...

1337
01:01:08,915 --> 01:01:12,126
...he murdered my child.

1338
01:01:12,210 --> 01:01:15,672
Her loss is a hole
in the family.

1339
01:01:15,713 --> 01:01:17,507
It's a hole in my heart.

1340
01:01:17,548 --> 01:01:22,553
It's a hole in every
celebration that we have.

1341
01:01:22,595 --> 01:01:24,472
It's not right
that people had to wait

1342
01:01:24,555 --> 01:01:26,099
till a white girl was killed

1343
01:01:26,182 --> 01:01:29,227
to go "There's a problem."

1344
01:01:29,268 --> 01:01:30,728
Heather got all this attention,

1345
01:01:30,770 --> 01:01:32,188
but too many mothers

1346
01:01:32,230 --> 01:01:34,899
are going through this
all the time.

1347
01:01:34,982 --> 01:01:41,364
♪

1348
01:01:41,406 --> 01:01:43,616
That corner, guys,
or this corner?

1349
01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:45,076
♪

1350
01:01:45,159 --> 01:01:48,454
How 'bout right here?

1351
01:01:48,538 --> 01:01:49,789
Good afternoon.

1352
01:01:49,872 --> 01:01:52,750
A United States district judge
determined that

1353
01:01:52,834 --> 01:01:55,253
Mr. Fields deserved to spend

1354
01:01:55,294 --> 01:01:57,839
the rest of his life
in federal prison,

1355
01:01:57,922 --> 01:02:01,300
and imposed that sentence.

1356
01:02:01,384 --> 01:02:03,845
Susan, what do you think?

1357
01:02:03,928 --> 01:02:07,056
I'm very happy he got
life in prison across the board.

1358
01:02:07,098 --> 01:02:08,933
I did not want
the death penalty.

1359
01:02:09,016 --> 01:02:10,893
Blood on my hands.

1360
01:02:10,935 --> 01:02:14,439
Did this sentence help you?

1361
01:02:14,480 --> 01:02:16,357
Knowing that he won't
be out again

1362
01:02:16,441 --> 01:02:19,318
to cause more harm
to more people helps.

1363
01:02:19,402 --> 01:02:22,196
Knowing that a clear
message has been sent

1364
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:25,324
hoping to prevent
other deaths, that helps.

1365
01:02:25,408 --> 01:02:28,411
The last time I saw my daughter
was to identify her body,

1366
01:02:28,453 --> 01:02:31,456
and I held her bruised hand
and bruised arm,

1367
01:02:31,497 --> 01:02:34,834
and I said, "I'm gonna
make this count for you."

1368
01:02:34,917 --> 01:02:36,294
And that's what I've done.

1369
01:02:36,335 --> 01:02:38,045
You don't get
to knock my child down

1370
01:02:38,129 --> 01:02:42,300
and silence that voice
without 500 more raising up.

1371
01:02:42,341 --> 01:02:44,051
Other than that,
I'm kinda done with him,

1372
01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:45,970
and I'm moving on with my life.

1373
01:02:46,053 --> 01:02:47,805
I have things to do.

1374
01:02:47,847 --> 01:02:53,644
♪

1375
01:02:53,728 --> 01:02:56,856
(truck honking)

1376
01:02:56,939 --> 01:02:59,484
(cheering)

1377
01:02:59,525 --> 01:03:02,111
♪

1378
01:03:02,153 --> 01:03:04,864
We made it back to Texas!

1379
01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:14,874
♪

1380
01:03:32,850 --> 01:03:34,644
It feels kinda foreign.

1381
01:03:34,685 --> 01:03:36,771
Because it isn't
home anymore, you know.

1382
01:03:36,854 --> 01:03:39,190
Mm-hm.

1383
01:03:39,273 --> 01:03:41,192
Heavenly Father,
thank You for this day,

1384
01:03:41,234 --> 01:03:42,819
and thank You for
Erin and Dave,

1385
01:03:42,860 --> 01:03:45,530
and all the adventures
that they have been on.

1386
01:03:45,613 --> 01:03:48,157
Father, I thank You
for bringing us all

1387
01:03:48,199 --> 01:03:49,158
together through the years.

1388
01:03:49,200 --> 01:03:50,868
We love you so much, amen.

1389
01:03:50,952 --> 01:03:52,203
Amen.

1390
01:03:52,286 --> 01:03:53,746
So we would get to a new state,

1391
01:03:53,830 --> 01:03:55,289
we'd park, and hook up,
and all that,

1392
01:03:55,373 --> 01:03:56,374
and then we would
just kinda start

1393
01:03:56,457 --> 01:03:57,708
learning about
where in the heck we are.

1394
01:03:57,792 --> 01:03:58,918
Sometimes we'd
pull up in places,

1395
01:03:59,001 --> 01:04:00,378
and we'd know nothing.

1396
01:04:00,461 --> 01:04:01,879
What are the big stories here?

1397
01:04:01,921 --> 01:04:03,840
What are the areas of division?

1398
01:04:03,881 --> 01:04:05,591
It's just something
different everywhere,

1399
01:04:05,675 --> 01:04:07,426
-and then you'd find out--
-You didn't find one

1400
01:04:07,510 --> 01:04:09,387
central theme necessarily,

1401
01:04:09,428 --> 01:04:12,265
or it felt different
every single place you went?

1402
01:04:12,348 --> 01:04:14,267
You know, the biggest
disparities that we saw

1403
01:04:14,350 --> 01:04:16,435
were against Blacks,
and against Natives.

1404
01:04:16,519 --> 01:04:18,062
And we weren't looking--

1405
01:04:18,104 --> 01:04:18,729
It wasn't like we went in,

1406
01:04:21,440 --> 01:04:23,442
It was just like,
"What's the story?"

1407
01:04:23,526 --> 01:04:25,611
And we would find
in every single city

1408
01:04:25,695 --> 01:04:29,615
-this tragic story.
-And so, I think what we found

1409
01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,242
in this country

1410
01:04:31,325 --> 01:04:34,245
we've never been forced
to deal with the things

1411
01:04:34,287 --> 01:04:36,247
that have caused

1412
01:04:36,330 --> 01:04:37,874
to where we are today.

1413
01:04:37,915 --> 01:04:39,166
And so to heal them,

1414
01:04:39,250 --> 01:04:41,711
we have to go pretty far back.

1415
01:04:41,752 --> 01:04:44,589
Did you ever meet anybody
that didn't wanna talk to you?

1416
01:04:44,672 --> 01:04:48,217
So we're in Savannah, Georgia
kinda early on in our trip,

1417
01:04:48,259 --> 01:04:50,761
and I'm reaching out to this guy

1418
01:04:50,845 --> 01:04:53,931
who's a real kind of
community leader in Savannah.

1419
01:04:54,015 --> 01:04:55,933
-African American gentleman.
-African American guy,

1420
01:04:55,975 --> 01:04:57,768
he's 85 years old.

1421
01:04:57,852 --> 01:04:59,395
He's lived in Georgia
his whole life,

1422
01:04:59,437 --> 01:05:03,024
so he's seen lots
in his days in Georgia.

1423
01:05:03,107 --> 01:05:05,109
And he goes, "David,

1424
01:05:05,151 --> 01:05:07,069
you know, even if
I had time to meet with you,

1425
01:05:07,111 --> 01:05:09,447
-I don't think I would."
-Oh, okay.

1426
01:05:09,530 --> 01:05:11,949
-I was like, "Okay, all right."
-Did he give a reason?

1427
01:05:11,991 --> 01:05:14,410
He goes, "It's hard
to be reconciled

1428
01:05:14,452 --> 01:05:17,038
with someone who has
a boot on your neck."

1429
01:05:17,121 --> 01:05:18,873
-Wow.
-That is not

1430
01:05:18,956 --> 01:05:21,500
the America that
I believed that I lived in.

1431
01:05:21,584 --> 01:05:25,796
He saw me as
a white guy outsider

1432
01:05:25,880 --> 01:05:28,591
walking up to him
standing over here

1433
01:05:28,633 --> 01:05:30,134
where he's got
a boot on his neck.

1434
01:05:30,217 --> 01:05:32,553
And for me to
come up to him and say,

1435
01:05:32,637 --> 01:05:35,139
"Hey, can't we all
just get along?"

1436
01:05:35,181 --> 01:05:38,976
But before we do that,
we've gotta deal with the boot.

1437
01:05:39,018 --> 01:05:43,314
I had to realize
that he associated me

1438
01:05:43,397 --> 01:05:47,026
with the man
standing on top of him.

1439
01:05:47,109 --> 01:05:50,154
So has it changed how you vote?

1440
01:05:50,196 --> 01:05:52,949
Or whether you vote at all?

1441
01:05:52,990 --> 01:05:55,993
Um, I think it will
change the way I vote,

1442
01:05:56,035 --> 01:05:59,580
but I don't think
I'm Democrat now.

1443
01:05:59,664 --> 01:06:01,540
I'm not drawn to either party.

1444
01:06:01,624 --> 01:06:03,542
I think they're both
part of the problem.

1445
01:06:03,626 --> 01:06:05,586
So, I voted for Donald Trump

1446
01:06:05,670 --> 01:06:07,546
in the last
presidential election.

1447
01:06:07,630 --> 01:06:10,508
I wasn't wild about
either candidate,

1448
01:06:10,591 --> 01:06:11,592
but I will never vote

1449
01:06:14,345 --> 01:06:16,389
I'll vote for a human being

1450
01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:17,932
who I resonate with.

1451
01:06:18,015 --> 01:06:21,894
Where are you gonna
take the RV and go next?

1452
01:06:21,978 --> 01:06:26,983
We're gonna drive the RV
from Dallas

1453
01:06:27,024 --> 01:06:28,192
to Charlottesville.

1454
01:06:28,275 --> 01:06:32,238
Okay. And why Charlottesville?

1455
01:06:32,321 --> 01:06:34,907
I don't know is
probably my best answer.

1456
01:06:34,991 --> 01:06:38,494
We've just seen
the doors open there.

1457
01:06:38,536 --> 01:06:41,205
And so, that's
where we're goin'.

1458
01:06:41,247 --> 01:06:43,249
Okay, let's raise a toast

1459
01:06:43,332 --> 01:06:45,960
to the deep treasures

1460
01:06:46,043 --> 01:06:48,045
that you have discovered

1461
01:06:48,129 --> 01:06:49,922
in all 50 states.

1462
01:06:50,006 --> 01:06:52,466
-God bless America.
-Yeah, amen!

1463
01:06:52,550 --> 01:06:54,135
-Cheers!
-Cheers.

1464
01:06:54,218 --> 01:06:55,177
Cheers to that.

1465
01:06:55,219 --> 01:06:56,804
Thank you for tellin' me that.

1466
01:06:56,887 --> 01:07:01,100
♪

1467
01:07:01,183 --> 01:07:02,018
People around the country

1468
01:07:05,146 --> 01:07:07,398
where early posts
still have the candidates

1469
01:07:07,440 --> 01:07:09,108
too close to call.

1470
01:07:09,191 --> 01:07:11,694
Is that what we're seeing
in the reporting now,

1471
01:07:11,736 --> 01:07:14,071
-is advanced and early?
-Yeah.

1472
01:07:16,449 --> 01:07:17,366
Thank you for being here.

1473
01:07:18,701 --> 01:07:22,079
-that you've done.
-You're welcome.

1474
01:07:22,121 --> 01:07:23,164
What's that?

1475
01:07:23,247 --> 01:07:24,874
MSNBC has called it for Laura.

1476
01:07:24,915 --> 01:07:28,878
-Called it for Laura?
-They called it for Laura.

1477
01:07:28,919 --> 01:07:32,006
Well, you know,
she would be my second choice.

1478
01:07:32,089 --> 01:07:34,842
I know for a lot of people
that's the case.

1479
01:07:34,925 --> 01:07:44,852
♪

1480
01:07:46,437 --> 01:07:47,438
I'm callin' Laura.

1481
01:07:47,521 --> 01:07:48,606
-You okay?
-Yeah.

1482
01:07:48,689 --> 01:07:50,357
Yeah, they called it
for Laura,

1483
01:07:50,441 --> 01:07:51,275
-so I'm gonna call her.
-Did they?

1484
01:07:51,358 --> 01:07:52,443
Yeah.

1485
01:07:52,485 --> 01:07:53,944
Good luck (unintelligible).

1486
01:07:54,028 --> 01:07:55,529
Okay, will do.

1487
01:07:55,613 --> 01:07:56,489
Hi, senator.

1488
01:07:56,572 --> 01:07:58,449
Congratulations on

1489
01:07:58,491 --> 01:08:02,453
an incredibly
impressive victory.

1490
01:08:02,495 --> 01:08:08,209
♪

1491
01:08:08,292 --> 01:08:11,504
Yeah, I know you will.

1492
01:08:11,587 --> 01:08:14,840
(crowd murmuring)

1493
01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:17,259
Yeah, you have a great night.

1494
01:08:17,301 --> 01:08:19,512
Okay, bye-bye.

1495
01:08:19,595 --> 01:08:23,140
I have to say
how very grateful I am

1496
01:08:23,182 --> 01:08:25,017
to the voters who stood up

1497
01:08:25,101 --> 01:08:27,311
despite the fact that
they were being told

1498
01:08:27,394 --> 01:08:29,105
they were wasting their vote.

1499
01:08:29,146 --> 01:08:34,151
We will eventually
break through the 164 years

1500
01:08:34,193 --> 01:08:36,570
of two-party stranglehold

1501
01:08:36,654 --> 01:08:38,447
on our politics.

1502
01:08:38,489 --> 01:08:40,699
What has been the most
gratifying thing

1503
01:08:40,783 --> 01:08:44,078
is all of you
in this room tonight.

1504
01:08:44,161 --> 01:08:46,038
I've heard people say
that my family

1505
01:08:46,122 --> 01:08:48,916
is a little
overbearing at times,

1506
01:08:48,999 --> 01:08:52,044
but I have to tell you there's
nothing that feels better

1507
01:08:52,128 --> 01:08:53,754
when the people who
know you the best

1508
01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:56,006
are so very dedicated to you.

1509
01:08:56,048 --> 01:08:59,009
Thank you so much
for everything you've done.

1510
01:08:59,051 --> 01:09:00,344
Have a good night.

1511
01:09:00,386 --> 01:09:02,930
(cheering)

1512
01:09:04,807 --> 01:09:08,227
It's amazing to be
at our third annual

1513
01:09:08,310 --> 01:09:10,229
Future Summit, thank you.

1514
01:09:10,312 --> 01:09:12,523
(applause)

1515
01:09:12,606 --> 01:09:14,400
So, this is just

1516
01:09:14,483 --> 01:09:17,695
a very overwhelming moment.

1517
01:09:17,736 --> 01:09:19,321
I'm destroying it.

1518
01:09:19,363 --> 01:09:20,990
Back in 2013,

1519
01:09:21,031 --> 01:09:23,409
a few friends and us
came together.

1520
01:09:23,492 --> 01:09:26,453
Sorry, I don't know if
I'm gonna get through this.

1521
01:09:26,537 --> 01:09:30,457
It's a lot of people stepping up
to believe in this mission.

1522
01:09:30,541 --> 01:09:32,585
And to get to this point

1523
01:09:32,668 --> 01:09:35,588
really means a lot.

1524
01:09:35,671 --> 01:09:39,091
(applause)

1525
01:09:39,175 --> 01:09:40,301
Thank you very much,

1526
01:09:40,384 --> 01:09:41,552
and onward.

1527
01:09:41,594 --> 01:09:44,138
(applause)

1528
01:09:45,723 --> 01:09:46,724
Everyone who's here,

1529
01:09:46,765 --> 01:09:48,475
we see this as a calling.

1530
01:09:48,559 --> 01:09:50,728
This is not just a job.

1531
01:09:50,769 --> 01:09:54,064
It's so cool to see
our vision on display.

1532
01:09:54,148 --> 01:09:56,942
We bring 60 state
legislators together

1533
01:09:57,026 --> 01:10:01,655
from across the country,
across party lines.

1534
01:10:01,739 --> 01:10:03,824
Speaking of the spirit
of bridge-building,

1535
01:10:03,908 --> 01:10:05,075
being here in Nashville,

1536
01:10:05,117 --> 01:10:08,579
music has been a powerful
force in our country

1537
01:10:08,621 --> 01:10:10,122
to bring people together.

1538
01:10:10,206 --> 01:10:12,750
So, we're gonna incorporate some
of the Nashville music scene.

1539
01:10:12,791 --> 01:10:17,671
We're gonna get
Steven Olikara on drums.

1540
01:10:17,755 --> 01:10:19,632
Democracy is, at its best,

1541
01:10:19,715 --> 01:10:23,093
a boisterous jazz ensemble.

1542
01:10:23,135 --> 01:10:25,095
I'm a state representative
out of Montana.

1543
01:10:25,137 --> 01:10:26,847
I'm a state representative
from Oregon.

1544
01:10:26,931 --> 01:10:28,557
I'm a state senator in Hawaii.

1545
01:10:28,599 --> 01:10:30,059
I'm a state representative
in Florida.

1546
01:10:30,100 --> 01:10:32,937
I'm 23 years old,
and I'm Republican.

1547
01:10:32,978 --> 01:10:37,233
♪

1548
01:10:37,274 --> 01:10:39,652
I am 26 years old,
and a Democrat.

1549
01:10:39,735 --> 01:10:41,737
I'm a Republican,
and I'm 34 years old.

1550
01:10:41,779 --> 01:10:43,614
I'm a member of
the Republican party.

1551
01:10:43,697 --> 01:10:45,491
Member of the Democratic party.

1552
01:10:45,574 --> 01:10:47,034
-I'm a Republican.
-I'm a Democrat.

1553
01:10:47,117 --> 01:10:48,494
-A Republican.
-A Democrat.

1554
01:10:48,577 --> 01:10:50,246
-A Republican.
-I'm a Democrat.

1555
01:10:50,287 --> 01:10:52,122
I'm 27 years old.

1556
01:10:52,206 --> 01:10:57,127
♪

1557
01:10:57,169 --> 01:11:00,339
There wasn't enough listening
across the aisle happening.

1558
01:11:00,422 --> 01:11:02,800
The only way that we're
ever gonna bridge the divide

1559
01:11:02,883 --> 01:11:05,094
is if we actually
have these conversations.

1560
01:11:05,135 --> 01:11:07,012
Republicans,
Democrats are not your enemy.

1561
01:11:07,096 --> 01:11:09,181
Democrats,
Republicans are not your enemy.

1562
01:11:09,265 --> 01:11:12,059
Our enemies are the problems
that we need to solve.

1563
01:11:12,142 --> 01:11:14,853
Good jobs,
affordable housing, education.

1564
01:11:14,937 --> 01:11:17,147
This is what the future
caucus is gonna work on.

1565
01:11:17,231 --> 01:11:19,817
It's gonna be young people
are gonna have to live out

1566
01:11:19,858 --> 01:11:21,860
the actual ramifications
of the policy.

1567
01:11:21,944 --> 01:11:23,279
If we just sit on the sidelines,

1568
01:11:23,320 --> 01:11:25,322
and let the generation
before us do it,

1569
01:11:25,406 --> 01:11:27,241
we won't have any leadership.

1570
01:11:27,324 --> 01:11:29,159
♪

1571
01:11:29,243 --> 01:11:31,662
Letting young people
carry the torch.

1572
01:11:31,704 --> 01:11:33,330
We have to recruit
younger folks.

1573
01:11:33,414 --> 01:11:34,999
Get regular people talking

1574
01:11:35,040 --> 01:11:36,959
with their friends
and families about politics.

1575
01:11:37,001 --> 01:11:39,837
We can aspire to make the system
better than we found it.

1576
01:11:39,878 --> 01:11:42,006
We're actively trying
to find solutions.

1577
01:11:42,089 --> 01:11:43,757
You can have those
candid conversations,

1578
01:11:43,841 --> 01:11:45,009
and they may get heated.

1579
01:11:45,050 --> 01:11:46,593
Be a little more civil,
and you both might

1580
01:11:46,677 --> 01:11:47,720
learn a little bit.

1581
01:11:49,847 --> 01:11:50,889
your voice there.

1582
01:11:50,973 --> 01:11:52,599
You have to get
to know each other.

1583
01:11:52,683 --> 01:11:54,351
We're not too far off.

1584
01:11:54,435 --> 01:11:57,688
♪

1585
01:11:57,730 --> 01:12:00,733
I'm elated that
this all worked out.

1586
01:12:00,816 --> 01:12:02,318
And so if anyone's wondering

1587
01:12:02,359 --> 01:12:06,113
what the future of our
political system will look like,

1588
01:12:06,196 --> 01:12:07,239
it's here.

1589
01:12:07,323 --> 01:12:11,702
♪

1590
01:12:11,785 --> 01:12:13,329
They're on the frontlines

1591
01:12:13,370 --> 01:12:16,206
of reuniting our country.

1592
01:12:16,290 --> 01:12:19,835
♪

1593
01:12:19,877 --> 01:12:22,421
(applause, cheering)

1594
01:12:22,504 --> 01:12:30,721
♪

1595
01:12:30,804 --> 01:12:31,722
We right or left?

1596
01:12:31,805 --> 01:12:33,724
We're on the right.

1597
01:12:33,766 --> 01:12:36,268
It's a cute neighborhood.

1598
01:12:36,352 --> 01:12:38,395
Oh, here we are.

1599
01:12:38,437 --> 01:12:41,231
Okay, you guys ready
to go see your new house?

1600
01:12:41,315 --> 01:12:42,191
Yes!

1601
01:12:42,232 --> 01:12:44,234
Let's do it.

1602
01:12:44,318 --> 01:12:45,611
Here we go!

1603
01:12:45,694 --> 01:12:47,029
Wow!

1604
01:12:47,071 --> 01:12:48,238
There's not a good why.

1605
01:12:48,280 --> 01:12:50,866
I think the main answer
to why Charlottesville

1606
01:12:50,908 --> 01:12:52,534
is I don't know yet.

1607
01:12:52,576 --> 01:12:55,829
♪

1608
01:12:55,913 --> 01:12:56,830
Look who's here!

1609
01:12:56,914 --> 01:12:58,040
Okay, doorbell.

1610
01:12:58,082 --> 01:12:59,792
Let's go see who's here.

1611
01:12:59,875 --> 01:13:00,918
Hello.

1612
01:13:01,001 --> 01:13:02,586
-Come on in.
-I'm Erin.

1613
01:13:02,669 --> 01:13:03,670
I'm Susan.

1614
01:13:03,754 --> 01:13:06,715
Pleasure to meet you.

1615
01:13:06,757 --> 01:13:08,342
This is Grace, she's a hugger.

1616
01:13:08,425 --> 01:13:10,469
I hope you're not
big on personal space

1617
01:13:10,552 --> 01:13:11,929
'cause this one will invade it.

1618
01:13:12,012 --> 01:13:13,180
-I'm David.
-Hey, Alfred.

1619
01:13:16,600 --> 01:13:18,435
Why in the world
are you sitting at our table

1620
01:13:18,477 --> 01:13:21,021
is the million dollar
question, I guess.

1621
01:13:21,105 --> 01:13:22,940
I wanted to help make
my community better,

1622
01:13:22,981 --> 01:13:25,651
and so I volunteered
on a campaign.

1623
01:13:25,734 --> 01:13:27,277
I worked at many
different levels

1624
01:13:27,361 --> 01:13:32,366
to incite fear or anger
against the other side.

1625
01:13:32,449 --> 01:13:35,369
What I've found is that
it's two systems

1626
01:13:35,452 --> 01:13:36,829
fighting for power,

1627
01:13:36,912 --> 01:13:40,499
and the American people are, um,

1628
01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:42,000
getting left by the wayside.

1629
01:13:42,084 --> 01:13:43,961
To know that you were
part of this team

1630
01:13:44,002 --> 01:13:48,507
that are purposefully
trying to create this division.

1631
01:13:48,590 --> 01:13:51,885
It makes sense 'cause if you
make the other side weaker...

1632
01:13:51,969 --> 01:13:53,804
-You have power.
-...you get power.

1633
01:13:53,887 --> 01:13:56,640
And so, you worked with Heather?

1634
01:13:56,723 --> 01:13:57,474
Mm-hm.

1635
01:13:59,309 --> 01:14:02,771
and I wanna honor
you as a mom

1636
01:14:02,813 --> 01:14:05,399
because I see the way
that you have picked up

1637
01:14:05,482 --> 01:14:07,734
on something that
you didn't ask for,

1638
01:14:07,818 --> 01:14:11,822
and you've carried it
with grace.

1639
01:14:11,905 --> 01:14:14,616
Not always.

1640
01:14:14,658 --> 01:14:16,535
I didn't wanna come today.

1641
01:14:19,705 --> 01:14:21,248
I started watching your video,

1642
01:14:21,331 --> 01:14:24,334
and I was so angry with you!

1643
01:14:24,376 --> 01:14:26,670
So angry with you

1644
01:14:26,712 --> 01:14:29,006
for stirring up opposition.

1645
01:14:32,468 --> 01:14:36,180
And I knew if I could
just come and talk to you,

1646
01:14:36,221 --> 01:14:39,349
I could find the human being
on the other side.

1647
01:14:46,315 --> 01:14:48,984
You connected my involvement
in the political system

1648
01:14:49,026 --> 01:14:51,570
to the murder of your daughter,

1649
01:14:51,653 --> 01:14:54,323
and that's--I gotta
wrestle with that a little bit.

1650
01:14:54,364 --> 01:14:57,242
I don't hold you responsible
for Heather's death,

1651
01:14:57,326 --> 01:14:59,036
-do you understand?
-Yeah, yeah.

1652
01:14:59,077 --> 01:15:01,497
Because bottom line,

1653
01:15:01,538 --> 01:15:05,667
nobody made him put
his foot on the gas pedal.

1654
01:15:05,709 --> 01:15:07,169
I appreciate the fact

1655
01:15:07,211 --> 01:15:10,005
that when you saw what
you were doing was causing harm

1656
01:15:10,047 --> 01:15:11,173
to the country,

1657
01:15:11,215 --> 01:15:12,633
you stopped
immediately and said,

1658
01:15:12,716 --> 01:15:14,843
"How can I undo that harm?"

1659
01:15:14,885 --> 01:15:18,388
I feel just a responsibility now

1660
01:15:18,472 --> 01:15:22,392
to be a part of
shaking up that system.

1661
01:15:22,476 --> 01:15:24,353
I think that

1662
01:15:24,394 --> 01:15:29,525
giving your kids
the mindset that you have

1663
01:15:29,566 --> 01:15:31,527
will have a huge impact.

1664
01:15:31,568 --> 01:15:33,362
Thank you for saying that.

1665
01:15:33,403 --> 01:15:35,405
Little things like
walking in the door,

1666
01:15:35,447 --> 01:15:37,074
and your daughter
grabbing Alfred's hand,

1667
01:15:37,157 --> 01:15:38,325
and pulling him in.

1668
01:15:38,408 --> 01:15:41,411
What little girl
would see Black guy,

1669
01:15:41,453 --> 01:15:43,622
and just be so
open and welcoming?

1670
01:15:43,705 --> 01:15:47,334
You know, that's--I noticed
that right off the bat.

1671
01:15:47,417 --> 01:15:48,919
-Wow.
-I didn't notice that.

1672
01:15:49,002 --> 01:15:50,045
That's awesome.

1673
01:15:50,087 --> 01:15:52,339
You guys opened up and decided,

1674
01:15:52,422 --> 01:15:54,299
"There's something wrong,
we gotta fix this."

1675
01:15:54,383 --> 01:15:57,970
And it takes a white female
to teach other white females

1676
01:15:58,053 --> 01:16:00,806
about how they need
to make this change.

1677
01:16:00,889 --> 01:16:02,391
Susan, I think that

1678
01:16:02,432 --> 01:16:06,144
there's power when you
come out on these issues

1679
01:16:06,228 --> 01:16:08,730
-to say something.
-We have an obligation

1680
01:16:08,772 --> 01:16:10,732
and a responsibility,

1681
01:16:10,774 --> 01:16:12,067
once we are awake,

1682
01:16:12,109 --> 01:16:15,112
to wake up other people.

1683
01:16:15,153 --> 01:16:17,656
If I do that,
and then they each do that,

1684
01:16:17,739 --> 01:16:18,949
and then you guys each do that,

1685
01:16:19,032 --> 01:16:21,535
then you can have this
tsunami of change.

1686
01:16:21,618 --> 01:16:23,620
This is not
a political movement,

1687
01:16:23,662 --> 01:16:25,330
it's all a heart movement.

1688
01:16:25,414 --> 01:16:27,416
Agreed.

1689
01:16:27,457 --> 01:16:30,460
Nothing will teach you
like having a theory,

1690
01:16:30,502 --> 01:16:32,963
and it getting totally
blown up in your face.

1691
01:16:33,046 --> 01:16:34,381
'Cause our original thing was

1692
01:16:34,464 --> 01:16:36,800
"Let's just host dinners
with Democrats and Republicans,

1693
01:16:36,842 --> 01:16:38,760
and see if they can, like,

1694
01:16:38,802 --> 01:16:40,971
sing Kumbaya by the end.

1695
01:16:41,054 --> 01:16:43,599
(laughing)

1696
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:46,143
♪

1697
01:16:46,226 --> 01:16:47,644
Today's the subcommittee's
first hearing

1698
01:16:47,728 --> 01:16:50,689
on how America is
addressing the rise

1699
01:16:50,772 --> 01:16:53,692
of a particular form
of domestic terrorism,

1700
01:16:53,775 --> 01:16:55,777
violent white supremacy.

1701
01:16:55,819 --> 01:16:57,321
First off, let me state

1702
01:16:57,404 --> 01:17:00,782
that there is an act, um,

1703
01:17:00,824 --> 01:17:02,659
under consideration right now,

1704
01:17:02,701 --> 01:17:07,664
Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer
Hate Crime Reporting Act.

1705
01:17:07,748 --> 01:17:10,208
How did you come to be able to

1706
01:17:10,292 --> 01:17:11,376
articulate these points,

1707
01:17:11,460 --> 01:17:14,004
and how do you educate others?

1708
01:17:14,046 --> 01:17:16,340
We need to recognize
our differences,

1709
01:17:16,423 --> 01:17:18,175
taking time to
listen to one another,

1710
01:17:18,258 --> 01:17:20,594
taking time to
talk to one another,

1711
01:17:20,677 --> 01:17:24,014
and actually thinking about
what we have in common,

1712
01:17:24,097 --> 01:17:25,682
finding points of connection.

1713
01:17:25,766 --> 01:17:28,810
And from there, we can
work through our differences.

1714
01:17:28,852 --> 01:17:31,563
♪

1715
01:17:31,647 --> 01:17:36,276
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪♪

1716
01:17:40,405 --> 01:17:45,202
MAP is continuing to grow
extremely fast.

1717
01:17:45,285 --> 01:17:47,788
It is remarkable
within one generation

1718
01:17:47,871 --> 01:17:50,207
a family can move
to the United States,

1719
01:17:50,290 --> 01:17:54,878
and their children
can have a direct impact

1720
01:17:54,920 --> 01:17:56,880
on government.

1721
01:17:56,963 --> 01:17:59,257
♪

1722
01:17:59,341 --> 01:18:01,385
We're going through
massive shifts right now.

1723
01:18:01,468 --> 01:18:05,055
The biggest thing we can do is
build a common understanding

1724
01:18:05,138 --> 01:18:07,015
because through
that understanding,

1725
01:18:07,057 --> 01:18:11,019
we see the humanity
in each other.

1726
01:18:11,061 --> 01:18:13,105
We need to try much harder

1727
01:18:13,188 --> 01:18:16,024
to find compassion.

1728
01:18:16,066 --> 01:18:19,069
♪

1729
01:18:19,152 --> 01:18:20,570
After the election,

1730
01:18:20,654 --> 01:18:22,447
I started paying
attention to things

1731
01:18:22,531 --> 01:18:25,075
that I had neglected
for the prior year.

1732
01:18:25,117 --> 01:18:28,453
♪

1733
01:18:28,537 --> 01:18:30,414
Obviously,
we started this campaign

1734
01:18:30,497 --> 01:18:33,583
fully intending to run
a campaign to win.

1735
01:18:33,625 --> 01:18:35,460
♪

1736
01:18:35,544 --> 01:18:38,338
I would far prefer
to lose an election,

1737
01:18:38,422 --> 01:18:40,257
but have given myself the chance

1738
01:18:40,340 --> 01:18:42,843
to actually improve
the lives of people.

1739
01:18:42,926 --> 01:18:44,678
♪

1740
01:18:44,761 --> 01:18:47,347
I don't want my daughters
growing up thinking

1741
01:18:47,431 --> 01:18:48,682
you shouldn't do something

1742
01:18:48,765 --> 01:18:51,643
if you think there's
a possibility of failing.

1743
01:18:51,727 --> 01:18:55,230
♪

1744
01:18:55,272 --> 01:18:56,857
The two campaigns that I've run

1745
01:18:56,940 --> 01:18:58,692
have really been

1746
01:18:58,775 --> 01:19:02,154
moments during
a decade-long effort

1747
01:19:02,237 --> 01:19:04,614
to really change
our system of government.

1748
01:19:04,698 --> 01:19:07,075
♪

1749
01:19:07,117 --> 01:19:08,285
For a long time, people said

1750
01:19:08,326 --> 01:19:10,662
no one would break
the four-minute mile.

1751
01:19:10,746 --> 01:19:13,290
When we broke those
psychological barriers,

1752
01:19:13,373 --> 01:19:15,375
well, we ultimately were able
to achieve a lot more

1753
01:19:15,459 --> 01:19:17,043
than we thought we would.

1754
01:19:17,127 --> 01:19:22,299
♪

1755
01:19:22,382 --> 01:19:23,508
So today on the podcast,

1756
01:19:23,592 --> 01:19:25,969
we're going to be
talking with Mechelle Brown

1757
01:19:26,011 --> 01:19:27,179
in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

1758
01:19:27,262 --> 01:19:28,472
So, here we go!

1759
01:19:28,513 --> 01:19:30,724
It is so nice
to speak with you both.

1760
01:19:30,807 --> 01:19:34,811
Our time together
has shaped our lives.

1761
01:19:34,895 --> 01:19:38,190
Well, I felt honored
to meet both of you as well.

1762
01:19:38,273 --> 01:19:40,275
Because you were
so genuine and open,

1763
01:19:40,317 --> 01:19:43,278
I felt that I
could be vulnerable.

1764
01:19:43,320 --> 01:19:44,613
You opened our eyes,

1765
01:19:44,654 --> 01:19:47,741
and I just--I cannot tell you

1766
01:19:47,824 --> 01:19:48,992
how thankful I am.

1767
01:19:49,034 --> 01:19:51,745
It has stuck with me so because

1768
01:19:51,828 --> 01:19:54,331
it was the first time
that I had shared

1769
01:19:54,414 --> 01:19:57,459
my experiences
with a white person.

1770
01:19:57,501 --> 01:20:00,003
It's not a story that
I've shared often with anyone.

1771
01:20:00,045 --> 01:20:04,508
I think that that was just
the time that God had ordained

1772
01:20:04,591 --> 01:20:06,343
'cause it was healing for me.

1773
01:20:06,384 --> 01:20:09,012
It made me aware of how

1774
01:20:09,095 --> 01:20:11,181
I had pushed it to the side.

1775
01:20:11,264 --> 01:20:13,266
♪

1776
01:20:13,350 --> 01:20:16,436
You have helped us heal

1777
01:20:16,520 --> 01:20:19,147
from racism in our own hearts.

1778
01:20:19,189 --> 01:20:20,857
Reconciliation is possible

1779
01:20:20,899 --> 01:20:23,193
when you have people
being open enough

1780
01:20:23,235 --> 01:20:26,154
to have really honest dialogue.

1781
01:20:26,196 --> 01:20:27,405
I just want you to know that

1782
01:20:27,489 --> 01:20:30,617
we love you, we truly love you

1783
01:20:30,700 --> 01:20:32,244
in the depths of our heart.

1784
01:20:32,327 --> 01:20:36,039
Thank you, love you too.

1785
01:20:36,122 --> 01:20:40,836
There's no one magic
solution to fix democracy.

1786
01:20:40,877 --> 01:20:42,379
We've gotta do it
at the grassroots level,

1787
01:20:42,420 --> 01:20:44,506
in legislatures,
in town councils,

1788
01:20:44,548 --> 01:20:47,050
in the school systems.

1789
01:20:47,133 --> 01:20:49,052
We have to be reuniting
all the time,

1790
01:20:49,135 --> 01:20:53,306
every day in our lives.

1791
01:20:53,390 --> 01:20:54,641
Don't be afraid

1792
01:20:54,724 --> 01:20:58,270
of difficult conversations.

1793
01:20:58,353 --> 01:21:00,689
Don't be afraid
to reach out to someone

1794
01:21:00,730 --> 01:21:05,569
who might not believe
exactly like you believe.

1795
01:21:05,610 --> 01:21:09,197
And this I actually
learned from my daughter,

1796
01:21:09,239 --> 01:21:11,032
take a minute and say,

1797
01:21:11,074 --> 01:21:14,286
"Can you talk to me?"

1798
01:21:14,369 --> 01:21:15,745
We have to start
thinking of people

1799
01:21:15,829 --> 01:21:17,163
different than ourselves

1800
01:21:17,247 --> 01:21:18,957
as potential allies,

1801
01:21:19,040 --> 01:21:21,167
and as part of the solution.

1802
01:21:21,251 --> 01:21:23,420
Being a bridge builder
isn't about

1803
01:21:23,503 --> 01:21:24,796
compromising your beliefs.

1804
01:21:24,880 --> 01:21:27,048
It's about standing up
for your beliefs,

1805
01:21:27,090 --> 01:21:29,426
but respecting your adversary

1806
01:21:29,467 --> 01:21:32,095
when they do
exactly the same thing.

1807
01:21:32,137 --> 01:21:33,471
The divisions run a lot deeper

1808
01:21:33,555 --> 01:21:35,348
than we ever
could have imagined,

1809
01:21:35,432 --> 01:21:38,643
but so does the depth of love

1810
01:21:38,727 --> 01:21:40,812
that we've seen in people.

1811
01:21:40,896 --> 01:21:43,356
Meeting people
across the country

1812
01:21:43,440 --> 01:21:47,235
who have a passion
to bridge divides,

1813
01:21:47,277 --> 01:21:50,155
that gives me hope.

1814
01:21:50,238 --> 01:21:52,949
As citizens, we like to say,
"I have rights as a citizen."

1815
01:21:52,991 --> 01:21:54,242
We do have rights,

1816
01:21:54,284 --> 01:21:56,328
but we also have
responsibilities,

1817
01:21:56,411 --> 01:21:58,288
and that's working
through our differences

1818
01:21:58,330 --> 01:22:00,415
when our rights clash.

1819
01:22:00,457 --> 01:22:03,919
I want people to
declare their independence.

1820
01:22:03,960 --> 01:22:05,587
Tell elected officials

1821
01:22:05,629 --> 01:22:09,049
"You no longer can take
my vote for granted.

1822
01:22:09,132 --> 01:22:12,928
You gotta earn it
by solving problems."

1823
01:22:12,969 --> 01:22:15,722
There are already millions
and millions of Americans

1824
01:22:15,805 --> 01:22:18,016
crossing the divide every day.

1825
01:22:18,099 --> 01:22:22,479
That's why our country
hangs together.

1826
01:22:22,562 --> 01:22:24,481
Our country is resilient,

1827
01:22:24,522 --> 01:22:28,026
but we can't take
democracy for granted.

1828
01:22:28,109 --> 01:22:31,821
The genius of America is that
it's our responsibility

1829
01:22:31,905 --> 01:22:34,366
to fix it.

1830
01:22:34,449 --> 01:22:36,660
Everyone has a role to play

1831
01:22:36,701 --> 01:22:38,995
in reuniting the country.

1832
01:22:39,037 --> 01:22:43,458
♪

1833
01:22:45,377 --> 01:22:49,339
♪

1834
01:22:49,381 --> 01:22:50,548
I'm Bill Doherty.

1835
01:22:50,632 --> 01:22:53,301
I'm one of the cofounders
of Braver Angels.

1836
01:22:53,343 --> 01:22:55,553
I'm Joan Blades,
and I'm a cofounder

1837
01:22:55,637 --> 01:22:58,139
of Living Room Conversations.

1838
01:22:58,181 --> 01:22:59,307
My name is Tru Pettigrew,

1839
01:22:59,349 --> 01:23:02,852
and I am the founder
of Tru Access.

1840
01:23:02,894 --> 01:23:04,646
What started off
as conversations

1841
01:23:04,688 --> 01:23:06,439
that involved law enforcement

1842
01:23:06,523 --> 01:23:07,857
and the Black community

1843
01:23:07,941 --> 01:23:12,946
has expanded significantly
to include all walks of life.

1844
01:23:13,029 --> 01:23:15,532
I'm Pearce Godwin, I founded
the Listen First Project.

1845
01:23:15,573 --> 01:23:17,450
I'm Robb Willer
here at Stanford,

1846
01:23:17,534 --> 01:23:18,451
and I'm the director of

1847
01:23:21,329 --> 01:23:23,498
My name is Kristin Hansen.

1848
01:23:23,540 --> 01:23:24,541
AllSides Connect

1849
01:23:26,209 --> 01:23:30,672
to engage in conversation
on difficult topics.

1850
01:23:30,714 --> 01:23:33,550
Braver Angels is bringing
conservatives and liberals

1851
01:23:33,633 --> 01:23:37,303
together to depolarize America.

1852
01:23:37,387 --> 01:23:39,639
-My name is Maso Kalima.
-I'm John Gable.

1853
01:23:39,723 --> 01:23:41,725
My name is John Wood, Jr.

1854
01:23:41,766 --> 01:23:44,185
As an African American
Republican,

1855
01:23:44,227 --> 01:23:46,187
maybe I could build the bridge

1856
01:23:46,229 --> 01:23:49,357
between the two sides
of the political conversation,

1857
01:23:49,399 --> 01:23:52,193
and also in
the racial conversation.

1858
01:23:52,235 --> 01:23:54,446
Our responsibility is

1859
01:23:54,529 --> 01:23:56,156
to really listen.

1860
01:23:56,239 --> 01:23:59,075
The Listen First Movement
is about bridging divides

1861
01:23:59,117 --> 01:24:00,785
with conversation.

1862
01:24:00,869 --> 01:24:02,579
People tend to
distance themselves

1863
01:24:02,620 --> 01:24:04,748
from that problem
of polarization.

1864
01:24:04,831 --> 01:24:07,500
I think the truth is
that we're all a part of this,

1865
01:24:07,584 --> 01:24:08,460
but it's also good news

1866
01:24:11,546 --> 01:24:13,590
A lot of spaces where
we are divided

1867
01:24:13,673 --> 01:24:16,051
is rooted in fear.

1868
01:24:16,092 --> 01:24:19,262
Simply put,
we can choose courage.

1869
01:24:19,345 --> 01:24:21,514
There is a huge desire

1870
01:24:21,598 --> 01:24:24,392
among human beings to connect.

1871
01:24:24,434 --> 01:24:25,935
We all want the same thing,

1872
01:24:26,019 --> 01:24:28,605
and we're so much more alike
than we are different.

1873
01:24:28,646 --> 01:24:29,939
And so we created
the Bridge Alliance,

1874
01:24:29,981 --> 01:24:32,150
which is now a network
of over 100 organizations.

1875
01:24:32,233 --> 01:24:34,652
All Sides is part
of a much bigger movement

1876
01:24:34,736 --> 01:24:36,488
that's underway
in our country right now

1877
01:24:36,571 --> 01:24:37,781
to break down divides.

1878
01:24:37,864 --> 01:24:39,657
There's a whole
bridging movement

1879
01:24:39,741 --> 01:24:42,786
all around the country
that are doing wonderful work.

1880
01:24:42,827 --> 01:24:46,623
And with 1,000 different
organizations in the U.S. today

1881
01:24:46,664 --> 01:24:48,083
working to bridge divides...

1882
01:24:48,124 --> 01:24:49,959
We invite everyone
to join the thousands

1883
01:24:50,001 --> 01:24:53,922
who have already signed
the Listen First pledge.

1884
01:24:53,963 --> 01:24:55,632
There's almost
the right organization

1885
01:24:55,673 --> 01:24:58,218
for any American
who wants to get involved.

1886
01:24:58,301 --> 01:25:06,601
♪