All language subtitles for Barbara Kopple - Gumbo Coalition (2022) ENG

I'm an eternal optimist

because I'm a student
of history.

And, as a student of history,

I feel deeply that sometimes
to get to the sunshine,

you gotta ride through a storm.

-[crowd cheering]
-There is not a Black America,

and a white America,
and Latino America,

and Asian America.

There's the United States
of America.

Marc Morial:
We are coming out
of eight years

of Barack Obama
into the age of Donald Trump.

The Obama winds blew this way,

and the Trump winds
are blowing that way.

It's a hurricane of conflict.

crowd [chanting]:
Hands up! Don't shoot!

We have to meet the moment.

We have to fight back.

It is time for our
nation to recommit

to lifting up the hopes
and dreams of all of us.

And create a path forward
that embraces diversity

and sees it as a strength
for this country.

Our fight for racial justice
is not negotiable.

[crowd cheering]

Marc Morial:
I see this battle

as the battle
of our generation,

the battle of our lives,

because you do not want
to be the generation

that allows progress to slip.

[ambient nature sounds]

[solemn music playing]

-[buzzer sound]
-[downbeat music playing]

[buzzer sound]

[indistinct chatter]

Marc Morial:
I am Marc Morial,

president of the National
Urban League.

And particularly,
at this point in time,

the forces of division
and hate are met with,

have to be met with
love, tolerance, or progress.

-Hey, what's up?
-security guard: Hey, Marc.

What's happenin',
what's happenin'? Hey.

We fight
for criminal justice reform.

The right to have a job,
the right to healthcare,

the right to education,
the right to vote,

and at the Algoa
Correctional facility,

we have a re-entry program
called Save Our Sons.

Save Our Sons will work
with people in ensuring

that they will go on
to live independent

and successful lives.

You all are our pilot class.

I'm not gon' put
no pressure on you,

but I'm gon' put
pressure on you.

When you succeed,

then there's an opportunity
for this to last a long time,

there's an opportunity for this
to be expanded to more people,

not only in Missouri,
but maybe across the nation.

Who you were
at 20, 25, 30, 35,

is part of who you
are when you get older,

but it isn't who you are.

Even though, when I was 25,
I thought--

I thought I was
a bad, bad boy, you know?

[laughter]

I did.

But then, when I look back,

I'm like,
"Man... there's a whole
lotta stuff I didn't know."

Jamie Dennis:
So, introduce yourselves

and let me know what you expect
to gain out of this program.

We'll start with you.

Emory Hayes:
I'm Emory Hayes, uh,

I'm expecting to, to, to get
some leadership skills

to be a role model
for my daughters.

Uh, to, to, to, to have
a career, not just a job,

somethin' I can, uh, grow in

and, and, and, and
somethin' I can have fun

with what I'm doin'
and make money

and, and provide
for my family at the same time.

That's what I'm expectin'
to get out of this program.

So be it.

I hope to learn
how to be the next

Fortune 500 CEO.

[applause]

Bradley Cobb:
My, my name is, uh, Bradley Cobb

and, uh, there is bitterness
and resentment that is gained

from bein' in this environment,
not just from bein' in here,

but the stuff you done
that you gotta live with

and the stuff that
is bein' done to you

that you gotta live with,

and the environment you're in

and all these different things.

That's why I wanna
open up a treatment facility.

That's my goal, that's my path,
that's, that's my end game.

What's, in your mind,

the best...
cure for the pain?

Bradley Cobb:
Love! You just wanna know

that somebody,
somebody gives a damn.

Dennis:
So, the basis of the program
is gainin' skills,

and the only thing
that's stoppin' you is you.

Classic example is,
you're a cool brother man

and you in there tryna
buy you a car,

and the car dealer knows

that you pretty much
can't afford this car,

but he's gonna play to your ego.

He's gon' say,
"Hey, man, you must
not be a big baller,"

or, "I guess only ladies men
would choose this type of car,"

and then it'll make a guy
who's not sure of himself

throw himself out on the line,

puttin' himself
in a bad financial situation.

So, you gotta think
about your behavior.

Your behavior will determine
your wealth as well.

So, what we're gonna do is
we're gonna try role-playin',

so we're gonna have one
of you guys be a car buyer,

one of you guys be a car seller.

You a seller?
I gotta prep you.

Alright, who's the buyer,
you the buyer?

-[crosstalk]
-Dennis: Alright,
this is gon' be fun.

Step into my office.

Akeel Gibson-Bey:
What's up, how you doin', sir?

Doin' alright,
how 'bout yourself?

-What are you in for?
-I'm okay, uh,

I was interested in, ya know,

buyin' a car for my nephew,

ya know, his birthday.

I'm just tryin' to, ya know,

just get him around the city.

Okay, okay, well, you
tryin' to put him in

a Mercedes, a Mustang,

-what you tryin' to do?
-Nah, just, just, just,

just somethin' to start him off.

I don't want to start him

-too big.
-Oh, okay, okay.

Just a little
somethin' somethin'.

Alright, alright, well, uh--

So, uh, whatchu got?

Well, we got a litany
of cars here today,

we got a huge selection,
but, uh, lookin' at them shoes,

I'ma try you out
in this Cavalier right here,

so let me get you in this door.

-[laughter]
-Yes, sir, yes, sir.

-Come on in, have a seat.
-Okay, aight.

-We gon' test drive.
-Alright, come on in.

-Alright.
-[crosstalk]

Let's start this up, man.

Yeah, you hear that purr?
That's all you.

Ahh, yeah, yeah,
it, it sound good.

-Yeah.
-I'm sayin' everything
good though?

Oh, it's got to be.

If it's in this lot,
it is good!

Look at the mileage
on her, though.

Ay, you know, the thing is
this car-- See, this--

When you got mileage
like that...

-Okay.
-...it means this is
an antique, okay?

-[laughter]
-It, it mean, it mean
that this thing

is tried and tested.

It will get, it will get
you there and back.

Gibson-Bey:
I got $1,500 for you.

-You got $1,500?
-I got $1,500 for you.

Well, the sticker says $2,500.

[laughter]

I got $1,800 for you.

[exhales]

How 'bout this? $2,300.

I'll knock $200 off,
and I get it washed.

$2,100.

$2,200 and we got a deal.

Matter of fact, I like you.
I like your line-up, $2,150.

-Haha! Haha!
-[laughter]

[applause]

Got a deal, baby!
Got a deal, baby!

Yeah, I got a deal.

Dennis:
Yeah, let's, let's talk about
what just happened here.

So, so, what was
your absolute most you
would pay for that car?

-$2,500.
-And what was, what was it
you went in and asked for,

your-- what was
your opening offer?

$1,500.

-$1,500, alright.
-Yeah.

And you notice how
he kinda downplayed everything,

"Oh, I'm lookin'
for somethin' for my,
you know, nephew.

Oh, it has to be basic," right?

From the very start,

he was protecting
against emotions, right?

Somebody comes at you
and tries to get
in your emotions,

you protect your emotions.

Keep practicin' this

until it becomes
natural for you.

Practice makes perfect.

Ask everybody to stand up.

You're strong enough,
you're smart enough,

you got enough personality,
you got enough swagger.

Everybody's not against you.

Make no mistake,
some people are.

All I can promise you is
we're for you,

but more important than that,

is for you to be for yourself

and as brothers in this process.

So, dream your dreams,

and make them happen.

God bless you.

-[indistinct chatter]
-[applause]

[light music playing]

You registered to vote?

Um, no, not really,
uh, I want to.

-You want to? Okay.
-I want to, yes.

So, where can you register?

I think I did,
but I don't know where to go at.

-That's what I did,
'cause I checked off.
-Janet Murguía: Yeah.

-You need to find
your polling place.
-Yes, yes.

So, we're gonna leave
you some information

about where to go, or--

Marc Morial: Janet Murguía is
the CEO of Unidos,

which is the nation's largest,

historic Latino
civil rights organization.

Janet and I have
become close friends

and professional collaborators
on a range of issues.

So, we're workin' together
to try to make sure

-we get everybody out
to vote on election day.
-So, do you have any,

uh, anybody--
any other voters in your home?

Uh, my brother, my brother

-lives here with me.
-Okay.

-Yes.
-So, please share and make sure

he gets out and votes.

Curtis!

-[laughter]
-Alright, we'll call Curtis.

We'll get Curtis out.

I saw in Marc, immediately,

someone who understood
the importance

of working across communities,
of building coalitions.

Marc Morial:
Does anybody know
how old you have to be

-in order to vote?
-child 1: 21.

-No.
-child 2: 18.

-Morial/Murguía: 18!
-Say, "18."

-children: 18!
-Say, "When I'm 18."

-children: When I'm 18.
-"I will register."

-children: I will register.
-"To vote."

-children: To vote.
-Okay? Alright?

-Alright.
-Marc Morial: You're doin'
a great job, Auntie.

[church music playing]

[congregation singing]

[churchgoers clapping]

♪♪

-[song concludes]
-[applause]

I'm here to say that there
is a tent of wickedness

when it comes
to democracy in America today.

Those who dwell in that tent...
they are people who are seeking

to make it more difficult

for people all across
the nation to vote.

Uh, they say you've got
to have a photo ID to vote.

They say in Georgia

that when you fill out
your voter registration form,

if you have one letter,
or one hyphen,

or one period wrong,
we have the right to reject it.

And in this election,

we wanna send the loudest
message to Washington, D.C.,

whoever lives
in a big house,
a little house,

a purple house, a green house,
or a White House.

[applause]

I became president
of the National Urban League
in 2003.

The National Urban League
is a legendary civil rights
organization,

which had been led
by people who were iconic.

Whitney Young,
one of the big six

civil rights leaders
of the 1960s.

And then, of course
Vernon Jordan,

who I had followed him
as a young man

on the pages of "Jet" magazine
and through the press.

And I remember
when I was growing up,

I used to think
that everybody's family

was involved
in civil rights work.

I think I--
I kinda had the sense,

"Well, this is what
everybody does."

My parents were
on the front lines.

We saw them on the front lines,

we understood
the responsibility
of being on the front line,

and it's part of what's
made me who I am today.

My mother's family emanates
from the Whitney Plantation

in St. John Parish, Louisiana.

[birds chirping]

The enslaved girl, Anna,

was impregnated by one
of the master's relatives,

and from that is where
my mother's side of the family
traces their lineage.

[ambient street noise]

Sybil Morial:
I grew up in New Orleans.

We lived in a big house.

My father was a noted
surgeon in the city.

But in those days,

we could not go
to any public places.

Back of the bus,

no, you can't go
to the library,

no, you can't go to the beach,

you can't ride
on a roller coaster.

Um, you couldn't do anything.

My sister was
a year older than I,

and we were riding
our bikes along Esplanade,

and when we got
close to the museum,

all of a sudden,
this policeman

seemed to have come out
of thin air with his stick.

He took his stick
and shook it at us and said,

"You little N's.
Get outta here.

You know you don't belong here."

So, out of the segregation
of the South,

I finished high school
and went to Boston University.

That's when I met
Martin Luther King.

All the Black students
from BU, and Boston College,

and MIT, and Harvard,
we all went to parties.

[light music playing]

Marc Morial:
My father, Dutch Morial,
and my mother

met about a month
after the Supreme Court

decided the "Brown v.
Board of Education" decision.

They were both very
interested in being a part

of the change that
the Brown decision inspired.

crowd [chanting]:
Two, four, six, eight,
we don't wanna integrate!

Marc Morial:
There was a lot
of aggressive rhetoric

directed towards
the integration movement.

Protesters were
all over New Orleans.

But when the schools
became desegregated,

my sister and I went

because that's what
my parents fought for.

I went to school
with white people

from the very
beginning, right,

and I had two sets of friends,

because the neighborhoods
were not integrated.

Your friends at school
were your friends at school,

and your friends at home
were your friends at home.

It's as though I was livin'
in two worlds, simultaneously.

So, this is the house
that I grew up in.

And... there was
a shopping center

about a mile away,

and I remember we'd
always go to Sears.

And what I remembered vividly
is my mother would not allow us

to use the segregated
bathrooms at Sears.

So, if we were out shopping,

and we had to go
to the bathroom,

she said, "You gonna practice
holding it until we go home

because we're not
going into those bathrooms."

So, one of the ways that
people protested segregation

was by not participating.

In 1963,
my father was president

of the New Orleans
branch of the NAACP,

and Medgar Evers,
another NAACP leader,
was assassinated.

Shot in front of his own home.

And there was a thought
that every NAACP leader,

that there would be an effort
to take all of them out.

Sybil Morial:
Dutch got death threats,

and that was the beginning
of the scary part of our lives.

Marc Morial:
They took a precaution.

When my father
would come home,

he would blow the horn.

My mother would come
and she would look around

to see if anyone was there,

and when the coast was clear,
she'd blink the light.

And that was the signal
for my father to come inside.

Sybil Morial:
Even with these
forces against us,

Dutch won a seat
in the legislature.

[jazz music playing]

And Marc wanted to be
with him every minute.

He couldn't wait
for school to close,

so he could go to Baton Rouge

and sit there with his father
in the legislature.

And Dutch would
let him push the button
for a "yes" or "no" vote.

He learned from the master,

he learned
at the kitchen table.

He just loved it.

reporter:
Morial, who will be
the city's first Black mayor

as of May 1st next year

defeated councilman
Joseph DeRosa by 5,471 votes.

[crowd cheering]

Marc Morial:
My father left me with a sense

that elected office

could be an instrument
of real change,

that politics was
maybe a new cutting-edge

in the civil rights movement.

[applause]

administrator:
Repeat after me.

"I, Marc Haydel Morial."

I, Marc Haydel Morial.

-"Do solemnly swear."
-Do solemnly swear.

So, I'm proudest of my time
as mayor of New Orleans,

that we built a strong
operating coalition,

that I called
the Gumbo Coalition,

which include various
elements of the community:

Black and white,
and Hispanic and Asian,

and straight and gay,
and business and labor.

And that whole
Gumbo Coalition was so--

It was a brilliant notion.

Worldwide, everybody
knows what gumbo is.

It-- In a minute, in a second,

you have defined
who you're about.

It's a little bit of this,
a little bit of that,

and using things
that other people
might throw away.

It, it just meant everybody
felt like they were on board.

[on TV] Every career
border patrol agent
I have spoken with

has told me that
walls work, they do work.

At the same time,
we do not need 2,000 miles
of concrete wall

from sea to shiny sea,
we never did.

-[Murguía laughs]
-Never proposed that.
We never wanted that.

No money for border wall
in this deal.

-Marc Morial: He capitulated.
-If he ain't get it now,

he ain't gonna get it.
[laughs]

Marc Morial:
This administration
has staked its claim

on an extreme
anti-immigration...
message and policy.

And the wall is a symbol

-of, "Keep immigrants
of color out."
-Janet Murguía: Yeah. Yep.

It's clear, it's unambiguous.

And the vast majority
of Americans reject it.

And of course,
beyond that, we now deal with

the most extreme
anti-immigrant, uh, policies

at the national level.

[emotional] Let me take you back
to February 22, 2017.

It was a day me and my husband,
and Carmen woke up,

dropped off Walter to school,

and planned to go
to Chuck E. Cheese afterwards.

Me and Jose
went into ICE facilities
for a routine check-in,

where our appointment
was at 9:00.

Instead of signing
our paper and telling us,

"We'll see you next year,"

the guy took us in...
and asked us,

"Where do you live?
Who do you live with?

Are you a criminal?"

Immediately,
I looked at him and I said,

"Sir, why are you asking
those questions?"

He said, "Now, with this
new administration,

everything has changed."

And I said, "I understand,

however,
you can look at his record.
He's not a criminal."

He sent us out to the lobby,
and after an hour had passed,

I decided to knock on the door,

and he goes, "Open the door.
He's gonna come with me anyway.

Let her say goodbye."

I pushed a door.

I saw Jose sitting in a chair
with five men around him.

He had been crying
because there were
tears on the floor,

and I said, "What's going on?"
And Jose said, "I'm sorry."

And I said, "Why are you sorry?"

He picked up his hands,
he was already handcuffed,

and I asked,
"What are you doing?"

"Your time is up."
That was it.

They had to-- escorted me out
because I refused to leave.

Carmen was crying,
trying to reach for Daddy.

Jose was crying,
saying, "Please leave.

I don't want her
to see me this way."

I said, "Papi, I got you,
don't worry about it.

This isn't over."

The week later,
Jose was sent to El Salvador.

It was so life-changing,
I can't even tell you.

I stand before you
because what happened
to my family

is happening
to so many other families,

and it's so unfair.

And if I can be this loud
for my children and my husband,

I will continue
to do it for others

who are too afraid to do it.
Thank you.

[applause]

I've heard that you
have gotten some letters

-that have not been so kind.
-Threat letters,

-yes.
-Really?

Some of them are random letters

that call us idiots or... dumb.

But this one letter
that was so long,

-I thought it was
a prayer letter...
-Mm-hmm.

...because it had a cross.

When I opened it,

it said... "Dear Ms. Escobar,

"How stupid were you
to marry an illegal immigrant

"and allow him
to put sperm in you"...

-Mm.
-..."so you could have
his wetback children?

"Kill them and kill yourself
because you're not American.

You don't represent America."
I couldn't read it.

-Mm.
-I just teared it
and Walter goes,

"Is it trash?"
I'm like, "It's trash, Papi.
It's trash."

Janet Murguía:
Mm, I can't believe that.

-Oh, it was bad.
-Oh, my God.

When I started
in this role to head

a major Latino civil rights
and advocacy organization,

I thought that we were
further along as a country.

This job, I mean, it is
the role of a lifetime really,

but it is
an awesome responsibility.

And little did I realize
that there was still

a lot of unresolved issues
and deep divisions.

Illegal aliens
are in the country,

including many
murderers and rapists.

Our wide open
borders mean that

this country is
highly vulnerable

to all sorts
of contagious diseases.

Tuberculosis, uh,
leprosy, malaria?

-Leprosy, in this country?
-Incredible.

[news theme plays]

You accused me of being,
basically, a hate-monger.

And the reality is...
I'm not and you know that.

-Janet Murguía: Well-- Okay.
-So, let's get to

what in the world are you
doing with this organization?

Well, I think the key fact is
that we can document now

a wave of hate and different
ways in which that...

-Lou Dobbs:
No, I wanna be specific.
-...different ways in which

the hate is manifested.

-You're talkin' about me.
-Let me, let me just make

-my case.
-Sure.

Janet Murguía:
This is Chris Simcox.

He's been on your show
five times, on CNN.

-Dobbs: ...one of the founders--
-Founder of
the Minuteman Project.

He was convicted,
arrested and convicted,

of carrying a gun
into a national park,

searching for undocumented
immigrants.

Putting him on the airwaves

and saying that he's an expert
on immigration reform,

that's ridiculous--

The reality is you
can't stand the fact

that we have free speech
in this country,

-that you can be opposed,
and opposed effectively...
-Free speech is one thing,

-hate speech is another, Lou.
-...by people who care about
reason in this country.

Hate speech has consequences.

We saw a rise in hate crimes
against Hispanics

raise by 23% and twice that
in California.

-Hate speech has consequences.
-Janet, okay, is it my turn?

Janet Murguía: Uh, you have
the mic every night.

When we made our case,

Lou Dobbs was
kicked off of CNN.

But, ya know,
it also increased
attacks on Unidos.

[caller 1 speaking]

[caller 2 speaking]

-[email notification chimes]
-caller 3: You should kiss

the floor of this country.

Suck it, bitch.

[phone beeping]

But I like to think
that I inherited

a sense of toughness
from my father.

My dad worked
in a steel plant.

God, I remember him telling
the story of going to work,

and one of the colleagues

trying to direct him
to a separate bathroom.

He was working in a department
where they said,

"Well, we have
a bathroom for the whites

and there's another
bathroom for Mexicans."

And he said,
"I'm not gonna go far away
to use another bathroom

and I'm gonna go
to this bathroom."

And somebody stood in his way,

said, "You can't
use this bathroom."

And he punched
the guy in the nose.

So, he liked to tell
that story as,

I think, emblematic of,
"You have to stand up
for yourself."

[mellow music playing]

My father worked
very hard to support a family
of, uh, seven kids.

My mom stayed at home,
but did all the housework,

all the washing of clothes,
the cooking of food.

Janet Murguía:
When my parents
moved into the house,

there were nine of us
with one bedroom

and one bathroom.

We didn't have a lot
of resources growing up,

but my parents, ya know,
they just made things work.

Ya know, Janet and I had
very traditional roles.

My boy-- The boys had
very traditional roles.

We cleaned,

we had to turn down
our brothers' beds

at night when they were
ready to go to sleep,

and, uh, that was a,

-ya know--
-Although, there was
a stand taken

when we were in high school

and we decided
we're not gonna turn down

our brothers' beds anymore.

Mary Murguía:
We're not gonna do the turn-down

service anymore.

-We were in high school!
-[both laughing]

Janet Murguía:
But, uh, ya know,
as you get older,

as we became more educated,

and, and started
to see the headlines
in the early '70s,

and we understood
that things were changing.

both [singing]:
♪ I am woman, hear me roar ♪

♪ In numbers too big to ignore

♪ And I know too much
to go back and pretend ♪

♪ Yes, I'm strong

♪ I am invincible, I am woman

-Well, sorry, we could've...
-Somethin' along those lines.

-...practiced more.
-[laughter]

Janet Murguía: We went
to the University of Kansas,

and, uh, we were
assigned to different rooms
in a certain dorm.

And one of the women
that I was assigned to, uh,

she made a point in

making her grievance
to the dorm administrators,

that, uh, ya know...
I was a Mexican,

and that she had
never lived with or--

Ya know, she didn't--
couldn't see herself living,

uh, ya know,
and going through school
with, with me with her.

And so, uh, ya know,

again I think
she was more disappointed
that she didn't get to--

assigned who she wanted,
uh, to be assigned to.

But as I look back
on it now, it does sting.

I was just who I was.

It turned out for the best
because I ended up rooming

with, with
my twin sister, Mary,

and then we went
to law school together.

Despite the challenges,

my parents were able to see
my brother Ramon graduate,

uh, from Harvard Law School,

to see Mary go on to serve
on the U.S. Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals,

and then to see me
work in the White House

in the Office
of Legislative Affairs.

I'll never forget
taking my parents

to meet President Clinton.

Just before we went
into the Oval Office,

my mom had a tear
coming down her face,

and she said,
"Como llegamos está aqui?"

How did we get here?

And about that moment,
they opened the door

and we were ushered
into the Oval Office.

Mr. President,
I want you to meet my parents.

-[indistinct chatter]
-This is my mom.

And my dad made a beeline
to President Clinton,

uh, standing in front
of the Resolute desk,

and he said,
"Mr. President,
I wanna thank you

for giving my daughter
this job, this opportunity."

He was very matter
of fact like that.

And I'll never forget,
President Clinton said,

"Ya know what, Mr. Murguía,

"I hired Janet,
and, and she walked
you into this office,

but you're the ones
who got her here."

And, ya know, that was
just a great, great moment.

Probably one
of my best memories ever.

Can we take one
with your parents?
Come on, Dad.

Janet Murguía:
I hope that that moment
helped them understand

their full contributions
to making this a better country.

[ambient street noise]

[bicycle whizzes by]

Marc Morial:
Janet and I have
worked for years

on criminal justice reform.

The National Urban League now
may have a narrow opportunity

to do something significant.

The bill is the "First Step Act"

and, ya know,
the "First Step Act"

has taken prison reform
and sentencing reform

and merged them
together into a single bill.

And the impact of it is,

is to allow some people
who are in jail

to be immediately released.

Half the federal prison
population is non-violent
drug offenders.

I mean, people tend
to wanna paint a caricature...

-Senator Cory Booker: Yes.
-...that it's all about
murderers.

And that's not what
we're talkin' about here.

We're talkin' about,
ya know, a lot of people

in there for possession,

small amounts of low-level,
street-level trafficking.

I mean, just a lot of, ya know,
stuff that, uh, ya know,

really, really never warranted
long prison sentences.

Right. 2016, we had more
marijuana arrests in America

than violent crime arrests.

-Marc Morial: Wow.
-And, and so you have people

in this country wallowing
in jail for doing things

two of the last three
presidents admitted to doing.

Marc Morial:
I think we're gonna affect,
what, 3,000 right off the bat.

-Close to 3,000.
-Right off the bat.

90% of 'em are Black,
6% are Latino.

-Wow! Is that the number?
-Yes.

-Ninety.
-Ninety.

Marc Morial:
Oh, wow.

Mitch McConnell's decided
to bring criminal justice reform

to the Senate floor
as soon as this week.

-Hm.
-Oh, wow!

-Hmm.
-Talk about movement.

So, it's a win
and a lot of work.

How long have you been
working on it, though, Marc?

I think we've been
workin' on this, really
in a concerted way,

probably for the last
four or five years,

and I'm confident if, uh,
we have a vote on this bill

before Congress
breaks for Christmas,

we're gonna have a big victory.

reporter 1: The fact that this
is coming up for a vote,

and widely expected to pass
the Senate is no small feat.

Jared Kushner deserves
a lotta credit.

-Obviously, this is
personal for him...
-Yeah.

reporter 1:
...his father was in prison.

This is something
he has been fighting for.

reporter 2:
New Jersey-based developer,
Charles Kushner,

is charged
with hiring a prostitute

to blackmail two witnesses

in a federal investigation
where he is a target.

Mr. Kushner engaged
in a conspiracy
to entice witnesses

into engaging in sex acts
with prostitutes,

and to have those
sex acts then videotaped.

This arrest highlights some
of the lowest forms of blackmail

an individual can use to attempt
to dissuade an individual

from cooperating
with law enforcement
authorities.

How are you, Tina?
Good to see you.

-You too.
-Thank you for having me.

-Hey, what's goin' on?
-Hey. How are you?

-Good to see you.
-Marc Morial: Thanks for comin'.

Jared Kushner:
We have a good day today.

Marc Morial:
Yeah! We, uh--

I just saw some
good news, right?

-Kushner: Yeah, it's true.
-You wanna tell me about it?

-Yeah, no, we just, uh--
-It's real, huh?

I mean, as you--
Jared, honestly, as you,

as you walked in,
the alert came over.

-Yeah.
-Yeah.

Now we just have
to keep the pressure up,

so we can bring this thing home.

Marc Morial:
Well, I'm excited
that we got here

and I think, uh,
Washington politics, to me--

I grew up in loc--
state and local politics

where it just isn't as partisan,

and I remember
how difficult this had been

to get something done when
President Obama was in office.

And I said, "Look, we have
an opportunity here

"because, uh, we've
got the, the president

"that we may not agree
with on policy issues
too often, poised,

ya know, we've got Jared
who's well-positioned
and really has passion."

-We ended up to do more
than anyone imagined.
-Oh, yeah.

Being in the White House,
there was a lot of things

I was asked to do initially

and this is one of the things

that I spent a lotta time on

because I, personally,
wished that,

uh, when I was going
through my experience,

that somebody in the White House
who was in my position

cared about the issue,
uh, like I do

and, and would work on it.

Obviously, I had a family member

-that went through
the prison system...
-Right, right.

...and, uh, have
a lot of friends,

uh, who I met
through that experience,

and then when you came on board,

it really helped, uh, members
of the Democratic party,

it gave them almost
permission to work with,

uh, Trump and the Republicans

because I think people saw
that we weren't gonna make

-this a political issue.
-Well, ya know,
Mitch McConnell and I

have, uh, had many, many
discussions over the years,

and one thing he,
uh, prides himself on

is having, quote-unquote,

"Never voted against
a civil rights bill"...

-Mm-hmm.
-..."in the time
he's been in Congress."

And when I saw that,
I said, ya know,

I-I'd like to go talk to him
and remind him of that.

-Well, this is--
-He might've heard that message.

I have him marked down
as undecided right now,

-so, so we'll see.
-Oh, do you?
So, he's gonna let it vote,

-so we need to--
-Yeah, so, maybe
you'll give him a call.

-Marc Morial:
We need to remind him.
-And if you give him a call,

I've had so many
people callin' him

askin' him to, to push the bill.

Maybe call him
and just thank him.

-That's a good idea.
-Let's get his vote.

Let's see if we
can get that done.

Marc Morial:
I learned from my father

that, sometimes, you have
to work with your adversaries,

and in today's fractured,

contentious... difficult
political environment,

I wanted to put the interests
of the men and the women

who are incarcerated
above politics.

Even if we have to align
with an administration that,

for the most part,
we fundamentally disagree.

[ambient nature sounds]

Don Lemon [on TV]:
Here's our breaking
news tonight.

The Senate, overwhelmingly,
passing a major prison

and sentence reform bill,
the vote 87 to 12.

The bill, known
as the "First Step Act",

was backed by the White House
and negotiated with the help

of the president's son-in-law.

speaker [on TV]:
It's the beginning
of a new era

of rethinking
criminal justice.

[mellow music playing]

Antuane Waddy:
I really hope that the S.O.S.
program succeed,

because if I can do it,
any other guy can do it.

As a kid, I used to always
wanna be a EMT/EMS,

ya know, ambulance driver.

I used to always see
the truck go by.

Ya know, one time, it got stuck

durin' a winter storm
on our hill in front
of the house

and we had to help 'em out.

They had a patient in the back.

So, it just kinda drive--
ya know, drove me

to really wanna be
a part of that.

As a kid, I-I-I ori--
I originally grew up
in Oklahoma,

bounced back and forth,

and then we moved
to St. Louis.

But I experienced
physical abuse on my visits.

I used to come back
with big welts on my back,

ya know...
all kinda stuff happened,

locked in a closet at night.

[emotional]
Um... not only me--

not, not only me,
but my little brother, um,

and my little sister
was also abused.

Ya know, seein' that,
I started to repeat it as a kid.

Not even if I was
beatin' on somebody,

but just gettin' into fights,

and, you know,
I always had anger outbursts,

and... I was always
in trouble in school.

I just think that all
the abuse and stuff

played a major part
in my upbringing.

Yeah, the feeling is just,
like, overwhelmin', like,

I can feel
my heart beatin',
I'm sweatin'.

It's been a long time comin'.

[wind blowing]

[chuckles]

[crying]

Rose Waddy [crying]:
It's over, it's over.

-It's over, it's over.
-Yep, and I'm all good.

Rose Waddy:
It's over, it's over.

And when I, when I got out,

and brother Dennis
will attest to this,

I had a job
within a couple days.

-speaker:
Man, he wasn't playin'.
-Like, I was like a--

I was like a cannon, you know?

And, and I was blessed
'cause I had a vehicle,

-you know, and--
-speaker: And good parents.

-And, and great parents.
And great parents.
-[laughter]

-Gibson-Bey: 'Cause
everybody been lyin' to me.
-speaker: Oh, I got you, homie.

Gibson-Bey:
It is, everybody
been lyin' to me.

Dennis:
Is that Waddy? Ha! Ha-ha-ha!

You're late! [laughs]
What's up, dawg?

Antuane Waddy:
Before we left Algoa,

-ya know, my dream was
to be a paramedic, right?
-An EMT.

-Yeah, most definitely.
-Yeah, EMT, yeah.

So, when I got out,
they accepted me,

I put my application in,
they, they pulled me in.

I went through
a physical training.

They wanted to see
if you could handle
the, the duties of the job,

-like all the weight.
-Dennis: So, did you do it?

Yeah, I passed
with flyin' colors.

So, tomorrow was my orientation

-for the actual first day.
-"Was"?

Yeah, "was".

-You ain't get it?
-No.

Uh, we went up there
and we sit in the office,

and I tell the lady,
she was like, "Yo,

"s-- we got
your background check in

"literally about 20 minutes ago

"and, uh, there's some
things on there that,

-that disqualify you
for employment here."
-Wow.

And I was like, "Okay,"

and then I wasn't down about it,
I was like, "Alright."

-Dennis: You gotta have plan B.
-Yeah.

-Gibson-Bey:
Yeah, you got to, though.
-Dennis: Yeah.

♪♪

Even though I did
get denied for my EMT stuff,
I'm not down about it,

because I just
started to see a girl.

I met her when I came home.

First, we were just
seein' each other,

now, I'm pretty much
stayin' with her.

My girl and her four kids,
ya know, I accepted that

and that's my life now.

So... it's not just
about me anymore.

Rose Escobar:
Good morning, Carmen!

Good morning!

-Alright, let's do this, okay?
-[toothbrush buzzing]

How many more days,
Walter, 'til Halloween?

I think, 14?

Rose Escobar:
Fourteen.

Carmen, who you gonna be?

-Supergirl, right?
-I'm gonna be Superman.

Rose Escobar:
That's right.

Super Escobars.

Alrighty.

You think Daddy's up?

Yeah, I think so.

You wanna show
Daddy your donuts?

Alright, chiquita,you ready?

Jose, these kids will not
eat, like, bacon and stuff,

they just want donuts.

And I said, "Alright."
Alright, there's yours.

-[Carmen clears throat]
-You okay? You wanna
talk to Daddy? Yeah?

You can talk to Daddy.

Who's that, Carmen? Who is that?

Hey, Carmen!

Say hi.

-No, not today? No.
-Carmen. Carmen, look!

How you doin'?

She says, "Not today."
You don't wanna talk to Daddy?

She won't, she won't talk a lot.

She'll only talk if Walter
asks her something.

Alright, chiquita.

[flag flapping in wind]

Rose's husband, Jose,
was deported to El Salvador,

a country he has not seen

since he was 15 years old,

over a paperwork problem

that occurred
more than a decade ago.

We put together
a campaign to bring back Jose

with Senator Schumer,
with Senator Kamala Harris.

I think we're
at an inflection moment

in the history of our country.

I think of this as being
a moment in time

similar to that moment in time

when my parents met
when they were active

in the civil rights movement
in the 1960s.

I think this is a moment in time

that is challenging
us as a country

to look in a mirror

and ask this question:
"Who are we?"

Rose Escobar:
It's amazing what
Unidos did for me.

It was different camera crews
back to back to back to back.

We're living our happy
American dream

and it was just ripped away.

It's not fair.

I'm a U.S. citizen.

I've been trying
to do the right thing,

but there's no pathway.

Janet Murguía:
We didn't give up,
and we worked with

other organizations,

and Rose reached out
to quite a few folks.

Rose Escobar:
Congressman Al Green
saw me on TV.

The next week,
I went to his office.

And I walked out,
the last thing he said
to me is,

"I promise I will bring
your husband home,

I will be the one
to bring him home."

Janet Murguía:
And today,

I am very pleased

to announce that
after two long years,

Team Escobar
has finally been reunited.

Please welcome Jose Escobar,

who is here with his wife, Rose,
and their daughter, Carmen.

[cheering, applause]

[indistinct chatter]

This whole thing
was a wake-up call,

and now the help
that we received,

now it's time for us
to give that back,

and help other families.

Every time there's
a march, I'm there,

every time that
there's a rally, I'm there.

I mean, my motivation
was my family,

but now that we're together,
now it's just something

that we're gonna do together.

[sirens wailing]

reporter:
Now to a Fox News Alert.

We're following reports

of an active shooter
situation.

police officer:
I need tactical units
to go ahead

and start responding.

[gunfire]

[panicked chatter]

speaker:
Come on, come on, come on!

[indistinct shouting]

-[helicopter hovering]
-[sirens wailing]

Got a level one, level one!
Level one right here.

speaker:
Go! Go, go, go, go!

[indistinct chatter]

reporter 1:
This is now one of the top 10

deadliest mass shootings
in U.S. history.

reporter 2:
The shooter uses words such
as "invasion" and "fake news"

that have been staples
of the president's tweets
and speeches.

Los Angeles
Congresswoman Karen Bass.

Representative Karen Bass:
If you read the, the
quote-unquote manifesto,

it reads like a script
from a Trump rally.

President Donald J. Trump:
This is an invasion.

I mean, when you have
15,000 people marching up

and you have hundreds
and hundreds of people

and you have two
or three border security people

that are brave and great.

And don't forget,
we don't let them

and we can't let
them use weapons.

We can't. Other countries do.
We can't. I would never do that.

But how do you
stop these people?

-[audience member speaks]
-You can't. There's no--

[crowd laughing]

That's only in the panhandle

you can get away
with that statement.

[cheering, applause]

-[ambient nature sounds]
-[distant traffic noise]

My parents, on Saturdays,
would go to the local Walmart,

in Kansas.

That was a typical
part of their routine.

I can't imagine that somehow

these simple, humble,
hardworking people

would be targets
of someone's hate,

the same way that we saw here.

So, this is personal
for all of us

who can relate to these stories,

to these people,
and their, and their journeys.

It's, uh, it's unthinkable.

[indistinct chatter]

Marc Morial: When you see what's
going on in America today

with all the violence,

what do you expect
from the leaders of the nation,

uh, when you face
these kind of tragedies?

What are your feelings?

Well, sometimes,
it's not always the case
of a person getting a gun,

it's not always the case
of, "He's mentally ill."

Sometimes,
it's just a person hating.

The problem that my generation
will have to deal with is,

what's the difference
between freedom of speech

and hate speech?

How does it
compare and contrast,

and how do we handle that?

-Mm-hmm.
-And that is gonna be an issue,

that is gonna be,
uh, like, a, a question

that we will have to,
we will have to solve.

Marc Morial:
How many of you think
racism is on the rise?

How many of you think
racism is, is, is going away?

I don't feel as though
racism is on the rise,

but it's more coming out now

because of who's
in the office at this time.

Um, I do believe
we have a political problem,

but the only way
to fix the problem is

if we get out and vote.

We need more people
to actually vote than we do now.

Marc Morial:
I'll challenge you all
to make your voices heard,

make your voices loud.

The 2020 election is gonna
be crucially important.

So, on the public
policy front,

we are helping people

who are returning
from incarceration

to get back the right to vote.

And so, this is taking place

in state legislatures
around the country.

Hello. Look at the design
of this place, man.

Oh, would you look at that?

Wow.

It's great in here.

Senator Jamilah Nasheed:
As of today, individuals who

are on parole
or probation cannot vote.

Some of those individuals

may be on parole
for 10 to 15 years.

They are payin' their taxes,

they're goin'
to work every day.

This is not about
being soft on crime.

The heavy liftin' is
gonna be on the Senate floor

where I have to have 18 votes.

And so, I'm gonna
have to strive hard

to change the hearts
and the minds of many
of my colleagues.

You're, You're not saying,
are you, that, that while you're

on probation or on parole,

it's not part
of your sentence, are you?

You said someone who
had completed their sentence

should get their vote back.

No, what I'm sayin' is if--

those that have completed
their sentence in prison.

-Inside the prison.
-Senator Ed Emery:
'Kay, so the, so the only--

So, if, if, if you
didn't want this to happen,

the only way to stop it,
with your legislation in place,

would be to keep them in prison

rather than release
them on parole.

Is that right?

I mean, [stammers]
you're sayin' that,
I'm not sayin' that.

-That's what
you're sayin', Senator.
-Senator Emery: Do you know--

Do you have any idea
what the recidivism rate is

on nonviolent, um, offenders?

Senator Nasheed:
I would say approximately 65%.
65 to 70%.

Do you think that should have
any impact on this legislation,

-that you have 65% recidivism?
-Senator Nasheed: Well,
if they recidivise,

if they recidivise,
then their, their rights

are taken away from them.

They won't have the right
to vote at that point.

But in the meantime,
they've been able to vote...

-Senator Nasheed:
Yep, that's, that's right.
-...even though they didn't

necessarily, uh, change
their attitude towards the law.

Th-- Is that a quest-- What?
Is that a question or a comment?

Did you--
You listed Colorado
as one of the states

that had, had, uh, made
this change in their law.

Was that before
or after they legalized
recreational marijuana?

-[chuckling]
-Senator Nasheed:
I don't know, uh, Mr. Chair.

I mean, I don't know
where you goin'

with that, with that stat.

Thank you.

speaker:
So, first witness would like

to come forward.

Bradley Cobb:
Um, [clears throat]
my name is Bradley Cobb

and I'm a formerly
incarcerated convict

representing the Urban League
and the S.O.S. program.

I work two jobs,
I have two daughters,

when will my debt be paid?

It's hard for me
to tell my daughters that

this is the greatest
country on Earth

when they're still
holdin' things against me.

It was James Otis,
the colonist, who said that

taxation without represat--
representation is tyranny.

And are we gonna sit
and participate in tyranny

amongst our fellow
Missouri citizens,

because of some outdated law?

If I'm out on parole,

and I own a house,
or I'm payin' my taxes,

and doin' my, ya know,
doin' what I need to do

to provide for my family,
in a legal way,

shouldn't I be
allowed to participate
in the political process?

They always say,
"Oh, we want people to get out,

we want 'em to, ya know,
be good citizens."

Well, how can I be a citizen
when I can't be a citizen?

[birds chirping]

[dog barking]

[indistinct chatter]

-Hey, son, what's goin' on?
-Hey. Nothin' much.

Mary Cobb:
My son, Bradley,

when he was incarcerated,

he was talkin'
to the kids on the phone.

Samaya runs to the phone, she--

"Hi, Daddy!" Blah, blah, blah.

But Amani said,
"I'm not talkin' to him."

And I said, "Why?"

And she said,
"Because we weren't enough.

He didn't love me
and he didn't love Samaya."

I told him
I feel the same way,

I wasn't enough either.

So, until you decide
that you've had enough,

you'll never change.

But I'm gonna be here
for those girls as long
as I live.

Bradley Cobb:
I went to prison
for burglaries,

and I would steal
to supply my habit.

I-I started with the pain pills
because I had been injured,

and, uh, then when
I couldn't get 'em anymore,

I was usin' heroin,

and the biggest thing
as a heroin addict

that you don't want,
is to get sick.

So, you end up spendin'
most of your time

trying not to go
through withdrawals,

ya know, and it just
takes over your life.

And... I will never
forget the moment

when I got
to the prison in Missouri.

It's the dead of winter.

They say, "Strip down,
show us your, your butt,
open your buttocks,

show us your anus, cough,"
all this stuff.

And then, pulls this
ice cold bug spray out

and sprays you...
from head to toe,

and throws you in the shower,

a cold shower.

So, to come from a pretty
carefree existence growin' up

to... essentially bein' raped,

I would say that
that was the moment
I lost my innocence.

That was the moment
where somethin' changed in me

where I became harder
and more...

um, callused, I-I guess.

Mary Cobb:
Nobody knows when
you're incarcerated

how the loved ones feel at home.

Ya know,
I see you with your children
and they really love you.

Even that simple gesture
of reading them a book,

that was a big deal.

So I knew that
there was somethin'

inherently good in you,

and that's why I couldn't
turn my back on you.

And it has paid off.
It took a while. Ha-ha!

The blessing came
with the Urban League
and, uh, Save Our Sons.

And then, o-once he got out...
he, uh, kept it up, kept--

came home on a Wednesday,
workin' on a Saturday.

Bradley Cobb:
Alright. So, uh,
I'm gonna be goin'

back to work in a minute,
so I love you.

Amani Cobb [sadly]: Oh.
Let's go to the water park!

Bradley Cobb:
No...

Hey, good morning.

-[indistinct chatter]
-Good morning, good morning.

Oh, hey.

Hey, we were back there
in the green room talkin' to--

Marc Morial:
Biden's about to come out.
-Who?

-Biden.
-Mason Morial: Okay.

Marc Morial:
I think the challenge for us

is my wife and I both
have careers that we love,

so we're both out a lot.

Stay here and take
a picture with Biden

and then you can sit down.

We're always juggling

trying to be
responsible parents

and also give everything
we have to our careers

and to our professions.

Marc is like this

incredibly independent force.

What's up, Senator?
Good to see you, man.

Michelle Miller:
But really deep down inside,

he, he really needs his peeps.

And I'm his peep.
I'm his Chief Peep.

But he leans on us.

So, my dad told me, like,
he really wants me to come

with, like, all the presidential
candidates here.

You know, I'm 'bout to be 18,

'bout to be able to vote
and all that.

So, he said, like, this is
kind of a good precursor,

'cause I'm voting
in the next election.

Marc Morial:
Hey. [chuckles]

Hey... What's happenin',
Mr. Vice President?

-Good to see you.
Good to see you, man.
-Good to see you.

-How you doin'?
-You make me feel bad, man.

-Hey!
-How are ya? Nice to see ya.

-Michelle, how are you?
-Michelle. [kisses]

-Great to see you.
-Wonderful.

-And our son, Mason.
-[crosstalk]

-Vice President Joe Biden:
How are ya, man?
-I'm good, I'm good, I'm good.

-Vice President Biden:
Good to see you.
-First-time voter in 2020,

so you gotta work on him.

-[crosstalk]
-[laughter]

-[applause]
-Alright. [laughs]

Hey, everyone.

Vice President Biden:
And I promise you one thing:

if I am your president

I need you to be an integral
part of an administration.

I-I genuinely mean it.

And the bad news is,

if and when I get elected,

you're gonna see
less of this guy.

[laughter]

[ambient nature sounds]

W.H.O. Director General [on TV]:
W.H.O. has been
assessing this outbreak

around the clock
and we have called every day

for countries to take
urgent and aggressive action.

Why is it not--
Am-Am I sideways or straight?

I-- See, I'm straight,
you're crooked.

Uh, let me see how to do this.

-Oops.
-speaker 1 [over computer]:
Oh, boy.

Marc Morial [over computer]:
Aw, shit.

Oops... I did
something else now.

Alright, can ya hear me now?

Is that better for me?
Can you guys hear me?

speaker 2 [over computer]:
We can hear you.

I've been home now,

this is day number,
day number 10.

Ten work days,
and look, I've got...
the iPhone,

I've got an iPad,
I've got the computer,
and the landline,

so I've-- I'm workin', ya know,
three screens at one time.

[ambient street noise]

[over computer]
Hey, Janet, I don't see you.

Hey, how ya doin', man?

What's happenin'?
How ya doin'?

Janet Murguía [over computer]:
[laughs] Hangin' in there,
how 'bout you?

Marc Morial:
Michelle put me out
of the livin' room,

she put me out of the kitchen,
she said I talk too loud.

I'm, I'm, I'm on the phone,
she can't hear,

so I've been, I've been banished
to my little office, right?

I have my little office here.

-And so--
-That conversation sounds
very familiar. [laughs]

["El Paso" by Marty Robbins
playing over speakers]

[singing along]

So, it's Enchilada Sunday.

[music continues]

[Janet singing along]

-[hair clippers buzzing]
-So, we have it on a medium size

-trim here, right?
-Yeah, go slow.

Janet Murguía:
Now, see here, I apparently cut

a little bit more
than I should've there,

but, Mauro, you said it's okay
'cause it's gonna grow back.

-It'll grow back.
-[laughs] So--

-Thank you, honey.
-Aww.

-Three... two.
-[Marc grunting]

-[heavy breathing]
-trainer [on phone]: Very nice.

[cars honking]

[cheering]

speaker: One, two, three!

[laughter]

["Rumors" by Sharon Jones
& The Dap-Kings playing]

Vice President Biden
[over computer]: Everybody,
I'm not sure who's on.

-And how 'bout Marc Morial?
-I'm right here.

I'm right here,
Mr. Vice President.

-Good afternoon.
-Vice President Biden:
Hey, good,

good to hear your voice, man.

-I gotta catch up
with you. Anyway...
-Yep.

Vice President Biden:
...there are a couple
of reasons

I wanted to convene the call.
First and foremost...

Mason Morial:
It's Biden! It's Biden!

-...I really wanted to hear

what you think about
what I should be doin'

because I think this pandemic
has ripped the blinders off.

The American people
are now seeing

just how, how difficult
it has been for,

particularly,
African Americans
and Latino communities.

Representative Marcia Fudge
[over computer]:
Mr. Morial.

Yeah, thank you very much,
uh, Congresswoman Fudge.

And first of all,
Mr. Vice President,

congratulations on becoming
the putative nominee

of the Democratic Party
and the standard-bearer.

I'll make this point,

the importance of judicial
appointments, uh,

and the tragedy we face
with the current administration

with probably the lowest number
of African Americans and women,

maybe since Eisenhower.

Uh, it's a tragedy what's
happened to the judiciary.

It needs to be
an issue in the election.

Representative Fudge:
Thank you, thank you,
thank you.

Um, last but not least,
uh, Reverend Sharpton.

[Reverend Al Sharpton
speaking over computer]

[indistinct chatter]

Reverend Al Sharpton:
I think that shows a lot,

and I think it means
a lot to us.

[indistinct chatter]

President Trump:
Also had some very good
updates on the virus.

We're doing a great job
with it and it will go away.
Just stay calm.

And our, our, uh,
death totals, our numbers
per million people

are really, uh,
very, very strong.

Uh, we're, we're very proud
of the job we've done.

reporter:
The Urban League
of Metropolitan St. Louis

hosted a drive-through
food giveaway today.

And people lined up
for miles down
Jennings Station Road.

We're here tryna
empower 1,000 families

with basic needs,
necessities, toiletries.

Everything that pretty much
makes your house into a home.

We're tryna undergird
the most underserved
people in our community

'cause that's really what time
it is in light of, you know,

the epidemic
or the pandemic, that is,

that's goin' on today
with this COVID-19.

["Show Out" by Unk
playing on speakers]

♪ Now bust a move
I'm 'bout to show 'em ♪

♪ This is what I do

♪ Now do it lil',
now do it lil' ♪

♪ Now do it right,
now do it right ♪

♪ Now jig with it,
now jig with it ♪

♪ Now walk with me,
now walk with me ♪

Bradley Cobb:
You want a job?

Sometime next week,
Monday or Tuesday.

Matter of fact,
and then we got a job

-for Monday with Profast.
-Sure do.

Text to my phone,
this is my cell number.

Dennis:
Okay, we gon' text you, bro.

Bradley Cobb is doin'
phenomenal work

and that's how he was
able to move forward

and get a job
with Save Our Sons.

That's really never happened,

that was pretty well
unprecedented.

He is the total polar opposite
of Antuane Waddy.

Waddy, against my advice,
pretty well, was goin'

head over heels
into this serious
relationship,

and I was tellin' him that

you need to focus
on gettin' your life together

so you can be, ya know,
an adequate partner

in a, a "potential"
relationship.

And he just wasn't really,
ya know, gettin' that.

[sirens wailing]

[police radio chatter]

[solemn music playing]

[over phone]
Waddy, he was the aggressor.

She tried to get him
outta her face.

He got to punchin'
the shit out of her.

He bit her, blacked her eye.

He took his truck
and rammed it into her house.

And then he went
as far as sayin'

Save Our Sons
wasn't there for him.

[laughs]
I tried to offer
him counseling.

I gave him, like,
four professionals.

And I followed up,
"Did you talk to anybody?"

"Oh, no, I couldn't
get through, man."

She's livin' in
a safe house now

because he's threatened her

like one of those crazy
motherfuckers who's like,

"If I can't have you,
no one can!" type shit.

After this point,
that's the end
of Waddy's story

because he's goin'
back to prison.

So, he got--
his parole was revoked?

He probably have to do maybe
about three or four more years.

Wow.
He hurt somebody

and we can't condone it

in any way, shape or form,

and it has to absolutely
be condemned.

But we gotta realize...

if it doesn't get fixed,

then someone else
could be at risk,

and he's gotta recognize
that he needs serious help.

-Dennis: Mm-hmm.
-And I mean serious help

on the anger management...

-Mm, yeah.
-...side.

Mental health side, right?

-Dennis: Yes, sir.
-Do we have an element
of the program

that can try to work
with him inside the wall?

And, ya know, it's really
like a heart-to-heart.

-Brad was plannin'
to go out to visit him.
-Marc Morial: Good idea.

[raining, thundering]

Rose Waddy:
It's, uh... heartbreaking,
I guess,

-to see you back.
-Antuane Waddy: Yeah, I know.

-It's gon' be aight.
-Rose Waddy: Yeah.

[Antuane laughs]

-Was that Miller?
-Antuane Waddy:
No, that was Bradley.

-Oh. Yeah.
-Bradley's funny.

Rose Waddy:
Yeah, they can't
wait to come in.

-[both chuckling]
-Alright, don't break my back.

Antuane Waddy:
Yeah. I'll try not to.

Meryl Miller:
How are you doin'?

Antuane Waddy:
Hangin' in there.

Bradley Cobb:
You stayin' out the way?

Antuane Waddy:
Yeah, always.

Bradley Cobb:
So, what exactly
are your thoughts

on this situation
at hand right now?

Antuane Waddy:
Can't believe I'm back in here.

Let me ask you this, alright?

What did you do wrong?

I reacted in a way
I shouldn't have reacted.

But she... admitted
to swingin' on me

and bustin' my, my gums,
my lips open.

-She swung on me first.
-Meryl Miller:
No, no, no, no, no.

You're not gonna sit here
and you're not gonna do that,

and you're not gonna
manipulate me,

I can guarantee you that.

Bradley Cobb:
Waddy, there comes
a point in your life

where you just have to say,
"You know what,

I've made the mistakes
that I've made, I was wrong."

Antuane Waddy:
You think I wanted
to come back here?

I don't, I don't think
most people wanted to come here,

but they here,
because they wasn't thinkin'.

Antuane Waddy:
But you sayin' it like
I just pushed the button,

like I'm goin' back
to prison tomorrow.

No, you turned
the thinking button off.

Meryl Miller:
Everything else has happened,
right now we're sittin' here.

What needs to be done

-for that?
-Antuane Waddy: Well, for one,

I need help with my PTSD.

-Meryl Miller: Okay. Alright.
-My post-traumatic stress.

Which I wish I would've
gotten in the beginnin'.

I can go out here,
I can get a job,

I can have a career.

-Meryl Miller:
I didn't question that.
-I can have a girl,

but as soon as my anger
gets to a certain point,

I'm gonna get to a point
where I don't care no more.

Bradley Cobb:
If, if, if-- Let's just say
the Urban League says,

"You know what, we gon',
we gon' get you some therapy,

we gon' take care of the bill."

Would you go?
Would you consistently
do those things?

-There's other factors still.
-Bradley Cobb: I'm just askin'
you a straight question.

This is about you
gettin' your shit together

so that you can get out
and do what you need to do

so you don't come back to jail

and your mama standin'
out there crying, okay?

My mama stood out there cryin',

I don't wanna put her
through that no more.

You wanna keep puttin'
your mama through that shit?

Havin' her drivin'
three hours out here

like a fuckin' little kid?

You're not a kid,
you're a grown-ass man.

Okay, you take responsibility
for your actions,

and you stand up,
and you do what you need to do.

Antuane Waddy:
I already said that
I'd play the part.

Forget sayin' it, do it.

I don't want no help
when I get out.

I don't want no help
from no Urban League or S.O.S.

They ain't
help me the first time,
I don't want it now.

Meryl Miller:
Listen to me, I will insist

before I leave here
that you do see somebody
for mental health.

I'm gonna do what I got to do.

["Queens Highway"
by Menahan Street Band playing]

-[keys jingle]
-[door shuts]

Dennis:
Today is the class reunion

of the Save Our Sons
participants.

♪♪

[indistinct chatter]

We've had most guys make it,
everybody bein' employed.

I have a lot of victories,
but some losses as well.

But however, the payoff is
so great to see these brothers

that we actually
were able to affect,

ya know, positive
change in their lives,

and, and really show the world

what transformative
action is about,

and I think that's good work
at the end of the day, man.

[crosstalk]

Gibson-Bey:
When I grew up, I told myself,

I'm-I'ma be gang-bangin'
for the rest of my life.

Just like the other day,
I was drivin' to work,

I'm like, "Man, that's
straight crazy."

I straight get up every mornin'
and go to work.

I never pictured
that for myself.

My vision was blocked.

S.O.S has been a powerful
steppin' stone

to my understandin',
ya know what I'm sayin'?

Not only how to conduct myself

in an interview, but in life.

Ya know what I'm sayin'?
I can 100% say

that I'm a man now
because I understand.

So, that's, that-that's
my experience.

[applause]

Marc Morial:
We now have a proof of concept
that has demonstrated

it can make
a meaningful difference.

And what we have to do is get
the message about this program

to all of the folks
who are talking about
criminal justice reform,

uplifting communities,

and tell them to consider
investments in this.

That's the strategy,
that's the scheme!

[applause]

Dennis:
So, you can just
hold that proudly.

Congratulations.
Thank you, brother.

Bradley Cobb:
Today was just a testament
to the power of redemption,

people being able
to overcome adversity

and not let their past get in
their way, but actually let

what they want their future
to be... guide them.

When people work together

to do the right thing,
big things can happen,

even to the smallest people.

[watching George Floyd video]

-[George struggling]
-[police chatter]

George Floyd [on video]:
I'm 'bout to die, ya see?

-officer 1: Relax.
-Floyd: Man, I can't breathe,
my face.

-Just get up... Ugh, ugh.
-officer 1: What do you,

-what do you want?
-I can't breathe!

Please, the knee in my neck.
I can't breathe, shit.

officer 2:
Bro, get up and get
in the car, man.

-Floyd: I will!
-officer 2: Get up
and get in the car!

-Floyd: I can't move.
-officer 2: I've been waitin'

-the whole time, man.
-[George wailing]

Just get up and get in the car.

-Mama! Mama.
-officer 2: Get up and get

-in the car right.
-I can't!

Mama. Mama.

-Mama.
-officer 3: No, it's a male.

-Floyd: Mama.
-officer 3: It's in one
of the front pouches...

-Floyd: Mama. Mama.
-officer 3: ...on my right
side bag.

-[bystanders yelling at police]
-Get the fuck off him!

-What are you doing?!
-Like, bro, three minutes, bro.

-He's not fuckin' movin'!
-He's dying!

Why is he still on him?

Y'all see that he's not--

Bro, he's not even
fuckin' moving!

Get off of his
fuckin' neck, bro!

Get off of his neck!

[indistinct yelling]

bystander 1:
He's damn near dead, bro!

He's fuckin' dead, bro!

[chatter]

Yeah, 987, you just
killed that man, bro.

bystander 2:
Y'all just really just
killed that man.

bystander 1:
You just really killed
that man, bro.

You just really
killed that man, bro.

Marc Morial: The last decade,
we had Trayvon Martin,

no accountability.

We had Michael Brown,
no accountability.

Tamir Rice, no accountability.

This is a justice moment,
uh, in this nation

when the criminal justice system
and the system of police

has to come to a reckoning,

that substantial
reform is in order,

and, and that we're gonna
work and demand it now.

crowd [chanting]:
I can't breathe!

Margeaux Morial:
Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy

killed for playing
with a toy,

but his dark skin suggested
that he was menacing,

so the officer shot
because he was "scared."

Playing with a toy gun,
that's something we can't do.

Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old
boy killed for walking home,

but his dark skin suggested that
he was about to commit a crime.

So, George Zimmerman
shot for "self-defense."

Walking home with Skittles
and a sweatshirt,

that's something we can't do.

So, where's
our freedom and justice?

Because the color
of my skin defines

whether or not I get to live,

decides whether or not
I look suspicious
or like a criminal.

There's so many
other things we can't do.

[softly]
Say "Black Lives Matter."

Black Lives Matter
and Happy Father's Day.

audience member:
Thank you, Margeaux!

[Mason leading chant]

crowd [chanting]:
Hands up! Don't shoot!

[inspirational music playing]

[crowd cheering, applauding]

crowd [chanting]:
Whose streets?! Our streets!

[drum music plays]

[chanting continues]

Marc Morial:
This is a moment
of transformation.

I really believe that we,
we'd make a mistake

to not see this as a new

civil rights movement
being born.

[ambient street noise]

Janet Murguía:
Lord, we wanna lift up

our brothers and sisters
in the Black community,

and all those who seek justice.

So, protect us, and guide us,

and keep everybody safe today.

-Amen.
-Amen.

-crowd [chanting]:
Black Lives Matter!
-[clapping]

Black Lives Matter!

-[crowd yelling]
-[loud booms]

reporter:
Outrage and anger
after tear gas

was used to break up
a peaceful protest

at Washington's
Lafayette Park.

[crowd chatter]

Just after,
President Trump
walked through

for a photo-op
at a nearby church.

[sirens wail]

Marc Morial:
Reverend Sharpton,
are you there?

Reverend Sharpton:
Yes, I'm here.

Marc Morial:
Senator Booker?

Senator Booker:
I'm here.

Marc Morial:
Senator Harris?

Senator Kamala Harris:
Present.

What is so important is
that we must seize the moment.

The moment! The moment!

Understand this moment!

We have a man who died,

and we saw--
the world has seen it.

My hope would be
that our legislators

can walk in this week,

go to their respective
floors and say,

"Here is the bill
we're gonna drop."

[tense music playing]

Change the standard,

create a national database.

No more chokehold...
no more this, no more that.

We, we, we gotta realize,
you gotta act now

because we have
a moment of leverage.

What we hope is that
the "Justice in Policing Act"

will give tools
to our communities,

so that we can hold
police officers accountable.

Right now, ya can't sue,
ya can't prosecute,

ya can't fire.

Senator Harris:
A lot of the legal
standard for showing

that a police officer used
excessive force is to ask:

was that use of force
reasonable?

What we wanna do is change
the, the question,

so that it is a more fair
and relevant question,

which is to ask:
was it necessary?

It really goes to that,
that, that point that

Martin Luther King made,
is I can't pass legislation

to make you love me,

but I can pass legislation
to stop you from lynching me.

This "Justice in Policing Act"

represents... a bold
and clear step forward,

but an opportunity.

As to whether this nation's
elected representatives

will hear the pain,
hear the cries,

hear the suffering,
hear the outrage.

This is a moment
not of politics.

This is not a moment
of Black or white.

This is a moment of morality.
It's a moment of human decency.

[marching band music playing]

[indistinct chatter]

♪♪

speaker:
Black Lives Matter right
around the corner here.

Janet Murguía: This is now...
Black Lives Matter Plaza.

-And it's at the foot
of the White House.
-Marc Morial: Yeah, yeah.

Janet Murguía:
So, I think there's a statement

-that's bein' made here.
-I think it's more than
a statement.

Ya know what I think it is?
I think it's a megaphone.

Janet Murguía:
[laughs] I think that's
an "F" and a "U" to Trump,

but that would be my guess.
[laughs]

[indistinct chatter]

[person giving speech
over speakers]

I'm just wondering
who's in charge.

I need to find out who's
actually bringing speakers over.

Murguía? Is anybody tracking?
Oh, wait... Hold on.

Aye, yai, yai.

How ya doin', sir?

Reverend Mark Thompson:
Oh, hey hey.

Janet Murguía:
I saw you before.

Can I just follow you guys?

Reverend Thompson:
Yeah, come on.

[indistinct chatter]

Janet Murguía:
Hi.

Pronounce your
last name for me.

Janet Murguía:
Sure, it's Murguía.

-Oh, Murguía, okay.
-Murguía, yeah.

speaker:
Next up we have Janet
[mispronounces] Murguía,

as someone who's
experienced the promise

of the American Dream
firsthand.

[cheering]

I am here because

what we have in common

is far greater than
what divides us.

As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
wrote to Cesar Chavez,

"Our separate struggles
are really one,

a struggle for freedom,
for dignity, and humanity."

[cheering]

[Janet humming]

Mauro Morales:
A lot of people have
asked me over time,

ya know,
"How's it work with Janet?"

Ya know, "She's a strong woman."

I said, "Well, ya know,
I just learned how

to lead, follow,
or get outta the way."

So, that's really
how I deal with Janet.

-[Janet laughs]
-friend: That sounds familiar.

Yeah, but then, ya know,
the other thing I love
about Janet is that

despite, ya know, being
the, the CEO of Unidos,

and takin' a call
from Joe Biden, and--

-friend:
She's still cookin' ya rice.
-She is a girl next door

and she will cook dinner,
and she will make sure that,

ya know, um,
I've had a full meal.

-[phone buzzing]
-Janet Murguía: Kamala Harris.

-Morales: She's callin' you?
-Mm-hmm.

-Hello?
-Senator Harris [over phone]:
Janet, it's Kamala.

-How are you, sister?
-H-Hey, girl!

-[both laughing]
-What's goin' on?

Senator Harris:
It was so good to see
you the other day.

I literally-- I just--
I've been thinkin' about you

since I saw you and that's it.

I'm just callin'
to see how you're thinkin'
about everything.

Oh, my gosh.
Well, it's so nice
of you to call,

and, look, we're
in the fight, man,

-we are in the fight.
-Yeah, we-- I--

I'm tellin' you, I'm like--
got bloody knuckles,

but, um, this is the life
we were born into.[laughs]

-Amen, sister.
-Um...

I-- Ya know, here's kind of
what I'm concerned with.

-This is you and me talking.
Just you and me.
-Okay, okay.

We have to be
really thoughtful about--
What is the win here?

Is the win to defeat Trump
or is the win to win?

Because we feel so strongly,
deeply, and legitimately,

-we gotta get rid
of this motherfucker, right?
-[laughs] Yeah.

But, but we also
have to give people
a reason to vote for us,

-that it's not about
against something.
-Right.

-Right.
-But it's for the fight.

-I'm, I'm--
-It's for what we plan to do
when we win.

That's really important.
We can't just be against Trump.

It's gotta be--
Ya gotta give people, uh,

-people somethin'
to vote for, and...
-Yeah.

...we might as well try
to get ahead of this

-as much as we can, right?
-Right, yeah.

Well, look,
I just wanna encourage you
and tell ya keep, keep at it.

You're doin' great,
and, uh, whatever we need
to do to support you,

I hope you'll let me know.

And we'll be lifting you up

in all of the work
we're doing here, so,

-uh, just, just call any time...
-Thank you, Janet.

...ya need anything
at all, okay?

-Same here, same here.
-Okay.

Morales: There ya go,
look at that bartender.

Mm... Alright,
feels like a Friday!

-[laughter]
-All of a sudden.

-Morales:
And it's a Monday. [laughs]
-Janet Murguía: Oh, my God.

Hey, but it's gonna
be a good week.

Kamala Harris called me, right?

Janet, M-Madam President,
[laughs] thank you.

We've been friends a long time,
I love ya.

Thank you for your friendship,
and I really mean it.

It's been a real friendship.

I will, personally, never forget

you calling my sister
a few years ago

when my mom was suffering
from Alzheimer's,

and you said, "Who's taking
care of her?"

And I said, "Well, it's
my sister, Rosemary, and she"--

And the next day,
you called her

and encouraged her.

We know you care,
Mr. Vice President,

and we wanna make sure
that we can bring

your passion,
and your caring spirit,

and your commitment
to our community

into the White House,

so you have
our commitment.

We're gonna do everything
we can to get you there, okay?

-Okay.
-Thank you so much.

I like her a lot.

-So, I filled this out.
-Let me see.

I filled it out.

-You don't want me
to look at it?
-No.

-parents: Why?
-'Cause this is my vote.

-...double check.
- I know, but you still wanna
make sure it's right.

Let's just check to make sure
everything is filled out.

Okay, Mason,
you screwed this up.

How? You're supposed
to vote across.

"Vote for three."

-Okay, vote for--
-You voted for five.

-Uh-oh.
-You disqualified your ballot.

So, what I would do...
is try to fix it.

-You want me to cross it out?
-Mason, Mason, Mason.
Listen to me. Listen to me.

I wanna--
I just wanna make a point.

-Okay. Okay, make a point.
-I wanna make a really
important point.

You have to--
You just started
fillin' in circles.

You have to read
the instructions.

But watch, watch
whatcha have to do.

You're puttin' it in wrong.

-It's upside down.
-You're puttin' it in wrong.

-It's upside--
-You're putting it in wrong.

-There's a window here...
-Stop laughing.

-...that this has to show.
-That's how-- I put it
in that way.

-Okay?
-I put it in that way.

Gonna get your ballot
disqualified by rushin'.

-It does matter!
-It does matter!

Because if it's in there,
it's not gonna be taken.

Hold on. Hold on. Hold on.
Push it all the way down first.

It's all the way down
as it can go.

You gotta smile.

I'm not-- Like, I-I can't.
I'm just not in the mood.

Like, I don't understand.

Show them pearly whites.

Show them
pearly whites.

Show them pearly whites. Yay!

[tense music playing]

reporter 1:
In the midst of a pandemic,
more and more states

are turning to mail-in ballots.

The president claims,
without evidence,

that will bring fraud.

reporter 2:
That's a truck being loaded up

with post office boxes.

reporter 3:
We've been seeing those
iconic blue boxes

disappearing,
and also hearing reports

that mail-sorting machines

have been removed
and dismantled.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott

used his executive
authority yesterday

to change election rules,

limiting ballot drop-off boxes
to just one per county.

In Harris County, we have
millions of people,

and particularly of color,

one place where people
can submit their ballots.

We're seeing, also, Marc,

the highest and intense
level of disinformation

sent to our community
through these robocalls.

[caller speaking]

There's an active campaign
to keep us from voting.

There's an active campaign
to keep us from being counted.

I wanna go out
to Philadelphia.

The turnout
in the Philadelphia region

determines the direction
of the state.

There's no question
that the potential to drive some

important messages is there.

But, ya know,
for the Latino community,

I feel like we'll have
the most impact

with our own voters in Arizona.

Arizona's a key state.

I-I-I-- We gotta touch
as many people as we can.

Let's just go act and move.

See, we have
to create fire right now.

♪♪

Janet Murguía:
Arizona has a special story.

reporter: Meanwhile in Arizona,
anger is still smoldering

over the state's controversial
immigration law.

Janet Murguía:
Ten years ago, Arizona

had passed this
awful law, SB 1070,

that created a effort
to racially profile Latinos,

and anybody who looked Hispanic
or like an immigrant,

and allow for them to be stopped
and asked to show their papers.

It was absolutely
unconscionable
and unconstitutional.

It makes all
Latinos in Arizona,

the vast majority
of whom

are U.S. citizens
and legal residents,

suspects in their
own communities.

We fought back
and we used our community's
economic buying power,

uh, and said that
we would begin a boycott.

crowd [chanting]:
Veto 1070! Veto 1070!

Janet Murguía:
So many in our community
came together,

and as a result,
10 years later,

we're seeing that
in power and influence.

Arizona is, is on the brink
of a transformation.

Arizona will likely
be the swing state

that determines the outcome
of the presidency.

Latinos and our vote
will be the difference.

Please vote.
Make a promise. Make a plan.

Marc Morial:
As Pennsylvania goes,

so will go this election.

As Philadelphia goes,
so goes Pennsylvania.

What happens in Philadelphia

will determine
the direction of this election.

So, the power is
in the hands of people here

in the Philadelphia region
to make a difference.

♪♪

Abby:
Well, this is my first
election I can vote in.

-[applause]
-Janet Murguía:
Excellent. Excellent.

Abby:
So, all of my friends
are voting with me.

Like, my parents tell me
it's the most important one.

We're hearing about
the uptick in younger voters.

-Alejandra Gomez:
It's been historic.
-That's exciting, right?

I know. Latino community
and young people

are showing out
and showing up to the polls.

[light music playing]

-[indistinct chatter]
-Marc Morial: Thank you,
brother, thank you.

How y'all doin', brothers,
may I give you one?

-Yeah. Thank, thank you.
-associate: We're just stressin'
the importance of voting.

Marc Morial:
Who, who in your house votes?

-Most of my family vote.
-Marc Morial: 'Kay, you make s--

We wanna get Trump
outta office, right?

Marc Morial:
Hey, I think that's what
a lotta people wanna do.

speaker:
Reclaim your vote!

crowd:
Reclaim your vote!

speaker:
Reclaim your vote!

crowd:
Reclaim your vote!

speaker:
Reclaim your vote!

crowd:
Reclaim your vote!

-[indistinct chatter]
-[car honking]

speaker [over phone]:
I show that you are
registered to vote

at the[indistinct] library.

Bradley Cobb:
Thank you so much for that,
that's a blessin'.

I appreciate it so much,
ma'am, thank you.

[indistinct chatter]

Voting today,
it just felt empowering.

I voted for Joe Biden,
I hope he wins.

But if Trump wins,

then... I think it's gon' be
like Sodom and Gomorrah.

I'm serious.
I think it's gon' be like
the fall of Babylon if he wins.

It's just-- I just got
that feelin' in my soul.

We just got a report that, uh,
robocalls have gone out
in Flint, Michigan,

uh, into the Black community,
saying to people,

"Vote tomorrow because
the lines are long."

We wanna encourage people
to disregard these robocalls,

which are tryin'
to trick, uh, and fool us.

I'm on pins and needles.

I'm very anxious
because you can't
predict these things,

particularly since '16
was such a surprise.

Michelle?

How ya feeling?

I don't know...
I'm worried.

No, I mean,
it's a, it's a, it's a--

it's just a tight race,
all these battlegrounds.

You know,
the results are comin' in,

I think it's gon'
be a close night.

So, we just gotta
keep on prayin'.

-Sybil Morial: Mm-hmm.
-So, Ma, any-anything else
you-you-- you're sensin'?

Ya know what I think, uh...
Trump's loyalists believe,

they hear him say,
"Make America White Again."

That's what they hear
when he says,

"Make America Great Again."

-Mm-hmm.
-And that's why they
will never leave him.

Right, right.

[deep breath]
Think you're right, Mom.

Sybil Morial:
Mm-hmm.

Wolf Blitzer:
Trump can't be the President
of the United States

without Pennsylvania.

The president's math
does not work

without Pennsylvania,
just 20 electoral votes here.

Joe Biden can win without it.
The president cannot.

Uh, that is
the threshold of today

as we go through
the consequential hours ahead.

The Secretary of State
just told Jake,

she says 550,000 ballots--

Hey, Janet.

Hey, man.
How we doin'?
[laughs]

This is nerve-wrackin',
isn't it?

Yeah. Hopefully, doesn't
come down to Pennsylvania.

It has-- It's probably
going to, though,
it sounds like.

And people are worried
about Michigan--

-Oop! What is this? Sorry!
-[cheering in background]

Did they call Arizona?

Did our decision desk make it?

-Arizona, 11 electoral votes?
-speaker: Yes.

-[all cheering]
-Okay, if that's the case
then, guys,

uh, when we come back,
we'll fill this in.

reporter:
Okay, time out, this is
a big development.

-Yeah.
-The Fox News decision desk

is calling Arizona
for Joe Biden.

Janet Murguía:
Lookin' good.

reporter:
That is a big get.

Blitzer:
In Pennsylvania, Trump's lead
now is only 64,266.

If Biden wins
Pennsylvania, it's over.

["Hypnotize" by
The Notorious B.I.G.
playing on phone]

Turn it off before my mom--
I talk to my mom,

-You know-- "What is that?!"
-[laughter]

speaker [over phone]:
I've had to do that
a few times, too.

I don't wanna destroy
my image with my mother.

Grammy!

Hello, Marc!

Hey, what's up?

Still a nailbiter,
but it--

we're goin'
in the right direction.

We just gotta hold on.

Hold on, hold on,
hold on, right?

Sybil Morial:
Mm-hmm.

Hold on in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania's the prize.

-Mm-hmm.
-So, ya know,

we-- I'm gonna--
I'm not gonna count

one chicken...

-before they hatch.
-[chuckles] I know, I know.

-I know.
-I'm not gonna sneak
in the kitchen

-and put my hand in the pot...
-[Sybil laughing]

-...until the gumbo is done.
-Oh, my.

[both laughing]

Well, Mommy, you inspire me.

Well, you inspire me more.
[laughs]

-Marc Morial: Thank you.
-I'm so proud of you.

[cheering]

crowd [chanting]:
Biden! Biden! Biden!

[whistling]

Thank you, Lord!
Thank you, Lord!
Thank you, Lord!

Mr. President-elect,
Madam Vice President-elect,

let me just say
congratulations to both of you

on your historic, uh,
victory in this election

for which, uh, we worked
so hard to turn out,

uh, a record vote
in our community.

I want to, uh, lift up

your historic commitment
to racial justice.

Our job is to help you

and to hold you
and your administration
accountable

to accomplish the progress
of racial justice.

And those twin objectives,

helping and holding
you accountable,

is what we will use to guide,

uh, this relationship
over the next four years.

President-elect Biden
[over phone]:
My overarching objective,

we gotta figure out
how to unify this country,

and you've been the leaders
of being able to do that.

I desperately wanna work
with each of you,

and I promise you,

you will have access to us
on a regular basis.

Cedric Richmond [over phone]:
Mr. President, I'm being told,

that, uh, you're over.

Yeah, 10 seconds, Mr. President.

Uh, we take you up on your offer
to meet with you regularly.

We'd like to do it
four times a year, thank you.

[Sybil groans]

Mama, we got Trump out.

-Sybil Morial:
We got him out.
-Hurray.

-Yes.
-But it's been one
hell of a year, Ma.

-We, we-- We're living in a t--
-We, we are in crisis.

-Yeah, we're in,
we're in deep crisis.
-Yes.

So, historically,
how does this year compare?

-Can you identify
another year like this year...
-Yes.

-...in, in, in, in
American history?
-When Hoover was president

and FDR stepped in
and saved the country,

saved the economy.

-Mm-hmm.
-You know... got rid
of the depression.

That was the last
real crisis of d-demo--
in a democracy.

Yeah, and, ya know,
it really affects me

in ways that I never
thought it would.

-It-It's--
-What do you mean?

It depresses me
that our leaders are so...

-inept.
-Small-minded.

Uh, lack of integrity.

Um... it c--
it shouldn't be like this.

-That's a threat
to democracy.
-Yeah.

-Leaders with no character.
-Mm-hmm.

-That's the biggest thing.
-Leaders who stand for nothing.

Sybil Morial:
Right.

Marc Morial: How 'bout
on racial justice issues?

How do you look at this year?

Uh, I-- Marc, it's a struggle.

We're right back
where we were in the '60s.

The contempt for Blacks
and people of color.

The venom is just as strong.

[indistinct yelling]

We're gonna walk
down to the Capitol.

[crowd cheering]

Because you'll never take back
our country with weakness.

You have to show strength
and you have to be strong.

[crowd member shouts]

[yelling]

rioters [chanting]:
USA! USA! USA!

-[chanting continues]
-[indistinct shouting]

rioter:
Let's go! Let's go!

[fighting]

[yelling]

[cheering]

rioters [chanting]:
Stop the steal! Stop the steal!

[rioters chanting]

[person speaking]

rioters:
Heave ho! Heave ho!

[officer screaming]

-[TV playing]
-I'm sendin' Janet a note.

"Hope you're safe amidst
this act of insurrection
and treason.

We must and will
stand up to this assault."

Janet Murguía:
So, I'm here
on Pennsylvania Avenue,

it's January 6th,
and we're seeing some
of the folks

who have come here
to protest the election

and to really instigate s--
real chaos in the Capitol.

Part of me wants
to be out here to

not just kinda
witness history,

probably one
of the lowest moments

in our country's, uh, democracy,

uh, but also to stand up
for... my own beliefs.

And to say, ya know...
"This is my country, too."

[emotional] And, um...
no one... should be allowed,

not even our president,

to destroy... our democracy

and our institutions.

I have to tell ya,

it saddened me
beyond belief...

to see people take on...

the Senate floor,
the House floor.

Where was law enforcement?

-I don't understand.
-Why didn't law enforcement
know this was happening?

Durin' Black Lives Matter,
there were police in riot gear

and national
guardsmen everywhere.

They could have killed
the next vice president,

they could've killed
members of Congress.

This is an absolute outrage.

Hey, hang on,
hang on, Marc. What?

Morales:
The press just reported
when the mob stormed...

-Uh-huh, uh-huh.
-...the chamber,

um, staff grabbed
the electoral ballots,

and removed 'em,
so they couldn't be burned
or destroyed by the mob.

That is-- Man.

This is shocking,
it's appalling,

and it's a low
for our country

that I think no one
could've conceived of.

And it just goes to show you,

we're gonna be fighting
to protect this democracy

for the next 50 years.

[utensils clinking]

So, somethin' happened
that's never happened,

I know in our lives, right?

How does that make you feel?

Dang, we got a lotta
crazy people in this country.

Like, oh, my goodness.

Like, people actually,
like, went to the Capitol,

got in to the Capitol,

-and, like--
-speaker: Broke into
the Capitol.

Broke into the Capitol

and, like, just
went crazy in there,

and, like, with no, like,

respect for any-anyone
or anything in there.

Like, the police officers,
no respect for them.

-Marc Morial:
Mm-hmm, you're right.
-Christian Brown: I don't know.

It's just crazy how afraid
we are of cops.

Some white kids grow up
and never have to be scared

of something like that,
and can, like,

do something to, like,
the max extent

of running into the Capitol...

-Marc Morial: Mm-hmm... Mm-hmm.
-...and, like, acting a fool.

Marc Morial:
So, what about 2020?

Some kinda year, right?

Arthur Pratts:
It was bad at first,
bad in the middle,

it was just bad all around.

Marc Morial:
What, what made it
the most baddest?

COVID, Kobe dying, um, Trump,
um, Black Lives Matter,

George Floyd dying,
all these Black people dying.

Most racist, probably,
year ever for, like,

I don't know, our generation.

Marc Morial:
Mm-hmm.

Mason Morial:
Yeah, but it, it was just great

seeing people, like, actually
care about Black lives.

And, like, knowing, like--
We, we got to know, like,

who our a--
true allies really were,
to be honest.

Marc Morial:
Alright, Mom.

So, who wants pie?

-speaker: I want pie!
-Michelle Miller: One, two--

[cheering]

[person giving speech]

reporter: Genevieve Hansen,
a Minneapolis firefighter,

was the last witness
to testify.

She had videotaped
Floyd's death

and claimed she tried
to intervene.

Are you, are you
really a firefighter?

-Yes, I am. From Minneapolis!
-Officer Tou Thao: Okay, okay.

Then get on the sidewalk!

-Show me his pulse!
-Check his pulse!

Check it right fuckin' now!

reporter:
She testified Officer Tou Thao

didn't allow her to perform
medical assistance.

And when you couldn't do that,

how did that make you feel?

Totally distressed.

attorney:
Were you frustrated?

Yes.

[indistinct chatter]

announcer:
We the jury in the above
entitled matter

as to count three,

second-degree manslaughter,
culpable negligence,

creating an unreasonable risk,
find the defendant guilty.

-[crowd cheering]
-...20th day of April 2021

at 1:45 p.m.

[solemn music playing]

[chatter, cheering]

-Benjamin Crump: Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Crump: Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

-Say his name!
-all: George Floyd!

[applause]

♪♪

It's been a long journey

and the person that comes
to my mind is Emmett Till.

[group reacts, agrees]

He was the first George Floyd...

speaker: Yes.

...but today,
you have the cameras
all around the world

to see and show
what happened to my brother.

It was a motion picture,

the world seen his life
bein' extinguished.

And I could do
nothin' but watch,

especially in that courtroom
over and over and over again

as my brother was murdered.

This is the first time
in the history of this state

that a white police officer
has been convicted,

less known convicted
of a murder.

Marc Morial: We call on
the United States Senate

to pass the "George Floyd
Justice in Policing Act,"

and not to water it down.

Let us understand
that this is but a moment,

and this battle,
this fight, this work
for justice must proceed.

[applause]

["Skin Tight" by Ohio Players
playing over speakers]

speaker:
Hey!

[laughs]
That's some good
stuff there, man.

Marc Morial:
That's music, baby!

That's back in the day,
old school.

♪♪

Marc Morial:
It's great to see
all the people out here

in a mood of justice,
a mood of satisfaction,

but it's also good
to see that there's--

people have
continued resolve.

To understand that this is
part of a larger movement

that's gonna continue
not only in Minneapolis,

but all across the nation.

[indistinct chatter]

[ambient street noise]

President Biden [over tablet]:
The promise of America

is that we're
all created equal,

while we as a country
have never fully lived up
to that ideal,

Marc and Janet, you make sure
we never walk away from it.

You're among the nation's most
important civil rights leaders

because people trust you.

Ya know when to speak
and when to listen,

and how to get folks
to organize and mobilize.

That's why you're so effective
and how you've been able to

get so many big
things done together.

With your voice,

we're gonna fix our
immigration system,

we're gonna protect
the most fundamental freedoms,

the right to vote,

and to have a vote
that's counted.

And I'm determined
to outlaw and ban
assault weapons as well.

Marc and Janet,
there's always more
we have to do, I know,

and I know I'll be seeing a lot
more of you, and that's no joke.

So, thank you both
for all you do

and for bein' a friend.

-Thank you, Mr. President.
-Yeah, that's nice.

-That was nice,
that was nice, um...
-Mm.

And, uh, it makes me reflect
somethin' you always say,

and you always say,
"Elections matter!"

-Yeah. That's right.
-Who gets elected counts.

Our community's
invested in voting.

Our communities can see
the beginnings of a return

on their investment.

Do we always agree
with every move he makes?

Every move
of the administration?
No way.

No way, so we have to--

This delicate balance of working

and holding accountable

every president
with whom we work.

We have this Gumbo Coalition.

-Ya talk about bein'
in the kitchen and bein' hot.
-[Marc chuckling]

-The importance of us
coming together...
-Mm-hmm.

-...knowing that
it's not always easy.
-Mm-hmm.

But we're not gonna have
a choice in the future

but to really
leverage that unity

to further
our broader interests.

Dr. King captured the spirit
of an important idea,

and that is, "The arc
of the moral universe is long,

but it bends towards justice."

So, we're gonna fight
'til hell freezes over...

-[Janet laughing]
-...and then we're gonna
fight on the ice!

["I'll Take the Long Road"
by Naomi Shelton
& The Gospel Queens playing]

♪ I realize I had
to make a choice ♪

♪ So I decided
to make this choice ♪

♪ Mm-hmm

♪ Listen, y'all

♪ I'll take the long road

chorus:
♪ I'll take the long road

Shelton: ♪ I'll take
the long road, yeah, yeah ♪

♪♪

♪ But I surely, surely,
surely I will get there ♪

♪ Yes, I will

["Tear It Down"
by Sharon Jones
& The Dap-Kings playing]

♪♪

[chorus vocalizing]

chorus:
♪ We gonna tear them down

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

Jones:
♪ Why be afraid of others

♪ Who are different than you

♪ We had the first nation ♪

♪ Before we had
the red, white, and the blue ♪

chorus: ♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

Jones: ♪ Said they keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ But we gonna
tear them down ♪

♪ Tear them down,
tear them down ♪

chorus: ♪ They keep tryin'
to build more walls ♪

♪ We're gonna tear them down

♪ Tear them down

♪ Tear them down ♪

[song fades out]