usaa >>> we're going to do well in south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> welcome back. south carolina will be the fourth primary contest of 2020 or fourth contest, second primary, but it will be the first state in the south to vote and the first state in which african-american voters will comprise the majority of that primary electorate. that will likely help former vice president joe biden who leads the democratic field by double digits among black voters according to recent polls. it could potentially also be a rough place for pete buttigieg who while he's leading in iowa, he's been struggling to win over black voters. the columbia bureau chief for "the courier" in south carolina, eugene scott, adrienne elrod, and michael steele are back as well. there's a part of me that thinks, boy, this race is never going to be that close, it's going to be impossible for them to catch joe biden at the end of the day, there's just none of the other three major candidates here who have any kind of traction. ideal that conventio

and when that happened it brought south carolina to her knees. it was the first time we had a shooting in a religious place and i remember all i wanted to do was to protect the state because the national media came in strong and they wanted to define it, talk about it, immediately debate racism, they wanted to debate gun-control, the death penalty, you name it they were talking about it. i remember strong-arming the vaccine we are not going to do this, we will give the time to the families and go through the funerals and there will be a time and place where will have the discussions but it is not now. the next day the killer comes out with a manifesto and he's holding up the confederate flag. the confederate flag flew in front of the statehouse in south carolina and used to be on top of the dome and they compromised in 2000) of the statehouse. when he did that we have a lot of people who have a great respect for the federal flag not out of hate but it's service in hand sisters and sacrifice. and then you had obviously the small minority that soli

especially in south carolina. that i'm not sure $2 million swing through the south will nudge that as much as he's hoping. >> david. >> i think that whether or not it boosts support in the poll i mention he had 0% support in south carolina. black support. he has to show democratic voters he's trying to reach out to black voters. >> you have your ear to the ground in d.c. i have heard people say a lot of folks love mayor pete. and everyone says there's no way because he can't -- he doesn't have black support. he can't do it. this is not me saying it. this is what i have heard. i have heard people say he has to have something -- someone is playing the long game. maybe if someone like obama comes out and support. or oprah. maybe something he can do it. maybe without the black support. can you speak to that? >> this is a bank shot. the hardest thing for buttigieg is that he hasn't successfully answered questions about how he handled police and community relations in south bend where he is the mayor. he's still going t

i just want to thank the people of south carolina. with your leadership, ambassador, for showing us how we get through those difficult times i sharing love with one another and not hatred and not violence butnd love and forgiveness. and q for that. we will move ahead a little bit and talk about the next step from being governor to the great state of south carolina and i'd like to tell the audience about when you were offered the position to be the un ambassador and wasn't a difficult difficult decision for you to make and what they really want to know is what were those c conversations like with president donald trump when he was asking you to take on this momentous position? >> it is interesting. i knew the president a few years prior and after i won the primary for governor the first time and i received this envelope with this great gold trim and it had a check in it and there was a note that said you are a winner. i had talked to him then and we had stayed in contact over the years and then we had a rebuffing and primary and had 16

. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> welcome back. south carolina will be the fourth primary contest of 2020. but it will be the first state in the south to vote and the first state in which african-american voters will comprise the majority of that primary electorate. and that will likely help joe biden who leads the democratic feed by double digits among black voters. could potentially also be a rough place for pete buttigieg who while he is leading in iowa, he has been struggling to win over black voters. and andy shane is joining me from the post. and let me start with this, a pat of me thinks that this race are l. never will never be that close, impossible to catch joe biden. why will that conventional wisdom be wrong? >> joe biden's lead has been slinging hrinking in south caror the year. at one point he held a lead well into the 30s. it is now down to 7 according to the rest pollin recent polling. >> and do you sense who is making a way through and is it specific by age that you are seeing a split, what slits are you sare -- wh

you were living in rural south carolina. we lived in a small town called vandenberg south carolina. we were the only indian family in that town. we were not white enough to be white or black enough to n be black. my father wore a turban, he still does to thiss day. they didn't know who we were, what flavo cleaver or why we wee there. and i remember being on the playground and coming home after being teased and my mom would always say your child is sent to show people how you are different. your job is to show people how you are similar. and it's amazing how the lesson i learned on the playground play felt in my life in the corporate world as a legislator, as governor, as ambassador because wheambassador becausewhen you ad challenge, if you first talk about what you've agree on first, people let their guard down and then you are more likely to get to a solution by pushing through the challenge, so little did i know that what turned out to be a great lesson along the way. >> what a great. lesson and your mother is wise beyondot her yea. >> she tells me that everyday. [laughter] >> of

i just want to thank the people of south carolina. with your leadership, ambassador, for showing us how we get through those difficult times by sharing love with one another, and not a trade and not violence, but love and forgiveness. so, thank you for that. we are going to move ahead a little bit and talk about the next step from being governor to the great state of south carolina, and i would like you to tell the audience a little bit about when you were offered the position to be the un ambassador and was it a difficult decision for you to make and what we want to know is what were those conversations like with president donald trump when he was asking you to take on this momentous position sex >> guest: v-victor >> to the >> it's interesting i knew the president a few years prior. after i won the primary for governor the first time, i received an envelope with a great gold trim and it had a check and a note that says you're a winner. [laughter] i talked to him then and we had stayed in contact over the years and then we had a repu

it's all about south carolina for joe biden. >> juana, going back to south carolina for just a moment, at last check joe biden was the candidate of choice for pretty much every black voter in south carolina. do we see at this juncture any candidate eroding his support, specifically among black voters in the palmetto state? >> we don't. i think that's something to keep in mind. joe biden performs as we've seen in recent polls quite well with black voters in south carolina, but also black voters in other states across the map the primary veers south. the biden campaign continues to emphasize that. what we know from our reporting and from past elections is that black voters and particularly black women are the backbone of the democratic party. it would be difficult, if not impossible, for any candidate to win this democratic nomination without the support of black voters. that's why i think some of the other candidates perhaps have some catching up to do if they want to be successful in this primary. >> susan, i want to go back to something you said a moment ago, senator amy klobuchar. i

voters and south carolina. if you expect to do well and win the nomination. >> jackson is such a perfect comparison to the point. not just because he had overwhelming support in south carolina. but he did not perform well in iowa and new hampshire. as some of you may remember. so i think that's somebody joe biden is looking closely to in terms of historical precedent and moving forward. he's not polling great in iowa. and the overwhelming support he holds in south carolina right now among black voters could be the kind of political surge he needs assuming iowa and new hampshire don't pan out necessarily the way he wants. >> i want to look at the calendar for the early contest. biden is fighting it out in early states dominated by white voters. south carolina he mentioned super-tuesday. a will the of black votes at stake. if he keeps support the question is, but can anyone beat him? >> i don't want, i'm live. my sense is no. which will be played multiple times if i'm wrong. my sense is no. i say that because his

>> we grew up an indian family in south carolina. my father wears a turbine, my father at the time wore a sari. what i worked towards is to make sure today is better than yesterday and that my kids don't go through what we went through. and now i feel good because now i know my kids can look up and there won't be a flag. and it'll be one less reason to divide. and it'll be more reasons for us to come together. >> okay. so she clearly knows the confederate symbolizes to what n non-white southern communities today that is not service or sacrifice -- what she stated today in that interview, what is going on? is this invasion of the body snatchers? what happened? >> it is. what she just said on glen beck is shameful. and said that a as african-american and b as someone as a kessadescendant of robert e. lee. what she represents though is the full 1al 0 of the republican party who just decided and we saw it perfectly well on display during the impeachment hearings. they have taken leave of their senses. they have taken leefave of fact and

north carolina and south carolina. but my point is that it didn't stop john kerry from the nomination, the same way this may or may not. warren is going to have the resources, as will bernie and probably pete. the nevada caucus is heavily driven by the culinary union's and is also heavily latino. beat before south carolina. >> do you think biden could job in doing a mediocre iowa and new hampshire? and hold onto his vote in south carolina and come back? >> ronald reagan did this in 1976 when he was challenging gerald ford. contests, hearly came back and reminded himself in north carolina and he almost won the nomination. >> if he hadn't picked did schweiker for vice president. >> and he had a lightning bolt issue, the panama canal. >> this campaign is making that argument but it's an argument that many people are viewing skeptically. if you does not win or do well enough, the money has already dried up and is going to dry up further. pac donors might also get a little bit skeptical of things are not going well. if you

you can see watch south carolina. that's where the bulk of the rain is going to be today, so dangerous travel on the roads there. but it does leave by early tomorrow morning so you might want to hold off there if you have a little flexibility because tomorrow looks much better across the southeast. we're talking about two to four inches of rain between now and tomorrow morning around the charleston area. could see even more, four to six inches, and so that's a lot of rain in one day. that's why those flooding concerns are there. but much milder air is going to start settling in. no white christmases across much of the east or the northeast, much of the northeast, because temperatures are going to be pretty mild. 48 degrees in d.c. on wednesday. new york will be at 43. look at the south. atlanta almost hitting 70 degrees tomorrow. we will be running more than ten degrees above normal alisyn? >> thank you very much for that look ahead. >>> more people along the west coast are getting hit hard by the affordable housing c

it was hard growing up in south carolina. what i have been proud of and what i worked towards is to make sure today is better than yesterday. and my kids don't go through what we went through. and now i feel good because now i know my kids can look up and there won't be a flag. it will be one less reason to divide. and more reason for us to come together. >> okay. so she clearly knows a confederate flag symbolizes to what the non-whites southern communities today that is not service or sacrifice. she stated it there in the interview. is this -- what is going on. is this invasion of the body snatchers sfwl it is. what she just said is shameful. as an african-american and descendant of robert e. lee. it's hate and racism. she knows it. it represents the full 180 of the republican party who is just decided and we saw it perfectly well on display during the impeachment hearings. they have taken leave of senses and leave of facts and truth. and decided we're all in with trump. we're the party of trump. facts don't matter. truth do

i want to be relevant in south carolina. we have an absentee senator not focussed on that. >> there's been a lot of ink spilled about the evolution of lindsey graham. in 2015 he called president trump a jack ass and calling him a raise baiting, bigot. now he's a key ally of the president on the hill. people change their minds. people evolve. do you think that's just what it is when it comes to senator graham? >> no. it's for lindsey graham -- the most important thing and person to lindsey graham is lindsey graham. he's looking for political relevance. i hear it all the time from democrats, republicans and independents in the state. what happened to lindsey graham? what happened is he saw his political fortunes will be tied to the president. he's going to do and say anything that he can in order to stay relevant, to stay important, to get re-elected. that's sad. he epitomizes what people hate in politics. they want someone with more conviction, a spine who will stand up and do the right thing even when the politics doesn't sa

o., south carolina. i'm from the state, but full disclosure, i had never heard of round o. until the editorial meeting this morning. you're between orangeburg and charleston, as i understand it there. what's mayor pete up to today? >> reporter: god bless the people of round o., but we actually don't have cell service. it's about a couple of minutes down the road. our colleague, priscilla thompson is over there. pete buttigieg is currently at a vineyard. i'm told that he is currently taste testing some of the wins here. pete buttigieg doesn't have a bus like joe biden does for this swing here. so we're going to be catching the road to go track him down after this hit. but this is a swing through the south for pete buttigieg. you can see, he's leading the polls over in iowa, doing well in new hampshire. but then you look across the south here. here in south carolina, still struggling in polling, where joe biden is consistently reigned the formidable candidate here. you know, this is the pete buttigieg over

he is in south carolina trying to win support from black voters. a critical demographic in the democratic primary. and one that he is struggling to win over. we've got reporters traveling with both of the candidates today. mike memoli has been covering joe biden. and joins us from iowa. vaughn hillyard has been with pete buttigieg and joins us from orangeberg, south carolina. gentlemen, welcome. vaughn, i'm going to start with you. buttigieg is -- is really trying to find a way to connect with black voters. he's had a difficult couple weeks. especially, last week when that article in "the root" came out. is the reception good for him? is it warming up? do people like him? what are you hearing? >> katy, he just stopped into the most -- they say the most blue county here in south carolina. it's also a small county. made up of primarily black voters who met pete buttigieg face to face just earlier this afternoon. and the chair of the local democrats asked him directly why do you not have strong support among the black community right now? and he said

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if you're in richland county, south carolina and you're dealing with maybe the more high crime areas, those tend to be the more african-american communities. >> reporter: the show has been sued for defamation and invasion of privacy. in south carolina, fredrick west was arrested for drug trafficking in 2017 on "live pd" by the greenville county sheriff's department. but the charges were later dropped. he claimed he was racially profiled and sued. in another lawsuit from the same county, a black man whose car was crashed into by a police cruiser said that he "was largely targeted in this manner because of his race." one of the lawsuits was dismissed, the other is pending. in a statement to abc news, the producers say that the two lawsuits regarding the production of 'live pd' in greenville county completely lacked merit, and had no bearing on filming or continued outreach from other departments hoping to participate on the series." even the show's critics agree that there are flashes of compassion. >> do you understand that how i feel -- >> i do. >> -- as -- >> i do. i definitely do. >

in charleston, south carolina. it was really how you navigatedm the afh of that event that caught the attention of theountry, as well, because the issue of the confederate flag had been one that had been debated for a long time in south carolina, but nobody had been able to remove it entirely until you were governor, and you were able to successfully bring together people from all sides of that debatein rder to reach a conclusion that everybody agreed upon. in a recent interview, that debate was rehashed. and you have recently written an op-ed in "the washington post" about what you said in that interview. help maybe clarify and answer this question about how the killer hijacked the flag from people whsaw it as service andacrifice. >> wl, i think it's interesting, and it shows the times that i've literally said t the sangs for all the years since. but now in the outrage of media and the sensitivity of political correctness, suenly everybody has a problem with what i'm ying. what i said was, the reason th was so har

it's an acknowledgment that he can't wait until south carolina as his fire wall. he's got to do better in iowa, at least place somewhere in iowa rather than wait for those first two primaries or the caucus and the new hampshire primary. new hampshire is going to be a harder fight for him as well. what are his shots in iowa? >> it's all about momentum. if joe comes in fourth or fifth, he loses a lot of momentum going into new hampshire and certainly then heading into south carolina where he really has his stand. it's nothing new in the sense that he's going to put all he can into iowa to the best he possibly can and hope that that momentum follows him. >> there's a new quinnipiac national poll today. we know national polls are not that meaningful when we talk about the electoral college. joe biden has 43% among black voters nationally. bernie sanders is the only other candidate in double digits even. elizabeth warren, kamala harris, pete buttigieg, 4%, cory booker. i mean, all the way down. the fact that kamala harris and cory booker are within the margin of error

what makes me relevant is work for the people of south carolina. to wake up and go to sleep every day and night figuring out how to make sure the 41 communities in the state that have led level ts higher than standards. how do we fix that. and four hospitals to close. >> you talk about the the appearance on fox news. this isn't the first time you criticize him for that. let's watch. >> the whole thing is a joke. it's being driven by partisans in the house. schiff isn't looking for the truth and the system is incoherent. any impeachment vote based on this process is illegitimate and unconstitutional and should be dismissed in the senate without a trial. the only reason they're trying to impeach the president is they don't believe they can beat him at the ball hot box. >> it's his right to speak to his audience on state run tv. but none of that is true. >> i think he really thinks he's pulling the wool over the eyes of the people here in south carolina. there's fwoigoing to be a rude awakening in 2020. all politics is local is still alive and well in

for me being relevant in south carolina is the most important thing. there are people in this state suffering every day. there was an article today that talked about north charleston being the city with the highest rate of evictions in the nation. there's so many things, we have rural hospitals closing. that's why we are building a movement focused on the people of south carolina. this is a senator we have who hasn't been back home in the state in almost three years to do a town hall. and so i'm asking everybody, you want to join me to send lindsey graham home, join me. go to jamieharrison.com. because we are building a movement to change the leadership we have in the state. >> where are the votes, where are issues where you think you would contrast with the record graham has amassed particularly in the trump era? >> there are so many issues. for health care, here we have four rural hospitals that have closed over the past few years. we have 12 counties in this state that have no ob/gyns. that's a huge issue. almost 300,000 people should have health ca

nikki haley was the first person of color and the rst woman to become a governor of south carolina, a republican who took downed the coate flag. >> it's time to move the flag from the capitol grounds. tcheers a applause ] >> she then beca first indian-american to serve in a president's cabinet. the ambassador to theed unations who pushed her version of donald trump's america first policy. >> you are gonna see a change in the way we do business. for those that don't have our back, we're taking names. her disagreements with president trump directly and in trivate. >> i told him thh. if i saw something wrong, i said that i thought it was wrong.ti >> with the facing impeachment and a divisive presidential election, what does ambassador nikkialey say now? >> "firing line adth margaret hoover" is m possible by... additional funding is provided by... corporate funding is provided by... w >>elcome to firing line," nikki haley. y >> thankou. it's great to be here. >> ambassador haley, you were the united states ambassadorna to the uniteons. you were a member of president trump's cabinet and a

a&t, north carolina central, prairie view a&m university, south carolina state, texas southern university, tupelo college, tuskegee university, virginia state university virginia union university, wiley college among others. in the 115th congress, the c.b.c. launched a tour of hbcu ice called c.b.c. on the yard. the goal of the tour was to listen to, involve, and mobilize students to effect change in their communities and to get their thoughts on the direction of the country and the issues that impact their lives. the c.b.c. hosted events at moorhouse college, xavier university, bowie state university and howard. according to thurgood marshall foundation, hbcu's account for % of the current bachelors degrees granted to african-americans, moreover, among african-americans, 13% of c.e.o.'s, 40% of engineer, 40% of health care professional, 50% f teachers, 50% of nonhbcu professor, 50% of lawyers and 80% of judges and 90% with bachelors degrees in stem subjects graduated from hbcu's. the economic impact of hbcu's, she says, is equally impressive. a report by uncf called hbcu's make america s

in south carolina, compared to just 4% for pete buttigieg. and then you look nationwide, among black voters, joe biden is the story line yet again. 43% support him. pete buttigieg, frankly struggling to gain traction among communities of color. and so that's where pete buttigieg is here. he is the second candidate after tom steyer going on to television airwaves here in south carolina and i want you to hear a little bit of the ad. >> in our white house you won't have to shake your head and ask yourself whatever happened to iowa's hungry and you fed me. the hope of an american experience defined not by exclusion, but by belonging. >> reporter: hallie, these television commercials are important for pete buttigieg, because frankly, i know we're just two months away from south carolina, but he still has a lot of introduction to do here. i called ms. williams who i first met over the summer, a kind led. and i called her up. at the time she was looking at joe biden and kamala harris and i said last night over the phone, what are you looking at now.

we are building a movement here in south carolina focused on the people in south carolina, not on all the political games in d.c., not about being relevant in washington, d.c., but focusing on the people in this state. and that's why -- that's why we have so much momentum right now and i want folks to go to jamie harrison.com and we are going to send lindsey graham home. people are tired of that type of politics. our hospitals are closing here right now, erin. we've had four rural hospitals that have closed. lindsey hasn't done a town hall in well over two years but is on news every other day. people understand that all politics is local. this guy is all about washington, d.c., and he's not about the people in south carolina. that's why we're going to send him home. >> so his view of the president has changed dramatically from a few years ago and i want to show that juxtaposition to our viewers. here he is again, jaime. >> he's a race-baiting, xenophobic religious bigot. he doesn't represent my party. the american people didn't say that he was a bigot. i don't think they would have el

as a graduate of a historically black college in orangeburg, south carolina, south carolina state university, and now an employee of an hbcu, here in sum ter, south carolina, i want to hear more about what the candidates plan to do to sustain our hbcu's in these financially challenging times. >> voices from the road on c-span >> ssent minority leader chuck schumer held a news conference earlier to discuss proposal on how president trump's impeachment trial should be conducted. this briefing is about 15 minutes. you also have martha mcsally and susan collins in maine. >> hello, glad to be part of your live performance. [laughter] good afternoon. the main purpose today is to follow-up on the letter i spent to leader mcconnell about the potential senate impeachment trial and rules for them. let's not forget that there are many other things the senate should be working on right now. , we recognize the seventh anniversary of the sandy hook massacre. in the seven years since that unthinkable tragedy, america has experienced countless incidents of gun violence ranging from horrific mass shootings t

joe biden we're told thinks that the firewall is going to be in south carolina. bloomberg it staying out and coming in with heavy advertising starting super tuesday. what's cory booker's paths to victory given where you are right now? you are polling, combined polling of 2.5%. you said you've blown past what is needed for the next debate in terms of money. what's your path to victory as you see it? >> well, we know that iowa is going to be the starting line. and we think that just like obama when he showed his strength there -- remember, he was polling, 15, 20 points behind hillary clinton on national polls. nobody who's ever been polling ahead has gone on to win the presidency from the parties. we'll go the pathway of carter, clinton, both of whom in the single digits, obama, 2 or so points behind -- 2 0 or so suspends went. by the time we get to the primary states and caucus states we are going win in south carolina. and i'll tell you this, there is no pathway to the presidency without being able to revive that obama coalition. and that includes the urgency of

because it is not just south carolina. it's also a lot of these southern states that come afterward. it's california. a lot of the states that come later on in the process require you to appeal to black and hispanic voters. and for that reason alone, even if joe biden loses in iowa and loses in new hampshire, the delegate count is what matters. and he has a major advantage because of his strength with minority voters. >> and the durability and recognizability. you know, joe biden has proven here to fore to be -- he's not a great debater and he seems slow in some respects and older. but you know what? we're imperfect people. the idea there is this purity test that's being applied, the voters may have something different to say about that given their temperament this year. and the other piece you're alluding to, we've seen particularly in african-american voters, many of them tend to be pragmatic. the polls didn't show barack obama doing that well in south carolina until he won iowa and he could prove he could win white vote

iowa, new hampshire, nevada and south carolina. >> this is the scenario you have been pulling for for weeks. >> krst mass miracle, which would be that three different winners, not impossible in the first four contests. >> but very much likely. i think it is a real possibility given how the dynamic of this race keeps shifting over time. you could see someone win iowa. >> buttigieg. >> or a bernie sanders winning new hampshire or joe biden persisting in south carolina and also in nevada when you get to the more diverse states. so this is a real possibility that i hear a lot from democrats and many of them think that what it effectively does is prolong this nominating process. some of them are somewhat nervous about that. they don't want a contested convention but these candidates, you could have three or four people duking it out through super tuesday states and just getting almost to the end of this process, not knowing who is going to get enough delegates because ultimately the delegates is what decides the nominee for the democrats. >> so then if that scenario happens, then it's a fo

what makes me relevant is to work for the people of south carolina. to ache up and go to sleep every night figuring out how can i make sure the communities that have led levels higher than federal standards, how do we fix communities are we've-four hospital to can close? >> you talked about his appearances on fox news because this is not the first time you've criticized him for that. but let's watch. >> the whole thing is a joke. the whole thing is being driven by partisans in the house. adam schiff is not looking for the truth and the testimony is incoherent. any impeachment vote, paced on this process, to me is illegitimate, unconstitutional and should be dismissed in the senate without a trial. the only reason they're trying to impeachment the president is they don't believe they can beat him at the ballot box. >> it is his right to speak to his audience on state-run television. but none of that is true. >> well, you know. he really thinks he's pulling the wool over the eyes of the people here in south carolina. but there's going to be a rude awake

we don't want to wait till south carolina. we often make these declarations the night of iowa and new hampshire that are equally unfair. this is a cruel business. >> yeah, it's a cruel business. you know, politics ain't bean bag. i guess neither is political journalism. you're right. we want -- we want to move the story along. we want the next chapter of the story, and we see these primaries as chapters, and so iowa is a very important first chapter and we make all sorts of conclusions. >> however unrepresentative it is. >> i remember going in late 2007 to cover the iowa caucuses. i just remember this one time. i hadn't been out for the caucuses before quite that late. it was so cold, you know. the caucuses were early in 2008. and i remember going to an obama rally. and i played a game. like, look for a person of color here. and this was a big high school gym full of people. and i spotted one, but it turned out to be a reporter. you know, it was like part of the camera crew for somebody. i did not find one, you know. and it wa

he's starting here in north carolina, but in south carolina tomorrow, he's going to be touring a black vineyard and hvcu and roundtable discussions with latino voters and small business, african-american women, business owners so he's making a point to say that he sees black voters and minority voters as a priority. >> and a.b., to this reporting that shaq has for us, the black vote so important and whether it's a buttigieg opportunity or challenge, it certainly is a challenge and opportunity for the other candidates that don't have the word biden at end of their name. >> yes, that's true. they're all struggling except for the former vice president, who has enjoyed this firewall of support since the minute he got into the race. it has not eroded. these voters essential to the coalition that decides the nomination ultimately for the successful democrat. they trust joe biden. they know that he has been campaigning to earn their trust for decades, you know, longer than pete buttigieg has probably been alive, and while what he's doing is definitely the right thing to do, to go and to stay

a recent survey shows biden commanding with 44% of south carolina's black vote. bernie sanders trailing him by 30 points. mayor pete is at a bluetarky. 0.0. if biden maintains supports among black voters, a structural advantage in the nomination fight stronger than his lead in national polls's joining me to discuss don peebles, former chair of the congress' black caucus foundation, who served on president obama's national finance committee. mr. peebles, how deep do you think that support is that the former vice president has with voters of color? >> i think it's somewhat shallow. i mean, he's gaining black support primarily by association. similar to what hillary clinton enjoyed. she got support from the african-american voting community based upon her marriage to bill clinton and being first lady and so on, and then vice president obama -- i mean, president obama is giving support somewhat to joe biden. so joe biden's enjoying support based upon his association with president obama and being his vice president. i think african-american voters are supporting him

pleasure of serving for the last 10 years as mayor of columbia, south carolina. in addition to serving in government, we also host only 50,000 students attending the university of south carolina -columbia. climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge we face and i am pleased that the committee is hosting this committee -- is hosting this hearing. mayors are grappling with the impacts of climate change and local governments want to mitigate that to make communities more resilient. we cannot tackle this alone. we need a strong federal partner. i hope this'll be the first step in developing a robust program that bolsters the efforts of mayors in cities that will address this existential challenge. in columbia, we witnessed firsthand how climate change is already impacting infrastructure. over three days in october of 2015, the remnants of hurricane joaquin stalled over central south carolina, inundating the area with 30 inches of rain in our great city. the impact took the lives of 19 precious south carolina ends in the storm really wiped out our canal which serv

that something that we will watch as he goes from north carolina to south carolina today and tomorrow and whether the support of african-american voters continues to grow. that is what has been restricting him in the polling numbers. mayor pete is going to be having discussions here today and then going to be in north charleston, south carolina with a fight for 15 town hall. he is focused on reaching all of the voters but right now about to have a discussion focused on poverty. >> and shaq, give me the tenor of things from reverend barber of things because he has not been critical of mayor pete even though he does not have a lot of support with the black community thus far, and talk about that. >> right. you know, it is interesting early in the service, this service was not led by reverend barber and he did come on and speak it a little bit, but there was a guest pastor who gave the sermon today, but reverend barber did defend mayor pete. and he never mentioned mayor pete by name, but he said that the idea of the riff between the african-american community and the gay community is a m

in south carolina we had eight hbcu's. the economic impact of those graduates is around $5 billion of lifetime earnings. this bill makes that more achievable, more attainable and keeps the american dream live and well. the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. jones: thank you, madam president. madam president, i'm rising today with just, for lack of a better term, an incredible amount of hope and excitement, something we don't always see on the floor of the senate these days. we go through so many routine measures. we go through so many political speeches. but today is truly a day of hope and excitement and optimism because we are on the verge of a significant moment for our nation's historically black colleges and universities, and all minority serving institutions. i frankly hope that in our partisan world that we're living and a partisan america that people across this country are tuning in right now or at least will follow what's happening on the floor of the senate today where a bipartisan coalition has co

he gentleman from south carolina. mr. rice: i ask unanimous consent to dispense with the reading, madam speaker. he speaker pro tempore: is there objection? without objection, the reading dispensed with. the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. madam speaker, my motion to recommit is very simple. it will retain, despite the of the underlying bill, it would retain the cap, the salt deduction only for tax returns where the earn more than $100 million a year. $7 s would produce about billion in savings, and we would pply the $7 billion to doubling, doubling the deduction or firefighters and teachers' -- firefighters' and teachers' supplies from $500, which is in the underlying bill, to $1,000. acrosspeaker, my friends the aisle love to say that they downtroddeny of the and middle class, but their actions certainly speak a lot words.than their and the underlying bill here is giveaway to the rich. let me say that again. to the plain giveaway rich. of the n excess of 50% benefit of restoring or taking goes to the cap earne

partners, michelle fishback, minnesota, nancy mace, south carolina, beth dine, i'm sorry, death, from texas, this, ladies and gentlemen, is the squad. to you, first, jessica. why do you do this? >> we did this because we need a new generation of conservative s who can go with ao c and her squad and they are absolutely brain washing the younger generations of this country. a socialistic believe in free stuff, conservatives believe in freedom and we have to get that message out. stuart: can i just throw this out to all four of you. which policies are you pushing for that would be conservative policies, i'll start first with you. >> i think what we're facing is rising healthcare costs and not seeing solutions and there are solutions out there. i think we're looking at borders right now that we're not looking at solutions to actually close them or to provide protections for all the loopholes where you've got folks coming in, with drug cartels, human trafficking we're not doing any of those things, and it's simple things, like infrastructure. we've got a collapsing

his son of south carolina with south carolina roots. we all miss him a great deal. my name is steve benjamin. i have the pleasure of serving for the last ten years as mayor of columbia, south carolina. a thriving and diverse city in the center of our great state. in addition to serving as our state government, we also host nearly 50,000 students attending the university of south carolina, columbia college, and allen university and benedict college. also the proud home to ft. jackson, the army's largest training senior which trains approximately 45,000 soldiers per year. climate change is perhaps the biggest challenge we face. and i'm pleased that the subcommittee is holding this hearing on the economic effects of climate change. i'm especially pleased that the subcommittee wants to hear about its impact on local government budgets and local economies. mayors in cities throughout the country are grappling with the impacts the climate change. local governments are also leading the efforts to mitigate those impacts and make our communities more resilient. hardening and

south carolina, georgia, north carolina, multiple inches of rainfall and strong, gusty winds. should all wind down tomorrow night and tuesday morning. the rain, generally 2 to 4 inches in florida. where you see the purple, that's as much as 8 plus inches of rain along the coast of georgia and south carolina, maybe extending as far north as the north carolina border. on the west, the atmospheric weather dying down. snowfall another 1 to 2 feet in the mountains. traveling for christmas eve and christmas day, looking good in most places. mild temperatures 23 degrees above normal. if you want a white christmas, not many places. very far north close to the canadian border and especially the rockies will see a lot of snow. >> jeff, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> we want to get you to chicago where a house party early today erupted in gunfire. 13 people were wounded, 4 of them critically. police say people ran from gunfire inside the party only to be shot outside. one person is under arrest and chicago mayor laurie lightfoot said this type of violence cannot be tolerated. >> it's

i think of my own hometown, abbeville, south carolina. you know the population, just talking about how even in my hometown, sometimes in certain cities it's dwindling. so they've got to pull people in. we've heard about other places trying to pull people, young people, to live there, to build the town up. >> absolutely. i'm mad that i missed one of those villas in italy. they were giving away properties. that is what i would have definitely gone for. >> that's a retirement right there. >> topeka, kansas, if you want to say that's my hometown, they're going to pay you to live there. >> so sign up, move to topeka, everybody. how about this, so we've heard of the ugly sweater contest or day at school. i thought of literally just buy the ugliest sweater, typically it's one that grandma would knit for you. apparently parents are going all out. take a look at this girl right here. she has a whole setup here. laila here, it's like a chimney, santa's coming down it. that is -- >> so creative. >> so creative, it's got a fire, even. i love that. mo

here in north carolina and then later in south carolina mayor pete is going to be focusing on the group of voters that he needs to expand and improve upon which are black voters, campaign very clear, very up front about wanting to do better among black voters and are hoping that this worship service and the discussion afterwards hoping that contributes to his numbers. he is up with radio ads already, his campaign officials are saying he will be up with television ads later this week. you know this campaign is very focused on expanding their support among black voters, hoping that will then continue mayor pete's rise among all voters, alex. >> shaq, i know that he's been lagging behind in the polls in both the african-american community and the latino community. is there a specific reason? there something that folks are pointing to saying that he has lacked doing thus far? >> reporter: when he's asked about that he says that he understands he is a relative newcomer on the scene. he needs to build trust among african-american voters, among latino voters. he's saying that he's putting in t

we've seen this, south carolina was so key to her strategy. she was really trying to win over black voters, and there was a big generational divide you're seeing right there in south carolina. older african-american voters like joe biden, jungyounger lik kamala harris. what do you say to her supporters? >> well, i would tell them there is room and opportunity for them to feel like their messages are being heard within this camp. the reality is, what we need is someone who's been battle tested. one of the reasons i looked at supporting the vice president is what he's been able to do, noth through this campaign but in a lifetime of public service. he's been through the valleyened come out on the other side and someone who's been a champion of issues that are pressing to the people. so to the young voters out there in south carolina and young voters, young african-american voters that like senator harris, i would tell them issues like housing, health care, economic prosperity, the ones that people really need, the ones that i want to make sure ou

the polls are different for joe biden in iowa versus south carolina. >> [indiscernible] mr. castro: but still, i said it's also the ability of the people to elect their first choice candidate, right? and it's not mostly or only about the politicians, it's also the people. as you know, for instance, when single-member districts have come about in cities across the u.s., the primary legal argument hasn't been about the politicians, it's been about the ability of usually people of color or protected classes to elect their first choice candidate. so if we analyze it from that perspective, actually there is a significant difference from iowa to south carolina, and there's also a difference, a growing one, i think, in nevada. and i think that's going to be borne out when nevada caucuses, you know, even though that's a caucus and i actually believe that we should have primaries, not caucuses, but there's a difference there. overall though, in my vision for how we would do this in the future, we would take all of that into account. my point is, it's been almost 50 years. do we belie

to south carolina, and of course nevada as well. willie, interesting about mike bloomberg, the way bloomberg is competitive going into super tuesday. you have, you know, buttigieg winning iowa and sanders winning in new hampshire and let's say biden winning in south carolina three, four days later you have super tuesday, andst it wi it's open and there's no clear front runner and michael bloomberg's dumped $10 million in these individual states, that makes it of course very competitive, and actually gives him an opportunity of getting up to that 15% point in some of those states? >> yeah, he could, and this will be a test of money and politics, let's just say it. if he can spend enough money to be on the air as much as he's already been, we see it, you watch tv anywhere, and you see a mike bloomberg ad, but in iowa and new hampshire and creep up a little bit, we will see. i was looking if we can go back to the last poll we had up about the split between men and women when it comes to biden versus donald trump. that is an extraordina

earlier this year, a former south carolina congressman filed suit, arguing that the party's decision to skip a primary, deprives him and others of the ability to vote for the candidate of their choice. in her ruling, the judge stated, that the law quote does not give plaintiffs a legal right to a presidential preference primary. south carolina is one of several states that have canceled gop primaries or caucuses next year, in an effort to help trump consolidate support. and 2020 democratic presidential newcomer michael bloomberg has pledged to $10 million to defend vulnerable democrats up for re-election, going to combatting an onslaught of paid democratic ads attacking support for impeachmenting the, impeachment of the president. >> in 2018, mayor bloomberg was a critical ally in helping house democrats regain the majority. now the stakes are even higher. we welcome and thank mayor bloomberg about his report. >>> still ahead, we will dig into what a potential impeachment trial in the senate may look like. president trump wants one thing. senate republicans seem to want something com