This is what I would ask of the American people, and that is, and the media does not do this terribly often - put things in contact.

All of you are aware of the tragic history of racism in America, but for a very long time, African-Americans and their white allies came together and they struggled and they stood up for justice and they stood up to lynching and they stood up to segregation and the stood up to a nation where African-Americans couldn't even vote in America.

We need a strategy. And the goal is to bring millions of people together.

If jazz education in our colleges were free to all it would provide thousands of good jobs in the music industry which has been taken over by corrupt millionaires and billionaires.

The American people want to raise the minimum wage. Every poll tells us that. That bill will not get to the floor of the Senate. The American people want to ask the rich to pay more in taxes. But the legislation that will get to the floor is tax breaks for billionaires.

What I saw in Baltimore was distressing and it tells me we need stronger policies in this country.

I am proud of the campaign that we ran. Obviously, I wish we could have done a little bit better.