“People are worried about their families, about their children, about their children’s futures," Jahana Hayes, the 2016 National Teacher of the Year who is now running for Congress, says of the issues that matter most to voters she has spoken to.
John Legend shares why he's a #GlobalCitizen, working in criminal justice:
"This is not an abstract problem. This is not a problem that's just statistics to me. This is something that's real and that we've experienced in our own family."
Used paper and plastic containers that Americans intend to recycle are actually ending up in landfills, waste company managers say. #GlobalCitizennbcnews.com/globalcitizen
"I dedicate this to Dr. Ford. I dedicate this to Anita Hill. I dedicate this to all of us who are trying to make this world a better place." nbcnews.com/globalcitizen
“We want equal justice for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and for all victims of sexual assault," NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo says at #GlobalCitizen Festival. nbcnews.to/2Iuy5UU
WATCH: Janelle Monae to survivors of sexual violence:
“Jeff Flake is the real hero here of what happened. He just needed some reassurance on some of the doubts he had."
Sen. Chris Coons joins @chrislhayes at #GlobalCitizen Festival to discuss latest on the FBI's investigation into the allegations against Judge Kavanaugh.
WATCH: Sen. Flake encourages voters to "keep calling" their elected officials at #GlobalCitizen Festival:
"Feel free to join me in an elevator any time," Sen. Flake says after being confronted by a sexual assault survivor in an elevator Friday before the vote on Judge Kavanaugh.
BREAKING: Key Republican Sen. Flake says he wants FBI background investigation briefly reopened before a full Senate vote, but for now, joins Republicans in voting Judge Kavanaugh out of committee. nbcnews.to/2Ojb8Jz
BREAKING: Sen. Murkowski, key Republican vote for Judge Kavanaugh's confirmation, says she supports Sen. Flake's call for a brief reopening of FBI background investigation on Kavanaugh - @LACaldwellDC
@LACaldwellDC Analysis: Sen. Murkowski's and Sen. Flake's key Republican votes could delay a full Senate floor vote on Judge Kavanaugh if they hold out for an FBI investigation, but they have not yet said how they would vote if that request is denied by the White House and the vote is called.
Hillary Clinton to @Maddow: President Trump and his administration have shown authoritarian tendencies, and if left unchecked, they could erode the democracy to unseen levels.
BREAKING: Pres. Trump rejects independent study that reports an estimated 2,975 people died in Puerto Rico in 5 months after Hurricane Maria; provides no evidence to discount the study; declares, without evidence, that the higher death toll is political ploy to make him look bad.
President Trump argues that the preliminary death toll he was given immediately after Hurricane Maria could not have gone up to the toll that independent study reports with an estimated 2,975 people dead; he does not site evidence to back up his refutation of the study.
Last month, Puerto Rico increased its official Hurricane Maria death toll estimate to 2,975 after release of report commissioned by officials. nbcnews.to/2NwJHIM
"I think we did a fantastic job in Puerto Rico," President Trump says day after Puerto Rico Gov. Rossello increased official Hurricane Maria death toll from 64 to 2,975. nbcnews.to/2NwJHIM