CORRESPONDENT PETER BAKER. FIRST OF ALL, GREAT JOB, THAT’S
ALL I CAN SAY, SERIOUSLY.
A LOT OF PEOPLE SAW THAT AND I
CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT IT WAS LEEK
TO HAVE A PROM NANT SITTING
UNITED STATES SENATOR RUNNING
FOR PRESIDENT AND HAVING NO IDEA
WHEN YOU STEPPED IN FRONT OF
THAT GUY WHAT HIS INTENTIONS
WERE.
WERE. GOOD ON YOUR FOR THE COURAGE YOU
SHOWED AND YOU STOOD YOUR
GROUND.
GROUND. I SAID I KNOW WHO I WANT TO
MODERATE MY NEXT PANEL.
TAKE US THROUGH WHAT HAPPENED ON
SATURDAY.
SATURDAY. >> THE CONVERSATION THAT WE WERE
HAVING BEFORE HE JUMPED ON,
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GENDER GAP,
RACE, THREE WOMEN OF COLOR ON
STAGE HAVING A REALLY INCITEFUL
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. IT WAS HER BIG IDEA, AND WE ARE
JUST TALKING ABOUT, AND GOING
INTO DEPTH, AND HERE COMES THIS
GUY WITH ALL OF HIS MALE
PRIVILEGE AND SAYS I HAVE
SOMETHING BETTER TO TALK ABOUT,
I HAVE SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT, THERE IS AN
INSULTING COMPONENT OF IT AND
THE FRIGHTENING PART OF IT AS
WELL.
WELL. WHEN I SAW HIM I WASN’T SURE
WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I WAS KIND OF STARING THINKING
WHO IS THIS GUY AND WHEN HE MADE
HIS WAY TOWARD THE SENATOR I
THOUGHT OH, NO, THE OUTCOME IS
WHAT I WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
I THOUGHT VIRGINIA BEACH HAD
JUST HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE.
WE HAVE HAD HATE CRIMES RISE,
AND I THOUGHT HE IS IS A SITTING
SENATOR, RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT,
A WOMAN OF COLOR, ANYTHING CAN
HAPPEN AND I JUST THOUGHT
ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
I WAS NOT THINKING ABOUT WHAT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO ME, I WAS
THINKING ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN
TO HER AND HE IS WAS, YOU WERE
ASKING ME WHAT HE IS WAS HIKE
AND HE IS WASSHE WAS FANTASTIC,
WENT OFF STAGE AND CAME BACK AND
WE CONTINUED THE CONVERSATION
AND I APOLOGIZED TO HER WHEN HE
IS SAID NO, THANK YOU, I’M SO
PROUD OF YOU AND WHAT YOU HAVE
BEEN DOING.
BEEN DOING. AND THEN SHE CALLED ME ON SUNDAY
JUST TO CHECK IN AND SEE HOW I
WAS DOING.
WAS DOING. SO I SAID THIS LAST NIGHT ON
RACHAEL MADDOW BEEN IT REALLY
MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE
MISSING IN THE COUNTRY.
COMMON HUMAN DECENCY.
PEOPLE SAYING THANK YOU AND
WORRYING ABOUT YOU, AND WE JUST
DON’T SEE THAT ANYWHERE MORE.
I HAVE HAD SO MANY WOMEN OF
COLOR SAYING TO ME I EXPERIENCED
THAT AND NO ONE CAME TO MY AIDE,
I HAD A WOMAN TEXT ME LAST NIGHT
THAT SAID I JUST FEEL LIKE BLACK
WOMEN ARE THE MOST DISRESPECTED
WOMEN ON THE PLANET.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY, WOMEN IN
PARTICULAR, ARE FEELING THAT
MOMENT THEY SAW ON THE STAGE.
>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL
BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT
SENATOR HARR EERKSIS DOESN’T HAV
SECURITY.
SECURITY. AND ARE THEY REVIEWING, TO THE
EXTENT YOU’RE AWAY OF THE
SECURITY MEASURES AROUND THE
CANDIDATES.
CANDIDATES. >> WE DID NOT HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION, IT WAS JUST A
CHECK IN, I DON’T KNOW ON OUR
END I HAVE TO BE VERY HONEST.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT AND FIGURE
OUT WHAT HAPPENED, HOW DID THIS
GUY GET ON STAGE?
AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT
NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
IT NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED OUT AND
FIGURED OUT.
FIGURED OUT. >> MOST PEOPLE DON’T REALIZE
THAT THEY DON’T HAVE SECURITY.
>> ALMOST NONE OF THEM DO.
OCCASIONALLY IF THERE IS A
THREAT THEY WILL GAVE SITLE
SENATE SECURITY, BUT ONCE WE GET
DOWN THE ROAD OF THE CAMPAIGN IT
WILL BE THE SECRET SERVICE’S
RESPONSIBILITY, THAT IS
TYPICALLY THREAT BASED.
SO BERNIE SANDERS USED TO PAY
FOR HIS OWN SECURITY.
>> AND BARACK OBAMA IN 2008 THEY
GAVE HIM SECURITY BECAUSE THE
RISK WAS SO HIGH, THE THREAT WAS
SO HIGH, AND THAT WAS IN THE
PRIMARY.
PRIMARY. >>.
>>. >> GREAT JOB, YOUR INSTINCTS
WERE INCREDIBLE.