>> SARAH CHAMBERLAIN THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR BEING ON THE SHOW
THIS MORNING.
WE’LL ZERO IN FURTHER ON THE
ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS.
A NEW FILM HIGHLIGHTS THE RECORD
NUMBER OF FIRST-TIME FEMALE
CANDIDATES WHO RAN, WON, AND UP
ENDED POLITICS IN WHAT BECAME
THE HISTORIC BARRIER BREAKING
2018 MIDTERM ELECTIONS.
>> I ALWAYS TELL THE STORY THAT
I NEVER SLEPT ON NOVEMBER 8th.
>> THE SCENE HERE IS SO
DIFFERENT THAN A FEW HOURS AGO.
>> WHAT STARTED OFF AS
IMPOSSIBLE IS NOW REALITY.
>> BUT I SURE AS HELL WOKE UP ON
NOVEMBER 9th.
>> IT MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN THE
GLASS CEILING THAT SHATTERED BUT
SOMETHING EXPLODED.
>> POWERFUL MEN EXISTED IN A
PROTECTED BUBBLE.
>> I’M TIRED OF A CONGRESS OF
THE OLD BOYS CLUB.
>> WE DESERVE BETTER.
>> A RECORD NUMBER OF WOMEN
GETTING INTO POLITICS.
>> MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS SEEKING
OFFICE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
>> THIS HUGE SURGE OF WOMEN.
>> WHAT’S BEHIND THE SURGE OF
WOMEN.
>> THERE ARE SO MANY ELECTED
POSITIONS IN THE COUNTRY WHERE A
WOMAN HAS NEVER SERVED.
WHERE A WOMAN OF COLOR HAS NEVER
SERVED.
>> THE RIGHT RACE IS THE RIGHT
TIME AND I’M THE RACE CANDIDATE.
>> I HAD TO RUN.
I HAD TO DO IT.
>> WOMEN ARE NOW THE MOST
IMPORTANT POLITICAL FORCE IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> THE NEW DOCUMENTARY IS CALLED
"SURGE," AND IT’S SET TO PREMIER
TUESDAY ON SHOW TIME.
JOINING US DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESSWOMAN OF ILLINOIS, THE
YOUNGEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN
TO BE ELECTED TO CONGRESS AND
ONE OF THE WOMEN PROFILED IN THE
FILM.
ALSO WITH US, DIRECTORS AND
PRODUCERS OF THE FILM "SURGE"
HANNAH ROSENSWAG AND WENDY SACKS.
HANNAH SERVED AS AVIDWITH HILLAR
CLINTON’S CAMPAIGN AND WENDY
SERVED AS PRESS SECRETARY ON
CAPITOL HILL.
HANNAH AND WENDY I’LL START WITH
YOU.
I LOVE THIS ON SO MANY LEVELS
BECAUSE IT’S VERY MUCH LIKE A
WOMAN TO SAY FORGET IT, I’LL DO
IT MYSELF, YOU GUYS ARE SO BAD.
IT FEELS LIKE THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENED DURING THE MIDTERMS.
IT FELT LIKE SO MANY WOMEN WERE
SO FED UP THEY ROLLED UP THEIR
SLEEVES AND HAD TO PICK UP THE
PIECES.
WHAT WAS REALLY, I GUESS, THE
INSPIRATION FOR THIS FILM?
HANNAH, I’LL START WITH YOU.
>> WELL, WE WERE JUST SEEING
AFTER THE MASSIVE WOMEN’S
MARCHES IN 2017 WE WERE SEEING
THAT WOMEN WERE NOT ONLY
MARCHING BUT THERE WERE ALL
THESE WOMEN FROM ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY WHO WERE SAYING, HEY, WE
NEED TO RUN FOR OFFICE TO MAKE
REAL CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO WENDY AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS
JUST SUCH AN IMPORTANT STORY AND
THAT IT WOULD BE A HISTORIC
MOMENT AND IT ENDED UP BEING A
HISTORIC MOMENT WITH THE NEW
CONGRESS IN HAD 2018 AND
LAUREN’S INCREDIBLE WIN, SO THAT
WAS REALLY THE GENESIS OF THE STORY.
>> WENDY TELL US, BECAUSE --
>> WE WERE CASTING FOR
CHARACTERS AND TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT WHO WE WANTED TO FOLLOW.
WE WANTED TO FOLLOW A GROUP OF
DIVERSE WOMEN, THEY WERE ALL
RUNNING FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND WE WERE LOOKING FOR WOMEN
LOOKING TO FLIP THEIR RED
DISTRICTS TO BLUE.
WE WERE LOOKING FOR THE WOMEN
WHO REALLY REPRESENTED THIS
MOVEMENT AND LAUREN UNDERWOOD
JUST POPPED.
WE WERE EARLY ON WE HAD HEARD
ABOUT HER RACE. WE KNEW SHE WAS RUNNING IN A
WE KNEW SHE WAS RUNNING IN A
CHALLENGING DISTRICT, SHE’S
YOUNG, SHE’S A NURSING AND SHE
WAS OUT FIGHTING A SCRAPPY RACE
AND SHE EMERGED AS ONE OF THESE
CANDIDATES TO FOLLOW.
>>
>> I JUST WANT TO -- AS THE LONE
GUY ON THE PANEL, I WANT TO MAKE
A POINT, BUT I DO BELIEVE WOMEN
ARE GOING TO SAVE THIS COUNTRY.
I’VE WRITTEN A BOOK AND IN A
CHAPTER I TALK ABOUT HOW WOMEN
ARE SUPERIOR, THE BLACK WOMAN
VOTER, THE SUBURBAN WOMAN VOTER,
THEY HAVE A SENSE OF STRENGTH.
I REALLY BELIEVE WE’RE GOING TO
BE TALKING THE FIRST WEEK OF
NOVEMBER ABOUT HOW WOMEN SAVED
THIS COUNTRY.
SO CONGRATULATIONS AND I’M
REACHING OUT TO THE SUPERIOR
GENDER TO SAVE US BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
>> YOU COULDN’T BE MORE RIGHT.
CADDIE KAY, JUMP IN.
>> CONGRESSWOMAN, LET ME SAY
THIS TO YOU.
YOU CAME INTO OFFICE NOT KNOWING
THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A
MASSIVE PANDEMIC AROUND THE
CORNER.
YOU HAVE A MEDICAL BACKGROUND.
YOU HAVE A NURSE.
YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD MAKE
YOU A SHOO-IN FOR RE-ELECTION
BECAUSE YOU UNDERSTAND THE
SCIENCE, YOU CAN DEAL WITH THE
BIGGEST CRISIS THAT YOUR
CONSTITUENTS ARE FACING AT THE
MOMENT.
HOW IS IT LOOKING FOR YOU GOING
INTO 2020?
DOES THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THIS
MEDICAL BACKGROUND HELP YOU?
>> WELL, MY COMMUNITY CERTAINLY
KNOWS MY CREDENTIALS AND ARE
FAMILIAR WITH MY
ACCOMPLISHMENTED.
THREE BIPARTISAN BILLS SIGNED
INTO LAW BY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WE HAVE 60 DAYS UNTIL THE
ELECTION.
ABOUT THREE WEEKS UNTIL BALLOTS
ARE MAILED OUT KROOGSACROSS MY
COMMUNITY TO THOSE WHO HAVE
REQUESTED THEM.
SO WE ARE IN THE THICK OF IT
RIGHT NOW.
>> LAUREN UNDERWOOD, I WONDER
WHAT WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR
YOUR CAMPAIGN.
WAS IT SORT OF BEING -- WAS IT
BEING FED UP OR WAS THIS A
LIFELONG CAREER ASPIRATION FOR
YOU?
>> WELL, I DECIDED TO RUN AFTER
SERVING IN THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
I HAD WORKED ON PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS.
I STAYED AND SERVED UNTIL THE
VERY LAST DAY AND RETURNED HOME
TO ILLINOIS, OUR STATE-EXPANDED
MEDICAID.
WHEN I WENT TO MY CONGRESSMAN’S
ONE AND ONLY PUN EVENT OF 2017, IT WAS DURING THE TIME OF OBAMA
IT WAS DURING THE TIME OF OBAMA
CARE REPEAL.
AND HE HAD
AND HE MADE A PROMISE.
I’M A NURSE.
I WORKED ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE
ACT AND I HAVE A PRE-EXISTING
CONDITION.
TWO WEEKS LATER, HE VOTED ON THE
VERSION OF THE REPEAL THAT MADE
IT COST PROHIBITIVE FOR PEOPLE
LIKE ME TO GET AFFORDABLE
COVERAGE AND I DECIDED, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
IT’S ON.
I’M RUNNING.
>> I LOVE IT.
THE NEW DOCUMENTARY IS "SURGE"
AND IT REMERES ON SHOWTIME THIS
