Jesse Jackson endorses Clinton

The Rev. Jesse Jackson announced his support for Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, in a Saturday afternoon news conference with reporters in Chicago.

Jackson recalled meeting Clinton in the Mississippi Delta, calling her a “wonderful woman.” He cited her work with the Children’s Defense Fund and, later, in the White House for a comprehensive health care system.

“We trust her to work on health care, to fight for the poor,” Jackson said. “We trust her to fight in the defense of children.”

Jackson, a former Democratic presidential candidate, spoke at a memorial that bears the names of several hundred children who were slain in street violence in Chicago, according to a news release.