07/12/21 07/12/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> they said mercenaries to kill the president at his home with members of his family. roads, water, the referendum as well as the elections at the end of the year so there is no transition in the country. amy: the widow of haitian president jovenel moïse speaks

out after he was assassinated last week. she was shot and recovery at a hospital. haitian police say they've arrested haitian-born doctor based in florida who came to haiti with armed security guards and political objectives. we'll go to haiti to speak with magali comeau denis, a former minister of culture in haiti who is now the coordinator of the civil society commission to find a haitian solution to the ongoing political crisis. then lawmakers return to washington, d.c., after a two-week recess where they will push forward on a bipartisan infrastructure plan and budget resolution that could address climate change, education, and poverty. >> all told, families will receive a credit of about $3000 to 3600 dollars per child. these payments represent the largest anti-poverty program in a generation and the child tax

credit has the potential to cut child poverty in half. amy: we'll speak with new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez about the infrastructure bill, the green new deal, new york city's mayoral election, the a session in -- assassination of the haitian president, and more. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. more arrests have been made in connection with last week's assassination of haitian president jovenel moïse. christian emmanuel sanon is accused of working with the masterminds who plotted the killing after flying into haiti on a private jet. he is believed to be a haitian born florida-based doctor. haiti's police chief said 26

-- his forces are working with colombian officials. so far 26 colombians, including former soldiers, are expected in being involved in the assassination. 18 of them have been arrested, along with three haitians. five suspects remain at large. two haitian americans who were arrested last week claimed to have been acting as interpreters. the u.s. that it is sending senior fbi and dhs officials to port-au-prince but has so far denied request to send troops to haiti, those as it will increase u.s. military aid there. meanwhile unrest is growing in haiti and it's a political turmoil and the worsening economic crisis. >> politicians are fighting amongst themselves.

each one is claiming power. the leaders never think of the people. they always use the people for their own interests. amy: haiti struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic as the country has yet to see a single vaccine. we will go to haiti for the latest after headlines. covid-19 cases rose in 42 u.s. states over the past week as the vaccination rate has slowed down and the more transmissible delta variant spreads. over 99% of u.s. covid deaths in in je were among unvaccinated people. the centers for disease control issued new guidelines urging schools to fully reopen in the fall but leaving major decisions in the hands of local officials. the cdc said fully vaccinated students can mostly forego mask-wearing, even when inside, but that three feet of distance between children should be maintained if possible and six

feet between adults or between adults and students. in new york city, officials were forced to halt the transfer of unhoused people from empty hotel rooms to congrege shelte after the legal aid society filed a motion saying it was a violation of people wi dibilities and certain health conditions. in cuba, thousands took to the streets of havana and other cities in rare anti-government protests, denouncing the island's economic crisis during the covid-19 pandemic. cuba is facing its harshest phase of the pandemic with skyrocketing infections. the islands set a new record sunday with over 60 people are 900 positive cases people are. scrambled to cope amid shortages of medicine, food, and other resources due to catastrophic u.s. sanctions. thousands of others led counter-protests sunday in

support of the cuban revolution and president miguel diaz-canel, who accuse the u.s. of instigating antigovernment protests on the island and urged the biden administration to lift the blockade. the top u.s. military general in afghanistan is stepping down today in a symbolic end to the nearly two-decade occupation. army general austin "scott" miller has overseen the u.s. war in afghanistan since 2018. last week president biden said the u.s. military will complete its withdrawal by august 31. david is leaving hundreds of soldiers there. this comes as taliban fighters have escalated their offensive across much of the country. >> the situation is worrying many people have been displaced from their homes. e when will the situationnd?

our demand is to make this clear whether they should hand over to the television were take full control by themselves in critical area of insurgent so we can lead a peaceful life. the landslide victory came after fewer than 40 million people in a nation of 110 million registered to cast ballots in an election that was delayed twice, with no voting at all taking place in three of ethiopia's 10 regions. that includes the tigray region, home to 6 million people. 400,000 people in tigray are in famine with nearly 2 million more on the brink after prime minister abiy pursued a devastating military offensive against separatists. in sports news, england's football association is condemning racist attacks on social media aimed at black players on the national team following their loss to italy in

the euro 2020 final sunday. england lost to italy 3-2 during penalty kicks. the english team responded on twitter -- "we're disgusted that some of our squad -- who have given everything for the shirt this summer -- have been subjected to discriminatory abuse online. we stand with our players." in venice, italy, officials at the g20 meeting have backed a proposal calling for a global and mom tax for at least 15% in an effort to curb tax havens and loopholes for major corporations. the most profitable countries could face a higher tax rate of 20%. the proposal faces many potential obstacles, including objections from businesses and low-tax countries. it also currently excludes financial services firms and extractive industries. protesters gathered in venice called out the exclusive gathering of the world's 20 largest economies. >> this is an economic model we want to oppose. it is the same economic model

that at the g20 they will try to propose again. this model of tourism, capitalism, and exploitation is not a sustainable model to recover from the economic crisis. amy: president biden issued a de-ranging executive order friday to curb anti-competitive practices, which he said stifle economic growth and lock workers into low-wage jobs. >> what we've seen over the past few decades is less competition and more concentration that holds our economy back. we see big tech and big pharma come the list goes on. rather than competing for consumers, their consuming their competitors. rather than competing for workers, they are finding ways to gain the upper hand on labor. amy: included in the executive order are provisions calling on federal agencies to more thoroughly scrutinize mergers,

support for states and tribal governments that import cheaper prescription drugs from canada, and for the federal communications commission to restore net neutrality for broadband. president biden fired the head of social security, andrew saul, a trump appointee and prominent republican donor. he refused request -- president biden has named a replacement to serve as acting social security commissioner until a new permanent leader can be confirmed but saul and says he will continue in pushed the role. he has pushed anti-union and anti-benefits policies at the social security administration. bill pascrell jr., chair of the house ways and means subcommittee on oversight, said saul's agenda was "to impose cruelty on seniors and the disabled." in immigration news, government data obtained by the aclu has revealed the trump administration began separating

asylum-seeking families at the u.s.-mexico border as early as may 2017, nearly a year before trump's zero tolerance policy officially went into effect. from july to december of 2017, some 234 families were separated in yuma, arizona, according to government documents, though the overall numbers are likely higher. many children remain separated from their parents four years later, while some parents are missing after having been deported. some of the families originally came from guatemala, belize, nicaragua, angola, and russia. in texas, an african american man who waited over six hours to cast a vote in march of 2020 faces up to 40 years in prison for "illegal voting." 62-year-old hervis earl rogers was arrested on wednesday and charged with violating a texas law barring people with felony

convictions from casting ballots. he remained in jail for three days until the non-profit group the bail project paid his $100,000 bail. republican attorney general ken ordered rogers' arrest one day before the start of a special legislative session in texas, in which republicans are pressing new voter suppression laws and trying to make it more difficult for people arrested to post cash bail. on tuesday, president biden is set to deliver a major voting rights speech in philadelphia. the city of charlottesville took down three racist statues over the weekend, including of two confederate generals, robert e. lee and thomas "stonewall" jackson. lee's statue was at the center of the deadly white supremacist "unite the right" lly in 2017. charlottesville mayor nikuyah walker spoke just ahead of its removal. >> taking down the statue is one

small step closer to the goal of helping charlottesville, virginia, and america grapple withits sin have been willing to destroy black people for economic gains. y: charlottesville, virginia, also removed a statue of 19th century explorers meriwether lewis and william clark, who were involved in establishing settler-colonialist rule over indigenous people. they are depicted with shoshone interpreter sacagawea kneeling by their side in a submissive posture. meanwhile, the university of virginia on sunday took down its statue of revolutionary war military leader george rogers clark, who is depicted attacking a native american family. the death toll in florida's surfside condo collapse reached 90 people. 71 bodies have been identified, including three children. recovery work is expected to

last at least another two weeks. british billionaire richard branson rocketed to 53 miles above the earth on sunday in the test flight of his privately-funded virgin galactic space ane. branson's trip above the atmosphere came just days before the world's richest person, amazon founder jeff bezos, is set to fly to the edge of space aboard his self-funded new shepard rocket. this month bezos stepped down as amazon's ceo, in part to focus on his rocket company blue origin as it struggles to compete with billionaire elon musk's spacex. in response, vermont senator bernie sanders told "the new york times" -- "you have the richest guys in the world who are not particularly worried about earth anymore. they're off in outer space." in western arizona, two firefighters were killed saturday when their plane

crashed as they surveyed the cedar basin fire. it's one of thousands of wildfires burning on over 300,000 acres in six western states. california's largest wildfire exploded in size to nearly 84,000 acres sunday, fueled by a withering drought and scorching-hot temperatures. the beckworth complex fire has spread into neighboring nevada and is only 8% contained. so far this year, california has seen 115 square miles consumed by wildfires, more than double what had burned at this point in 2020's record-setting fire season. the fires came as record heat returned to part of the western united states over the weekend. again, fueled by the climate crisis. las vegas tied an all-time record high of 117 degrees fahrenheit. palm springs, california, hit a record 120 degrees. and the overnight low in phoenix

on friday was 93 degrees. maricopa county officials have logged over 100 suspected heat-related deaths so far this year. death valley hit 130 degrees on sunday for just the fifth time ever. tied for the highest temperature ever reliably recorded on earth. and in the arctic circle, the town of banak in northern norway reached 94 degrees fahrenheit last week, hotter than the highest temperature recorded in miami, florida, this year. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. when we come back, we go to the capital of haiti to speak to a former minister of culture who is now coordinator at the commission to find a haitian solution to the ongoing political crisis. then we will be joined by new

york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: "bel pale" by kati dada. i'm amy goodman in new york city, joined by democracy now! co-host juan gonazalez in new brunswick, new jersey. hi, juan. juan: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: we begin today's show in haiti, where police said sunday they arrested a key figure in last wednesday's assassination of president jovenel moïse at his home in port-au-prince. haiti's national police chief leon charles said they arrested 63-year-old dr. christian emmanuel sanon, a haitian-born doctor based in florida, and that he arrived in haiti last month with "political objectives." police said sanon is one of

three haitian americans now arrested in the attack, along with 18 colombians. five colombians are still at large and three were reportedly killed. "the miami herald" reports the detained colombians said they were hired to work in haiti by miami-based company ctu security, which is run by a venezuelan man named antonio enmanuel intriago valera. who is anti-president maduro, the president of venezuela. this is the sister of a colombian former soldier accused of participating in moïse's assassination, who was killed during a gun battle with haitian police. jenny capador said her brother had been hired as a bodyguard. >> there's something th does not add up. something is wrong. something happen. what i do know and what i will assure the world of is that my brother was a correct person and

my brother did not do what they are accusing him of. in the last convertion i had with my brother, he told me "we got here too late to stop unfortunately, the person we're going to guard, we could not do anything." amy: on saturday, one of haiti's top gang leaders, jimmy cherizier, a former police officer known as barbecue, said his men would take to the streets to protest the assassination. >> many people from the opposition joined together to betray the president. it is a national and international conspiracy against the haitian people. i ask all groups, gangs mobilize, take to the streets. we demand explanations about the assassination of the president. we had a problem with the president, but we have never said that foreigners can enter our territory to kill the president. amy: this comes as pentagon

spokesman john kirby told "fox news sunday" the united states has sent a inter-agency team from the department of homeland security and the fbi to "see what we can to do help in the investigative process." the u.s. that they are also upping military aid to haiti and interim government has called for both u.n. and u.s. troops to come into haiti. for more, we go to port-au-prince to speak with magali comeau denis, a former minister of culture in hai. she is the coordinator of the civil society commission to find a haitian solution tthe ongoing political crisis. welcome to democracy now! it is great to have you with us. can you tell us what you understand at this point took place over this past week, this historic, unprecedented assassination of the president? what you know so far. magali comeau denis, can you

hear me? > yes. now yes. amy: can you talk about what has happened since this unprecedented assassination of the president of haiti? who was involved? who has been arrested? and who you think is behind this historic attack. >> first of all, let me say we are very, very, very sorry for what happened to the president. this is not what the population was asking for. we are very shocked that makes 3, 4 yearshat we are asking to leavpower and he didn't.

certainly, not what we wanted. what is important now, we want stice. we want the investigators to identify those who cmitted t crime and punishment according to the law. exactly the same way as we ask justice for my young friend, political comrade, who was assassinated before e assassination of the president. all of those animal victi in the capital -- people being

killed, kidnapped. we are seeking justice for them. what is important now is that we are in a catastrophic situation and we have to do all we can do to stabilize the situation and help people live. so let the investigators will be able to answer the question better than i can do. those questions will be answered in proper time. juan: could you talk about this whole issue of where were the president's guards? there was no shooting between the assessment and the supposed guard of the president at the time. has anyone been able to figure out work question his own security?

>> the investigators will answer that. i wasn't in the house. i don't know. i can answer you seriously we were the guards -- you know, since 3, 4 yrs, ere was crime in the country. in the two national investigation of the crime -- the atmosphere that made possible that kind of crime to assassinate a president in his room. so that assassination is related to all of the assassinations

that we had in the country during those 2, 3 years. remember, the chief of the port-au-prince bar association has been killed in his house very, very close to the president's house. so this is not -- it is a very, very special situation because it is a president, but it is not as related -- this is a rise of crime that regime [indiscernible] another president has been a victim of his own reign. so we're sorry for that. but let the investigators do their job. juan: what is your response to the interim prime minister

joseph asking the united states and the u.n. to send troops insecurity into the country? >> it is only for him. he took the power wiout any agreement. so that is why he needs the protection of the military. there is no situation that could explain the intvention -- we don't want that. we already have at. and we know what that left breast. we -- we already have the boots on our knees now, on our neck. not physically, but we could not -- we don't want them to come.

we welcome the international commission of investigation, including the fbi. but we really don't want that. and what we have to recognize, the majority of the population had been in the streets almost each day during that last year's . and when that happened, there was no manifestation of joy. there was no riot, no people in the street burning, etc., etc. the population is very calm, very, very calm, and doesn't what to give any pretext to that government to ask for any intervention.

that is for its own interest for its own protection that it is asking for that. amy: magali comeau denis, who do you believe right now is in charge of haiti? according to "the new york times" the interim says he is taking command of the police and the army, declaring a state of siege that essentially puts the country under martial law. the constitutional experts question is right to impose it and his claim to power was quickly challenged by a rival who was named to be the next prime minister under moïse but not sworn in, of the president of the supreme court who just died of covid who constitutionally would have been next in succession. what entity should be in charge of haiti right now? and your concerns about the call

for u.s. and u.n. troops? >> none of them is legitimate to be in power. there is no provision in the constitution for that situation. we are -- situation. we have to look for solution of exception. [indiscernible] we were in a crisis and walking with all the political groups, although civil society groups,

to the union, to the human rights organizatio feminist organizations, the diaspora, etc., etc., to create -- between all the sectors of the population to report a haitian solution. there is no other legal answer to that situation of exception. juan: going back to moïse president moïse, could you talk about his role in the scandal where billions of dollars from venezuela were marked for haiti disappear? >> that is what the population was asking for, where is the money from the petrol? where are the job? where are the hospitals that were supposed to be created with

that money? into into the government was killing people come up was -- and th government's answer was killing people. all the gangs [indiscernible] protest with the protection of the police. this is a vast system that has been reinforced -- whi level of convictn we never knew before. this is what has to be done investigation for all the kind

of crime, financial crimes also. amy: can you talk about one of the haitian oligarchs, i believe now there has been an arrest were issued for him -- this is before under moïse, which could have extremely, to say the least, angry at, in whington, hiring lobbyists, what his role in haiti is right now and then what you believe the u.s. could do, should do? >> the role is [indiscernible] he has a special position. he was one of the men, suppt of president jovenel.

for now, he is a candidate like the other one. i don't think that deserveany special attention because there are 10, 20. but what the international, what the u.s. can do -- for once we are asking them to listen to us. we are in a process -- meeting an meetings every day this week. we are in the process that have a large consensus between all the sectors. for once, please, i am asking them to listen. they always say the pblem h

toe solved by the haitians. i would like -- we would like them to respect their words and in fact let the haitians solve their problem and bring their solidarity to that solution that we are creating now. juan: and there are election scheduled to be held in september? or do you believe they should go forward? >> listen. listen, since three years, there was one speech. people are killed. election is the being kidnapped. elections. the dayefore the assassination, election of the president, election. the assassination of the president, election.

as if nothing had happened. it is an insult to our intelligence. they cannot keep doing the same thingver and over again but expecting different results. that is the definition of insanity. we he to reset. all the tires are flat and you stl want to go to the beach. let's repair it. listen to us. we know what to do. and we know what not to do. the corpse of the president was barely cold tt the department

was still insisting to have elections in two months. we know all the political crises during this 20 or 30 years, bad elections. we don't want -- we were shocked when there was a violent riot the democratic institution of the united states. we were shocked. as you people in america were shocked. we know we want elections but we wanan election that is not only transparent, but one that [indiscernible]

since the international community took charge of the election in haiti, we went from 75% participation of the population to today at less than 15%. that is result of the organization of the election by the international community. we are asking them for unity, to recognize their part of this in, talk to us. amy: magali comeau denis, thank you for being with us, former minister of culture in haiti, speaking to us from port-au-prince, now coordinator of the civil society commission to find a haitian solution to the ongoing political crisis.

this after last week's unprecedented assassination of the president of haiti. when we come back, we speak with your congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez about haiti, about the infrastructure deal, the green new deal, about new york city's mayoral election -- eric adams will be meeting with president biden today. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: "tell me a tale" by michael kiwanuka. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. haitian police said they arrested a key figure on wednesday's assassination of haitian president jovenel moïse at his home in port-au-prince. the national police chief said they arrested dr. christian emmanuel sanon, that he arrived in haiti last month with political objectives. police say he is one of three haitian americans rested in the attack along with eating colombians. his reported they were hired by miami-based company cq security which is run by a venezuelan man who is known to be anti-president maduro, a venezuela. as as united nations and the united states to send troops to help secure key infrastructure. the u.s. so far has declined but

has sent an interagency team from the united -- homeland security as well as the fbi. colombia said their head of intelligence because the massive number of those involved it is believed with the assessed nation to my former colombian military were colombian. for more, we're joined by alexandria ocasio-cortez. she represents over 650,000 people across parts of the bronx and queens, one of the most diverse districts in the united states. we want to talk about the mayoral election here in new york. we want to talk about infrastructure in the green new deal. i this latest news in haiti and the call for u.s. or u.n. troops from some sectors, the interim government of haiti. what is your concern here with president biden pulling the troops out of afghanistan and the possibility of pressure to go back to the u.s. -- u.s. going back to occupying haiti?

>> you know, i think there are any enormous amounts of concerns. first of all, i apply the withdrawal of troops from afghanistan but the intention is -- that is not to relocate troops from afghanistan to anywhere else. i don't believthat was the intention ofhe withdrawal from the white house, either. but the situation is extraordinarily delicate. extremely fragile. i do not believe right now that the introduction u.s. troops without -- particarly without any sort of plan sets any community, whether it is the u.s. or whether it is haitians up for success. i believe with the assassination, the people of haiti in the country is in a very delicate moment. our role should be in supporting

a peaceful transition and a peaceful democratic process for selecting a new leader. and avoiding any sort of violence. a particularly, in really -- supporting any due process for justice. here in the united states for any actors that may have been complicit on u.s. soil. juan: i wanted to ask you something closer to home, the mayoral race in new york city, the mayoral primary eric adams haswon the primary, defeating a candidate were backing. your sense of the message in this election? >> i think anyone who is here in new york city knows this race was no-- i don't believe it

was a primarily ideogical rates. this was our first right choice for mayor -- ranked choice for mayor and there were complicated dynamics. percent for, covid recovery front and center. i believe mayor adams, presumptive, who may be presumptive mayor eric adams he ran a strong logistical on the ground operation. i do not believe this is some large bellwether for the country for democratic vers in the country. i think it was indicative of a pretty wild race and anyone who is following this race knows and can see the dynamics that were happening throughout with candidates really cycling

through -- surging at one moment and not at others. juan: and your hopes for recovery for new york city? amazingly, because of covid, many of these local governments and state governments now have more money as a result of federal assistance than they've ever had before. what are your hopes of the rebound of new york city? >> well, you know, i think what we really need to focus on is inequitable recovery and a just recovery. what is really important to note is even prior to covid, the city was on a very dangerous precipice as real estate prices and houses upright -- prices of housing was going through the roof. rate is going to the roof. small businesses were starting to be driven out of -- were already starting to be driven out of business and having mass closures because of the skyrocketing cost of real estate, housing, and rent on

small businesses. my hope is that this recovy is just an his centers working people and centers the recovery that also approaches, frankly, public safety from the evidence-based approach -- which we know is centered in antiviolence and committees programming. amy: let's talk about that quickly. you have supported tiffany kaman. she won her race. she said when talking about eric adams, "even to look at who people voted for every level of government, look at districts like mine where overwhelmingly voters were tiffany, and eric adams voters, so what you want about eric adams, but for example, has been 70 the support of the crisis management system ." she is supported by the

democratic-socialist of america but nationally, a president by meeting with eric today as he speaks about crime with attorney general merrick garland and others. it is taken by the democrats as know to defund the police and yes to a heavy police presence. do you think that is the wrong message to take? >> i do. i do think it is a wrong message to take. i do believe that very heavily because -- it is not just a matter of personal opinion, but we also see public polling showing that is the wrong interpretation to take as well. this is not to say people should not be concerned with public safety. what we do know is people across the country are increasingly concerned about incidents of public safety. this is mirrored by public health data we see. there is an increase in crime and incidents of violence as the country really reopened from the pandemic as a desperation

created by, frankly, very poor u.s. response to the pandemic in terms of the economic devastation. so as things were opened up, we're starting to see more crime and violence. that should absolutely be a point of concern. the response to that should not necessarily be over policing. americans know that. we've seen recent polling i believe from abc news, but i could be mistaken, but margins from about 65 percent to 75% of those polls arehowing that the way we counter these increases in incidents is through enomic opportunity and community investment in communities where the surgeons are happening. we see that is not only were the polling is, but with the data shows what the evidence shows is the best way to support reduction in crime. it is with anti-violence

programs -- one of the reasons i requested community funding projects to help support anti-violence programs which can help reduce incidents of reoccurrce of violence by more than 50% -- which is more effective that any policing strategy that we know of. the message should not be that we should over police and over surveilled people in order to create reductions in crime increased public safety. i think the point -- juan: i'm sorry, representative, i wanted to ask you about infrastructure and the developing agreement between democrats and republicans on infrastructure, the concerns of you and other members of the progressive caucus about what is going to happen to efforts to combat climate change and 80's battles over infrastructure? >> i leave the progressive caucus is rather united in the fact that we will not support

bipartisan legislation without the reconciliation bill and one that takes bold and arch action on climate, drawing down carbon emissions, but also job creation and increasing equity an resilience for impacted communities, particularly front-line communities. we have made that very clear and that a bipartisan agreement will not pass unless we have a reconciliation bill at also passes. that is where we have drawn a strong line. and i believe speaker pelosi, the white house, and majority leader chuck schumerave taken that threat quite seriously. they know we fully intend on acting out on that if a reconciliation bill does not come to the floor of the house. we have many -- there are many, many different actions that we need in a climate bill reconciliation whether it is climate core, increased

infrastructure and investment in real ms transit, and whether it is also centering front-line indigenous, black and brown and loincome communities that are polluted on and often experience the greatest brunt and will experience the greatest brunt of climate change infrastructure failures. amy: this try to get a massive green new to propose -- i mean, bernie sanders, head of the budget committee, said $3 trilon simply not enough to deal with what must be dealt with in this country. also involved, this filibuster. there are many right now in the voting rights community, for example, and is overlaps, who are saying, president biden simply not expending his political capital to get this dealt with. because he is a very limited amount of time, possibly, when the democrats are in power in the senate and he is president

and the democrats control the house, to get some of this groundbreaking legislation through. tomorrow he will be giving a voting rights speech in philadelphia. what does he have to do? what are you sayg behind the scenes? what is schumer saying? what is your relationship like with schumer? what are you demanding they do that they are failing to do right now? >> i do believe the is a sense, particularly amg members of congress, that believe the white house is lose -- leaving some of its leverage on the table in terms of really pushing on voting rights and the passage of hr1 particularly in conversations with those in the senate whether it is senatorm manchin or synema or others that i believe are hiding behind that.

and her hesitation awell. the white house has been stepping up lightly in that campaign and i think that is evidenced by their decision to make a speech but i do believe all of these conversations are interlinked and i believe it should be coming up in every conversation and negotiation whether it is infrastructure, voting rights, and so on that, you know, the white house needs to be making explicit, frankly, to members of congress the way -- what they're doing, particularly within our own party, to make sure this gets done. because the last thing we want to be is a lot of wonderful speeches and public facing statements but no actual passage

of critical voting rights legislation. i think this cannot be stated enough that the united states is a very fragile and delicate precipice of democracy in our own right. and before we do not get hr1 pa ssed under this term, think i and many other individuals, frankly, are quite fearful for the future of our democracy. it is that simple. we have state republican parties that are setting up the infrastructure, frankly, the practice to overturn the results of an election. juan: speaking a presidential elections, former president trump delivered the keynote address known ascpac in dallas, texas, over the weekend and captured over 70% of the 2024 gop presidential nomination poll

. should democrats be concerned about his continued popularity? >> i mean, i think the whole country should be concerned. i think there are two minds. one, whether he intends to run or not former president trump will be indicating and will continue to essentially tease the possibility. so what that is to say is to not discount the ability and the popularity that he may have the possibility of him running again but also to say he may not but wants to continue is essentially -- over the republican party. i do believe the democratic party should be worried. and that cuts straight to the voting rigs provision. i doant to state that senator manchin and some others have

indicated that hr4, john lewis voting rights, is something that would support instead. while it is critical for passage, it does not solve this problem. it is not a substitute for passing the for the people act. one main and enormous provision is that hr1, it is essentially retroactive in that it will overturn and it wl supersede many of these anti-democracy laws that are being passed in states across the country and the voting rights act -- the john lewis voting rights act does not do that. resource key provisions of the civil rights act, buthr1 will actually institute and reverse some of these very corrosive and very frightening, frankly, anti-democracy laws that are being passed in state

governments across the country. amy: if the pandemic taught us anything, the horror of this last year, it is that we are all in this together. not only in this country, but all over the world. if one person is sick, we are all vulnerable -- which means we all have to protect each other. according to "the new york times ," at the end of march 30, 86% of shots that have gone into the arms worldwide have been administered in high-end and/or upper and middle income countries. only .1% of doses have been administered in low-income countries. in haiti, for example, they have not gotten a vaccine at all. what has to be done in this country? the country -- the discussion today, should americans get a third booster shot? of course, there are many areas of great

concern in the united states where less than a third of the population is vaccinated, but let's look at the rest of the world. what can the u.s. do and you as a representative do and congress do? >> well, i think there's a lot we can do. one thing that is extremely concerning is only the wealthy are being vaccinated and the majority of the population is not being vaccinated. and if that is the case, then we are not protecting ourselves from the virus and we, frankly, are setting up the virus and covid for being around for generations. amy: 20 seconds. >> i believe we should be examining tools, whether it is the defense production act or whether it is other mechanisms that we look at this as a defense issue and that we mobilize mass production of vaccines and export them across the world and in addition,

taking on the big pharma companies are trying to profit off mass vaccination. they should be free and fully available to people around the world. america we want to thank you for being with us. we hope you will come back soon, congressmember alexaxxk[ñrç rcrc

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