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freedom rider in 1961 engaging in sit-ins, protests, what he would come to call good trouble. >> we're marching today to dramatize to the nation, dramatize to the world the hundreds and thousands negro citizens of alabama, but particularly here in the area denied the right to vote. we intend to march to montgomery to present the same grievance to governor george c. wallace. >> lewis, at the age of 80, was the last surviving member of the big six, those who spoke at the march in washington. >> we're tired up being caught up by policemen. we're tired of seeing our people locked up in jail over and over again and you holler be patient. how long can we be patient? we want our freedom and we want it now. >> the civil rights fighter was also brutally beaten during bloody sunday during the march

on the edmund pettus bridge in selma. just about a week after the country saw those scenes, the bill that would become the voting rights act was introduced in congress. but the fight didn't end there for lewis. he was elected to congress in 1987 and became known as its conscience, never afraid to speak about what he believed was right. most recently, as a voice against the current occupant of the white house. >> president-elect as a legitimate president. >> you do not consider him a legitimate president. why is that? >> i think the russians participated in helping this man get elected. and they helped destroy the candidacy of hillary clinton. >> the flags at the white house are at half-staff in honor of lewis right now, and the tributes are pouring in. president obama remembered the man he presented with the american medal of freedom in

2011. his personal hero, who he told i'm only here, meaning being the president, because of the sacrifice you made. john lewis will be remembered as a man who came from poverty and went on the carry his fight against racial injustice from his home of alabama to the halls of congress. but to an enviable group, he will also be remembered as a dear friend. joining me now, a friend and colleague for more than 60 years, house majority whip in south carolina, congressman jim clyburn. first of all, we mourn with you. we're so sorry for the loss of your friend. i know this is a hard question in many ways, because of all the years, the decades you spent together. but in that time is there a memory, congressman, that you'll cherish most? >> yes, i think so. about that long friendship --

doing these activities, and i met him in the same way. and then got to know each other. they were both librarians. they spent a lot of time on the phone, but with each other. sometimes -- i wouldn't call it scheming, but the thing that really stand out with me was the respect in kansas city, missouri, when the two of us were honored by the truman foundation. the truman library. that evening probably stands out with me as the most memorable one. >> you actually taped a tribute to your friend, and you purposely did it at sunrise. why was that important to you? >> well r, last night i stated

front of the tv going back and forth, listening to all the tributes. and when i finally went to bed, i woke up pretty early this morning. and when i looked, i saw the sun coming up. and something just came over me. and i got out of bed and i went outside. and i tape that tribute. and it just seemed to me that i just heard of the sun setting of his life. and this was the sun rising on a new day, a new day that john will call upon us to find a way to get in the way. find a way to get in trouble, god trouble. i just went out, and i didn't have anything written. i just started talking.

>> well, you did speak from the heart. and i can imagine how heavy your heart is today. tell me a little bit about the john lewis we may not know, the person who you spent time with. the friend. not the person in the halls of congress. not the person standing in front of the crowds making the speech, but the private person. tell us about him. >> well, john and i talked a lot on the floor. every now and then phone calls between us. on the floor we would talk a lot about our experiences back in the 1960s and john was particularly concerned after watching the black lives matter movement. he was so pleased at that. and i was also very pleased with that. and we expressed the fear that

we had that move could get overtaken by the slogan they're in that had begun to develop. and we were afraid that the same thing that happened to us back in 1960s when we woke up one morning and the headlines were "burn, baby, burn." and before long, and insurrection took place and they dethroned john so to speak. and we just felt that the movement went awry. and we did not want to see that happen in this instance. so that's why both of us spoke out against the slogan there, defund the police. we just felt that those kinds of headlines could stop the headway that is beginning to take place in black lives matter.

that's why on the last public appearance of john was standing out there with the mayor of washington paying homage to black lives matter. both of us want to see this succeed where we failed. >> there are many ways that people will look to pay respects to your friend, but let me ask you about those who think that the edmund pettus bridge should be renamed for him. that something that you think is appropriate and you would like to see done? >> absolutely, absolutely. we all know who edmund pettus was. he was a relic of the past. of which it be in museums and history books. we should take him name off of that bridge. and say what this country really is. i've been saying for a long time that this country's goodness is at stake.

and john knew this was the personification of the goodness of americans. and we ought to put the name of a good person on that bridge. and because of what happened on that bridge, the sacrifices made by him and so many others, it will be a great memorial to the efforts to make this country live out its true creed that all men and women are created equal. we say the pledge of allegiance often. it pauses over that phrase, with liberty and justice for all. that's a vision, and we have not been able to fulfill. john gave it all, and we ought to demonstrate our appreciation by doing that. but i think we should do more than the congress. i think it's time for us to pass a voting rights act and name it the john r. lewis voting rights

act of 2020. that's what we ought to do. because the supreme court has gutted the '65 voting rights act. they told us what we must do in order to pass muster with that. and we have done that. and we sent the bill over to the senate. and the senate is sitting on that bill. mitch mcconnell has tweeted out a memorial, some words for john. pass the bill. but i want it to be named and i think the senate can do that. name that bill. put john lewis' name on it. send it back to the house. we'll approve it. and then send it on to the president and let their deeds demonstrate what they really feel rather than their words. >> congressman jim clyburn of south carolina, calling on others to do what we always saw john lewis do. thank you. and again, our sympathies at the

loss of your dear friend. we appreciate you taking the time to be with us. and joining me now is the reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network and host of "politicsnation." it's good to see you. called the personification of goodness. i heard you at the end of your show last hour echoing in many ways what he just said. he said we must pick up the baton. if not your mourning is a mockery. would you agree with the renaming of the edmond pettus bridge, but getting the pressure on to get the voting rights bill off of mitch mcconnell's desk? >> absolutely i agree that that bridge should be renamed for john lewis. the one is named after his offense and insult to america. but john lewis not only was a great american that helped to

change america, he was an alabaman. and it is appropriate in selma, alabama, to name it after him a great son of that state who really brought democracy to that state by shedding his blood on that bridge for voting rights, which is also why i agree with senator harris and with congressman clyburn that the best way to memorialize and show we learned from the life of john lewis is to pass the voting rights bill. we have got to resecure the rights that we should have as all americans to vote without interference, without any kind of foul play, which is john lewis and hosea williams were beating for in '65, and which we need to guarantee in 2020. that's why many of us are going back to washington on the anniversary of the march on washington to march again for voting rights and for police reform. >> yeah, it did seem that that was one of his final calls.

he said he was inspired by the peaceful protests against police brutality in recent months. so what is your message now to this new generation so that they can indeed continue to honor his life's work? >> to keep going. i think that those marches and rallies that i've attended and many in the action network have attended around the country, they've been peaceful. they've been determined, and they've been diverse. i think one of the things that john lewis really appreciated and he talked about it is that we've seen people of all backgrounds, black, white, asian, latino, native american, whatever their sexual orientation marching together. this is a time that we can really see change, but we must see demonstration and legislation, which is why in his lifetime he was an activist extraordinaire and a congressman

that was in many ways beyond comparison, the conscience of the congress. he balanced a life of demonstration and legislation, and that's how we should pay homage to john lewis, because john lewis' life paid homage to this country. >> president obama, who considered john lewis his personal hero and awarded him the medal of freedom, he said at that time -- and he wrote these words, generations from now when parents teach their children what is meant by courage, the story of john lewis will come to mind. an american who know that change could not wait for some other person or some other time, who's life is a lesson in the fierce urgency of now. talk about the urgency of now and the moment that we're in and how you contextualize that with john lewis and his mission moving forward. >> we're in a moment where we've seen unarmed people killed by

police, unarmed people in the case of ashberrbery killed. and all over the world, i was reading in "the new york times," a movement even in paris, france saying george floyd happened here. if we don't in this moment do what john lewis and c.t. vivian and dr. king did is take this moment to make law, the moment will pass, and it only would have been a moment and not a movement what made their movement historic is they passed the civil rights act of '64, is the '65 voting rights act. they were able to put enough pressure on the congress and the country to pass what seemed like was unlikely to make it impossible. dr. king used to say there were two types of leaders. there were those that were thermometers and those that were thermostats. the thermometers measured the

temperature. thermostats change the temperature. john lewis was a thermostat. he changed the temperature of the country and gave us new laws. we must operate in that same tradition. >> reverend al sharpton, thank you so much for your words. and thank you always for being willing to stick around after your show and spend some time talking to us. we do appreciate it. of course, you can find reverend al every saturday and sunday here on msnbc on "politicsnation," beginning at 5:00 eastern time. there have r so many memories being shared about congress lewis, but there is a common thread in them, and it's his humanity and his commitment to serve. i want to bring in some guests who can shed some light on the impact lewis has had on our country. u.s. representative hakeem jeffries s from new york, and j jamil smith, from rolling stone. john lewis was known as the conscience of congress. but help us understand what that

meant. behind closed doors, on the floor, working the hallways. what have we lost today? what has congress lost today? >> well john lewis is of course is an american hero, a legendary civil rights icon, and someone with incredible moral fortitude. respected on both sides of the aisle, on both sides of the capitol. so as a result, when john lewis put his imprimatur of support behind an issue, it had such persuasive force, both with house democrats in terms of us understanding that we were on the right path, that we were doing the right thing, and it was something that john lewis stood behind, but it also made it difficult for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle or those intransigent individuals in the senate to

really articulate a position that had the high moral ground. because when john lewis stood behind something, he had the moral high ground. >> yeah, he was there with mlk. he helped organize the march on washington. i want to play him in his own words, commenting on his experience with the most iconic civil rights leaders. take a listen. >> we do not want our freedom gradually. we want to be free. now. >> i remember standing with president kennedy when i was 23. i met dr. king when i was 18. rosa parks when i was 17. and all these people made me a better person, a stronger person. >> i mean, he was a teenager. and his entire life did indicated jameel to the cause. how instrumental was his involvement in the fight for freedom? how instrumental is he today

going forward in the fight for freedom? >> i mean, i called him, chris, the most important american and best american that i've ever met. when i interviewed him for the second time last year, it was actually on martin luther king's birthday. and when i asked him to reflect on what his friend might be thinking on that particular day, he certainly had heavy thoughts on his mind. he thought that essentially that he would tell his friend the president is a racist, and he used that word uncompromisingly. he said we have a long way to go. there is a government that does not appreciate the struggle that they went through. but what he symbolized in this day and age was that he was the custodian of america's moral character. he being the surviving member of that big six, and surviving by several years, he was the person that carried forth the legacy of that movement into the modern

era. and by doing, that he was the person who could tell the stories. he could tell the stories in a way that brought us into the moment in a way that certainly most people could not. and by being able to tell people, hey, i was on that bridge when my skull was cracked. and here is all the different things that i had to give up in order to make it so that we could have these things today, and to see now in his later years those gains reversed. i think it really brought to light just how much he brought to all of our lives. >> we have, congressman, a more diverse congress than we've ever had before. for you, what did it mean to see someone like him hit in those chairs, speak on the house floor? and as you look at the overall makeup of congress, how

instrumental do you think his standing, just the fact that people looked at him with the kind of respect, with the kind of awe, with the kind of admiration that they did has done to inspire a next generation and a generation after that of black politicians. >> well, we certainly stand on john lewis' shoulders, and he really is the bridge between martin luther king and barack obama on the one hand, the fact that we have come a long way in america. he's also the bridge between sheriff jim clark who was behind the brutal beating that was inflicted on him on the edmund pettus bridge, and this moment where we still have a hater in the white house. so as jamil was indicating, john lewis really is the connective tissue with that incredible humbleness and humility,

notwithstanding his great moral and intellectual force. for those of us who served in congress with him as younger african american members, we certainly learned from him, sat at his feet, took any opportunity that we had when we were on the house floor to speak to him, and he was always generous with his time. and we sought his approval so that we could conclude that we were on the right track as it relates to our advocacy. >> generous with his time for sure, and always willing to share. congressman hakeem jeff risks jamil smith, thanks to both of you. we appreciate you being with us today. straight ahead, a lot more news to cover. claims that the white house is actively trying to block funds for covid-19 testing and tracing from congress. this coming as president trump backs away from leading his administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic as his poll

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now some republican lawmakers have reportedly pushed back and are trying to ensure that money goes in the bill and to the states that need it. joining me now is shannon pettypie pettypiece, senior white house reporter for nbc news digital. we know this is just breaking, but what are you hearing about this fight over this money within the coronavirus bill? >> well, it certainly fits with this bigger narrative the president has around testing where he repeatedly says that more testing makes him in particular look bad because it uncovers more cases, and he tries to make this argument that if there wasn't so much testing, there would not be so many cases out there. of course, that's not how that works, but this money for testing that governors have also been calling for in addition to congress, it's going to be part of a much bigger fight we're hearing about what is going to be in this next round of stimulus bills. the past two kind of came through a bit too quickly. now there are some big issues the white house is pushing for

in particular, one being a payroll tax cut that the president said is a non-starter. they also want liability protection for businesses to be included in there. and all this is coming as we are in the middle of july and election year. so you have many members of congress who are going to have to go home in just a few weeks and start defending this in their district. whether it's cdc, testing, tactics, it's going to be a big fight on the hill the next couple of weeks. >> and the question is should the president be sort of the face of this conversation about the coronavirus. you and kelly o'donnell have written a story about the divide in the white house over what should be done. and kellyanne conway, the top white house official is now arguing the president should lead briefings on the coronavirus. take a listen. >> his approval rating on the pandemic was higher when he was at the podium. it was 51% in march. and people want to hear from the president of the united states.

>> so one side wants to get him out more. the other is what? keep him as far away as possible from being the face of this as possible. what's the deal? >> right. well, that's essentially it. as a week or two ago, senior administration official was telling me that they wanted him essentially to the side line, focus on the economy when it comes to coronavirus and leave the health response to this pandemic to the doctors, and put the doctors out there and have them being the daily faith. and at least one political adviser told me that they felt the president being the public face of this response was only damaging him. so there had been an effort to pull him back. you hear kellyanne conway who is incredibly influential in the west wing talking about wanting to get him out there more because the alternative argument is that the president looks a bit tone deaf when you a country in the middle of this pandemic,

and you have some of the biggest states in the country reclosing businesses and these hours' long lines for testing. and the president is talking about biden destroying the suburbs or talking about police issues, monuments, confederate flags. so he runs the risk of being out of touch. it's a difficult balance to make there. and kellyanne pointed to his approval numbers, which are really at an all-time low. it's hard to know, though, if that's because he hasn't been talking about coronavirus or because of so many other issues that have been going on in the country since may. >> yeah, and maybe the most important thing isn't his approval ratings. the most important thing is getting good solid information out there and good solid policy. nbc's shannon pettypiece. i recommend the story you and kelly wrote. people can find it at nbcnews.com. thank you so much for that. and up next, we're keeping a very close eye on the health of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg after her announcement of a cancer recurrence. i'll be joined next by a medical

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with no less than the future of the supreme court on the line, ruth bader ginsburg is back working after just closing that she is being treated for a recurrence of cancer this time in her liver. it is the fifth bout with cancer in the last 19 months. she has been treated over the years for colon and pancreatic cancer. so what is her progression? joining me dr. natalie azar. always good to see you. ruth bader ginsburg has shown remarkable, some have even said inspirational resilience. and in her statement yesterday, she says look, i'm able to do my job, full steam was her phrase. before we get into what's coming, how remarkable is her ability to keep bouncing back again and again? she's 87, but bouncing back again and again over the last

several years from very serious health threats. >> yeah, chris. i think that just goes to show that a cancer diagnosis is definitely not a one-size-fits-all overall health. your underlying genetics, your lifestyle, in addition to your age all factor into prognosis. and yeah, i think she is remarkable. i remember covering the story two years ago when she had tumors in the lung resected and she was in and out of the hospital in a fairly short span of time. she is definitely an inspiration. i know from seeing other stories that she exercises regularly and follows a very healthy lifestyle, which is i'm sure playing a large part in all of that. >> yeah, she pumps iron. and dent mess with her on that one. >> yeah. >> look, she has also been pretty open about her health information. i want to read part of the statement she put out about this latest bout. on may 19th, i began a course of chemotherapy to treat a recurrence of cancer. a periodic scan in february followed by a biopsy revealed

lesions on my liver. immunotherapy first assay proved unsuccessful. the chemotherapy, however, yielding positive results. my most recent scan on july 7th indicated significant reduction of the liver lesions and no new disease. i am tolerating chemotherapy well. dissect that for us. >> well, chris, we know also in part of her statement that the chemotherapy that she is talking about is something used to treat -- it's considered one of the mainstays of treatment for pancreatic cancer, but kit be used to treat bladder, lung, ovarian in addition to pancreatic. so the inference is that this is a recurrence of the pancreatic cancer. obviously i'm not her treating physician and she has not disclosed which cancer it is that is being treated, but if this is true, then this categorizes her as stage 4, which overall has a five-year survival of about 3%.

but it should be noted that the american cancer society basically gives those statistics for people who are staged at initial diagnosis, not necessarily after recurrence. so, again, for her, i think a large part of this is going to be her overall underlying health. her tumor grade, which means how aggressive the tumor is, they have that on the pathology. her age and of course her response to treatment. i wish her well. chemotherapy is not easy, even for the most robust. but she has proven time and again to be a soldier through all of this. so fingers crossed she'll do okay. >> yeah, i think there are millions of americans who are wishing along with you. dr. natalie azar, thank you so much. it's always good to see you. and up next we are again remembering congressman and civil rights icon john lewis in his own words. plus, i'll be joined by mayor harding davis of augusta with his thoughts on the passing of congressman lewis and the fight over the mask mandate in his

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selma is such a place. >> we were determined. we were organized. we were disciplined. and we were committed to the way of peace, the way of love of nonviolence. we were prepared to die for what we believed in. >> they stampede us with whip, night sticks and horses. they tear gas us. they turn an armed file of protest into blood. >> i lost consciousness. 50 years later, i don't recall how i made it back across that bridge. >> their cause must be our cause. it's all of us who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. and we shall overcome. [ applause ] >> five months later, congress passed the voting rights act. >> the american people were

ready for the congress and the president to act. we made them ready. >> all of the people should have a right to participate in the democratic process. they all should have the elemental right to register and vote. >> the voting rights act of 1965 has been the lifeblood of the movement. >> america and the world learn more of what is in john lewis' heart. >> my philosophy is very simple. when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to say something, to do something. stand up, speak up. speak out. >> john lewis talking about, among other things, his 1965 march alongside dr. martin luther king in selma, alabama. joining us now is mayor hardy davis of augusta, georgia. it's good to see you again, mr. mayor. first, what are your thoughts on john lewis' passing? what are your memories of john

lewis? >> i was deeply saddened by that, chris. when i think about the occasions i've had to spend with congressman lewis, i remember back to the inauguration of president barack obama. we stopped by the office. my wife and i, and had a chance to not only touch base with him, but chat for a few moments. and i'm reminded of this one thought that he consistently said. and that is you may not have chosen a time, but the time has chosen us. and i don't think that it could be a more poignant statement than now. we did not choose his arrival and we certainly did not choose his departure, but our lives are inextricably better in this nation because of john lewis. >> and he was involved until the end. he spoke truth until the end. he leaves us, of course, mr. mayor, at a time of great challenge. and i want to talk to you about the challenges you and your city are facing with the coronavirus. you've expressed outrage in recent weeks over the governor's

handling of the outbreak in georgia and his refusal to issue a statewide mask mandate. what is your take on the governor now suing atlanta over its mask mandate? >> i think once again, it's an overreach on the part of the governor. as i said just a few days ago, when you can use executive powers to unite all of georgia, you do nothing more than take what is an apolitical issue and turn into it a political football while we're dealing with one of the most significant health care pandemics in our nation's history. quite frankly, in the globe. and so to find ourselves at this place of where a city is being sued because that city well within its authority, well within its legislative powers and certainly the mayor's powers to be able to enact ordinances, the governor is making an attempt to try to bridge that through preemption.

cities are creations of the legislate checks, and as such, we get our powers through local ordinances, charters. and so i think that it's very important for us to continue to move forward in these cities, especially in augusta's case. we're border between georgia and south carolina. the numbers in south carolina continue to increase daily as well. just on last night, within a 24-hour period, we've got some 4,000 new cases in georgia. and here in richmond county, we're at 2165 cases now. almost 100 plus cases just in that 24-hour period of time. >> well, you have your hands full, i know in augusta. great city. augusta mayor hardie davis, thank you so much for taking the time to talk to us about this and also about john lewis. coming up, we're going to turn to the 2020 election and dive into some interesting poll numbers. what do they tell us really about the president's chances for reelection? when you shop with wayfair, you spend less and get way more. so you can bring your

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>> as you know, these elections when a president is running for reelection, do you want to extend the president's election for another four years or no? dick, who was president reagan's pollster called it the dow jones indicator of american politics. right now the right direction number in the nbc "wall street journal" poll is 19 with 72% say is off on the wrong track. that's even lower than the average of the last five presidential elections when the white house has been flipped over. these are really, really, really tough numbers here for a president that needs -- he needs to turn this thing around. >> so there are two scenarios you hear most often, charlie, arguing against your thesis. first, there is that there will be a short-term rebound of the

economy that's been ravaged by the coronavirus and it could create essentially a comeback story for trump's reelection. you and i have both been in touch with james carville about his famous statement "it's the economy stupid." here's what he told me about this program last week. >> first of all, that was the second thing on the white board. the first thing was change. if you're satisfied with the way things are going, if you're proud of this, you think it's in the right direction, then do one thing. if you think we need change, i got the name for you, biden. >> yeah. i mean, people are exhausted by this president. in many cawith this administration. i know he wrote to you as well, right? >> yeah. i mentioned "it's the economy stupid" just isn't true anymore and he agreed that it's about that is used to be that way. but when you look for the opportunities that you might --

that the president's vote may look for, first it would be a convention, you'd normally get a bounce of five or six points if there was a convention. for all intents and purposes, there's not going to be a convention. high hopes for the economy. with the surge that's cranking up, there's not going to be a third quarter recovery, at least enough to help the president. finally, the debates. folks are saying joe biden is se senile and has dementia. i haven't been around anyone that's seen that. there's going to be a panelist of journalists asking watching debate, you want the words hoax

and drinking bleach. these debates are not likely to be a real opportunity for the president to break through. so you always want to say what can turn things around, but the normal things don't look very promising. but, you know, sure, of course it could happen. >> let me ask you in our last 30 seconds about this second argument against your premise, which is the poll you cited on wrong track, the nbc/wall street journal poll that has joe biden leading him nationally by 11 points just aren't right, that the polls are wrong, there's this secret trump vote that got him elected in 2016. what do you have say to that? >> if there was a secret trump vote, nationally it was at about one point. the national was hillary clinton ahead by three points, national p polls do the popular vote and she won the popular vote by 2%. the polls were wrong in michigan, wisconsin and

pennsylvania. pollsters figured out what went wrong and i think they're guarding for it. all the polls are saying the same thing, the fox polls are saying it. republican polls are saying this. so, you know, could it be true? sure. but not likely. >> charlie cook, nice to see you and spend part of saturday with you. coming up at 10 p.m. eastern time, you're going to want to catch "headliners: john lewis." our coverage continues right after this break. stay with us. stay with us

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hello, everyone. i'm chris jansing. thanks so much for joining us this evening. the flags at the white house and on capitol hill are at half staff right now. just one sign of the mourning at the loss of georgia congressman john lewis who died at age 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. it's the last battle he would wage in a lifetime of righteous fights. he was one of the original freedom riders in 1961, one of the big six civil rights leaders to speak at the march on washington. >> i have the pleasure to present to this great audience young john lewis, national

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