united states of america. good morning and welcome to a.m. joy. i'm tiffany cross. with the biden/harris ticket finally official democrats are gearing up for a convention unlike any other in american history. for the first time ever joe biden and senator harris will accept the democratic party's nomination virtually without the traditionally massive crowds all due to the covid-19 pandemic. it will also be the first vital test to see how the democratic party plans to engage voters and do it digitally. the convention will kick off tomorrow with a lineup aimed at galvanizing the democratic basin colluding first lady michelle obama, bernie sanders, and many more. but on the eve of the convention, we have some breaking news. a new nbc news wall street

journal poll just released gives the first glimpse of how voters feel about the new biden/harris ticket. kamala harris leads the pack with 39% of voters having a favorable view of her. she has a higher overview. donald trump leads joe biden nationally but with so many barriers still in the way of ensuring the upcoming election will be free and fair, the outcome of the november election is far from predictable. we are still facing foreign election interference, a global pandemic, gop led voter suppression and a president who is going after the u.s. postal service, a crucial entity as states gear up for mail-in voting in the age of covid-19. joining me now to talk about all this and more is senator cory booker in new jersey.

i'm so happy to have you with me this morning. you are speaking thursday night, the same night as joe biden. start the show off, make some news, tell us what you're going to say or at least give us a preview. >> i won't break that kind of news other than to say that i am so grateful to joe biden that he's asking me to be a part of that night and a part of a great convention with a lineup of superstars from aoc to stacy abrams, these rising stars all the way to people that we know like i tell you ms. obama and i know her husband is going to speak too so i'm excited about the lineup. so this is going to be a great convention. so much enthusiasm, so much energy and you're going to just see this incredible star constellation of people all supporting the biden/harris ticket so i think we'll give

them a great launch into the final run to election day. >> give us a preview if you could on the general message you plan to offer, because you know, in one hand this is a historic time. you've been blanketing the media with your enthusiasm about senator harris being on this ticket but also this is a country facing a lot of challenges and so how do you strike that balance in your message, saying we understand the challenges but this is how we're going to help you while this system is so broken. just a preview to what you're going to say to the american people. >> i want to tell you first because you said something that worries me about how we clearly see an assault on the postal service and a lot of this news coming out about how the voting systems are under assault, but i just want folks to remember that we have always dealt with

incredible hurdles to get to the ballot. we saw john lewis marching and getting beaten to try to fight to give access to the ballot but they still made it over and they got to the polls. we saw it in the reconstruction period with the first african american serving in congress. we saw incredible violence, murders, lynching, black folks still went through great lengths to vote so i want folks to know we come from a history, from women blocked from rousuffrage the bloody sunday. this is more in fact a sign that we should be redeveloping our efforts to make sure that we get out to vote, mail in our vote, get our friends, our families, our communities, everyone out to vote and as far as the overall message, you know, i love the soul speak of joe biden when he talks about the soul of the nation.

i'm a policy walking nerd but the reality is, i am driven with aspirations to hold up a moral standard. and we all struggle with that. but in the collective, this is an election that is not about one guy and one office. the man that's there now, this is a referendum about all of us. will we reject his kind of soulless really demeaning, degrading sort of character or will we rise up to aspire to be a more beloved community. so you'll hear a lot of my remarks talking about the heart and the soul of this country which is not partisan, it's not the other rising of anybody whether it be republican, democrat or independent. it's really about what patriotism is which is love your country and you cannot love your country unless you love your fellow country women and men. and i'm telling you right now you can't lead the people if you don't love the people and that's why if we want to show who we

are as a country we've got to put people in office that are motivated by heart, by soul and by love and in kamala harris and joe biden i know that. i know kamala so well because i've heard her how we speak when we're joking on the phone or sitting in rooms sharing meals together. i know what has driven her her whole life when is the greatest exhibition of love which is service and sacrifice to others so i'm going to talk a lot about the heart and i'm going to talk a lot about the need to love each other as neighbors regardless of what our political party is and return to a point where america understands that we have to put indivisible nation under god. >> i think they've always been cool but they became especially cool under obama so you're still one of the cool kids in a lot of people's eyes i say. because this is all virtual, where exactly will you be doing

the speech from? are you staying home, are you doing it in your basement? did they give everybody the cool backdrops? what are the mechanics of this for you speakers? >> so i'm really just psyched because i'm -- what a privilege that the biden team has given me to give a few minutes of remarks and i get to do it from newark, new jersey. there's something about that that makes me feel very special and the diversity that's going to be in this whole convention, the lived experiences, we'll be hearing from inner cities to rural areas. we'll have americans piping in from all over these united states so i get to represent jersey, i get to represent our largest city, i'm just excited. so si'm sitting here at home in a makeshift studio and i've been working with the biden campaign.

they -- this behind me right now, they gave me some advice on how to make it better. >> how to stage it? >> yeah. how to change it. i actually got something green behind me too so i feel good about that. >> i have no doubt that twitter is going to weigh in with their decorating suggestions. i get it all the time so brace yourself. but don't go anywhere because i want to add some people to the conversation. joining us now is congresswoman grace ming of new york. she's also the vice chair of the dnc and president and ceo of vote all latino. thank you for adding some energy to this panel. glad you guys are joining. congresswoman i want to start with you. as we're previewing this convention, we got a little preview on what senator booker is saying. i know i'll be watching as will other americans but for the dnc, this is really a party insider

event. i think the circumstances have created a case where it's able to bring in people who may not have previously been politically engaged, who may not have been paying attention and some people have already started to complain about the lineup. we had ellie yesterday who said we have mayors stop and a lot of people feel disconcerted that john is speaking. you're fighting for change. you've disrupted spaces. what do you make of this dnc landscape at a time where the country is fractured but even the democratic party is a bit fractured. >> well, first of all, thank you for having me in. it's always an honor to be in the presence of senator booker and thank you so much for your leadership. this convention is anything but conventional this year. we have gone from a usual six

hours per day of speaking to a mere two hours during prime time. and so we have less time obviously, but the goal is to win. we are leaving no stone left unturned. we have speakers from aoc to michael bloomberg and it's also about quality versus quantity. we have been preparing for so many smaller scale virtual events during this very convention week and i know when i'm talking to many new voters of color, especially in our asian american community, for example, as much as they'd like to see andrew yang on the big stage, and kamala harris on the big stage, how much more excited and engaging they can be and invested in getting out to vote when they're on a smaller scale event, many events that are going on through the week as well. so i'm excited for this creative way that we are operating the

convention this year. >> maria, i want to turn to you because there's certainly been a lot of chatter that there are so few at a time where lat next voters have grown exponentially and you and congresswoman will be with me later in the hour to talk more about that. what's your take on the plan, the outlay of the democratic speakers? >> well, first of all, it's always an honor to be with you, tiffany and with senator booker and with the congresswoman. so this is the thing. would we like to have more latino voices? absolutely. we know that we need to attract young voters because they are the ones that are the lynch pin between the democratic party winning the white house and getting their families out to

vote in the latino community. but what is unique about this, we are a digital first organization. touching millions of individuals every single month, getting the democratic party to go virtual, it's almost as if god is on our side saying, you have to go online because that's the majority of your audience now. the audience that you need to mobilize, young people, they are the ones that are going to basically make or break who gets into the white house and trump -- trump has the online play down pat. he played it in 2016. he got into the nooks and crannies of the internet, and this gives the opportunity of the democratic party to force their hand to go digital. to go in the same nooks and crannies, bringing some star power but more importantly bringing the conversation that is so vitally needed to millions of americans of why they need to vote. and it provides them a real

contrast and again, it is forcing their hand because that is not where the democratic party has b. >> we'll talk a lot more about that later in the hour. i want to turn back to senator booker while we have you. you are pen tsen usually losinga colleague. donald trump has appointed 200 judges virtually remaking a coequal branch of government which i think can have far reaching consequences. the senate is up for grabs as well. should the democrats take the upper chamber? what will the priority be? >> well, you've got to give me -- you put these two amazing women on, congresswoman who she and i seem to be doing a lot of zooming and calling together and your friend who is a light in my life for a lot of reasons as she knows and just one of the more inspiring organizations.

so look, i am so excited about the chance that we have of not only getting back control of the senate but diversifying the senate. i am incredibly excited about kamala's ascension in a historic way, but there are such a diverse senate candidates running. the pastor of martin luther king's family church is now in a neck and neck fight for a georgia senate seat. we have people like jamie harrison who is a neck and neck fight for the south carolina senate seat. this could be a historic time where the most african americans fill 4 or 5% of the senate but we have the chance to make the senate the most diverse in history and as far as the agenda, should we get mitch mcconnell back into the back benches or possibly he's got a tough race out of the senate altogether, i'm telling you right now, what mcconnell has

called himself. this is not what his critics call him. he calls himself the grim reaper. in other words, that he has killed bipartisan bill after bipartisan bill coming out of the house of representatives. even 90% of americans agree on would be getting done right now if it wasn't for mitch mcconnell stopping things. so what i'm looking forward to is having a functional congress again because as a guy who does work across the aisle there is a lot we can agree on and it's time that we stop having the blockage or the grim reaper cutting down bills. >> thank you for that, senator. i want to mention that you and senator bloomenthal introduced. we are out of time but i do love

your advocacy for these young athletes in college. i'll be glad to have you back any time. we'll be talking all object voters of color so stay tuned. be sure to catch msnbc's live coverage of the democratic convention kicking off tomorrow at 7:00 p.m. you don't want to miss that. and next up, another history maker. former attorney general lo rhett that lynch on the role that kamala harris will have on american history. more a.m. joy after the break. en american history more a.m. joy after the break. when you think of a bank, you think of people in a place. but when you have the chase mobile app, your bank can be virtually any place. so, when you get a check... you can deposit it from here. and you can see your transactions

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joe biden had the audacity to choose a black woman to be his running mate. how incredible is that and what a statement about joe biden that he decided that he was going to do that thing that was about breaking one of the most

substantial barriers that has existed in our country and that he made that decision with whatever risks that brings. >> this week senator kamala harris didn't just become joe biden's running mate, she earned a place in our history books forever. joining me now is someone who knows a little something about making history herself. loretta lynch, the former u.s. attorney general, the first african american woman to hold that position. i am so happy to have you here with me this morning. i have so many questions for you. we were just on together with joy reid the other night or when joy was hosting so it's an honor to share the screen with you once again. i want to get right to something though that was breaking yesterday and that still happened. there's been so much unrest across the country and the past 24 hours we've seen an uptick. so we saw unrest in portland. we saw it in georgia with the proud boys protesting and even

in michigan, there was unrest. i don't want to be hyper bollic about i this but this uptick in violence it feels like a warning and with the confluence of an upcoming election, the global pandemic and the social and criminal justice issues we have in the country, i'm really concerned about where this is going. you were the top law enforcement official. what do you make of it and what's your advice of the american people as we prepare to enter this election season? >> well, good morning. thank you so much for having me on. i'm so delighted to be with you. what we have seen over the past several months obviously not just the pandemic, not just the curtain being pulled back from systemic inequality in our system, but also a great racial reckoning in our country, discussions about systemic

racism and systemic inequality. whenever we have this sort of reckoning there's an enef tabl backlash. we saw it at the beginning a few months ago when far right extremists tried to infiltrate protests. when groups began to appear at the peaceful black lives matter protests, trying to high jack the agenda and trying to inject violence into it. so whenever you have this big push for equality which we are seeing now across the country and it stans races, it spans age groups, it spans every demographic, you see inevitable backlash. we have to do everything we can to make sure that our right to vote is protected at these difficult times. second, you know, i've been heartened when i see some of these protests and i see for example black lives matter or

student groups pushing back against these right wing infiltrators and saying this is not our agenda. you know, you do not represent us and making clear the delineation there. the problem is that it raises also the violence and that carries with it the threat of overshadowing the message of equality that the protests are trying to push forward. >> i have to ask you because i totally take what you're saying. this candidate in georgia that just won her primary so on one hand you see these fringe right wing people out in the streets causing unrest, but on the other hand, some of these people have penetrated government and they could potentially be roaming the halls of congress. what kind of danger does this put our government in? i feel very paranoid about it. it feels like i'm watching a movie sometimes and i'm curious your thoughts on it. >> yes, we have seen a rise in far right candidates but that's

actually nothing new and i think with the lesson that that should give the american people is that we have to have vigilance at every level of participation in our society and in our ele electorate. we've seen that sadly in the current congress with the lack of will to bring forth the voting rights act that's so important to protecting our democracy. with the failure to protect the postal service which is becoming so central to this upcoming election. so you will see within the halls of congress as well as on main street, you will see people who have very different agendas and i think the view there is you've got to be vigilant at every level of participation. so yes, we now have a candidate with some very unusual views and again, that's something that people have to counter act by

voting in candidates who in fact are focused more on expanding the electorate. on working on problems that have been exposed to all of us. we're going to be living with this pandemic and the fallout from it for years to come. we need people who see these issues and they see that they affect all americans regardless of your affiliation or your race but they impact many americans more harshly than others and can actually work on those issues. >> i take your point that it's nothing new to have these far right candidates come to congress. it feels like the internet's comments section is trying to legislate now. but let me ask you this. what if donald trump doesn't leave? we've completely remade this doj. what happens if he refuses to go and how could he use bill barr to create this dictatorship? >> i think the first thing we have to focus on is the upcoming

election and making sure that there is a clear mand dait going forward so that all branches of government are clear and know that there will be a peaceful transition of power in the middle of january 2021. it's the thing that sets us apart still despite all of our problems from so much of the rest of the world. so that's the first thing we have to focus on is making sure this election is carried out in a way that lets everyone participate and that the results are trusted and that they are clear no matter how long it takes for them to come in. and so then i think we have to think about all the systems that are in place that work on those transitions, the cabinet's turnover, the agency's turnover and so i think there's -- a lot of people have given that a lot of thought but the first thing to focus on i think is winning the election. >> i'm way over time but i have to ask this. you teamed up with former republican attorney general alberto gonzales. you started this commission that

focuses on covid-19 and criminal justice which i think is really important conversation that's not being had nearly enough. the commission has spent weeks focusing on the global pandemic's impacts on domestic violence, racial disparities within the criminal justice system, anything that you can tell us that you found that the commission has discovered? sadly we don't have a lot of time so as quickly as you can, tell us what you discovered. >> understood. the goal of the commission is to really bring a truly nonpartisan view to the issues that affect all of society and particularly our criminal justice system. as we deal with this pandemic, as we make changes to deal with it including the economic fallout, can we ensure that the criminal justice system also changes in a way that's fair, that brings equality into the process and that frankly deals with these long standing issues of racial inequality that we have seen. how can we make policing more

responsive in a pandemic, but also make sure that we deal with the racial issues in policing. how do we deal with the correctional system which is one of the first to see the impact of covid-19 and also build that intercriminal justice policy? if we're seeing crime go down in certain areas, if we are revamping how we incarcerate people and we can do that and keep america safe those are lessons we can learn going forward that can improve our system and make it more efficient and more fair and more truly responsive to the american people. >> and prisons, prisons, i love that you're focused on that because that's such an unspoken topic. thank you for the work that you're doing there, working across the aisle and i want to say quickly, i was on the hill during your confirmation hearings and i remember seeing that sea of red. all of the ladies of the

sorority watching you get confirmed so i imagine we might see a sea of pink and green during the kamala harris era should they take the white house. so thank you so much for joining me. >> i think we will. >> thank you so much for joining me. coming up, russia is recan you believing -- redoubling its efforts to target black voters. that's next. forts to target blas that's next. how about no no uh uh, no way come on, no no n-n-n-no-no

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why don't they want us to vote? why are they creating obstacles to us voting? well, the answer is because when we vote things change. when we vote things get better. when we vote we address the disparities we have been talking about. >> that was a clip from kamala harris' interview from the 19th. attempts to suppress the minority vote are in full swing once again. top intelligence officials revealed the russians are still interfering with the 2020 elections. since the announcement of kamala harris as biden's vp she's faced a slew of racist attacks online and according to the

intelligence firm there have been more than 150,000 instances of people sharing, discussing or promoting misinformation online related to harris in the past week. joining me now are the coleads of the new win black campaign. i'm so happy to have you with me because i write a lot about this topic in my book and it's something that's still happening. joe biden is getting the daily intelligence briefings now and he has even confirmed that there's definitely interference happening so i'll start with you, ashley. in 2016 the russians were able to reach 146 million people. i mean, candidates dream about having that type of reach. what are some signs that people should look for when they see this type of racist or massage nisic attacks toward certain

candidates? how can people identify them? >> sure. and thank you for having me this morning. really we are trying to arm folks in understanding and how to recognize these trolls or these bots that are really set up simply to you know, spread this disinformation. and essentially, you know, what we've been finding especially on facebook is that, you know, you can see that if a post has, you know, thousands of comments or thousands of posts i should say within not just days but even hours, that's just humanly not possible. right? and so you know, really taking a deeper look at your sources, who you're listening to online, really paying attention to their actual, you know, the community that they're building and really trying to determine, is this actually a real person, is it a credible source? and nine times out of ten if you're seeing these rapid, very, you know, conspiracy pushing types of narratives it's more

often than not a troll or a bot that is sent to disinform our voters. >> let me ask you, because i -- bots descend on me every time i'm on the air and they're very recognizable to me but sometimes i'm hesitant to call them out because that almost amplifies their messaging and amplifies their platforms. what should people do when you do recognize that something looks a little wonky here, what do people do to call it out? >> great question. i say don't take the bait. i think the best thing when you realize you're not in an argument about a real policy with a real person, there's no reason to continue that argument. what actually happens when you engage with a bot in that way it actually drives up their ability to reach other people through the algorithms of these platforms like on twitter and facebook. so what i often say is just stop. stop right where you are as soon as you see that's happening and start a new thread about the story you want to tell.

don't let a bot or a bad actor drag you down a road you don't want to walk. >> so i think a part of the challenge here is because the main stream media overlooks so many voices of color that if the only time you saw outrage about you know, murders or unrest or police violence was in a meme or in a post that's where you looked and so when these fringe platforms pop up, there tends to be an interest in joining them. one thing i find interesting this time around is the interest has shifted to lat next voters. >> why do you think that is? >> yeah, these efforts to suppress the black and brown vote has been around since we gained the right to vote. right? and the clip introing this segment, kamala said it best, they know when we vote things change and the divisiveness of

this administration and right wing operatives are simply to tear these two communities apart. we are stronger together so with black and lat next votes come together around the same centralized values and issues we can come together and transform this democracy and so these are targeted attacks towards black and latin next voters to simply divide us, to simply try and depress that power that we have when we come together and so we just have to stay vigilant. we're building models to bring a centralized narrative and also uplift the story tellers, the technologists, the activists in the black and lat next community because we don't need to outsource our political power. we want to uplift and take things by our own strengths and start to uplift our voices together. >> i want to ask you because you are preaching to the choir when you say that during the primary

a lot of the focus was on appealing to trump voters and these swing voters by the candidates and the campaigns. what advice would you give joe biden and kamala harris right now if they're watching especially considering they're going to be the recipient of a lot of these attacks? >> yeah. i mean, great question. i think, you know, when -- if i had to, you know, sit in front of the nominees right now i would say do not underestimate the ability for the misinformation and disinformation that you can't see to have a very powerful effect on the outcome and keep you out of the white house. and in particular, when we think about black voters and latin next voters we're really talking about the base of the democratic party. we're talking about a couple of groups that if if we don't turn out, if we are misinrm toed and don't know how to take advantage of our fundamental right to vote it will change the outcome in this election. and for a democrat in particular, that has incredibly

sharp outcomes. >> and i would just say to the folks watching, share responsibly. retweet responsibly, post responsibly because you are the real power brokers. you're the people they're targeting. thank you both. really appreciate the work you're doing. coming up, voters of color will be the key to the next election and more. i'm so excited to talk about this. that's next. talk about this that's next.

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i mean tiffany. >> you can apologize to me in mimosas when we get back out. >> my treat, you are not erin no relationship between you and kamala, but you got a scoop, i was excited when i saw you and misspoke and called you by the wrong name. i dearly and truly apologize to you. >> listen, i appreciate you correcting the record for everybody and just to dispel one more bit of disinformation that i know you definitely know, but for anybody watching who wants to shoot me a note or mention me on twitter it's errin with two rs. >> that's right, thank you, errin. thank you for calling in. much more "a.m. joy" after the break. calling in much more "a.m. joy" after the break. kes care of yourself. so when it comes to screening for colon cancer, don't wait. because when caught early, it's more treatable. i'm cologuard. i'm noninvasive and detect altered dna in your stool to find 92% of colon cancers even in early stages.

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what we've never seen before is a president say i'm going to try to actively kneecap the postal service to encourage voting and i will be explicit about the reason i'm doing it. that's sort of unheard of. >> sort of unheard of indeed. welcome back to "a.m. joy," i'm tiffany cross. tomorrow a virtual democratic national convention kicks off amid ongoing attacks over mail-in voting by donald trump, which means the party is up for quite a challenge as it gears up to energize the base and get people to vote for the democratic ticket. a winning coalition for joe

biden and kamala harris will look a lot like the ticket itself, but those optics alone are not enough. black women have been an anchor in the democratic party with 94% voting for hillary clinton. black voters overall are expected to make up 13% of the electorate but the party has ignored many working class and midwestern black people or maybe they just assume we are a mono lit. the same mistake is often made about latinx and asian-american voters incorrectly assuming that 32 million eligible asian-american voters are carbon copies that care only about immigration. and then there's the fo4.8 milln eligible native american voters who could influence election results in seven major swing states including arizona, minnesota and north carolina. the democratic party has historically counted on voters of color, but many of those voters believe that their support is being taken for granted and unless they feel

they have a seat at the table, they may just stay home. something we're in a moment we cannot risk that. joining me now to talk about this back with me maria theresa kumar, congresswoman grace ming, state representative ruth buffalo of north dakota, latacia brown and and this segment i'm excited to get into i'm going to start with you, ruth buffalo. i wrote about your election. you had one of the most gangster elections i think almost in american history. you unseated a man who was actively trying to suppress native american voters in north carolina. he was the primary sponsor of a voter id law that advocates warned was specifically targeting native american voters not only did you unseat him but

you made historlishistory in th. what you see on your screen is the rising majority of america. this is the new voting electorate and so we talked about a revolution versus an evolution. this is the evolution. get on board or get fossilized. ruth, talk to me about native american voters because i do think that there are so many pockets across the country where native american voters shape the federal government not just at the presidential level, but members of congress and school boards even. we for the first time in the last congress got congresswoman deb holland out of new mexico, we got sharice davis out of kansas after all this time. so talk to the american people about what native american voters value and how they, too, are not a mono lit. >> yes good morning it's an

honor to be with you today. a lot of what native voters value are families, that is number one on our value system and quite honestly our native american communities are tired of the helicopter approach. every year during campaigns, so very meaningful lasting relationships, authentic relationships are needed throughout indian country. there is a huge history of distrust with our federal government so we have an opportunity to really build bridges, so to speak, and we need more of a presence like you mentioned. a lot of the platforms have not served us, you know, i myself and my children have always sat at the edge of our couches during presidential campaigns and debates, waiting and hoping that they would include native americans or indigenous people and some of them have gotten close, but they haven't quite done that prior to the firehouse

caucuses. a lot of room for improvement, but we're here, you know, we are 100th generation people of these lands, some might say 1000th generations so our voice does matter. these are our home lands and we have a personal responsibility to not only protect these lands but also the people that live on these lands. our voice is so important and very look forward to seeing more of a presence and more meaningful relationships nation to nation and platforms that really respect our sovereignty and autonomy. >> i think -- thank you for that and i think even the idea of who we consider urban or suburban, the media's colloquial ichls or euphemisms for how they talk about people of color. the native american community, 67% actually live in urban areas, i think some people out of ignorance and when i say that i mean a pure lack of knowledge think that every native american lives on a reservation and that's not through.

maria, i want to come to you next because for the first time this year latinx voters eclipse black voters in terms of eligible voters not registered voters. i ask this question a lot and i think you are the best tern to answer it, why aren't more latinx voters registering. i will offer my opinion and say how often are they centered in conversation in the main street media. in recent times we have seen some change but we have a long way to go. what say you? >> that is exactly right, tiffany. this is why these conversations are so important. the biggest challenge in the latinx community is not that we are not interested in registering to vote it's that no one is asking us. why should you ask anybody to register to vote? 15 million latinos are unregistered, 33% -- and 60% of the latino community is under the age of 33. 4 million of us have become of

voting age since 2016. we are just young. we do know that when a latino is registered we vote 79% of us in fact, so the challenge right now in the democratic party in the progressive party is how do you increase your electoral base? how do you talk to these 4 million young people who heard the president call their families rapists and criminals who will be able -- who are eligible to vote for the very first time. and the more the democratic party recognizes it is the people on this screen who we represent and it's the millions of people on the -- that are behind us that will vote the next president in, that is the winning strategy. i have to tell you when you salk about a 2, 3 billion dollar election, when you look at how much the investment happens in communities of color, it's dismal. we're just talking about a handful of less than $100 million for all african-american latinos, for all native americans, for all asian americans. that is a really pittance of an investment for the people that are actually going to bring you

into office. so, yes, it's registering to vote, yes, it's informing the voter but it's having a come to jesus moment with individuals in the democratic party, how are you investing in the communities that espouse the values that you claim are changing the america for the future. >> you raise a good point about media buys. how much of this money is spent in african-american, api, latinx media outlets. not nearly enough. >> and who are the consultants. >> right. exactly. >> it's the consultants. our biggest concern -- i've been doing this for a long time and what happens oftentimes is people go for a wholesale model where they are not -- they are not giving the funding to people who wake up every single morning trying to figure out how do i en franchise more native americans, how do i en franchise more african-americans, how many do i inn franchise more plat knows. they say we're going to give it to the top hot consultants that we know and they are basically parse out the funding but not

necessarily to the best of their abilities or to the best of enfranchisement it's more a checking the box model and that is a sure loser. >> absolutely. i want to go to you next, congresswoman ming because you last year wrote a letter in your capacity as chair of aspire which is the political arm of k pac which is the congressional asian pacific american caucus on capitol hill and you made this point, hey, aapi voters exist and don't forget us when you're doing your outreach and standing. now we are here, we have a nominee, are you satisfied with how the campaigns looked, how they engaged the electorate and what would you like to see going forward? i want to quickly point out before you answer almost two in five asian-american registered voters are the fastest growing segment and they don't identify as a member of either political party. so this is a party that's up for grabs that's being ignored essentially by both parties. talk to me about what you saw after that letter.

>> well, thank you for that important question. look, i'm satisfied with the progre progress, but we have a lot more to do and a lot farther to go. i can relate to the words of every speaker on this amazing panel and this is really why i got more involved with the dnc and the democratic party right after hillary clinton's 2016 election. i think our party needed to do a much better job at reaching out to our various communities and recognize that they are not a monolith. so from making sure that our sister democratic committees to our candidates are hiring people from our communities to making sure that they are investing in ethnic media ad buys not just the week before election day but building authentic and sincere relationships months and years out, that's been my focus at the party and so making sure that we are reaching out to api voters

across the country not just states and districts where we traditionally think that there are large api communities. we've started this since 2017, hiring organizers who come from these communities who look like the people in the districts who speak and write the languages is so important. and having these conversations, again, not just the month or two before the election, going to an asian supermarket, that is wonderful and not every democratic candidate even does that, but we want to make sure that we're building real relationships, having conversations months and years before our elections and recognizing that we are in, you know, every zip code. a recent report came out where aapis can make the difference in several of the battle ground states that we are depending on to win this year. >> i take your point and i think another thing we have to do with the aapi community is start to dis aggregate this data. i don't even know that saying

aapi is good enough anymore, that's a huge umbrella with a lot of communities included. look, everybody needs to start developing some intellectual curiosity about their fellow country men. the screen, again, represents america now so we have to start to learn each other. i want to ask you because i think maria trace is a raised a good point talking about staffing and consultants, you are a pollster, you were gracious to talk to me for my book. i have frequently said polling communities of color is often its own science. i spent most of my career in media but i have worked on a campaign or two and you get different answers depending on what the person in these polling groups looks like. you talked about this with me. what do you say about the outreach to this rising majority of america and how do you rate -- how do you think the candidates and campaigns on the federal level are doing so far with that? >> well, i think maria theresa, for example, is correct, you need to have consultants that understand the community that

are not parachuting in at the last minute. when we look at it in terms of what's happening right now, tiffany, with one of the things i think is critical, first, kudos to the biden campaign, i think in picking kamala harris that was the best possible choice that really does create the environment to try to energize these voters of color, but we have to understand also political campaigns are a reflection of political parties and if the democrats both the democratic campaign and the democratic party wants to energize and get historic turnout from voters of color, they need to make the case and have them understand how dangerous the fight that we are in now when it comes to this election is. let me tell you one thing that they could do immediately and easily, house democrats of the democratic majority in congress that voters of color voted for in the 2018 midterms need to end their vacation and immediately reconvene, emergency hearings, to look and talk about the

efforts by the trump regime to sabotage the postal service. a postal service that many voters of color are going to be using to get their ballots in, also a postal service that is disproportionately made up of blacks, latinos, asian americans and if the democrats aren't willing to fight for that right now as it's happening this open sabotage before our eyes, how can we expect those same voters of color to come out in those historic numbers that are necessary to vote and pull for the democratic ticket? that fight a happening right now and needs to begin right now. >> i completely agree and i just want to say because it's a small world in the political world and the joe biden campaign they do have a pretty diverse staff, our friend jean-pierre is the chief of staff to kamala harris. julie rodriguez of course who is a senior advisor to kamala

harris of course symone sanders, meta raj is the chief of staff for their digital operation, a lot of the outreach they are doing will be digital. latasha you have taught me about voters. talking about reaching these voters but something you said to me was there are very few people i have met who i cannot turn into a voter. so while we are talking about engaging voters we also have to figure out ways to engage people who have felt left out of the process and who as a result of a long history of brutal violence in this country don't feel welcome in civic engagement. how can we reach the people who are not voters and make them feel censored in the political process. >> i think the message matters. even when we are thinking about black voters, thinking about black voters who are african-american but we also have black immigrants. >> that's right. >> we have black [ inaudible ] we have first-generation

immigrants that are black people and there are messages that we have to make sure we are being inclusive, the campaign is inclusive and making sure to incorporate their voices. the other thing around voters of color, the majority are younger voters. they are not so interested in move by just a candidate or identity politics, they want identity policies. they want to see policies that actually center them and their communities. i think the third thing which fernand said is around voter suppression. we cannot understatement how voter compression is being targeted in brown and black communities and we need to deal with this immediately around the postal service but this all facets, talking about mail in voting, we have to counter this. it's one thing for us to say we have a message for folks, it's another thing to make sure we are protecting the vote. the final thing is around how we communicate. people of color communicate differently in how we get our news and information.

radio is big in the latinx community and black community, always spending resources with radio to do the outreach to our community which is speaking directly to them. >> i cannot agree more. state representative ruth buffalo i want to leave you with the last word. the democrats are kicking off their convention tomorrow. what is your message to them? >> the indigenous voices, the first people's of these lands, their voices need to be front and center so i look forward to much needed conversations and partnerships and collaborations with our indigenous people and we cannot leave our rural tribal communities behind. they are the most disenfranchised communities that votes are being suppressed as we speak and so we can't wait for somebody to save us, we have to do it ourselves. thank you. >> thank you. thank you for that. we have to save ourselves. thank you, maria, congresswoman meng state representative ruth buffalo, latosha and fernand.

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i miss my students and i miss teaching, but school as we've always known it is not safe for any of us at this time. i understand parents need care, but turning my school into a covid laboratory is not the answer. >> i fear for lives and those numbers increasing by the opening of school. so these are my concerns as we approach the 2021 school year. >> a debate continues about how to reopen schools safely and unfortunately the health of students and teachers is increasingly being used as a pawn in a political chess game. case in point this week trump ally and florida man republican

governor ron desantis threatened to withhold up to $200 million? state aid if a school district that planned on implementing remote learning for the first month did not immediately revise its plans. that desantis was able to do this at a time when the cdc confirms cases among american are steadily increasing just highlights why national leadership is so crucial. but instead they get this -- >> 97,000 children tested positive for coronavirus in the last two weeks in july according to the american academy of pediatrics. does that give you any pause about -- >> snno. >> -- schools reopen for in person learning. >> as you call it a case, it may be a case, where there is also a case where it's a tiny fraction of deaths. >> but you still believe that children are essentially immune? >> yeah, i think that for the most part they do very well. they don't get very sick.

>> joining me now is lily garcia president of the national education association, dr. bernard ashby, a cardiologist and florida state lead for the committee to protect medicare, and ishine puth. lily, it's so great to be together again. so nice to see you. it's been a while since we worked together. so happy to have you on the show in this capacity. sadly it's under very poor circumstances. i mean, i couldn't think of anybody better to have this conversation than you. what do we make of this? i'm sorry, go ahead, lily. i should have known you're ready to jump right in. go for it. >> i am, but first, tiffany, you're going to get me a copy of your new book because all of the people are talking about it and i feel like i'm the only one left out. >> it's coming your way. >> a cope of "say it louder." every time i hear donald trump

or betsy devos give medical advice i just cringe. i just think, oh, please, please, under no circumstances should anyone be taking medical advice or, by the way, education advice from donald trump or betsy devos. that is not going to end well for children or other living things. no, we are not ready to just jump back in. no, kids are not immune and they can get very ill and, by the way, evidence is showing that children can spread. why in the world would you turn your neighborhood public school into your community's super spreader? the very first thing that people have to pay attention to when they say is it time to open a public school is you look at the guidance and, by the way, guidance isn't just like, well, if you feel like this. these are scientists.

these are medical professionals saying if you don't want to die, here is what you will do. and the first thing is you don't open a school or a restaurant or really anything while the virus is surging. because the trump administration from day one has dismissed it and not taken it seriously and said it will magically disappear there's never to this day never been a national plan to get the actual virus under control. all those countries that he throws out, you know, like germany and norway, they opened their schools. we can, too. the very first thing that happened was they had a national plan to get the virus itself under control and get down to below 5% of an infection rate in a community. in some of our communities now it's double that. it's 10, 15, 20 percent and he's saying it doesn't matter. open the schools anyway.

that is a recipe for disaster. people are going to die. >> and just the indifference to children getting sick. if you can put them in cages you wouldn't mind about them getting sick but this is outrageous. dr. ashby, you are down there with florida man and you are a doctor trying to counter a lack of intelligence. there is no centralized response. so much of these decisions are left up to local leadership which has fallen short to put it lightly. talk to me about what is the case where children go back back. i empathize with parents, a lot of my friends are parents and say get these kids out of my house but not the extent that they're saying i want to send my kids to a death trap. is there any circumstance that you can see as a doctor, medical professional, that we can spend children back to school. >> tiffany, i like that you call

trump florida man. that's funny. listen, we have to do our jobs, right, and let me point it out the obvious, it's a public health emergency and we are not trying it at such. the leadership is demanding mandates for the wrong thing. instead of mandating mask use, 24 hour turnaround time for results, less than a 5% positivity rate, they are mandating that we go to school even though it's not safe. that we open businesses even though it's not safe. our priorities are backwards and our leadership especially trump is handing out misinformation like scooby snacks. people people like desantis eating it up and applying it to our country and state and making bad decisions. until we get to a rate where we are all safe, let's not even talk about reopening schools and exposing our students, but also exposing our teachers. a lot of our teachers are part of the demographic that we

consider vulnerable. obesity, diabetes, hypertension, runs rampant in this population and i just got off the phone with my big homey richard johnson who is a middle schoolteacher down in broward and he's totally concerned. i mean, luckily we don't have to open up just yet in broward and dade, but he's completely concerned and he's speaking on behalf of a lot of his colleagues and they are all concerned and they are afraid literally for their lives. until we get this public health emergency under control let's not force these teachers and students to go back to school in a dangerous environment. >> i can't agree with you more. you've got that had ingram down there who i think oaks your sentime sentiment. i know you are with domestic workers alliance but also a part of the super majority which focuses on women and the quagmire that we are in because even if you send students to

school it's also -- or don't send students to school, there are also parents who have the challenge of working and so some of my friends who have full-time jobs, they are working, they are on zoom calls, this he also have trouble getting their kids logged in. you saw atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms tweet out it's noon i still can't get my kids logged in. then you think about child care and this is something you focus on domestic workers, nannies, people who are around or the educators 76% are women. they're going home to husbands, their own children, older people. what's the solution here from a labor activist perspective even? we are asking people to put themselves in harm's way. what are your thoughts? >> exactly. we are. and, tiffany, it's so nice to see you in this role, i hope it becomes permanent. i just had to say that. >> thank you. >> but to the topic at hand, you know, i don't think it comes as any surprise to anyone that domestic workers and nannies, house cleaners, home care

workers came into this crisis with a tremendous amount of insecurity. 82% of domestic workers didn't have a single paid sick day going into the pandemic and we are talking about mostly black and brown women who are mothers and caregivers themselves. wages were incredibly low so people were working paycheck to paycheck, there wasn't money to stock up on groceries or supplies. now in the context of reopening what we have is a situation where domestic workers are having to do more with less. we're talking about a situation where domestic workers who, again, are mostly black and brown women are having to help families navigate the uncertainty of the time, having to help families with online learning, having to keep their schedules flexible even though they have their own kids to support and take care of at home and they are having to pay out-of-pocket for ppe, for regular covid testing, for uber and lyft to get to and from

work, meanwhile they're earning less. the wages have been depressed for our caregivers post-pandemic. so the burden of safety in this moment is falling squarely on the shoulders of the black and brown women who have the least amount of power and resources to navigate this crisis and it's unconscionab unconscionable. people who are parents, working to help the families they support to stay safe but they also have their own kids. it's an impossible situation. >> it feels impossible to all of us here, but certainly to the moms and dads out there trying to navigate this space. thank you for trying to make it make sense. i want to thank lily and i have to say the nea is run by three women of color, a historic-making organization, thank you for joining me. dr. bernard ashby, you are always a delight. and ai-jen i hope we get to share a screen again very soon. thank you for having this

difficult conversation. next up, breaking news this hour on the postal service. congresswoman rashida tlaib joins me live after the break. n joins me live after the break.

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>> some breaking news, the house oversight committee is calling on postmaster general louis dejoy to testify at an urgent hearing about the crisis at the u.s. postal service and donald trump's apparent efforts to undermine it ahead of the november election. joining me now a member of that committee, congresswoman rashida tlaib. congresswoman, i'm so happy you are here with us to talk about this. we have a lot to talk about but we definitely have to start with that. tell me how this is happening. is pelosi calling the house back, this will be a field hearing and do you think dejoy will show up? in this administration you don't know. >> i can tell you especially in my district folks can see that the president is trying to defund the postal service and dismantle it so he can be able to hijack this election in coming november but also the fact that there has always been an attempt to privatize our postal service, it's been there, many folks he has appointed to his administration have actually written papers how to dismantle and take over the postal service, just like they did to

our educational system, the collection system, so many areas of our government has been prioritized and made into for profit schemes and he's trying to do it here in the middle of a critical election. yes, as early as august 24th our house oversight committee under the leadership of chairwoman maloney is going to hold a hearing very critical hearing. you know, folks and the american people need to know house oversight committee we are the watch dogs, we have to oversee especially illegal activity, especially things we feel like are very much circumventing our political process, democracy and in this case it is the president of the united states trying to defund our u.s. postal service for his own self-interest. >> i think a lot of people, you know, i think sometimes on the sunday shows it's very belt way centric and it's, you know, very political people talking to and for each other but for many people they don't know the function of the oversight committee and the house is up for grabs, too. i tell people imagine if republicans controlled the

house, the oversight committee has been a crucial point in the balance of government. i appreciate you pointing that out and you are definitely a crucial member on that committee. something that people don't understand about the postal service it costs zero dollars in taxpayer money. zero. zero. and i think that's a misconception that folks have. what is it that you want to hear specifically from dejoy? >> i think we really want to be able to understand what are these decisions being made because right here in michigan in one of our kentrell stations they took the sorting machines out. >> that's right. >> i will ask my colleagues, i think we should start showing up to these postal service places and actually go in and see exactly what's happening because these are being done behind closed doors in hopes that the american people doesn't see and that's the oversight committee has to do is open up the curtain and see who is behind it and what the true intentions are because it's not to make sure that folks have access to voting, it's not to make sure that people have access to their medication and everything that is involved because, yes, this

is about our democracy but so many of the most vulnerable in our community rely on the postal service. this is an agency that people don't understand, yes, it's not a pharmacy, but sure enough a lot of folks get their insulin through the mail, medication, a lot of people don't understand they get their documents for unemployment, their stimulus payments, many of which still have not gotten their stimulus payments, i get calls every single day that mnuchin and the irs and folks in the trump administration have still held up many of the folks that really rely and have been living check by check are still waiting for their relief payment. so it is so critical that we understand the postal service is important to the quality of life of our neighbors across this nation and we have to hold this administration accountable and we can't allow him to hijack and dismantle and defund the postal service. >> that's right and you bring up insul insulin, my mother gets so annoyed when i talk about her on the air but she gets her insulin from the postal service. it's true, the postal service is a crucial part of our lives, ppe comes through the postal service

and they employ over 600,000 people, a lot of black and brown people as well. so i will definitely be watching that and one last question before i shift gears. other than being a donald trump donor, do you know what qualifies dejoy to sit at the helm of the postal service? >> i don't know. you know, what is important is what is the mission and goal of the postal service? no matter who the appointee s may it be a democratic president or a republican president, right, it doesn't matter. there is a nonpartisan role of the postal service, it is a service for the american people and i have to tell you it is not just a democratic issue. i hear from republican residents into my district saying please save the postal service because they rely on that service to be well-funded to be able to provide, again, for their families. i just can't imagine not being able to ask the postal service -- like what exactly is your true intention here because this is your mission, this is your goal and all of a sudden

you're doing a 16, you a160 and like you're turning it into a campaign goal that this is a political strategy not a service to the american people. >> so i want to stay on this same line a bit when we talk about public sector workers. you are really involved in this and i don't think people realize since march there have been 1.5 million public sector worker playoffs. we don't know when the end is in sight. i mean, this could go on for a long time and so these mass layoffs can persist for years. you are calling on the fed, you and your colleagues wrote a letter to fed chairman jerome powell. what are you asking him to do? >> you know, look, chairman powell knows under their current authority it is very limited but we expanded it to say, look, we need you to please save our state and located at governments. we bail out big banks all the time, this he do it with a sense of urgency, but they don't understand what's really stopping the spread of covid is our front line communities, our cities, our townships, our

counties, our states that are getting the ppes to folks, it's not donald trump, it is our mayors, it's our governors, it's our county commissioners, it's our city council members that are on the front lines making sure we stop the spread and on top of that you have our local, you know, law enforcement to those that are working with our fire department, our ems and others that are showing up to people's homes that don't know what to do. they are all interconnected. they are critical, they're too important to fail. this he constantly talk about big banks too critical to fail. i have to tell you i can't imagine our state and located at governments going bankrupt. do you know what that would do during this pandemic to so many folks? people would lose their lives if we didn't have state and city and local folks being able to protect. i'm telling chairman powell you bailed out big banks you need to help us safe our local governments from being bankrupt. >> the dnc is kicking off tomorrow and there are no muslim voices on the panel. i talked about the lack of diversity of some of these people trial peoplers, do you

have any thoughts on the dnc? i'm specifically asking you because there is a split in the progressive voices in the party, how do you feel about the speakers and what would you like to see different, if anything, in terms of diversity on the panel of prime time speakers? >> i mean, of course, i want my children and many others when they see the democratic party look like them and feel and speak like them, but what i've been inspired the most by is when i look out on the streets in detroit and throughout wayne county where i represent, what i see is an incredible movement that is reflective, i see muslims, i see latino, brown, black, lgbt all in the streets demanding that black lives matter, demanding that we do something about poverty and our broken health care system. for me transformative change may not happen at this convention it's going to happen in the streets. as long as that's reflective of people like myself and others that really want to see meaningful action and change i'm hopeful. that's what gives me hope, not who is on stage. >> i think that's a really good

point. transformative change does not happen at conventions it happens in the streets. i totally take your point. speaking of transformative change, should joe biden and kamala harris win the white house i think they will be facing an increasingly progressive congress. you are a progressive member of congress, we had a fellow member of the squad on yesterday, the amazing ayanna pressley out of massachusetts. how do you plan to work with this administration, again, if they win the white house when i think on some issues joe biden and this ticket may sit to the right of you. >> yeah, what i'm going to do is continue to bring my district into the room. what i mean by that is, you know, even when speaker pelosi, i helped her understand that water needs to be a human right, that thousands of my neighbors during this pandemic couldn't wash their hands because water became a crisis, it became unaffordable and so many of our families including mothers with children didn't have access to matter. what i can do when i sit down with senator harris, soon to be hopefully vice president harris and president biden is i have to

bring my district into the room to understand there is a lot of pain and hurt especially in the 13 district to where folks haven't felt seen and heard in a long time. they feel like how many times do we have to talk about a broken health care system for people to truly understand that we're dying because folks are putting corporate greed and profit before them. all i can do no matter -- and speaker pelosi sees the hard work and unbelievably now believes in that we need water as a human right fund and supported a $1.5 billion fund for that. we're going to continue to speak that truth and speak about that pain and hurt that's in our communities and our district. that's all we can do. that's why we were elected. as i'm sitting down with this new administration hopefully is that i'm going to be able to bring those voices to the table with that sense of urgency that i see in so many other issues that i don't see on poverty, that i don't see about the environment and so much racism that is still involved in our zoning and our housing policy and so much more. >> i want to ask you specifically about your district. i wrote about it in my book

about voter suppression. in the 2016 cycle 75,000 votes for president were completely discounted, at the time it was a gop-run state legislature. how concerned are you this go roundabout voter suppression and election protection as you talk about the post office and all of the other things not only plaguing the nation but specifically potentially plaguing your district. >> 13 district came out strong this last election, 21% increase, we're going to continue to do that again to bring back our country from this hateful agenda by this administration. so i'm really happy to see that happen but i want you all to know we have a new secretary of state here in michigan, secretary benson has made it so important and one of the focuses of her leadership is making sure that voter suppression is not exist nt not only on the capacity issue but also just making sure that we don't have folks coming in to try to suppress people.

personally republican challengers that are going to come into the state of michigan. with err one of the top five states to be looked at in regards to this. we only lost -- trump won this state by 10,000 votes. i know that my district, again, looking at the numbers from this previous election this primary election i'm hopeful because, you know, we run on issues. with he run on important critical issues that changes people's lives and that's what's inspiring people to come out and vote and they want to come out and make sure we don't have another four years of donald trump in the white house. >> i remember your campaign very well, i talked to a lot of people in your district and they say you are a door knocker. that people know you. so you are very well respected in your district and congratulations on winning your primary. so thank you so much rashida tlaib for joining me, this was a great conversation. i could have talked to you a lot longer, but the rules of tv, we have to take a commercial break. so thank you for joining me. up next, the legacy of john lewis goes on. y of john lewis goes on.

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we will ee protect a woman's right to make her own decisions about her own body. root out systemic racism in our justice system and pass a new voting rights act, a john lewis voting rights act that will ensure every voice is heard and every voice is counted. >> 55 years after the voting rights act of 1965 one needn't look any further than john lewis' home state of georgia where i grew up to know that voter suppression is still rampant. as democrats look to continue congressman lewis' legacy and legislation my next guest is looking to follow in his footsteps as well. i'm so excited to welcome nikima williams. you know i'm totally obsessed with you so i'm so happy that you're joining me because i had so many questions to ask you. first krks on taking up such a

historic place on the ballot this november. >> thank you, tiffany, i'm happy to be here today. >> i want to get right into it because you are a new leader in this era of new activism and new leadership potentially coming to congress. will voting rights be your signature issue and how do you plan to tackle the issue? how do you plan to tackle the issue at the state and really at the federal level? >> tiffany, not really new to this fight and this struggle, i grew up in rural alabama and moved to georgia after college, have been living in atlanta for 1 years and i have seen us go through so much change here in the state. in 2018 we all saw the aftermath of the gubernatorial election with stacey abrams and now moves into this year just june the entire nation watched the incompetence in leadership in georgia and the republican party and how they messed up our primary election contest. people stood in line for hours, i myself never received my

absentee ballots, stood it line for five hours on my ten-year wedding anniversary to cast my vote on the last day of early voting. there is a lot that has to be changed. i'm excited to get to congress. once i get over this hurdle of the november election, but i am confident that i'm going to be the voice of the fifth congressional district and i want to hit the frowned running. if they have not passed the john lewis voting rights act by the time i get there that is going to be number one on my priority. it should not matter where you live in this country if your right to vote is protected. we need to get this right. >> you make a good point that you are very familiar with the issue. i want to stick with georgia because i wrote all about it, i have a long chapter in it about the voter suppression that plagues the state. brian kemp the republican governor for people who don't know i think a lot of us assume that these jim crow era voter suppression tactics are in our past and that may be there's voter suppression now but it's not as bad. not true. brian kemp has literally jailed

people for winning elections. i mean, this is a national outcry. you've worked in the state house. how have you taken him on and his efforts to suppress voters in georgia? >> so, tiffany, there is a little incident right after the 2018 i went down as a sitting state senator in the state capitol and i was actually arrested and taken to jail for standing with them, demanding that every vote be counted and that i have not received an apology from the state. i was told when my charges were dismissed, that the punishment of me being arrested was enough for the crime i committed. well, i didn't commit a crime and i will always stand with my constituents to make sure their voices are heard. i could not wait to continue this fight in congress. >> so other than voting rights, what are some of the other part of your platform?

>> a big thing is health care, tiffany. it should be a basic human right and right now in this country, we don't get it right. there are too many people that lack access to care because of their bank account, because our health care is tied to our jobs. i remember in 2017, i had a car accident. my car was totalled and i had taken a a leave from my job and i was sit iting there not knowi if i would be able to afford the bill when i was taken to the er and i declined coverage. the paramedic was standing on the side of the road with me. i had visible burns and i didn't go to the hospital that day because i didn't know if i would be able to afford the bill at the end of the day. we shouldn't live in a country that people should have to choose between paying their bills and going to get the dare we need. that's where we are right now. t not right and i plan to do something about it. >> i, too, have paid out of pocket for health care and it is

very challenging situation. particularly with black women when it comes to issues like fibroids and also post maternal health care. >> georgia is 50th in the country in mortality rates. more people die in georgia a than in third world countries, so we have a long way to go, especially here in georgia and i'm honored to be the voice of the women in this state and all of those people living on the margins. >> i didn't realize that georgia was 50th in the state. that's a devastating number. i want to shift gears a bit because it's not lost on me that you are wearing a green dress, perhaps pink shoes, we don't know, but you're a and your pearls, i see how you're representing today and kamala harris has been named the vp nominee, making history. you and she both are members offof

of alpha kappa alpha. i'm curious how the divine nine will rally around this ticket because the greek organizations, the black fraternities and sororitie sororities, for those who don't know, are lifelong memberships. i've seen a lot of things in print, she was a member, but that's a lifelong commitment to the organization. i'm really curious to how the organizations will rally around. what do you envision? >> so, within minutes of hearing that kamala harris was announced as the vp candidate, i was invited to a number of groups on social media. everybody coming together. alpha capita alpha has over 3,000 members ready to get behind her and make sure that she's in the white, that she's the vice president of the united states, but it's not just about us. it's about a grad showing us that our decision to go to our historically black colleges and

universities matter and we are just as important. it's about all of us together. we're service organizations. community orient ed and we're al coming together to uplift camera harris. she happens to be a member. i'm a 20-year member but i've seen an outpouring of support to make sure we do the work to get her into office. >> the question i've been asking a a lot of people, specifically howard grads, is how insufferable will you be for the next four years should she manage to secure the white house? the other question see the longest social distance aka stroll at a socially distant inauguration after this happens. >> immediately after the announcement, somebody texted e me, was that you? it might have been. there are so many people that i don't know who you actually heard.

>> so many people, they don't know a lot about african-american culture. hbcu culture and even her nomination is giving a lesson. people are learning about us. their fellow country men. their brethren in this country, so thank you so much for joining me. you are already a superstar and i expect that things from you should you become successful and win your nomination in november. i really appreciate you taking the time to join me this morning. that's our show for today. this goes by so fast. i always beg for more time, but up next is alex whit. she has reaction to the new nbc poll. keep it right here. poll keep it right here pay for what you need. what do you think? i don't see it. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪

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alex whit. several stories breaking on the air today. first, new poll numbers. how voters really feel about kamala harris as joe biden's running mate. plus, her message to voters in an interview just released. >> let's also remember why they don't want us to vote. and it is because that is a way to strip us of the power of our voices. >> a showdown over the slowdown. the reaction after white house chief of staff mark meadows answered a question about voter fraud. plus, one more time? new reporting from nbc about the president's wish to meet with putin. sooner rather than later. but we begin with breaking news on a number of fronts. first, a new nbc news "wall street journal" poll with 79 days until election day. it shows president trump trail ing joe biden and the trump administration contradicting itself again. the postal service warns states that ballots may not be in in

time to be counted on election day, but here's how chief of staff mark meadows saying otherwise. >> we'll have the money allocated and as the postmaster general said just the other day, if it's about processing ballots, he's willing to spend the overtime to make sure that it happens and make sure that we get ballots back. >> that's great. >> also breaking this hour, a call for dejoy to testify on august 24th at an urgent hearing of the house oversight committee. that call coming from nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. and as we count down to the