♪♪ good evening. and welcome to "politicsnation." tonight's lead, red alert. right now, the national fight over voting rights is growing. as republicans and two of our largest and most diverse states now lead a coalition to restrict the minority vote in texas, gop lawmakers are poised to be the

next ones to get a restricted voting bill that targets access on to their governor's desk. it's just a matter of how restrictive it's going to be. not to be outdone in suppression is florida, where its legislature just passed their own bill going after voter access and assistance. minority voters in particular. and like texas, the focus is on controlling what local officials can do about it. but don't look at these locations and presume it's a sudden thing. like i said before, this is a national campaign. nearly every state has some kind of voter restriction legislation on the books. the only thing they have on common are conservative lawmakers who are intimidated by the electoral results of 2020 and committed to ensure it does not happen again.

also on tonight's show, i'll be in elizabeth city, north carolina tomorrow as head of national network to eulogize andrew brown, jr., who is right now being commemorated after being killed by law enforcement. the full picture not yet public. we'll talk to the mayor of elizabeth city in a moment. meanwhile, the most ambitious piece of police reform legislation in my lifetime is being discussed in the senate. discussed but not debated. that is why your vote matters. my first guest can explain more. joining me now is congresswoman bernice johnson, vice chair of the voting rights caucus. congresswoman, it looks as if state republican lawmakers are literally competing with each other to see who can restrict minority voters the most.

the tie that seems to bind in the case of florida and texas, both of which advanced suppressive legislation in some way this week, is the push to not only restrict access in terms of location and to cut mail-in voting, but also to limit local official's power. and in the case of texas, to criminalize legitimate errors made in assisting voters with their ballots. your thoughts? >> thank you, reverend, for inviting me. let me say how much i appreciate the fact that you are keeping attention on the type of things that are going on to interfere with our voting. as you know, we had a record turnout this last election around the country. so now we're looking at a record actions around the country to try to discount our votes, to try to make it more difficult

than ever before for us to cast our vote and have those votes count. the find of things that's going on in texas, i'm really not surprised. but in the 21st century, where we have worked all these years to get the right to vote, and just trying to express it and supposedly the greatest democracy in the world, and we are having to deal with every obstacle they can codify to keep us from casting those votes freely and getting those votes counted. we have very little voting fraud that's been proven in texas. as probably in many other places. but every time we have an election, we have to deal with more and more aggravation to try to discount or discourage our voting. we are not going to be

discouraged, and we are not going to sit around and take it. we're actually in a very handicapped position, because gerrymandering has kept us out of getting the representation that we need. therefore, we are a minor in all of our elected positions. but we're not going to give up -- >> that gerrymandering is what giving these state legislators an imbalance where a lot of these republicans control these districts because-- gerrymandered these areas. >> when i came to congress in the class of '92, there were 30 seats from texas, 21 were democrats. i was a part of the senate before coming.

now we have 36 seats and 12 democrats. that's how drastic these gerrymandering has been. we were up against coming against that now, and we've had another growth to get two more seats. that growth primarily has been minority. so all of the hindrances that are attempting to be codified, rests negatively on the minorities in the state casting their votes without a lot of intimidation. >> so people, our viewers understand this, even though because of the census, and i'll talk more about that later in the show, even though the census gave texas two new seats, and those seats, as you say is because of the growing population among minority voters, the republican controlled state legislator, will control how those seats are

drawn, and this could draw those seats that is more republican oriented, even though it is not that base that increased the population. is that right? >> that is exactly right. and now they use computers. they can actually -- the computers, they use to make seats exactly the way they want them, and it discounts and disenfranchises the legitimacy of our votes w gerrymandering. the last election, we've got some -- the first thing we saw when the legislature opened was to reorganize the appeals courts, sogerrymander them.

so we have to fight for basic rights that we fought for when john lewis was on that independence bridge. it's unconscionable. >> congresswoman, i also know that you were a public health worker before you were a public official. nearly a third of the station is fully vaccinated now, but the existing data on vaccine distribution and race is still critically incomplete nationwide. the biden administration allocated $10 billion to increase access for communities mostly impacted. are you satisfied with those results in vaccinating black americans? and if not, specifically does more need to be done? >> well, of course, we have a history that sometimes gets in the way. but we're trying very hard. as a matter of fact, this week the congressional black caucus

is -- we are working very hard with all of our local entities to make sure we increase and encourage all of us to go and get immunization. we have a major push in our minority communities this week to make sure everyone gets a shot. let me say that, you know, i started out working with the polio vaccine. and we can clearly seen that polio has practically disappeared. i believe strongly that if all of the people that can possibly get the vaccine, we will see an end to this virus. we cannot fight the virus hardly in any other way, but to protect us from the vaccine. so i ask everyone to get their vaccinations.

i got both of mine? january. if i have to have a booster later, i will do that. we live in areas that takes us the most vulnerable with the things we have to deal with. and we must protect ourselves. >> all right. i'm going to deal a little later in the show with that congressional black caucus on the vaccination. thank you for starting us off. this is a live shot of elizabeth city, north carolina, people coming and going into the public viewing of andrew brown, jr. there is also a rally going on there right now. i will be there tomorrow in my capacity as the president of national action network, delivering the eulogy for mr. brown and joining other faith leaders and others at that service. after that autopsy was done for the family, it confirmed that brown was shot five times during

his attempted arrest by deputies last month, including a fatal shot to the back of his head, that the family lawyers have cast as an execution. immediately launching federal civil rights investigation by the fbi. the city is now under a state of emergency. i'm joined by the mayor of elizabeth city, bettie parker. thank you for joining us this evening. getting right into it, a state superior judge, a court judge, ruled last week that the public release of any body cam footage from andrew brown's arrest and shooting will remain blocked for at least the next month. a redacted version has been released to the family and the attorney. they have demanded the full version, as you have. four of the county sheriff deputies that didn't fire shots have already been returned to active duty. and the county prosecutor

maintains that the three deputies who shot mr. brown did so in self-defense after his vehicle made contact with them during his arrest. a claim his family refutes. can you explain the disconnect between the county and your city tonight? because it seems like it's going back and forth of who is responsible, who can investigate, who can do what. when a reported autopsy of the family, shot in the back of his head. >> thank you, reverend al, for having me this afternoon. but there are two law enforcement agencies in this area, elizabeth city police department and the county sheriff's department. the city police department was not involved in the shooting death of andrew brown. they were not part of executing

any parent to him on that day, april 21st. they were not called for assistance. so the only reason that my department, my policemen, got involved is when they heard a 911 call dispatch that says shots were fired. and when they arrived on the scene, they found that it was the county sheriff department who had done the shooting. so we're not involved. as far as andrew brown's both is concerned. unfortunately, we have been thrust in the limelight because it happened in elizabeth city, and he's a resident of elizabeth city. so now we have to contend with the protestors, and any other incidents that may come about in our city. but the county commissioners is

similar to the elizabeth city city council. however, we're two different entities. they are the ones responsible actually for the investigation, for releasing the body cam video. we have no jurisdiction in that. and they have not shared with me as of yet. nor with my city manager or my chief of police. >> now, do you have a city district attorney, a city prosecuteer? because being that this happened in the city, what bars your local prosecutor or your local elected person handling matters to move forward with the county seems to already being defending the officers without an investigation? >> it is entirely up to the district attorney, the d.a. is mr. womble. we cannot override him as a

city, because the city is located within the county. however, as i said, when something happens in the city, then we're responsible for making sure that our citizens are safe and that our city is taken care of by our city officials and, of course, our city management and the chief of police. the county does have the right to come in and serve warrants into the city. but there have been times when they have collaborated with our city chief police, eddie buffalo. but they did not this particular time. >> they did not? >> they did not. >> now, what do you say to those watching the protest and judging the police response to be outside, almost militaristic for a community with less than 18,000 people? >> well, we have about 18,000

people. but when you have a horrific act like this happening in our city, not only do we have our peaceful protestors, our citizens, but we have others who come in from out of town. i have a small police force, a maximum at any time of 77. we would not be able to do the duty force our citizens and answer 911 calls without assistance. so one of the reasons we enacted the state of emergency is so we can get the added help that we need. as i said, we have other groups that have come into our town. they are concerned, and they are being helpful. however, we've got those who are bad actors after protestors go home that were

illegal and we enacted a curfew. >> it has been mostly peaceful protests and continuing today. last question, you are elizabeth city's first female mayor and an hbcu graduate from elizabeth city state. joe biden's american family plan will allocate money to hbcus. what does that mean for elizabeth city and the black and native residents of your city? >> you know what? this is a good thing, and i thank joe biden for what he's doing. it's time for the hbcus to get the add help that they need. if we think about history, you would know that we started behind a lot of our counterparts as far as education is concerned and resources. this is going to help elizabeth city state university and the other hbcus located in our state

and across the country. now, elizabeth city state university comes to the city's rescue when we need help. they have reached out to us in trying to help us house the policemen, the extra police force that we have coming in to maintain order, to make sure we have order during this horrific time. and we are thankful for that. we have two other institutions here, mid-atlantic christian university and the college of the alberamrle, a community college that reached out to us. so when they receive these funds, that's a good thing, because they actually is one of the biggest economic drivers in our community and they never turn us down for help. we never turn them down. reverend al, i would just like to say this, they have opened a

door to help us with the cost that we have been putting out. elizabeth city has put out over $100,000 in trying to mitigate the things that are happening around this shooting. and they have offered to help us with housing the police. the policemen that we have are in order. we know that there needs to be reform, but there are policemen who the majority of them are good actors. but we do have bad actors in any organization. and there's a media outlet that has bashed us for what they're doing. we are a small town, and ecsu put their hand out, reached out to us when whenever we needed help and followed through on it. and i don't want them bashed. i don't want any of the other institutions that have reached out to us bashed because of what

they're doing. we're here, we're a community and we work together. and we're all saddened by the death of andrew brown. >> i think and i understand your position. i think you can understand how the family feels, how the residents feel, and many of us around the country feel. i'm coming tomorrow to do the eulogy at the service. and i can tell you, before i get there, mayor parker, this is the fourth funeral since i did george floyd's. since then. i've done three since then. this is the fourth one for people killed by law enforcement. people want to see real change. thank you for being with us, mayor bettie j. parker. coming up, some surprising news out of the 2020 census. why we must rise up and make sure our voices are heard. but first, richard has the top news stories. a good sunday to you.

some of the stories we're watching this hour. a new election in india shows voters are not happy with the current party in power. friday's world record of daily covid cases in india was 400,000. and overnight, election results of the prime minister's party lost an important vote. this was amid the government ignoring warnings a new strain would spread quickly. manchester united fans stormed the stadium ahead of the game. protestors armed with fireworks caused the game to be postponed. spacex receively returned four astronauts to earth this morning. the crew returned after six months in space. welcome back. more "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton after the break. arpton after the

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for this week's "rise up," i want to talk about missed opportunities and the u.s. census. we got the first official results from the 2020 census this week. just the bottom line population numbers in each state. but those numbers have big impacts on political representation for americans all over this country. all in all, seven states will lose seats in congress, while six states will gain seats. while that may seem abstract, it has real consequences for the balance of power in congress. because now, state legislatures will get down to redirecting and in some states, the dirty political business of gerrymandering. that's the practice of drawing ridiculous district boundaries to ensure partisan outcomes.

republicans were so successful at this last time around that in 2012, they got 1.4 million fewer votes in the house races than democrats, and still kept a 33-seat majority. things are just as dire and undemocratic in the upper chamber. in 2018, the democratic party earned 54% of the senate votes but still lost two seats. today's senate is no better. despite a 50-50 split in seats, the senate is represents 41 million more americans than republicans. this has a great impact on presidential elections, too. republicans have won the popular vote just once, once in nearly three decades, but they have won

the presidency three times. the electoral college is so skewed toward republicans that a recent study showed that in the event of a 50-50 split in the popular vote, the republican candidate has a 65% chance of winning. so what can you do about it? well, it would take a constitutional amendment to abolish the lectoric college. there's a work around at the state level. it would allow states toward their electoral college and the electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. the law will only come into effect if the states who passed it represent 270 or more electoral votes. let's go back to the census. the count didn't have to shake out that way. if just 89 more people in new

york had filled out the census form last year, the state would not be losing representation. just like in voting, every census vote counts. but unlike elections, we don't have the chance to fix the census for another decade. but here's how you can still make your voice heard. the house of representatives has artificially capped at 435 members since 1929. that means while wyoming's representatives has only about 579,000 constituents, the representative from delaware must answer to a whopping 974,000 people. that can be changed by a simple bill in congress. if you're like me, you're sick and tired of voter suppression, a skewed congress and a presidential election system that does not reflect the most basic of democratic principles,

that a person with the most votes should win. so here's your call to action. call your senator and your representative and demand fair apportionment in the house, including uncapping the number of house seats. and then find out if your state is a member of the national popular vote. if it's not, ask your state representative why they don't believe in true democracy. this country was founded with a lot of lofty goals. and centuries later, we still haven't reached a principle of one person, one vote. some of you may have missed the chance to be counted in the census. but we can still rise up together, get your voices heard, and your votes counted in this great american experiment. ican . ♪♪ i got you. ♪ all by yourself. ♪

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"politicsnation." i would like to get to my panel. joining me now is danielle moody, co-host of "the democracy" podcast. and founder of woke af nation. and retired republican strategist and msnbc political analysis. we start in west virginia where senator joe manchin announced his opposition for representation of washington, d.c. this week. saying that statehood in the district should be subject to a constitutional amendment. danielle, is there anything to the theory that manchin opposing d.c. statehood because of the probable addition of two democratic senators would dilate strangle hold on the party. he's one man that have to come

to him. that would break it if there were two more senators. >> what's so upsetting is that joe manchin is one man with extraordinary power right now. i asked earlier today on twitter, i said i'm just so confused why joe manchin is a democrat at this point in time. we understand that if we wasn't, if we were to start caucusing with republicans, that the senate would go back to the gavel of mitch mcconnell. at the end of the day, he is the roadblock between progressive democratic ideals. there is no reason why, in the 21st century, why the district of columbia, with a population of black and brown people, does not have the right to vote. it makes absolutely no sense. when we continue to say that we should put it to the people, the people vote, the people snow up and stand in lines and vote for hours. we're seeing what the gop is dog right now. he keeps saying let the people decide. the people have decided. but this one man is our road

black. >> and most nations around the world that claim to be a democracy, the people in their capital can vote for the leaders of their nation. it's not true here. this strange strangle hold he has is upsetting. but rick, let's go to this. after the most secure election in history, republicans are introducing draconian voter registration bills all over the country. the country has seen this. why has the gop completely given up on trying to win the hearts and minds of americans in favor and get them on their side, rather than favor disenfranchising those voters who don't already agree with them? >> well, rev, it's great to see you. it is really remarkable that the republican party has abandoned all principle. the republican party subordinated everything that they claimed they once believed

in, free market principles, individual liberty, all the things that were written in a platform that no longer exist and subordinated that to whatever president trump says. so it is inexplicable why they would -- why they could have done that. because when you do that, when you abandon principles for personality personality, you can essentially become a cult. they no longer have a winning message. they have a winning message in conservative principles, but they don't believe in conservative principles, they abandoned them during the trump administration and now they don't know what they believe in. the only way to win is to, i hate to say this, suppress brown and black votes. >> danielle, at the same time, republicans are whining about so-called censorship by tech companies, they're passing legislation literally trying to sensor "the new york times" 1619

project. we know that hypocrisy is not a problem, but where are they so incensed about the true impact of slavery in america? >> i mean, simply put, because it wasn't written by white men. that's the reality of the 1619 project. sit american history through the sens of people of color. and this is the first time that we have been able to experience this en masse. and the idea that we are going to finally use our public education system to teach the truth is terrifying to the gop because they have to answer for discriminatory policies. at the same time, we have to understand that the public education system has been one of the biggest places to uphold white supremacy. you get to decide there whose history matters, who is important, whose leadership we should be discussing. every single component of white

supremacy is built into our public education system. so the gop right now is running scared. and it is very revealing. it should signal to american people why don't they want america to know the truth? why don't they want people to know the truth? and it's because it serves them and their ideology and their base right now to believe that white supremacy is their thing. and it matters. and if they can sink teeth into that and distract us from what is necessary for us to be paying attention to, then they win. >> rick, last question, donald trump's lawyer, rudy giuliani, has had his office raided this week as part of the ongoing investigation into his activity on behalf of the former president. giuliani has so far denied wrong doing and hasn't been charged with anything. but if he faces public trial, and even conviction for his work on trump's behalf, will that move the needle for any republican still in trump's corner?

>> i don't think so, sadly, rev. as long as donald trump has a hold and people continue to give him money and less money to individual candidates in the rnc and people go down there to mar-a-lago and seek his endorsement, because that's where the political power is going to come from, i don't think it's going to change. we've said over and over, this is the thing that will change it. and nothing did. i don't expect anything to change. >> thank you both for being with us this ooefg. up next, the u.s. has made major strides in getting shots in arms. but some people of color are still hesitant to get the covid-19 vaccine. that conversation is after the break. rsation is after the break. before discovering nexium 24hr to treat her frequent heartburn, marie could only imagine enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice.

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the cdc says a little more than half of all americans have gotten at least one vaccine shot. but getting the other half to the -- to roll up their sleeves remains a significant challenge. right now, the congressional black caucus is in the middle of a mass vaccination week initiative to get more americans, specifically those of color, vaccinated. joining me now is congresswoman from michigan brenda lawrence. she's also the second vice chair of the congressional black caucus, and is helping to spearhead this effort. congresswoman, thank you for being with us this evening. let's go right at it. what are you and your cdc colleagues planning on doing this week to help encourage black and brown adults to go get vaccinated? >> thank you so much, reverend, for letting me be on the show. first thing, we have all been

vaccinated, and we are going to a community, we're partnering with churches, sororities, with local grocery store chains, with hospitals and local churches and cities and counties, to say we will remove the barrier of registering. we just walk up, all of the vaccination sites will be walk-up. we will make sure that there's vaccines available for you, whether you want pfizer, moderna or j&j. we are telling you that it's safe. it's free. and we need you to get the vaccine. we have cried too many tears at the side of coffins. we visited and comfort families that were wondering if their loved one was going to die or not. i can tell you in michigan, the amount ofmies are through the roof. we cannot be a productive

community if we're sick and incapacitated and god help us if we die. we need to be strong and fight against injustice, to raise our children and families. >> as we both know, i've had both my shots. we both know the vaccine is safe, effective, and free. i got mine, as i said, just a few weeks ago. yet although millions have gotten the vaccine so far, there's still somesome hesitanc some to get it, particularly folks of color. what are you hearing? >> we're hearing we're going to wait to see if anyone grows a tail, turns green, whatever. there's been millions and millions of people vaccinated. we know that it's safe. we know that the conversation about j&j -- you don't have to take j&j. moderna and pfizer have proven

to be effective and safe. and the thing that we must understand is that there has been a direct media campaign to put out mistruths about the vaccine. and some people are saying, well -- i heard one person say they're putting a chip in us to trace us. it's just all over the board. but let me tell you something, in michigan, in detroit, the majority of the vaccines are going into the arms of white americans. if they are concerned enough about their life and family, to get the vaccine, if you're using that as an excuse, that nullifies that. we must be -- we must step up to the plate. we can't afford to lose any more of our community. >> during joe biden's joint address to congress, he urged americans to get vaccinated. in a white house statement he

said, he hopes employers will give their workers paid time off to get vaccinated in exchange for a tax credit. the tax credit would be for small or non-profit businesses. do you think that this will be effective in getting our new workers, especially those of color, to go get vaccinated? >> so we know in the federal rescue plan, we created these centers where people, if you are working the day shift, you can get off in the evening, get it. if you're working afternoons, you can come in the morning. we know we have to remove barriers. if we can do that, you know what, rev? how are we ever going to have wed weddings? how are we going to be able to go back to the bar and meet friends? how are we going to take off those masks without herd

immunity? that comes with us being vaccinated. mother's day isle doing up. you love your mother, you want to hug your mother, you want to be alive and healthy to take care of your mother, you can't do that if you're sick or dieing with covid. and you're restricted from even interacting with your mother, because you don't know if you have covid. this is about our community coming together, putting our arms around each other. and this is not african-americans. this is brown communities, across this country. we are in the bottom echelon of protecting ourselves and being healthy and getting on board to changing the economy. if we can give a tax credit to make this happen, let's do it. >> i know you have on your site and most of the congressional black caucus members on their sites where vaccines are available. reverend charles williams and others tell me you keep that out there to be informed. thank you for being with us,

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i must admit, i had an optimistic feeling and a sense of relief after the jury convicted police officer derek chauvin for the murder of george floyd. but since then, it seems like almost every day we hear and see another case of police brutality. usually, against a brown or black person. and yes, i mean brutality. aggressive and disturbing behavior by police. actions that are hard to watch. tomorrow, i will eulogize another black man killed by police. andrew brown jr., in elizabeth city, north carolina. i have done several eulogies in different states since i did the eulogy almost a year ago for george floyd. all from police killings, all

families calling national action network asking for their help and would i come. that's not to count the many other eulogies that many other ministers and others have done. this problem will not go away without this nation focusing on the real need for police reform. that is not an anti-police bill. the george floyd justice in policing act. it is a pro-police bill. it's pro-police for the ten police that stood up and testified at chauvin's trial around the killing of george floyd. it's pro-police for the police chief that got on the stand and put his hand on the bible and said that the regulations and training is more important than the blue wall of silence. it protects them. it protects people. we need to stop having funerals and start having change. and celebrate everybody's life

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we begin this sunday in texas where it is clear donald trump still influences the republican party. nbc news projects a candidate trump endorsed republican, susan wright, will advance to a run-off in the race to fill her late husband's seat in the sixth congressional district. congressman writhe died from covid in february. nbc news projects wright rill face fellow republican in the run-off. a leading democrat conceded this morning, shutting down hopes by democrats of this seat flipping blue. at least for now. but we're seeing trump's influence span well beyond the sixth district into the state capitol. texas state republicans remain latched on to trump's big lie about voter fraud, proposing bills to make it harder to vote, one of them could get a full vote on the floor of the house later this week. and that lie lives strong in arizona, too. state republicans continue their audit of 2020 ballots despite recount after recount affirming

joe biden's victory.