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y create. introducing the all-electric lyriq. lighting the way. ♪ good afternoon, everyone. efforts to create an independent bipartisan commission to investigate the january 6th riot at the u.s. capitol hit a huge roadblock today when senate republicans stopped an effort to begin debate on that bill. you had 54 senators including 6 republicans who voted to move forward, but it simply was not enough. senate majority leader chuck schumer blasted republicans after the vote. watch. >> this vote has made it official. donald trump's big lie has now fully enveloped the republican party. >> all right. so that vote took place as president biden released his $6 trillion budget proposal for
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next year, which includes new safety programs for the poor and middle class paid for by tax hikes on corporations and the wealthy in this country. the president then visited a military base in virginia's hampton roads area where he spoke to service members ahead of the mowial day holiday. he got emotional when he talked about his late son beau as this week marked the 6th anniversary of his passing. >> our son did not die in iraq but came back with a severe brain tumor. >> joining us off to start things off this hour monica alba, leanne caldwell over on capitol hill for us. let me begin with you or with the vote i should be more specific. does this mean the bipartisan january 6th commission for now at least is dead? >> for now, eamon.
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the fact it did not receive the support of 60 senators, it would need the support of ten republican senators to move forward means that it was, in fact, dead for now. there's only six republicans who decided to support it. but moving forward senate majority leader chuck schumer indicated that he has the right to call this up for a vote anytime he wants, and that he could very well do it again in the future. let's listen to what he said about it earlier today and we'll talk on the other side. >> senators should rest assured that the events of january 6th will be investigated and that as majority leader i reserve the right to force the senate to vote on the bill again at the appropriate time. senate democrats are doing everything we can to move bipartisan legislation when the opportunity exists.
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>> so there's a couple things there. if he brings it up for a vote again it's not necessarily the fact that the vote count will change, that more republicans will suddenly change their mind especially if senate minority leader mitch mcconnell remains opposed to it. but he also hinted at something else. he said there will be some sort of investigation. so he has opened the door for democrats in the house and the senate to investigate on their own, even creating a select committee or using the current committee structure. now, eamon, while republicans were fearful of the politics that a january 6 commission could bring about especially as we move into an election year in 2022, well, what they did, they've taken themselves out of the equation, and they have inherently made the decision more political especially as democrats will be able to control whatever investigation they do put forward, and it's going to continue to be an issue regardless of if republicans
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decide to participate or not, eamon. >> leanne, you know capitol hill better than i do. really quickly, should we be reading into the 11 members of the senate who did not vote today, were not present? >> one of those senators, senator pat toomey of pennsylvania wasn't there, and he put out a statement saying he would have voted for the commission. so that's one more republican senator, seven. the rest of those we should not read into that. they left town. they didn't expect to be in town today. they had plans and they didn't stick around, and we don't expect any of those. they weren't avoiding the vote, but they also wouldn't vote for it either. so we're still short of that ten-vote threshold. >> thanks for clearing that up for us. the president actually said he couldn't imagine anyone voting against the commission, yet here we are. people are voting against the commission. has the white house reacted to today's vote? >> reporter: we did get reaction from white house spokeswoman who
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was aboard air force one speaking to members of the press there. i want to read you a little bit from what she said to say. she said members of the senate are sent to washington to rubber stamp any party's views. they swore an oath to defend the constitution and unfortunately today they failed to do that. that is the view from the white house. of course i did pose that question yesterday to president biden while he was stopping for ice cream in cleveland, ohio, what his message was specifically to republicans who are prepared to do what they did today in blocking this january 6 commission, and he said he couldn't imagine anyone voting against what he called the worst assault since the civil war on the capitol before turning his back to his cone of chocolate chip ice cream. this is a white house that now said it would be open to democrats perhaps pursuing this more independent select committee as leanne was just reporting there. they want to let those talks continue, white house officials would be in touch with lawmakers
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on capitol hill to see what should happen next. but the president was very clear he does believe the events of january 6 need to be, quote, fully investigated. and he said he was still holding out hope for that to happen in a bipartisan way. so that's something behind the scenes the white house is going to be pushing for. again, while he's having all these different talks with republicans on issues like his legislative agenda, this is one where he has made in his decision making very clear and obviously wasn't one republicans took into account when they decided to vote against the investigation today. >> and you watch this president closer than i do. and there was a moment that stood out to me today in his remarks, and i've watched a lot of his remarks over the years. this is when he got emotional talking about his son beau biden who died six years ago this sunday at the age of 46. and notably the president linked his son's brain cancer to his
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service in the military overseas. how hard will this anniversary be for him? talk to us about that moment. >> this is a president who speaks so openly about all his experience with grief and loss and that's why we've seen him really as a consoler in chief often in just these 4 1/2 short months he be been president, but this something has been been open about. he's discussed the possibility of this linkage before in interviews. and he said this was something he was wondering about and wasn't quite sure. but we believe this is the first time he's raised this as president, so perhaps an indication into something else he'd like to see either studied or get more information on. we know there's been some movement on that on capitol hill from other efforts. also this weekend we know whenever the president goes home to wilmington, he likes to stop at his church. and that is where the grave site is not just for beau biden but the president's first wife and his daughter he lost in that car
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crash decades ago. it's something a huge part of who he is, and he does wear that on his sleeve, so i think we can expect him to talk about that. it is a solemn day and one even on the campaign trail people remember he takes out of view in private so he can have a family celebration and reflection on the life of beau biden who of course died as you said six years ago this sunday. >> thanks to the both of you for starting us off this hour. and turning to the latest updates. as federal authorities build cases against alleged capitol insurrectionists, former president donald trump's on loeg lies about the 2020 election is part of why a defendant will actually remain behind bars at least for now. he was ordered to remain in jail pending trial by a judge who cited president trump's former
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blog. tell me about this order and how significant of a turn this is. >> eamon, this is the most striking thing we've seen a judge write in any of these cases ordering carl -- to remain in jail pending trial. he's not only accused of being illegally in the capitol that day but posting that mike pence turned the nation over to the communists and coming back and coming back stronger. but the judge here did cite donald trump as a reason for holding dresh saying trump could be inspiring future actions by defendants. in this case saying carl dregs's source of information is he's promoting, quote, lies. and saying party leaders are censuring anyone whoidaries to defy donald trump. we've heard other judges cite the big lie in other cases. in fact, it happened just two days ago. but this is federal judge amy berman jackson using the words,
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donald trump, and near daily lies in the same paragraph of the same order. >> and i've got to ask you what the fbi is doing here as well, because i know they spent weeks trying to track down a man shown in videos, deploying some kind of chemical spray on the officers. you see it there on your screen. have we learned anymore about him and what the fbi wants? >> we're piecing the puzzle together between the court filings and the fbi videos. we're thinking this is nick brocoff just arrested in tennessee. they say he was discharging a fire extinguisher outside the capitol that day. they also say he cut open his hands near a broken window and he stole and had in his possession a d.c. police officer helmet. that video of that fire extinguisher deployment is one of the most clicked on videos on
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the fbi's most wanted web page. that video is now down. he's now under arrest. >> do we know, scott, how many or how much information the fbi still gets on these potential rioters from the public, from those tip hot lines you're talking about over the website? >> oh, yeah, they're getting a lot of bang for their buck off this tip website. we're told 237,000 total tips have already come in. in the last few hours we've learned they now eclipsed 1,800 hours of police body worn cameras and 2,000 phone devices to go through. it's also one indication, eamon, this could be ultimately the biggest criminal investigation in u.s. history. >> real quick, do we have any trial dates from any cases stemming from the capitol riot? >> reporter: yeah, we have one. her name is jenny cudd, from texas and she's the person you may remember was trying to get
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permission to go to mexico after her arrest. granted she did get permission to go to mexico from the judge and also tried to get her trial moved to texas. her trial is set february 2022 in d.c. >> incredible when you think about the number of people potentially facing those actions. thank you so much for your time. first, your reaction to what we saw play out today. by refusing to create a bipartisan commission do we risk seeing another january 6 at some point in the future? >> that is my greatest fear, eamon. make no mistake this was a domestic terror attack whose purpose was to overturn the results of a legitimate election. you have an attack that was incited by the then president of
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the united states, the executive branch on the citadel of our democracy, the united states capitol, the legislative branch to prevent the end of his own presidential term and overturn an election. if that doesn't cry out for an independent investigation, i don't know what does. and how will we prevent another attack if we don't get to the bottom of how this one occurred and do everything we can to put in place measures to make sure it can't happen again? >> let me play for you and certainly in light of the january 6 commission and what transpired today. let me play for you what republican -- one of your republican colleagues, matt gaetz, said last night in georgia. watch. >> we have a second amendment in this country, and i think we have an obligation to use it. the second amendment is not about -- it's not about hunting. it's not about recreation. it's not about sports. the second amendment is about maintaining within the citizenry the ability to maintain an armed
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rebellion against the government if that becomes necessary. i hope it never does. >> i got to get your reaction to that. you hear the cheer said there when he says armed rebellion against the government. what action if any can congress take against rhetoric like this? or is it simply up to republican leadership to hold him accountable? >> you can see what the republican party has become. the fear in response to what my colleague said in front of that crowd last night. and we've already seen in the attack on the capitol what he described -- they embrace exactly what matt gaetz said last night which is that people should take matters into their own hands when they don't
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support our system of government anymore. they're willing to abandon our system of government and use all measures necessary to install or keep in place the person they want in power, donald trump. >> and let me get your reaction to another congresswoman, this one marjorie taylor greene. she defended her frequent comparisons of jewish sufferings in the holocaust and attacking house republican leadership for actually calling her out on it. and then last night she was at it again. watch. >> you know, nazis were the national socialist party just like the democrats are now a national socialist party. >> has she spoken with any jewish members of congress like you about the impact of those words or even members of the republican party -- jewish members of the republican party just to know how offensive those comments are sph. >> of course she hasn't. marjorie taylor greene had the gall a few days ago to say what any rational jewish person to be
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feeling or thinking -- i hate to say this. i don't throw this term around lightly but marjory taylor green is an obvious anti-sem site. she said there were jewish space lasers that were pointed and created the california wildfires. now she's suggesting that the jews who were forced by the nazis to wear yellow stars of david to identify them so they could be persecuted is the same as the government requiring people to wear masks and making sure that we encourage people to get vaccinated so we can keep them alive. the nazis forced jews to wear stars so that they could kill them. this is a woman who has long ago forfeited the right to have the title of congresswoman in front of her name. i was proud to sponsor the bill that stripped her of or committee assignments. i supported censure of this person, and i really think she does need to be excelled. i hope the voters of her
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district eventually do expel her. but the republican party clearly is now made up of people who subscribe to the views of matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene and worship donald trump and have abandon any commitment to our small "r" republican principles of government so that we can make sure we are the beacon of democracy and hope for the world. >> all right, congresswoman debbie wassermann schultz, thank you for your time and insights. a political fight is breaking out in idaho signing and revoking a ban on mask mandates in the last 24 hours. we're going to tell you about that. stick around. stick around
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hear the latest facts on the coronavirus pandemic at this hour. a political drama playing out in idaho state in the government there over masks. republican governor brad little has rescinded an executive order on mask mandates signed by the states lieutenant governor yesterday while she served as acting governor while the governor was out-of-state. when little returned today he revoked the orter calling it an irresponsible self-serving political stunt that amounts to, quote, tyranny. little and mago00 has already declared her candidacy last
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week. 44 states are seeing a decrease in new cases over the past two weeks. only twoitates, missouri and wyoming, have reported a slight increase in new cases. and the tsa screened more than 1.8 million people on thursday alone marking the second highest figure since the start of the pandemic. joining me now the dean of brown university public health. we have some breaking news to get your reaction to. last hour the cdc released their guidance for summer camps. they say fully vaccinated children and teens can go to camp and return to normal activities without masks, but kids who have not yet been vaccinated will need to wear masks. what do you make of this update? >> yeah, so, eamon, thanks for having me back. i think this is a really good step in the right direction. my feeling is the evidence on this is very, very clear. certainly fully vaccinated kids should be able to do everything what they were able to do before the pandemic. i think that part's pretty clear. unvaccinated kids, obviously
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kids under 12 were not vaccinated. i think outdoors is very, very safe. i don't think there's any basis for having them wear masks outdoors. you can imagine indoors in packed halls, et cetera, mask wearing for unvaccinated kids should probably continue. but outdoors i don't think is necessary. >> 44% of all americans have been fully vaccinated so far. that includes more than 50% of everyone over the age of 18, technically adults. and more than 74% of those older than 65. we just mentioned 44 states are experiencing a decrease. what do you make of where we stand today as a country? >> yeah, so we're making really good progress. now, we've got to keep going. we're nowhere near where we need to be. what i'm worried about is we're really starting to see a patchwork nation. we're seeing parts of the country where 70%, 80% of adults are vaccinated where other parts
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of the country you have 40% to 50%. and places in the south that's what i'm really worried about. as the weather gets hotter people are going to be spending more times indoors. they don't have enough people vaccinated, so i expect a great summer for much of the country in terms of cases, but a few places that may see resurgence because there's not enough people vaccinated in those areas. >> it led to a june surge last memorial day weekend. what do you expect to see in the coming weeks more people gather in larger groups? >> so i'm hoping in a very different place. i believe we're in a very different place. i don't expect a massive surge. again, i am a little worried about some parts of the country. last may right after memorial day we saw a huge surge in arizona and texas, across the deep south. that's what i'm worried we might see a smaller surge this time around. so we're going to have to keep a very close eye on it. i think for the rest of the country we're going to be in pretty good shape. >> let me ask you the
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investigation into the origins of covid-19 and the outbreak. "the new york times" reports president biden is calling for a report into that. and it came after intelligence officials told the white house about unexamined evidence that had not yet been reviewed. we do not know what that evidence is, just to be clear. but if they do find new information how will that help public officials? where do you think this needs to come from? is it the scientists or intelligence communities? can the scientists even answer that question without the help of the intelligence community? >> yeah, it probably is both groups working together, right? on the scientific front it's absolutely essential we figure this out because obviously we're going to want to think about how to prevent future pandemics if this did come from a lab that really changes how we should be thinking about lab safety. there are a lot of issues there. if it came naturally we're going to continue working on lab safety but becomes less of a critical issue. there's going to be a lot of
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information hard to get without direct chinese cooperation and that's where intelligence is going to be so important. >> doctor, always a pleasure. thank you for your time. still ahead it it has been 100 years since the tulsa race massacre, an important story many americans still don't know about. our own trymaine lee talks with descendants and survivors of those who died in the attack next. you're watching eamon mohyeldin reports. watching eamon mohyeld reports. and long journeys across the world! but most importantly? they give us something to eat when we drink beer. planters. a nut above. my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director they give us something to eat when we drink beer. and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time,
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next week president biden will visit tulsa, oklahoma, to mark the 100th anniversary of the tulsa massacre. a violent white mob destroyed one of the most prosperous plaque communities in america, greenwood. they devastated the area known as black wall street leveling 35 city blocks destroying 191 businesses and forcing out nearly 10,000 black residents. experts estimate as many as 300 people were killed. no one was ever punished for their deaths. none of the victims were fairly compensated. in fact, there are some americans who have never even heard of it. now a century later residents of tulsa are working to raise awareness and recognize the victims and their survivors. joining me now from tulsa is nbc news correspondent and host of the into america podcast, trymaine lee. good to have you with us. you're live at the black wall street memorial march. what are you seeing and hearing from people there today? >> thanks so much for having me,
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eamon. as you mentioned we're here in the heart of greenwood which had been one of the wealthiest black communities in this country. there was a 12-mile stretch of greenwood avenue where we stand right now where there were hundreds of black owned businesses and over the course of two days, may 31st and june 1st, being bombed from the sky, houses being burned, in the blink they lost everything. they tried to build back and in the course of the last 100 years they've tried to time and again recoup some of what was lost and stolen. today talking to folks from tulsa and around the country they said they wanted to be here to stand with those who suffered so much, the zepdants and those who came from victims and survivors and would survive the 1921 race massacre. it's not a celebratory sense here, but definitely a commemoration. there are different stages setup with musicians playing. there have been a number of banquets and brunches. as you mentioned we marched for about a mile and a half north to the center of greenwood.
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and now folks are gathering. you have vendors up and down the block. folks selling books and t-shirt and food. and there really is a feeling of true community, eamon, and fellowship and family. but this community has gone through so much. here they are, you know, on the eve of this centennial of that terrible, terrible day with a great sense of resolve and reflection and some resilience but also quite frankly a lot of pain and trauma. where folks weren't able to inherit the wealth that was being generated because it was all destroyed, they did inherit a sense of great pain and a burden. but there are still folks fighting for reparations, fighting on one hand just for this story to be hold. there are efforts by forces that be in this community to bury the story, bury the truth even though folks in this community know what happened. it's been a long time coming, but here we are 100 years later. >> we'll see what president bidens has to say he goes there to mark that.
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to hear more from the survivors and descendants make sure to watch "blood on black wall street" sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on msnbc or on demand on peacock. a dutch court ruled that royal dutch shell, one of the biggest oil companies on the planet, was liable for its greenhouse emissions. this is important because previous rulings held countries responsible not individual companies. the court order of shell to cut its greenhouse emissions by 45% by 2030, it is a ruling that could be used as a framework to target the sources of greenhouse emissions around the world. now, as the associated press reports, this is the latest in a string of legal challenges filed around the world by climate activists seeking action to reign in emissions, but it is believed to be the first targeting a multinational company. the particular lawsuit was filed by several activist groups, and joining me now is the director of one of those groups.
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great to have you with us. walk us through how this lawsuit came together. >> thank you for having me. it started five years ago. i've been active as a professional in the climate negotiations since the year 2000. and my analysis was that, you know, we kept on talking but co2 emissions kept on rising. so what was the cause? and my conclusion was and that of my organization that a major caveat and a major reason for the international climate negotiators not working is because a major actor is not part of that. and those are multinational company oil major. 25 companies amongst them shell represent more than half of the global greenhouse gas emissions, and they are not regulated. they are not part of theparis
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climate accord, any national regulation. and that of course is the main reason we at the global community have not managed to address climate change. and therefore we decided to start a court case in order to bring one of those big polluters, shell, under national regulation in the netherlands. >> it's a very important case, no doubt about that. it's not clear, though, how this will be enforced. how do you want shell to react to this court ruling? what enforcement mechanisms to do you anticipate if any being applied? >> the enforcing mechanism is a normal enforcing mechanism that is characteristic of all democratic -- democratically ruled states. and that is whenever a judge makes a decision, makes a verdict it is expected of a party being on the receiving
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side to implement that. and if they do not, then we will have the possibility to again go to court and ask for a financial sanction. >> and let me ask you about what this means for the worldwide fight against climate change. do you think that this strategy that you applied successfully can be applied to lawsuits against other oil companies or different countries have laws that protect these corporations? >> of course we will start replicating this verdict to other polluters in the netherlands and then in europe. but in practice it can be applied to all of the western world just as our economies are integrated, our law systems are also very similar. and this can, therefore, be replicated in every country including i hope the u.s. >> i'm sure many people and lawyers around the world and activists will be watching this with a tremendous amount of interest. thank you so much for your time this afternoon. i greatly appreciate it.
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>> thank you very much. and thousands of migrant children are still in u.s. government custody right now. up next we're going to talk to democratic congresswoman norma torres for whom this is actually personal. she says she now sleeps with a gun near her bed after speaking about the migrant crisis. you're watching eamon mohyeldin reports. t crisis you're watching eamon mohyeldin reports. where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ ♪ you wanna be where you can see(ah-ah) ♪ ♪ our troubles are all the same (ah-ah) ♪ ♪ you wanna be where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ you wanna go where people know ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you.
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from central america currently serving in congress. congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. i know you've been touring this facility on a weekly basis. bring us up to speed what you saw today. how are the kids doing? have you seen improvements there over the time you've been visiting it sph. >> absolutely, eamon. and thank you for the opportunity to be with you today. this center really is a role model for the rest of the country. i have been visiting these shelters not just here in california but throughout texas. what i saw here today, i walked inside a classroom and talked to the teachers that really were sharing very personal stories about the kids. they're so anxious to learn the language and to learn about the u.s., their new home. i was able to walk through the eating area, you know, where they eat all three meals. and every week when i come here i get an update as to how many
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children are reunited, and they have been meeting that 20% goal that they have set for themselves. so i am very grateful to all of the workers here at this facility for the work that they're doing. >> do you know how long kids there believe they're going to actually stay? i mean how long do they need to stay and how long do they end up staying as a result? >> so their goal is no more than 10 to 14 days, and that all depends on the response that they get from their guardian, their parent who they're trying to unify with them. and how quickly they can get information such as the birth certificate. remember we have to be careful. we cannot simply turn over a child to a total stranger without first verifying that indeed there are familial ties to this adult. we want to make sure that we continue to protect these very, very vulnerable population.
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>> as you're probably aware republicans have been arguing that the biden administration's policy of accepting kids is encouraging parents to risk their childrens lives by sending them alone across the border. you're there on the ground. do you see merit in that argument with those you've spoken to? >> i do not. i see a very difficult situation with very few options. we have an option to embrace the children, pick them up in the desert, pick them up at the border where they are presenting themselves. or we have a choice to throw them back over the border into mexico as the trump administration was doing into the hands of drug dealers and gangs that have been victimizing these children. so, no, we have a humane policy. the biden administration has been very clear. we're going to try to protect these children as much as possible. but the reality is that the real
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work is in the northern triangle. these are the symptoms of this unchecked culture of corruption in all three governments within the northern triangle. >> so let me ask you about that because it is getting personal for you right now. you have apparently made some enemies in those countries by criticizing the way they operate. you told "the new york times" of sleeping with a gun nearby because of the threats. how bad has it been for you personally? what are you seeing that's making you have that protection with you? >> it's become very personal the attacks that have been unleashed on me and my staff from the president of el salvador himself, his members of congress including the ambassador in washington, d.c. have personally attacked me. now, one thing is for their
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troll army to attack me. but we know that there are people out there who may not be mentally stable who want to answer his call for violence. there are people that are going through my neighborhood driving by. it looks to me as if they have looked at registries of properties in the city, so not only are they going to my home, they're going to another property that i own and parking and watching those tenants. >> have you spoken with speaker pelosi for additional protection, or have you sought additional protection from either her or anyone else? >> i have not. since the insurrection, there have been many, many threats against not just me but other members of congress. we have been told that we have been cleared to utilize campaign funds for protection.
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and i do have, you know, cameras setup in my home, but my protection is really on me and my family. >> all right, congresswoman norma torres, i wish you and your family the best and certainly safety in all of this. no one in this country should be subjected to that. thank you for your time. i appreciate it. microsoft is accusing russian hackers of a wave of new cyber attacks against a u.s. aid agency. will it impact next month's summit between president biden and russian president vladimir putin? but first vice president kamala harris made history yet again today when she became the first woman to deliver a commencement address at the u.s. naval academy. >> the united states military has been on the forefront of research, development and technological advancement. that is a point of american pride. and as i look out at all of you,
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department federal aid agency and sending aauthentic ticking emails. some international airlines are going and the area of belarus after they forced down a commercial plane to arrest a dissident. joining me is michael mcfall. ambassador, great to have you back on the program. the u.s. told russia that it will not re-enter the open skies treaty saying rodriguez is not committed to confidence building in the relationship but if that's the case do you think it's the right step for president biden to go forward with this summit with putin? >> i think it is. i think they should meet and important to talk to everyone to
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eliminate misperceptions as a trigger for confrontation but the president has to go into this meeting -- i almost called him the vice president. i was there for the last meeting when he was vice president and putin was prime minister. i think he has to go into the meeting with a firm agenda. this agenda is not about improving relations. has to avoid too much happy talk and be clear what american interests are. cooperate when we can and talks are the area of overlap with common agenda moving forward but a big mistake if after this meeting there was talk about stability in the relationship, normalization in the relationship. i don't think that's possible. certainly not what putin wants and i think that language needs to be avoided. >> what does success look like for you? on the agenda items on the agenda, what would the metrics
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be that you would say we need to come out of this say it's a successful meeting? >> president biden needs to talk about the differences, the confrontational things we have in this relationship. he needs to talk about ukraine, mr. navalny, this incredibly horrible, horrific hijacking that took place in belarus that putin supported and make sure that putin hears him on all of those things. in the area of cooperation the one area of bilateral cooperation is strategic stability talks to they rightfully extepided the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty for fives but there needs to be a follow-on treaty some day and get started on that set of negotiations right now and then number three if you're being ambitious maybe something about how to cooperate on multi lateral issues.
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how to deal with iran. maybe climate change. pandemics. where it's not a bilateral issue but the two leaders agree to cooperate in those forms. >> speaking of multilateralism for a moment, you have belarus's president traveling to russia today. you know russia. is it in moscow's interests to align with minsk? there's internal debate about why are they so close to this luke schenn co? look at putin. he's meeting with him days after this. he's daring the world that cares about international law, norms, the liberal international orders
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sometimes called, daring the european union and president biden. can i back this guy and tell me that i can't. that is the challenge with this summit. president biden asked for this. putin is not looking to improve relations with the west. they're not handing him talking points to say, mr. president, if you want better relations with washington here's what you should do. that's a challenge for the biden administration getting ready to for geneva. >> i would love to know what a body language expert says about what he says to the world. thank you so much for the time. >> thank you. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll see you back here tomorrow. excuse me. monday. at 3:00 p.m. eastern.
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hello there, everyone. 4:00 in the east. legislation to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the capitol insurrection. somehow ended up on the kill list of mcconnell. republicans this amp voting to block the bill in the senate just six republicans voted to advance the bill to the senate floor out of the ten needed to skirt a filibuster. today's vote followed a night of delayed led by some of the same republicans that spearheaded efforts to whitewash the history of january 6. chuck schumer said to sweep the horrors of that day. here's more from senator schumer today reacting to the vote. >> out of fear to donald trump, the republican minority prevented the american people from getting the full truth of

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