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department to protect voting rights. currently under his trouble from republican state lawmakers, and to that and, he will be doubling the size of the doj's voting rights division in the next month. more eyes to monitor the growing number of false election audits. sparred by the big lie and more hands on deck to push back against the mountain of state level voter suppression that has originated since donald trump's defeat. those hope for democrats signature voting protection bills shrink by the day. not entirely because of expected sabotaged by senate republicans, but also the inflexibility and cowardice of some senate democrats. meanwhile, president biden in england currently for this weekend's g summit conference of nations.

it's a growing call to ditch negotiations over his infrastructure plans, as the gop makes it clear the only thing they want fixed our elections they are losing. we start the show today with congresswoman jayapal, democrat of august washington state. congresswoman i have to get your response to attorney general garland dramatic announcement that the department of justice will be expanding its voter protection team in response to false electoral audits from trump partisans and this blanket of suppression legislation. 389 restrictive bills in 48 states since january according to the center. as a member of the judiciary committee the response efficient while the threat

comes? >> it's great to be on your show, this is a very important announcement from attorney general garland for once again we have a civil rights division that's actually interested in protecting civil rights and specifically taking on the breadth of voter suppression across the country with these republican bills and i passed in state houses and states and its across the country. but also the audits, the fake audits, that are happening in a number of states including arizona and texas. i think this is a very big step, it's a very important step but as the attorney general said this isn't going to be sufficient. we in congress have to pass hr one, as, one the for the people, act and the john doe's voting rights act. those things, as you know, if it together like a glove. they were both written by john lewis only one houses name on

it but the 40 people act, the vast majority of that was also written by john lewis and i think it's important people people understand that while the attorney general can do everything he can to challenge discrimination of some of these laws that have been passed and some of the practices that are ongoing, he will not have all of the tools that he needs in his tool box and he said this in his speech unless congress takes action, and we signed these bills into office. >> he said that in the speech and in fact he encouraged the passing of these bills and clearly it appears he is doing as much as he can from the justice department. that will not deal in an expeditious way and it will not deal with a lot of what we are seeing in the difference between the bills, there's a big difference. which is why you need both. let me bring you to another

subject. hitting vice president kamala harris for not yet visiting the southern border after she's been informed with the dealing with the political problems, driving the surge of migration to our border, but not the search itself. critics of the criticism called it an attempt to handicap earlier, her tenure ahead of 2024. and her being a woman of color mixer an easy target. how do you respond? >> i'm on the judiciary committee and four years -- i should say to, years we took control of the, house were able to do. this for the first two years i was in congress, the first two years of the trump administration, all those same republicans had no interest whatsoever in talking about what was going on at the southern border other than to talk about building a wall.

they weren't interested in the fact they were separating thousands of children from their parents. they weren't interested and all of the human rights abuses that were happening. they weren't interested in asylum or getting to the root causes of why people were coming here. it's disingenuous to blame kamala harris for things they weren't willing to do either. all that said though, reverend, i have to say that i want to see the stylish, again, a respect for international human rights laws, including seeking asylum. as you know it's legal. there are ways for people to seek asylum from their country rather than making the trek all the way here. that's something we've been working, out and something the trump administration stopped. i don't want to see any of us say to people who don't come to the united states. i do think that's a problem because it is legal, it is a

human right for people to seek asylum when they are leaving a war torn country trying to survive and live. i hope we continue to work on those things and making sure that we, at the same time, respect people don't leave a country because they're wanting to have a good time. they leave because they're trying to survive. >> they seek refuge, and i think vice president harris said it right. no one wants to leave home. what is making them want to leave home. let me go to another subject because we are glad to have you. congressional democrats are split by the focus on the imperil infrastructure plan while other legislative battles rage. not in least of which being over the democrats signature voting right bill is what you named of the peoples act before

the peoples act and the john lewis advancing act. you are a member of the congressional budget committee. do you think the time has passed for a negotiation, and is it now to pursue the president infrastructure to reconciliation. can the focus be shifted to other priorities? >> first of, all yes, the time has passed for a negotiation. i don't know why we are trying to negotiate with a party that clearly has no interest in negotiating. not a single one cast a vote for the american rescue plan. we couldn't get enough votes even to establish a january 6th commission, and five and a half weeks ago much connally said 100% of his focus is on stopping biden's agenda. let's go with the big vision the president has put out there. let's do it quickly because the help is urgently needed across the country and democrats, republicans, and independents agree with us they don't need

us to get ten republicans on board. they already support this bill, so we go big, we go bold, and we go immediately, fast, by ourselves. through reconciliation. the other piece of this as we can walk and chew gum at the same time. there's nothing that stops us that we've already moved the for the people act, the john doe's voting rights act. we haven't passed yet in the house and it's only because we are trying to make absolutely sure that it addresses all the things it needs to address and can really stand up to the challenges we know will come forward to that act. the judiciary committee is ready to take that bill, to have a hearing on it and move it forward. he has adamant committee will do a hearing, but ultimately it has to come through the judiciary committee and i can promise you that if it comes to us, we will pass it quickly. we will get it to the floor, we will get it off the floor, and then it's a question of the senate doing its job and passing that bill along with

this one. >> i might add concern, and i raise this in the civil rights leaders meeting that i was one of the participants with senator manchin about the george floyd justice in policing act, also a priority. we'd like to see it. not only won, but all three being pushed at the same time. thank, you congresswoman jayapal for being with us tonight. now to the state level. democratic responds to voter suppression, voter persuasion. virginians primary this week shored up its tip over the last few years as democrats along the spectrum resonated with voters and familiar face to take the top ticket. joining me now, fresh room his current democratic primary win in the state of virginia, and in the governor's race there is terry mcauliffe, former governor of virginia, and

former chair of the dnc. mr. mcauliffe, congratulations again under gubernatorial win and virginia. a slew of progressive candidates, in your southern state this past week, the winds come after virginia has seen massive change recently facilitated largely by democrats majority in the state assembly, how do you explain the pronounced blue tilt that virginia appears to be going through? >> thank you, it's great to be with you we came off a big when and i won all 133 cities and, counties. it's the first time anyone has been able to do that in a long time. i got a huge vote turnout from all parts of virginia. really a great win. i got the most votes that i've ever been cast in history of virginia in a primary. why? as you know, i want big and bold as governor, 200,000 new jobs, i had more felon rights

restoration than any governor in u.s. history. got sued by the republicans twice, had more pardons than any governor before me, i leaned in and banned the confederate flag from the virginia license plate, reduced juvenile of the justice population by two thirds, built a big strong new virginia economy now we are in covid, and people said we've got to have some experience, big bold ideas, i want to do investment and get all at risk to get pre-k education, i would ever have access to broadband. i got to lean in and create jobs like it did last time as governor so people were very happy. they know we have to move forward. let me be clear the republicans have nominated a handpicked person from donald trump, this first endorsement was donald trump. his first speech that he gave was to ban abortions and put more guns on the street. he is best friends with ted cruz, who is the author of the government shutdown and he

spends every july 4th with ted cruz. it's going to be a big election, but he's a private equity billionaire who's pledged to spend 75 million of his own money. so, we will see if trump comes. and i think he scared to come to virginia. i beat him twice. round the operation here last year, we beat him by 400,000 votes. i don't think trump wants to come to virginia. but you know what? good progressive pro >> jobs, that's our message and that's what you saw on tuesday night. let me go back to that distinction. progressive versus establishment. the washington post examination of this week's democratic primaries found that overall nationwide, a staggered leishman democrats and incumbents were not sir planted by progressives. instead, it was the quote, moderates, who held on. balancing the general left words shift of the party with more centrist positions on issues like policing. even after this year's

protests. your state aside, what do you take from that as the former dnc chair? how do you view that? >> i disagree with the analysis in the sense that i went through a litany -- 114 year old jim crow races law. i took executive action to restore the rights of over 200,000 individuals convicted of a felony. they took me to the supreme court. they sue me for contempt of court and i won. today, there's 250,000 virginia to can vote. i leaned in. i put a record one billion dollars to redo our education system. so, when you want to talk about progressive values, i was a fighter. i took on, as i say, 114 year old law, to make virginia open and welcome. i was the first governor, after the historic ruling of the supreme court, to perform a gay marriage in the united states of america. i doubled down. i want our state to be open and welcoming. they try to shut the 16 women's health clinics down in virginia, if you remember. i used executive authority to

keep all 16 women's clinics open. that's why planned parenthood gave me all their worth. i have leaned in time and time again. but at the same time, we have to build a strong economy. covid has shown us the inequities that exist in our system. we have a racist criminal justice system that needs to be fixed. we have a racist education system. if we're not giving children the same quality education, if children are in a 15 year old buildings, that's not fair. we're down 1000 teachers here in virginia. we ranked 58 out of 50 on average teacher pair when compared to the average pay of our citizens. i'm going to end all of that. and would pay our teachers. and when to get every tilt pre-k. i'm going to lean in on broadband. i'm going to diversify, call that whatever you want. i am a job creator, 200,000 jobs. and i inherited the largest deficit in virginia history. left a gigantic surplus four years later. hi perry jobs, income went up 14%. unemployment five 8 to 3 three. you call it whatever label you want.

>> i think that's the point of -- you were governor before and hope to be governor again. i think the point is that sometimes we confuse the label with everybody that is new is progressive. and everybody that has been there a while is establishment and not progressive. i know some newbies that are not very progressive. you let the democratic national committee, which like congressional democrats and the white house, has to contend with what to do about the expanding threats to voter access generated by state republicans. what should the party be doing about that? >> this is the greatest threat we've ever seen to our democracy. to rollback individuals right to vote is abhorrent. as you know, rev, you were with me when i started the voting rights institute at the democratic national committee. we leaned in and expanded voting rights. here in virginia, we've expanded early vote 45 days. we got rid of excuse absentee

balloting. now a new excuse. we need to expand peoples opportunity to vote. listen, i'm very tough on this. we need to do whatever it takes to get this legislation through the federal government. i don't care what they see, the day i'm across have to understand that at the states the republicans are rolling back taking votes away, they are going to try to do to us in the states. we have to stop them at the federal level. democrats have to stand up and fight. and we cannot allow them to roll back in 30 plus states to, take away our ability to bubble. they're trying for the next presidential election. you know what they're trying to do, right. they're trying to get this, the house representative. and if we win the popular vote, they don't want to see our nominee when the popular vote. i know what they're doing. democrats, wake up! it's time to start fighting. we've done in virginia, we need to do this around the country. quit talking. we are the greatest democracy in the world. we owe it to people and stand up and fight. i had a son in the united states marine corps, people are

fighting for our democracy. you in congress, do the same thing. it's time to give a damn. >> all right, thank you so much for being with us. >> all right, rev. thank you. >> congratulations again terry mcauliffe. coming up on politicsnation, some don't seem to see a difference between and assault rifle and a swiss army knife. so allow me to explain. and later, former president trump's abuse of the justice department. we're now learning it was much worse than any of us realized. i'll discuss that and more with my political panel. but first, my colleague richard louis with today's top news stories. richard? >> red, good saturday to you. some of the stories we're following this hour. at least 14 are injured from a mass shooting that took place overnight in austin, texas. two are in critical condition. law enforcement and fbi are investigating the suspects remain at large. national leaders at the g7 discussed a range of issues including the covid-19

vaccination effort. president biden's first overseas trip as president. he said that the u.s. will help 100 nations with approximately 500 million pfizer vaccines. and tense moments on a delta flight when passengers were called on to restrain unruly passenger. flight 1713 from la to atlanta was forced to change plans and land in oklahoma city. passengers and crew work together to subdue a man after he assaulted to flight attendants and threatened to bring the plane down. the delta spokesperson then said the passenger was actually an off-duty flight attendant. that passenger was escorted off the plane and is now in custody. from politicsnation with river alice sharpton, right after this short break. break

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want to talk about the fight over firearms in this country. with a special focus on judge

roger benitez, who recently overturned california's assault weapons ban. and in his opinion, his written opinion, he compared ar-15 guns to swiss army knife's. describing both as quote, the perfect combination of whom defense weapon and homeland security defense equipment. benitez has been widely criticized for the comparison, which is absurd on its face. semiautomatic guns like the ar-15 are weapons of war. and a swiss army knife is a multi use tool that typically includes a nail file, tweezers and a cork screw. but the larger story is what benitez is ruling will mean for gun laws in this country, and whether we are about to see a shift in second amendment interpretation by the courts.

contrary to the narrative pushed by the nra and other gun lobbying groups, for most of american history, the idea that the second amendment guaranteed unfettered personal gun ownership was a non starter. indeed, well into the 20th century the supreme court repeatedly ruled that the second amendment applied only to gun ownership with within the context of a state militia. former supreme court justice warren burger appointed by republican president richard nixon, was asked about the nra ideal of unlimited gun ownership under the second amendment in 1991. >> this is been the subject of one of the greatest pieces of fraud, i repeat the word fraud on the american public. by special interest groups, that i've ever seen in my lifetime. >> in between a chief justice burger's condemnation of

unrestricted firearm access and judge benitez's decision last week, the united states has seen several cases that chipped away at comments common sense gun control measures. perhaps most importantly, in 2008, with d.c. versus heller. in which the supreme court after more than 200 years of acknowledging limits on gun ownership decided to scrap all that precedent and say that the second amendment guaranteed almost any individuals right to own egan. there's no evidence that the founding fathers intended this at all. but even if there were, those men could not have conceived of the weapons we can wield today. indeed, some of the deadliest mass shootings in history have been committed using the same gun judge but neatest compared to a swiss army knife. and while swiss army knife are

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politicsnation. i have a lot to get through with my panel. let's bring them in. joining me now is policy other for the bulwark, and former democratic congresswoman don edwards. let me go to you first, donna. president biden is on his first overseas trip since taking office. at the g7 at seven summit the

president campaign face-to-face with other world leaders and the meetings were polite and constructive. a stark contrast from the nonstop drama we saw with our previous president. how do you believe president biden is changing the world view of the united states right now? >> i think we have to to take a long view. the initial assessment the president with the g7, it return to what we know is a normal kind of g7 where they deal with issues where they share commonalities and present themselves as allies and you could tell the body language itself with president biden was really well received into a group that he actually knows quite well and it was a return to a united states us prepared to lead in the world and to

maintain close relationships with our allies. on that score i think it's been a great success. the announcement around world vaccines. i think that was an important one. it shows the united states is truly prepared to lead. the president has one more trip coming up, confronting, talking with vladimir putin so we are going to see how the rest of this wraps up. but a plus so far. >> let me ask you mona the gop has been trying to jot outrage at president harris for not visiting the u.s. mexico border even if she has traveled to guatemala to meet with the leaders about the root cause of that mass migration. do you believe the vice president and the rest of the administration are making the right moves on immigration? or is it something you would do

differently? >> vice president harris is in a tough spot because she made statements during the campaign about open borders and about we want to welcome everyone. now, of course, as vice president, she's not sticking to that message and she's delivering a very different message in guatemala, saying do not come, do not come up here. she was bound to get blow back about that and further she got a lot of unnecessary heat over that comment when she reacted rather testily to the question about whether she had been to the border and she was defensive. it would've been better if she said i will be planning to go to the border but now let me finish my point. rather than getting defensive about it but this is an impossible position for the administration because they want to be more humane and the trump administration was but at

the same time they don't want to send a message that it's an open door, which it isn't. >> donna a congressional hearing was held yesterday as democrats push for they john though is voting rights act. attorney general merrick garland spoke in favor of it being passed as it continues to be debated in congress. take a listen. >> we need congress to pass as one and the journalist voting rights act which would provide the department with the tools it needs. we will also partner with other federal agencies to combat election disinformation that intentionally tries to suppress the vote. >> several republican passed voter restriction laws since the 2020 election. vice president harris will meet with texas lawmakers next week to discuss the voter restriction bill there.

it is a time for federal action on this issue? can democrats get it done? >> it is way past time and i think that's why you see the frustration of democrats in states because they are literally crying out to democrats in congress to pass the john lewis voting rights act so it can protect against some of the most egregious was being passed in the states. i applaud merrick garland, the attorney general's announcement about the hiring and ramping up of more attorneys looking at what's going on in the states. right now, the department of justice is limited be because it doesn't have it doesn't enforce much of what's happening. it's time for congress to act on this. >> we've learned this week the trump justice department seized records of democratic lawmakers, and even their families in an

effort to hunt down leakers in the government. it's the latest in a string of revelations about how the former president used the doj for his own political purposes. what should be done to repair the damage done by the trump administration to the rule of law in our country? >> this is something that i think we are going to be learning a lot more in the days and weeks to come about the abuses of power under the trump administration. and we need to get the full picture. at the same time, i do think that reforms to the way we do business, things like requiring the presidents reveal tax returns, requiring presidential appointees respond to congressional subpoenas. there are all kinds of good government reforms that are out there and this congress has

been dilatory. we have been addressing themselves to those. if i could follow it up on donna's point about the john lewis act. john lewis act is great, but honestly, it does not address the big problem, which is republicans are threatening or could possibly fail to do their duty when it comes to counting the electoral college votes in 2024. we need to reform the electoral count act before anything else. >> mona, sharon, don edwards, thank you both. up next, the pandemic hit communities of color hardest in every way you can think of but now black-owned businesses seem to be bouncing back. i will explain after the break. will explain after the break right now, she's not thinking about her work or her schedule. hi baby. -hey ma, how are you doing? i'm doing good, how are you?

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but we are seeing a resurgence. one researchers think is linked to the stimulus payments, and is strongest in the black communities. joining me now is scott stern, professor at mit school of management and one of the researchers of this data. and jennifer jones, ceo and executive director of the federation of protestant welfare agencies in new york. let me start with you, professor stern. your team looked at data from eight to states around the country, and noticed the same pattern, small businesses registration spiking around the stimulus check. in this map of atlanta, we can see some of the areas with the biggest spikes are the majority black population. was this trend replicated in other cities and states?

>> first, thank you for having me. what we saw was a dramatic decline at the time of the pandemic last march, but following the relief checks that started to come out in late march and subsequently in april, the further activities in december and february we saw after each of those, a significant rise in overall new business starts. i particularly concentrated in black neighborhoods. >> jennifer, with so many of these happening in communities that have been traditionally cut off from resources, how can we use this data as a playbook for what is possible when we have equitable investments in black communities? >> the first thing, let me thank you for having me on. i really appreciate being here, talking about this critical topic.

the first thing we have to appreciate is what the research showed said these businesses grew in black communities. what that tells us as people who are using their stimulus checks, their unemployment checks, weren't necessarily the lowest income persons. the persons who needed it to pay their bills, keep the lights on, cover their rent, cover food expenses. this may have been for them, not discretionary income, but income available to them to do something other than pay for basic needs. that's important to note because then it means that small investments can really boost small business. investthe settlement payments wt gigantic. what it tells us is government can invest in black communities and black businesses, and it can pay off. what we will have to see is whether or not the incomes that are generated from the small business ventures actually are greater than the conventional

and gums these persons were earning, causing them to want to keep going, stay in business for themselves. >> professor, was there anything in your research that really stood out to you that you think our viewers should know? what is next for this project? >> absolutely. i want to pick up on something jennifer mentioned, i think it's important. where we see this is higher neighborhoods with higher median income black neighborhoods. that speaks to that we know there's been a legacy of discrimination against black entrepreneurs, and here, the relief checks were distributed broadly including to communities of color, and that seems to have been associated with this spur to new business formation. first, i think it's important to recognize the opportunity that black entrepreneurs are

pursuing in this context. in terms of our next steps, we continue to attract this through the start-up of cartography project, a joint research project, and in addition to that, we are really focusing on will we see the persistence of this acceleration? can this be the beginning of sustained economic dynamism, and make sure the small business administration, state and local, are focused on letting these businesses scale and realize their potential to bring inclusive prosperity -- >> that's important. jennifer, as the ceo of your company, and an anti poverty activist, you must have seen the impact of the stimulus money on the lives of people in need in realtime. what lessons should we take away from the success of those payments and what policies do

we need moving forward? >> considering low income persons, these scenes were critical in helping them to cover basic goods, the cost of food, to cover their rent. sometimes transportation, if they were essential workers who are still out there going about their business. in some instances, they may have been going about their business, but people in their households lost their jobs, lost their incomes. the payments made a difference. what's important to note is that these people were suffering so much because this nation is in pain. they are not getting the critical income support that is necessary like the child tax payment which has been increased, but not on a permanent basis. the lesson to take away is low income people struggle the most. not because they weren't willing to do their fair share but rather because this government has not allowed low income people with this

depression of wages to save for a rainy day. >> let me say this before thanking both of you. i want to make this special announcement. first, let me disclose moïse your father, william augustus jones, was the one who mentored me from when i was 12 in civil rights. he appointed me as the youth director of new york operation. you see some pictures there when i was about 15. we are ready to go somewhere, go to jail. later in life, i went from a pet acosta preacher to a baptist. the baptized me a baptist and was my pastor. he was a lot more than that. he was the leading theologian's and master creatures in this country. and for that reason, we have a colloquial ministry activism and life of doctor william augustus johns this week, national action network.

he is joining attorney jennifer johns austin and some of the leading activists and clergyman. you can tune in on thursday and watch it on national action network the net. or go to youtube. you do not know black history if you don't know about doctor william jones and his 1979 book called in the ghetto which he will think was written yesterday. we will be hosting that at a stellar array of black activists, theologian's. thank you scott stern, thank you attorney jennifer johns austin. up next, my final thoughts. stay with us. stay with us

>> early this week, eight national rights organizations had a virtual meeting with senator joe manchin. around the senate bill one, hr4, and the george floyd justice and policing act. it was done at the arrangements civil weeks ago national urban league president mark morial and before the meeting, it had come out that op-ed piece where the senator has said he would

not support senate bill one. we went forward but demeaning anyway, explaining to him the need to protect the right to vote. the need to deal with the john lewis bill, and louis, as you heard on this program, part of senate bill one and the need to deal with the george floyd justice and policing act. the senator remains steadfast he did not support the senate bill one as it stood. he was open to support the john doe's voting protection bill, and open to the george floyd bill and he felt if it came out would senators cory booker and tim scott were working on, that bill was something he could support but of course opposition is the devil is in the details. the urban league, and naacp represent the action network, national around me table of black women and others pressed

him. what did they get out of the meeting? yeah, he made a comment on two things, like one meeting is going to change anything. we are going to meet, we are going to keep pressure, we are going to keep controlling, we are going to keep asking because we are talking about our lives. we are talking about unarmed black man being killed. we are talking about people being robbed of a vote that could protect them and put food on the table. this is not about a quick fix. this is about doing until you get it done, and we intend to do that. we will be right back. row from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that.

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thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern for another life hour of politics nation. fe hour of politics nation >> as we hit a new hour, new developments on the bombshell revelation of donald trump's doj and its digital efforts to go after congressional democrats. the biden doj's response and what it could mean for trump's potential bid for a second term. and speaking of future elections, the gop attacks on voting rights are ramping up. we'll dig into the new state level plot to restrict your vote. and what can be done to stop it on the federal level. plus the city of orlando gathered to honor the 49 lives stolen inside pulse nightclub. you'll hear from one of the first reporters on the scene five years ago. also, a rear sit down this ur