before and never knew her before and because they heard what happened over there, they showed up to pay their final respect to a stranger. >> no stranger to fong was her older brother. he worried about his little sister who lived in, to him, a strange land. he says his little sister worked at a young age because after her father died, they needed the money. she did the same now in the u.s. she helped pay for her nephews and niece's education. >> she 100% gave money every day. she is very, very open and positive. so even when they're young, they're living in a farmland, they earn very, very little money, but she was always happy with anything she got. >> when covid restrictions changed, will you come to see your sister? >> we are counting on our

younger generation now. my son or my grandson will go, because my son and all of the kids are actually being helped, so they might come one day. >> ms. fong, her life in the united states, and i've heard over and over again, how much she loved her family and supported her moth sore she was a great person. >> does her mother know that she's gone? >> her mother is 84 years old. they would never let her mother know. know >> 100 days after the atlanta shootings, you can watch the entire documentary by going to nbc news.com/asian-america. and a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports, here is what is happening a bit past 2:00 p.m. eastern, 11 a.m. pacific time. juneteenth celebrations across

the country today, art, rallies, walks, cookouts, all planned as part of the official nationwide observance of the day slavery ended ♪ free at last, free at last ♪ thank god almighty i'm free at last. >> this is the scene in galveston right now, 156 years after texas was ordered to finally free all slaves and abide by the then 2-year-old emancipation proclamation. in ft. worth, opal lee is taking a two and a half mile walk. she is the 94-year-old known as the grandmother of juneteenth, after decades advocating for this federal holiday. in dc, the washington national cathedral is hosting a series of events to mark the holiday. the historic church will remain lit tonight to celebrate freedom day. and in new york city, a monument to george floyd is erected in brooklyn. terrence floyd says his brother was publicly executed, comparable to lynchings that

took place during and after slavery. let's go to my colleague outside the monument unveiling earlier today, joining me from brooklyn, antonia, i know it is a very significant day for so many there, what are they telling you about this day, juneteenth? >> reporter: so here in the black neighborhoods of brooklyn, many of the folks that i have spoken to them, this holiday is not new to them. in fact, the festival that i'm at in bed sty have been happening for over a decade and many of the people have come back to the same space to celebrate and share food for years now. one of the organizers i actually just spoke to told me that while she is happy while the rest of the country is catching up and the federal government is recognizing this holiday, that she hopes that people understand it's important, it's a about survival and a community's resilience and about protests. in fact, this morning, frankly

it started on a somber note. not far from where i am right now, i met terrence floyd, that is george floyd's younger brother, and he spoke about the connections between what's happened to his brother, and history from over a century ago. i want you to hear from him and some of the other voters i met today. >> juneteenth, you know, it's about freedom. with my brother, what went on before that, it just tells us, it just wakes us up, and gets us to understand that we have to understand we're free. we don't have to go through that. we need to know our rights. >> republicans aren't for this holiday but yet not one of them are willing to vote for the john lewis voting rights act so i feel you're giving aus diversion from the real issue. >> >> reporter: so alex, the mood here today is one of joy, of celebration, but there is also an undercurrent of fear,

that politicians, that local leaders, will see juneteenth as just another holiday, or a day off work, and not as a call to action, and so talking about george floyd, and the last year and a half of work with the racial justice, social justice movement is a key part of the work to make sure juneteenth isn't just about a day off in june, but it is really a call to action. alex? >> i got to tell you, that last interview, that woman makes so much sense. what else did she tell you about this? she seemed so passionate, well informed, and she said look, this is, these are crumbs for what we really need, when you don't have republicans, any of themming to vote -- any of them wanting to vote the john lewis voting rights act. >> she was really blunt. as you could hear in the tone of her voice there, she feels like if voting rights legislation is not passed in this country, that

is a sign for many of the people who come out in support of juneteenth and many of the brands using it part of their promotions this weekend, all of that is simply going to ring hollow. you need to take, in her view, you need to take holidays like this and use them as a call to action. as a moment of accountability. and to make frank connections between what we see happening today and what happened to black people over a century ago in this country. and without that, you know, what is juneteenth? you know, and for her, she was wearing that t-shirt and i hope you can see it there that said free-ish, she feels that black people in this country still have a far long, long way to go until she feels comfortable calling us free. and that's why she feels like that history of juneteenth is honestly not that far away in her mind, and you know, i was grateful that i got to meet her and she was willing to speak so forcecally, because that is a lot of the sentiment that people have said both quietly and loudly today, alex. >> i'm glad, as you said, she put it bluntly and i'm glad you

shared her with us as well. thank you. let's take a look at the other big headlines today. the white house is touting a major milestone in the pandemic. the u.s. giving over 300 million covid shocks in 150 days but president biden warning yesterday, it is still too soon to call it quit, as the administration is well short of its goal, to have 70% of adults with at least one vaccine dose by july 4th. that's in just 15 days. and the dangerous delta variant is spreading in several states. >> deaths and hospitalizations are drastically down in places where people are getting vaccinated. but unfortunately, cases and hospitalizations are not going down in many places, in the lower vaccination rate states, they are actually going up in some places. the new variant will leave unvaccinated people even more vulnerable than they are a month ago. >> and on capitol hill, a bipartisan infrastructure plan gaining momentum on both sides of the aisle.

the new proposal will be revealed on monday. the big question, what's in it and will it have the votes? democrats are getting impatient, ready to move forward, with or without republican support. >> there will be a moment that if we can't get the bipartisan package to move forward, we're going to have to do it alone through reconciliation. we showed that with the american rescue plan, we were able to get that done. solely by democratic votes, we regret that republicans didn't join us. it was a bipartisan bill, with the support of the american people. and i think the infrastructure bill will enjoy strong bipartisan support with the american people, even if we can't get republicans to join us. >> and congress is also gearing up for a showdown on voting rights this week. the senate set to vote on a sweeping elections bill tuesday, a major test of unity for the democratic party. let's go right now to amanda golden on capitol hill for us. amanda, welcome. what's expected to happen with this vote on tuesday? >> reporter: well, alex, this bill is essentially dead on

arrival. there are not enough republican senators on board to override a filibuster at this time. and going back to what antonio was saying, there aren't the legislators moving forward there isn't a whole lot that congress can do here but the political reality is there is a huge divide where democratic senators stand and the republican senators. the republicans increasingly feeling that there should not be a federal government rule, telling states how they should run their individual elections. but looking forward, there can still be this vote that will happen, and the question is, why would senate majority leader chuck schumer bring this vote to the floor of the senate on tuesday if it is not going to pass. the answer is democrats see this as a tactical victory that can still have on the record all of their democratic senators on board, and all of the republican senators are still going to not support the legislation. and that's now a reality here, because senator joe manchin who previously had said he wouldn't support the for the people act is giving an indication of what his compromise is, in order to come to yes, to be able to debate this on the floor, and be it as you can see on your

screen, he has made a number of concessions to this bill, why he would support it, calling for election day to be a federal holiday, and as well as issuing provisions around voting i.d. and either this or the john lewis act, he wants either package to move forward, because it will go on a bipartisan basis, so democrats are not doing this alone. but the political reality here still stands. there aren't ten republican senators that can break that filibuster and we heard in your conversation, just last hour, with senator ben cardin you who the political reality plays out to move forward. >> democrats are prepared to compromise. but we won't compromise the integrity of our voting system. if we can't get the republicans to even let us have a discussion about voter integrity issues, then we have to look at alternative ways that we can get this done, because these are fundamental rights for the american people. we cannot allow voting rights to be taken away. >> this vote will almost

certainly fail as we said, alex, but it is putting renewed pressure on that 60 vote threshold. whether or not the filibuster should continue on. there are at least two democratic senators not yet on board including senator manchin so the hopes to move forward are very bleak for making any changes there, alex. >> thank you for the update from the capitol. let's bring in beto o'rourke, former texas congressman and former democratic presidential candidate, a busy guy holding 19 voting rights rallies in texas with another one tomorrow, and thank you for making the time for us, my goodness. let me ask you about what you think about the showdown set for tuesday. because if this bill is expected to fail, how can that possibly be interpreted as a win for democrats? >> i'd love if you rephrase that, i don't know if the bill is going to fail, the vote might fail, but as we understand the senate, there are a number of procedural and other votes that take place before a bill can succeed, and i think the for the people act, the voting rights

legislation of our time will succeed. but i'm not just going to count on it, we're gathering tomorrow in austin in the state capitol at 5:30 p.m., this sunday, to gather in as large a number as we can, to push that bill. because i think that's what it took, when the 1965 voting rights act was up for a vote, and many thought it would never pass, there is no way you're going to get democrats in the south and the senate to vote with that bill in '65, but with another pressure and people getting at it out there, president johnson and the members of congress felt the political will and moved forward and got that passed. and it's that bill, and it's that law that is now under attack in 47 different state legislatures across the country, nowhere mo so than in texas, which is already the toughest state in which to vote, and they have voter suppression bills coming through in a special session that will make it even harder. so alex, there is no plan b. we need the senate. we need the president to come

through on the for the people act. so whatever happens in this first vote, on tuesday, they've got to keep moving forward. >> can i ask you to weigh in on the filibuster question, where you stand on that? >> i don't think we should have a filibuster in this country. it's nowhere written in the constitution. it's holding up important legislation. i was watching your earlier segment about the infrastructure bill, economic packages that can make it a lot easier for people to find better jobs that pay higher wages, we need, he would not as democrats, not as republicans, we as americans, need to deliver on these opportunities and these promises, and the filibuster is a poor excuse for not doing so. but even more important is democracy. 245 years in to this experiment it is under attack unlike any time in history. the january 6th, the first successful insurrection attempt to breach the capitol since the war of 1812. the voter suppression bills crossing the country.

and the big lie that is trafficked by the former president, and believed by tens of millions, if there is not a response, a bold powerful one, like the for the people act, i'm convinced that we'll lose this democracy. so if the filibuster stands in the way, then damn the filibuster, and let's move forward. but i think that's a decision that those u.s. senators will have to make on their own. i think whatever happens on tuesday will inform that decision. but i also hope that we hear from the president on this. he has the authority, the biggest microphone in the country, and he can bring this country together, and make sure that we understand what's at stake and what we'll have to do to overcome these challenges that we face right now. >> yes, speaking of senators, the joe manchin compromise proposal that got the endorsement of stacey abrams as you know, but then here's snore roy blunt, a senior member of republican leadership said in reaction to that. >> well, we all, i think every one of us looks for opportunities to work with senator manchin and we found those opportunities, i actually

think when stacey abrams immediately endorsed senator manchin's proposal, it became the stacey abrams substitute, not the joe manchin substitute. >> what does that tell you? he says it they're looking for opportunities to work with joe manchin, the second stacey abrams name is associated with it, it is like a lightning rod. >> i think that is actually a badge of pride that senator manchin should wear. there is no fighter more fierce than stacey abrams for voting rights in this country right now. after she was, i think, unfairly denied the governship of georgia in 2018, after her opponent, secretary of state, encouraged hundreds of thousands of voters from the roles, purged hundreds of thousands of voters from the roles, she didn't gave up and got out there and continued to register people to vote, for voting rights, for everybody, for republicans and democrats and independents and help bring georgia into a true democracy, now threatened by the voter suppression laws signed by the

man who beat her unfairly in 2018. so i think she more than anyone i know is helping to bring this issue to a head, and ensure that we pass the for the people act. she is encouraging all of us to call our u.s. senators, and apply that pressure that conforms some political will in that chamber, so that they actually get this done. i'm grateful that senator manchin is back to the table. i'm glad that he is talking to his colleagues. i'm hopeful that that produces a positive vote on tuesday and it ultimately that we get this bill passed. it's not going to be easy. in fact, it's going to be one of the toughest things we've ever done, but if we fail to do this, this summer. then by 2022, and states like texas, where they have promised to pass a bill, it would allow our state to overturn future elections, you might not have a democracy. you might have a different form of government all together. so it's that existential for our country and for our democracy right now, and we've got to move forward and thanks god for stacey abrams who is helping us

do that. >> listen, i am sure that if fathers take their children to that 5:00 p.m. austin rally tomorrow, they will get an earful and understand everything is at stake so celebrate your barbecues and head to the state capitol and join you there. and let's talk about one other big story in texas that governor greg abbott says he will resume building the wall that donald trump started and that president biden ended, he says he plans to use about $250 million taxpayer dollars as a down payment and will ask donors to fund the actual cost. how do your fellow texans feel about this? what are you hearing about it? >> i'll tell you something about crowd funding. when governor abbott failed the state in february during a wint winter storm where the power went out and we lost electricity and heat and water, more than 700,000 texans lost their live, they literally alex, froze to death in their homes, and we the people of texas crowd funded the money to pay for home repairs

after they were damaged from the frozen pipes, and then warmed up and burst, we helped to get people food and water over to warming centers, the people of texas, not the governor who were there when we needed it most. and during the legislative session, the governor's focused on trying to punish the migrants and remove the licenses from child care facilities that take care of migrant children, and proposing to build a wall that none of white house actually live on the border want, instead of fixing the electricity grid, or preparing for the next pandemic, or expanding medicaid in the least insured state in the country, where people still routinely die of diabetes and curable cancers, and the flu. so there are real problems in search of a solution, unfortunately he's focused on the solutions in search of a problem. we do need better in texas, and rallying for voting rights, to ensure that all of us can vote, and the seven million texans who are eligible and did not vote in 2020 can get after it and get to the polling places in 2022, and elect new leadership in this state. >> wow, i appreciate your

perspective there and i'm sure a lot of our viewer does as well as they listen to you talking about the issues that travail texas. let me ask you about the pressure that vice president harris is feeling to visit the border. are critics looking over the fact that she was the attorney general of the border state of california, it's not like she's not familiar with these kinds of issues. >> so many of us who live on the border have been asking every administration for as long as i can remember to go to central america, northern triangle countries there, and begin to understand and address the root causes for those who flee 2,000 miles to come to this country, the crushing poverty, the extraordinary violence, the consequences of climate change, that they bear perhaps more than anyone else. it's the only reason alex, to send your 12-year-old daughter on a 2,000 mile journey unaccompanied, if the only other alternative is for her to stay and perhaps lose her life. so the fact that vice president

harris made that a priority, and went to those countries, and listened to those people, that's a big step in the right direction. and i'm confident she will come visit us in the border, which as you mentioned, she is not a stranger to, she was a statewide elected official in a border state. so the vice president understands this issue very well. but when she does come to my hometown of el paso or to del rio or mcallen, i know she will gain a fresh and an appreciation of some of the real challenges that we face and most importantly she will be able to hear from the people of the border what the solutions are. because i don't know that anyone understands this better in america than those of us who live on the border, day in and day out, raising our kids there, and understand that the opportunities as well as the challenges posed by our connection with mexico. >> beto o'rourke, your perspective, your passion, so much appreciated. thank you as well for your time. this very busy time for you. see you again soon, i hope. thank you. >> thank you. it is a vanity fair headline

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>> his role is as reported. he has been the cfo for many years. he knows where the bodies are buried. if anyone can stick trump with criminal charges, which the linchpin would be knowledge of the funky tax transactions, it would be. what's going on? well, it is the renewed interest, it all comes from this "new york times" article alex, and if you read it carefully, it says not a lot. it says he could face charges this summer. yes, and it could be a rainy summer, and it could be dry. but nevertheless, the fact that the times ran with it, it says to me that they have a sort of scoop on the inside from someone who has told them we really are coming to a close, and that makes sense, because cy vance, the d.a., will want to make all final charging decisions for trump before he leaves office in december, and rewind that back, and you need to go after weisselberg now, if at all. here's my read.

i think they've told, sorry, go ahead. >> you know what, include what you think your read is, as parts of the answer to this question, do you think he is really a priority in this investigation? do you think prosecutors are just hoping that he will turn on trump? >> priority. because he really is the best evidence of intent which will matter the most. on the other hand, there's paper. there's his former daughter-in-law jennifer weisselberg. there's michael cohen. there are other ways potentially to skin the cat, but i think this is what they've told them in this very high stakes game of chicken. you know what, if you don't cooperate, fine, we are going to indict you, we're going to indict you over the summer, we will indict you with the trump organization, and that will be a big victory, we will take it from there, as far as the former president goes. and i don't think they would be bluffing. so i think what they've told him, and what has been kind of communicated on the cue to the times is they are ready to bring charges whether or not he

cooperates. so that makes him a 73-year-old man with, you know, not so much loyalty to trump, as opposed to his father, in a very, very tough spot but they will play that chicken game out. >> if he testifies in front of the grand jury, does he get immunity? >> automatically in new york, they won't call him in for that very reason, even if he said so, he cannot be charged. new york's strange in a few ways and that is one of them. but his deputy, who knows a lot about him, he's sort of the co-grave zigger where the bodies are buried, he did go in front of the grand jury, he did get immunity. they do have a wealth of information about weisselberg himself. weisselberg is best as to trump but they are ready, i believe, to go after him, and as the times reports, as soon as, you know, six weeks from now. >> harry, you used the phrase, knowing where all of the bodies are buried twice. i mean give me perspective on

how detrimental his testimony, his knowledge could be for donald trump. i mean when you say he knows where the bodies are buried, he knows everything you're saying? that's right. how detrimental? it could send him to jail for the rest of his life. the basic charges here are going to be, at least, at a minimum, that they took these properties and defrauded two parties, defrauded lenders, by making them sound like it was high value, and then took the very same property and low-balled it for tax authorities. two different kinds of fraud. now, trump can right now say what did i know, it was all up to allen, but if weisselberg can contradict that, and we know of course from other witnesses, that trump was very hands-on, it could bury him. he is the most dangerous witness in the world for donald trump. >> okay, harry litman, you're going to come back very soon and keep us abreast of all of the developments. thank you very much. good to see you, my friends.

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tomorrow's father's day and a new poll shows 52% of people say they will see their dads in person, an uptick from last year and the height of the pandemic. joining me now is msnbc anchor, co-host of the "today" show and author of the book "pops" learning to be a son and a father, craig melvin, who needs no introduction. and frankly by the way we know you already learned mastered how to be a cletion and anchor and good friend and two lessons that you wanted to learn and talking about it in this book, craig, it's the story of resilience, of overcoming addiction, the power of forgiveness. it's a great book. tell me how your dad's personal struggles really helped shape you and your life. >> oh, alex, it's so good to see

you. >> i know, you too. >> it's been too long. thank you for having me. you know, dad was, not to give away too much of the book, but my father was born in a prison, in west virginia, federal prison, fun fact, the same prison that housed billie holiday back in the 40s, martha stewart did her time there as well, my grandmother was a bootleger, she ran liquor, she ran numbers as well and my father was born in prison and the way that shapes you and molds you cannot be fully understood until later in one's life. i did not know that about my dad until i sat down to write this book. and it was eye-opening, as you might imagine, on so many levels, because for decades, in fact, up until about three years ago, my father struggled mightily with alcohol addiction.

and he managed to, late in life, pick himself up and dust himself off, and start life anew. and so i sort of wrote the book in an attempt as trite and cheesy as it may seem, i wrote the book to try to help other people, who might have a similar struggle, similar story, and came out on tuesday, and lo and behold i've heard from hundreds of folks who have similar stories. >> i'll bet. in fact, you spoke about when things changed, the pivotal moment when you were talking with your dad, and this is while he was in rehab, i want to take a listen to what you said about that. >> he's crying. it was this letter that he's written, 40 years, my dad has never written me a letter, he's written me this letter and we sat and we had breakfast, and it was just, like it's one of those, like i know on my death bed i will remember that day. and that moment.

>> wow, what did he write in that letter that you wanted to hear from him? >> well, i don't want share all of the details of the letter but i will tell you that it was essentially his origin story. it was his attempt to explain why he had been absent for a number of years, why he struggled the way that he did with addiction, it was his attempt to sort of start the process of making amends. and it was, i didn't read it then, i waited until after our visit was over to read it later, and as you might imagine, i was overcome by emotion. >> i bet. >> because you know, fathers and sons don't talk, at least back then, we didn't grow up talking a lot about how we felt, or from whence we came and the things

that shaped us and molded us and we didn't talk about these things, and his letter was an attempt to do just that, he had written down, i guess, 40 years worth of how he felt and how he came to be the man that he was, and the man that he wasn't. it was an explanation of that. >> is that what you have taken away from this? is that how you're changing the dynamic with your kids? i bet you talk all the time to them, asking them questions and listen to them. >> i have probably overcorrected. to your point. yes, i probably over-emote, maybe too many hugs and kisses and maybe too many questions. i have always maintained, alex, that you can be, you really can be influenced by the negative examples in your life, just as much as the positive examples, if not more so. and i think with my dad, that was the case. i did not know precisely that the man or the father i wanted

to be, but i knew when i was younger, i knew i didn't want to be him. and that motivated me in ways that you can't imagine. it motivated me professionally. i think i probably busted my hump a lot more in my early 20s and my 30s than a lot of folks. because i wanted my dad to say hey, i'm proud of you, you're doing great, i love you. i wanted that. i craved that approval. and i worked a lot harder early on to get it than i think a lot of people probably do. but what's remarkable now, alex witt, is that my dad, he will be 70 this year, and when i see the grandfather that he is to his six grandchildren, it's just, it made journey all worth it. he's making up for lost time. he was up a few weeks ago and on

the sidelines of my son's soccer game and he hadn't scored a goal all season and 30 seconds into the game, dribble, dribble, dribble, shoot, score, there's me, my dad, there to witness it and you would have thought the kid won the green jacket at augusta, the way that we were carrying on. because now, he's the kind of grandfather, the graph that, you know, he's the grandfather that i wish he would have been when he was a dad. but never too late, alex. that's part of the reason i wrote the book. never too late. >> let me ask you about your dad and his cars and the 1973 green pontiac lamont and the fact that he is driving your grandmother's honda civic right now, you've offered to buy him a car. why didn't he just take it? >> i don't know. maybe it's a pride thing. i think there's a part of him that just enjoys driving, hand-me-down car, maybe. it's a good question. he drove that 73 pontiac le

mans, he drove it up until seven years ago. my father hasn't had a car payment. he hasn't had a car payment since 1976. before i was born. think about that. he hasn't had a car payment since gerald ford was president. but you know, that's part of his charm. >> part of his charm. well, that's a charming parts of the book as well, the way you describe him. relating to the 1970s, and the clothes he's wearing, pretty cool. as are you my friend, craig melvin, so glad you see him and i wish you the happiest of father's day as well, you and pops and lindsey and the kids. well done with the book. continued success. i want wait to see you in person as soon as possible. take care, craig. the justice department has released new video evidence from the attack on the capitol and raising new questions about why republicans don't want that congressional investigation. ssi. ♪welcome back to that same old place♪

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>> joining me now a nevada congressman, and democratic member of the foreign affairs and infrastructure committees. welcome back, congresswoman, i'm curious when you see that new video, does it make it harder to comprehend how 21 of your republican colleagues voted against a bill this week to honor january 6th first responders? >> well, it's just shameful. i cannot understand. they seem to understand that they don't like the word insurrection in there. but that was clearly insurrection, when you look at that video, from a police officer's body cam, how you cannot think that they deserve to be recognized for protecting the building, protecting us, the press, the staff, and themselves, and the more you see

it, the scarier it gets, so i think it is disgraceful. >> republican congressman andrew collide who compared the january 6th rite to a normal tourist visit, he refused to shake hands with an officer attacked during the capitol riot. take a listen as the dc metropolitan police officer who describes the encounter. >> i asked him if he would shake my hand and he told me he didn't know who i was, and i introduced myself, i said i was officer michael, a dc metropolitan police officer, who fought on january 6th to defend the capitol, and as a result, i suffered a traumatic brain injury, as well as a heart attack, after having been tased numerous times at the base of my skull, as well as being severely beaten. at that point, the congressman turned away from me and pulled out his cell phone. >> what's your reaction to that? what does that say to you? >> well, it says that those people came armed to do harm,

and to overthrow our government. this was sedition and subversion, and there's no question about it. however you want to paint the picture. that's what it is. and they brought bear spray and they brought other kinds of things that they used as weapons, and they picked up flag poles and anything that they could find to beat the police. so this wasn't a friendly gathering. it wasn't a tourist event. it wasn't a peaceful demonstration. it was domestic terrorism. >> yes, and citing it as being peaceably is delusional. and fbi is warning about q-anon conspiracy theorists potentially committing political violence. do you have concerns for your safety? do you fear the rhetoric from some of your republican colleagues is in part what fuels these threats? >> no question about it. when they encourage people to take actions like this, when former president trump stood on the stage and said go and storm the capitol, people said, he sent us, that's why we're here,

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forget it bass there's no deal to be made. i'm about at the point where i think we've given them a chance. a few more days, we've got to move forward. every time we try to compromise it's whack-a-mole. look at obama care, took out the possibility option, they didn't vote demands. they didn't vote for it. only two people in a very large 60 something member transportation and infrastructure committee who are republicans voted to support our bill. but they like to get all their little earmarks in the bill and brag about it and then won't vote for it. you got to move forward. >> nevada congresswoman titus, always good to talk to you. thank you. >> thank you. mike pence gets a rude awakening or does he? that's next. ext. ® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein.

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uphold the election results january 6. talking about the insurrection of that day and clearly a woman in a crowd of many hundreds taking issue with that heckling the former vice president but by and large pence is here to bolster the credentials among the republican base. and he's not alone here. much of the conversation has focused on conversations of making this a referendum against biden and democrats looking to elections in virginia and after that across the map in midterms but also a focus here on the culture wars that former president trump was so keen on stocking and a focus on this idea of critical race theory. take a listen to senator ted cruz. >> critical race theory says that same concept but replaces class with race. let me tell you right now.

it is bigoted, a lie and every bit as racist as the klans men in white sheets. >> reporter: it's important to remind the idea of critical race theory acknowledges racism in the united states. conservatives using that as an energizer to this and the parts of the base to keep the coalitions engaged in 2021 and 2022 when most republicans in the house and senate hope to retake the majorities there. alex? >> ali, thank you so much. coming up, an update on the breaking news we told you about a short time ago. isn't the awards or the acclaim. the best part of stepping into the spotlight

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an update to the breaking news. tropical storm claudette is spawning severe weather in the south. there's a tornado warning for 15 minutes or so. claudette already spawned a likely tornado today in southern alabama. looking at drone video of the destruction of several homes and school. heavy rain and wind will continue along the gulf coast today and cross the carolinas sunday night or monday and prompting a prop call storm watch. that's going to do it for me. i'll see you again tomorrow at noon eastern. my friend yasmin vossoughian

continues our coverage. good afternoon, everybody. i'm yasmin vossoughian. new video of the violence during the january 6 insurrection as well as new revelations about the potential inside help rioters may have gotten. also new reporting on how far the gop's war on voting rights is going. a tale of weather extremes. flooding in louisiana after a tropical cyclone hits and texas and the west are baking in the sun. all that and marking juneteenth today following ceremonies around the country. later this hour, talking to miss juneteenth 2020. but we do want to begin with that new video and new details about the ongoing investigation into the january of