♪♪ it's great to be with you. i'm jeff bennett. as we come on the air this hour, congress is just hours away from what a senator called political armageddon. the senate is expected to hold a key test vote on its voting rights bill, a critical piece of the democratic agenda. supporters argue this legislation is an existential necessity for the american voter and the democratic party.

as republicans in red states actively work to make it more difficult to cast a ballot. here's the kicker. it's all but a foregone conclusion that this vote will fail. it's going to be doomed by an easy republican filibuster, because it appears democrats don't have the numbers or the unity right now to stop them. with the hours ticking down to today's vote, all eyes on west virginia's joe manchin, who has repeatedly said he does not support the bill as it stands, and arizona's kyrsten sinema. >> you spoke to president biden about this bill yesterday. what was his message to you about it? >> he and i had a very good conversation. >> did you ask you to vote for this bill? >> we had a very good conversation. >> what do you say to democrats disappointed in your op-ed about the filibuster, feeling that you could still change your mind?

>> the senator there chuckling and not giving a comment. joining us is lee-anne caldwell, vaughn hillyard and politico white house reporter eugene daniels. a big welcome to the three of you. democrats are scrambling to lock down joe manchin before the vote. how are things looking? >> reporter: they don't know where joe manchin stands at this point and that is the big question, because it is a foregone conclusion on the outcome of this vote. but it's going to be much better for democrats if they can say it was just republicans who blocked this than if it was republicans and joe manchin who blocked this legislation or the opening of debate of this legislation, i should say. so we're waiting to hear where he stands. he has not been specific yet.

he has said he has problems with this bill throughout, although he did propose some compromise measures that democrats have mostly gotten behind. that should be a signal to him, they think, that they are willing to debate and negotiate. the question is, what happens next after this? i just caught up with vice president kamala harris who is in the senate for a separate reason, to break a tie-breaker vote. of course, she's the lead at the white house to get voting rights through the senate. i asked her what is she going to do to ensure this passes, maybe not today but some time in the future? all she said was, don't worry, i'm going to be back, meaning, she's going to come back to the senate to continue to do the work. the big question is not when ill fails but by how much it fails, ten votes or 11 votes. democrats hope they can keep their party united. >> just casually catching up

with the vice president of the united states. all in a day's work. the best case is 50-50? >> that is best case scenario and also the best case for them messaging wise as well. it's critical for their base, critical for progressives to show it's just the republicans who are blocking this. i will say, jeff, there's some frustration among some of the progressives thinking that the white house and the president is not doing enough. one progressive house member told me last night that the president should be talking about this every single day. he should be giving a speech about this today on the day of the vote that there is a sense of urgency and this is the most important issue there is. if we have sound of senator raphael warnock of georgia, who spoke about this on the senate floor, we could play that. >> some of my republican friends believe at the very least that in this chamber we should be

able to debate about voting rights. after all, voting rights are preservative of all other rights. what could be more hypocritical and cynical than invoking minority rights in the senate as a pretext for preventing debate about how to preserve minority rights in the society? >> reporter: so there is a large portion of the democratic party who think this is the most important issue. when senator warnock and senator schumer also saying that republicans need to let this debate happen, to vote just to allow debate on this, that message is also for senator manchin as well for him not to block debate on this bill. >> eugene, what's the white house view of this and the pushback they're getting from some progressives who are saying the president hasn't used the

bully pulpit enough? president biden does not wade into issues heavily where he doesn't think, one, he can be helpful, and two, where there might not be a clear victory. >> they know that president biden putting his voice to this, they continue to say that he's done that. they talk about the executive order he signed at the beginning of the year. he talked about how he has done all of this work, that they have vice president kamala harris doing it, texas democrats coming to the white house to meet with kamala harris last week on this. you're right, when he needs to, he will speak out only if he knows it's going to be helpful. right now it's clear that 50-50 is the best they can get. when it comes to attacks on joe

manchin and kyrsten sinema, i've talked to aides in the white house who say it's not helpful. one, they need joe manchin to not be too angry and be steadfast on their side. one aide said to me recently, you know, we can't have him switching parties. they don't see that as a strong possibility, but it's a concern being batted around in the white house. they are working to make sure they work behind the scenes and talk to joe manchin as we saw yesterday in that meeting and not trying to shame him publicly. all of this pressure doesn't seem to be moving him. even some of the work that some of the senators are doing, the more progressive senators and even some of the more moderate senators are doing on joe manchin isn't working either. he feels steadfast against this bill so far.

>> so let's take this conversation a bit out of washington, d.c. you're on a bus with a group of people who call themselves the freedom riders of 2021. they're trying to build public pressure in support of this voting rights legislation, but what's their underlying strategy? >> we're just on one of those buses, jeff, here. we're in the home state of reverend raphael warnock. this is just one of the buses. this is a bus full of activists, faith leaders, union members. what is your strategy in this? what is your message to washington? why are you here?

>> i'm here today because in my community they are a black community and brown community. i'm spanish. my congregation is spanish and black. we need things for our community achieving when kids can go to school and go to college. we don't have enough resources in our communities to provide to a good future like he wants to, you know? so every father in the united states dream for those kids going to the university or school. we don't have none of that. it's hard. so many kids in my community, they hang around in the street and doing something that's not good because we don't have

resources to offer a better life for them. >> reporter: you guys are calling yourselves the 2021 freedom riders here, going to washington and planning to meet with lawmakers. an expanded message here, this is a group of people a lot of them went door to door. we're in georgia now. a large number of them from arizona. they say they want action on legislation for the people. >> with me now is colorado's democratic secretary of state jenna griswold. senator mitch mcconnell and others say it's inappropriate to federalize state elections. what's your reaction to that, sort of casting this legislation as a states' rights issue? >> thanks for having me on,

jeff. i would say this is a people's rights issue. this is an american voters' rights issue. what we're seeing across the nation is over 400 bills to suppress the right of american voters so people like mitch mcconnell and others in the senate can tilt future elections for themselves. across the nation, we are seeing a coordinated attack on democracy, from voter suppression to faith audits to now running folks who were either at the insurrection or have been spreading conspiracy theories about the election. so the senate must act to protect american democracy. everything is on the line and this is all about whether we believe as a nation that american voters can choose their elected representatives. my answer to that is, absolutely and the senate needs to live up to the promise of this country by passing voting reform. >> your state passed a number of voting bills.

how did you do it and what do these bills basically do? >> in colorado we have some of the best elections in the nation. we have already in place a lot of the reforms that the senate will be talking about if debate is open. that includes vote by mail for all, weeks of early voting, same day voter registration and automatic voter registration. this legislative session we were able to lean in. we made it easier to register to vote using a social security number online. we passed a multilingual hotline bill to support more voters so they can understand the ballot. and we were able to put out more security grants for the county officials. i think what we see in colorado is a truism. that truism is having accessible elections does not help one party more than the other. it helps american voters. i'm so proud of colorado that we are continuing to live up to the promises of this nation, and

that's the promise of democracy, while many states are trying to suppress the vote. >> when you look at red states taking steps to make it more difficult for people to vote, what element of these bills troubles you the most? >> i think there's various elements. what we are seeing is elected officials like senator ted cruz among others flat out lie about 2020 to try to pass voter suppression and tilt future elections. we are seeing the targeting of voters of color in georgia. we're seeing the reduction of drop boxes, the reduction of in-person voting locations. we're seeing states make voters jump through hoops to get a mailed ballot. so it's really problematic. a lot of states leading the way in voter suppression already have some of the worst election systems in this nation. they already have their voters,

very often voters of color, standing in eight-hour long lines and they want to make it worse. we are seeing elected republicans trying to take away our freedoms, trying to take away democracy from everyday people. it's all on the line and we need the federal government to lean in, we need the u.s. senate to open debate on the for the people act. >> appreciate your time. still ahead, new yorkers are voting in a high stakes primary that has captured national attention. eric adams will join me. plus, the white house admits the u.s. will fall short of its july 4th vaccination goal oh, raising this question, have we hit the vaccine ceiling? and las vegas raider carl nassib comes out as gay,

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this afternoon the white house covid response team confirmed that the administration will fall short of the president's goal to vaccinate 70% of americans by july 4th. in a midday briefing from the white house, the covid czar blamed younger americans who are hesitant to get the shot. >> for americans 30 and older, we have met the president's goal

of at least one shot. that's right, we have met the president's 70% goal for all u.s. adults 30 and over. the country has more work to do particularly with 18-26-year-olds. the reality is many younger americans have felt like covid-19 is not something that impacts them and they've been less eager to get the shot. >> joining us from washington, nbc news white house correspondent mike memoli and from california nbc news correspondent. mike, you broke the story this morning that the white house isn't going to reach, it thinks, its 70% goal. the white house isn't so much trying to admit defeat as reframe the narrative. >> they still have 12 days until the fourth of july. it was clear if you look at the numbers they just weren't going

to get there. the president set two goals. not just the 70% of adults having a singing dose of the vaccine, but having 160 million americans fully vaccinated. but the larger mission behind the initial goal that the president set was less about hitting a certain number, as the white house is putting it today. it was more about speaking to when america will look like america again. when the president set another goal of having small back yard gatherings on the fourth of july, they're going to surpass that. the president is hosting about a thousand front line workers and military veterans on the south lawn on the fourth of july. so many people are back at work, back at school, ballparks are filling up. we have in the white house's words succeeded their expectations on getting back to

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it's primary day here in new york city. a monumental decision for new yorkers about the direction they want to take america's largest city as itemerges from the covid-19 pandemic. two big things that happened here today could tell us a lot about the future of the democratic party. in a minute i'm speak live with the polling front runner eric adams. first we speak with nbc news correspondent ron allen. the leading candidates in this race have some starkly different

views of policing and tackling the rise in violent crime. >> reporter: a simple way of looking at it is there's a group of candidates who think there should be more policing and there's a group who think some of the police department's money should be spent on social programs to stop crime and help solve some of the root causes in the neighborhoods. the public safety picture is the big animating issue here because it's been such a big problem of late. attacks on the subway for example. there was a recent democratic debate where candidates were asked to raise their hands if they thought there should be more police on the subway or fewer police on the subway or the same number. the field was relatively split on that. there's that issue, but there's also the bigger issue of who's best to lead new york out of this pandemic and who's best to solve the problems of inequality so exposed by the pandemic, the disparities in health care,

education, housing and so forth between the mainstream community and the minority communities here. that's what's really at stake here. this job has been called the second toughest job in politics. it's a huge city, a huge budget, a lot going on here. >> even though the election is today, we're probably not going to know the outcome for weeks. help us understand why that is. >> reporter: because they're using something called rank choice voting here. every voter gets to rank five candidates in order of preference. it's the first time new york or any big city has done this. the point is to give voters more of a say, especially in an election where there's a small group of voters. turnout in these kind of elections is 20% or less for the most part. this way, when the votes are

counted, the person with the least number of votes is eliminated and their vote for second choice is allocated to the other candidates until somebody reached 50%. in all the polling here, the candidates had been bunched around 20 to 15%. this process of essentially distributing the votes over the candidates who are doing the best could take weeks. there was a simulation done and it took ten or 11 rounds before they got to the winner. the idea is it's more democratic, gets voters more involved and you end up getting a winner more representative of the desires of the electorate, small though it may be. >> let's talk with one of those candidates. joining us is the front runner, brooklyn borough president eric adams who is literally on the move. appreciate your time, sir. if elected, you'd be only the

second african-american i little bit -- elected mayor in new york city. who have you brought into your column beyond your sort of tried and true base of support in brooklyn, where you happen to be the brooklyn borough president, we should say? >> one publication acknowledged that eric has the broadest base of support than any candidate that is running. when you look at brooklyn itself, 47% of brooklynites speak a language other than english at home. we have a broad base of support. >> let's talk about the issues about policing. that really sets you apart from the other candidates in the primary. we saw protests over the past year and during the derek chauvin trial that democrats care a lot about police reform. democrats in this city also care

a lot about safe communities. these aren't mutually exclusive issues, responsible policing and effective policing, but how will you navigate that issue if you happen to serve as mayor of new york city? >> you hit it correctly. far too often people believe we have to surrender the safety we need for the justice we deserve. that is wrong. i came into the police department to fight from within. i did just that. a long list of success on how we reform policing. i'm going to take the experience of public safety and match it with the experience of reform. i'm the only candidate in this race that understands the prerequisite to prosperity is public safety and justice, and i can implement real programs and really change how we police, not only in new york, but across america. >> do you still support stop and frisk? >> that's one of the talking

points of my opponent. what i support is not to abuse any tool. we abuse stop and frisk in the city. i testified in federal court. the federal judge mentioned my testimony as the reason for overturning the abusive stop and frisk. i also passed legislation as a state senator. i support safe ways of policing our cities so we don't have 10-year-old children shot and killed, but we also should not be heavy handed and abuse young people of color throughout this entire city. >> you ignited a firestorm in recent days when you implied a campaigning alliance between two of your rivals, kathryn garcia and andrew yang was intended to disenfranchise black voters. do you stand by that? >> i never said it was a form of voter suppression. i was troubled by the announcement made on juneteenth,

that was a recently made federal holiday. what they did, i thought it was inappropriate and i stand about the inappropriateness to some of the comments that came from the candidates, not the alliance that people make, but how the candidates did it and so many comments that came from them. i stand by those comments. >> do you still believe that the idea of them campaigning together was meant to undermine the black vote? >> they have a right to do that, just as i believe those who felt as though they were undermining, they had an opportunity and right to have their opinion. that's what's beautiful about america. america is an assortment of different opinions and views. when you stymie that, you're taking away our true feeling of democracy. that is not the issue facing new york. what's facing new york is a million plus people about to lose their homes because they're behind in their rent. crime is surging, unemployment. let's say focused on those issues. >> you just set up my next

question. i was going to ask you about one of those issues. we talked already about safety communities and policing. the other is affordable housing. what's your plan to make housing affordable for folks here? >> we are doing a terrible job now. we have to rethink what housing looks like. number one, we have to take real stock of the housing that we built that's still empty. i'm going to put in place a realtime system using technology so we can assess our complete stock and have a real pathway of how do we fill the stock we have. then we have to retro fit hotels for single adults. we have to keep families in their housing. let's raise our vouchers to meet the real affordability and let's not forget our middle class new yorkers as we fight for those who are low income at the same time. we can do this.

>> i know you voted this morning. do you care to tell us who were picks 2 through 5 on your ballot? >> i am disappointed when we think about this election, we talk about only eight people. there's a large number of people running. i was so pleased to see you listed and showed all of them. it's unfortunate these individuals who can't raise large dollar amounts are not getting notoriety from the television and others. i looked at other candidates who shared the same and similar beliefs. i was excited by some of my choices. >> brooklyn borough president eric adams who's running in the democratic primary to be the next mayor of new york. appreciate your time. >> thank you. take care. moments ago majority leader

chuck schumer confirmed senator joe manchin will vote yes on the vote to proceed on the voting rights bill. >> senator manchin and i have come to an agreement. he came to my office about two hours ago and we worked it out. senator manchin has informed me he will vote yes on the motion to proceed to debate the legislation. >> back with us is lanne caldwell. this is a busy day for you. what does it mean now that manchin is going to vote yes? it looks like democrats will get the 50-50 vote they wanted. >> reporter: a lot has changed since we spoke about 20 minutes ago. that's how things happen here on capitol hill. there's a big breakthrough. this is a big breakthrough and this is something that democrats are thrilled about, the fact they will be united in their vote on this procedural motion to open the debate on voting

rights. that was something crucial not only for party unity but party messaging as well. now they are able just to say that it was republicans who blocked to open the debate on this legislation. just after senator schumer broke the news, senator manchin put out his own statement. i'll read a little bit of it to you where he says that today he will vote yes to move to debate this updated voting legislation, because he says that he got an agreement that his compromise measures will be one of the first things that would be considered. he goes on to talk about what his compromise bill does, says it makes it easier to vote by expanding voter access to early voting and vote by mail. additionally, this is the big compromise, what joe manchin has done in his legislation. it is modified the voter id requirements to include alternate voter id requirements,

such as perhaps a utility bill instead of having to have that voter id. that is something that democrats have gotten behind in saying that they are okay with. his statement goes on to say it's now up to republicans and it's unfortunate that his republican colleagues refused to allow debate of this legislation despite the reasonable changes made to focus the bill on the core issues facing our democracy. he goes onto say that he's going to continue to work with republicans to try to reach an actual bipartisan agreement that does get some votes down the road in the future. jeff, this issue is very, very partisan and it's going to be very difficult for any republicans to sign onto any legislation that democrats support on this particular issue. >> my first question to you i shorthanded something i probably shouldn't have. when i said that democrats wanted a 50-50 vote, what they

really want is to be able to move forward on voting rights and ultimately be successful. short of that, because of the filibuster and all of that, an even split and unity within the party is sort of the best they could hope for, right? >> reporter: that's right. that's why the discussion of the filibuster comes up all the time with this issue of voting rights. this vote today needs 60 votes just to open the debate to get onto the legislation. because they're not going to get the ten republicans, that essentially means that the republicans are filibustering this legislation. that is why so many democrats want to reduce that threshold to open debate on any legislation from 60 to 50. that's why we're probably going to see a lot of pressure from progressives in some aspects of the democratic party to convince democrats to get rid of the filibuster or at least reform

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for the first time in the league's history, an active nfl player has come out as gay. carl nassib, a defensive end for the las vegas raiders, made the revelation yesterday on instagram. the five-year nfl veteran wrote that he had, quote, agonized over this moment for the last 15 years. joining me is stephanie gosk. great to see you. what's the reaction been so far inside the league to his announcement? >> reaction was swift, jeff. the league immediately announcing that it was proud of him, but you also had a number of players that came out and tweeted they were excited for him and proud of him for doing this and showing their support of him. mentioned he's a private

guy and he didn't want to make this about him, but in the end he felt representation was too important. the league saying, we agree. after more than 100 seasons, this fall could bring a new first for the nfl with carl nassib becoming the league's first openly gay active player. >> i just think that representation and visibility are so important. >> reporter: nassib posting i feel thankful to have had support when many before me do not. at 6'7", 280 pounds, nassib makes an impact on the field. >> that's an interception by nassib! >> reporter: now entering his sixth season, he caught people's eye off the field as well in hbo's hard knocks when he shared his financial knowledge with players in this colorful tutorial. >> financial advisors are

everywhere. they'll [ bleep ] take your money. >> reporter: nassib pledged $100,000 to the trevor project for lgbtq youth. a group more than four times as likely as their peers to attempt suicide. the ceo says announcements like nassib's especially in sports can make a big difference. >> representation matters. when young people look up and see people who are like them, it sends a message they can succeed. >> reporter: just seven years ago michael sand became the first openly gay player drafted to the nfl, but he never played a regular season game. the same year the nba's jason collins became the second openly gay athlete to play in a major professional sports league in the u.s. two years ago meghan rapino. messages of support to nassib's

alma mater and teams as well saying the nfl is proud of you. >> the nfl is standing behind him. it's such a powerful message for other athletes contemplating coming out. >> reporter: a sentiment expressed by nassib during his own coming out. >> i actually hope one day the whole coming out process is just not necessary. >> nassib is hoping this sends a message to young people, but also potentially a message to other players as well who might be reluctant and raising that question, is this the moment that the culture changes within the nfl. >> joining me is ryan russell. he made history himself when he came out publicly as bisexual after several years in the nfl. carl nassib said one day it's not going to be news that a player is openly gay or bisexual

but for now it's still a headline making event. what do you think the announcement means for the nfl and the culture? >> i think he's given the league an opportunity to support him and become more inclusive, which it has in its messaging, which the raiders have and his peers have. it's a big historical moment. he's the first person right now. hopefully soon he will not be the last. >> i read a piece you did for espn a couple of years ago and you talked about how a blogger found out you were in a relationship with a man and you basically had to convince the blogger not to out you. >> everyone's story is so different. so my personal journey was something that was very trying and turbulent at times and kind of crazy. when you come to the moment of coming out and realizing that

your own happiness and self-worth matters, on top of it having a platform where representation of this ability matters, it kind of becomes the only option and of course the best option. >> take us behind the scenes. was there a culture of home phobia within the nfl? >> when we talk about homophobia in sports, i think that starts really young. a lot of players, what they know about football is when they start in peewee leagues or flag or school sports. when i was in the nfl locker room, i never felt an extreme attack of homophobia. there were not a lot of homophobic slurs. the nfl is a business. professional athletes show up professionally and work towards a common goal. what stops lgbtq athletes is in youth sports growing up. they don't stick with sports because of what they fear coming into it at an early age and how

they feel alienated. >> how do you think this announcement is going to affect young kids who are struggling with whether to come out? >> i hope it encourages him. just talking about carl, this is his moment, this is his coming out, huge historical moment for him. visibility matters, like he said. it's so important for kids to turn on the tv and see themselves having success in different fields. he's not just talk. he put up money to the trevor project, something that directly affects lgbtq plus use. and the nfl showing support by matching this donation, i think we are going to see ripples and changes around the world, if we have not already today. >> coming up next, police officers reflect on the future of the force after a year of political and racial unrest. fo political and racial unrest. din? burger... i want a sugar cookie... wait... i want a bucket of chicken... i want... ♪♪

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after night the clashes in portland were relentless. many police officers felt targeted. >> morale, i think, is at an all-time low. >> reporter: the precinct where this officer works is boarded up more than a year after george floyd's murder. >> we're being held responsible for the actions of an officer that's across the country. i don't think that's fair. >> reporter: since last july, at least 15 portland officers have left the force and are resigning or retiring. there are barely 800 left. just last week, members of the city's rapid response team resigned from that unit after one officer was charged with excessive force during a protest last year. >> we're stereotyped. >> reporter: darrell turner is the police union's executive director, retired in january. >> we're dealing with rioting at a level and a sustained violence we've never seen before. gun violence in our city like we've never seen before. we're looking at the catastrophic stuff levels we've never seen before. >> reporter: a problem exploded

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