we were talking about msnbc's anniversary. it's also happy anniversary and first-year birthday to your show. >> yes. >> congratulations, joy. >> we're officially a toddler. we're a year old. we're bouncing and misbehaving like every toddler everywhere, we're constantly hungry and thirsty and bored. >> i'll tell you my one thought on that, which i'm thankful for and i happen to know a lot of viewers are. we're thankful that you are a toddler that could talk from day one. >> we are a genius toddler, ari melber. thank you very much, my friend. you said fashion and so i'm fascinated by whatever that is about. thank you very much for being here this evening. we begin "the reidout" on our one-year anniversary with another day, another member of the disgraced, twice impeached former president's inner circle in trouble with the law. tom barrack, the former chair of

the 2017 inaugural committee was arrested on charges of illegally lobbying the campaign and the trump administration on behalf of the united arab emirates and for failing to register as a foreign lobbyist. a seven-count indictment unsealed in a new york federal court today accuses barrack and two other individuals as acting and conspiring as agents of the uae between 2016 and 2018. the indictment alleges that barrack provided uae officials with sensitive nonpublic information about developments within the administration. barrack is also charged with counts of obstruction of justice and for lying to the fbi about his dealings with the emirates. barrack is a long-time friend of the former president and is alleged to have used that relationship to get language inserted into one of then candidate trump's speeches at the behest of emirate officials. while trump didn't praise one of the officials as was proposed, he did ending up promising to work with gulf allies.

>> we'll work with our gulf allies to develop a positive energy relationship as part of our anti-terrorism strategy. we'll work with them because we have to knock out terrorism. >> according to the indictment, after the speech an emerati official emailed barrack stating congrats on the great job today. everybody here are happy with the results. barrack is also alleged to have arranged a phone call between trump and a top uae official in 2017. in a statement, a spokesperson said mr. barrack has made himself voluntarily available to investigators from the outset. he is not guilty and will be pleading not guilty. barrack is also one of seven former trump campaign associates to be indicted. if the charge of failing to register as a foreign agent sounds familiar, paul manafort, the former trump campaign chairman, was convicted on that very charge before trump pardoned him and his deputy, rick gates.

prosecutors have asked that barrack be detained until a bail hearing can be set. the fact that he is a citizen of lebanon, which has no extradition treaty with the united states and because of his ties to the uae and saudi arabia. joining me now is chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney and fbi official. i guess the obvious question here for tom barrack, who seems like a smart guy, well read individual, is -- and it kind of goes for paul manafort too. wouldn't it be easier to just register as a foreign agent? >> oh, absolutely, joy. look, this is not that complicated. everything they did, they likely could have done if they had just followed the rules. the rules say, joy, if you want to represent a foreign government, if you want to represent canada, tell the attorney general. put it on record. file periodic reports. tell us what you're doing. and if you do that, joy, have at it. represent canada. there's no issue there. the issue is when you fail to

register. really what the law is getting at is transparency. we want to know who's representing whom and what the hidden interests are. so if you're transparent, you're not in trouble. >> and if somebody takes a huge risk, this is something you can get five years in prison for this. i assume somebody like paul manafort who was wearing crocodile jeans and stuff, they don't want to be in prison. so as a prosecutor, what tends to be the motivation for people who fail to register and still try to represent foreign governments? >> yeah, another good question. so it's a little bit of a mystery to me because registering is not that hard and it's not that complicated. unless they are doing something really underhanded, unless there's some subterfuge, go ahead and register. you notice when he was questioned about it by the fbi, according to the indictment. he allegedly lied. so you're taking a problem that's not that significant, one that you could easily avoid by being transparent, and you're compounding it and making it much, much worse by lying to the

fbi, which is, by the way, joy, a separate felony. >> right. we remember general michael flynn who was a general and was a defense intelligence agency. you think he'd know not to lie to the fbi. i guess my last question here, is what we're looking at here, because we know we talked a lot about russia and their attempts to gain influence over the trump campaign and potentially over the administration and attempts to do that by talking with various officials, are we talking about here that foreign governments are trying to buy influence? is that really what this boils down to? >> i think that's exactly right, joy. foreign governments want influence with the president, with the new administration, with the new senior officials. and again, if you disclose it, it's okay. if you don't disclose it, it's a violation of federal law. every time "the washington post" writes a story about amazon, they note in the newspaper that jeff bezos, the founder of amazon, owns "the washington post." it's good for the newspaper, it's good for the reporter and it's good for the reader. everybody knows what the

relationships are. so that's all we're asking with this law. does the uae want influence? of course they do. is that okay? sure it is. we have a state department that is particularly and purposefully set up for that reason, to have relationships and conversations with governments around the world. if you're going to do it, though, as a private citizen, disclose it. >> it seems so elementary, my dear watson, in this case my dear chuck rosenberg. thank you very much, really appreciate you being here to enlighten us this evening. joining me now, massachusetts senator elizabeth warren. i guess the reason i ask the question in that way, senator, and thank you for being here, it does seem like a certain class of the rich simply wanting to do their business their own way and not follow the really simple basic rules. is that really what we're looking at here? >> i think that's exactly right. this is a man who just thought he was bulletproof in every meaning of that word. the rules just don't apply to him, they only apply to the little people. he had donald trump's ear and he was willing to use it no matter what.

whether it involved conflicts of interest, whether it involved a violation of the law. but you know, there's another piece to this one it seems to me and that's the question about whether or not not just what he has done, and it looks like a clear violation law, failed to register, but is registration really enough? one of the things that i think is a real problem is if foreign governments want to try to influence the united states, let them sending over their delegations. they don't have to hire people here in the united states to lobby our government. i don't think that americans ought to be lobbying the government on behalf of foreign officials. and by the way, that is one more reason that we should be pushing forward on the for the people act. it has great provisions to protect voting, great provisions to get rid of gerrymandering, great provisions, though, to beat back the influence of dark money.

and part of it is starting to put more restrictions on lobbying. if foreign governments want to talk to our government, then let them send their own foreign delegation. they'll be clearly identified and we'll know who they were. >> i'm so glad when you put it that way because i think that is the concern, that you have the wealthy coming at our government at all times from every angle. you've got domestic businesses, businesses with foreign headquarters, you've got the amazons of the world. they all want to pay almost no taxes, they want influence over whether they're regulated at all and people don't want to be open about that. i feel like that's the core problem. senator, i know this is something that you care a lot about. are you concerned just being in the middle of that senate maelstrom, the for the people act is getting back benched and traded away as democrats are so excited they're going to get this big infrastructure bill that's got all this good stuff that democrats and particularly

liberal democrats have wanted for a long time? >> you know, i never like to telltales out of school, but today at the lunch for the democrats, we were talking about that infrastructure bill. but there were also hands up in the room to say we have got to go forward on for the people as well, that we cannot let it fall behind. that for the people is about protecting the vote, about getting rid of gerrymandering, about beating back the influence of big money. that's where it all happens. this is about our investment in democracy, it is about our investment in the future. so yeah, right now the headlines are all about that infrastructure bill. look, i'm in there fighting for the parts i care about too. but what we have to remember is that what we must get done as a democratic senate is we must pass for the people. our democracy depends on it. >> and i'm glad that you're putting it that way because i'm

starting to wonder -- let me just ask you, what kind of creative thinking are we seeing in terms of having to do it. we saw amy klobuchar say maybe if we're expanding our definition of infrastructure, election infrastructure comes in. maybe we push things into the infrastructure bill or are there punitive things. i remember when i was growing up, the state of colorado didn't want to lower their speed limit to 55 and the federal government said fine, you don't get any federal highway money. there's money coming to states that are hurting voters. are there ways to be creative about using the infrastructure package to get some of the reforms on voting through? >> potentially there are, and we're certainly looking into all of them. just had a conversation about that early this morning. but understand for the people has provisions in it that i don't think we can get in through reconciliation because, remember, we have the parliamentarian who's going to be sitting there saying, wait a minute, is that a money

provision or are you trying to create new law. so i don't want to have to rely on that. i want to keep saying i'm glad to talk about infrastructure. i'm glad for us to move infrastructure forward. but we have to remember the end goal. the end goal is that we have got to protect our democracy, protect our vote, protect the meaning of that vote on the gerrymandering rules and beat back the influence of dark money. that has to be a first priority for us. get them both done, i'm all in. but we've got to make sure that we protect our vote for the people. >> and the thing is that the dark money that the for the people act would protect against is also fighting the for the people act. it's coming at for the people act. their ads are running, i see them on msnbc everywhere and they're coming at certain senators. does it concern you that joe manchin is meeting with big oil

companies that are like by the way, let's not have these reforms because we want to influence policy. >> i am always worried about the influence of money on washington. money flows through this place like a snake slithering around. it affects all of the conversations that happen in washington. and that's why we need to start taking steps to beat that back. you know, part of what for the people is about is about lobbying. part of it is about raising money. part of it is about disclosing where dark money comes from. these are the things we need to put forward to protect our democracy. i think about john lewis and he used to talk about we need two things. we need to protect the right of our citizens to go to the polls and vote. but we also need to make sure that when they get there, they

have candidates who will work for them. and the way we do that is we beat back the influence of dark money. beat back the influence of big donors. as a democratic institution, we need to make that a first priority. we want people to believe in government again? let's start by giving them something to believe in. protect the vote and beat back the influence of money. >> well, it is not sunday, but you can get an amen -- >> all right. >> -- at this pulpit. thank you very much for being here. up next, the sedition caucus infiltrates the january 6 select committee. their goal, create chaos and defend trump at all cost. stay with us. chaos and defend trump at all cost stay with us

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the facts aren't on their side. in doing so, they're putting our democracy and our very lives at risk. yesterday house minority leader and trump steward, kevin mccarthy, proposed five republicans to serve on the select committee investigating the capitol insurrection. a majority of whom sided with the insurrectionists on january 6th by voting to overturn the election results just as the mob demanded. that includes congressman jim jordan, the screamy trump advocate and defender of the big lie. while it's unclear whether nancy pelosi will veto any of mccarthy's choices, jordan's history of grandstanding certainly makes him a good candidate for rejection. jordan helped inspire the very attack he's supposed to investigate. a new book by carol leonnig and phil rucker said when jordan offered help to liz cheney, she smacked his hand away and told him, get away from me, you blanking did this. mccarthy's selections make clear they will try to an secure their

own culpability as well as trump's. congressman jim banks of indiana is already undermining the committee's work. he'd rather forget who unleashed the mob against the capitol because according to banks, nancy pelosi is the one to blame. today he suggested that she left the capitol unprepared and vulnerable to attack. he added that pelosi created this solely to malign conservatives. the republicans are selling a bill of goods when it comes to covid fueling baseless conspiracy theories and vaccine skepticism. it's no surprise that we're seeing more covid cases among fox news viewers who have watched their hosts downplay the pandemic day after day. in fact according to cnn, the white house has reportedly been in private talks with fox executives about their coverage. that might help explain why several hosts on that network are turning tail. they're suddenly urging their viewers to take covid seriously. while sean hannity and steve doocy have changed their tune, tucker carlson and laura

ingraham sow doubts. there are real life consequences for those who might heed the gqe message. linda zuern was protesting her state's vaccination program just a week ago according to the cape cod times. well, she died from covid complications on friday. joining me now is former senator claire mccaskill of missouri and charlie sykes, editor at large for the bulwark and msnbc columnist. claire, i'll start with you. speaker pelosi has a choice now of accepting jim jordan and congressman banks and all of these other insurrectionists on the commission or saying absolutely no. what do you think she ought to do? >> well, before i tell you what she ought to do, i have to say -- ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ you have done an amazing job, my

friend. we are all lucky to be able to work alongside you. myself from time to time, not as often as i would like, but certainly i'm very proud of you and what you've done over the last year. like rachel said, looking forward to many more years. >> you know i'm going to now push for a cake. >> i know! i feel so badly. i was traveling today, of all days not to have a cake for you. >> when we get together. when we're together in person, we're going -- we'll bake. we'll do a bake-off, it will be fun. >> cake and wine, always a deadly combination. >> i'm in favor of cake. >> so i've got to tell you, i think nancy pelosi has a tough decision. she has six republicans, three of them did not vote to overturn the people's will and three of them did. the ones other than jim jordan, nobody in america knows who these people are other than liz cheney and jim jordan. so does she want to set up a liz cheney versus jim jordan? i like liz cheney in that fight.

i think most independent voters, most voters that decide swing districts and swing states are going to come down on liz cheney's side, not on jim jordan's side. and always if she turns them down, who knows, she could get three looney toons next that everybody has heard of that are really incentivized to be crazy because that's the only way they make money in their campaigns, you know. the qanon lady and crazy boebert or whatever her name is. so i think in some ways they can work with these people, especially considering we've got three to three in terms of republicans who bought the big lie and protected the big lie and those who rejected the big lie. >> that is a really good point. that's why we love you, claire, that is a great point. for those of you who forget who jim jordan is, you might want to turn the volume down just a skosh on your tvs before i play this.

>> i don't know why you won't give us what we asked for. >> i hope your colleagues are not under that impression. that is not accurate, sir -- >> it is accurate. we have caught you hiding information -- >> mr. chairman, can we allow the witness to answer. >> so the protests don't increase the spread of the virus. >> i didn't say that. >> i just wanting an answer to the question. >> may i answer the question? >> yeah, i'll give you a chance in a second. >> you told papadopoulos. how did he find out? >> i can't get into the evidence -- >> yes, you can because you wrote about it. >> either way, has kevin played himself by picking the screaming mimi here and having him seated against liz cheney? this is the guy john boehner has called a political terrorist. is this a pretty good fight that nancy pelosi might be like, okay, good, i'll take it. >> maybe. and by the way, happy anniversary. if you count it in trump years, it's like a seven-year anniversary. >> he was president for 430 years, charlie, 430 years he was

there. >> it feels like that. look, i get the -- i get the political optics of having liz cheney versus jim jordan. i mean it is -- that is not a fair fight. on the other hand, i do think that voting to overturn the election should be disqualifying. >> yeah. >> that nancy pelosi would be completely justified in playing hard ball and saying this is not a joke, this is not a farce, this is not going to be a circus sideshow that kevin mccarthy wants it to be, this is going to be a serious investigation and that means if you supported the big lie, you cannot serve on this committee. i mean i think that would be a principled position. i don't expect that's what's going to happen, but jim jordan serves no positive role in all of this except to feed red meat to the base. and by the way, we get a new cbs poll out today showing that 55% of trump voters believe the january 6th insurrection was really about, quote unquote, defending freedom.

so if you're going to counter this, i think the tactics have to be aggressive as opposed to this assumption that, well, people will see what crazy talk there is and they'll recognize that these people are not seditious and don't want to vote for them. well, we've tried that in the past and look where it's gotten us. so i do think that those members that voted to overturn the election without any evidence whatsoever should be disqualified from being on this committee. >> claire, here's my challenge. we knew this was going to happen when we didn't get the bipartisan commission, right? what we wanted was a 9/11-style, very serious and sober examination of this horror that happened to all of our country on january 6th. instead, are we at risk of just having a shouting match in which they're able to -- both sides, the republicans are able to both sides the insurrection? >> i think that would be a

bigger danger if we didn't have all the video. you know, i don't need to tell you that visual matters. it matters a lot in communication. the pictures. and i think the american people, maybe not the trump voters, but keep in mind that is a -- not a huge percentage of america at this point. we're talking somewhere between 20%, 25%, 30% of the voters and even smaller in terms of americans. i think most americans have that visual, those people beating police officers with flag poles, dragging police officers down the stairs, breaking windows in our nation's capitol, swinging from the balcony in the senate chamber. those images are permanent in people's minds so i think it makes it very difficult to both sides this no matter how many jim jordans without a jacket

they have on the committee. >> even fox news is going to have to play some of this. this is new video that has come out from the fbi at the request of nbc and other news organizations. this is going to be playing, you know, day and night during these hearings. and i think about the optics of jim jordan yelling and screaming at capitol police officers, like officer fanone, and interrogating them. i don't see how that's helpful to them. but do you think that -- well, let me ask you about this switch a little bit at fox news where you have sean hannity and steve doocy kind of changing their tune. do you detect just a slight -- that they might be back on their heels a little bit? because you can't keep lying about everything. you might be able to get away about lying about the insurrection, but also lying about something that's killing your own viewers. there's elderly basically viewers that are passing away. have they reached maybe a tipping point where they have lied about maybe one too many things? >> well, what links these two

stories together is they're running up against reality. i can't agree more with claire's point about how powerful those videos are. those videos ought to be played over and over and over again because they make it very, very clear what happened, what the threat was. if republicans want to defend that, if they want to associate themselves with that, i think that is politically going to be very, very toxic. the other reality check is that the -- this vaccine denialism has a real human cost. people are getting sick. they're being hospitalized. they are dying. and i think there's a recognition at some level of fox, and who knows how high up it goes, that this is not a good place for them to be, to be giving information that is killing their own constituency. so i do get that sort of sense like, whoa, we thought we were just playing with matches and suddenly we are surrounded by this conflagration. we saw what happened january 6th. the images are indelible. we are seeing what's happening with the delta variant, with the

coronavirus. the stock market is reacting. the world economy is looking nervously. you almost got a sense today that the bat signal went out among conservative politicians and media figures. maybe don't screw around with this. maybe the game is over. maybe it's not a game and maybe we do have to begin modifying our position. i hope that's the case. it's too little, it's too late, but it would be a good thing if it's happening. >> somebody blinked over there. they're killing their own people. thank you both very much for being here on our birthday. we appreciate you both. still ahead, wisconsin lieutenant governor, you're going to want to stay for this, mandela barnes, is throwing his hat into the ring for ron johnson's seat in the united states senate, and he will be here right after this break. joy, sherrod brown here. congratulations on the first year of "the reidout." >> i can't believe it's been a

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if senate democrats hope to accomplish anything of significance, they'll have to make republicans and obstinate democrats irrelevant in the midterms. they can do that by winning a handful of competitive senate seats. today wisconsin's lieutenant governor, mandela barnes, raised his hand. >> my mom taught school for 30 years. my dad worked third shift at the factory. when i think about their hard work, about everything that wisconsin families have on the line, there's no option to tap out, no towel to throw in. instead of changing our dreams, we've got to change the game. >> back in 2018, barnes made history when at just 31 years old he was elected wisconsin's first black lieutenant governor. he joins a crowded field of democrats who are all itching to take on chief trump sycophant and bona fide conspiracy theorist ron johnson, who's not only declared his -- who's not yet declared his intention to

run but has signalled a willingness to go back on a promise that he made to not seek a third term. johnson, a millionaire who voted against the american relief package, was elected in 2010 as a fiscal conservative. back then you could say he was dr. jekyll. today he's ditched that and has embraced his mr. hyde. he defended the january insurrection by implying that the assault on our democracy was incited by a small group of agitators and police firing tear gas. and he claimed that he wasn't worried about the insur rekdsists because they weren't black lives matter protesters. he promoted false fraud claims about the 2020 election and called the climate change, which is currently ravaging wisconsin crops bs. finally but most egregiously he continues to sow doubt in covid vaccines by cuddling up to conspiracy theories. joining me now is wisconsin lieutenant governor and senate candidate mandela barnes. i guess when you were a kid on mandela day, did you think that was all about you as a kid?

it's a great name. >> the funny part about that is i'm an only child so it had to be all about me, right? >> let's talk about your candidacy. i want to put up the numbers on wisconsin. i think trump threw people's brains off about what wisconsin is. it's been -- statewide democrats have done pretty well other than losing some governor's races. biden beat trump by 20,000 votes, very narrow. trump beat clinton by 22,000 votes. it was only president obama who notched six-figure wins in both of his election and his re-election. what's the formula for you in your minding to be able to pull this off? >> i'm glad you brought that up, because barack obama was our high-water mark. we have to show up everywhere. we can't take any vote for granted. we can't take urban areas and assume people are going to show up to vote for us and we can't disregard rural communities and assume they're not going to vote for us. the more conversations we have across the state, the better we'll fare in what are now close

elections. they don't have to be this close. if we show up, we can win. this campaign is about uniting people from milwaukee all the way to bayfield, from beloit to superior. we're going to touch as many places as possible and that's the work that i've been able to do as lieutenant governor. i've been able to show up to all 72 counties and talk about a path forward, talk about opportunity. that's exactly what the campaign is about. people are struggling. >> yeah. i've noticed this sort of trending that the sort of winning formula for democrats to win these statewide races are to have a combination of an african-american l.g. and a white democrat at the top of the ticket. that's happened in multiple states, virginia, new jersey, wisconsin. so it's clear that there is the possibility for african-americans to win statewide, obviously, you did. wisconsin is also a state that's had a lot of issues with voter suppression. how do you deal with that? i know that there are still attempts to try to do that. i know governor evers is vetoing it but are you concerned there

will be suppressive efforts that will make it harder for a lot of your base to vote? >> well, they're definitely going to try. we saw this across the country after the election of barack obama. you mentioned the fact about mixing the ticket, so to say, with running mates for governor and lieutenant governor. we can amplify that right now. as a candidate for u.s. senate and tony evers going for re-election, i think we can do so much more in terms of organizing and so much more in terms of reaching voters exactly where they are. and, you know, while voter suppression is always a threat, we see these repeated attempts, state after state after state. the fact is with governor evers we do have the veto power and we have to protect that. we shouldn't get comfortable. we shouldn't think that these things are just going to go away. the more elections we win, the more they'll try to steal. >> let's talk about covid. ron johnson had covid. he refuses to get vaccinated. he's not in favor of any mask mandates. but he's been really weird about things like vaccines. how concerned are voters that you're talking to about covid?

i know it's ravaged wisconsin at moments. >> well, people like ron johnson have totally hampered our efforts to get people vaccinated. we were number one in the nation for quite some time and then we saw the senator go on this reckless conspiracy theory tour. i mean he's done nothing but have these conspiracy theories and sympathize with insurrectionists. that has been par for the course in his time in office, but we're going to continue to work with our public health departments, we're going to continue to reach out directly in communities with trusted messengers, whether it's churches or community organizations, whatever it takes. covid is not going away. we spent a very long year fighting this pandemic. it's a fight that we're not going to give up because it's getting tougher for people. we saw all the devastation, the death, the financial impacts, especially with our small businesses and even more so with smaller minority-owned businesses. >> let's talk about the

insurrection real quick. we're going to start having hearings coming up soon. when you talk to voters out there, are the lies that people like ron johnson are putting out there about the insurrection, is that seeping in to voters, or is that -- are people more guided by what they have actually seen with their own eyes, the video that they have seen? >> of course people are concerned about it. people are concerned about their own safety. if this is a person who's going to deny the reality that so many of us saw on tv live as it happened and now we're seeing even more gruesome details day by day and the fact that people have to wrest with the fact that their senator is continuing to protect people who want to tear down our democracy, it's not sitting well with folks and that's something that is the case no matter where you go, western wisconsin, northeastern wisconsin, southern wisconsin or central wisconsin. >> i've got to ask you a question here and i'll preface it by saying i am a long suffering knicks fan, don't judge me. i stuck through them through better and worse, mostly worse.

but your team, the milwaukee bucks look like they could win this thing. are they going to beat phoenix? are they going to be the nba champs? is that going to happen? are you going to predict it? >> it's been 50 years, so this is a first for me as well. i think the bucks are definitely going to do this. bucks in six. we are going to take this thing away. i'm happy to talk about the bucks all day. also happy to direct people to the website, mandelabarnes.com. you can do both. >> let me let folks know if you're out there in milwaukee and a fan of the milwaukee bucks, the deer district. if you're attending for the deer district, you can win two free tickets to tonight's bucks game by getting your covid shot. so get your shots. get vaxxed. one day the knicks will be in that position today, i really believe that. good luck in your campaign. come back on the show and you're welcome any time. >> thanks so much. happy to join you. >> thank you very much. up next, the white house announces some new moves in response to unprecedented

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the biden administration is reviewing steps that it can take to help the cuban people who

have been holding just unprecedented protests against the government for more than a week now. measures under consideration by the biden team include figuring out how to help protesters access the internet as well as increasing humanitarian assistance. the white house also said today that the treasury department is looking at cuban officials responsible for violence against the protesters, which could mean increased sanctions. at a house hearing today, an activist called for those sanctions and asked the united states to stand with the cuban people. >> if i make a call or request for all of you, it's to please, to listen to what the cuban is demanding in the street. at the highest possible risk, which is life, they are demanding freedom. they are demanding the end of the dictatorship. please, do not politicize that. it's not about politics. it's not about right and left.

now the united states and the rest of the world have the opportunity and the challenge to take sides with the cuban people. >> and i am joined now by rosa maria paya and she is the founder of the cuba decide initiative. rosa maria, thank you so much for being here. i have to tell you had i not been to cuba, i went in 2017 because i wanted to see for myself and seen the scary men on the streets with the rifles watching the police, that the police were scared of those guys, i would not be able to put my head around how dangerous it is for people to march and protest and put out protest music. but the cuban people are doing that. it is unprecedented. where did this come from? is it the little openings and being able to get on the internet? what sparked this? >> thank you. thank you so much for this time and, yes, it's the highest possible risk. the cuban military have been actually cracking down on

protesters with brutal repression. but the people understand. we as a nation, we understand that to get out of the deep crisis that we are facing, we need to get out of the dictatorship. we need to end the dictatorship. and in the middle of the crisis and the middle of the covid crisis, in the middle of the health crisis, that people are just fed up and went to the streets demanding what is the root of all the crises, which is the disastrous dictatorship. so the call today community saying please listen to the people that is asking for freedom and support the demand. >> seems like an open opportunity, particularly since we had a previous president who sort of made our democracy feel like it's teetering and biden wants to re-establish that we are a core democracy. what can you think the biden

administration can do to support the cuban people? >> well, the biden administration has today the big opportunity accompanying the cuban people in their quest from freedom and achieving together with the cuban people to take a similar approach and how to end with apartheid. and the consequence on that and can apply delivering the principles. the u.s. has to provide cubans with internet access, satellite.

a big opportunity to also have more stability. >> i'm glad that you mentioned south africa. joe biden was one of the most vocal, you know, senators at that time against the south

african apartheid regime and has been pushing on this for freedom in russia as well. very good point. rosa maria paya, appreciate you being here. up next, we are officially marking one year since we berthed a new tv program from home. what an incredible team. we will be right back. >> from one reid to another. joy, congratulations. you are truly a journalist. i admire the work you do. >> congratulations on one year of "the reid out." you have informed america, you have strengthened the nation and galvanized people to make sure we do all we can to live up to its promise. you're the best. >> congratulations, joy, on your one-year anniversary. it's too bad that not much happened this year so you couldn't show your chops. and u.

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congratulations on the one year anniversary of "the reid out." and thank you for your fierce voice of truth, decency. keep punching, my friend, and we will be here punching along with you ♪ happy anniversary. happy anniversary. happy anniversary ♪ happy anniversary to joy ann reid and the reid out. i'm looking forward to many more years of some incredible memories. >> love it. well, one year ago tonight a rag tag team of producers, senior producers, booking producers, tech and crew members, interns and assistants came together to produce a thing completely remotely and broadcasting from my basement with my husband and daughter pitching in. while we were in 14 different cities making tv from our computers we managed to produce

something that i think is pretty great. we opened with joe biden and hillary clinton, come on! over the course of this year one of "the reid out" we welcomed new people and we've interviewed amazing guests including a seven senator who would go on to become the first woman and first person of color who's vice president of the united states. we've covered tough stories of violent policing and attacking our police and capitol. yes, we have a moment of joy every now and again. we've told you who won the week and pointed out those who are the absolute worst and what makes it all work is that even while we have never actually worked in the same physical space, we're a team and a family and that family includes all of our regulars, our wonderful guests, some old and new and our fabulous, gorgeous viewers who have showed up here night after

night to hear the work of our lives, to inform and occasionally enlighten and when we can equilibrium it out to make you smile or laugh because what's a little democracy armageddon without a laugh or two. thank you for rolling with us, reiders. here's to year two and beyond. we are officially toddlers. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. tonight on "all in." >> i'm here because donald trump is one of my closest friends for 40 years. >> another one of trump's top advisers arrested, accused of illegally lobbying trump for years as a secret agent for the uae. >> uae is big stuff. uae is very powerful, very strong. >> tonight the wild charges against the ex-president's inaugural chairman and the rampant pattern of illegality on team trump. then -- >> if the vaccine is so great