good evening, everyone. i'm jonathan capehart in for joy reid. we begin "the reidout" with new urgency in the fight against covid, with the u.s. crossing the 35 million case milestone late sunday. today the white house said 70% of all u.s. adults have had at least one vaccine dose. almost a month after president biden's original goal of reaching that mark by july 4th. one of those vaccines went to senator lindsey graham who announced today that he tested

positive for covid. the senator added he is very glad he was vaccinated, saying his symptoms would otherwise be far worse. it's a message the public health community is desperate to get out, that the vaccine is highly effective, despite the fact that breakthrough infections can happen. they are for one very rare. according to data collected by nbc news, breakthrough infections in 38 states represent, and listen to this number, less than 0.08% of the people who have been fully vaccinated. the former biden advisor on covid-19 estimating that 98% to 99% of deaths are among the unvaccinated. the delta variant, however, is much more transmissable and extremely dangerous, especially for the unvaccinated, which is

why we are seeing those mask mandates pop up again. the san francisco bay area has reinstated an indoor mask mandate and louisiana, a state that is running out of icu beds as covid cases surge will be back under a statewide mask mandate starting wednesday. the nation's leading infectious disease expert, dr. anthony fauci, doesn't think we'll see a repeat of 2020, but he did share that things look grim in the months ahead. >> i don't think we're going to see lockdowns. i think we have enough of the percentage of people in the country, not enough to crush the outbreak, but i believe enough to not allow us to get into the situation we were in last winter. but things are going to get worse. we're looking to some pain and suffering in the future because we're seeing the cases go up. >> joining me now is dr. kavita patel, a physician and former obama white house policy

director and dr. peter hotez, co-director of the center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital. thank you both very much for being here. dr. patel, i'll start with you. just to get your thoughts on the mask mandates that are popping back up. we just talked about san francisco, the state of louisiana, the cdc recommending people wear masks indoors. your thoughts on that. >> yeah, jonathan, good to be with you tonight. i fully support these not even mandates. i would just say to me i would say universally i know the cdc has recommended indoor masking for places with substantial or high transmission. jonathan, it's very hard to know how to look up where you are and where your caseload is in your county. and it's just simpler to say while we are all kind of going through this surge and if you're in a place like florida, jonathan, it's the worst it's ever been than the first two

waves, not as bad as the winter wave yet. so i'm fully supportive of it. what i'm scared are are the states like florida, like texas, that have gone out of their way to not allow for even schools to put in mask requirements. >> dr. hotez, your thoughts on mask mandates but also what dr. patel is talking about was happening in states like florida where the governor is going out of his way to prevent local officials from doing what they see is in the best interests of the people who live in their cities and towns. >> yeah, that's absolutely right, jonathan. this is the scary part now. we are seeing a very worrisome surge across the southern states, and it's going in a giant shape of a "u" starting in missouri, down to arkansas, louisiana, cutting across east into florida and then going up into the carolinas. and it has a different flavor from the surge that we saw last summer. it's true that we have a lot

more older americans who are vaccinated, so the deaths are nothing like what we saw before. but what we're seeing in its place is lots and lots of young people getting sick. and lots of hospitalizations for young people. we're even starting to see now pediatric intensive care unit admissions. i don't think this virus is selectively targeting kids, i just think pretty much anyone that's not vaccinated is getting swept up in this. and the big worry is in august here in the south, schools start early. they start earlier than they do up in the north. and i think this is really going to act as an accelerant for this epidemic. what i'm holding my breath about, given the fact that except for louisiana we don't have mask mandates, we certainly don't have vaccination mandates for covid vaccines, we have fewer than 20% of adolescents vaccinated in most southern states, this is a powder keg. so i'm worried we're going to

start seeing lots of pediatric hospitalizations and pediatric icu admissions. and so that really worries me. >> and we are seeing there's a 70% increase in vaccinations. i think this comes from jeffy zientz, who said there's a 70% increase in the last week. the average number of people getting vaccinated against covid-19 after weeks of pleading with people to get vaccinated, because the level of vaccination had sort of level had out. now we're seeing this spike in people getting vaccinated. dr. patel, is that because of people taking seriously all the reports of the surge because of the delta variant? >> well, yes, i think, jonathan, everyone i've talked to who has come into my clinic recently to get vaccinated, they have all said, look, i know someone who was young and healthy and got covid and is sick. they have all been kind of touched personally by it.

to dr. hotez' point, there's very little places for the virus to go except the unvaccinated. it's going to be very efficient in replicating in the unvaccinated. we're also seeing these breakthrough cases catching people's attention. even senator graham's experience could have been far worse if he were not vaccinated. so i do think we have an opportunity. unfortunately, getting vaccinated today does not help with the straight upward slope that we're seeing of increases in cases. it will save your life, but it's not going to prevent what is this kind of roller coaster of an epidemic and pandemic we're seeing throughout most of the state. >> dr. hotez, there's a report out that germany, from reuters today, germany will in september start to offer a booster shot against covid-19. do you think that that is something that is going to -- a decision that will be made here in the united states, that the folks who have been vaccinated will need to get a booster shot? >> i think there's a high

likelihood. it may not be a universal recommendation, it may start out with certain groups. we're already seeing some data, although small studies of those on immunosuppressive therapy. it brings up aekds with a third immunization. israel is giving an additional immunization to those over 60. later on as other variants circulate, because we're doing a terrible job of vaccinating africa, latin america and southeast asia, that could build in more resilience through a third immunization. so i think we'll eventually get there. it may come in stages. >> i know i mentioned before sort of triumphantly we're seeing an incredible spike in the number of people getting vaccinated. but then the dark side of this comes from a story in "the new york times" on sunday where a survey of data from ten dates shows that about 1 million doses have gone to waste since the nation began administering

covid-19 vaccines in december. much of the loss comes as demand plummeted. dr. patel, should we be worried that as people start to take getting vaccinated seriously and go out to get the vaccine that we could end up seeing shortages because of the number of vaccines that have to be thrown out, because they do have expiration dates. >> yeah, jonathan, nothing kills me more. i've had to throw away some of those doses, and it literally breaks my heart every time that happens, because as dr. hotez knows, this could save a life everywhere here and in any other country. i'm not worried whether or not that we're gluttonous or you could argue that we were really prepared with operation warp speed to have these arrangements in line, i'm not worried about running out of vaccine. what i am worried about is the american public is probably going to have to deal with covid for a while. and when i say a while, i don't

mean days or weeks or months, it might be several years. that's because we need to vaccinate the whole world. i don't know how we can all adjust our lives to that. we're going to have to do it but we have to do it by getting vaccinated as quickly as possible. and i do think we're going to have whether they're boosters or a new series of vaccines in our future, that's what we're going to be dealing with. but it is our only way out of this. >> the message in all of this is get vaccinated. dr. kavita patel, dr. peter hotez, thank you very much. as new york's governor urges businesses to turn away unvaccinated customers, florida's governor is barring schools from mandating that children wear masks. this comes as the sunshine state is grappling with a surge in cases and hospitalized covid patients. joining me now is florida's commissioner of agriculture and consumer services who is running against incumbent ron desantis for governor. commissioner freed, thank you very much for coming to "the reidout."

let me read a tweet that you put out if i can find it here on my sheet. yes. you put it out today. what are you waiting for, nikki freed says. governor desantis needs to issue an emergency order for covid-19. talk more about that. what would this emergency order today? >> the emergency order would allow us to pull down additional funds from the federal government to increase our testing back here in the state of florida as well as more vaccination locations. right now we're seeing a surge, as your guests were just talking about in the earlier part of your show. and so right now the problem is, is that our governor has put his head in the sand and left the state of florida and abandoned us. so we need him to start taking this seriously. he stopped two months ago giving daily reporting numbers to the people of our state of where we are on the number of cases, the hospitalization. this executive order would say floridians, take this seriously. please go out and get the vaccines. here are the locations for the

testing sites. here is increased locations for vaccinations. unfortunately this governor is more preoccupied with running for president in 2024 and not taking this seriously. >> commissioner fried, the thing that i find most outrageous is that the governor is making it impossible, impossible for localities to impose or institute mask mandates in order to protect their own citizens. is he basing that just on pure politics or on some science that we don't know about? >> you know, i think that the question should be addressed like this. you know, it shouldn't be about mandating masks or not man dating masks. last year we didn't have the tool in our shed of the vaccinations. we have it now. we need to be having bipartisan support of people across our state, across our country, coming together, democrats, republicans, independents, emphasizing how important it is to get the vaccines and to get it now. and so when he does things like

this and flirts with anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers, what he's doing is he's signaling to the people of our state, don't take this seriously. don't follow the science. don't follow the experts. and that's the conversation that we need to be having. it's how we come together, remessage what needs to be going on right now here in the state of florida to protect our kids. we know the numbers are increasing when it comes to hospitalization, not just for 18 and above, but under 18. we also know this, that last year it was our local governments and our local different businesses and corporations and small businesses across the state that stood up and led when he had a hands-off approach. he flips out during crises, and so now he's handcuffed them to not be able to do what is right for their communities. communities and counties all across the state and across the country are different. that's why they have local elected officials to know what's right for their own specific community. and he's handcuffed them to not be able to protect their own

communities. >> commissioner fried, we have less than a minute left, but what would you say to people in florida who are hesitant to get the vaccine? what would you say to them to convince them or at least get them a little step closer to getting the vaccine? >> well, first of all, i would plead with them. we know that vaccines work. we know that it's stopping the spread of the virus across the entire world. and so what i say to them is not just do it for yourself, do it for your children, do it for your parents, do it for your grandparents, do it for our economy, do it for the nurses and our first responders that are on the front lines that are putting their lives at risk every single day because you're not getting vaccinated. we know 95% of hospitalizations are by those that are not vaccinated. please, put yourself into the shoes of those parents that are trying to put their kids back into school. do right by your neighbors, do right by your community, go get vaccinated. >> great message to end this conversation on. nikki fried, thank you very much for coming to "the reidout."

up next, trump's right-hand man suggests the former president is leading a government in exile with a shadow cabinet. it's all fodder for his conspiratorial followers who think he's going to be reinstalled, which is not a thing. plus house minority leader kevin mccarthy jokes about hitting speaker pelosi. it's just the latest example of the dangerous rhetoric flowing from the right. and the belated effort to prevent the eviction of millions of americans. there's a lot of talk, but what's really getting done? "the reidout" continues after this. the dove beauty bar makes my skin feel fresh. i've encouraged serena my best friend to switch. feels moisturized and clean. my friend stefanie, her skin was dry. i'm like girl you better get you some dove. she hooked me up. with a quarter moisturising cream, dove cleans effectively and cares beautifully.

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can your internet do that? the big lie is alive and well among trump's closest advisers, who continue to fuel the delusion that he won the 2020 election, which he didn't. after meeting with the ex-president and others on friday, trump's former chief of staff, mark meadows, spoke of him as if he were still in

office, referring to it as a, quote, cabinet meeting, like some sort of government in exile. but he's not just providing new fodder to trump's conspiratorial base, he's teasing trump's plan to regain power in 2024. >> i wanted to join you to talk about really a president that is fully engaged, highly focused and remaining on task. >> chief, do you want to break any news from your meetings with president trump? >> well, we met with some of our cabinet members tonight. we're looking at what does come next. i'm not authorized to speak on behalf of the president. >> okay. >> but i can tell you this, steve, we wouldn't be meeting tonight if we weren't making plans to move forward in a real way and with president trump at the head of that ticket. >> for real people given that trump has yet to be held accountable for inspiring a failed coup to hold on to power, it's no surprise that he's now plotting a second act. in fact, the big lie is so

insidious within the gop that it's helped to make trump the most dominant fund-raiser in the first half of 2021. as "the new york times" reports, he ended june with a war chest of more than $100 million. it's a reminder that trump and his party remain a serious threat to our democracy. joining me now, democratic strategist juanita tolliver, and tim miller, both msnbc analysts. juanita, the idea of mark meadows talking about trump as president trump and our cabinet and i'm not going to talk about my conversations with "the president." what? >> jonathan, i want to shout out the producer that trump is pretending right now, meadow is pretending right now. this is just delusional behavior, feeding into that

conspiracy theory that trump has lied to his supporters and said he's coming back to the white house this month. we know that's a lie but here's where the illusion is dangerous. the last time trump tells his supporters to act based on one of his lies, they stormed the u.s. capitol, they killed police officers, they threatened the lives of pelosi, pence, staffers and everybody in that building. that's where the delusion is dangerous. but this one has truly made lying an olympic sport at this point because they're not going to stop. and i don't -- i want to note that this interview happened on newsmax so we know who this was for. this was for the base that as you mentioned keeps funneling more and more cash into trump so that not only can trump go into 2024 campaign with a strong position, but he's also going to hold this over the gop's head as to why they can't live without him and why they need access to his base. >> tim, i would love for you to react to what juanita just said. but mark meadows, come on.

he's a former member of congress. one, he should know better. two, the fact that he knows better and still does these things, says these things, what does that say about him? >> well, not much good, jonathan. at this point he's about one step removed from those confederate coast players that put on the tri-corner hats and go out into the woods in virginia with the fake rifles and pretend like it's the civil war. look, i don't know what happened to mark meadows. look, he was never a moderate republican, but he did seem to be a person who was based in reality before he went into the white house. i think that there's just this intoxicating details about this. i'd rather rip off my toenails than have dinner with the trump

family, but some people just love it. this is ridiculous what meadows is doing but it does have real political impact. if you look at the virginia governor's race, glenn youngkin, who might be a mitt romney style republican, gets asked about this stuff, about trump getting reinstated in august. and he says, well, you know, that's going through the courts. the courts have to deal with it. so it's not just meadows playing pretending at bedminster, it's people who are running for serious office that have to do it as well. >> and you know, juanita, this is all playing out while the republican party and members of the republican party are trying to make us believe this counternarrative about january 6th. about trying to turn ashli babbitt, turn her from being the person who was shot because she was trying to gain entry into the speaker's lobby

while members of congress were being evacuated, but turning her into some kind of patriot. she's no patriot. >> trying to make her a martyr. i think this also goes into the argument that they tried to roll out the day of the first select committee hearing, that this is all pelosi's fault. somehow some way it's all pelosi's fault. and we know that this weak, disjointed narrative that they're putting out is only, again, for a party of one, donald trump. they are still trying to make sure that they stay on their good side, even if what they're saying makes zero sense. even if it lacks logic and just. they are still trying to cater to trump. that's something we're going to hear more of. they're going to continue to beat that drum of lies throughout the hearings the select committee undertakes, even when their own names will be called to testify in front of that select committee. >> so that was the story in "the new york times." in "the washington post," tim, they have another outrageous thing. this is from senator ron

johnson, who suggests that the fbi knew more than it said. basically using the attempt to kidnap -- the kidnapping plot against michigan governor gretchen whitmer as some way to say the fbi should have known about that, therefore, they should have known about january 6th. what -- i'm not even going to ask what happened to ron johnson, never mind. why is he still playing court jester on all of this stuff? >> yeah, look, ron johnson is another one of these cases of always crazy or, you know, did something happen over the last few years. that isn't even the most insane thing he's put out over the last 24 hours. he tweeted that he wants people to follow alex baronson's substack. this is one of the most prolific disinformation provocateurs when it comes to covid. on the fbi, johnson has been like this from the start. he says that he doesn't

understand -- he doesn't believe -- i think what it comes down to, he doesn't believe that his people, that trump's people could do something like this. and that's just it. he's said that directly. he believes that trump's people love america and bernie sanders people don't love america. he believes that at his core. now he's just trying to backfill that belief with any conspiracy, any fact that might support it. and i -- you know, without putting him on the couch, i think that's my best explanation for what's happening, he's just getting crazier and crazier down the rabbit hole to do it. let's talk about what congressman adam kinzinger said yesterday where he said he expects a significant number of subpoenas from the house select committee, including possibly house minority leader kevin mccarthy and jim jordan. how likely is that, do you

think, juanita? >> look, i think it is likely subpoenas are going to be issued. and i think it's also going to continue to grow the rage within the gop that kinzinger and cheney are serving on the select committee and that kinzinger is out here saying that we're coming for you if you had anything to do with this. we're coming for you to get the answers that we know americans want. we're coming for you to get to the truth. so i think it's likely the subpoenas will be issued, jonathan. what i'm not sure is likely is that these folks will appear before the select committee to testify. we know they're going to fight tooth and nail to going up there and having to plead the fifth or just obfuscate the entire time. so what we know is likely going to happen is these subpoenas are definitely going to be issued. kinzinger is asking the question, what are you afraid of? either you said this is a normal day at the office and tourists were visiting the capitol or you had something to do with this and you have some culpability.

>> every time i hear take the fifth, i think of that dave chappelle skit. still ahead, kevin mccarthy jokes about hitting speaker nancy pelosi with the gavel. just a joke, right? not funny. maybe it was coming a few short months after blood-thirsty insurrectionists stormed the capitol. funny then? or still not funny? it ain't funny. we'll be right back. in't f unny we'll be right back. ♪ fixodent ultra dual power provides you with an unbeatable hold and strong seal against food infiltrations. fixodent. and forget it.

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[ applause ] it'll be hard not to hit her with it. >> a spokesman for mccarthy said he was, quote, obviously joking. because it's funny to incite violence again somebody who's already a right-wing target. as scott mcfarlane points out there are dozens of u.s. capitol insurrection cases so far in which defendants mention or appear to threaten nancy pelosi. the threats, many using misogynistic language include a call to, quote, hang pelosi. a warning that the crowd is coming for her and a declaration that she is, quote, a traitor. i'm joined now by ohio democratic congressman and senate candidate tim ryan of ohio. congressman, thank you very much for coming to "the reidout." so was minority leader kevin mccarthy joking? >> well, he's not a very funny guy. i think that's pretty obvious.

you know, any time you're trying to talk about hitting the speaker of the house with the gavel, you're in the wrong, but he's not a funny guy. i think he tried to make a joke, he's not very funny, and they're searching for issues to try to incite their base. dr. seuss, you know, what he's saying here at that dinner, they have got to get the focus back on the real issues of what the vast majority of americans are focused on. that's how do we get wages up, how do we have some economic security for those people who are doing everything right. how do we have retirement security? how do we start really dealing with this economic threat coming out of china and making sure we dominate these industries of the future. jonathan, they don't want to talk about any of that stuff. they want to talk about all this other nonsense, and i think that's what you saw the other day. >> right. because congressman ryan, i'm just wondering, what does it say about the tenor and tone of your

workplace when you've got the leader of the other party joking -- he's not joking. talking about hitting the speaker with a gavel? since january 6th i've heard many of your colleagues talk about sort of the fear they have about their republican colleagues. does what leader mccarthy say fit in to that atmosphere of menace that appears to be there in the capitol? >> oh, there's no doubt. i mean you look at the january 6th testimony from last week, you see that they're completely ignoring the insurrection to the capitol. they're completely ignoring what happened to members of congress, what happened to the capitol police, what happened to washington metro. they're looking the other way on all of these issues and they're

so disconnected from reality that jokes like that happen that aren't funny and play into these greater threats that we're seeing from -- against not just nancy pelosi but many other members of the democratic caucus. and he just feeds into it. but what you're seeing here is a republican party that is rudderless. they are searching for issues. they are searching for topics to start culture wars on dr. seuss or masks or whatever they can get their hands on. so what you're seeing is a level of desperation because they're not talking about what's in the best interests of workers or the american people. >> so then, congressman ryan, they might be searching for issues to keep them from talking about real issues, but then you've got members of congress going out of their way to pal around with far right extremists. you've got congressman paul

gosar who's been associated with the white nationalist nick fuentes, which is according to "the new york times" the most vivid example of the republican party's growing acceptance of extremism. how should we -- how worried should we be as americans that the republican party -- it's not the republican party anymore. it's an extremist party that's perfectly comfortable embracing domestic terrorists. >> it's something we all should be worried about. i think this is a great threat to our democracy. when you have an insurrection, people scaling walls, hitting cops with lead pipes across the side of the head and the -- almost the entire republican party has looked the other way from that, i just saw where, you know, congressman gaetz and others were calling down to make sure that the insurrectionists were properly treated at the jail they were in. i mean are you kidding me? this is the issue that's most

important to you, with all of the income inequality, with all of the economic insecurity, high levels of addiction, deaths and despair, people losing their shirts. people still aren't getting vaccinated so we can get the economy back up and running, and you're taking time out of your day to call and make sure that the insurrectionists are getting treated properly. give me a break. that just shows you how disconnected they are, jonathan. >> yeah. and do your point about them visiting insurrectionists, we've gotten a very sad report today here from cnbc, third police officer, gunther hashida dies by suicide after being at the capitol with the pro trump mob. i'll give you the last word on this. >> heartbreaking. i chair the committee that funds the capitol police. you know, we went out of our way

to make sure we're trying to take care of those people who have taken care of us. we sent billions of dollars to local communities to make sure that they're funded so that, you know, those people that provide the security in our communities have what they need. and these guys are looking the other way. this speaks to the mental health issues around the country too, i think. the addiction issues around the country. and look, this person put their lives on the line for us, to protect the democracy, not just members of congress. and the republican party is completely looking the other way. i hope we can get past this. i hope they can get back into reality. and then we can start talking about how we take care of these police officers and then how we start working again to get the economy going for all of these people in the country. that's what this country wants us to do. >> yeah, and our thoughts and prayers go out to officer

hashida's family. congressman tim ryan, thank you very much for coming to "the reidout." still ahead, as the senate races to pass its $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure deal, the clock may be running out on millions of americans facing eviction. plus, the latest from tokyo with simone biles just hours away from her highly anticipated return to olympic competition. stay with us. stay wit h us ♪ ♪ oh, focaccia! ah, there's no place like panera. enjoy the toasty, saucy chipotle chicken avocado melt on freshly baked bread. panera. order on the app today. welcome to allstate. (phone notification)

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it's a busy week of unfinished business here in washington. the federal ban on evictions expired saturday. today president biden called on state and local governments to put in place moratoriums for at least another two months. this comes as house democratic leaders called on the president to extend the moratorium and as anger is still palpable among progressive democrats like missouri congresswoman cori bush who slept outside on the capitol

steps in protest each of the past three nights. she tweeted that she met with vice president harris this afternoon about the need for a federal eviction moratorium. now, the house is on a seven-week august recess, but members are on notice to return after passage of a long-awaited infrastructure bill in the senate. that package includes $550 billion in new spending for roads, bridges and rail among other things. now the race is on to pass it before senators leave town. majority leader chuck schumer, he urged senators to get moving, while the self-proclaimed grim reaper of legislation, mitch mcconnell, says he's in no rush. >> let's start voting on amendments. the longer it takes to finish the bill, the longer we'll be here. >> our full consideration of this bill must not be choked off by any artificial timetable that our democratic colleagues may have pencilled out for political purposes. >> joining me now senator alex

padilla of california. senator padilla, great to see you again. welcome to "the reidout." my question is simple, which is going to be easier for you and your colleagues to pass, this bipartisan infrastructure bill or the reconciliation bill that will require all of the democrats to vote in favor of it plus the vote of the vice president to pass it? >> good to see you again, jonathan. here's the bottom line. it's not an either/or. this bipartisan deal, there's plenty of money for road, bridges and tunnels and the trg grid. in california, every time it's wildfire season we wonder if we can keep the lights on because of the status of the electrical grid. there's money in there for broadband employment, to upgrade areas with slow speeds and expand internet service in areas that are currently underserved. we know as big and historic as this bipartisan package is, it's

not enough. if you need money for housing, for child care, for health care, my god, and so much more, we will follow it up with a reconciliation package even if it has to be on a partisan basis. >> let's talk about, you mentioned housing, so let's talk about eviction. you have congresswoman cori bush sleeping on the steps of the capitol. the house left town without doing anything about extending the moratorium on evictions. is there anything congress can do in time to protect american families? >> yeah, look, i think applying pressure in all the right places, right? we acted earlier this year to provide state and local governments enough funding to cover these eviction moratoriums. in california, it's been extended until september. we hope we're in a better place when it comes to the pandemic, when it comes to the economy by then but at least californians have that comfort level.

i think people across the country should enjoy the same protections. if it means the cdc has to act, look, the public health professionals at the cdc, i listen to every doctor when they take their oath becoming a medical professional. the first rule is do no harm. so that means during a pandemic, do not kick people out of their homes and do not put them on the streets. >> last issue for you, cramming in a lot of news with you, senator padilla, and you seem to be the hub of all of these things. voting rights. you are a part of this crew of senators who are working on a pared down version of a voting rights bill that you hope can get passed out of the senate. can you give us any more details on what's in it and when you're going to drop it? >> ideally we unveiled some new language this week. we're still fine tuning the newest proposal, as we're trying to finalize this infrastructure package.

the for the people act, which i'm absolutely supportive of, was tough to get through just to open up debate and discussion. so if we were able to focus on just some more important pieces of voting rights, access to the ballots, and we already start with the united democratic caucus, then i think once we're closer to getting the votes rat filibuster rule to get this done for the sake of our democracy. the 2022 election is right around the corner. >> senator alex padilla, thank you as always for coming to "the reidout." just days before the 56th anniversary of the voting rights act being signed into law, protestors gathered in front of the hart center office building today, calling for protection of voting rights and the abolition of the filibuster. while the protest was peaceful, more than 200 were arrested, including my next guest, bishop william barber. co-chair of the poor people's campaign, which organized today's protest. bishop barber, great to see you.

i talked to you on saturday, when you were in austin, texas. today, you are here, in washington. still, fighting for voting rights. do you think washington has the -- has the same level of urgency, as you do, when it comes to protecting voting rights? >> well, not yet, they don't, jonathan. but the pressure is showing that they are moving. they weren't moving at all. we marched on manchin. he came out with the compromise. we are moving, now. we had poor and low-wage workers from 47 states, plus religious leaders. that's who was marching today. the essential workers and religious leaders, moral leaders, because this is a moral issue, a constitution issue, not just -- and it wasn't just about the voting rights act. it was about end the filibuster. pass the provisions of the for the peoples act. we don't need a narrowed down anything. we don't narrow down the provisions for the chamber of commerce. we need to pass the voting rights act restoration. we need to pass $15 living wage for the 32 million people who

live every day, essential workers who saved this economy, of -- of restaurant workers who make $2.13 an hour. that's -- that's ridiculous. we need to protect our immigrants, and we need to ensure that people are not evicted. we've got -- trying to evict the vote and evict people. so we have got to change this dynamic. they don't do it by the 6th, we are going to intensify even more but we are not going anywhere, jonathan. >> so, bishop barber, we just had senator alex padilla of california on. he is part of the working group that is going to unveil a -- a new voting rights legislation. it, most likely, won't have all the things that were in the voting -- the for the people act. all of the things that you want. are you saying that, if that bill doesn't have all of the things that you want, you won't support it? >> well, let's talk about all the things that john lewis wanted. let -- let's see, what are you going to cut out of it? you going to cut out ballot access? that's in there. are you going to cut out of getting rid of dark money? that's in there. are you going to cut out dealing

with gerrymandering? that's in there. are you going to cut out ethics? you see, what happening is manchin is being allowed to negotiate the bill down. what senators should be saying is, manchin, there are things you want in this infrastructure bill, 79% of the people in west virginia, particularly, agree with the for the peoples act as john lewis wrote it so we are not going to move on infrastructure, until that. the president should go to arizona. should go to texas. should go to -- to west virginia. the president needs to meet with, as he promised, with a group of religious leaders that are very diverse, poor, low-wealth workers, economists, and voting rights lawyers, all in the same room. his staff has been blocking this. they have been saying, well, we got to wait till infrastructure. but the president said to us, he wanted to work with us. let's put pressure on first but don't negotiate away what's promised in the 15th amendment of the constitution. why is it that poor and low-wealth people and people needing their voting rights and living wages have to have things negotiated away? but when a corporation comes,

they get everything. they -- they ask for trillions and they get trillions. so, we got to change the moral mindset, jonathan, of our -- of our whole way of working. we ask the people who give the most to compromise the most. and the folk who give the least get the most. that's ridiculous. so we're going -- we haven't seen the language. let's look at it. but i can tell you, what four parts are you going to take out? access to the ballot? ethics. dealing with gerrymandering. and addressing this issue of dark money, which treats corporations like people and people like things. i don't know which part of it you can take it and it be what john lewis really wanted. he wrote it. that's what people should be trying to keep in, what he wrote. >> and with that, we're going to leave it right there. bishop william barber, thank you very much, as always, for coming to "the reidout." up next, olympian simone biles will be back on the balance beam after missing most of her olympic events. that's next. stay with us. that's next. stay with us music playing]

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and that's "the reidout" tonight. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, who testified in the first impeachment trial against former president donald trump about his phone call with the president of ukraine joins "the rachel maddow show" live at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight on msnbc. but first, "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. tonight, on "all in." the nationwide rise in covid cases continues and so does the red-state race to the bottom. >> we've got republican governors, across this country, pretending they didn't shut down their states. >> tonight, the republican governor actually doing the best job holding the delta variant at bay. then, surgeon general vivek murthy on a genuine vaccine surge across america. plus, new yorker's jane mayor on the dark money funding the big lie. and why is this congresswoman about to spend her fifth-straight night sleeping on the steps of the capitol? >> we can't go on recess. we can't go on vacationhe