>> tremaine lee for that story. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm yasmin vossoughian. reverend al sharpton and "politics nation" starts right now. ♪♪ good evening and welcome to "politics nation." tonight's lead -- fighting at the table. right now i would appreciate the drama on capitol hill if, of course, the future of our nation didn't hang in the balance. even though congressional democrats averted a federal shutdown this week, with the help of just enough republicans, neither part of president biden's signature infrastructure plan is yet to be voted on after what democrats hoped would be a break through week. the president was on the hill

yesterday to make his 25th hour pitch for the political center piece of his agenda but he wasn't reaching across the table across the aisle to republicans. no. because the division currently threatening that agenda isn't originating from the right. but from within his own caucus. house progressives have made good on the word not to cosign the physical portion of the president's plan until the social spending bill is essentially guaranteed to pass the senate where two democratic holdouts continue to cause chaos. while i understand progressives' frustrations and contend with the fact that they are right on the policy, i also have to contend that after months of negotiation it is progressives that need to move on from the

debates about the price and begin to sell what the policy can do for the american people, particularly black americans wondering why they haven't seen policing reform or voter right protection come out of this year and questioning how divided democrats could expect to hold on to the senate and everything else next year. joining me now, congressman bowman, democrat of new york. congressman, first of all, thank you for joining us tonight. i guess i have to start by asking whether it behooves the american people for this particular fight to keep going because i understand and identify with progressives' fears without the infrastructure bill and reconciliation bill the social spending bill linked together that so-called moderates will essentially undermine the scale of the

second bill by taking the victory lap on the first. but still, what i don't hear enough from progressives is what either of the bills contain that will improve the lives of people in harlem or east new york or new orleans or flint, michigan, or yonkers. why should black voters continue to unite around democrats if the caucus, the democratic caucus, can't pass this infrastructure plan that we were told was a political priority while voting rights and policing reform have either stalled or just outright died. i think that these are the things that concern me. if i'm shopping i want to see what i'm buying before i argue about the price. i think we need to get into what is in these bills. it makes the more difficult for those that are arguing against it to argue against the policy

that would deliver rather than the price tag. >> absolutely. so let me try to provide some clarity on all of the things you are talking about. so the infrastructure bill. it's done. it is ready to be voted on. it is not going anywhere. it is not going to change. it is a bipartisan bill that the republicans and democrats in the room agreed to. president biden facilitated that process. it is there. it is ready to go. what is not ready to go is the build back better act which some call the social or human infrastructure aspect of the bill. let's talk about what's in that bill for a moment. the american rescue plan which we already passed lifted 50% of children out of poverty by expanding and the child tax credit through december. the build back better act would

make the child tax credit in its current form permanent so social security for children, average of over $400 a month going to families that live in poverty. this would be permanent once we pass the human infrastructure aspect of this bill. secondly, child care. as opposed to the exorbitant amounts of money people pay for child care you will not pay more than 7% of your salary towards child care. third, universal 3k program. at 3 there's a pre-school program for them and as a former educator that is life changing in preparation for kindergarten and what happens in the k-12 schools. we would decrease prescription drug costs for 43 million seniors, finally, finally -- we haven't done this in ten years.

invest in public housing once again at the federal level. and invest in the affordable housing. one other thing to mention, school infrastructure. we have some kids, think about detroit, even here in the bronx, mt. vernon. the schools over 100 years old. we have lead in the water. we have asbestos. we have rodent infestation in many places in our schools. and our schools depend on fossil fuel to thrive. we would be moving schools to clean renewable energy. rebuilding and redesigning and retro fitting the schools for the issues of climate change and making them beacons of energy for the lowest income communities. that in addition to bringing communities back together that were split apart like the cross bronx expressway and the debacle decades ago. it's building back better overall from the physical and

the human side. >> that's the kind of thing that i'm arguing that we ought to be pushing out. what those basic things that most americans want to see. and then we deal with the pricing of it because then those including senators manchin and sinema would have to argue we don't want the things or even if they say we want a lower budget can we get the things with your budget? the budget to follow the policy. let me go to this. the federal government was able to avert what would have been the first shutdown of the covid-19 era. president biden's signing that legislation thursday night after party line votes in both chambers to fund the government through december 3. what does that mean for your constituents? >> there's so many federal employees in my district, in the bronx, yonkers, mt. vernon.

this ensure that is they're able to keep their jobs and keep the lights on and continue to do the work of the federal government. it also communicates that the government on the federal level still works despite some of the disagreement and the civil war that sometimes is communicated to the general public. we came together to make sure we kept government open so that now we can deliver on president biden's build back better plan. i want to say one thing about the price tag that you mentioned before. it's very important for people to understand that whatever the price tag is, it is not that number in one year. it is that number over ten years. >> right. >> spread out over ten years and because we have offsets which some call pay fors, the price tag is literally going to be zero because when the wealthy

are encouraged and forced through law to pay the fair share raising the corporate tax rate and international corporate tax rate and we have a bill after fossil fuel companys that are the biggest polluters and the world that balances it out so 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, we have offsets and already spend 7.6 trillion every 10 years on the military without offsets. >> already spend that. before we run out of time, congressman, over the summer you unveiled the plan to not just revitalize the schools but to prepare them and the kids are an unfamiliar future. tell us very briefly. i'm out of time but tell us about the green new deal for public schools. >> the kids right now are creative, engineers and scientists.

but we don't have a curriculum and teaching methods that unlock their brilliance and unlimited potential. the green new deal will do that. it would also rebuild the schools. it will also create -- rebuild the physical infrastructure and create grow your own job programs in the red line communities so that we can get teachers, guidance counselors from the communities that have the highest need and train them within our school system. more for title i schools and special needs students and creativity and innovation. >> you used to be a principal before you went to washington. thank you. joining me is former republican strategist and founder of relax strategies, rita shaw and podcast host danielle moody.

thank you both for being here. let me go to this. president biden's agenda hangs in the balance this weekend and the only two holdouts are democratic senators manchin of west virginia with whom i often disagree has at least named his concerns with the legislation. in washington this week to keep negotiating. but arizona senator sinema returned to arizona. she is also attending a retreat with donors this very hour. after news of that fund-raiser got out she tried to change the subject by releasing a statement rallying against the party. danielle, what is sinema's end game? is she negotiating in good faith as she claims? >> no. i don't think that she is negotiating in good faith at all.

i think that when you leave washington, d.c., when we have a $3.5 trillion bill that is a necessity for the united states to be able to move forward, a necessity to be able to deal with climate change, we have a human infrastructure bill as well as a building infrastructure bill and when she was asked about, well, what number can you deal with? if it's not 3.5 trillion offer to us, what is the number? she didn't have one. to leave washington, d.c. right now with this piece of legislation hanging in the balance and republicans have blood in the water right now with thinking that democrats are in the midst of a civil war and you go to a fund-raiser, go be at a high-end resort at this moment? the optics of that is not at all what we need and frankly she needs to be sitting in the office coming up with the number that she can feel comfortable with because apparently she is not comfortable with funding the

american people in the way we need to be funded right now. >> and show that number will provide the service that is we need that are in those bills. infrastructure isn't the only item on the agenda in congress. the january 6 committee is continuing to investigate and do their work into the insurrection with new subpoenas out this week to several organizers of that rally that proceeded the insurrection or riot. what do the subpoenas say about the nature of the investigation? are these names americans should know? >> i can tell you i know some of those names and makes my heart stop because i'm a former hill staffer. worked for two republican members of congress. spent professional life in republican poll tucks and had to sit down seeing the list because i know some of those names

personally and shocked how a few years changed their trajectory. mulvaney is a hill staffer that took a couple days off to go volunteer and be a vip lead on the event. the step that the committee took with her by subpoenaing an existing house staffer is unprecedented but i say good because she may know things that can help get to the truth. unprecedented steps are fine. the attack we saw january 6 on our pillar of democracy is so unprecedented. maggie mulvaney she is somebody that is working for congresswoman miller of west virginia, a congresswoman that i have donated to. i'm shocked how this has really gone right into the very not just establishment but the grass roots of who republicans are. it's disgusting and the people

deserve to be sitting there facing hard questions because we americans deserve the truth. they have been lackeys for trump and their people and i tell you women for america first, 11 women i believe have had names sent because they were -- might have been -- might have been tipping off some other people rally organizers on january 6 about potential violence. this is so important. we need to follow the committee and supporting the members who are taking unprecedented steps. >> now, i'll get into more in depth in this next topic in my next segment but a study shows since 1980 up to 55% of deaths at the hands of police mislabeled in federal data. danielle, the epidemic of police violence is even larger than we

realize, where can we go from here? do you think we might see a revival of police reform talks in the senate? >> what is so upsetting is that after eight months after we witnessed the murder of george floyd and the horrific murder of george floyd that we all thought that this was going to be a tipping point, that something was going to change. the reality is this was not misreporting. these were lies and we need to stop looking at police reports and assuming that they are telling the truth. the reality is that more police does not equal more safety and a myth in our communities and when we talk about reform issues around policing. the reality is that more police cause more problems and why we are talking about defunding the police and reallocating funds to social services opposed to continuing to bolster police budgets like in new york city where we are talking about

budgets that are in the billions. right? has that strommed crime? no. >> reporting the same things that did not work and finding out were mislabeled and in many cases i would suspect intentionally. finally, yesterday a federal judge heard the biden justice department's case on the injunction against the texas abortion law and today thousands of people marched at a rally for abortion justice organized by the women's march. rina, you were at the march. briefly, how high are the stakes in texas and beyond for reproductive justice? >> we are in a moment where we still have to march in 2021 for freedom. if we don't have freedom of our own bodies what freedom do we have? 650 cities i believe walking in d.c. where i was with my two

young daughters marching. women have marched often and shouldn't have to raise our voices for this. this should not happen in texas. what we have there is a government that's frankly overreaching and impugntive to texas women and trying to set an unprecedented for other southern states to take -- and make moves that make us second class citizens. it was an honor to be there. [ inaudible ] very encouraged. by the energy -- >> all right. thank you both. coming up, more on that startling data that shows just how bad police brutality has gotten. why we must rise up against the injustice. later, while the former guy plots a potential comeback, i'll speak to someone with a very

different vision for the future of the republican party. but first, my colleague with today's top news story just richard? >> some of the stories for you this hour. the united states is now tops 700,000 covid deaths. president biden addressed that very issue. the death toll saying he was praying for those that lost loved ones. in california the first state to implement a vaccine mandate for all students age 12 or older for in-person classes. also the first to require masks in class. lava is still flowing from a massive voluntary kay no on island of la palma. there's massive amounts of lava traveling headed towards the sea why the rerupgs began september 19. since then thousands have evacuated as ash fills the air. this weekend kicks off the

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for today's rise up, i want to talk about police violence and a new study. a study completed by researchers at the university of washington and published in the medical journal "the lacet." this week it analyzed data from the last 40 years and found that more than half of the police killings over that time had been attributed to other causes but it gets worse. the study disaggregated the

numbers by race. since 1980, black people were 3 1/2 times more likely to die from police violence than white people. that finding lines up with data from the 2019 study from proceedings in the national academy of sciences which found that 1 in 1,000 black men and boys will die at the hands of police. 1 in 1,000. among all races more american men died in 2019 in police encounters than from testicular cancer and while there's campaigns to urge men to get checked for cancer those that advocate for police reform are dismissed as anti-police when we only stand against violence and corruption of police. this reiterates a problem in the police reform movement. a lack of data.

those of us in the movement have known about this problem for years. and this study just confirms it. back in 2015 then fbi director james comey testified to congress about the lack of a centralized national database of police killings calling it unacceptable that newspapers were the leading source of that information and still there's been little progress on that front. some nonprofit groups and newspapers like the guardian and "the washington post" have kept a database but we need more than that. we need justice for those killed by police. those thousands of americans who have had their killings covered up and misreported and need guarantees that this mislabeling of police killings will stop why that's why we march and have to keep demanding police reform and accountability. i am not against all police.

i'm against a broken system that brushes violence and death under the rug. a system that kills blacks and browns at a higher rate than anyone else. we cannot continue under a system like this. it is long passed time to rise up together and demand accountability. demand it from the precinct, the city council, state government. all the way up to police reform at a federal level. injustice does not rest. so neither can we.

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trump has been increasingly hinting at a third run for the white house in 2024. of course, it's left to the nation to determine how serious that threat is. while this week the house select committee on the january 6 attack issued 11 subpoenas to determine just how serious a threat that was. joining me now is georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan, a republican. he is the author of "gop 2.0 -- how the 2020 election can lead to a better way forward for america's conservative party." before we get to trump world, mr. lieutenant governor, i want to quickly get into the prems of the book which is essentially an autopsy of the party at a time when its leadership seems adverse to doing so. i ask because this would not be the first time that i've heard a republican contend the party

needs to be more inclusive or civil but let's not pretend that voter restriction laws started with trump. how can the party revitalize the image with that imagery, mr. duncan? >> appreciate the opportunity to be on with you. yeah. we have our work cut out for us. the book talks about a plan looking forward. i call it my pet project and i think there's things to remind america that we are good at. and also some things that we need to start to move our feet on and have real conversations. i think sitting down at the kitchen table of a single mom with two kids and two jobs and asking her what the problems are is a good place for the republican party to start. we certainly have our work cut out for us and republicans because of the fallout of the ten weeks of election debacle

that donald trump led there's a credibility problem. >> now, why in your view has georgia become such a battleground? in 2020 it seems that changing demographics gave joe biden the win and president trump's battle with members of his party may have handed democrats the state's two senate seats. do you think it's possible that same combination of factors could allow stacey abrams to win the governor's mansion? we heard former president trump say he might prefer that outcome to another term for brian kemp. >> the reality is that this is a battleground state because donald trump wanted it to be. he picked the pride over the party and we watched what that did for two u.s. senators. and unfortunately they hired donald trump as a campaign manager for ten weeks and didn't

work for them. i think georgia has a great opportunity to put kemp's resume on display. i will vote for him and he's led us through difficult times. i would guess an overwhelming majority of americans even folks that maybe didn't vote for him appreciate his leadership with a low unemployment rate. and the ability to continue to combat this coronavirus. and i also think that there's an opportunity for us to put conservative leadership on display and got to separate ourselves from donald trump. he is not going anywhere in georgia. he is going to continue to try to pick on everybody. a week ago he came down to georgia and spit in the face of every republican endorsing stacey abrams over brian kemp, the wrong move to make. >> broke clock can be right twice a day but you also got to deal with voting restrictions

and other things that seem base to the black and brown communities in georgia and these are things that the republicans need to deal with forthright. the other is the house select committee on january 6 issued subpoenas this week. going after white house officials and steve bannon. how long before we see that same current or same or current members of congress subpoenaed, those that spoke to trump that day or leading up to the fight they spoke to him and if they are found to have facilitated or lied what does that leave a stain on the republican party that they cannot get out and that will require real reform in the party? >> the unfortunate events of january 6 were embarrassing as an american.

forget the partisanship of it. there's an inability to take responsibility for the events that led up to it and then the nonacknowledgement of the events. i saw the subpoena. look. i have a lot on my plate, enough to do to run the state of georgia and promote the book but i noticed the names on the last round of folks subpoenaed and folks attacking me on social media as recent as a month ago. but i'm not proud to consider them republican. not a part of the future of this party and i look at d.c. and the white house and not pleased with the decisions made and afghanistan, inflation, some confusing nature of the vaccine mandates so i work to put a better plan forward and not look back. never going to try to repeat the events of january 6. >> the book is "gop 2.0."

while we're less than a year into joe biden's first term i do not underestimate the depth of the challenges he faces and the implications they may have. and i can't fully dismiss the chatter that donald trump could run again in 2024 with massive support from base republican voters within the party establishment. if that's where we are headed how can we possibly expect anything but much more of the same from the republican party? >> donald trump will never be the president of the united states again. history does not show any favorable pathway to that. i understand that it feels like he is the leader out republican party. he is the leader of the form -- former leader of the republican party. we are jockeys to putt strong leadership on display and if we want a serious chance to win the white house in 2024 we have to acknowledge the fact that donald trump is not going to be the

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while progressive and moderate democrats are battling ate out on capitol hill we have seen a notable shift in the party at the local level where a whole new generation of politicians have emerged with fresh ideas about how to deal with economic challenges and racial disparities. my next guest is one of them. democratic candidate for mayor of buffalo, new york, india walton. you said on the last time you were a member of national action

network and they don't endorse candidates but you have been a member there and spoke last saturday in harlem. saying harlem, the new york mayor went on "morning joe" this week and had this message for america's mayors. take a listen. >> i would urge every mayor in america, do it now. get the vaccine mandates in place. ahead of the cold weather. when things are going to get tougher. do it now or you will regret it later. >> according to the 2020 census, your city of buffalo has nearly 280,000 residents. i understand you are a registered nurse. if you become mayor, how would you intend to encourage vaccinations? >> yeah. thank you. thank you for having me, reverend al. i was in harlem last week and one thing i noticed is the vaccine requirements taken

seriously and here in buffalo we are using the honor system. masks are optional if you're vaccinated. i have called for a vaccine mandate. i believe in bodily autonomy and folks should wok with physicians but if there's not a medical reason or a religious exemption people need to be vaccinated. folks have the right to do what they want with their bodies but not the right to infringe on the lives of other people. this is a global pandemic. we have lost a lot of people and folks need to be vaccinated or stay home. >> in the primary you defeated the current mayor who is the four-time incumbent. if you win the general election you would be buffalo's first black female mayor air cross the country we're seeing many women of color challenge the political status quo. why do you feel this is so important? >> i think it's important

because we know that women care. and that doesn't mean that men don't but there's a different level of compassion and care for most vulnerable including the children, seniors and other women and when we watch what's going on in texas and the stripping of reproductive rights and knowing that we need care and love to get through this pandemic, i think that women in leadership especially women like myself, like those with health care background is what this country needs to move forward in a way that's safe, healthy and prioritizes all people. >> as mentioned earlier in today's show an eye opening new study published this week that reveals that police killings vastly misreported and undercounted in the past 40 years. in your city on june 4 of last

year during the george floyd protests an elderly man named martin was injured after police knocked him to the ground. this video of that act went viral as you no doubt remember. in the past four years there's also at least four killings of men of color by buffalo police an a number of other incidents of alleged brutality. you have been running on a platform with intricate plan for police reform. walk me through how you would enact it as mayor. >> there's no way that we can heal the community and re-establish trust between the police and the neighborhoods and the people that live here if we haven't addressed folk who is are bad actors. right? the cops who assaulted martin, the officers who have been found

guilty of all sorts of misconduct are not only held accountable but in many cases promoted. our state law and our city charter does allow for discipline to be exacted upon bad actors and as mayor that's exactly what i'm going to do so i'm not anti-police. like i'm being painted by my opponent. i am pro public safety and prevention. and the basis of that problem is a culture where police feel like they're above the law and above accountability and we have to get back into the culture of our local police department and government in order to be able to heal as a community and build trust that's necessary to be able to move forward. >> you have been described and describe yourself as a democratic socialist but if you

become mayor citizens will be more focused on the policy rather than ideology. what does that platform look like and what could it mean for the citizens of buffalo? >> i think that again my opponent is using that term democratic socialist to instill fear in people but talking about the policies of the walton campaign and the administration it is appealing to people. i call myself a democratic socialist because i'm a member of that organization but also because it gives me the language to speak about that all human beings deserve safe, affordable housing, a quality education and time for us to stop putting the resources at the top and waiting for them to trickle down and that's what the policy is centered on. people rooted in love and i will lead with love and care as i win this election and become the mayor of buffalo.

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last year's election changed who was in the white house, and we thought we would head down a different path, and we have tried to do so. but the last several days alone showed how we must fight to go down that path. when we look at what has happened with the fight around the infrastructure and the people's infrastructure bills in

congress, when we look at what has happened to haitians at the border and the need for immigration reform, when we look at what has happened with the stalling of the voting rights bill and the falling apart of bipartisan discussions of police reform, we still must choose and fight for the path that this country will take. that is why at the end of last year, i came out with this book, "rise up," to tell people how to get involved, what to do to rise up and guide us on the right path. well, i've reissued it now as a paperback and updated it and brought it all the way through the election, through the george floyd verdict, all the way to the march, august 28th, in washington around voting rights. you need to get this paperback, and use it as a handbook, because right now, we are still at the crossroads. we still need to rise up. we still need to make sure this country turns from a path of

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my colleague, alicia menendez picks up our coverage. >> i got to bring you a cake. happy early birthday. at this hour, the fate of the president's agenda on the line. after democrats decided late friday to shelve a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill. doing so until they can agree on a legislative framework for the reconciliation plan. here's what the president had to say today as he left the white house. >> there's an awful lot that's in both of these bills that everybody thinks they know. but they don't know what's in them. when you go out and test each of the individual elements in the bill, everyone is for them. my objective here is to make sure we put in place the things that are going to make life more livable for ordinary people. >> however, some action today in the senate, approving a 30-day funding extension for key highway programs that lapsed thursday when the house didn't vo