we've been kicked out of a million things. we think it is worth it and we'll keep going to these events. >> we appreciate you bringing it to us. one other interaction i was not able to play was taking apart a history and arguing against the taking down of the statue of andrew jackson which i thought was ironic conversation the covering we've been having all hour about the banning of books. the books about racism in this country. thank you, guys. good liars. great work. that wraps up the hour for me. i'll be back next saturday, sunday, 3:00 p.m. eastern. reverend al sharpton and "politics nation" starts right now. good evening and welcome to politics nation. tonight's lead, a bridge to the ballot. right now, as democrats try to

salvage the president's social agenda, his sweeping nearly 2 trillion infrastructure overall has already begun to remake america in a material way. with revitalizing public projects getting set up. federal funding coming down, and of course, lawmakers who voted against the plan now trying to take credit for it. and it comes as cities like pittsburgh are watching their roads, bridges and other public arteries quite literally buckle under the weight of age and altered environment or both. whether it is a city block or a country road, black americans rely more than anyone on public transportation. so built into the framework is the administration's emphasis on

equity, being subsumed by its recent challenges. in the conversations i've had last year, as the infrastructure fight drove democrats' priorities, that was always at least one of the selling points. whether it is black neighborhoods, modernized in advance of a changing climate and an evolving economy, or the department of transportation actively trying to reduce the disproportionate number of black deaths on our roads. still, it's an election year, meaning the president and democrats have to sell those points to black voters if they intend to weather tough mid-term races. where that vote matters most. not an easy feat even for me to explain. fortunately, my next guest is quite literally the best guest to do exactly that. and he joins me now. united states secretary of

transportation, pete buttigieg. nice to see you again, mr. secretary. >> good evening, reverend. thank you for having me on. good to see you. >> i know that you want to get into what your department is doing on equity and we will. but i have to begin by looking into what happened in pittsburgh just two days ago. a bridge collapsing, injuring ten people, literally hours ahead of president biden's visit to the city to tout the infrastructure framework. as you know, a scene the president talked about with the administration plans to do about our deteriorated public works in pittsburgh. and elsewhere, for our audience who missed it, take listen. >> they're going to fix them all. not a joke. this will be a gigantic change. 43,000 nationwide. >> now, i appreciate the president for always being so succinct, but that last part

about the 43,000 bridges we have nationwide. i hear that and i wonder how many of those are in similar condition. how much are we at risk because of our failing infrastructure, mr. secretary? >> well, the truth is that we have allowed far too many of the bridges around the country to fall into poor condition. now, that was a shocking example, what happened in pittsburgh. a bridge should never actually collapse. and right now, the national transportation safety board is on the ground determining exactly what happened. but we know that we run those kinds of risks as long as we've tolerated our degraded infrastructure. one of the reasons the president prioritized this historic law. and within that law, there is a big priority on investing in bridges. we'll be able to fix thousands and thousands of bridges, thanks to the funding that is in this law. we're talking about big bridges

and big cities. small bridges in rural areas. sometimes that's what makes the biggest difference to a resident. you live in an area where a bridge goes out. whether it actually falls apart or more likely closed down or restricted for safety reasons. and then you have to go another half-hour or more out of your way. that changes commutes. it increases the cost of goods. trucks delivering groceries have to do the same thing. it is unacceptable and we're working now to fix it. we have already loaded the funding. billions of dollars of it into the highway system even though it is really weak since the bill was signed. we know that's one of the first things we have to get out the door. >> mr. secretary, the biden administration came in with a mandate to promote racial equity. extending initiatives. and this week, you launched a new strategy to reduce the rising roadway fatalities over the last two years. but if i understand correctly,

even then, black motorists are disproportionately at risk. how is the administration in your department tackling this through the new strategy? >> we're living through a crisis in roadway deaths. they have been on the rise and it is approaching 40,000 death as year. we would never tolerate 3,000 people a month being killed on public transit or in air travel. and yet we as cray have gotten used to it when it comes to our roads. not only that. even though it is felt everywhere. it is not felt equitably. going into 2020, deaths nationwide were up 7%. we're up more than 20% for black americans. a number of reasons going into that including the fact that historically black neighborhoods are often less likely to have the kind of streetscapes that make it possible to get across to where you ned to go safely.

this is about pedestrian safety as well as that of those in the vehicle. we need to take action. and we're putting dollars behind it. the federal programming for thing like safe routes to school, safe roads for all, and reconnecting communities where people have had to make dangerous crossings to get across town, just to get to work and school. we have to change that. and that's something we're determined to do. one of the best things to do with these dollars that have come through bynum infrastructure law. >> and how would you cast the mission within the wider mission. biden administration's now second year? >> well, the overall focus of this administration is to deliver for americans. the first year was extraordinary while facing extraordinary challenges. on delivering things like getting shots into arms. getting checks into pockets. creating jobs never seen before for any president in the first

year. we know wave long way to go and i can't think of a more basic exam of how government needs to deliver for americans than transportation. just making it possible to get to where you need to go. i view our responsibilities as fitting into every part of the priorities. we were just talking about safety being the core reason my department even exists. you look at equity and why we need to create economic opportunity in equitable fashion. you look at climate. transportation is the single biggest emitter of greenhouse gases which means it can be one of the biggest places to find solutions and we're working to do that. you look at economic strength, job creation for the future, getting america ready for competing with the rest of world. notably china, which requires good infrastructure. all these things fit in transportation. it is not always the flashiest topic but i view it as a central piece of what the president, the vice president and the whole administration are trying to get done.

>> now keeping with the equity agenda, mr. secretary, the last time i ran into you, we discussed concerns. we randal into each other in the white house, in fact. and we discussed concerns that i hear all the time. that as the infrastructure overall gets going, and the federal contracts start coming down. black contractors, contractors of color, will be left out of the allocation in employment. we're not at the job sites. we don't see people at the construction sites in our community. what is your department going to do to refute those? >> yeah. we'll be proactive about it. i hear it everywhere, too. we have so many areas where there's a black neighborhood or a largely black community. and they get neglected for a long time. haven't seen the transportation spending. then a project comes to the neighborhood. finally comes to that side of town and people look around and say, wait a minute. none of the people in the hard

hats, none of the people doing the work, making the earnings that go with the good-paying construction jobs, none of them look like they're from around here. they don't look like me. we have to do something about that. the best way is to focus both on the business owners, making sure that more businesses, black-owned businesses, businesses owned by people who have been historically underrepresented have a seat at the table. but on the work force side. making sure the trades are recruiting more people into the work forceful we know we need the work. one of the biggest challenges to getting this bill implemented will be having the work force to do all these projects. we know that it pays well and there are all these great opportunities. but there are all these barriers as well. so we'll be proactive about it. the last administration canceled the program. we've restarted it. a local hire program. that we specifically encourage projects that hire from around the neighborhood, around the

area where the project is going in. on friday we announced our raise program. one of the biggest discretionary programs eflt with about a billion and a half dollars a area now to fund all kinds of projects in every part of the country. now it is specifically. in program, a share that has to go to historically disadvantaged communities. and we have to keep tearing down barriers. i was in kansas city. i talked to the heavy constructors administration. these first black woman to have that job and she was talking about the barriers that the workers face that she's working with to try to get them chances to have the construction opportunities on things like a big airport project there. one of the things she cited was the cost of getting trained. that's why secretary walsh, our secretary of labor and i are working together on apprenticeships. another is childcare which points back to the rest of the president's agenda, build back better. that's not just family policy. that's good work force policy

and it will matter for equitable access. >> certainly we'll be following up and watching those developments because that's a serious problem. and from a civil rights point of view, we really, really want to bear down and see results. now, democrats had hoped to pass both parts of the president's infrastructure agenda at once. both the physical component and the president's social spending plan. otherwise known as build back better. now, some democrats are calling for some elements of the bbb to be cut out and passed individually ahead of the mid-term elections. a fact president biden has signaled support for. where it relates to the climate crisis, the "washington post" is reporting that some climate activists are arguing against this piecemeal strategy, worried about further stalling the bbb and the more than $500 billion in climate spending at its core.

how do you respond to that concern that they've expressed? >> well, i think what we share is a concern for making sure that it gets done. i don't want to get too caught up in the strategy. i know there are a lot of different discussions about ways to get it done. we know that any one piece of the build back better agenda, if could you put to it a vote with the american people, it would pass overnight. americans know we have to lower the cost of childcare. we have to lower the cost of health care. we have to do something about our climate. the american people get it. that hasn't been enough to get things through capitol hill. what we know is that america is ready for this and like i am, this is economic policy. if we can make childcare accessible to every american, not only is it the right thing to do for families. it is one of the thing that makes it possible to have a stronger labor supply. the workers we need, men and women alike, to be out in the field, doing everything from taerkts and engineers to digging the trenches and stalling the

electric vehicle chargers and improving the roads. rebuilding the bridges. we see that all of these things fit together. climate, health care, childcare, and the infrastructure work that i'll focused on. and one way or the other. whatever the process is. we have to get it done. >> before we lose you, how enduring do you expect current delays in our supply chains to be? and what is the transportation department doing to mitigate the issue? >> so we've been doing a lot in the immediate term to deal with the issues we're seeing in our ports. i want to make sure everybody understands. it is not a matter of the ports processing less than they're used to. they're handling more than they ever have. the demand is even greater than that. this has been a lot of creative work. i've been on the ground in long beach, l.a., salve an, a georgia, seeing the work the clear out the empty containers. to get to your question, what will it take to get to the other

side of this, three things will have to happen of one, we have a big fundamental and big investments. and we're working on it right now with some of the grant supports and bridge improvements and everything else. two, of course, we have to put the pandemic behind us. the reason we see she's issues, the back-ups at the ports or the grocery store, it has to do with staffing, with these variants. people being out because of covid outbreaks. the third thing, maybe the biggest thing would make a difference. something the president talks about all the time. if more of the things we buy in america were made here in america. so we didn't have to wait for a ship to bring them over from china. that's a big focus of the administration and i think a big part of how we can rebalance supply and demand so we can get what we need when we need and it create more american jobs while we're at it. >> secretary buttigieg, thank you for being with us this evening. republicans have made schools a political battlefield. after the break, i'll show you

how to rise up against this. and later, my political panel will discuss how supreme court justice steven breyer's retirement could impact mid-term races across the country. but first, my colleague with today's other top news stories. >> thank you. here are some of the stories we're watching this hour. severe winter weather on the east coast has left mounds of snow, flooded coastlines and many without power. massachusetts got hit the hardest. nearly 40 inches of snow. roughly 30,000 residents remain without electricity. in florida, thousands are also without power as the state combs with unusually cold temperatures. spacex is expected to launch tonight. covid cases in the united states have surpassed 74 million

according to the nbc news tally. over 887,000 americans have died from the virus. and tensions. extra ships are going to eastern europe. russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops along the ukrainian border as fears of an invasion continue to rise. more "politics nation" after the break. "politics nation" afr "politics nation" afr the break. wait! who else is known for nailing threes? hmm. can't think of anyone! subway keeps refreshing and re...

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for this week's rise-up, i'm taking you back up to school. in case you haven't been paying attention in class, republicans are quite active on campus right now. pushing miseducation on subjects like critical race theory to hijack school curriculums in states such as virginia, the party of so-called small

government, has decided the governor should design lesson plans, not teachers. the new rules are enforced by conservative activists. many of whom don't live in the community or aren't even parents. who show up at school board meetings to spout conspiracy theories and threaten administrators. we've explained many times on this show that crt is not taught in grade school. it is a law school topic. but of course, that was never the point. the right's real aims have become clear as they have broaden their attacks to any historical topic that makes them feel threatened. these antics have resulted in the banning of books like beloved, the bluest eye, to kill a mockingbird, and most recently, maus. a colick book about the holocaust that you can no longer find in one tennessee school

district, but just rocketed to number one on amazon. it is ironic and tragic that the republican party which claim to be petrified of socialism, has embraced tactics of centralorship and denunciation normally associated with the soviet union and communist china. glenn youngkin who has made himself the face of the revolution on education, even set up a tip line for parents to report any teachers that teach, quote, divisive subjects. winston churchill wrote, those that failed to teach history are doomed to repeat it. so i'm calling on parents to save our history classes before it is too late. the far right forces our education system, taking advantage of the facts most

parents are too busy to organize against them. and they play on people's legitimate frustrations, with how many districts have handled the covid-19 pandemic. the best way to counter them is to get involved in your children's education. show up at school board meetings as a voice of reenls. the one thing these culture warriors fear most is an army of informed and engaged parents lined up against them. it is time to rise up and teach them a lesson. we'll be right back. lesson. we'll be right back.

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"new york times." "the new york times" columnist. sarah, late this afternoon we learned the biden administration is considering more than a dozen candidates to replace justice stephen breyer on the supreme court. the republican senator of mississippi made, raised some eye introduces. he made statements that raise someday eyebrows friday with his comments about president biden's vow to choose a black woman for the supreme court. take a listen. >> the irony is that the supreme court is at the very same time hearing cases about this sort of affirmative racial discrimination. >> yes. >> and while adding someone who is the beneficiary of this sort of quota, the majority of the

court may be saying at large, it is unconstitutional. we'll see how the irony works out. >> now, we should note that republican senator lindsey graham who actually sits on the judiciary committee has said that he does not object to president biden's promise to nominate a black woman. given all that, are you concerned about the potential racialization of this nomination process? >> yeah, i'm concerned about it. i'm concerned that a lot of republican there's take the opportunity to embarrass themselves with points like senator wicker made. but the fact is, his suggestion is that somehow these black women are not qualified. but by all accounts, they are qualified. and i think he went on to say that he thought that bth's nominee would get zero votes from republicans and i think he's wrong about that. i think some of the nominees are qualified that they could get three, four, five, maybe even

more republicans. i think this will be one of those races opportunities. as lindsey graham said today, he was talking about one of the candidates from south carolina who he thinks is terrific and he is very supportive of. so i think that you will see a large majority of republicans use it to embarrass themselves and another group of republicans might use it as an opportunity to actually elevate the party. >> your if i can thoughts on the supreme court situation. >> well, i'm certainly not as optimistic about republicans elevating themselves as sarah is. i think that we're going to see a lot of demagoguery. a lot of attempts to put an asterisk next to this nominee that somehow they are an fertile action choice. -- an affirmative action choice. i think it is worth remembering that donald trump said he would pick a woman to replace ruth bader ginsburg. ronald reagan said he wanted to

put a woman on the supreme court. this is not something new, people saying they want more representation and presidents making those promises, civically or otherwise. and this is something that biden said he would do in the campaign. he promised jim clyburn. so arguably, he might not even be president if he had not made this promise to jim clyburn. so i would expect republicans to do everything they can to suggest that whoever he nominates isn't qualified, or isn't as qualified as somebody of a different race or gender. >> now, michelle, switching gears to foreign policy. the ukrainian foreign minister has asked russian officials to pull back their troops along the border of ukraine and continue diplomatic engagement. in a new poll, it shows only 29% of americans say they support deploying troops to eastern

europe to counter the russian threat to ukraine. as tensions escalate, do you think domestic politics could be a problem for the biden administration? as it looks for solutions to this international crisis? >> i don't know if it is a problem for the biden administration because i don't think the biden administration is very keen to deploy troops or get into a hot war with russia. i mean, my heart really breaks for those ukrainians who have standing up to russia all these years. i was in kyiv in 2019 and interviewed people who had been part of the revolution, who had gone into the streets to overflow a russian puppet, who were so proud of the government they have turning toward europe. so may heart really breaks for them to have this looming over them. the united states right now, i think there's no domestic appetite for any kind of new military engagement.

>> sarah, trump held a rally last night in texas. he teased another presidential run and suggests that he might pardon people involved in the january 6th insurrection if elected. in a new "washington post" article, do republicans love donald trump as they once did, it makes the point that some republicans are less positive about him since the assault on the capitol. do you see support for trump waning among republicans at all? >> well, here's what's happening. there is a certain segment of republicans who are never that keen on donald trump to begin with. and some of those people drifting away. they're looking for other alternatives going into 2024. what you see at the rallies is donald trump, he knows as long as he holds on to his pretty sizable base, that he can dominate in a republican primary and go on to be the republican

nominee. so for as long as we're in these early stages of people thinking about 2024, donald trump will try to dominate that space, own it, hold on to his base and tell everybody, hey, i got 51% of republicans still with me who want to see me run again. and even if they're looking at somebody else, nobody can beat him. >> now, michelle, let's move to covid. scientists say there is a new covid variant circulating at low levels in nearly half of the u.s. the sub variant is nicknamed stealth omicron. and it is 1.5 time more transmissible than the original. you write in your new piece titled, what does it may not to be done with covid, and i'm quoting you. quote, to have more normalcy. we need less illness. that means doing all the things public health people drone on

about, especially getting more people vaccinated and boosted, which still reduces the risk of infection as well as hospitalization. end quote. at times, over the course of the past year, it felt as if we might be getting back to you recall in a. but each new variant has posed new challenges. how do we deal with that? >> so from what i've read, i don't know that it will post challenges that omicron hasn't already posed. it is more transmissible but not more virulent. it is basically, what we've seen so far but more so. in places like new york where omicron has already infected so many people. there is not that many people left that don't have any immunity at all. other parts of the country are different. but i think it is really important for people to remember, we all know that there are tons of breakthroughs with omicron. so the vaccine is not a guarantee that you're not going to get infected.

and i think we all know the vaccine will mean if you do get infected, it will be a lot less severe than it might be otherwise. everyone in my family has recently had covid except for me and it was an inconvenience but not more than that because everybody is vaccinated. but it's also really important to remember that the vaccine does still inhibit transmission. just because it is not a guarantee, if you look at the numbers in new york of infections of unvaccinated versus vaetd people. the difference is staggering. the way to slow down transmission is still to get as many people and boosted as possible. >> all right. sarah long well and michelle goldberg, thank you for being with us. coming up, jesse jackson jr. joins "politics nation" to discuss redemption, religion, and how he says both are related to politics. s both are related s both are related to politics.

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i've known my next guest literally all his life, since he was 3 or 4 years old. i became a student and a meantee of his father when he was that age. he is now author of the new book, the finger of god. joining me now is former congressman jesse jackson jr., democrat of illinois. and son of my mentor and

colleague, the reverend jesse jackson. and with him, dr. james a. falls, president and founder of the healing of the nation's ministry, and the former pastor of riverside church in new york. thank you both for being here today. let me go to you first. i was fascinated with reading this book. you are a part of a very politically active family. after serving in congress and later going to prison for fraud, you have seen life's ups and downs. how did seeking redemption spark the idea for writing this book? you talk about redemption. you go all the way back to the founding fathers and you talk about, you started developing this while you were doing solitary confinement for helping prisoners trying to get out of jail, trying to appeal to get out of jail.

the book is amazing, in how you bring us to the founding fathers and talk about what's going on in the penal system today. >> thank you for having me. in 1995 when i was elected to congress, i served under three presidents. william jefferson clinton, george w. bush, and barack obama. and for 17 years, i watched three presidents as a representative pardon turkeys on thanksgiving and i struggled whether or not the founding fathers had turkeys on their minds when they elevated the idea of granting clemmency to end shape, blame and guilt in a person's life to the constitution. i don't think so. during the obama administration i watched the first african american president exercise the exact same power as his predecessor. so color has nothing to do with it. after pleading guilty for using my campaign funds, as you correctly noted, i then started talking with other men who needed the benign prerogative of

redemption is that forgiveness in their lives and i've been helping them fill out pardon applications while i was incarcerated. and i was accused by the prison of organizing in prison and they threw me in solitary confienment. for three days, i had a spiritual revelation. i discovered something that john adams and thomas jefferson and james madison called the finger of god in the constitution. they placed it there for such a time as this. and for nearly ten years i began research on this project. i solicited the help of dr. james forbes and dr. cornell west to help me round out the project and the culmination of that work is the finger of god. >> this book suggestions the presence of god is necessary for god to prevail. tell us more about what makes that and what this means to you

and what it looks like. >> thank you so very much for giving me a chance to share with jesse jr. and with you. what this means is talking about the finger of god, is that you cannot even believe that america could be america without a divine providential presence back of our process of becoming. so i have had a mission since 1984, where the spirit spoke to me and said, jim, your job is to help promote the renewal of the spirit in america. and during all of those years, since 1984, i've been listening for those who are speaking in ways that might contribute to the spiritual renewal of our society. this book surprised me that jesse jackson, i had worked with him as the briefer.

but here is the congressman giving evidence that he believes a providential presence of god is necessary to hold us together as a society, to make us truly democratic society, and when the society loses track of god, loses track of spiritual values, then character begins to be flawed. and maybe the explanation right now of why our nation is in the situation that it's in is because somewhere along the line this nation lost track of the source of spiritual power, making it possible for us to be a true democracy. >> this book reend forces the notion that the presence of god belongs in the constitution of the united states and in the moral fabric of this country. now, how does this ring true for what the country is going through in this current moment,

jesse? >> well, make no mistake about it. a discovery of a new constitutional interpretation that touches every facet of american life. not just the 68 million men and women, federal and state who paid their debt to society and deserve clemency from the president of the united states, and pardon, who deserve clemency and pardon from governors within the states, but what are the ramifications of dr. forbes' message and the message of this book for climate change? we know we have a green new deal. we know people are talking about a green new deal. how do we separate the creator from creation? how do we separate the harm that we as human beings, democrat, republican, liberal, conservative, all around the globe. we're separating ourselves and the creator of creation from any discussion about the climate. and what must we do including but not limited to repent and see redemption for changing that. a new constitutional interpretation that identifies

for the first time in american history the finger of god placed there by the founding fathers of our country is a real interpretation, and it has real consequences for every facet of american life and every policy from the moment of discovery forward. >> how does it may into right now? in the political and, frankly, social division that we're seeing. >> the reality that the earth is the lord's and the fullness there of. i just had a chance to mention at henry mitchell's funeral yesterday. the idea that we have gotten to the place that we want to be a nation where values such as truth, where values such as compassion for the lowly, are no longer considered a part of american sensibility. somehow until we begin to

recognize that if america is to be a place where the american dream has any value, there has to be respect for truth. respect for justice. there has to be respect for the lowly. we can't treat the people who are poor as people who don't matter. all of this is a part of our heritage. it's in the constitution. we have to go back and get it if we expect to be a great democracy. >> and as you go throughout this book, jesse, you talk about, we need to make it live and the finger of god is a very insightful book. and i might add, jesse. a lot of your father's work, and training people like me is one of his students was always one based on this kind of morality. you wrote it and weaved in the constitution. even people dealing with slavery the way you break it down. how can people get the book,

jesse? >> the book is available at amazon.com. go to amazon.com and type in the finger of god. jesse jackson jr. it will come up and i'm very interested in your feedback and your thoughts and your reviews. >> reviews. >> jesse jackson jr. and the dr. reverend forbes, thank you for being with us. stay with us. dr. reverend forbes, thank you for being with us. being with us. stay with us visit your local t-mobile store today. (vo) for me, one of the best things about life is that being with us. stay with us we keep moving forward. we discover exciting new technologies. redefine who we are and how we want to lead our lives. basically, choose what we want our future to look like. so what's yours going to be?

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that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here next weekend at 5:00 p.m. eastern. alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now. >> thank you very much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i'm alicia menendez. americans are weighing in on president biden's promise to nominate a black woman to the u.s. supreme court. a new poll shows 76% of those polled believe all possible nominees should be considered instead. that view is shared by half of democrats and nearly all republicans. senator susan collins today trying to push the narrative that this pick is inherently political. >> and what president biden did was, as a candidate, make this pledge. and that helped politicize the entire nomination