on of course msnbc. american voices with elise him in and's will return next week. and until then we wish you the best. now you can watch and summon as she comes on with yasmin -- reports. >> hey, rev. thank you. great to see you as always, my friend. thanks for the toss over. rachel, by the way. hello, i'm yasmin vossoughian. we're looking to the january 6th hearing which is going to air this tuesday. it's going to be a very big week ahead when it comes to this hearing. the focus is going to be on the pressure campaign. former president donald trump put on stakes in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential

election. specifically, they're looking at the state of georgia where he asked raffensperger, we remember, this to quote, find him enough votes to win, and in that now infamous phone call. we will be hearing from raffensperger and his deputy, gabriel sterling, a name we know well as well. focusing on the pressure trump put on the former vice president, mike pence, to not certify the election. now one member of the january 6th committee praised pence this morning for resisting trump's pressure. >> in a time of the scandalous betrayal of people in office and crimes being committed all over the place. somebody who does their job will stand out as a hero on the day. i think on that day he was a hero for resisting all of the pressure campaigns and the course of efforts to get him to

play along with this continuation of the big lie. this big joke that he could somehow call off all the proceedings himself. >> all the public hearing so far, they've shown the former president is this really driving force right behind the election lie behind the january 6th insurrection. we want to get a lot into all of this. kind of recap and look at what we can expect at this week, especially as we focus on georgia, the infamous phone call. with me now, melissa murray, cleave woodson junior, eugene daniels. welcome all, you guys. thanks for joining us on the sunday afternoon. cleave, let's get into this first with you. let's talk specifically about -- what will we be expecting from the testimony and involvement of raffensperger, and of course, his deputy gabriel sterling. we all remember that incredibly emotional press conference he

held back in the summer of 2020, i believe. and what's she said essentially, it's all gone too far. enough is enough. what are you expecting to hear from them as the focus now turns to the states? >> yeah, so last week was very much [inaudible] now we go out to georgia. official state legislatures getting phone calls, having contacts with the most powerful person in the world. saying i want you to find elections for me. be involved in this aimed to overturn the election. -- we saw heroes, we saw villains. [inaudible] the folks that stood up to president trump and others who resisted him. >> melissa, we know the doj, the attorney general has been

watching this testimony incredibly closely. he has been watching the committees work very closely. deciding as to whether or not there is any kind of path forward when it comes to prosecution. if you are looking at possibly this testimony from raffensperger, gabriel sterling as well, specifically in the state of georgia, you remember that phone call, but i mention in a runoff to our panel, what will you be watching, especially from the standpoint of someone who was a member of the doj. someone who is a prosecutor and watching this testimony? >> i imagine that all of the doj officials who are watching all of these hearings are looking for evidence, or at least more evidence that points to president trump's state of mind at the time all of this was unfolding. critically important here, beyond the fact that this would be an unprecedented prosecution of a former president is the fact that in order to make any of this claims, crimes against the nation's stick, you have to

be able to show that the former president had an intent to commit a crime. this is incredibly difficult when you are dealing with someone who is an unrepentant liar. the fact that he says something does not necessarily -- or his intent to go the other way. if he said yes, i know joe biden won this election, that would be useful, but he could also further go on and say but i was lying when i said that and didn't actually believe it. they really have to get to this question of why did he think as all of this was unfolding? >> can you tell me, as you've been watching the testimony play out over the last ten days or so so far, because it is really coming down to this question of intent. you heard the attorney general, former attorney general bill barr and so many folks that were incredibly close to the former president. going into the presidents oval office, and in fact looking him in the eye and saying, it's all bs. this is not accurate.

your false election claims do not add up. do any of those prove that the former president had said that he knew what he was saying was not true? or has not gone far enough yet? >> again, this is the problem with trying to discern the intent of someone who is a known liar. we have that testimony from the staff that said at one point, can you believe i lost to joe biden? then she later notes that once he gets around people like rudy giuliani, so the question of what is his intent? what does he know at any given moment? this is all shifting. things that make it difficult, because you really do have to make out this question as to his state of mind, not just his actions. >> eugene, there's obviously the question of prosecution. will they pursue prosecution at the doj level? that's in one bucket. the other question is it's it's going to change hearts and minds when it comes to the former president? it seems like that is truly the

intention of the january 6th committee. especially as we are marching towards midterm elections come november. what are we hearing when it comes to that? >> i think the thing that's been most interesting that have been hearing from folks is that they realized this may not be about the midterms. all of this is being -- when it comes to the political -- political implications. it's about 2024, right? one, and most importantly, this committee sees this as a clear and present danger, currently to democracy. it's not just about laying out history and caressed -- correcting the historical record about what happened. it's also about saying, we are telling you would could have happened and this is still happening. we are starting to see people be elected to say they are willing to overturn the voters if they are elected in november. but then when you talk to republicans, one of the things that we keep hearing from some of the operatives, which is really interesting, is they keep saying things like this is a commercial ferrante santas. the governor who many think might run for president in

2024. that because you have this quote unquote takedown of donald trump over and over, and over again, and this committee hearing, by his own people! not just by immigrants. not just by liz cheney and adam kinzinger. you see bill barr, his daughter, his son-in-law, talk about the way he was doing around those times and thinking. that was good for other republicans who want to run for president. -- on fox news earlier this week it was said that what's happening could be good for republicans. many republicans will not say it in front of a camera, even reporters, but they want to see someone move donald trump out of the way so they don't have to. it shows just how much power he has in this republican party right now. still. >> that's fascinating, eugene. can we pull on that threat just a little bit here? i've been curious as to how we have not necessarily heard a lot from someone like mitch mcconnell. you can't help but wonder if

mitch mcconnell is kind of allowing this whole thing to play out and hoping the former president will implode amidst all of this testimony. there is that. i want you to weigh in on that. i also want to know, without revealing your sources of course, who in fact was saying this is a commercial -- a trump voter may not necessarily be iran desantis voter. i don't think anyone is fooling themselves it's thinking a trump voter will jump ship and they're voting for donald trump, they voted for him in the past. they will likely vote for him again. >> yeah. on the point of mitch mcconnell and some of these other leaders of the republican party, you are hearing them -- as you are watching all of this unfold, they were also there that they. a lot of what we have been seeing and hearing, if you've been paying attention, if you're a reporter or someone who cares about democracy, you've been watching this since 2020. since the election, we've seen a lot of this play out in realtime.

especially on january 6th. there's not much you could say to counteract that, especially for someone like mitch mcconnell, who we know was worried about the impact on january 6th, saying donald trump had something to do with something we saw on january 6th. the folks you are hearing say this is -- for ron desantis, these are folks who have been around for a long time. they are trump supporters. they probably vote for him if he was the nominee for the republican party. this has been going on since 2015 when donald trump started running for president. the republicans keep hoping someone else takes donald trump out when it comes to his political ambitions. you kept seeing republican after republican in that primary hoping that one of the other nominees, or one of the other candidates was going to make him go away. that has never happened. that is continuing partly because of the blow back -- hoping that it's going to happen shows you that the

republican party, in many respects, have not learned their lesson when it comes to donald trump, waiting for someone else to move him off of the main stage. it has not happened yet and it seems hard to see how that is going to happen. >> cleave, i'm curious. i'm wondering if you have any reporting on how republican voters are reacting to this testimony and the public part of january 6th committee investigation in swing states. republican voters in swing states. how are they seeing this? >> one, it's still too early to tell. i think [inaudible] when i talk to voters in the swing states particularly, if folks are on trump's side from the very beginning, some of them are very much still buying into the big lie. you have to remember a lot of the republicans see this as partisan, as inherently

political. so, i'm not saying they're not going to sway any hearts and minds, but it remains to be seen how much it's going to deter, her swing or impact -- >> melissa, i always love to hear your opinion on stuff like this. i know it's hard to make an educated guess when it comes to this last question, but i will throw it at you anyway. if you want to just kind of dodge it, you can. it's up to you. do you predict or foresee the former president facing any consequences? >> i think there will be consequences. we've all been focused on the prospect of criminal prosecution from the doj. there are also civil suits against the president by members of congress who were on the run for their lives on january 6th. i don't think we should focus on exclusively on just a criminal liability. civil liability can be as pernicious and as effective. the standard for determining whether someone is civilly liable is lower. this could be a civil judgment

that make -- donald trump, which would certainly get him where he lives. i think there are many alternatives here and we shouldn't focus exclusively on criminal liability. >> thank you to my guests. eugene, i'm not done with you yet. i'm going to see you after the break. thank you, friends. coming up in our next hour, you don't want to miss this. ayman moye dean will interview keith ellison. we are going to drill down on the big lie and how it's still hurting states like his. you don't want to miss that conversation. first, coming up next, a conversation of the overall impact of these hearings as the committee lays out its findings before the american people. will any of it changed their minds? we talked about a little bit earlier. we will get into more of that coming up. also ahead, the cdc recommending young kids under the age of five, finally, who can get that covid vaccine. i'll speak to a doctor about it and what we can expect for the rollout in the weeks ahead, and

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-- there is no grandstanding, no preening. there are no petty partisan squabbles. there is only the relentless march of evidence, all of a deeply incriminating to a certain former president who keeps insisting that he was robbed of his rightful election victory. turning now to my guests. eugene daniels, you're back with me as well. max, i gotta say, your piece was incredible. very honest, to say the least. you are skeptical about the public part that this investigation and it seems like -- >> right, exactly. i think the january 6th committee has been very effective. they're not acting like a typical congressional committee. you don't see all this preening, all these numbers competing for

airtime. you don't see every member getting five minutes -- you don't see all the partisan squabbling that you normally used to. instead, as you suggested, this is coming across like a well scripted television production, where it's all about getting the truth out. it's not about grandstanding. it's very very effective because almost all the witnesses are themselves trump supporters trump supporters -- [inaudible] they are getting the straight story from a lot of people who were very much on trump's camp, and i think that has a devastating impact. anybody who is paying attention. >> there was public praise, obviously for the vice president, former vice president. there's been repeated public praise. oftentimes and testimonies like these and hearing like these there's kind of partisan squabbling between democrats and republicans from the get-go. there's really been no partisan

squabbling. i'm wondering though, max, if you're looking at adam kinzinger and congresswoman cheney as well, do you feel as if they still have a high standing amidst the republican party? i'm not talking about trump voters, but everybody else inside the republican party. not the trump base. >> there is no question that trump has done his best to ostracize liz cheney and adam kinzinger -- even though there were both republicans before donald trump was, and of course it was hard to ostracize liz cheney when she comes from one of the most eminent republican families in the country, obviously, daughter of the former republican adviser to the president. i'm sure it has an impact with the maga base. i'm sure they view anybody who is not the complete trump to a t as being a rhino or a sellout. but i think if there are middle of the road, independent voters tuning in, i think what they

see is that there are real republicans on this committee and that there are real republicans who are worried about the coup d'état that trump and his followers try to mount. evidently, it's a small minority of the republican party, but it's folks -- it's folks like michael luttig, the judge who testified last week. you can question its concern and credentials. we talked a little bit about this earlier, but i kind of want to talk more about this. the only portion that's issuing denials amidst all of this testimony of course is the former president. that's the person that we're hearing from. aside from that, we're not really hearing from any kind of prominent republicans. we talked a little bit about mitch mcconnell, obviously. i'm thinking about kevin mccarthy. those sorts of folks as well. even some of the former governor ron desantis. do you feel this is the kind of wait and see moments for any of these republicans watching how these hearings play out and see

how the public is reacting? so that they don't go on the record denying things or defending the former president. is it beginning to sway public opinion? >> i think for those who have not been going out there and spreading election lies willy-nilly, like a lot of trump supporters allies and congress, i think that it's with they're hoping to do is one, wait and watch how it plays out. there's a lot of great reporting and other news organizations across the country about what this committee is looking into. they may have found. there's a lot of things that we don't know a, lot of things that we don't know that they may have. i think people are waiting to see which she was made drop. because you don't want to get ahead of something like this, first of all. you said they were waiting to see how republican voters, not just trump voters, with their 30%, 30 something percent of the party, but looking at

people who are independent voters -- who vote democratic because they didn't like donald trump. those kinds of people who may be swayed by what we've been saying. because like max is saying, you're not seeing a bunch of partisans up there talking about how much they dislike donald trump and how he is a danger to the democracy. you've seen his daughter. you're seeing his former attorney general. you're seeing his son -- 's the former judge who was too conservative for george w. bush to put on the supreme court, right? these folks are up there are saying that this was, basically talking about a conspiracy. talking about overturning the election. most importantly, how it's continuing to the state. and i think that suede's more voters and we expect it. we didn't know how many people were going to be watching these hearings. the first primetime hearing, i think more than 20 million people watched. so that tells you that this is not just the folks in

washington d.c. and new york who care about this, but people across the country. >> yeah, that's absolutely right. if there's anyone engaged -- its ratings. watching how many people are actually tuning in to these hearings. we are going to see how it plays out in the coming week as well. max, eugene, thank you as well. coming up, the cdc making a huge announcement. recommending covid vaccines for young kids. i'm going to speak with a doctor about the logic behind this decision and what we can expect in this upcoming rollout. plus, russia's invasion in the ukraine creating a food supply crisis, reaching well beyond eastern europe. we're going to talk to a reporter on the ground and the latest in the war in ukraine. we will be right back. telast in the war in ukraine we will be right back. we will be right back.

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showing homes and fire in the eastern city of sumy by russian shelling, it's not letting up. but neither has western support for the country. the white house announcing over one billion dollars in military aid to ukraine last week including anti-ship systems and artillery rockets as well. british prime minister, boris johnson, with a meeting with president zelenskyy pledging aid, military training as well. meanwhile, the head of nato warning that the war can go on for years. and urging nato members to keep the support coming and then today zelenskyy warning as ukraine gets closer to -- ramp up its attack. and could even target europe. nbc's aly -- the of ukraine. ali, it's always great to see you let's talk through some of this. we got this warning from nato, so i want your reaction to that, i also want to talk about what president zelenskyy said today, saying this is the beginning of area store week, saying essentially quote, i'm talking about the possible status of

the european union, joining the european union, talk to me about what we're hearing about this, and of course, the warning from nato? >> hi yasmin, you speak to any ukrainian here listen to any ukrainian commander and they'll tell you that this war shows hallmarks of being a long grinding war for quite some time now. and the head of nato, jan school camber, confirmed that today. he said the west has to be prepared to support ukraine, and a war that could last years. he admitted that the cost of war is gonna be very financially high for the last. but allowing moscow to achieve its military goals, it's gonna be even greater, and that's what moscow is doing right now. they're really hitting the eastern front hard in this war, they're throwing everything they have in this sievierodonetsk area, and you spoke to a russian soldier today, he told us that that

although the ukrainians are really grateful for the enormous amount of help that the americans have given them, that billion dollar aid package, it's just not enough. he said they've given us 36,000 rounds of 150 millimeter on munition, but in comparison the russians are hitting that i'm with about 50 or 60,000 rounds of ammunition per day. in the sievierodonetsk, as they watch this huge bid to take that entire area over. they're bringing in reserves from all over the country to do that, but the ukrainians are putting up a fierce fight. let's take a listen to what that soldier had to tell us, and we can discuss the other points on the other side. >> the fighting is worrying. particularly, [inaudible] a couple days, couple weeks in severodonetsk. it's not severe, it's very hard,

a lot of artillery, more shells, and multiple rocket rocket launches, industrial area of the city itself. >> and he was telling me, yasmin, a sunday that whole area has been laid to waste. they cannot even sleep at night because the shelling is so intense, it doesn't let up morning, noon, or night. without the fight, it really speaks to the fighting spirit of the ukrainian people here. to go back to your point about what zelenskyy was saying, he saying this is gonna be a monumental decision for their european union. since 1991, it's gonna be their most important decision to see whether they're gonna allow ukraine to have candidates the status to join the european union. as we spoke about yesterday, yasmin, that's a very important step towards full membership. but there's still a long way for full membership, there's a lot of skeptical european

politicians, that is still very hesitant to allow ukraine to get full membership to the eu, something they desperately want here. >> ali, while i have you i do want to touch on what we're hearing, essentially from top un officials, this possibility of a global food crisis. folks don't necessarily know, ukraine's a major exporter of grains, because this invasion and russia has closed off a lot of sports, which could easily cause famine across the world. that we won't be getting what their need from ukraine, what are we hearing about this, and the possibility that this is in our future? >> absolutely, look, the un is saying that right now, this year, because of this war there experiencing food shortages. if this war carries on, at this pace, next year we're not gonna be talking about food shortages, we're gonna be talking about famine and starvation. and this is all russians doing, as you mentioned, ukraine is a massive export of grain, they

ship out about five to 6 million tons of grain every man, the lion share of that green leaves some black sea port's, which the russians have cut off. they need to get it off by trains, trucks, that's causing huge logistical problems for the ukrainians. they can only get a trickle out, and of course the new harvest is coming this year, so they've got about 30 million ton stop now, the new harvest is coming, that's gonna trickle. they're having storage problems to. >> all right, ali, as always thank you. coming up next everybody, as lgbtq+ folks celebrate pride month, targeted threats against the community are on the rise. we're gonna take a look at new initiatives aimed at deterring hate crimes across this country. first, a preview of what's ahead later on tonight on msnbc. >> hey there, i'm ayman ho, medina name into the special american radical themed of, are looking ahead to the next january six committee hearing, i'll be joined by --

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five protesters showed up, foreigner by 200 counter protesters, supporting this event. and just last week, a group of proud boys interrupted a drag story hours chatting transphobic slurs inside elaborate, in the bay area. this is all coming after police arrested 31 suspected white nationalist, blocks from a pride festival in idaho last saturday. the rest come thanks to a tip called in 9-1-1, my resident reporting men and masks, piling into you all trailer. which is exactly, by the way, what police found them when they pulled that you all over. but now charged with conspiracy to riot. attorney general, merrick garland, in the idling -- deterring and confronting hate crimes across. really not been coming just days after ten people were killed in a buffalo supermarket today that officials have called racially motivated hate crime. nbc's pete williams have the details from washington. >> one of the biggest challenges is getting a good understanding of exactly how widespread these incidences

are. so, one of the new initiatives intended to help police identify a crimes, and to encourage people in minority communities to report them. doj is launching a program to get more help from taking calls from immigrants, who don't speak english. the attorney general, merrick garland, announcing $10 million in grants, to help states set up new hotlines for reporting these crimes, and to encourage police to do a better job of recognizing them in the first place, gathering the data. doj's also providing more support for community based organizations, civil rights group, to promote awareness and preparedness. the fbi says the number of hate crimes has been rising, with more than 8300 in the latest tally. that's the largest number in the past two decades, much of the increases because of attacks on black and asian americans, and pacific islander victims. pete williams, nbc news, washington. >> thank you to pete for that. coming up next everybody, celebrating juneteenth,

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celebrations are underway committing juneteenth [inaudible] -- for more insult today celebration, -- is with us from chicago. >> hi there, we're seeing a dramatic celebration across the country for the second year where the federal government's recognizing the juneteenth holiday. that's especially the case here in chicago, with dozens and dozens of events from parades, to festivals events like the one we're at right now. you hear some of the performances behind me -- this event, westbound's houses and then you also have a focus

on black businesses. that we are seeing right here, lots of vendors, lots of boos focused on small black-owned businesses. you know, this brings up the idea of the tension that you're seeing as there's many larger corporations that are starting to commercialize and. this we know walmart releasing apologize for a juneteenth special edition i scream, they had. there is a children's museum that release the juneteenth watermelon salad, we're seeing a lot of backlash online so people here saying it's about the focus on small businesses, back on businesses, and mixing the family festivities. listen to what a couple people tell. me >> if more companies had more people in decision-making positions who could help inform those conversations they would think of more nuanced, better ways of recognizing the holiday. >> you must profit as a company, to do so in a way that is not offensive, that doesn't perpetuates stereotypes, and that really is thoughtful.

>> folks also telling me there having more people understand and know what's juneteenth is all about. that's backed up by data. gallop polls that came out recently showing 57% of americans say they have similar allotted familiarity with juneteenth. that's an increase from 37%, just last year. it's aided by events just like this, all across the country. back to you. >> all right, thank you to shaq for that, as we mentioned it being juneteenth, it's also the significant day in the civil rights calendar for the a ip community. 40 years today, vincent chan was killed in a racist attack on the night of his bachelor party. two auto workers beat him to death with a baseball that in detroit, michigan. they say the autoworkers targeted him they thought he was japanese, accusing him of stealing their jobs. the 27 years -- with a chinese american immigrant, killed just a week before his wedding. the case came national attention in part because of

this lenient sentence handed down to chin's attacker, they never serve jail time for taking his life. they never served jail time. but chen's death would have a lasting impact. it was a moment of reckoning for asian american groups, civil avid ceo out of that tragedy those organizations still relevant to this day as the aapi community faces another spike and racist attacks from coast to coach there marking the anniversary of chin its death making it clear there's so much to be done to protect its their community. that wraps it up for me everybody, i'm yasmin vossoughian, -- but right now, look at who it is. a man meridian on the screen with us. ever so briefly, we haven't been on to -- happy father's day. >> since the, thank you so much yasmin, we haven't been on since our time together on first look -- now they say, their weekends are the new 5 am, that's here

we are, just like old. times >> is that what they're saying, okay i'll go with that but. >> i say to myself, now that i work on the weekend. i just need to say really quickly, thank you so much for closing the show out on that story about vincent chan. i had no idea about it, i'm embarrassed the say that i did know the back story. i think it's a very important reminder for everyone out there. because hate crimes are on the rise. becausthank you your team for pg them in the spotlight. >> yeah, incredibly important not only to honor juneteenth today but the life of its engine. today but the life of it engine welcome to a special edition of ayman moye dean. we will be back next week with american voices. this hour we begin with the business of trumpism and evidence that the former president leaned on his supporters to fly his own plot line his own pocket books. --