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unsealed by the justice department. among those documents, the search warrant and property receipt of once the fbi was after, both obtained by nbc, and confirming an investigation into potential crimes associated with violations of the espionage act. after the agency removed nearly two dozen boxes of material, 11 sets of qualified documents, some of them top secret. were removed from trump's mar-a-lago office six days ago. two months after a trump lawyer signed a letter saying all classified material had been returned to the government. that is according to new reporting from the new york times, citing four sources familiar with the letter. regardless, over the last week, their response from republican
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politicians has ranged from uncritical solidarity with trump, to an increasingly marked silence, as the depth of the implication becomes too extreme to dance around. of course, that hasn't stopped many from trying, as some republican lawmakers continue to demonize federal law enforcement. even after one january six insurrectionist has already died this week from targeting fbi agents in cincinnati. and across white right-wing social media, the language has gotten even darker. as trump supporters call for violence against attorney general merrick garland, the justice department even the fbi agents who merely did their job this week. the drama has overshadowed what
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would be an unabashed victory lap for president biden and democrats. the inflation protection act, passing yesterday in congress. a long stretch party lines. but, we are now less than three months before most of america boats in a midterm election. the obvious political question, whose base will be more energized by any of these developments. a massive politicsnation show tonight, after a historic newsweek. so let's get right to you. joining me now, congressman destiny hoy o, democrat of maryland and the house majority leader. congressman, hoyas, thanks for joining us tonight. we are going to get you. >> glad to be with. you >> were gonna get to the trump is in a minute, the first of all, a big win for democrats. the climate, and tax, and health care bill passed the
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house yesterday. on a party line vote, appearing to cap a slate of victories for democrats, and of course president biden ahead of the midterms. which will get to shortly. but for the american people, that are watching this show. what does yesterday's vote mean to them? >> it means that we are going to bring their health care costs down, prescription cost down, we're gonna make the affordable care act continue to be affordable for those who are struggling. and we are going to also make sure that people pay their fair share of taxes. so those at the lower and, under $4,000 don't pay more because the people at the top are not paying their fair share. in addition to that, we are going to make sure that insulin cost for those on medicare are kept at $35. and as i said, we are going to negotiate on drug pricing through the year. so, it was a really very
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significant step, and you said it was a victory for democrats and for biden. well it was a victory for was for america, and for americans. because it will, as the previous three legs on what i call the table of opportunity and success which was the american rescue plan which got money people's pockets, it got kids in school, which people thought was necessary appropriate. and we get shots in arms, which is why most people in america now aren't wearing masks, because most people are vaccinated. and then we passed the infrastructure bill. it's going to create hundreds of thousands of jobs, going to deal with broadband, to deal with water pipes that are not toxic for kids and others. we are going to deal with roads, bridges, highways, and roe and airports and sea ports. that's a big bipartisan victory. and then reverend, as you know, we passed the chips bill.
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which is going to energize a manufacturing site, it is going to put ships back in cars and every electronic device that we use, and we are going to make it in america. we are going to make them in america. we are not going to rely on the unreliable. so those three bills, plus the bill that we just passed, are an extraordinary accomplishment in a congress that is evenly divided in the senate and we only have a four vote majority in the house. so, i have served, as you know reverend, for about 40 plus years. this is one of the most productive congresses for the people that i have served in. >> oden, now this bill is important. the chippewa certainly provide jobs. one of the things, and you know by civil rights work down through the years. you and i have worked together many issues. and where those that have been disproportionately the one suffering with health care needs, climate needs where we have seen a lot of the waste
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dumps put in those communities, it will be disproportionately helped by this because they are the ones that need the impact. so, i think it is really a major piece of legislation. of course, i always want more, but it's a lot. >> reverend, it is the biggest investment in the environment, ending climate challenge in the history of the world. and it is going to make a real difference as we deal with what we clearly see se heating up the globe, and the heating of america, and the challenges that the environment is causing us, that with climate change in the heating of the earth. so, it is a big deal. >> and as you know, we in the community guy pushing for more but it is a big deal. now let's get into the week that just was. a week that started with the unprecedented fbi search on donald trump's mar-a-lago
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estate, and ended with the revelation that trump, a former sitting president, had documents removed from that is seen as part of an investigation into potential violations of the espionage act. now, as house majority leader, what can you tell us about the conversations democratic leadership has been having going into the week in congressman, because this is startling even for donald trump. we are talking about possible espionage, here. >> well, reverend, i am not so sure it is donald startling for donald trump. donald trump treads very closely to not following the law in so many different respects. and not honoring what is the law, what is tradition, and what ought to be done. so, i am not so sure that it is out of character for donald trump. but having said that, i really don't know a lot more than you know, and the public knows from reading the papers. but i will say this. you talk about the discussions,
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this is happening, it is very important. nobody is above the law. and i am astounded by the hypocrisy of republican supporters of trump who were hell-bent to put hillary clinton in jail, hell-bent to have her investigated, and applauded all of the work that comey did, which i think may have cost for the presidency, and then we say this is unprecedented. trump is not president now. hillary clinton was not president then, he is not above the law. as you pointed out earlier in your opening statement, the lawyers had said, all the papers were turned over. clearly, all the papers were not turned over and some of those papers were top secret. there may have been a violation of the espionage act, which is a very serious criminal endeavor. but, very frankly, one should not be surprised with the president to invite people to come to washington, who incited them in front of the white
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house, and then deployed them to an insurrectionist action on the capitol when we are counting the votes for president. >> it is interesting to me. we are out of time, but these are the conservatives who would say to people like me in the civil rights community, don't question the fbi, don't question the law, blue last matter. and they're the ones who are now threatening fbi agents, and questioning the authority of the legal law enforcement officers that they always preached about. it is absolutely 180 degree turn. and i had to bring that up, thank you for being with me majority leader -- >> you are right. and it is an additional incitement. and people are at risk. but thank you for your speaking out. >> thank you, for coming on majority leader the house of representatives tinny why oh congressman from maryland. joining me now is political
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panel susan del percio and we need to tolliver both msnbc contributors. susan, donald trump's politicize the fbi sort of his home, and made himself out to be a victim. this mobilizes his millions of supporters who think this incident was politically motivated. today, the new york times reports a trump lawyer signed a statement in june stating that all classified material had been returned to the government. this, according to four people with knowledge of the document. if trump's lawyers were not totally forthcoming with investigators, it could explain the fbi's decision to serve a search warrant this week. meanwhile, attorney general garland, and the others at the doj, have the challenge in the investigation of striking the balance between carrying out a
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legal obligation and being aware of the political implications. what is your take on how attorney general garland has handled this investigation, and the inevitable backlash from republicans? >> merrick garland has done an incredibly good job of balancing the needs of holding people accountable, and being aware of the political situation but not playing into it. there are a lot of people who are frustrated that mayor garland did not take action on other things against donald trump, today, especially what we have learned from the january 6th committee. but, this man is thorough, he is precise, and he does not pull the trigger unless he thinks he has got the goods. and that is what is important, here. donald trump can heaven ha, and talk about all of the nonsense he wants. i hope he fire since lawyer, that is the case. and this lawyer would now. i think would face disbarment.
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so, there is that. and donald trump will have to explain, if in fact he led to his attorney. but the point is is that donald trump simply does not care, rev. when we talk about these classified documents, it is important to remember that we were talking about sources and methods, these are peoples lives. donald trump does not care about anyone but himself, and he is willing to put the men and women who protect this country's lives on the line whether it be overseas, or over her own home, whether the fbi agents we basically gave out their names on the warrant, put them in jeopardy. we have seen it play out. he just doesn't care. >> well, juanita, the latest trump news unfortunately overshadowed the great week president biden has had on tuesday biden side the 280 billion dollar bipartisan bill to strengthen domestic manufacturing of semiconductors. the following day, a bill
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expanding health care, benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn kits became law. and on friday, the house passed the inflation reduction act, which the president plans to sign next week. now considering the fbi search of trump's home, rallying up republicans this week, and the legislative winds from democrats, which party has the most enthusiasm going into the midterms, and will it last? >> we have, you know i'm going to side with democrats on this one. even though there are stories in the headlines overshadowed this week, you better believe that the president that the white house will be making the noose as those bills make it to his task and he signs them, and there will be new rating for the american public exactly what that means. and, house majority leader -- made it explicitly clear. historic climate investments, critical change isn't tax law to make sure that the wealthiest pay their fair share, and lowering drug prices. i think, the other thing that will help make it last is going to be the fact that they paints
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a very clear contrast with the republicans. point out that yes, with for example the burn pit bill, republicans are voting against critical health care for veterans. with the marriage equality act, and the bill that they put on the floor for a senate vote for that. republicans are voting against the ability to marry who you love with this inflation reduction act. republicans are voting against capping insulin cost for seniors at $35. going point by point, i think it's gonna be critical for downing kratz to keep this energy going. because what they have here is energy that is not only going to be fully whoever seized by democrats, but also independent. because when you talk about republicans trying to paint trump as a victim, for example, we know the cap on that is only with the people who already support trump. i think i saw a recent poll that showed that only 33% of voters said that the fbi search at mar-a-lago was unjustified. whereas, you have the vast
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majority of the rest of the voting population saying that it was justified. including 47% of -- . >> democrats and independents, said it was justified. >> that's exactly. right >> susan, let's turn now to more legal trouble for the former president. the new york times reports, a man had to use the supreme court judge on friday declared throughout the criminal case against donald j trump's family business and its longtime chief financial officer. now, this comes after trump invoked the best amendment right, his fifth amendment right, i should say against self incrimination wednesday. he didn't nearly 450 times. what is your reaction to trump refusing to talk? >> well, i thought donald trump said that if you take the fifth you must be guilty is something, and only mobsters take the fifth. so i am not sure where donald trump exactly stands. but you know, the manhattan criminal case is something
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really interesting. deep in that article. guess what, rev, jury selection for that case starts october 24th. so, it is just days before the midterm elections. and i think it is something that everyone, when you look at the calendar, it really should wake everyone up that trial is going to start with jury selections in new york against donald trump's organization. that may be a motivating factor in itself to get democrats out. >> you know, that might be the october surprise. or the fact that maybe we are beyond being surprised with trump worlds. juanita, amid trump's other state and federal investigations, he has hired a prominent atlanta criminal defense attorney known for defending rappers to represent him to the special grand jury. they are investigating whether he legally tried to interfere with the 2020 election in georgia. what do you make of this case, and we are out of time so
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respond quickly please. >> it just shows that trump is scared. it shows that he is especially when he is on tape, requesting that the secretary of state finds votes for him. it shows that he is scared, especially when you have giuliani and lindsey graham also set to testify here. he knows that he is next, so he is building his team to prepare for that. >> juanita tolliver and susan el presidio, thank you very much to both of you. up next, from banking to blue to bashing the fbi, why the gop's attacks on law enforcement this week should come as no surprise. and later, former white house senior official, amorous a magical new man joins me to share her experiences with how the trump white house handled sensitive information. but first, my colleague richard newly-with today's top news stories. richard. >> rev, great to see you. ukraine's defense intelligence
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agency telling up new provocations at the russian occupied nuclear plant in southwest ukraine. ukraine and russia are blaming each other for the shelling of europe's largest nuclear plants. each side, saying there were ten hits on the facility thursday. the suspect who stabbed a claimed novelist salman rush she was charged with attempted murder and assault. new york state police say today that russia she is 75. he is currently in critical condition. according to his agent, rush she is on a ventilator, cannot speak, and is likely to lose an eye. president joe biden said in the statement released this evening that he and the first lady are quote, praying for his health and recovery. the los angeles police department is no longer investigating the car crash that left actress anne heche illegally brain dead. previously, police are looking into whether heche was driving under the influence after drugs were reportedly found in her system. heche crashed in her car into a los angeles home a week ago. and suffered a brain injury. she was 53 years old. more politics nation, with
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again reminded us what they really mean when they say they are the party of law and order. when the fbi served a search warrant on former presidents mar-a-lago club, the gop didn't rise up to back the blue and urged the former president to comply respectfully with their request. instead, many spent the early part of this week insinuating that the fbi was conducting a corrupt operation. to try to frame trump. here is what a few of them had to say. >> no, there is no security that something wasn't planted. i'm not saying that that is what they did. >> his lawyer said that they brought in backpacks, what was in those back facts? today bring those into fill them up, or do they have something in there? >> we know that they doctored
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evidence, we know that they planned evidence, we know they had evidence. we know they. why >> do i know that the boxes of material that they took from mar-a-lago, that they won't put things in those boxes to entrap him? how do we know? >> they preclude me from watching what they did, but at this point i don't necessarily think that they would even go to the extent to trying to plant information. i think they would just make the stuff up. >> the right to hysterical reaction to the search appears there have been violent consequences. on thursday, a man died in a standoff with police after he tried to breach the fbi's cincinnati office. nbc reports, the gunman was a trump supporter who was present at the capital on january 6th. and posted his confrontation with the fbi in realtime, on trump's social media platform, truth social. the new york times is citing sources which claim, even
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trump's allies have asked senior republicans to turn down their aggressive rhetoric against the justice department and the fbi. it was attorney general merrick garland who stood up for the law enforcement and gave republicans what they were demanding to see. the search warrant. which they could have gotten from trump, had he been willing to release it on his own. the republican reaction to former president trump's latest scandal reminds us, yet again, that the gop elites in two systems of justice. leniency for themselves, and strict enforcement for everyone else. we remember all too well, have republicans obsessed over hillary clinton's handling of emails while she was secretary of state. and this week, former president trump himself even tried to insinuate former president barack obama somehow mishandled documents.
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although there is no evidence whatsoever to support the claim. when it comes to ordinary americans, no form of justice is too rough when trump spoke at cpac last weekend, he drew thunderous applause when he spoke about swift trials for drug dealers ending in executions and rounding up the homeless to be placed in encampments by rallying around trump this week before all the facts were revealed. many republicans, this week, reminded us yet again they want a country where justice is far from blind. it is a world some of their most extreme supporters stream of. but it would be a nightmare for the rest of us. i got you. t you. t you.
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over mar-a-lago search and it's revelation continues to grow, what's our former trump white house aides thinking? are they surprised that the house of their former boss's search by the fbi? is part of the investigation into possible espionage violations, or does it remind them of just another day at the office? as always i have the perfect guest. joining me now is -- former senior white house adviser, white house, to donald trump, and author of unhinged, and inside account of the trump white house. amara's, and nice to see you. you might be one of the most perfect and timely guests we could have tonight after this past week. you know donald trump well you
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worked around him as a candidate and then in the white house what is your gut reaction to the last six days from the marilyn lego search to yesterday's unsealing of the search warrant? >> red, thanks for having me on. >> of all the legal blows, this might be the one that's most dangerous for the united states it's not just concerning that he had these documents my big question is what did he do with these documents? who did he show these documents to? who has he shared them with? has he compromised our national security? certainly, donald trump had no respect of the fact that we had to preserve these records for the presidential records act, throughout my time in the white house. trying to brief him was impossible because you would tear them up and throw them in the trash. never would i manage and that he would take documents intended to be shown in the
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scif, in these secure, compartmentalized places, and take them to mar-a-lago. this is really dangerous for our country, rev. >> when you say that, my mind goes back. i remember not long after he had been sworn into office, we saw photos of him showing some documents on his desk at the oval office to lavrov, one of the heads of the soviet union. it was outrageous. if he would do that in the oval office, you have to wonder why he brought these documents to mar-a-lago, and who he may have shown them to. >> i can tell you that donald like to keep whatnot's and notes and letters. he would keep a box, in fact, anytime he flew, whether you on trump force, or air force one, anytime i flew with him, the seat next to him can contained a box of things that he wanted to go through, things you want to look at. some of those documents happen to be happened very carefully,
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because you could tell a sensitive document, rev. i've worked in the white house, twice. i've worked for two u.s. presidents. worked for three u.s. agencies. and never once accidentally taken a classified or sensitive document home. i can tell you there's very few homes in the united states that have any type of classified document. donald just really has no respect for the boundaries, for the limitations, and for the systems put in place to protect you and i. to protect our country. and to make sure these documents don't fall into wrong hands. >> we know that several months ago, they took ten, or 15 boxes. there is a letter signed by his lawyers in june saying that they'd given everything up. now we are hearing what's going on with all these new boxes, new pieces of classified and some very serious documents.
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why would they withhold them? what would be the reason. you worked in that environment. would they have -- where they careless? do you think, given that you can't testify, given the environment that you worked in, is this something that trump could've instructed to be done, particularly when a lawyer said you already have everything months ago? >> rev, you've known donald trump longer than i and you know that he thinks that he's strong smarter than everyone in the room. he probably thought he could outsmart the fbi. he probably lied to his attorneys. it would not surprise me. what's abundantly clear is that donald trump had an opportunity in earlier parts of this year to hand over everything from mar-a-lago to authorities. donald trump and his team made the this decision to not hand over those documents. the reason this is so significant is that you know this justice department has
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been so careful. they would never, ever go back -- after trump this way, unless they already knew what documents they were looking for. there are numbered, every single one of these documents has a numbering system. they probably knew that if there were things missing, they knew exactly where to go. one of the things that's interesting to me is in the reporting is that there may be somebody on the inside guiding the fbi to know exactly where to look. mar-a-lago is a huge place. i've been there so many times. for them to know exactly where to go, and where to look for these documents also lets you know that donald trump has really gone all the way in terms of retaining these documents, and not handing them over properly. >> when you have someone and identified as an informant that told them exactly where to go, and he says it's a huge place that everyone would have access, do you think it's a senior staff member? some are saying a member of the family. what is your hunch? >> my hunch is that there's someone who cares more about this country, about making sure
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that our nations stay safe, then they do about staying lil to donald trump. i would applaud that person for making that move if in fact it was a insider. >> quickly, before we run out of time, to these latest developments make you think that donald trump is less or more likely to run for president again? >> because he likes the big grift, he's gonna run, because he needs money to continue to fund all these legal battle -- battles that he faces, reverend sharpton. >> it's not a great reason to run, i think you know him better -- >> he was fundraising after the fbi raid. he sent out a fund raising email. we know at it. is >> all right, well omarosa, thank you for being with us tonight. omarosa, thank you. after the break oh talk to a florida democrat seeking to take on governor ron desantis.
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ron desantis is looking to serve a second term. primary elections are set for later this month, august 23rd, to be exact. joining me now is one of the democrat seeking the nomination for governor, nikki freed, who currently serves as florida's commissioner of agriculture. thank you for joining me, the commissioner freed. >> thank you for having me this morning, reverend. >> this week governor desantis was quick to defend former president donald trump as he decried the fbi's raid of the former presidents palm beach home in mar-a-lago, calling it a weaponization of federal agencies, and of quote. what's your reaction? >> you know, wet run desantis did was he escalated the situation by calling it weaponization. we know that this was a calculated risk that ron desantis did.
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knowing that, the support for donald trump, it's only going to gain favoritism to that base. but unfortunately he's escalating the situation. the irony is just the week before, he removed a duly elected state attorney, in hillsboro county, weaponizing his department, his agency, his overhead, and unfortunately this is something that's very dangerous to our democracy. so the fact of the matter is that ron desantis is a great threat to our state, a grave threat to our nation, because we know that donald trump is the greatest threat to our national security. and the fact that ron desantis is escalating the situation and showing support, we've been very strong in opposition to that. >> all right let me go to this. on friday the house passed the inflation reduction act, a sweeping democratic bill aimed to combat climate change and extend health care coverage which is now ready for biden to sign off with a signature. now analysts have called this bill the most ambitious
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legislation passed on climate in the nation's history. it could cut u.s. emissions by 40% by the end of the decade. last tuesday, experts at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration released their forecast for high tide flooding in the u.s., and stated that southwest florida is expected to see daily floods by 2100. other experts have also previously warned that, due to rising sea levels caused by climate change, highly populated floridian counties such as miami, could be flooded by three feet by the year 2080. the climate emergency already has caused human displacement and damage to infrastructure. how do you plan on addressing these issues in your home state to prepare for these crises
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that are inevitably in floridians future? >> it's already happening here. florida is ground zero for the climate crisis. it's something i've been working on for three and a half years, as the commissioner of agriculture. we're seeing hotter summers. we're seeing wetter winters, and making sure that we're about to have a 30 year anniversary of hurricane andrew. i was born and raised in miami. we all thought that was going to be a once in a lifetime storm, and unfortunately we're seeing this happen in almost every single year, threatening the united states. these are important issues that we're seeing all across the state, every time that it rains, not just these mass rainstorms, but every time it rains you're seeing flooding. and personally are seeing a lot of this flooding happening in minority communities, where they haven't had the money and resources. so we're -- working with the state government, with the local government, and of course the federal government to take these resources and put them in the communities that are going
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to need it the most. we're ready for this influx of this climate change, we've got to make sure that this is a climate rescue. we are rescuing our climate with this landmark legislation, landmark dollars, and making sure that we're utilizing these resources to make sure that we are preparing for the future. the crisis is already here in the state of florida. unfortunately, we've had three decades of republican control of our state that haven't been making this a priority. now i have to ask you this. last thursday job governor desantis suspended the top prosecutor in tampa, andrew warren, accusing him of incompetence and neglect of duty for vowing not to prosecute those who seek or provide abortions. warren has since vowed to fight his suspension, and has also accused desantis of trying to quote, overthrow democracy in florida, by suspending him. this is come after desantis signed a new law back in april,
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which took effect at the start of july, the bans abortion in florida after just 15 weeks of pregnancy. and does not to make exceptions for cases of incest, rape, or human trafficking. what is your response to this, and also how do you plan on protecting abortion rights in florida? >> first of all, this is a complete overreach of government. and again, the hypocrisy that ron desantis went after the fbi, less than five days after when he had his own law enforcement and local law enforcement come in and physically remove a duly elected prosecutor, that the people elected to protect them in their communities. this is atrocious. and this is one of our greatest threats to democracy, is rhonda santas. instead of letting the people that county make that decision, he came in and removed a prosecutor from making a decision which he hasn't even done yet. and so, this isn't even about
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the abortion ban here in the state of florida. this is about democracy. and so, but i have said on forceable day one when i am governor of our state, declaring a state of emergency for women's reproductive health care, i have already been working with attorneys and local organizations on the ground here in the state of florida to make sure that we have that right to privacy for abortions here in the state of florida, and voted back on to the constitution. it is already there as a right to privacy. but unfortunately, my guess if i had to get that that's very conservative supreme court of florida is going to uphold these 16-week abortion ban, and take away mine, and millions of women's rights in the state of florida. so we need to have a new constitutional amendment, that i have no doubt that the people here in the state of florida are going to support. but unfortunately, rhonda scent is doesn't care about the people on the ground. he doesn't care about democracy, all he cares about supporting insurrectionists and supporting his bid to become president of the united states in 2024. but we are gonna stop him here in the state of florida. we are going to need all hands on deck here in the state, but i've absolute guarantee that we
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are going to make it happen in november. >> nikki free, thank you for being with us this evening. after the break, my final thoughts, plus this week's headlines including a story of justice denied. despite decades of work. e decades of work. e decades of work. ♪ ♪ this is the moment. for a treatment for moderate-to-severe eczema. cibinqo — fda approved. 100% steroid free. not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults who didn't respond to previous treatments. and cibinqo helps provide clearer skin and less itch. cibinqo can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections and do blood tests. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b or c, have flu-like symptoms, or are prone to infections.
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highlight a few more stories that you may have missed this week. more than six decades after the murder of emmett till, a mississippi grand jury has declined to indict a white woman whose false accusations allegedly triggered his lynching. the jury determined that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute caroline bryant during, on charges of manslaughter and kidnapping
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which will make her very unlikely to ever be charged. three white men have been given additional sentences on federal hate crime charges after the murder of ahmaud arbery. father and son gregory and travis mcmichael were given life sentences, while their neighbor william bryan, has received 35 years. and finally, i went online and our capacity of the head of the national action network to get the eulogy of breonna greer, a young black woman who died from her injuries as a result of falling out of a police car while in custody. they had handcuffed her, brought her to a police cruiser because her parents said that she was having a mental health episode. once you are in custody, you are responsible for them. how did she fall out of a moving vehicle? was she seat belted? why wasn't the door a lot? we demand justice.
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we were joined at the funeral services by the mother of another breonna, breonna taylor who saw federal charges on those officers that led to breonna taylor's death two years ago. we keep fighting, and we still keep fighting until justice is something that we are not just aspiring toward, but is expected. we will be right back. l be right back.
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thanks for watching. i will see you back here tomorrow at 5 pm eastern, for another live hour of politicsnation. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. >> thank you so much, as always, reverend sharpton. hello everyone. i am alicia menendez. new developments this hour in the ongoing saga involving mar-a-lago and donald trump. the saturday, new insight into what led to this week's search by the fbi, for classified documents from the trump era. nbc news now able to report that former president trump's treatment of government documents, top secret and otherwise, have longer alarmed his advisers. one former aide describing trump as a quote, back right. national security adviser john bolton says, trump, quote at a habit of taking stuff that you would never see again. this
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