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politicsnation. tonight's lead, tipping point. -- strong winds are blowing in donald trump's world. and then appear this week, that at least one of the investigations are circling trump has reached a critical mass. that of course being new york attorney general tish james's probe of trump illustrate business. lodging at a minimal that trump's old evaluation of his properties constituted a massive decades-long fraud. not denied -- that defined his organization. of course, the revelations were met mostly with silence from congressional republicans.

as a house gop was more concern this week for the unveiling of 2023 agenda ahead of midterm elections in just six weeks. that agenda on surprisingly focused on crime and the border. both issues providing a backdrop for the ongoing drama over the falls relocation of hispanic migrants to liberal cities by red state republicans. one of those cities being the one i am reporting to you from. new york city. and in a few moments, i will talk to the city's mayor. eric adams about steps he is taking to how stranded migrants and push back on the gop campaign stunts. all of that tonight on politics nation, including my -- mom my got you moment will be on the one state that has banned more books than any other state in the country. but we start with politics.

joining me now is congressman ro connor, democrat of california. congressman thank you for joining us. tonight i have to begin with perhaps this week's biggest news. not of course is new york attorney general tish james, filing a suit against donald trump and the trump organization. including three of his children, alleging that trump's overvalued has properties, for over a decade. and that is children and the top trump organization officials were in on it all along. what if anything surprises you about these charges? >> well shouted i'm not surprised because we had oversight hearings about this very topic years ago. and michael cohen and other people in trump's organization basically under oath told the committee that the trump organization is over valuing these properties. and is engaged in financial fraud. he admitted that under oath.

i get the attorney general james credit for following the law and following the evidence that is been out there. >> congressman, minority leader kevin mccarthy laid out the house republicans 2023 agenda, just yesterday. and president biden, enter and blasted it as light on details, not consistent with many republicans have been saying on the campaign trail. especially as the pretense of supporting law enforcement groups, like the fbi or odd abortion. what do you make of this proposal to public platform especially when it does, when a contrast with what they really have been campaigning on on the ground? >> well shocked and i know you're won four straight talks, let me just be blunt. i don't care what it says in that document, i will tell you what will happen if the republicans they control the congress. they will be talking about hunter biden the whole time. as it happened last, week there was a hearing on oversight

about how to get peoples lines to be better, all they wanted to do was have hunter biden. all they wanted to do is have investigations into this presidency. if we give them the power, it will be two years of obstructionism. if the democrats are never gonna do more to actually lower prices for the middle class to create for manufacturing jobs. they put in a bunch of stuff on crime and border. that is not what they tend to do if they win. talking about if they take over, let's talk about right now, you are the chair of the house oversight of committee on the environment. you have been working with president biden to re-fashion his climate agenda. you said that america should win the green imagery race. and analyzing it, you have really made it an analogy to the space race. and now we see this devastation in puerto rico. why is that still struggling with catastrophic flooding and

widespread power outages after hurricane fiona? despite billions, literally billions being allocated after hurricane maria. what the state ever help them out maybe? >> well we should give them the right to choose whether that state order is self determination. the house democrats have passed a. bill i should pass the congress. to give them the right to choose their own governance. right, now they don't have other state to have their own governance. president biden's newest of the federal government will pick out one month of cost of what is happening in puerto rico. we need even more, heavy investment to rebuild that infrastructure. and i just want to say the president biden deserves an enormous amount of credit for the inflation reduction agenda. it is the largest investment in climate, that anyone has ever made in any country. and you, know our grandchildren will be reading about that. >> congressman, last question

as you say i like to talk straight plain and simple. just about 6 to 7 weeks until mid terms, what else can congress do on voting rights issues that we are seeing across the country? >> well sharpton -- 50 clergy up. they had a simple point. keep voting on the voting rights act. keep voting on making sure that the child tax credit is permanent. that is a difference between somebody being evicted or being able to stay in their apartment. keep voting to make sure that we actually are giving folks health care. and a livable wage. you know the republicans vote 70 80 times to take away people 's health care. we figure we vote once and then we are done with it. now let's go on the record and vote and show the american people what the republicans actually stand for and what we stand for. we need to engage clergy for. -- i'm sick and tired of them

doing that. >> as that was a last question, i have to ask one more. i notice you and the iowa you thinking about running for president yourself congressman? >> i'm thinking of supporting joe biden fully, 100%. as not a political ads, or he is a person who can beat donald trump. and then trump around again and i'm looking forward to working as hard as i can across this country to reelect joe biden. he is on a lot, he doesn't get enough credit for what he is done. that is someone who supported bernie sanders last something we have to rally around our president. >> you are big bernie sanders man, not i'm sure it is something that biden people are hearing you say. thank you for being with us congressman, roll counter. joining me now, kelly robinson. the new president of the human rights campaign. thank you for joining us. miss robinson, you recently became the first black queer woman to lay the large lgbtq advocacy group in the country. the human rights campaign, pro the audience.

tell us a little more about the background and your plans for the organization? >> absolutely, thank you for having me. that human rights campaign is the largest lgbtq+ advocacy organization in the country. we are fighting for freedom and liberation without exception. and as a black queer woman, as a mother and a wife, it is so clear to me that for me to sit here and celebrating and respected and these identities that i hold, it's because of the work of organizations like the human rights campaign. it's because of some new generation of folks who have fought for the kind of change it allows me to live the life of my dreams. and i'm coming to this work in this moment from spending decades and the fight for reproductive health and rights and abortion access. it is okay to me that we are in a moment of crisis. we are in a moment of urgency. so i'm coming into this role with a mandate, a mandate to get to change for our people. took out of our rights into law and build the kind of political power to get victories today in this november but also to strengthen our democracy in the

long term. >> now your previous job, it was with planned parenthood action fund. and obviously, that work was on abortion and abortion is on the ballot in november. i know your predecessor that the human rights more than anybody i know had done a lot of intersectional work. got a lot of us and silver rights groups together. and you are now there. will you continue this intersectional work. according to the hr sea citing data from the centers for disease control, lesbian and bisexual women who have been pregnant are more likely and heterosexual women to have had an abortion. kely and thinking about that with midterms in mind, do you get the sense that democrats have engaged effectively with queer woman on the issue of abortion? >> thank you for that question,

the first thing you have to say is the only way for us to move forward is intersectional. our people do not live single issue lives. as a black woman and mother and, wife i know that i also know that because i've heard the stories of our supporters all across the country from trans kids and the midwest. the married folks in the south. to folks who are due to the workplace, looking for their first jobs in lgbtq+ community. these things are front in, mind the issues that impact us have a broad range and it's all about making sure that we can experience respect, and dignity in every aspect of our lives. the only way to do that is intersectional. the other thing that is clear to me the opposition gets intersectionality. that's an people or coming after abortion rights are coming after our right to vote, they are the same folks that are attacking my people in the lgbtq+ community. we have got to get a broad range of folks together, and find that anywhere that we will win. we know that the numbers are with us. over 70% of this country supports marriage equality.

80% of this country supports the access to abortion. we are on the winning, side we are on the morally just side. , yes i think the average is happening in our 20s is phenomenal. it has got to get stronger and bigger for us to build the kind of transformative movement that we need. it's a grassroots community organizer at my core. i know that more than anyone. the way that we will win this november's person to person. they were communicating, for talking to one another. and they're making sure that folks know that we are powerful. we just have to vote like the majority that we are. >> a lot of the attention this election cycle is focused on the supreme courts overturned for roe. unless something unexpected happens, this court will remain dominated by conservative justices possibly for decades. what other rights are you worried could be in jeopardy and the years to come? >> we have to be clear, hand of a right set of invested in the supreme court, they must be

codified into law. at the fall of, row it made it clear for me and so many communities especially the lgbtq+ community that we are one supreme court decision away from losing so many of our hard and fought for civil rights. not just of the last 50 years but over the last 400 years. so for that reason, we have got to continue to fight. clarence thomas and his concurring dissent said, hey next we are coming for you right to privacy. next, we will come for your right to marriage equality. we have got to understand that they have told us their agenda. they doubled down on that agenda and that so-called commitment to america agenda that was just released. all that i saw was the commitment to attacking our rights. attacking the basic freedoms. we have got to be clear, this and everything else is on the line, this november and vote like it. that is our task. >> miss robinson, the human dry campaign condemned the house republicans mid term agenda just released saying and i'm quoting, the so-called

commitment to america in reality is a commitment to keep attacking our rights and our democracy. can you expand on that for us? >> that is what it is that agenda is so out of touch with where this american country is right now. they are coming for lgbtq rights and not agenda and they are coming for abortion rights in that agenda. they are telling us exactly who they are. and i think what we've got to remember is that we are the majority. they are out of touch with where the folks in this country are. like we are in a moment right now are folks care about the price of gas. folks are caring about inflation, folks are caring about protecting their families. folks are carrying about the facts that we have gotten more, we've had the deadliest record on year for trans lives. that's what's at the center of what people are experiencing right now. what they are focused on as a political agenda run by extremists. this is our chance to tell them that as an american public, we

are not going to stand for. it we are going to fight, that we are going to hold them accountable and not just this november, every election cycle moving forward. >> kelly robinson, thank you for being with us this evening. coming up in this twix got you, i am taking taxes to school over its obsession with banning books. and new york city taking new steps to deal with migrants, being bus to the city by republican governor. mayor eric adams joins me later on politicsnation. but first my colleague richard louis with today's top news stories. richard >> raf, good afternoon to you -- hit canada's east coast this morning. knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of canadians. fs1 fiona could be a historic extreme event with sustained winds of 85 miles an hour. the power of a category one hurricane. florida is bracing for tropical storm in, meanwhile as it strengthens over the caribbean

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with the influx of thousands of migrants and asylum seekers. but coming by their own choice, some and others at the urging of republican officials. joining me now to talk about -- accommodate them is the mayor of new york. mayor eric adams. mayor mayor, thank you for joining us and let me just get right to the immigration challenge new york city is facing right now. you recently estimated more than 13,000 migrants have arrived in new york city since the spring, more than 9500 of them are seeking housing and the city shelter system. that number continues to grow every day but that in perspective for our viewers, what kind of strain is up placing on the city's resources? >> you know it's amazing. the problem when you look at the numbers, 10,300 are still in our shelter system.

over 13, 000, 600 were brought here to new york city. some, wanting to go to different destinations but they were duped into believing that they could only go to new york city. they were incentifies to do so. but when you look at, it more than shelter. reverend sharpton, it is all about education. you have 3200 school aged children. we are finding and incorporating into our school system. it's about health care, it's about making sure that they have the basic needs that this requires. food, shelter, clothing and when you look at the already, the problem we were facing coming out of covid. with just inhumane, uncooperative action on the parts of particularly, the governor of texas. >> now, with that in mind you announced this week that the city is responding to the influx of migrants by building to humanitarian emergency

response and relief centers. which are essentially cities designed to shelter migrants temporarily. on the other hand you administration has responded to desperate need put on the other hand immigration advocates had many concerns asked whether their facilities. are legally adequate or whether the more permanent solution is needed. especially as we head into the winter. what is your response to these concerns? >> this nobody could've predicted over 13,000 refugees asylum seekers, migrants coming to new york city. we will always fulfill our moral and legal obligations, the house and new yorker. and those who come to the city, this is not a homeless issue. this is a migrant, refugee, asylum crisis that we are facing. and this is humanitarian action that was created by human hands. and so those who have evaluated

the situation, based on traditional models that have descended plays over 40 years ago. now those who seek housing in new york city must get that housing. we filled out all the time and we have done that to with over 13,000 people have come to new york. that is not the same issue and they need to look at it through the proper prison. and not tried to state that we are not meeting our obligations. both legally and morally. since august, texas governor greg abbott has sent roughly 2700 migrants in new york city aboard more than 50 buses. and a recent interview from the texas tribune festival, you have said that your team reached out to governor abbott's administration. asking to coordinate with them and their busing efforts. they refuse. why is the texas governor refusing to make even the slightest effort to make sure that these transfers of human beings from one place to another at least handle in a

more orderly and humane manner? >> and crisis really, their courses to have cooperation and coordination. and people make a comparison to my communication with the el paso mayor. and comparison to the governor of texas, this is not a democrat or republican issue. when people came to america, they were not trying to come to any particular state. they were trying to come up to a place where we stay dreams come alive in the american dream. we were able to speak with the el paso mayor. and stated let's communicate, we are not asking to have migrants are seldom seekers to come here in large numbers. at least we should have some type of communication. we did the same early, with the governor of texas. that committed to communicating with, us they did just the opposite. they compel people to get on the buses. they tag some of, them 45 hour rides without food, proper food,

water, restroom facilities and medical care. some arrived here with covid. it was clearly a subterfuge that they used, i believe reverend sharpton to take attention away from what they have been doing over the last few months and this country. taking away the woman's right to choose, taking away our protection by some of the gun laws that have come out of the supreme court. the stations, we really need to focus on this was just a political stunt. and as you indicated in the polls, i think the stunt backfired. >> now we have to go a little deeper mister mayor. you and i know each other with 30 years. and you were one of the original members of -- where we started. i have to bring up a question of race. i am bringing this up. because not only are these republican governors showing the disregard for these migrants. and asylum seekers, most of four coming from latin american countries. they also seem to be

specifically targeting cities with black mayors. such as lori light port, and chicago, no real bowser in washington d.c.. and of course do you, as mayor of new york. even martha's vineyard, as well known as the summer home for former president barack obama and lady successful blocks. what are your thoughts because i am saying that there is a racial element to this? and the president and others need to come and help black mayors who already dealing with challenges. it is not like you don't have sanctuary cities with white mayors. it seems like there is a racial element to this. i have been saying it in that will keep saying it because i don't believe these are coincidences. >> well reverend sharpton, we need to be clear on the facts. the facts are clear, three black mare chicago and washington and new york city and we were targeted. and very clear, the governor of texas clearly stated that he

was targeting these areas. that heit was clear that marths vineyard, a place where african americans have been coming for years, including as you stated the former president, president barack obama. i believe a clear attempt, or to undermine our cities. we are already dealing with -- proliferation of guns that are coming from the southern border, we are coming out of covid. new york was ground zero for covid crisis. we are experiencing historical crises already. and when you look at the specific target, targeted out of all of the states in america. we look at the cities, cities where you have three black mayors, where they specifically sent buses to. they passed through a lot of cities they got to new york. >> a lot of destinations cities. they passed a lot of sanctuary cities as well. >> before i let you go, i have to ask you about our fellow

americans and puerto rico. the island was devastated last weekend by hurricane fiona, some areas are still without power. you tweeted and solidarity with puerto rico earlier this week. pointing out the deep connections between the city and the island territory. can you tell me more about with you and the city are doing to help them out? and i know you've announced, i believe you're going tomorrow to puerto rico. >> these are the fellow americans. i don't subscribe to the theories of the former president that these are not our our current americans. our brothers and sisters of new york, has one of the largest puerto rican populations outside of the island of puerto rico. i will believe tonight to join a team that i've already sent. to puerto rico, they are on the ground, the members of my administration to emergency management officials. and one police officer will be joining them. we are going to also look to go

to the dominican republic as well. we have an obligation, no matter how difficult things are, we have to continuously look after our brothers and sisters who are experiencing difficult times. that is what happened when we experience some horrific issues like 9/11 and other natural disasters. people came to our aid, we are responsible for our brothers and sisters and we are going to do as much as we can there in puerto rico. >> new york mayor, eric adams as always, thank you for being with us. good to see you, just ahead, next week be the last chance for the january six committee to show american voters what is at stake this midterm. our political panel joins me to discuss what we are expecting to see. pectin to see want it ♪ ♪ any way ♪ ♪ any way you want it ♪ ♪ that's the way you need it ♪ it's back america. applebee's all you can eat boneless wings. just $12.99.

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nation with just 45 days until the midterms. let's return to my political

panel to discuss what's at stake this november. joining me now, susan, republican strategist and msnbc contributor. and former democratic governor steve bullock of montana. he is now the co-chair of american bridge 21st century. susan, let me go to you first. house minority leader kevin mccarthy wrote out a legislative agenda for them storms on friday. it covers in at the economy, security, and public safety, freedom, and government accountability. mccarthy said the first bill, a republican-controlled house, would pass would be to repeal the inflation reduction act. president biden criticized the plan saying this. let's take a listen. >> after opposing and obstructing everything we try to do to stop the progress over the last two years, the house

minority leader kevin mccarthy went to pennsylvania and unveiled what he calls a commitment to america. that is a thin series of policy goals with little to no detail that he says republican will pursue if they regain control of congress. >> susan, do you agree with the president? >> i do agree with the president, especially when he called it very thin on policy details. as a matter of fact, the most of substantial piece of policy we've actually seen come from republicans is from senator rick scott of florida who wants to get rid of medicare and five years. so, that's what this country is looking towards, either very bad policy, or very sane or not worthy of mention policy, frankly. but make no mistake of that. the republicans get control. it will not be any type of policy that they pursue, but rather, an agenda of disruption

and going against the president. >> governor, former president trump once again played music that has been widely described as nearly identical to the qanon conspiracy. and he did this at his last rally, last night, in fact, in wilmington, north carolina. meanwhile, trump has been pushing the incident of an 18 year old man who he claims was killed for being a republican in north dakota. effort to lean more heavily into the fringe elements of his base, and discussion of political violence out of the midterms. this comes as the january 6th committee will hold its next hearing this coming wednesday. this is perhaps the last chance the panel can probably talk about the threat trump owes us before voters enter the polls for the midterms. how concerned are you the

threat that trump owes a star democracy this moment? >> we should all be concerned. let's not forget, he's the guy who said stand back and stand by to the proud boys. look at what he's doing last night, as you know, you know, more or less salutes that are either qanon or almost nazism. and as opposed to going against that, he is encouraging it. look, americans, i think, are finally tuning in and have tuned in to where the threats of our democracy, january six and donald trump calls, and continues to cough. democrats and republicans say in this started 46 year experiment called representative democracy, we can't let the sort of hate and beating the virus. and beating the vi rus. >> susan, i want to play you a political here from iowa's republican governor kim

reynolds. it got my attention this weekend. >> funding the police has to happen. >> watching the news, you wonder, as the rest of the country lost its mind? attacks on police, open borders, being people not to work. aren't you glad you live in iowa? >> governor kim reynolds -- >> here, we still have common sense. we kept businesses opening, kids in school. we cut taxes, invested in police, because iowa, america still works. >> and of course, the black woman in that ad is not her opponent, it's missouri congresswoman cori bush, as part of a nationwide trend of republicans attacking democrats for being soft on crime, using a combination of race tropes and outright lies. doctor oz is attacking his opponent john fetterman for allowing two african american

brothers to work on these campaigns, after serving 27 years in prison for second-degree murder. even though they had this sentences commuted by the governor last year, and insist they were wrongly convicted. republicans have used this tactic time and time again. why does this fierce strategy resonate with the gop base? >> well, frankly, it registers because it's what they fear. it is the others that have been, frankly, been blown up out of control through donald trump. it doesn't go much further than when you ask the governor about what will happen with donald trump and democracy. he knows how to call a people whether it's the proud boys or q, or david duke for that matter. so the fact that republicans are using this fear tactic, you are right, it's been something that has been done for a long time. they do it, i'm not saying it's right, but they do it because it works and it does play to their base. what's missing, though, is that

what worked in 1992 will not necessarily work in 2022. and that's because we don't just live in a small ecosystem of our congressional districts or our country. people and i are much smaller than that. they see with going around the country and the world. so, i think it's a tactic that will not work as well as the government hopes, only because it's much a different world. >> governor, that assisted florida governor ron desantis later stunt in flying dozens of venezuelan migrants to martha's vineyard, that virtual systems company has closed political ties to the republican party, which has contributed thousands of dollars to gop super pacs, and trump was once legally represented by close ally to the governor. the company was paid nearly $2 million by florida for working

usually that's undo. state officials have not said why it got the job. in addition to the migrants being used as political props, desantis is using tax bail funds to serve his allies. your organization has been following this incident. what's your reaction to this situation? >> yeah, rev, ron desantis is trying every day to become more and more of a mini trump. and this just shows both desantis as a grift or, and apparent sympathizer with russia. as a grift or, he saved one point $5 million to a company that, is one by big republican donor and has close association with desantis's public safety czar. when it comes to sympathizing with russia, american bridge research recently sort of dug into this fertile system, found out that, look, until two weeks on their way to the website, they were bragging about being the only american civil company

using russian helicopters. just a few years ago, they paid over $48 million to russian companies that was, the treasury department has banned because it's supporting actually, russian aggressions against ukraine. so, here he is really both being the grifter, giving those huge contracts, legal contracts, they haven't even been disclosed yet, to close friends. and then, also, look at this company that is now taking its website and everything else down because they don't want to see that just recently, they're bragging about their connections to russia. >> wow! steve bullock and susan del percio, thank you both for being with us. after the break, my final thought. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ and power... ...is a very good thing. ♪ the chef's chicken sandwiches at panera, freshly prepared with . clean ingredients...g.

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