that regime the same. and they have exposed themselves. they are showing us the real women of iran. the real man of iran. they are showing us some real country. this is iran. this energy you are seeing in the streets. and they want the autonomy that anybody has in the free world. >> ana lily amirpour, we appreciate you joining us this hour. thank you so much, and for the messages that you are putting out there amidst all that we are seeing coming out of iran, thank you. that is it for me this hour, i'll be back in the shower tomorrow at 2 pm eastern, simone starts right now. greetings, you are watching simone, it is a big weekend on the campaign trail, y'all. although where 20 million people have already cast their ballots, the candidates are pulling out all the stops in these last ten days before the

election, including democrats putting the heavy hitter outs in kids dates where the races are very tight, to get every law so they can. but will it be enough? plus we are following the latest of the san francisco, that is where house speaker nancy pelosi's husband is recovering from a brutal attack inside their home early friday morning. a suspect is reportedly looking for the speaker herself. we are gonna have an update on this very disturbing incident. and we are looking more closely at the active threats against elected leaders, and their families across the country. especially women. we cannot ignore the dangerous rhetoric and hate that is turning into real life violence against leaders in our country. i am symone towns sanders, and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> the 2022 midterms are ten days away, ten days! until one of the most significant elections of our lives. there is a lot going on today. president joe biden is expected to cast his vote in wilmington, delaware, today. and he will join more than 20 million people who have already voted. either by mail or at early voting polling place before election day. that is an astounding number. considering we saw ten days left to go, let's put this in perspective. the highest early voting turnout on record goes in 2018, with 36 million people having voted. now, the biggest names in the democratic party, they are out across the country, including former president barack obama who stumped for candidates in michigan earlier today. and he made the case to people who haven't voted yet. we do expect president obama to speak soon, former president obama to speak soon at a rally. just getting started in wisconsin. but he told people in detroit just a short time ago, this is

a fight for our democracy. >> the only way to save our democracy, we gotta move together forward, all of us. we've got a lot of people that know you. and who see you. and who care about you. who understand what you are going through. day, and day out. you did that two years ago when you said joe biden to the white house. >> democrats are trying to keep control of both chambers of congress. but it's an uphill battle. now, the latest polls aggregated by 5:38 show republicans now have a 48% chance of taking control of the senate. that is less than 50%. but they have an 81% chance of taking control of the house, that is very close to 100. this final midterm push comes as we are still finding out more about a horrible attack on the husband of how speaker nancy pelosi. paul pelosi who was 82 years old was attacked with a hammer by a man who broke into their

home in san francisco yesterday. he underwent surgery for fractures to the skull and -- after what police say was an intentional targeted attack. investigators say the suspect forced his way into the home through a back entrance. now, the suspect is expected to be in court monday. and is facing charges, including attempted murder and elder abuse. a friend of the family says the attacker was shouting, where is nancy? if those words sound familiar to you, they should, here are some crowds of insurrectionists on january 6th. >> where are you nancy, we are looking for you? and see! oh, nancy! nancy. where you nancy? >> the fear of political violence this election season is very real. vice president kamala harris spoke at a last night. >> this was an act of extreme violence. and i think we are looking at it in a time in our country

where there is so much discourse that is fueled by hate and division. >> capitol police say they opened more than 1800 political violence investigations in the first three months of this year. they include violent statements and social activities to death threats to lawmakers. 1800! earlier, i spoke with another elected leader from california, congresswoman karen bass. we talked about her bid to become the next mayor of los angeles. and we started our conversation by discussing the recent attack on paul pelosi, take a listen. >> it really strikes me that the amount of vitriol that has been directed towards political leaders, especially women is just vast. and it is not just terrible rhetoric, it is dangerous. i am wondering, do you agree, do you feel threatened? >> well, absolutely. and i just, my heart just broke yesterday when i heard about that.

and just think about, it on january 6th, they were literally hunting for her. so in terms of the vitriol, she gets it all the time. all of the threats to her. so yes, i think that many of us feel endangered, threatened with all the rhetoric that is out there. >> it is quite terrible we are happy to say that paul pelosi is doing well, any seems to be on the mend. i want to talk about your race. because a black woman's never been mayor of los angeles. >> that is right. >> and if elected, you would be the first black woman mayor of this city. it strikes me, though, that your opponent, rick rousseau, has spent a lot of money. >> right. >> he is on track to spend about, i would argue, 100 million dollars on this race. >> he's already spent 100 million. >> he's already spent 100 million? >> yes. >> how have you been able stab this onslaught? >> let me just tell, you, one los angeles had never had a woman, period. but, you know, i have deep roots in the community. i have been working in the community for many many years. and the fact that he has not obliterated me and didn't do that in the primary, he spent 4

million, i spent four. and i came out ahead. and now since the primary, he has spent 16 million more. it is really quite disgusting. because if you think about, our number one problem in los angeles is the fact that there is 41,000 people who sleep on the streets every day. >> unhoused people. >> right, could you imagine how many people could've been housed $400 million? he spent 100 million dollars lying about himself and his record. and all of that money lying about me and my record as well. and pretending to be a democrat. >> and pretending to be a democrat. >> i have heard that a lot throughout this race. it seems to me that you are focusing on trying to close strong here in this race. and it is my understanding that you have a surprise call yesterday from someone with a new endorsement, we have a video, i want to play right now. >> yes. >> oh, my goodness. >> how are you doing? >> i am doing great, it is so exciting to see you. >> so you were there early for me when i ran for president.

>> always. >> you have always been on the right side of the issues that people care so deeply about. i am confident that you will be in a standing mayor of l.a.. >> oh, thank you so much. >> president obama says you are always there for him. i think there are some voters who, maybe if they have made up their minds, they are wondering, why did you want to leave congress to become a mayor? >> well, i will tell you. it wasn't an easy decision, simone. but i decided to leave and to run for mayor because of the situation on our streets. black people are 90% of the population in l.a., and we are 30% of the people who are on the streets. latinos are 44%. 74% of the unhoused population is black or brown. and i was just very very concerned that the direction that l.a. could potentially go. which is a punitive direction. and we can't criminalize property. and that is why i decided that the crisis in l.a. was so important, i needed to come home. >> and that is your closing message, housing. >> absolutely, housing, public

safety, affordability. and the intersection between all three issues. >> you know, it strikes me that a number of other topics have creep into this race. and, you know, there is been a lot of talk about the rise of antisemitism and the rise of extremism. and it was here in los angeles that banner hanging over the 405 with overtly anti traumatic messages. were you surprised to see this kinds of hate speech popping up in the city here. >> well, actually, there have been numerous incidents of antisemitism. i think that was the most graphic because it was hung over the freeway, but prior to that there have been flyers left in jewish communities. you know, with hate messages. and so in the liberal bastion of l.a., you can't take anything for granted. you also probably heard about the videotapes that were released, well, not videotapes, audiotapes of members of city council with very clear anti black racism and who feminism, and the lgbt, indigenous, et cetera. but, you know, one of the

things that i've done over the years is build coalitions across racial lines, build alliances. and now is the time for us to come together. so as soon as the tapes were released, as soon as the antisemitism served >> -- surfaced. and in black racism. i convened a racism -- meeting with specific leaders and brought us together. because can't we have a great history of solidarity. and we don't want that to be a rodent. so now is the time to come together. i think that is one of the reasons why i've been able to withstand 100 million dollars. >> well, you know, you talk about the coalition building. i know we have to go. but it seems to me that all of these national dynamics are playing out here in los angeles. you've got senator bernie sanders, one of my former boss, as he came in and can campaign for you. you've got liberals, to progressives, you have got your establishment democrat. some publicans. even their republicans in los angeles. i would venture to say that you are trying to get those votes as well. how do you keep this coalition together? because this is something that folks are dealing with here in los angeles, but i would also argue nationally. >> you know what, i have always

done coalition work by finding common projects to work on. i have done it for the last several decades. and i intended again. and that is what is gonna help help us get to victory in a few days. >> all right, congresswoman karen bass, running to be los angeles's first black woman mayor of the city. thank you for coming in today. >> thanks for having me on. >> i want you to know that we did extend an offer to interview her opponent rick caruso, rick caruso, though, said he was unable to join us. >> well, we have our live from l.a., folks, and coming up, we look at the big picture of the political landscape. it has been marred by the drill. and threats and even violence. and we will also have more of president obama's exciting the crowd in the midwest today, telling voters not to tune out, but to vote. but, first, my colleague richard louis is my here -- other top news stories today >>. some of the stories we are watching, at least 146 people are dead and 150 hurt in a

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>> reporter: some breaking news in wilmington, delaware where president biden is at a polling site, and he is voting early. i think is seen standing right

there at the desk joining him is his granddaughter natalie. natalie is a first time voter. she's just getting her ballot. and we are going to monitor, we are going to stay with this in case he speaks. we said earlier there are 20 million people who have bought, more than 20 million people have already cast their ballot, and president biden now joins those ranks. >> joseph biden now voting. president joseph biden -- [laughs] >> [inaudible] >> all right, with the president biden going into the literal polling booth, if you will, to cast his ballot.

>> all right, and we're gonna continue to monitor this. if president biden speaks, we will come right back to him. you know, i want to bring in my panel in just a second. but i want to go back to where we started, which is this attack on speaker pelosi's husband, paul pelosi. this comes after years of vitriol, of ads particularly targeting speaker pelosi, and i'm not just talking about the rioters on january 6th, there are these campaign ads that really flood the internet and the airwaves. listen to this. >> and see pelosi has big plans for america, but first, she needs allies like liberal tony vargas. >> nancy pelosi is breaking our country, and if republicans stay home and don't, we're letting them. >> pelosi can't make things this bad all her own. she needs her right hand man. get ready for the mother of all text bombs.

pelosi and the president have declared war on working americans. >> speaker pelosi has been one of the most foremost targets for republican attacks, but in recent years, the prospect of political violence has entered the chat, if you will. and it's deeply concerning. according to capitol police data, threats against members of congress have more than doubled since 2017. 9625 last year. this is what happens when influential people deceive their followers with fantasies of election fraud, with unhinged conspiracy theories. the president is taking a question. all right, that was president biden. he said he is going to note -- so, i think what we heard in this, oftentimes, when the president is out, he has a pool with him. the pool, as you saw there, the reporters they can ask questions. he noted that he's not going to answer questions inside the

polling place. they want to get political inside the polling place, but it's going to answer his their questions outside. we'll take that as soon as the president and the pool are set. i want to bring in my political panel now before that time. melanie mason is with us. she's a national political reporter for the los angeles time. stephanie young is also here in studio. she's executive director of when we all vote. and michael steele is with us in spirit. he's the former chairman of the republican national committee, and an msnbc political analyst. you know, michael, before we hear from the president, i want to get your response to what you heard from congresswoman bass on this attack. how do we get to a point where we have a hammer wielding conspiracy theorists infiltrating the home of the woman second in line to the presidency, nearly beating her husband to death? >> well, you have that happening because of a political leadership that has allowed it to happen. going back to the 2015, 2016 campaign season, in which, you know, our nominee, the

republican nominee for president donald trump, would have these rallies in which he would encourage his audience to begin to deal with people who were disagreeing with whatever he said at the rally, you know? you know, hit them, knock them down, you know, those types of approaches towards violence as opposed to, okay, you are allowed to express your opinion. so, what the leadership does in response, and we just heard from governor youngkin of virginia. his response was not one of, you know, oh my god, are you kidding me? what happened? >> he made a joke about it. >> he made a joke about it. in fact, oh, we're gonna send her back home so she can be with her husband, who was almost killed! so, that political rhetoric and violence are now meshed together in such a way that this is gonna be the consequences of it. and i hate to say it, but i think we need to be prepared to see more of it, especially as

this election unfolds, and in a week, and a day. >> stephanie, you rightly said on twitter that we are in a critical inflection point in our democracy. actually, we're going to go to president biden. he's answering questions from the press right now in wilmington, delaware. >> but also, i don't know for certain, but it looks like this was intended for the nancy, what is nancy where's nancy? it's one thing to condemn the violence, but you can't condemn the violence unless you condemn those people who continue to argue that the election was not real, that this was stolen, and all the malarkey it's been put out there to undermine democracy. you can't just apologize and say the violence. it affects peoples mentality. it affects how people think, particularly people who are not maybe as stable as other people. so, the top has to stop.

that's the problem. that is the problem. you can't just say, if you're worried about the violence, condemn it. condemn what produces the violence, and the stop produces violence. thank you. >> [inaudible] >> you know, i was down watching her down in school, and i didn't hear about it until i was in the car. i did not know nothing about it -- in south korea, correct? >> [inaudible] >> oh, i will make a statement when i find out more about it. but i just literally heard about it from staff on the way down to the car. >> [inaudible] >> i am feeling good. i mean, i've been -- i guess, now 36 constituencies, either campaign in force, for a

specific candidate, or going with a candidate who is doing some, like, and our bridge in pittsburgh. and i'm going to read, and the remainder of the week, i'm gonna be engaged, i'm gonna be back in pennsylvania. i'm gonna be in maryland. i'm gonna be in, i believe in mexico, new mexico, california. i'm gonna be all around the country. my wife jill is up in new hampshire right now, so i'm gonna be spending a rest of the time making the case that this is not a referendum. it's a choice. it's a fundamental choice. it's a choice between two very different visions for the country. and that's what it's about. >> [inaudible] >> yes, i do. it says, purely outrageous. there is no reason for them to do that. but they're always looking for some rationale to be able to say that we are going to do something outrageous, and it's because the west made them do it.

and it is just not -- there is no merit to what they're doing. the un negotiated that deal, and that should be the end. thank you. >> are you confident about the -- [inaudible] >> yeah, i thought it was really good. i thought he knew what he was doing. i thought it was strong. and look, fetterman, he is pennsylvania. i mean, fetterman, he is everything that he appears to be. you know where he stands. he has great courage. he has no reluctance to say what he thinks. he's my kind of guy. and i think he'll be fine. it's just getting better and better. he got a stroke, and he's recovering. thank you all very much. >> that is president biden outside of a polling place taking questions from the press, the pull traveling with him. he talked about speaker pelosi, condemning the violence. he talked about folks not just being able to apologize about that violence, but they will have to take more responsibility. i want to bring my panel back in. stephanie young, melanie mason are here. and michael steele is also with

us. stephanie, what is your response to what you just heard from president biden. >> he's absolutely right. i mean, we expect our elected officials to live up to the highest ideals. and right now, they are not. and i am actually disgusted by what i've heard, by what i've seen. this is unprecedented, and we can't gloss over it like it did not happen, or like it's not that big of a deal. this is a huge problem and a challenge that we're gonna have within our political system, if we do not learn how to have disagreements without being violent, if our elected officials continue to lie about things that we know are true and also, if the media, you know, gives folks platforms to speak out on things, in a way that is untruthful and spreading disinformation and causing more confusion, and anxiety -- >> like, fox news for example, and some of these conservative, i don't call them conservatives,

i wanna call them completely right wing outlets that do not literally deal with facts. you know, melanie, a lot of this points, the president also talked about lots of folks came out yesterday to talk about crime, and violence, to say oh, it's so sad what happened to speaker pelosi's husband, but they were not condemning the people doing the violence. and i'm wondering your take on that? >> i think the point he was trying to make is that this is a continuum, that you can take individual acts of violence and say that they occurred in a vacuum, or this is one disturbed individual. what is trying to say is no. what you are seeing is this accumulation. when you hear these lies about the election that have been happening now for over two years, you see conspiracy theories that are vicious about various ethnic groups, various religions, that influences people. and i think what he wants to do is not diverse the responsibility from the people who are spreading this information. it's not the people or perpetuating these acts. >> you know, michael, we talked about the ads. and i'm wondering if in light

of this, do you think that there are some, maybe not candidates like marjorie taylor greene, for example, but the republican national committee, perhaps, the entities who are working to elect republicans to the house and to the senate. do you think they are going to rethink their use of speaker pelosi and some of these ads. should they? >> they prkn, what incentive do they have to do that? the political leadership is not out condemning what happened to her husband, and the violence at large. the candidates certainly have no inclination to do that, because they want to stay as close to donald trump as they can. so this ultimately boats down to what always boils down to is the voters. how did the voters respond to this? if in the face of all of this aggression, and it is not just the physical violence where we see here against nancy, but it's the intimidation that we are already seeing at the ballot box. you know, when they're showing

up in flak jackets, you know, armed to the teeth, you know, with dark glasses on menacing voters, trying to drop off the ballot in a drop box, all of that is part of the same narrative. and i think because -- and i think i know, because the leadership has not come out, symone, and said this is unacceptable, this is not how we conduct elections, we wouldn't want democrats to do this to us, right? because we know they would not. the moment democrats decide to say, okay, it's about fair play, and we're gonna go to heavily republican neighborhoods and communities, and we're gonna start intimidating their voters, what do you think their response is going to be? you know, so smartly and rightly, the democrats are not doing that. they are trying to create a place and a space where voters get to make that decision freely. but the voters have to say to themselves, as they're choosing their next representatives, is this the kind of leadership we want? yeah, taxes are important, and

inflation is high, and gas prices are hurting us. but at the end of the day, there's gotta be something a little bit more than all of that, if i can't access the ballot box, then i gotta think about that, too. and so, this is gonna be the test over the next week or so. >> i mean, i think this is such an important point, mister chairman, it's such an important point. and i think that ducktails with what we saw today from former president barack obama. i want to switch switch gears a little bit and talk about him today. he's in wisconsin a little bit, and he was in georgia last night. and he was in detroit today with the people. and i want you to take a listen to what he had to say. >> so, if you are scared, if you are anxious, if you are frustrated, don't complain. don't move. don't turn out. don't get distracted. don't get bamboozled. don't fall for the -- you go out in what?

get off your couch in what? put down your phone in what? vote for this incredible michigan democratic candidate! >> that was president obama. i think really just encapsulating the tone and tenor that democrats are taking in this election, and just opposing that with a republican counterparts. he told potential voters to turn out not to not. so what do you think, stephanie, of these appearances of former president obama. used to work for him. you now work for his wife, mrs. obama, part of an organization. what about his ability to reach some of these voters, these ridership folks that might be wondering if they're gonna go to the polls? >> look, president obama, he is a master when it comes to campaigning. and what he understands, as well as us, is that, you know, folks who vote in the general election aren't always like leading up to voting in the midterms. and we know that historically, it turned out as no. we have to make sure that those folks who showed up, we have a

president, turnout in 2020. we have to make sure those folks who turned out, are not turning out now. we're seeing that with a high turnout. he's an excellent closer to make a point, to make a lane, and to create energy and excitement around voting. >> speaking of voting, melanie, i was really struck by in response to reports that in pennsylvania, it could take a little longer. it could take days. you've got senator ted cruz, he is sowing distrust in democracy. he's tweeting this, like, why is it only democrat blue cities that take days to count their votes? the rest of the country manages to get it done on election night. we know that is not true. a delay does not equal fraud. melanie, how can be americans be able to look out for these deceptive claims about election as we wait for results in less than two weeks, because it could be an election week, in some places? >> it could be an election week in california, there was election months, where we are waiting for results week after week.

i think this is going to be a situation where voters and americans are gonna have to look to trusted sources of information. our partisan senators or members of congress are going to be accurately portraying this going on. votes are being counted. i think it's gonna be incumbent on local officials, they're registrar of voters in various places. i saw, for example, that the maricopa county registrar of voters in arizona has been on twitter asking, engaging with voters, answering questions. and i think they are seeing people who are engaged in the nonpartisan aspect of this, really trying to step up and dissuade people from some of the underlying tactics that we are seeing. i >> think it's so important, because you've got election disinformation, it is rampant. i wanna put something on the screen for folks. a new nbc news analysis found that nearly six in ten republican state legislature nominees in battleground states denied the 2020 election. six in ten, that's a lot of people. there is more than 6000 state legislators on the ballot, state legislature candidates on the ballot this year. michael, can you just elaborate

on the threat that this poses giorgia mokgweetsi and elections, going forward, because as i like to say, america's policy is made in the states legislatures? >> absolutely, it is made in the states legislatures. it's what i've known from my very early days of politics. it's a strategy i employed in 2010 to win over 800 state legislative races across the country. so, it's surprises me the democrats have never focused on state legislative races. the reason you get the supreme court we got because of state legislatures to draw the lines, and create that base foundation. so, it is fundamentally very, very important. if you want to begin to affect politics upstream, right? from governor, to statewide offices, two congressional and senate offices, and even the presidency, you need to start looking at the state legislators. so, that is point number one. point number two in the broader context of this upcoming vote, and i'm so glad that you and

your guests are sort of focusing on this piece. here is the bottom line about this election, and this is what the early voting is telling us. in order to overcome direct offensive efforts, offensive, going on the offense, to take this vote down, this november, in other words, to put in place election deniers, and to intimidate voters not to go to the ballot box, voters have to overwhelm the box with their vote. that is the bottom line at this point. you have to overwhelm the ballot box with your vote, because that is the only way you are going to overcome what comes afterwards, when they start claiming the election was stolen in 2022. >> over one of the ballot box. don't tune out. turn up and turn out, as president obama said. the l.a. times melanie mason, and stephanie young, and michael steele, thank you all very, very much. when we come back out, we're gonna continue this conversation. i'm gonna be joined by a panel of state legislators. we are talking about how they're navigating raising

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next couple of years. let's bring in a few folks to talk about it. state senator sydney cam lacquer is with us. she is running for the red states congress represent california. daddy joseph is also here. she was a florida state representative. and holiday mitchell is here. she's the los angeles county supervisor. all right, welcome to you all, ladies. i want to start with you, state senator. because you are wanting to actually replace karen bass in the house. and we've been discussing it all throughout the show. we saw what happened to nancy pelosi's husband. i think there's a big increase in threats against elected officials. and i think that is felt maybe a little more deeply for women and women of color elected officials. representative ilhan omar, she was on msnbc's alex wagner right last night, and here's what she had to say about it. >> can you imagine how somebody like me that doesn't have capital security detail, that

doesn't have the resources to be able to get 24 hour on the clock security detail for my four children, my husband, and my relatives. i am more defined. i am more defined and really breathless at this moment. >> does this give you pause that someone who is vying for a congressional seat? >> first, i want to say thank you for inviting me. we are at a national moment, a historical moment, nationally, and also on the precipice of electing or first black mayor in los angeles, and karen bass. and i'm super excited that she asked me to consider running for her seat. and in this moment and time, it does give me a little bit of a -- and i have school aged children, and i think about security. but you know, i've been in the state legislature for a while, and i've often supported a number of bills, and have been the victim of death threats

from qanon. at the state level, if you are not in leadership, you also don't have around the clock security. what it really speaks to is the fact that for the first time ever, studies have shown that they united states is a backsliding democracy because there's been uptick in political bylines, and in the condoning of political violence. and there's been an increase in misinformation and disinformation. so, i have a responsibility to run and win for the seat, so that we can change the tenor and tone, and the rhetoric, and the violence across the states, across all of the states and across the country, and get back to the business of how we rebuild trust, and we build our democracy. >> do you know, this point about our democracy, a tenant of our democracy, free, fair, and open elections. supervisor mitchell, i have to wonder that here in los angeles county, i am wondering if you are concerned about the ability

to have free, fair, open elections. we are seeing this in places in arizona, right? where you have armed but you aunties standing, which will aunties, standing outside polling places -- they said they can do that -- are you concerned about this? we're having conversations with people that aren't rooted in facts. >> we all are, all day every day. and i'm not the logan, all richard voters here in l.a. county, and they really did a stellar job and i think every angelenos should feel really confident and their ability to vote for their vote to be counted accurately. but the broader question about violence and hate crimes, not only for elected officials, but across the board, it's really something that i think we all need to figure out how we talk about and corsica right. not only is our at risk -- when you look at the uptick in violence across all groups of

people here in l.a. county and across the country. >> this point about civility literally makes me think about the inhumanity that we now see in this political discourse. and i'm particularly looking at florida when i say this. state representative, i want you to weigh in here. your governor was involved in a political stunt, migrants who are seeking asylum, rightfully seeking asylum into this country, governor desantis, or the tyrant of tallahassee, as i'd like to call him, he arranged for those migrants to be flown from texas to martha's vineyard, they blew part of the country. and now, the treasury department is investigating that. you are one of the leaders on the administration asked to do just that. i have to wonder, one, what do you want to see come out of this investigation? but number two, how is this playing on the ground? there is just a lack of humanity in our political discourse right now. >> thank you for the invitation. and there is a palpable lack of humanity and, you know the

burden of that, the culpability of that falls squarely on the shoulders of this radical right faction of the republican party that is playing to not just a dog whistle but the fog horn politics, trying to distract people from real issues. so, let us talk about what happened with these migrants. and i say migrants, and i his state that term, because what we've seen is there just using words to describe people, people who are legal. those individuals who came in texas, legally presented themselves at a port of entry. they were seeking asylum, which is what they're entitled to do. and the radical right once to recast them as illegal whatever, whatever the term is of the day, right? and they're making us think that up is down and down is up, and the thing is. , the feral of florida, you are tired of tallahassee, is sitting playing political games with peoples lives. when you look at the amount of money that was spent chartering

those flights, it was over $50,000 for person. this is at a time when floridians are facing crisis levels of affordable housing issues. people are contacting my office all the time about state services that should be provided and that these administration has put by the wayside, because our governor is busy focusing on running for president rather than the issues facing floridians. we could talk about inflation. we could talk about gas prices. all of these things are things that my colleagues and i in the legislature are trying to address. we just had hurricane ian. the prices for the insurance for holmes is through the roof, and they don't want to touch it. >> i mean, the communities, let me just say this. the communities, i mean, speaking of hurricane ian, people watching it, just dropped out of the news. but the people in florida and the carolinas and puerto rico, they're still dealing with a ramifications of that. i can stay here all day with

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problems. >> that was former president barack obama campaigning in detroit today, criticizing republicans, and encouraging people to get out and vote. there's a lot wiping on this year's midterm election. black voters, they do have the opportunity to hold elected officials accountable and responsible. they have an opportunity to make sure their voices are heard in cases. today, we are continuing our series of conversations with the president of the divine nine, the historic black lead letter, with the omega sci-fi fraternity incorporated is the first international fraternal organization founded on the campus of the historically black college. oh make omega sci-fi paternity was founded by -- at howard university on november 17th 1911 and it was derived from the creek meaning, friendship is essential to the soul. that phrase also serves as that fraternities motto. the organization was established with the principles

of manhole -- there are more than 200,000 members of omega sci-fi and over 750 branches in all over the world. so let me bring in the president of omega psi phi fraternity incorporated, mr. wilkie lowest. president louis, let me just say, i had almost all the presidents, and they cues for hitting my phone this week. they were very excited about having you here. i want to talk about your organizational efforts in this election, you know, as an organization, you all focus on the service of the black community. i know in 2008, when president obama was first running for president, you all had a path, the 1911 back with the omega psi phi fraternity incorporated. you ran all around the country. you have an active back again this year. talk about some of the activities that you all are engaging in. >> yes, symone, thank you for inviting me here. so, it's a --

and his administration found that back in 2020, and this allows us to need to go out and knock on doors, go on barbershops, ask people to vote, get out, mobilize, make sure we do what we need to do what the polls. >> so we know that voter disinformation, we've been talking about, it it is rampant. it's happening everywhere. talk to me a little bit about your social action committee. i have to imagine that in this election, particularly given that climate that we are in, you are all having more pointed conversations with the brothers, but also, communities about disinformation, misinformation, especially when it comes to the targeting of black people. >> absolutely, absolutely. there are places we can go, we are interesting messages with our community. we can go where most of the go don't want to go. so, we go to neighborhoods, barbershops, talk to black men to be able to get out and vote. it's critical. that vote makes us win. and that's important. even trying to tell everybody that it's important to vote.

we have voter registration, voter education, and voter mobilization. register, educate yourself, particularly down the ballot, and mobilize, and get out to vote. >> this point about blackmon engaging, oh, blackmon -- i feel a lot of chitchatting, not just talking about twitter, i'm talking about how all black men don't go, and i think it's a misnomer. black men are absolutely engage in every election. i think they are engaged in this election. >> absolutely, and it's just pockets. people say that -- we've been encouraged by mothers to vote, our wives to vote, our daughters to vote and we're mobilizing to get the vote out. >> all right, president luis, i'm so happy you could come here. i did not mean to warm up all the day, but i appreciate -- >> your rocking it perfectly. i >> appreciate you all. ricky lowe was the president of only got, the president of omega psi phi fraternity in corporate. and thank you for watching symone on the saturday. i am symone sanders townsend. and you can catch me right here

on msnbc weekends at 4 pm eastern, and anytime over on the peacock where i have new episodes, or the msnbc hub every monday and tuesday. tomorrow on the show, i'll be back here in los angeles, and i will be joined by arizona gubernatorial candidate katie hobbs. she's a democratic candidate for governor. just gonna be here to talk about her campaign against an election denier in the final days before the midterm elections. and for more on all of the things we're doing on the internet, the highlights, and more, find us on instagram, twitter, and tiktok, politics nation with the great reverend al sharpton starts right after a very short break. thanks. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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