good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, facts versus fiction. right now, the war in ukraine is entering its second year and invasion vladimir putin hoped would be wrapped up within

weeks. as we come along and deadly debacle for the russian president. thanks to ukrainian bravery and international resolve. president biden bought the first anniversary of the war this week with a surprise visit to kyiv, followed by a speech impediment, expressing solidarity with the ukrainian people as the administration announces another round of aid. the president also appeared alongside ukraine's president and ever shull conference calling on allies to remain united against russia. meantime, biden's republican critics at home are intent on spending their own and divisive and deceptive narratives. some gop makers are trying to cut off additional aid to ukraine, calling the presidents policies of failure. while former president trump traveled to the site of the toxic train derailment in ohio,

as he runs for president a third time. claiming the disaster is somehow the white house's fault, as a new grain the situation on the ground and east palestine and it doesn't match disturbing told by right-wing media, once again this afternoon federal authorities from the epa of the federal organizations are working hand in hand with local officials trying to clean up the mess at the southern accountable for their accident. a lot to cover so let's get started. joining me now, congressman jimmy gomez democrat of california and member of the intel committee. congressman, let's get started. let's follow up a news conference this afternoon from east palestine, ohio. a return of the environment protection agency said the

agency will be taking over waste disposal at the site from north fork sudden. this also comes after residents and workers near the site, where the train carrying hazardous chemicals derailed earlier this month have been diagnosed with bronchitis, and are suffering from other health conditions that doctors suspect are linked to the chemical exposure. this is something many of us have argued about that is why you don't want a lot of these plans in a lot of these facilities near communities that are poor rare people and particularly black and people of color are disproportionately there. here, we see it in another community. what is your reaction? >> you know, this is something we have seen in los angeles and ohio throughout the country. you see a lot of these chemical plants or rail lines cutting through areas that are lower

income, black, latino and when an accident occurs as a dozen east palestine, they are the ones that bear the brunt. i believe it is up to the federal government as well as the state government to take steps to make sure that these people don't get sick or. that they are protected and at the same time that communities are cleaned up. but in the long-term, we have to agree that the lanyard policies across the country. the poor and the working class are not the ones who should bear the brunt of chemical pollution and real accidents and things that we have seen because it is something that we have seen across the country and is something that must come to an end. >> and in irony of former president trump going when it was under his administration, some of these things around train breaks and other things were relaxed and now he is going to go and blame this on this biden administration without addressing some of the

environmental safeguards that was relaxed under the trump administration. let me go to this, yesterday marked the one year anniversary of russia's invasion on ukraine. the biden administration has announced two billion dollar -- alongside sanctions against russia. this comes days after president biden made an unannounced visit to kyiv and promised to continue america's commitment to ukraine. what are your thoughts on this war and this administration's handling of it one year on? >> i think this administration and congress has taken appropriate steps in order to support an ally who is fighting for freedom. making sure they are pushing back against the russian aggression and doing it in a strategic way that brought along the international community, i gave them the resources and the tools to win this war and also, i would say

defied the skeptics. remember, everybody thought that russia would overrun ukraine and a matter of weeks, if not months. that did not happen, that's because this administration was taken appropriate steps at the appropriate time to make sure that the ukrainians can defend their homeland. >> now some republicans and congress like marjorie taylor greene and matt gates have become more vocal in their opposition to more aid from ukraine, with republicans now holding a slim majority in the house, are you concerned about an erosion of domestic political support for countering the russian invasion? >> i am concerned that there are individuals within the gop that are spouting russian talking points. they are doing this in order to break apart the consensus that we have had in this country between democrats and republicans that say we have to support ukrainians because it's a fight for freedom, it's a fight against tyranny and

that's why we are doing it. one of the things that marjorie taylor greene and matt gates are doing is that they are just using the russian talking points to show division. we cannot let that happen because if we, do the russians will think that our resolve it is not 100% and they will try to take advantage of it and it means more lives will be lost if we do not maintain the course and push back to this aggression from the russians. >> it's interesting that there seems to be a split in the gop because you have minority leader in the senate mccormick, i am sorry majority leader in the senate standing up saying he supports fighting for freedom with the ukraine and i can only wish that he would also support some of that for some of our domestic concerns. while i have you, let me ask you about your home state.

earlier today, your colleague in the house fellow california congresswoman barbara lee held a kickoff event in oakland, in her campaign to replace retiring senator diane feinstein. some of the democrats and the states congressional delegation are said to be considering one as well, including ro khanna, adam shift and katie porter. what is your take on this? >> i think it can be one of the hard races in 2024. this senate seat does not come open. maybe once every 30 years, once every 25 years and when that happens, everybody jumps. and we have a lot of talent in that candidates. we have barbara lee, adam schiff, katie porter, royal khanna. i think it will make an exciting race at the end, one of them will be the next senator of the great state of california and represented as well. and all the saw that some of them are no longer in congress because we need more fighters

like them in the halls of congress every single day. i think it'll be an exciting race. >> all right, thank you congressman jimmy gomez. joining me now is congresswoman sheila chef elise mccormack, hope i'm pronouncing your middle name correctly. she is a democrat of florida. let me ask you this congresswoman, mccormick first of all thank you for joining us. let's start with your governor, ron desantis and his assault on education. between the laws curtailing the mention of race, gender and sexual identity and primary schools, and of course his recent ban on and ap african american studies course, which i protest the directly. now a new bill introduced by republican lawmakers this week would give the governor even more control, giving your state border governor the power to direct universities or removing

fields of study, university majors and minors that concern race and gender studies. and two with old spending from programs that include those areas. the states public universities are overseeing by the border of governors, 14 of its 17 members appointed by the governor. what is your reaction to this week's escalation? well as infuriating because this is a continuation of his attack on minorities and people of different backgrounds and gender. we are seeing have do with the select at this point is really removing the funding and putting all of the power into the gop appointed people to ensure that they are now screaming and the information that our children and our constants need to know. at the end of the, day we see at the heart of his attack, it's really removing all of diversity, equality andperfect . he attacks the educational

system, african american ap studies so people wouldn't understand why we even develop these programs. it really is rooted in our history of inequalities. these inequalities still persist today, we are still seeing inequalities, and equal numbers of participation and certain jobs fields, we are still seeing minority students who are going to stay colleges and actually being accepted, not equal to the counterparts. we are still feeling the effects even when it comes to pay and we have to address our past and that is what he is trying to attack. once we can erode those standards and that information, and allows them to pass and more people to live in the bigoted extremism like he has been doing. >> now decide the senate republican allies are also pushing a bill that would weaken protections for journalists against defamation lawsuits. part of the santa's ongoing beef with media outlets that he contends a biased against conservatives, the bill has implications beyond florida

because it has been written in such a way as to challenge decades old supreme court precedent on defamation cases. this is the same tactic republicans used to chip away at roe v. wade isn't it, congresswoman? >> it definitely, is that it's been one of his letters that he has been trying to do. we saw this kind of behavior when it came even towards the minority access district. here he is again now trying to make sure he sensors what the american people know and what they can hear. these are more an escalation of his intimidation tactics. his hope is not just to get this legislation passed so that we consented journalist but also to send a resounding message to anybody else. if you talk against them, if you are against, that he will come after you. that is the kind of retaliatory nature that we have seen our governor practicing throughout the entire state. but you know for the good part is that we are starting to see more people come together, more correlations coming together saying that we will protect our

democratic -- democracy at any cost. i don't think he anticipated this kind of pushback to everything that he is doing. especially the hispanic communities and caribbean communities, this looks exactly like the dictatorships on the totalitarian regimes that people left their country to come to the united states to participate in the mobocracy. even while i was out in the streets, i people in venezuela thank you know what? the governor starting tomorrow look like a dictator and they're absolutely right. that is the trajectory right now that he is heading down. >> and they are bringing more and more people together, when i was there two weeks ago the head of the network we had a margin there was a diverse crowd, hundreds of people came out yet students walking out this week of all areas from schools all over the state divers. he really is in my opinion uniting people that may not have been his goal but he might be his circumstance. congresswoman, while we have yet tomorrow we will have congresswoman jennifer mcclelland fresh off the special election victory in

virginia this week. she of course is now the first black woman ever sent to the u.s. congress from that state of virginia. you yourself are now in your second year in congress after prevailing and the special election last year to succeed the late congressman i'll see hastings who i knew well. how would you characterize your tenure so far, your experience as a freshman and member over the last year and what advice might you give congresswoman mcclellan as she begins her term? >> well i am extremely excited to welcome her into our full. i think she will be an excellent addition and i also feel like my presence in congress at this point comes from the state of florida has been timely. we need more people who can actually articulate the stance of the people without leaning into the extreme maga republicans and signing up for the community. that is really what we have been aiming at and what i would advise you to do is to continue to remember that people who sent her and to make sure we can all come together and make

sure moving towards a more perfect union. >> i must ask you this congresswoman, a texas federal judge will soon decide whether to cut off access to pills used for abortion and miscarriages nationwide. this comes after conservative groups filed a lawsuit to revoke the 22 year old fda approval of the drug. and preparation of this ruling, the white house is taking steps to ensure access to the drug goals as uninterrupted as possible for people across the country. how concerned are you about the judges upcoming the station that could come in any moment? >> i am very concerned, i'm very concerned because it seems like week after, week month after month, we have people who are trying to force their ideologies on all of us. women, minorities, women are just the american people and every confrontation, even though they are losing, we saw that with the mid term there are still pushing this agenda forward. it really does and hit our

ability to make decisions for ourselves but also our democracy. and as you, mentioned we are coming together and coalescing and making sure it does not go forward but for some reason, the extreme republicans are not getting the message. they are not getting the message that we will stand up for our democracy at our costs and make sure that everyone has the right to make their own decisions. >> congresswoman mccormack, thank you for joining us this evening. speaker mccarthy hands over 40,000 hours of january six footage to just one media organization. but that cozy exclusive could come at a high political cause for the republican leader. but, first my colleague richard newly-with today's top news stories. richard? >> raf, a very good saturday to you. while the winter weather to tell you about for us across the country, nearly half 1 million homes and businesses and southern michigan are without power. an ice storm pounded the region leaving one person dead. warmer temperatures are expected later this weekend and

in california, a blizzard warning was issued and southern california yesterday for the first time since 1989, going north overnight in san francisco. they recorded a record low temperature of 39 degrees. and disgraced attorney alex murdaugh faces an additional misdemeanor charge. reporters learned late last, night that's according to the nbc affiliate with wcbd citing shell record. he spent an emotional second day on the witness stand yesterday and his double murder trial. he is charged with killing his wife and son. more politics nation with reverend al sharpton right after this break. after this break an architecture firm... and homemade barbeque sauce. they're called 'small businesses.' but to the people who build them there's nothing 'small' about them. that's why at t-mobile for business... you'll save more than $1,000 versus verizon. and with price lock guarantee, we'll never raise your rate plan. so you can keep your focus on toe-turns and making sure the sauce is extra spicy.

at t-mobile, there are no small businesses. ♪♪ ♪♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calculations guaranteed. my asthma felt anything but normal. a blood test helped show my asthma is driven by eosinophils, which nucala helps reduce. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. nucala is not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with nucala. a lot of new dry eye patients in my office tell me about their frequent dry eyes, which may point to dry eye disease. millions of americans were estimated to have it. they also tell me they've tried artificial tears

again and again, but the relief is temporary. xiidra can provide lasting relief. xiidra treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease. don't use if allergic to xiidra. common side effects include eye irritation, discomfort or blurred vision when applied and unusual taste sensation. why wait? ask your eye doctor about a 90-day prescription for xiidra today. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clinical trials, movement disorders and weight gain were not common. call your doctor about sudden mood changes, behaviors, or suicidal thoughts. antidepressants may increase these risks in young adults. elderly dementia patients have increased risk of death or stroke. report fever, confusion, stiff or uncontrollable muscle movements which may be life threatening or permanent. these aren't all the serious side effects. caplyta can help you let in the lyte.

ask your doctor about caplyta. find savings and support at caplyta.com. you may have heard me say

before that many republicans and ron desantis appeared to be working overtime to turn the sunshine into a right-wing fantasy lane. that kind of place many of us would consider a nightmare.

the governor and his allies in the state house are trying to cancel black history and a raise discussion of homosexuality in schools. and they have gone to war with disney for the crime of being inclusive and diverse. now, they are scheming to supercharge the death penalty and the state with an extremely poor track record for handing out the ultimate penalty. some gop lawmakers outraged by hawkins school shooter nikolas cruz being sentenced to life without parole by a jury of his peers are pushing for a law making a dramatically easier for others to be executed. the bill would allow judges to overrule a juries light sentence in favor of the death penalty. a practice florida drop years ago that is not allowed in any other state and juries would be

allowed to sentence a person to death with a simple majority and set of unanimous decision. and, essence the proposal doubles down on capital punishment and the system that is already badly broken. records show that florida has executed nearly 100 convicted murderer since the 1970s, while 30 death row prisoners have seen their cases overturned in the same period. that's the highest rate of death rate exonerations in the country. meaning this new plan with almost certainly lead to the execution of more innocent people. and a desperate number of those wrongfully executed will be black, as the links between the death penalty and structural racism are deeply rooted, especially in the south. it is outrageous to see this bill and race by politicians who claim to be pro-life on abortion. if an unborn child life has

value, the life of an innocent person who has been wrongfully convicted should also matter. in fact, i could think a few bigger failures of the state than to put someone to death for a crime they did not commit. it appears to me that governor ron desantis is not interested in justice, he is focused on generating publicity for a possible presidential run. he maybe building support with the gop base, but he is also got the attention of those of us who refused to stand by and watch the country bully backwards into reliving many of his most tragic mistakes. governor desantis, i was in florida adam national action network to protester efforts to roll back the clock on black history and i will continue to call out your bigoted and heavy-handed schemes as long as you keep dreaming them up. i got you. i got you. i got you.

whoo, this bed is dreamy. you're kelly clarkson? yes. and you're in our bed? yes. what about five star dining sets? sorry i didn't have a reservation. you're kelly clarkson. i love your work. thank you. find just what you need at wayfair! even a personal sauna. oh! can we do the wayfair song? yes you can. wayfair! ♪ wayfair, you've got just what i need ♪ wow. it'd be better if you did it. a ballet studio, an architecture firm... and homemade barbeque sauce. they're called 'small businesses.' but to the people who build them there's nothing 'small' about them. that's why at t-mobile for business... you'll save more than $1,000 versus verizon. and with price lock guarantee, we'll never raise your rate plan. so you can keep your focus on toe-turns and making sure the sauce is extra spicy. at t-mobile, there are no small businesses. ♪♪ - [female narrator] five billion people lack access to safe surgery. no small businesses.

thousands of children are suffering and dying from treatable causes. for 40 years, mercy ships has deployed floating hospitals to provide the free surgeries these children need. join us. together, we can give children the hope and healing they never thought possible. it's a mission powered by love, made possible by you. give today.

your best defense against erosion and cavities is strong enamel- nothing beats it. new pronamel active shield actively shields the enamel to defend against erosion and cavities. i think that this product is a gamechanger for my patients- it really works.

subway keeps upping their game with the subway series. an all-star menu of delicious subs. there's the philly, the monster, the boss. if i hadn't seen it in person, i wouldn't have believed it. eating is believing steph. the subway series. try subway's tastiest menu upgrade yet. [♪♪] the subway series. if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®. it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. welcome back to politicsnation.

joining me now is my political panel to msnbc contributors and political strategist, republican susan el presidio and democrat juanita tolliver. susan, let me go to you first. yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the war in ukraine and president biden marked the occasion this week with a foreign trip that included a historic stop in

kyiv as well as a stop in poland at the halfway mark of the biden presidency. he made the historic trip. his response was of course to the russian invasion and his stance as one of the major foreign policy legacies. how would you braid his timing of this conflict? >> what probably an a-only because no one handles it perfectly. there is always some issues here and there but i think what is also so important is not just how he has been handling the foreign policy as it goes to the war but what he did beforehand. getting an ally, our nato allies in line after having to deal with president, former president trump. this was a really important thing that president biden did. he said you can trust america. i am here and his visit to ukraine was not just a message

to ukrainians. it was a message to the rest of the world. i am fully in and then also, it happens to have a unique side benefit if you will have politically putting the republicans in a somewhat divided place because there are those traditional, institutional republicans like mitch mcconnell who says we must fund ukraine. we must put in this war, we will do what it takes. and then there is the extreme wackadoo's like marjorie taylor greene and others who say oh no, we should not spend any money there, we should just come home. >> now back to stateside juanita, former president donald trump visited eastern, east palestine, ohio this week to hand out trump branded water. he stopped by mcdonald's and took some swipes at the biden administration handling of the toxic train derailment there. while he was, there he claimed that his administration had

nothing to do with what happened even though the biden white house has suggested that trump's deregulation of the rail industry helped lay the groundwork for the disaster. perhaps even more importantly, trump then offered up any detail ideas for how to deal with the cleanup or prevent future accidents. what was your take on the trump visit? >> he is not there to help people, refuges put your hands on it right there. you said he offered no solutions. it was there for a campaign visit, where he threw out hats and like you said trump bottled water and went to a mcdonald's for a retail campaign stop because this was a campaign visit. remember, it's a community in ohio that voted overwhelmingly for trump in 2020. so that is what he went back there for but he absolutely has no interest and responding to the needs of the people who are as the days pass, being diagnosed with chemical related illnesses according to doctors

and nurses on the ground. i am talking respiratory issues like chemical bronchitis and more. so unless and until he provides anything of substance, we need to call that visit what it was, a campaign visit. and just depose it with what we have seen what epa administrator michael reagan or secretary buttigieg who went to the ground, to actually talk to people, who engage local officials, who are trying to find solutions not only to the ongoing environmental issues happening on the ground but accountability for -- as the deregulation that you mentioned before from trump has let's be real, potentially had an impact on this derailment. but angelique be a cause for, it those investigations are ongoing, rev. >> susan, give me your view on this debacle in ohio. >> i think as we, know donald trump only does things that serve him so i think he thought this event would serve him into ways. one, it would change the story

of the coming out of georgia and the grand jury. because he did not like, that he certainly did not like the story about his daughter having to go to that council. but also, i think he really thought that i want to be treated like a candidate. i want to be candidate trump because maybe, the doj will be less likely to go after me. so it was all self-surveying thing, as a matter of fact school even had to be shut down for the day because of security concerns of his visit. this was nothing but yes, it is nothing but trouble for the people there. >> let me ask you this news, and a group or media organizations including nbc news have asked speaker kevin mccarthy to share 44,000 hours of security footage from january 6th. after fox news talker carlson said he was given access to the videos. now it is not hard to guess why

the speaker might want to give this exclusively to a friend and media outlet but wouldn't perhaps be better for republicans politically to simply move on from january six? yes, this is an example of bad government and bad policy. i mean bad politics, excuse me. and the politics like you highlighted are horrible. why anyone in the republican party wants to relive what happened on january six is beyond me but also you know, this type of thing is the first step of having state run media. when you only provide information to one source that you believe is favorable to you, you start locking out the rest. and that to me is extremely dangerous. and that you know just the data and itself, the video in itself is going to be used against certain people and that's for sure. more importantly, people like that should be an information and video should be given to

every media outlet. it is one thing to give somebody a sneak peek beforehand but, boy state sponsored media? that is democracy going way downhill. >> juanita, your take on the tapes going to fox news? >> i cannot agree with susan more. how dangerous it is but it's also really dumb, rough. people in this country just voted against extremism in 2022 to the point that republicans had no way, they picked up a few seats in the house and that's why they have the slim majority that they have right now so clearly, the public does not respond well to the gop talking about how extremist they are or how they celebrate january 6th and this insurrection. what you are now threatening the lives of every single staffer, worker, member of congress on the former vice president who are all in that building. and that police officers who were defending it. and so it's really dumb for kevin mccarthy to do this but we all know why. he is looking to fox news to provide him with positive

coverage and potential cover, when he has to work with his conference and go against them and try to pass the debt limit deal. we know that is what's on the horizon here, so this is him trying to get ahead of that knowing the negative coverage and response and he will get from extremist republicans in his conference and fox viewers, so he is trying to give himself some cover right now because he is beholden to them all. >> my last question to both of you. juanita, you first. right now in states where abortion is still illegal, providers could lose the ability to prescribe pills used for abortion and miscarriages. this is due to a lawsuit put forth by conservative groups who argue that the drug was improperly approved by the fda. a federal judge out of texas is expected to make his decision in the case as soon as today possibly. what is at stake in this case? >> everything rev, i am

genuinely afraid because this is going to potentially be a national ban which means your state legislature cannot protect you and ensure you access to this. we know which demographic rivers are going to be disproportionately harmed. the same ones that have no access to basic health care and abortion care during roe and now in this post roe reality and that is black and brown people. that is low income people. that is people living with disabilities. that is people who are migrants are people living in rural communities. these people stand to lose yet a now they're step or a pathway to accessing abortion health care. i think that it's important to emphasize that this would have again, national impact. there is no cover here through state legislatures. so we all need to consider this as yet another step in taking away a baseline pillar when it comes to reproductive health care. i appreciate vice president harris calling it out as the attack on our public health. that it is.

this is harmful and we don't know what is going to happen next. we don't know the other alternatives available to people and that is why i am generally afraid, rev. >> we are out of time but susan, your take on this. >> i agree, absolutely with the issue of accessibility and how this is a dangerous thing to propose to women by politically, it's just ridiculous that this lawsuit and they move forward with this lawsuit. we saw firsthand in 2022 that voters did not want extremism, even when it came to the issue of choice. >> susan del pressed ceo and juanita tolliver, thank you both for being with us this evening. after the break, one woman takes the fight against -- to new heights. by helping to literally feed america. i will explain just ahead. in just ahead. for an everyday item to become dangerous. tide pods child-guard pack

helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. when moderate to severe ulcerative colitis keeps flaring, put it in check with rinvoq, a once-daily pill. when uc got unpredictable, i got rapid symptom relief with rinvoq. and left bathroom urgency behind. check. when uc got in my way, i got lasting, steroid-free remission with rinvoq. check. and when my gastro saw damage, rinvoq helped visibly repair the colon lining. check. rapid symptom relief. lasting, steroid-free remission. and a chance to visibly repair the colon lining. check. check. and check. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tb. serious infections and blood clots, some fatal; cancers, including lymphoma and skin cancer; death, heart attack, stroke, and tears in the stomach or intestines occurred. people 50 and older with at least 1 heart disease risk factor have higher risks. don't take if allergic to rinvoq as serious reactions can occur. tell your doctor if you are or may become pregnant.

put uc in check and keep it there, with rinvoq. ask your gastro about rinvoq. and learn how abbvie could help you save. this cough. [sfx: coughs] this'll help. vicks vaporub? vicks vaporub's ...medicated vapors go straight to the source of your cough... ...so you can relieve your cough to breathe easier. vicks vaporub. fast-acting cough relief. there's a story in every piece of land. written by those who work it. like the upshaws.

the nelsons. and the caggianos. run with us and start telling your story. ♪♪ inner voice (kombucha brewer): if i just stare at these payroll forms... my business' payroll taxes will calculate themselves. right? uhh...nope. intuit quickbooks helps you manage your payroll taxes, cheers! with 100% accurate tax calculations guaranteed. rising food prices and

inflation are eating away at many poor communities in america. many of which are still recovering from the covid-19 pandemic. black americans are more than three times as likely to face hunger than white americans according to the nonprofit feeding america. joining me now is the c e o of feeding america, clare babbitt no for tunnel.

thank you for joining us. first of all, forbes magazine named feeding america the number one charity in the u.s. last year, based on the value of private donations. the first time a futurity took the top spot. with feeding america taking and four billion with the be dollars to support about 200 regional food banks, that helped about one in seven americans. talk to me about the growing need and how your organization is rising to meet that challenge? >> well first, let me thank you for having the reverend al especially during black history month, when so many black families are struggling to make ends meet and the reality is that in this country the richest country in the history of civilization we have a real problem around hunger and poverty in this country. i like to make it, clear that

feeding america we clear equally about every single person facing hunger, but the reality is, not everybody faces it in the same way. communities of color are inheritance struggling with food insecurity. we want to do something about it so i hope your audience want to do something to. >> now i want to show some stats provided to us by your organization siding data from the department of agriculture which found that in 2021, 20% of black individuals lived in food insecure households, 22% of black children lived in food insecure households and black americans were three times more likely to face hunger than white ones. what is driving that disparity? >> oh there is a whole plethora of things that are driving that disparity. there are systems in place, wheels that i sometimes call them that simply need to be broken. and we are working on making

certain that we do exactly that. so we do a really effective job of feeding the line. making certain that people shop in need of our services receive them. but the reality is, what we really need to also be doing as focusing a lot of energy on making certain that we assert those lines. so feeding america, we have a bold aspiration for the nation that includes reducing insecurity rates overall by half, by the end of the decade. and reducing disparities by half in that same timeframe. that will happen community by community, learning from the communities themselves about what it is that they need. one thing i'm critically proud of reverend al, is that feeding america, we go to the source. we ask people experiencing hunger what do they want for themselves. what are solutions that they would like us to invest in. and we've been investing in those solutions. with your intelligence, i am actually coming to you from my hometown of aqua loosest, louisiana. where we are making one of those investment, i like to talk to you a little bit more

about it. >> on that note, feeding america's team with mckenzie scott, the former wife of amazon ceo jeff bezos, who donated $20 million to help food group serving communities of color. talk about the impact these funds will have. >> absolutely, so and mackenzie scott made that investment at the national office after having made some local investments, it was put upon us to really ask ourselves, how do we live into the spirit of that gift? we came up with what referred to as the food security equity impact fun. and what we have done is 100% of the money, seed money was a 20 million from mackenzie. and we have been trying to attract more dollars and hopefully, your audience will participate. we take 100% of that money, it's dedicated to going inside of communities, investing in community solutions. so i alluded before, this town that i am from, aqua loosest where there is a multi generational black shimmy will farms feeding america invested

through the food security impact fund, and that farm. we made certain that along with them, their industry that they have the resources that they need to grow these really nutritious crops, and then we have created with them, and ecosystem where we purchase that produce coming out of those props, and give it back to the community. you are doing things like that, rubble communities, doing it in urban communities, you have great footage of the farms right now that your audience is able to see. i want the audience to know that what people need and communities is not for us to come in with the black box and tell them what the solutions need to be. they need us to invest in their ideas, shoulder to shoulder and be partners with them and driving for those solutions. we already are seeing success, we are just getting started. >> wow, before you go claire, we are hearing the last few days of black history month and at the same time, you are fighting the widespread hunger

that you have laid out for us here, including in your hometown. you are blazing a trail as a black woman ceo of what is now the nation's top charity. does that ever factor into you as you are going about your work literally feeding america? >> absolutely. i believe it should matter that i come to this rule with experiences. i am a black woman in america, that mean something in this country. it ought to embark how an approach communities. i'm a person who comes from a community that does not have a lot of investment. that ought to inform how i approach this work. i have known so many people who don't have a lot of resources but who are highly resourceful. that ought to be the way that we approach the work, i am a part of a network that knows that that is the way to do it. we are really a local organization when you get down to. it we have food banks across the country that are members, we have affiliated food banks, 6000 agency partners over 1

million volunteers. you want to put a number on this reverend al? like in 2020? we served 60 million people, 6.7 billion meals. in 2021, one 53 million people still needed to rely upon the charitable food system. i want to be a part of breaking that wheel, i don't want them to have to stand in the line to be able to feed their babies. i want to make certain that we participate in positive change. i know that we can, i will we have a lot of companies after the show. >> well i hope so too, thank you miss claire babineaux-fontenot, a ceo of feeding america. thank you for being with us. tomorrow on politicsnation, the director of the new msnbc film when truth isn't truth, the rudy giuliani story joins me right here on set. i was interviewed as a part of the series and it explores giuliani's rise to power, fall from grace and how little he changed through all of it.

that is tomorrow at 5 pm eastern right here on msnbc. more politics nation just ahead. ahead. my mental health was much better, but i struggled with uncontrollable movements called td, tardive dyskinesia. td can be caused by some mental health meds. and it's unlikely to improve without treatment. i felt like my movements were in the spotlight. ingrezza is a prescription medicine to treat adults with td movements. ingrezza is different. it's the simple, once-daily treatment proven to reduce td

that's #1 prescribed. people taking ingrezza can stay on their current dose of most mental health meds. ingrezza 80 mg is proven to reduce td movements in 7 out of 10 people. don't take ingrezza if you're allergic to any of its ingredients. ingrezza may cause serious side effects, including sleepiness. don't drive, operate heavy machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how ingrezza affects you. other serious side effects include potential heart rhythm problems and abnormal movements. it's nice people focus more on me. ask your doctor about #1 prescribed, once-daily ingrezza. learn how you could pay as little as zero dollars at ingrezza.com ♪ ingrezza ♪ [♪♪] at ingrezza.com if you have diabetes, it's important to have confidence in the nutritional drink you choose. try boost glucose control®.

it's clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels and contains high quality protein to help manage hunger and support muscle health. try boost® today. postmenopausal women with hr+ her2- metastatic breast cancer are living longer with kisqali. so, long live family time. long live dreams. and long live you. kisqali is a pill proven to help women live longer when taken with an aromatase inhibitor. and kisqali helps preserve quality of life. so you're not just living, you're living well. kisqali can cause lung problems or an abnormal heartbeat which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. avoid grapefruit during treatment. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine, tiredness, loss of appetite, abdomen pain, bleeding, bruising, fever, chills, or other symptoms of an infection, a severe or worsening rash,

are or plan to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. long live hugs and kisses. ask about kisqali. and long live life. i'm a screen addicted tween. and, if i'm not posting on social media, i don't feel seen. hey mom. look! mom! oh my god mom. you gotta look at this. nope. keeping my eyes on the road is paying off with drivewise. post about that. bo-ring. oh! say cheese! no, thank you. unblock me! stop! [screech] that was awesome! hey what's your @? i'll tag you. get drivewise from allstate and save 40% for avoiding mayhem like me. >> tonight, police departments

across the country are on alert, after online tracking organizations picking up chatter from neo-nazi groups about a so-called national day of hate against jewish communities. thankfully, they've been no reports of major incidents but we continue to see efforts a rise in antisemitism in the united states and troubling behavior from those claiming to represent a groups earlier this week -- in new york city were heckled by protesters identifying as neo-nazis to show that they were waiting to see was called

parade. a play about a jewish factory worker who was convicted of murder alleged in early 20th century atlanta after a highly publicized trial that was tainted by antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. as head of the national action that work, i was outraged to hear about such hateful behavior directed at a broadway dramatize a shun of historical events that shape at the identity of jewish americans, especially those living in the south. so myself and the organization went out and bought 25 tickets to parade to share with some younger brothers. and he played a guy not sees this upset is probably worth your time. it might be worth your time to. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. i'm down with rybelsus®. my a1c is down with rybelsus®.

in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. in the same study, people taking rybelsus® lost more weight. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your family ever had medullary thyroid cancer, or have multiple endocrine neoplasia syndrome type 2, or if allergic to it. stop rybelsus® and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or an allergic reaction. serious side effects may include pancreatitis. gallbladder problems may occur. tell your provider about vision problems or changes. taking rybelsus® with a sulfonylurea or insulin increases low blood sugar risk. side effects like nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea may lead to dehydration, which may worsen kidney problems. need to get your a1c down? you may pay as little as $10 per prescription. age is just a number, and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health versus 16 grams in ensure® high protein.

boost® high protein. now available in cinnabon® bakery-inspired flavor. learn more at boost.com/tv

hi, i'm jason and i've lost 202 pounds on golo. being a veteran, the transition from the military into civilian life causes a lot of stress.

i ate a lot for stress. golo and release has helped me with managing that stress and allowing me to focus on losing weight. for anyone struggling with weight and stress-related weight gain, i recommend golo to you. this is a real thing. this is not a hoax. >> that does it for me, thank you follow the plan, you'll lose weight. you for watching. a see back 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, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i am alicia menendez. we kick things off with donald trump and his allies accountable for the plot to subvert democracy as the nation weighs charging decisions and the georgia election this decision. fulton county