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politicsnation tonight's lead, one step at time he right now, abortion right activists are breathing a sigh of relief. as a key abortion pill wil stay on the market for now but, the fight over access t the bill now heads back to a appeals court. where the legal battle wil resume next month. meanwhile, on this earth day weekend, president biden i shoring up his green credential's with the bi announcement on environmenta justice. ahead of an even bigge announcement that he will ru for reelection that news is expected as early as tuesday as the 2024 presidential fields take shape on both sides.

and, in just over a week after he was shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell, kansas cit teen ralph yarl what i recovering at home his shooter, on andrew lester, now facing what could amount t life in prison on a firs degree assault charge. to which he has pled not guilty y'all's family and their lawyers want a federal hat crime charge against leicester and, in a few minutes, ralph yarl's mother joins me wit civil rights attorney le merrick. but, we start with politics. joining me now, senator pete welch, democrat of vermont senator, thank you for joining us the supreme court. let me go right to it, tha supreme court ruled yesterda that a key abortion medication will remain probably accessibl for now. ahead of a federal appeals court hearing next month the high court's decision come

after in him urgency request b the justice department to bloc lower court rulings that would severely restrict access to th drug, even in states lik vermont where abortion i legal. it is there a federa legislative avenue here that can more formally protec access, or is it a state b state solution in your view? >> well, the reality is that with the supreme court decisio in dobbs, they have just unleash all of the antiabortio activists around the country including some judges like the one in that texas. there is a theoretical legislative fix and that of th wellness health protection act which i voted for when i was a member of the house. but, in candor, we don't hav the votes to get it through th senate and they aren't eve going to bring it up in th house. so, the courts are really th center of action right now and there are a couple o things about this decision i texas that are jus

astonishing. number one, you have a singl judge that is asserting himsel to make a new rule for the entire nation, even assure diction is silly with in tha one single district. now, thank goodness we got a reprieve but, the second thing is tha is truly ominous and shows how extreme this judge was the reaction, the antiabortion fourth of. he is making a decision that a fda federal drug administratio approved drug that was don after scientific trials, has been in the u.s. based o science, he is saying that i is not a valid drug. now, it that kind of reasoning and power grab could be applie to cancer treatment drugs. so, accountable differen levels this is a shockin decision and we have temporary relief with the supreme court holding it but, keep in mind alito, the author of jobs and thomas, a big proponent of, jobs bot dissented. >> now, let's go to this

senator. nbc news is reporting that president biden is expected to formally announce his 2024 reelection bid next week that could come as soon as tuesday. the four year anniversary of his 2020 announcement to the date according to three sources familiar with the plans, the expect he may do so on tha day. now, we are about a year and a half from election day what message would you like to hear from the president, if he decides to run again >> well, you know what has worked for him is the bottom o middle out focus on the econom where everyone is included and it is not a top down deal. i think you saw that in hi inflation reduction act, including this recen announcement that we are going to make certain that the benefits of our attack o climate change or helpful to all communities, who particularly have been pushe to the side and actually suffered you see it with his approach o

what the whole covid respons has been so that bottom-up middle out inclusive approach to th economy i think is what ha made him successful with tha legislation we passed last year i think that is going to b what you will hear from hi again. he is also, i would say been a contrast to himself with the other side and there is a lot to contrast with there >> it is not hard to contras the other side in this one let's go on to, this is eart day. earth day evening, yesterday i the rose garden president bide announced a new slate of executive actions on the environment. centering on this new whit house office of environmenta justice. which will direct, according t the president, every federal agency to consider its environmental impacts on communities, and to improv research on the public healt effects of pollution now, the announcement come after the administration has

approved a pair of oil and natural gas projects in alaska after the last month pierre bringing criticism from some environmentalist an progressives in congress does this action bring it back that support >> well, i disagree with the president's decision in alaska but here is what is exciting i think to all americans with the passage of th inflation reduction act last year and the 500 billion dollars in incentives, what is happening as we are creating a market dynamic we are getting a 46 ne factories that have alread started construction billions of dollars in investment in the privat sector 18,000 new jobs. so, what you are seeing now is that the market is picking u on the opportunities tha attacking climate change are available through the inflatio reduction act. and i think it is really going to change the debate, becaus we are not having this abstrac

is gushing about whether climate change exists. we are having a discussion in competition about whether yo can get that battery factory i your district. in fact, a big battery factory two billion dollar investment, isn't marjorie taylor greene's district in georgia. >> one last question senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said that democrat cannot expect this caucus to allow temporary replacement fo senator diane feinstein on the senate judiciary committee that request coming from majority leader chuck schumer. as feinstein recovers from health issues that have kept her absent from the senate for the last two months, the senator insisting that she wil serve the rest of the last ter rather than resigning as som democrats have called for. hanging in the balance, ou biden judicial picks who canno get confirmed because democrat only have a one seat majorit on senate judiciary.

feinstein seat if mcconnell has already shu down the request, how do senat democrats proceed in this case >> we can't. this is going to be a decision that senator feinstein has t make without her presence, it is 10 to 10. and you know, i am disappointe that there wasn't and reasonable workplace accommodation for a person who has been, by all accounts, and extraordinary leader the mayor of san francisco the senator from california fo so many years. and widely respected for everything she has done. she has got a health issue, an i'd prefer that senato mcconnell make an accommodatio to help her get through this but, i think at the end of the day senator feinstein and thos folks around here are going to be able to assess when and how she can come back. and if she can't, what is th right decision for her to make but that will be known in time she's done a tremendous job.

she has made adjustments in he situation. she could've been president or third in line to the presidency she relinquish that. she could've been chair of the judiciary committee, she's relinquish that. she made this request for an accommodation. so, i think this will work out but it is not sustainable. the fact, is the only person who can make this decision i senator feinstein. >> all right, thank you fo being with us tonight, senator peter wells. now, to kansas city where a 16 year ralph y'all is recovering at home after being shot twice including once in the head b 84-year-old homeowner andrew lester as y'all's searched for hi younger brothers and rang th wrong doorbell last week this week, last year pled no guilty to two felonies charges over the shooting, maintaining he acted purely out of fear. even as the county prosecuto and leicester's family suggest there was likely a racia

component to the incident. joining me now is noted civi rights attorney lee merrick, representing the family of ralph yarl with him, cleo nag be, ralph's mother miss nag b, attorney mary, first i want to express my condolences for what happene to your son and my gratitude that he survived and i recovering you said that he is in goo spirits, that he can communicate when he wants to but the emotional trauma naturally up night is painfull obvious. so, my first question to you cleo is simple how are you, his mother, holding up through all of this and i wonder if ralph ha communicated any feelings to you about the incident that yo can share? >> well, i am holding up because i have to hold up fo ralph. but, in the sense of him

communicating, i see what he's feeling. at night, there is constan recurring of the incident that prevents him from sleep. and so he doesn't have t communicate it to me i can see it and that prevents prevention o him sleeping at night result in frequent headaches ever morning. today is the worst day since h got home from the hospital we have headaches every morning, but today the headaches ar nonstop. so i see it, he doesn't have t communicate that to me >> you are his mother, and you can communicate to mom in ways that you don't have to express vocally. attorney merritt, andrew leste is currently out on bond and h is facing first degree assault unarmed criminal action. his next court date is get i for june 1st immediate interviews this week lester's ex wife and grandso have said they are not surprised this happened, sayin he has a history of ange

issues, it is a constant consumer of right-wing media and has expressed racist views it would seem that based on al that we know, a federal hate crime charge at least could be applicable here. you, and attorney ben crump wh is also representing the family, have called for federal hate crime charges and the county prosecutor has acknowledged quote, racial component to thi case but insists the first degree assault charges the best chanc for a conviction what can you tell us, and do you expect lester to use missouri's stand-your-ground law in his defense you know, 11 years ago we ha to do a lot of marching in protest on george zimmerman. he did even get arrested, an he used stand-your-ground. and then i worked closely with you in ahmed arbery's mother who they tried to use that, an you successfully got the prosecutor there and there was convictions. what do you expect here, and what is the basis for yo

calling for hate crimes as you're noted civil rights work >> reverend al, i thin bringing up ahmaud arbery' case is important because, i that case the department o justice was investigating earl on while the state was movin forward with criminal charge against the man responsible fo ahmaud's death here, similarly, - their investigation in the federal -- apple playable to this case -- [inaudible but as you pointed out [inaudible [inaudible but it may tell us that, [inaudible and he had already expressed and i did a desire to -- at the missouri state level.

we don't expect [inaudible we do want to see a more aggressive prosecution fro either - or with the special prosecutor it is so very important that w do overcome the [inaudible >> cleo, i have a grandson jus four years old just starting school and hearing the story makes me think about the unique dange black boys often face becaus of racial prejudice. i hate that for my grandson, and i look at your son and wha i understand to be his interest taking care of his brothers, obviously. playing in the school orchestra, an exceptional student by al accounts and i can only rage at how non of that was taken into account both before and after he ran the wrong bell i mean, your thoughts on this? >> yeah.

about six months ago, ralp came hard on me and all th males of masking partly becaus they said that i was being a helicopter mom so, i didn't know what the helicopter mom was so i had to take my clothe back a little bit. but, i guess black moms in thi country, we don't know what to do with our kids anymore we have to put them under little bushel and hide them no because, if you train them out to be good kids, they still ge harmed whatever you do with them, they're still harm out there for them so, we are confused. what do we do with our kids? >> yeah. and, clearly the pain that you feel, and the question you raised is something blac parents have had to ask fo years and it is just sickening attorney merrick, tragically ralph was not the only perso

shot for being in the wron place at the wrong time in the last two weeks we have had a young woman shot and killed in upstate new york a homeowner opening fire on he vehicle when she mistakenl pulled into his driveway then you had to high schoo cheerleader soiled in texas in a parking lot. one of them saying it happened because she opened the door to the shooter's car afte mistaking it for her own and then in north carolina, yo had a six year old girl and he parents shot, allegedly afte the little girls basketbal rolled into the neighbor's yard that neighbor retaliated wit gunfire. bullet fragments had to be removed from the little girl's legs lee, you ran for office, did very well talking about guns i the inner and the in a state that doesn't want to hear abou it what can be done to keep americans safe from all of these armed trigger-happ people shooting first an asking questions later in this, case i think race is

factor but even where there was a black shooter in one, denounce that. i think we have to do somethin about guns no matter who the shooter is >> reverend al, i will have yo know, we have a real issue o gun violence in this country we live in the deadliest gun culture in the world and it only instigates or make worse the racial violenc problem that we have i think we need to address both i think that there is a cultur of gun violence that weekend address by first of course treating the symptoms of poverty and lack but then, passing sensible gun legislation. we have seen some new gun laws passed by this administration. it is a step in the righ direction. but we must do more to make it untenable to continue to shoot young kids we need to pass stronger law to protect our youth from gu violence, and stronger stronge penalties for those who target our youth. and there must be reasonable

escalations for people to us violence when they have race o prejudice in mind. >> well, thank you attorne mare for being with us miss nagy, certainly our prayers are with you and i can say from national action network, whatever we can d during this recovery period, w are there with our prayers and whatever else. this has got to stop, and we have got to be there to help stop it. and, wishing you and your son fast recovery. >> thank you, thank you very much >> coming up, i'm calling on you to arise up to a new kin of challenge today by putting politics aside fo the planet's this earth day, the first my colleague jessica layton wit today's top news stories jessica? >> thank, you reverend all stories we are watching fo you at this hour the u.s. embassy in sudan is urging american citizens t shelter in place nearly a week into heavy fighting between the countries army and a rival parliamentary group.

this comes as the sudanese arm announced evacuations of u.s., uk, french, and chines diplomats were expected to start immediately. nbc news has not confirmed tha yet. but two sources say the bide white house is leaning towards those evacuations. more massive protests in israe today. tens of thousands taking to th streets to oppose the judicial plans of prime ministe benjamin netanyahu it comes after the longtim leader cave to public pressure last month, wasn't his plan to get politicians greater say in judiciary appointments and decisions. and, here at home, but recover mode for the middle of the country after severe storm pummeled the texas up to illinois knocking out power t thousands. parts of texas still cleanin up after severe flooding there some people were forced to swi to their vehicles. i am jessica layton, we have more politics nation wit reverend al, after the break reverend al, after the break >>need an eight-time all-star to tell you about it. wait what? get it before it's gone on the subway app!

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been sent to the fifth circuit court to decide on the matte beginning next month juanita, this ruling is victory for abortion right activists. but a temporary one. what is your reaction? >> right, emphasis o temporary. emphasis on for now. but it is a real reprieve fo women impregnable who ar seeking access to basic health care in the form of medication abortions, which we know are used in about half of abortion performed in this country. and it is critical that we als emphasize that this is a success for the bide administration who is going to the -- fighting this every step of th way. i think when we get back to th fifth circuit, which we know t be pretty unfriendly when it comes to reproductive rights that the arguments that we are going to hear during those ora arguments is going to be a bit more expensive about fda authorizations, instead of jus a focus on abortion. but, you better believe that voters know exactly who to blame for this attack. voters are going to remember this, because let's be real, a

court cases are moving along you still have republican stat leaders threatening bands of abortion at six weeks, befor most pregnant people even know they are pregnant. and so, it is clear that thi is also going to be a ke mobilizing issue for democrats just like it was this year i wisconsin, and last year the midterms >> rick, former presiden donald trump to criticism this week from a major anti-abortio group following his comments about how abortion restriction should be left up to individua states, not the federa government the susan b anthony pro-life america group responded saying it would not support any white house candidate who did no support a minimum of 15-week federal abortion ban trump is in the all isn't th only republican trying t distance itself, or distance themselves from groups pushing for nationwide report abortion restrictions neither speaker mccarthy or minority leader mcconnell have

weighed in on yesterday' abortion pill ruling how significant is this rift developing in the republican party? >> well, look. the democrats i would say ar pretty smart to use th abortion issue because, the right track ron jack it is still at 70 30. and so they want to distract from that and use abortion a the issue. most, what the republicans should be talking about in response to abortion is, one that there is a lot of areas where most republicans, most voters agree with republican on limiting it to 15 weeks a the european standard. 15 weeks is what seems to be anthony could support. and, what democrats have bee saying is they wan unrestricted abortion an taxpayer funding up unti birth. which by the way most democrat do not agree with. but most republicans independents and democrats d not want to see taxpayer funde

abortion they do want to limits o abortion and we should be talking about with his limits are instead of saying the supreme court i terrible we keep the supreme cour supported this decision. which the pro-choice community also cheered so, look, the republican should be talking abou abortion, but they should be talking about the issue of abortion for most where most voters agree >> right now the iowa faith an freedom coalition's 23rd annua spring kickoff is underway and several potential white hous hopefuls will be addressing th largely socially conservativ and evangelical crowd, including vice president mik pence, and senator tim scott trump will be speaking remotely this comes as president bide is expected to announce a bi for a second term as soon as next week. juanita, what are your thought on how the presidential race i shaping up on both the republican and the democrati side >> well, on the republican side i hope they do spend th

next 14 months hitting eac other and spending money o hitting each other so the president biden can really focus on a genera election message, which we kno has is going to appeal t democrats and independents and moderates. as well as working o organizing voters. president biden has the luxury of being an incumbent with a strong legislative record that he can go out and continue t celebrate and continue to tout across the country and i think that is going to b a big part of the vote engagement and education process for the next year that we are going to see from him and his campaign, and so i think that that in just position with republicans wh are going to be duking it ou is a wonderful place for democrats to be. especially when it looks lik that democratic party is going to align behind president bide because there hasn't been an serious challenge to him yet though if you folks have throw their names in the hat, i don' think it will be a threat at all. >> rick, let's turn now to the debt ceiling house speaker kevin mccarthy unveils a plan to support a 1. trillion dollar increase to th

debt ceiling, in exchange for 4.5 trillion dollar dollars in cuts many and from the bide administration priorities. biden says mccarthy's plan would hurt hardworking peopl the most, and a government default if the debt ceilin isn't raised would destroy thi economy. how do you see this standoff playing out? >> as it always, does they wil resolve it in the last minutes so that we don't have th economy, which would have very bs effects on the economy if w did reach a point where th government could meet it obligations. but having said, that i have said many times that tha ceiling could not be used as negotiation to get your fiscal housing order. having said that, the fiscal house should be in order because you can't have you don't know the government' gonna fail on its own by jus spending into infinity we need some controls on government, not just because i is taxpayer money and they kno

better what to do with taxpaye money that the government does but because the government i too big, they are too many things, and as too many things not particularly well. and i think the government should be -- into the things which th constitution outlined to get those things right and wil talk about the future. >> juanita tolliver, and ric tyler, thank you both for bein with us. coming up, my california community is outraged after an investigation revealed racis homophobic and violent texts from members of the city's police department. the mayor of antioch californi joins us next to talk about it joins us next to talk about it ♪ (vo) love is bigger than ever. the three-row subaru ascent.

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a federal lawsuit file was filed this week against severa members of the antioch california police, allegin that civil rights violations and other misconduct afternoon castigation revealed explicitl racist, homophobic, and violen text messages. at least 45 officers wer involved in those text chains. 16 of them in leadership positions. joining me now is the mayor of antioch. lamar vote thank you for joining me today mister mayor >> thank you for having me,. reverend >> mayor, dozens of

community members have sai they've lost trust in the anti actually's apartment and are demanding accountability first, can i start by gettin your reaction to the lawsuit that was filed this week, an where do you see it going? >> well, it is an unfortunat situation that the city find itself in. in terms of the lawsuit, obviously we are going to be briefed in closed session on tuesday about this i'm not going to tal specifically about that. i can only express that understand the challenges we are going through, and i understand the lawsuits that w are going to face, and i wan about this a few weeks ago whe i first announced that we were putting several officers o administrative leave as result of these text messages. so we will deal with those los just as we move forward. >> now, the language used in these text messages, between law enforcement, is highly racist and alarming to me. some of these messages include the use of the n-word, and

sharing pictures of guerrillas and reference to black people. just to name a few examples. and this is happening in one o the most racially racially diverse cities in the bay area how do you foresee handlin this cultural problem in you police department? >> you are absolutely right. we are one of the most raciall diverse cities in the bay area so there's absolutely no roo for what we have discovered. we keep using the phrase racia animus, but that is just a ver pretty word to say that thes are races. we are dealing with races. and so, we will continue t deal with this situation in terms of how we move forward, the city council earlier thi week passed my proposals t initiate an audit of interna investigations to look back as far as eight years to determin what types of complaints w have had, and what their education was. and more importantly, for thos investigations that lapsed one are one year statute o

limitations, we need t understand why they lapsed and how people were held accountable. second, our equity audit t start looking at patterns an practices of the polic department, and third, a rar extensive review of our hiring and internal promotion processes. so those are the three thing that i have outlined that we will move forward on but, you know, what i have bee talking about police refor since i ran for mayor in 2020. for the last two years, my colleagues and i have been attacked as a result o launching the city's mos extensive and largest police reform measures in its history but here we find ourselves today dealing with the absolut worst, and the sad reality i that we have not even gotten t the part of the fb investigation. this is just a component a small component of the large fbi investigation. >> now, mister mayor, in m capacity as president of the national action network, i called it attorney general merrick garland and th department justice t immediately investigate thes text messages.

i also called on the doj t ensure safety for you, because you have also been a target in these messages and that and have since been receiving death threats an calls. can you talk a little abou that, a little bit more abou that and what you've had t face >> well, right we in the last week or so have been receiving lots o threats. whether it is through my personal cell phone, someone published it online. i don't know who my home phone number, obviousl the email communications, an also social media. but, i want to point out tha for the last two years, i have been receiving threats for the last two years there is a council calling o mine, demi such walker who has personal security as a resul of some of the struck threat that she has received. and, it hasn't stopped so i have been attacke physically after i gave speech at the chamber, at chamber of commerce luncheon and the police department di

not take it seriously. they said it was his wor against my word, or vice versa >> you are physically attacked you are physically attack to the police department said i is your word as mayor agains somebody else? >> i don't know in what worl that is the reality, but i here in the city of antioch it was an absolute reality. anywhere else the individual would've been arrested and here i am offending fo myself and so, it has been absolutely ridiculous i have had security for the fo fourth of july parade, about security for large events, for my press conferences that i've held we constantly have securit because nobody takes our concerns seriously and that is just the way it ha been for african americans whe we exercise our right to not only free speech, but to participate in the democrati process as elected officials >> mayor, i want your opinio on one more case the this week the governor o oklahoma called on for count officials to resign.

one of them, a count commissioner already has this is after an oklahom newspaper released recording of them discussing killing journalists and lynching a black people the other three law enforcemen officials, a county sheriff, a sheriff's captain, and a count jail administrator, have yet t resign but they have been suspended b oklahoma sheriff association the states now investigating the matter while the fbi has neithe confirmed nor denied a federal investigation, what is you take away here, what are you facing there in antioch, and what happened in oklahoma, mayerthorpe. these are law enforcemen people, and they wonder why we protest and deal wit situations when they happen. what is your reaction as one leader city? >> well, i mean this is backlash to 2020 the reality is, a lot of us as african americans finally stoo up and said, we no longer have to explain ourselves when it comes to racism. if you don't get, it you are

the problem. and, what we are seeing is a backlash as a result of 2020 when that the world, and not just the country, but the worl said enough is enough. with the challenges between la enforcement and the africa american community, and fo every minority community i this country and so, when i see these thing pop up throughout our country, it is no surprise to me becaus there are just angry right win maga type republicans out ther who have no regard or no respect for the fact that ou country has a history of racism and, they don't like talking about it, they don't like goin to get out, and when you do, they just get so violently offended at the fact that yo would even point out that ther is racism occurring at you local police department. >> mayor lamar thorpe, thank you for being with us tonight. we are going to keep our eye o antioch. up next, how about asked questions first, shoot i

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mistakes in our lives, especially in our youth. but i would wager that most of us have never had to pay for those mistakes with our lives, as those lives are just gettin started. tonight, we mention severa recent cases that defied tha expectation tragically a 16 year old boy in kansa city who ring the wrong th doorbell and then a 20 year old woman upstate new york who simpl turned into the wrong driveway and then three teenage cheerleaders in texas wh stopped outside a supermarket. one of them mistakenly opening the wrong car door

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for watching tomorrow on politicsnation msnbc host and a dear colleagu of mine joe scarborough. he will talk about biden, trump, and all of things politics including things - monday evening special tha will air right here on msnbc drove traveled to island 2 years after the good frida agreement. he talked with president biden and also with the architects o that deal. president bill clinton, former secretary of state hillary clinton, former british prim minister tony blair and more so watch joe scarborough o politicsnation tomorrow at 5 p eastern. and then his special on monday at 8 pm eastern. right here on msnbc an streaming on peacock american voices with alici mendez starts right now on