has down syndrome, which is such an incredible accomplishment. you should be so proud of yourself, i'm sure that you. are everyone around you -- >> i am very proud >> what do you want people to know about down syndrome? about having down syndrome? >> down syndrome is not an exact diagnosis. we are living proof of much more of what is expected of us. yes, there are people with preconceived notions, but we are there to be against those odds. we are capable of -- we are capable of driving car, or graduating from college. we can have those meaningful relationships, not just your boss, but with anybody. we are valued members of this welcoming community, and should

be valued as such. but we want to see our worth, our value. >> we see you, kayla. we certainly do. we are here for you every day here, my team, along with everyone else watching, thank you both, thank you as well, and congratulations on this. how cool is that? that wraps it up for me, everybody. what a fantastic way to wrap it up, we'll be back in the chair next saturday and sunday at 2 pm eastern, symone starts right now. >> greetings, everyone, you're watching symone. president joe biden made it official for reaching his 2024 reelection bid. now our work begins. how will the campaign keep the coalition that elected them, particularly that are frustrated with what they have seen in the administration together. plus, the state legislators in south carolina and nebraska, they blocked abortion bans in

the republican states. we're talking to two women that had a hand in saving the bodily autonomy of their constituents. bridgerton fans, i have a treat for you. a sneak peek of the new queen charlotte series, and my conversation with the queen herself, -- i'm some, and i have something to say. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the 2024 campaign cycle is taking shape, with president biden making his reelection campaign official this week, and now he has released his first at. take a listen. >> joe biden is running for reelection to make certain that the sun will not set on this flag. the promise of american democracy will not break. >> democracy must not be a partisan issue, it is an american issue!

>> as your president, i will defend the democracy with every fiber of my being, and i'm asking every american to join me. >> is this message racing americans? a new gallup poll shows the approval rating hitting the lowest point of his presidency, 37%. meanwhile, the field of american republican candidates seem to be growing as folks are trying to challenge joe biden for the nomination. trump, he is still the front runner in that republican primary. analysis from 5:38 find that one average, trump is just over 27 points ahead of florida governor ron desantis. nbc news reports he is close to entering the race. donald trump is more than 45 points ahead of his former vice president mike pence, who has not officially announced she's running, and former south carolina governor nikki haley, who launched her candidacy this last february. there's a long way to go before the first ballots are cast. as of now, signs are pointing to a biden and trump rematch. i don't think there is much

appetite for it. our most recent nbc news poll found that 70% of americans do not want the president to run again, and 60% feel the same about donald trump. here are the facts, this is very important. republicans, they will sort out the final answer on who will be their nominee during the primary process. because biden is the sitting president, and the head of the democratic party, he will be the democratic party's nominee. the question for democrats is, will they vote for biden in the general election? the vast majority say yes. that coalition that elected him and kamala harris, it was a specific one. i'm wondering if it's going to hold. joining me now to discuss is the democratic congresswoman and national co-chair of the biden harris 2024 campaign, lisa rochester. thank you and welcome to you, congresswoman. let's jump into this. this is your second go around, supporting the biden campaign. and the president has said, as recently as last night, do not

compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative. as i just laid out, right now, there's not a definitive alternative, so what's the 62nd elevator pitch on why the president should be reelected? >> first of all, it's so good to see you again. secondly, i would like to start off by saying that i loved his line about let's finish the job. this is a president that has come in and made record improvements, and the unemployment rate, lowest in 50 years. he is helps with all of us, the prime minister, the congress, creating 12 million new jobs, rebounding us from a local pandemic, and then looking towards the future, making sure that we focus on democracy and on freedom. i think that a lot of people have to think about the fact that democracy and freedom is tied to everything from economic freedom, making sure that you have a job, making sure that you have clean drinking water, and that there

are not lead pipes poisoning your families. it's the environment, it's all of those things that this president has been able to tackle, just two years. his goal is to finish the job. >> i want to bring up this recent article from the new york times. reporters there, they interviewed dozens of voters, organizers, african american lawmakers, and many of these folks expressed frustration, or even fatigue with president biden's record. i don't have to tell you, congresswoman, my voters are critical and crucial to the victory of any democratic candidate. in 2022, fewer black voters turned out to the midterms compared to 2018. when will they make and -- investment into black voters? >> and i don't have to tell you, but we know that black voters have been truly the inspiration,

the backbone, they've really elevated this president to the place where he is. we are counting on black voters to turn out again, and part of that is our responsibility as a campaign to make sure that number one, we implement these incredible opportunities that he has put before us. like i said, in two years, he's done more than some presidents in four or eight years. particularly for black and brown communities, where there is that investment in the hbcus, whether it's the broadband internet, the 12 million new jobs. and then it's the things that he couldn't do on his own, but -- and through executive order or action. everything from dealing with criminal justice free form, last week i was at the white house for environmental justice reform, as well as the student loan debt repayment piece, which i think is very important to so many in our community, because this is about our bread and butter as well.

>> congresswoman, i'm sorry to interrupt you. i would 1000% agree with you about the student debt relief piece. i am wondering about the campaign investment in engaging black voters so that they know, and want to vote for the president based on all of those things you're talking about. in 2020, the campaign, there is a huge ad investment, if you will, in advertising, not just for black radio, but african american newspapers across the board, but then there is something to say about -- what specifically, what conversations are being had about that piece as it relates to this election? it will be critical. >> this is a different election. it is starkly different. first of all, we were in the midst of a pandemic. literally, the president, who's one who likes to be out on the campaign trail, was not able to go to as many places as he would have. we will be able to go to the cities and towns, he's already

started that effort. number two, look at the leadership of who he has put in place to lead this campaign, from julie chavez, rodriguez, clinton folks who worked for mr. warnock. we all have a real desire to make sure that we are touching people as a local level, community levels, and at the state and local party levels. we know that that's really where the investment has to be made. we also know, and you will recall, when we started in 2020, our campaign started with very minimal support. we literally -- it was because of those grants, those efforts, and because of a place like south carolina, and a person like a jim clyburn that helped elevate the campaign. this time, we've got new energy, new members, like maxwell frost, lauren underwood, others that have joined the team as well.

and so a concerted effort on black media, a concerted effort similar to what we did during the pandemic. working community leaders is going to be the thing that will really take us across the line, because that is who is trusted in different communities. >> we will be watching and waiting to see how those efforts pan out. >> and one last thing, before we get off of that, i would also like to make clear that it is not just the president. we have to elect democrats in the house, in the senate, these bills that we are passing our during a democratically controlled house and senate. he needs those partners as well. we need to make sure that we aren't just focused on one area, but across the board. we need to make sure that we elect democrats that believe in the agenda that we believe in. >> congresswoman, i'm very glad that you went there, because it's something that i was wondering about. there are critical senate races

coming up in 2024, and you talk about electing folks up and down the ballot. i think that a lot of time and energy has been spent by folks talking about the presidents age. he is the oldest president in american history, he is the seventh oldest presidential candidate. there's an nbc news poll, and in the poll, nearly half of americans, again, who don't want to see him run again, cited age is a major reason. i'm not going to play the clip, but last night, he took on this issue of his age with humor, and then talked about his record. is that the strategy here? to address the age issue and then go on and pivot to a number of those issues that you just spoke about, given the stakes in 2024? >> you know, simone, you know my middle name is blunt, a try to tell it like i see it. the reality is, his age is his age. judge him based on, number one, what he has accomplished. number two, you will not find a

more hard working, compassionate person that wakes up every single day thinking about what i can do to better the lives of the american people. you won't find that in any candidate. we have a choice, a party with candidates who are looking to represent some of america, and a president who is here for all of america, no matter how old he is. i've known him for 30 years, and i haven't seen this kind of motivation. i think it's because he truly does believe and knows that this is a fight for the soul of our nation. and the future of our country. >> congresswoman lisa blunt rochester, thanks so much for your time today. we look forward to chatting with you over the course of this campaign season. >> sounds good, thank you. >> folks, we want to take you to breaking news in cleveland,

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court justices are the only judges in the entire country who operate without a formal code of ethics? that's required. instead, they're self policing in the ethics issues. now, a senate panel is calling that into question. the senate judiciary committee is set to hold a hearing to say what potential supreme court ethics rules and reforms could be. it comes a week after the senate introduced bipartisan bill to force the supreme court

to establish an ethics code. through all of this, in the wake of an explosive, and not just one, but frankly many explosive reports, about undisclosed financial dealings by justices neil gorsuch, and clarence thomas. i'm joined now by a former white house obama aide, and former voting rights attorney, also with me is téa mitchell, washington correspondent for the initial journal-constitution. and -- political commentator and msnbc news think contributor. all right, so many explosive reports about this supreme court. the senate panel hearing is coming up this week. the chief justice, john roberts, he declined an invitation to go before that hearing. he suggested that it could pose a threat to the judiciary's impartiality, if you will. they're independents. do you think that's a missed opportunity for chief justice? >> i do, because frankly, there is a threat to the legitimacy, and peoples confidence in the

court. there has been a steady stream of ethical and propriety is when coming down, since the last time that the ethical code was reviewed. senator durbin issued a stern letter to chief justice roberts saying, look, this has got to stop. we have to figure out a way to review the ethics, the code of ethics, and make a reasonable, formulated version of what the contact should be. i'm a lawyer, so we have a code of conduct to pass the bar. all professions have a code of conduct, but specifically the executive and legislative bad branch have codes of conduct. we should have that for the supreme court in order to ensure the legitimacy of the supreme court. >> i think it's shocking to folks to learn that there is literally -- we talk about how no one is above the law, apparently supreme court justices are above the law, or at least above ethics reform. téa, what do you think will come out of this hearing? and even just to put into the legislation that the senate judiciary committee has been talking about.

they've talked about how needs to be enforcement. what does enforcement look like? >> -- and even though the judges have a code of conduct, and so right now, it's kind of a gentleman's agreement of the financial disclosures. even what they are going to discuss, what they can get bipartisan support from, support through the filibuster, but they're going to find a way to come up with ethics guidelines, and enforcement, to your point. whether that's an inspector general, or some type of committee oversight. or maybe some kind of structure that already exists. putting the purview of that entity. but there are just more and more things that have been discovered and uncovered, all of these reports. i think it's just more so building the case that yes, the supreme court should be privy

to ethics guidelines, just like any other profession, and virtually every other judge in america. >> but even supreme court justices. we'll stay on top of the hill for a moment, because actually, homeland security, homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas, he made an appeal to congress ahead of unexpected migrant -- he spoke on meet the press, and this is what he said. take a listen. >> the president, on day one, delivered a solution. he delivered immigration reform legislation that we had hoped that congress would act on swiftly. they have not. within the constraints of a broken immigration system, we are doing so much. >> keep in mind, congressional republicans, they have said many times that they would like to impeach said secretary mayorkas. what are the chances that the congress actually he's the secretary's warnings?

takes his advice and does so? >> i think there's no chance of that, and the reason is the political blame game right now. right now, they have the scapegoat. that's exactly what all of the controversy surrounding mayorkas is. however, when it comes to the gop, and when it comes to comments that they've made about the border, there's been no solution put forward by them. we have seen biden say over and over again, give me something to work with you on to reform the problem at the border, to fix our broken immigration system. not one republican has come forward. instead, they use it as a political talking point to use an us versus them game on the campaign trail. that's the state of our politics right now, because we have a real crisis on the border. we will have one in may with title 42 being up. right now, it's up to our lawmakers to do something about it, but i don't think that they will. instead, it will be a campaign talking point going into the 2024 presidential cycle, and we all know with those talking points are going to be from the republican party. >> we've heard them before, i

think the most devastating about this all is that, wow, folks -- well republicans in congress play games, border communities go without -- their willing to work through the solutions in a bipartisan way. we'll be watching this story. téa, you have some reporting that i want to turn to. this week, you are reporting that the georgia secretary of state brad raffensperger, he made some big comments, he called disinformation the top threat to democracy. he's pointing fingers, saying that it's the candidates and their consultants, they don't want to admit those candidate laws, because that means i'm a bad consultant. you should've ran a better campaign for your candidate, or the campaign candidate should not have said some of the dumb things that he did. those are the constant -- consequences, because the voters are smart. brad raffensperger certainly did have something to say. that what's he's saying, but do you think that republicans in this party are going to listen? >> yes and no, i think that there are many mainstream

republicans, establishment republicans, who are partially why they are moving away from donald trump. they're tired of the trump circus. they're tired of trump continuing to try to re-litigate 2020. when some instances when raffensperger and -- will he not be the leader of their party, they'll be frustrated that he remains their leader of the party. i think that where he had not gone so far, he didn't name donald trump by name. >> and that was striking to me, did that strike you? >> it did, but we all know who he was talking about. that's the problem, we've got consultants who are unwilling to admit that their candidate lost. we also have the disinformation campaign that goes beyond our candidates. i want to say that i will agree with brad raffensperger on this issue. the disinformation campaign is affecting voters, it is very serious. it's very targeted towards the african american community.

i think in addition to his complaints about the way that trump ran his campaign, and the way that he tried to steal the campaign, or steal the election. i think that we need to look at the platforms that are sharing information about those elections, and about the candidates in the ways that they are targeting communities. >> this is an interesting point, actually, because oftentimes, we hear a lot of folks in washington, d.c. talking about the state of affairs, and how republicans are moving away from donald trump. there is an opening for others. i constantly say, we have to go back and talk to the voters. look at what the voters are saying. the voters are not saying that. is disinformation misinformation playing a key here? there are a lot of people who truly believe that the 2020 election was stolen, and they still do. >> they still believe joe biden is not the president of the united states, which in and of itself is the problem. you are 100 percent correct when you look at voters. i'm originally from new hampshire. many people there, never thought donald trump could win

a state like new hampshire. well, he did. now he's going back in campaigning there and there is still a huge stronghold for him in a state like new hampshire. again, what democrats are shifting away from new hampshire, donald trump is staking a claim there and has been out there in multiple press releases over the weekend. i don't have anyone raised them, but the point is, voters do, voters care. that's going to be a problem. the one point that i want to raise, can republicans win without the disinformation machine? i don't think so. i think that the reason why is that they know they can disenfranchise, and they know that they can live, and they know that they can bend the rule of law in many ways to fill what they want, and that's exactly what the narrative was with trump, and that's exactly why he still peddling the big lie. >> we are going to have to leave it there, on the press releases coming out of new hampshire. the ground game of the trump campaign is insane. we are -- actually pratt, alina beverley, téa mitchell, thank you all very much for your time. >> folks, south carolina and

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reporting in recent weeks and months on new abortion restrictions imposed in red

states. this last, week we've seen abortion bans fail into states where republicans have the majority. in south carolina, the state senate rejected a near total ban on abortions. the bill had already passed in the house, but failed when five women in the senate, three republicans opposed it. one of those republicans spoke with my colleague, jenny fang this morning. >> i'm a female first, and certainly i'm conservative. i don't want anybody to have an abortion, i hope that she will not. but i am not going to judge her or take away that right, up to a point. >> a similar ban failed to advance this last week in nebraska's legislature. the legislature failed one vote shy of the 33 needed to advance, with the two senators choosing not to vote. that means that efforts to restrict access in the basket will likely fail for a second conservative year. i'm joined now by another south carolina republican who voted against the abortion ban, state

senator henry gustafson. senator, thank you very much for being here today. you opposed abortion, so how did you come to your decision against the bill? >> thank you for having me on the show. there were many considerations. i think the narrative around the topic of abortion is much too narrow. there is much more to pregnancy, as i've spoke with before at length this past week. how did i come to this? the number one thing is, this particular house bill, i don't think it can stay for constitutional south carolina -- and so we have passed a great heartbeat bill, in 2021. it was challenged, and the supreme court of south carolina did not uphold it. whatever we pass, the very first thing that it has to be's

constitutional. there is conflicting language in this, bill there are other issues with this bill, there are things laid out with consequences. i have some questions about contraceptives personally, and if it is not going to hold, up it's not even worth -- why do it? that's one reason why we did join up, because none of us really thought that could happen. there's a lot of other reasons, but that was my number one reason. >> i think is very important for people to know, because i think that folks expect state legislators to take all of these different things into consideration, and it feels like sometimes that never happens. i feel like i knew that there was something going in south carolina, which is why we wanted to have you on today. >> and we realize that we have a senate bill that we have

paed, we voted for, as for 74 to the south carolina house. they received it, and they sat on it. that bill is sound, and it's also a six-week bill. it gives some sort of cushion, to the individual woman, and again, i don't support abortion anymore than senator susan or -- none of us support abortion. the thing is this, i don't believe that abortion is a right, but it is reality. i just as a legislator, that's what i have to do. i have to speak to it as a legislator. the very first thing is having it be legally sound. and looking at other parts of it. it wasn't a good bill. >> senator, before we let you go, there's another sound that i wanted to play for you. i don't think we had the time to play it, but i was struck to

the fact that five republicans -- three republicans, you in two of your colleagues, joined with other colleagues to stop this bill for the myriad of reasons that you discussed. i make the case that bans like these are near total bans, they don't protect people it when -- regardless of who they voted for in the last election. what's your message to your republican colleagues? not just in south carolina, but as other state legislators across the country are taking up potential legislations similar to the bill in south carolina? >> my number one message is for the constituents of south carolina. i don't focus on national politics, i've got to keep my eye on the ball for what i'm doing, and so we need to get a right for the state. the status overwhelmingly posting restrictions on abortions, we all agree upon that.

my message to their constituents in south carolina is that i am truly doing the best that i can do as for your prayers and guidance. this is the right thing and i also think it's a right thing in the south carolina house taking up a bill that has six days to pass, and they need to do it. we're becoming a destination abortion state. we've got thousands of abortions, and they are multiplying. over half of those people come into our state or from outside states. we can't have that in south carolina. >> senator gustafson, i appreciate your time. i will say, i do believe that due to restrictions across the south part of the country, north carolina and south carolina are two of the only places right now in the southern region of the united states of america where women who do need an abortion for whatever reason it is can get one. i think that's why people are coming to your state. i appreciate your time so much. i want to turn from the palm

meadow to state to the cornhusker state. i'm joined now by nebraska state senator megan hunt. senator hunt, it's very good to be. nebraska, these abortions now failed twice. last session, a bill was brought up, this session, it was just brought up. do you expect republicans to make a third attempt at a bill in next year's legislative section? >> thank you symone, it's really good to see you. i think that we can expect opponents of abortion to try and take this up every chance that they get. why would we blame them for doing that? we are going to continue to see abortion in red states, and across the country, being one of the hottest controversial issues the drive these elections. i also think we have gone so far in a radical way even republicans, even conservatives, even people that are antiabortion, they are realizing that without the

backstop of roe v. wade, they really gone too far. >> and you bring that up, the seemingly is the explanation for why this bill is currently not a law. if it wasn't for one state senator, merv -- who voted present. and he is a republican. we would be having a different conversation about this bill here today. do you think there's hope that more republicans might follow his example that there is a way to come together for some bipartisan legislation, if you will in the interim? >> yes. it's so encouraging to me, because i really believe that whatever your views are on abortion, we can agree that there is no one size fits all law that can apply to every pregnancy, because every pregnancy is different. even conservatives have difficult pregnancies, even republicans sometimes need to

end a pregnancy. even if they are antiabortion. lawmakers understand that. lawmakers in nebraska had said that they trust doctors, they trust our health care providers to give them care, and trust neighbors and nebraska to make the best decision for them and their families >> you're the focus of an ethics violation, and how is reading about. this year the focus of that because you have a child it is transgender, and you voted against a bill that would ban gender affirming health care for minors. i just want to give you a moment to address these claims, and this investigation quickly. >> thank you for the opportunity. being a mother, and loving your child is never a conflict of interest. i'm under an investigation for supporting -- opposing a bill that would ban health care for trans kids in

nebraska. somebody has come up and said because i have a trans kid, i have a conflict of interest. my response to that is that if they want to fight about, that they can do that in court. being a parent is not a conflict of interest. i'm going to keep staying in my lane and minding my business, doing my job. >> state senator meghan hunt, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. next, folks, my simone spotlight is coming up. today, i'm actually going one-on-one with the queen, queen charlotte herself. bridgerton star, we talk about her process, the real life woman that she's bringing to life, and the brand-new bridgerton spin-off, premiering this week. the characters, of the center. you don't want to miss it. nt to miss it. dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles have patented gel waves that absorb shock to hard-working muscles and joints, for all-day energy. >> children, this is a crisis.

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and love in bridgerton, we see queen charlotte at 17 years old and followed her journey with the love story between her and george. and then that informs with the queen is going through in bridgerton. we see the friendships, at charlotte, dan, and violet, and how that is formed with queen charlotte. and informed the journey for the people that they have become, the characters they've become in bridgerton. i would describe it as a backstage, behind the scenes of bridgerton. >> the behind the scenes. it just feels like it gives us a deeper dive into what really formed queen charlotte. how she came to be, who she is as we find her in the first bridgerton series. the young queen charlotte is played by an amazing young actress, and i am interested in

the kind of conversations that you all had about the characters. you are developing who queen charlotte was. >> india and i had met just before she started filming in a really beautiful part of england. and it was a beautiful sunny day, we had met in the gardens, and basically my advice to her was to take the role and make it her own. i think that that is very important for charlotte. charlotte is a woman that stands in her own skin. charlotte is unapologetic. she knows who she is. nothing that i could put on to india would ever be anything better than what she could bring to the park herself. >> and so she really had the opportunity to inject her own thought into the ethos of queen charlotte?

>> absolutely 100%. >> what i didn't realize, it was not common knowledge that queen charlotte was an actual historical figure. as we were talking about this amongst ourselves here in the bureau, folks were like, was queen charlotte black? she was, actually. she is an actual historical figure. producer chris vandoorne has said that the bridgerton universe deliberately marries history with fantasy. how closely does this backstory actually lineup with the real life queen charlotte? >> i think that one of the most beautiful things about this industry and the platforms that we have is that we can take parts of history and really mold and push them, and you can really turn them into beautiful fantasy stories that can be accessible to people out there in the world. having a genre as a period

drama that hasn't been accessible to a lot of people who look like you and me, now we have that opportunity to really dive into this. this little wink of history, charlotte and they have this progress to this degree, being able to put her into the mix really creates a bigger space for these conversations to be had. a bigger space to see people of color as beautiful, sexy, gorgeous, vibrant, people that are in love. people that love gossip, all of that kind of stuff. it creates that bigger space for us to be living in. >> it's a universal story. this was an amazing series, i

cannot wait to tune in, and i will be watching. i'm a staunch bridgerton fan. it's partly because of what you just described, that when i turned on the television to watch the series from the beginning, it was a series that included people like me, people from all ranges of backgrounds, living in this fantasy world. that's something that we usually have, that kind of representation, that's not something we usually see. talk to me about your favorite, if you will, moment in this series. filming this series. >> i think that my favorite moment is the relationship showing charlotte and -- in bridgerton, it is a silent relationship in terms of what the audiences. he doesn't speak very much. he says, yes your majesty, quite a lot of times.

but in queen charlotte, you really get to see why those two are so deeply and strongly connected. why the friendship is so rooted in duty, in the love that they have for the monarchy, it's so rooted in a sense of deep friendship, a sense of guidance, a sense of youth. and so to be able to show that to the world, it was one of my greatest moments in the show. it is very different, and we have become best buddies on and off screen. he is an extraordinary british actor. to be able to celebrate him and his work, it was really beautiful. >> amazing.

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