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>> good evening and welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead, breathing room. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> right now, it looks like there is some deadline and our debt ceiling debate. janet yellen giving congress and the white house and extension, but only of a few more days, to hash out a day will and avoid an economic catastrophe. and the biden white house aides and republican house speaker kevin mccarthy are reportedly closer to doing that, as the clock runs out. with gop hard-liners in the house already throwing cold

water on the deal, the american public hasn't even had a chance to see. we are bringing you the very latest from capitol hill in just a moment. and ron desantis made his 2024 presidential run official this week. enlisting another in secure right winger to make help -- help him make america his 50 state version of florida. i'm puzzled why the sunshine state governor would choose a black form that elevates darkness along with hate speech and disinformation to launch his bid for the white house. i would work through my confusion and my contempt in this week's gotcha. and in a few moments, minnesota attorney general keith ellison joins me hours after the third anniversary of george floyd's death, with his new book, detailing how he got convictions for the officers that killed floyd.

and just how powerful ordinary citizens can be in ending the cycle of police violence. all that on politicsnation. but, first, let's get a fresh update from capitol hill, nbc's julie tsirkin joins us now. julie, can you give us the latest on the debt ceiling negotiations, and how likely is it the house could be called back from recess to figure this out? >> reporter: yes, reverend, it's very likely they will be called back. but remember, one of the concession speakers, kevin mccarthy, made to the very far right of his conference, members will have 72 hours, three days, to be able to read the bill, once a deal is announced. and once that bill is dropped. but it seems like we are still far away from that point. i just caught up with a republican whip, the vote counter in mccarthy's steam, tom amherstview, kept referencing the house will get the debt ceiling bill, that on arrival in the senate, that are in terms of support among the

democrats. so, it's interesting he keeps talking about that bill. take a listen to that, i believe we just got that in. >> you never know what the white house is gonna do. >> how has the whip been pushing this? have you contacted them? >> we have a bill that we passed, that is what our numbers are looking at. there's stalking going on. we'll see what happens. >> so, i went on to ask him, this doesn't seem like a good sign of progress. this morning, speaker mccarthy said that they are really moving closely, they move closely overnight, but you hear him here, he continued to say that they are still hashing out some last-minute details. i asked him for example, if work requirements are still a sticking point. he replied and told me we have a bill, we passed it, we will see what our members can swallow when it comes to this because remember, they will need a majority of the republicans, at least 150 members i'm told, to support this bill. >> julie, what happens if a

deal is not reached by the june 5th deadline? how does that affect the average american watching? >> luckily for negotiators, they have an extension on their homework, so to speak, with janet yellen, the treasury secretary, moving up that x date to june 5th, so a bit more time to get this passed. but it would be absolutely catastrophic. this has never happened before. we came close about 12 years ago in 2011 to create aquatic rating by standards, and it was already downgraded just from the threat of default. now we are inching ever so closely to the brink. and if that happens, the treasury is gonna have to start prioritizing payments, making payments to bonds, for example. that will leave a lot of americans particularly those who rely on social security, medicaid, other social safety net. and government programs really waiting for that check. it will also lead americans who work for the government without a paycheck for potentially weeks or months. so, all of this is gonna be really, really hard for the average american. and it will also lead to a recession globally, once the stock market sank.

so, all of this just will not be good if they hit a default, if they breach the debt ceiling. both sides keep saying they are hoping that does not happen. they are working until the finish line to make sure it doesn't. >> all right, thank you, nbc's julie tsirkin on capitol hill. joining me now is congresswoman joyce beatty, democrat of ohio. congresswoman, thanks for being with us tonight. you just heard from our correspondent where things stand this weekend in these debt talks. treasury secretary janet yellen giving us an exact date, june 5th, as the projected deadline, to either raise the debt ceiling or suffer an economically catastrophic in the fall. negotiations between the white house and speaker mccarthy are reportedly closer to reaching an agreement than they have been for months now. hinging on a two-year raising of the debt limit in exchange for two years of new spending

limits on domestic programs, but some house republicans have already said that the perspective cuts to the federal budget are still not deep enough. what is your feeling, congresswoman? >> first of all, i am hoping that we will be able to broker a deal. and that we will not give up on those social services and those much needed expenditures. you know, as you know, reverend al, we have raised the debt ceiling before without fanfare. the last administration did that three times. president bush, seven times. so, i am hopeful -- keep in mind, we only need five republicans to make sure that we could pass this bill. i think that they thought holding us hostage, what they found out, they were really holding hostage the american people. and the ransom note was our economy. we cannot go back, and we cannot default on our debt because as you know, we are paying for things we have

already spent. we are paying our bills. we cannot afford to cut social security and medicaid. we cannot afford memorial day, to be able to have cuts to veterans benefits. and to take away pell grants, put a cap on it, it's unthinkable. and they were holding the wrong people hostage. president biden has done an amazing job. house democrats have been in the fight. house leader hakeem jeffries has a lead in the democrats. and we stand united. >> earlier today, vice president kamala harris became the first woman in the 221-year history of the u.s. military academy at west point, to deliver the keynote address to a graduating class. she was the first woman speaker at the u.s. navy commencement two years ago. she spoke at the coast guard's

commencement last year. take a listen to her assessment of our international picture right now. >> autocrats have become bolder. the threat of terrorism persists. and an accelerating climate crisis continues to disrupt lives and livelihoods. all a threat to global stability and security. >> in the face of all these challenges, america plays a singular role of leadership. >> now, congresswoman, on this memorial day weekend, are you confident that our divided government, our divided congress, specifically is up to that task of combatting the threats, that the vice president just laid out. >> i am very confident, mainly because of the democratic leadership we have, but also because of biden harris.

she also sent a strong message to them. she reminded them of their oath and responsibility to the constitution. she also has been ready to note that what's online or what's at stake is our global security and global prosperity. and i thought it was very key of her to highlight all of those things that she did in the armed force area. but she also told them that america is in a good place. and when you think of global prosperity, it depends on the leadership singularly of the united states of america. she was strong. and we will be strong to support her. >> congresswoman, you have been on the national advisory board for the biden harris reelection campaign, along with 49 of the most prominent democrats and the country, including your house democratic colleague, ohio congresswoman chantal brown, who joined us on the show last week.

looking at where his approval numbers have taken a hit, specifically with black voters, what are your concerns about the president's candidacy this time around, and how would you advise him on winning or ohio which went for donald trump by almost eight points -- by about eight points three years ago. >> yes, first of all, i'm honored to be one of the 50. and my advice has been, i've had an opportunity multiple times to speak with the president. when we think of ohio, what he is doing right now with this debt ceiling is so important because we know that hundreds of thousands of individuals who will be affected. we know when you think about black students going to hbcu, and how many of our students depend on the pell grant, he's holding strong because republicans want to put a cap on it of $1,000. republicans want to take away those services that affect

black voters the most. i think it's important for him to remind voters, as i have been doing, he's been amazing to women. he's kept his word. we have a black vice president. we have justice ketanji brown jackson, when she promised us if elected, he would have a black female in the highest court of the land. so, when you think about all that he's done, getting us through a global pandemic, we benefited as black americans. he's kept his word. so, i think we have to deal with voting rights. that's the number one issue. he supported us on the john lewis voting rights act, so that we can reauthorize that. he's kept his word with small businesses, getting us through the pandemic with ppp. so, i think we have to remind all americans, but specifically black americans in ohio, i will be on the ground with chantal in ohio. and we will be going through all of the districts in the

counties, reminding them of what he's done, but also, what we have to lose. we have to put people over politics. and we need to let him finish the job. >> now, i have to ask you your opinion about florida's governor ron desantis, who entered the 2024 presidential race this week, amid a flurry of lawsuits over voter suppression measures he signed into law, upping penalties for outside voters station routes, for various infractions. the resulting laws from voting rights groups challenging that the measures appear to specifically target minority voters, and with that, democrats. congresswoman, former president trump is facing several investigations, one of which has already brought charges. so, imagine it all escalates to the point to where he's ultimately unable to run for president, for legal reasons,

and that leaves desantis in position to possibly become the front runner for the gop nomination with this kind of track record. your thoughts on that, we're out of time, but i have to ask. >> >> just a couple of words. he's appalling. he has been against women's rights. he's trying to deny us our freedoms and voting rights, banning books for children, making it a felony for certain actions that are misdemeanor. with voting rights, he's afraid because he knows when we vote, when we are educated, we win. so, that's all the more reason we need to be in team biden harris. >> ohio congresswoman joyce beatty, thank you for being with us. coming up in this week's gotcha, florida governor turned presidential hopeful ron desantis takes his need for approval to twitter, and proves why the forum needs a dislike

button. and texas gop is holding its impeachment hearings for its attorney general. my panel joins me to discuss what this signals for the red state's future, we have that later on politicsnation. but first, my colleague richard lui, with today's top news stories. richard? >> thank you, rev. but saturday to. ukraine's top military commander signaled its forces already to launch their long anticipated counteroffensive against russia. this was months operation including recently escalated attacks on logistical targets. citizens rallied in turkey in the final push ahead of tomorrow's high stakes won of election. it could potentially see the country's first new leaders indicates. authoritarian president erdogan is the strongest favored to win the performance in the first round. and memorial day weekend already has seen a record surge of post pandemic air travel. 10 million flyers are expected to go through tsa checkpoints

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and the true culture war generals are similar in their willingness to throw civility out the window to score their points. leading into his white house bid, governor desantis has built his political brand of his cavalier response to the pandemic, his censorship of library books and state educators teaching lessons on american racism and sexual identity, his economically foolish standoff with the walt disney company over its purported wokeness. and then, there is the six-week abortion ban he signed into law last month. this is just to name a few. since taking control of twitter, elon musk has reinstated the accounts of neo-nazis and far-right trolls, including former president donald trump, who was previously banned for inciting violence. musk is also constantly pushing

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people. what desantis clearly doesn't have is trump's larger than life persona. it is not something he could just conjure up at this point. his team has helped present him as a republican winner and the guy who can take down trump. but trump, for all his faults, does not shy from confrontation. desantis, on the other hand, is less than a week into his campaign, and he is already been freezing out reporters, not answering questions, silencing critics, and running to save right-wing media platforms. he doesn't want people to see the real him, a thin skin politician who struggles to be light, which to me, is a why he probably felt so comfortable with elon musk, a billionaire who bought a social media megasite to be light. but i'm calling it now, ron

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and adults with certain underlying conditions, like copd, asthma, or congestive heart failure. talk to your doctor and visit cutshortrsv.com. welcome back to politicsnation. let's turn to my politics panel for their insights on today's top stories. dana milbank, washington post opinion columnist. rick tyler, republican strategist. rick, treasury secretary janet yellen warns if the debt ceiling is not raised in just over a week, the country would default on its debt, which has never happened, never happened in u.s. history. the biden administration has committed itself to the idea that if a deal is not reached by the deadline, it could be financially catastrophic. republicans are more skeptical

and are even flirting with the possibility of a default, unless democrats agree to spending cuts, and include new work requirements in federal assistance programs. this strategy was laid bare by the gop de facto leader donald trump, who suggests there is no problem with using the prospect of a default as a negotiating wench, quote, because now, i'm not president, according to vanity fair. now, this comes after the debt ceiling was raised three times under former president trump. i believe some republicans who have followed trump off the cliff of the strong democracy when he would not accept defeat. well, will they follow him off the cliff on the fall default? >> donald trump, he's not president, and his he doesn't matter in this process. what matters is mccarthy and the president. it's very interesting, rev, how

mccarthy has maneuvered his way into negotiating the debt ceiling. remember, he already passed a debt limit through the house. his job was really over. but the senate decided to let him be the chief negotiator, and the president said he was not gonna negotiate. it is now negotiating. it looks like he's coming out very strong in this process. and i do think they will be work requirements. both parties agreed to represent the working party, i.e. the problem that has a problem getting jobs. i don't think we're ever gonna get were gonna get to that point, i think it's a bit of a manufactured process. i said said on this program over two months ago that the 14th amendment is viable, and the president does have access to it. but even before you get, there there's a thing called cash flow liquidity. and the government has access to a lot more resources and then they claim, including the social security fund, which is not a good thing to tap. but it could be done. i think the party came out very well. listen, i had my doubts.

the government has got to stop spending money. as you say, they wasted three times, this would be the fourth time. so, what is the meaning of it? unless they actually stop the spending. >> dana, i saw that you have, or started working on a new book, i keep my eye on you like you keep your eye on me -- >> that's right -- >> your nubuck on the house republican majority to be published next year, and you that you are going into it with an open mind, with a working title, fools on the hill. and then, in your weekly column for the washington post, you wrote, quote, save the world economy or his own job, mccarthy can't decide. please, explain the dimension here. >> i disagree with some of what rick said, but he is right. i think mccarthy got a pretty good deal. you know what? you have a lot of leverage when you have a lot of people in your caucus who don't mind shooting the hostage. you know, matt gaetz is even saying he's holding the debt limit hostage, and that's what

a lot of these folks are doing. the real question, and i think it is good news for those of us who don't want to see economic catastrophe, that they have gotten to this point. it looks like they are edging closer to a deal. and the fact that we are talking about who work requirements for food stamps, it sounds like the last sticking point. we are not really talking about the cost at this point. this is a pretty minor cost. a lot of it gets passed along to the states. it's really about how punitive you are gonna be, and how many people in the spot situations already, the homeless, for example, are going to be made even more destitute. so, it's really about the mere issue at this point. but the deal at hand, the real question is gonna be, you know, can the house freedom caucus and others take yes for an answer? it looks to me they won't be able to do that. they are gonna go to war against kevin mccarthy, who's gonna wonder why he wanted to go through 15 votes to get this

speakership, because he's not gonna have all of this trouble on the right, particularly if he needs democratic votes to get this debt limit through. >> switching gears now to a live look inside the texas state capital, where the gop led house is holding its impeachment proceedings that threaten to oust attorney general ken paxton from office. paxton is being accused of being unfit for office, bribery, abuse of public trust, these are just some of the accusations that have trailed in for most of his three terms. right, what do you make of the situation? how likely is it that paxton will be removed from office? >> if they finally got that paxton, i mean, he's been under indictment for years. he's yet to go to trial, and he seems to have used his position to benefit himself. so, now, there is an investigation. and it looks like there is

going to be a vote. so, we will wait at the outcome. well, paxton has been in trouble for a long time. he seems to have avoided any culpability and or even accountability. if he didn't do anything in the security charge, which was the original charge, not the latest charge of bribery and using his office for undue influence, but we will see what's going to happen. i hope we get through this process. and if he is found guilty, he will be removed from office. but that's all should be done, please, there won't be any judicial charges unless there's another investigation in the justice system. >> dana, the republicans control many branches of government in texas. the ap reports republican lawmakers and leaders alike have until this week taken a muted position, a muted posture to word myriad examples of paxton's alleged misconduct and

lawbreaking that emerged in legal filings and news reports over the years. why is this occurring now? is it a positive sign that republicans are holding one of their own accountable for their alleged actions? >> it may be, reverend. but at also maybe paxton playing this poorly. now, i'm not gonna be in the position of giving him advice. but maybe, if he were potentially facing impeachment, you don't go and suggest that the speaker of the house as a drunk, as he did in texas. and maybe you don't go around calling lawmakers, republicans included, and threatening them. so, i think he's played this wrong here. it is potentially a hopeful sign because, you know, he has been under indictments since 2015. but he's been protected politically because of his support for donald trump. and donald trump is now saying, fight. he has political support. but it is noteworthy that his fellow republicans are turning against him. it means they are not afraid of

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politicsnation. i will never forget getting the call three years ago this week, that an unarmed black man named george floyd had been choked to death on video in minneapolis. a police officer kneeling on his neck for nearly nine minutes as floyd famously told him, i can't breathe. a few weeks later, i would eulogize george floyd in the midst of a generation global conversation around police

brutality and black america. at the same time, prosecutors in minnesota, led by state attorney general keith ellison, who are trying to figure out how to do a historically difficult thing in america -- convict a police officer after the killing of a black person. joining me now to tell us how he did it, minnesota attorney general keith ellison, author of the brand new book, break the wheel, ending the cycle of police violence. mister attorney general, we appreciate your time this weekend. this week, we are marking three years since the murder of george floyd's death, which was caught on graphic video that shocked the world, and of course, the potential eventual draws a former minneapolis police officers, derek chauvin, and four other officers who participate in floyd's fatal arrest. you and i both know how difficult it is to obtain

indictments, convictions and police misconduct. trials that happened are usually disappointing to those of us in the moment. and we both know why. but for those that have yet to read your new memoir, break that will, what is the enduring impediment to getting police convictions? and what was your strategy for breaking through that, as you saw justice for george floyd? and let me say this, there were those of us that were very happy and really had advocated that you prosecute this case, not the local dea. i remember talking to the governor, jesse jackson called in, and others, because we felt we had a slim chance. but if you handled it, we were better positioned. and you vindicated our open face. >> rev, thank you. let me tell you, i think the

real way to achieve success is that people who are out in the street. you were leading them. i will never forget the wonderful eulogy you gave, talking about how george floyd, he had a knee on his neck, but we all had a knee on our next. it's a historical oppression that we have faced. but the real impediments are multifaceted. i mean, we start out with the first thing that the minneapolis police department said about george floyd's death is that he died in a medical incident, which did not mention -- the violence did not mention, they did not mention any of that. the next thing we see is that it was about video taken by darnella frazier that went viral. and that really sparked a nationwide international movement which i think made it so that the system really had to stop and take this case seriously -- >> it set the climate, for sure.

>> yeah, it certainly did. and then, after that, i've been, you know, like yourself, you have led the movement for many years, and i'm one of those young people watching you do it, and i went to law school, and you know, decided to focus my career on civil rights, human rights, and justice. and so, quite honestly, rev, when the governor asked me to do the case based on your request and the family's request and several other restaurateurs, i just felt like it was the right thing because it has been a lifetime working on delivering fair and equal justice to people. this book is about helping prosecutors, helping communities, helping policymakers, helping the press understand that we can break the wheel, but we've got a lot more work to do, as you know, congress has not passed the

george floyd justice in policing act. and as you know, yes, it was great that we obtained those convictions. but we need a whole lot more policy changes to happen before we have a just situation -- that councils got, act legislators have got to act, and none of us can take our eye off the ball. we just saw tyre nichols brutally murdered in memphis. there have been over 360 people killed in the hands of law enforcement this year alone. and so, i'll be quite honest with you, we are still chipping at that we'll, rather. that's what we are doing. >> we're still doing what we need to do, that was on august 26th the big march in washington. one of the things that i found powerful about this book is the extent to which you write about how much care and caution went into jury selection for derek chauvin's murder trial. you actually staged a mock trial in a republican-leaning

rural county, 70 miles from minneapolis, where george floyd was killed. ed the point to see if even those jurors would convict derek chauvin, and other officers involved in floyd's murder -- this is in the book -- it seems to be a common theme in this book, whether it was jurors, bystanders who filmed floyd's murder and testified on the stand. it comes down to ordinary people standing up three years after that murder. do you see americans as more willing to do just that? >> i do, you know, because when these four people were put on trial in the federal trial, which happened after the state won, they were convicted by a federal jury during the middle of the trial, a police officer shot and killed dante wright, we prosecuted that case. they convicted. so, i do think jurors are doing that.

but we have -- i went back and read about the rodney king trial. and they lost emotion to change venue from l.a. county to ventura county. and that is why we tested juror attitudes in different counties. and that is why we work very hard to defeat that change of venue because we thought that this case needs to be tried where it happened. and we knew that the defense was trying to do quite the opposite. so, all these things, we absorb the lessons of history, and again, you were there than too -- >> i was a young activist back then. let me ask you this, i would want to ask you something i never asked you. what do you -- in your opinion, would you have won this case had it not been for the video taken? >> i don't know if anyone knows that. i will tell you this, reverend, we put this case together without the video.

and i'm telling you why because i believe that jurors are gonna respond to a real life person, and then use the video to supplement the witness testimony. we did not think we could hit play and when. so, i don't know the answer to your question, but we were not gonna risk it, we were relying on real life jurors and we live witnesses to make sure that people understood what happened on the 26th of may, 2020. >> attorney general president biden marked the third anniversary of george floyd's murder with a renewed call for congress to pass that police reform legislation, named after george floyd. two years later, the george floyd justice in policing act passed in the house, but it was stalled in the senate. biden also vetoed a bill from congressional republicans that would have overturned policing reforms, enacted in the district of columbia after floyd's murder. still, republicans control the

house pretty much ensuring that we form legislation won't be coming out of this congress, going into an election year. into an electi on yand we can probably expect e attempts from republican lawmakers to interfere with reform efforts at the state and local levels. so, how do democrat attorney general fight back? >> well, we have got to be ready to stand up and pursue justice. that's what we've got to do. and we know that these tragic incidents are unlikely to stop, so we cannot stop. you know, the republicans in the house may want to block progress, but guess what? the people committed to justice, and who believe in the highest ideals of this country, we are not gonna stop. i am telling you, other agencies like myself ain't gonna stop, they're not gonna stop -- we're gonna always stand up for what we believe this country really stands for, which is liberty and justice for all. >> and we're gonna keep trying

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