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it's no secret that systemic change in police in america is long overdue. the fight and police misconduct is now a centuries long struggle and our nation needs 24 century ideas to strike the tide. and to fix our system we've gotta know it's broken. on friday, the justice department released a scathing report into the minneapolis police department. the justice department launched the sprawling investigation following the death of george floyd. three years ago. this report expose the underbelly of the police department, the disproportionately target black and native american people, and the routine use of assesses force. i know you're wondering, when did all of this actually look like in practice. , wilder report found that black drivers were six times more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. and in one instance a black team accused of stealing a five dollar burrito was held at gunpoint by police. we also learned more than six

year period officers use neck restraints on citizens nearly 200 times. police did not make an arrest in 44 of those encounters. those neck restraints are similar to what led to the murder of george floyd. while this new report is in fact devastating, it's just a glimpse into what police are saying in america really looks like. -- your columns out that in the washington post argues quote, these pattern and practice reviews fell out of favor during donald trump's presidency. but their return is welcome. the oversight of the justice department, plus the push of a consent to decree, might be what's necessary to reverse long-standing and deplorable trends in minneapolis and elsewhere. joining me now is minnesota's attorney general keith ellison. aj keith ellison, thank you for being here. i know you spoke at the press conference, very good to see, you sir. how do you hope that the weight of the justice department can start change in minneapolis? >> you know, simone, after we

successfully prosecuted derek chauvin and the other officers that killed george floyd. my fear was that people would dismiss that and say, we got rid of the bad actors now will just go back to business as usual. this report, plus the state report, there's two now. we're talking about the doj, there was a state one as well, they show that we have a system that has serious problems that is not just one bad apple problem. it's a systemic problem, i gotta tell you i feel that we have better days ahead if we take these recommendations seriously, and implement them in good faith. we could be a model for police community -- if we commit ourselves as you said in your intro, it's 100 year old pro problem. it's not just minneapolis. it's all over the country. we all saw the tyre nichols

tragedy, we all know about all the other cases that we can name all day and night. but let's say this is the moment that we finally take the turn, take the changes we made, because this report shows and you cannot deny, this is comprehensive and long-standing. >> i encourage people to read the report, that the justice department really dead deep dive work on. this i want to highlight to have the women who helped lead the charge in this investigation. assistant attorney general krista clark, it associate tierney general belinda gupta. this is what they had to say about -- >> these findings are serious, as we enter the path to reform with a plan to put in place lasting an enduring changes. that will ensure the constitutional fair and nondiscriminatory policing to which people in this great city are entitled. >> to the people of minneapolis

police reform does not happen overnight, and it doesn't happen without -- it will take time, focused effort, and sustained commitment. in the months ahead, we'll need this entire community to help us craft solutions that will result in real and lasting change in minneapolis. >> ag ellison, what are you hearing about the community about this report? is there any plans to form an advisory committee or something of the sort? >> well, let me tell you, people have heard it before it's not new wealth lu this in the year of 1997, a jury after hearing an entire police brutality case found that there was a pattern, a practice of discriminatory an excessive force in policing. this is the mid 1990s, we've seen it before so we get that there is a notable skepticism. but what i say to, folks is that cynicism is easy. we can always say everything is

gonna get better. but i do think for those people who really want a better day, this might be a watershed moment. remember, the city of newark, new jersey, was under federal decree and they got in there and turned it around. now mayor -- says that i think that we don't need the oversight and so i think we're in a position where we can really start and move forward in a brand-new way. and i also want to say is people that think that somehow doing this report will cause morale issues in police, then that might spark greater crime, but those folks are not right. i think dealing with this problem is the way to go forward, for public safety and civil and human rights. >> this is an important point that you are making, jamal allison, because good police officers don't like bad police

officers. good police officers don't want officers to engage in misconduct. because it does reflect poorly on the entirety of the force. and it affects everybody's ability to work with the community. a. you used to be a member of congress, that's how i know. you originally -- i think while the pattern and practice of investigations but the harris administrations have started back up. there were none during the trump administration and i think there's also a role for congress to play. how should congress act to reform our system? >>, while it starts with passing the george floyd justice in policing act. you know very well that congresswoman, carry bass, -- did a wonderful job and cory booker did a great job in the senate. unfortunately, when we needed tim scott to step up and get this through his caucus, he reneged on that. so, the bill continues to languish. but the problems don't go away.

we still have these very difficult issues. there's been a lot of unfortunate, tragic clashes between citizens and police since george floyd. the urgency remains. hi will say that president biden passed an executive order which i thought has been helpful. but it doesn't deal with most of the policing in our country. most of the policing in our country, and 18 -- are spread across the nation. and our understate, i municipal jurisdictions, not the federal level. so, they've gotta step up but all give it that -- high marks. i think congress needs to step up and do more. i think this should be bipartisan, we do need our republican friends to work with us to make sure that we improve the quality of justice for everybody. and now that they've been concerned about equal justice, maybe this is the time that they're going to join hands with democrats and pass some meaningful legislation. >> we'll be watching and

waiting to see. minnesota attorney general keith ellison, thank you for kicking us off. >> thank you, symone. >> of next, folks, i have an all-star political panel to weigh in on that justice department investigation of minneapolis. plus, former vice president mike pence's answer on meet the press this. morning when asked if he would pardon donald trump. we gotta wait to see what he said. but first, our best days here, my colleague richard lui, with today's other top news. stories happy father's day, richard. >> happy father's day to you as well, symone, we should be celebrating. good afternoon, some the stories we're watching secretary of state anthony blinken beginning two days of talks with chinese officials. he arrived in beijing this morning after a federal trip was postponed. blinken will work to cool relations after numerous does stops including spying allegations and downing of a chinese surveillance mulling over u.s. airspace. and brutal heat wave sweeping across the south, communities from new orleans, open cooling shelters to provide relief from

sweltering temperatures. they're the heat stress the storm-ravaged town of perryton, texas, or tornado killed three people. won a people in the community are still without power. and a new british assessment says that both russia and ukraine are suffering high military casualties. as ukrainian forces mount a high stakes counteroffensive ukraine's military says that russia carried out 43 airstrikes, 51 rocket attacks, and four missile strikes in just the last 24 hours. more symone, after the break. one, after the break ♪ shelves. shelves that know what taste buds want. shelves smart enough to see, sense, react, restock. ♪ so caramel swirl is always there for the taking.

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pence is slowly starting to pull out the knives going after donald trump as the 2024 race picks up steam. he's trying to make the case that he is the true conservative in the race. here is pants on meet the press this morning. >> in 2016, donald trump promised the governor as a conservative. he made no such promise today.

not only has he been walking away from a clear commitment to the right to life, look, we have a national debt the size of the nation's economy. we have to bring forward common sense and compassion. -- >> -- >> all the issues for younger americans is on the table. >> what you heard, that sounds a lot like the speech if you heard it on the campaign trail. he's doubling down on the use of an abortion. threatening cars to social security. pence is trying to create distance between him and his former boss to woo so-called evangelical voters. and then we have the republican national committee and as per usual they are asking all candidates to back the eventual nominee with a loyalty pledge and the current situation is not usable for the republican party. many candidates are grappling with the reality of supporting donald trump. the current front-runner, if he becomes the nominee, all of this complicated by the fact that donald trump could be

found guilty. a convicted felon. issues related to espionage act, by the, way by election day. joining me now is msnbc contributor and washington bureau chief for big rio, april ryan. political consultant shermichael singleton. the host of the shermichael singleton show on sirius xm. thank you both for being here. april, mike pence, you, know he's trying to put this a distance between himself and the former boss. backing policies that, i would argue are out of step with the american people. you look at polling. the last couple of elections. you know, mike pence should cover him. you worked in the white house. doesn't make sense? >> >> make it make sense. well, you may not believe this. the establishment is really pushing with mike pence. as many republicans who are announcing and running for president and taking this royalty pledge, the

establishment is pushing mike pence. he's the conservative who understands washington, who has the relationships. and then be hand might pants, whoever may be the nominee, they're looking into possibly, they're hoping that tim scott will be that person. cushioning all racial rhetoric. at the end of the, day no matter what's happened to tim scott, the gallows on january six, he is trying to stand with the party, distance him self against donald trump. yet, show loyalty, if you, will to a man who he wants worked with as he saying, what he saying. he said what he said about donald trump a few weeks ago. making it clear that donald trump was not the man who should be president. >> there's two things here. the establishment is saying it. it's out of step with what voters and republican primaries are saying. we'll talk about that in a second. we are going to get there.

>> -- >> then there is also this, what mike has pence is saying, somewhat of what age the hutchinson is saying, somewhat about the what the governor of north carolina saying. the governor of north dakota. similar to what chris christie is saying. donald trump is not fit to be president. chris christie is calling the loyalty pledge useless, frankly. asa hutchinson is also pushing back against the loyalty pledge. now, i was just telling the team in the break, loyalty pleasures our usual. the dnc asked to sign a loyalty plug in 2015 and 2016. in normal circumstances, this is what you do to ensure that all of the ducks are in a row when it comes time for general elections. this is not normal. is it the rnc making mistake with moving forward the pledge, -- >> i think the rnc is paying attention to the very point that you alluded to, pertaining to the establishment position on donald trump. the republican base's position

on donald trump. the reality is, the republican base stands wholeheartedly behind donald trump. it's interesting, you mentioned chris christie, even rhonda santa's to an extent trying to showcase how different they are from donald trump yet still being conservative arbiters, if you will. at least philosophically. yet, their numbers aren't increasing. donald trump is tapped into a populist movement that has some grievance in there, there's some policy dispositions filled in. these other candidates have not be able to tap into it. it's why you see donald trump's numbers continuing to move up. they are also cementing it. the guys over 60%. rhonda sanchez numbers, depending on which poll you look at, simone,. it's increased by one of 2%, decreased by one of 2%. -- >> what about the state holds? you know, april, what

shermichael is saying is a fact, there is a stronghold, for lack of a better term, that donald trump has on key pieces of the republican primary electorate. you went on election, state by state delegate by delegate. chris christie's numbers in new hampshire, for example, they have ducks. what do you think, april? >> let me say this. chris christie has position himself in the perfect way to be that person who is the alternative to donald trump. as he is knocking the teapot over on all the information that we are getting. at the same time chris christie faces a challenge. could he be on the debate stage to go up against donald trump who will probably talk about him in all of his glory as he's done with every other candidate that he's gone on stage with? at the end of the day, donald trump is viewed by so many. i talk to carl rove last year.

october and september. he was right, he said donald trump gets indicted, people will view him as a martyr and that is what donald trump is banking on right now. because, what happened first for a lot of things, they dealt with sex or what have you, we're not going to get into that. >> it's father's day, april. the kids are watching. >> we can move on, at the end of the day, many people were looking for the substantive issues out of georgia. all of those calls that he was on where he asked specifically to have the numbers change. he said it twice. twice on tape. people were looking for that first. and now, the issue, that is their. republicans are feeling sorry for him. even though many say he should not be president because they feel sorry for him.

>> i will say it's just justice. before i let you both go, i hope you heard my interview with keith ellison, attorney general ellison, he talks about senator tim scott's name. part of the reason the george floyd justice to policing act did not pass is in fact because he could not carry his caucus over the finish line, the pattern and practice reports are important. the minneapolis police department, there will be change that comes about because of what they have done. what do you think about attorney general ellison's comments? >> look, i will say first, james madison, the author of federalists ten and 51, he'll be rolling over in his glare grave. protecting individual rights of the citizenry and to defend regard. has it pertains to senator scott, one senator or the republican caucus, simone, we already know the republicans are in terms of law enforcement. how far they are willing to go to address some of these issues. i am not surprised that he was

not able to get the support. i don't blame him single-handedly. you have a party today that is just very different than it was a decade ago. there isn't the mood or sentiment to want to address these issues in ways that many on the democratic side would like to. >> i think there is something we'd like to call consensus. that's what the people are looking for. consensus. can congress get it together? oh, that's another panel. april ryan, shermichael singleton, thank you both very very much. >> see you, simone. >> up next, folks, remember the name judge matthew chasm eric? he sounds familiar. he is the trump appointed judge who try to ban the most popular abortion pill in america. that thing is still being legislated. well, okay. he is back. this time, he has the power to possibly bankrupt planned parenthood. coming up, the president and ceo of planned parenthood joins me to respond to this brand new threat. threat get help reaching your goals with j.p. morgan wealth plan, a new tool in the chase mobile® app.

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right to make decisions about our own bottle is unrelenting. yet again, texas is playing an outsized role in the struggle. that's where an anonymous antiabortion activists is seeking to bankrupt planned parenthood and eliminate its affiliates and texas and louisiana. the case alleges that planned parenthood decided to defraud medicaid in both states. okay, now, louisiana and texas try to cut off planned parenthood as approved medicaid

providers. one in 20, 15 the other in 2017. both moves were blocked by federal court orders. in 2020, the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals said that both states could and planned parenthood's medicaid provider status. now, this current lawsuit says that planned parenthood should have to pay back all of the money from the time period when the states would legally bound to work with them. the judge was presiding over this case, judge matthew kacsmaryk. remember him, you all. he is the same right-wing trump appointed judge who try to ban the abortion pill mifepristone earlier this year. the case is still being litigated. i know i said legislated earlier. litigated. if eric rules against planned parenthood, planned parenthood should have to pay a 1.8 billion dollar fine. that would then go to an anti abortion group. joining me now to unpack this all for us, the president and ceo of planned parenthood. alexis mcgill johnson. the federation of america and

then planned parenthood action fund. okay, alexis, can you just clear some things up for us? one, planned parenthood says this case is without merit. tell us why. to, what were the, what's the outcome of that 2020 case? how does that affect you all given these current efforts? >> >> well, hey, simone, thank you for covering this latest injustice out of texas. here we are in another situation before judge kacsmaryk, there was a baseless case that was brought by attorney general paxton. essentially, it accuses planned parenthood, texas affiliates of illegally getting reimbursed for providing health care services. just like every other health care provider does. as you remember well, maybe it was seven years ago. there was some horrific

misinformation that was propagated about planned parenthood out of texas that tried to, you, know carve together a bunch of misinformation. they made it seem like they were doing illegal and inappropriate things. in fact, what planned parenthood, all of that was disproven. texas try to kick us out of medicaid. we filed an injunction. we were able to provide the care and get reimbursed. essentially, now it is a whistleblower case that has come back before. the same judge that is also trying to take away mifepristone from the rest of people across the country. as you stated before, this is without merit. it is completely -- an organization or affiliates for nonprofits. we followed the law. period. and of story. we are going to continue to fight this. we know this is just a

political attack to try to deny the people of texas access to care in their state and that is what is most important right here and right now. >> when you talk about access to care, i think there are people across this country who would be surprised to know that planned parenthood provides health care services like doctors checkups, your primary. this is some folks's primary care physician. am i right? >> planned parenthood today, the first point of entry for many people into the health care system, period. we are a critical part of the public health infrastructure. so, people are coming to access planned parenthood providers for sti testing for breast cancer screenings. . for birth control and family planning. for gender-affirming care, as well as access to abortion where they can. i do think that is worth reminding people. this is an attack on health care provision. we've seen the ripple effect all across the board. not just on planned parenthood.

it is destroyed some of the trust and the care that we know so much of our health care requires in order to provide the right services for people. i think every single attack, whether it's on planned parenthood or on our ability to make decisions about our own bodies, it's really essentially undermining the ability of providers to provide care that they need. >> in the 30 seconds i have, a week from yesterday, it will mark the one year anniversary of the dobbs decision. you just spoke about it. it overturned roe v. wade. give us some hope, alexis, what lies ahead for this fight for women's rights to make decisions about our own bodies. >> as i have been saying, so much of our own, trail we are in a, moment we are in a moment where 20 states have restricted access to abortion if, not total bans across the country. we have the momentum on our side. everywhere, we have seen 3:20, 20 people thought that kansas

was a fluke. we came back, we turned out five more initiatives from kentucky, montana, you know, the michigan. we showed up again and wisconsin. that is the momentum we are seeing. this is a bipartisan issue. this is a multi generational issue. this is an issue that people deeply care about. our freedoms have been taken away. we are not going back. >> given freedom, alexis, thank you so much. i appreciate your time today. >> folks, it is no secret that books are being banned and too many places across our country. what you might not know, how many people are behind these challenges. maybe i should say -- we'll talk about that next. about that next with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy.

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gender queer, a memoir about discovering gender identity, and i kid you not, the bluest eye by tony morrison. yes, honey, the tony morrison. one of the complaints listed about the bluest eye it was that it deals with race. the jokes right themselves. here is the twist. those thousand plus book challenges, they didn't come from 1000 plus people. the majority of the 1000-plus book challenges analyzed by the washington post were filed by just 11 people. 11 people who thought your children couldn't handle a book about race or gender identity or sexual orientation. whatever it is, the right-wing is not about this week. so, the next time you see one of those book banned types on the news screaming and shouting about how they are part of a silent majority i hope you remember that not only are they far from silence, they are far from a majority. the people who try to ban books like to define themselves as

protectors of our children. really, they are using our children to shield their bigotry and further their agenda. some people don't like it. race is a key part of america's story and gay trans and by engender nanda conforming people exist. they aren't going anywhere. as the late and great tony morrison once wrote, books are a form of political action. books are knowledge. books are reflection. well, i've said knowledge is power. there are 11 people in america leading the charge trying to take it away. the more you know. coming up, the conversation you will see only on symone. my exclusive conversation with the national museum of african american history and culture. ahead of juneteenth. including the watch night service in black churches. shelves. shelves smart enough to see, sense, react, restock.

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are taking you on a journey to juneteenth. in 1860 and six, black texans became the first to recognize june 19th as juneteenth. on june 17th 2021, president biden signed the juneteenth national independence day act, officially making juneteenth a federal holiday. it marks the day to the last black americans living in enslavement were notified of their freedom. now, as i said, juneteenth feels a little heavier this year. due to our current political climate and this movement to erase this very history from our public discourse. take south carolina. a teacher at chapman high school in lexington school district five had to remove a classroom discussion on the memoir. it was a call between the world and we. it was after complaints that the memo ire violated a state law prohibiting instruction uncontroversial talk about assimilated to race. this is why the telling of history like juneteenth is just

so important. so, to mark the third anniversary of the federal holiday, i have the opportunity to visit the national museum of african american history and culture for a very special conversation of the museum's current director kevin young. in this part of our wide-ranging conversation, director young and i unpack the journey toward freedom and the important -- in the lives of black americans for more than a century now. take a look. >> black folks on juneteenth, they are celebrating the distance. also the near-ness about knowing what it means to be free. i also think about what tony morrison says, the function of freedom is to free someone else. we have to think about that. the ways that freedom connect us, we are connected in our freedom. we need to keep that and maintain it at all times. >> i remember in school learning about new slave trade, the history of slavery. -- >> it was quick?

>> it was very quick, so quick. oh my goodness, it was very quick. there are so many nuances. we could've spent a whole year in school particularly just on the economics of the slave trade. >> what's important, we don't just talk about slavery. we talk about resistance to slavery. there is a lot of discussion about how slavery had regional aspects to it. different in the low country of the carolinas versus louisiana, where my family is from. i think also accompanying those, rebellions. this is a later version of some of that. individuals like john brown, william leo lloyd garrison, all the way to -- show joe near truth, and federer douglas. who not only wrote so beautiful about slavery, published a paper called fredericton glasses paper. also published a paper called the north star. he's trying to think about these and how a dialogue about slavery and enslavement. he saw it as something so

integral to something we have to fix. if you remember, the first narrative in 1845, it's called a narrative of frederick douglass. an american slave. and that contradiction, the paradox, liberty, that's one of his having us think about. >> i will go back to my lessons. quick lessons in full. you learned that everyone in the north wanted to end slavery. everybody in the south wanted to keep it. >> again, the story is more complicated. just right here, the north was committed to controlling the spread of slavery. they were hesitant to end it. folks in the south, they wanted to expand the economic engine that was slavery. they wanted to preserve it. what it was the presence of african american soldiers in the union. the presidents of sojourner truth and fredericton glass, the outside and inside strategy, they made their mission quite

clear. it was freedom. >> well, i like to say every enslaved person was an abolitionist. they wanted freedom. so, sometimes this kind of gradual strategy, that didn't work if you are working. as an enslaved person. how do you organize it? it takes northern and southern agitation to fight for freedom. i also think, i'm from kansas as well as nebraska. growing up there you are very well aware of that battle for kansas whether it's going to be a free or enslaved state. bleeding kansas as a result of, people like john brown, langston hughes's grandfather who fought with john brown for freedom, these are all connected to what we see later in the 20th century and even now. >> this is called the sanctuary. i'd like to refer to it as we -- this is from union.

in d.c.. right here in washington d.c.. i did not know this. i grew up baptist. i grew up baptist where i grew up going to watch night service. if you are -- if you grow up in the african american church, we on december 31st, new year's eve, new year's eve, and then you bring in the new year at church. i had no idea, night service was connected to the emancipation patient caught proclamation. >> intimately tied to it. people created the sanctuaries as places where people could gather. the church had long been one of those. people could gather and worship in peace. also look forward to emancipation. they did so on that first watch night on the eve of january 1st 1863. f ja nuary 1sthis is a representatiof that. it's so wonderful to have these objects. i think what happens, we see the objects, you really connect to them in a different way.

i can tell you the story. these objects tell the story in such a powerful way. >> a powerful way. i think the power of the church as a political entity -- >> resilience. it was black owned. black-owned buildings >> black lands, it was a place, it was one of the few places that at that point, the only place that black people controlled. >> the same thing, it's not an accident that the civil rights movement is borne out of these black religious centers. they provided the same freedom hundred years later. word of mouth is a powerful thing. you also had these little tiny emancipation plaquemines, union soldiers could carry it. they can hand out to those who could read. read aloud to people, declare and in town to town that this is happening. >> what you are all doing at this museum, nothing short of remarkable. especially in a time where in some places across our country teachers can lose their jobs for telling the history that is

encapsulated in this building. >> it's so part of the american fabric. we tell the american story through an african-american lens. i'm so happy to have you here. to help us tell it. >> many thanks to director kevin young and his entire staff. everyone over at the national museum of african american history and culture for their time. please, go watch our entire conversation. you don't want to miss it. our special edition of symone, journey to juneteenth, it is right now available on the msnbc hub and on peacock. you can all stream it during the barbecues tomorrow. coming up before we go, one final but very important message to all the dads out there. don't go away. go away. j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan.

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grandfather. thank you your service, billy. our pak1s is her dad rick and her uncle had been amazing examples of resilience, success, and the best support system she could've asked for. our intern emerati says it's headed, a mayor has taught him the importance of showing up for the people and the causes he cares about. i just love seeing these photos of all the fathers. again, happy father's day to all of the dads, the grandpas, the father figures. if you give a father figure the big piece of chicken today, ladies and dance, let them have the big piece of chicken. to the fathers that are no longer with us physically, we feel your presence daily. that is it for me, you all, thank you for watching symone on the sunday. i'm simone sanders-townsend. you can catch me here on msnbc weekends, four pm eastern. anytime over on peacock where i have new episodes on the msnbc hub every monday. for more of the show, including behind the scenes videos, you won't see anywhere else, find us on instagram, twitter, and the tiktok. politics nation with the great

reverend al sharpton starts right now. happy father's day to you. okay, i know you're going to get time to celebrate later. >> i did my radio show this morning. my daughters and grandson came with me. it's been a great father's day. thank you, simone. >> well, good evening. well, good evening. >> welcome to politicsnation. tonight's need, freedom and struggle. right now, i'd like to wish a very happy father's day to man across the country having their contributions recognized. i'm proud to say as i told simone, my daughters and grandson have done the same for me today. tomorrow, america will do the same for the black freedom struggle. the