>> good evening, welcome to politicsnation. tonight's lead here is a reality check. tonight, americans have fresh insight for the far right runner of the presidential nomination donald trump's. trump sat down for an exclusive interview with nbc's kristen welker on meet the press. revealed not much has changed since he left the white house nearly three years ago.

the former president remains defiant in the face of the many criminal cases against him. unapologetic about the chaotic final days of his ministration and insistence that to the 2020 election was rigged. the party he may soon lead appears determined to trigger a political crisis. one way or another under pressure from the far-right fringes of his caucus house speaker kevin mccarthy has opened up an impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. so far, he seems powerless to broker a spending deal in order to avoid a government shutdown. we are going to be diving deeper into the dysfunctional capitol hill in just a moment. california congressman adam schiff. later i will be talking to the black mayors of two of the country's largest cities. new york city mayor eric adams and houston mayor sylvester

turner. they have an urgent plea to washington. a request for more resources to care for the rising number of migrants seeking shelter in their communities. also, tonight we look back at the 16th street baptist church bombing 60 years later birmingham alabama -- would fan joins us tonight live on politicsnation. starting us off tonight's, democratic congressman adam schiff of california. congressman i want to start with christian welker the, exclusive interview with former president trump on meet the press today. trump made a number of extraordinary statements, including blaming former speaker nancy pelosi for january 6th and praising vladimir putin for saying nice things about him. i want to get your take on something a bit more serious. take a listen to what trump had

to say about the classified documents case. >> i want to ask you about the case related to mar-a-lago. a new charge suggest you asked the staffer to delete security camera footage showed wouldn't get into the hands of investigators. >> that's false, let me tell you -- >> would you testify? you would testify under oath? >> it's a fake charge. >> what is your reaction? >> he has said this before that he would testify under oath and when he's on put under oath he takes the fifth. i wouldn't believe him for a moment and i think that's a very powerful case against him in mar-a-lago. his taking of all of these highly classified documents, the way that he kept them in a bathroom on a stage in places where the public might very well have access to them and his lies about it and is stonewalling of the subpoenas and the suggestion to others that his lawyer, one of his lawyers, what if they sort of

just kind of made it go away and they did this gesture of checking things so the government wouldn't see them,. it's a very serious case against him. i certainly don't take him at face value when he said he's been willing to testify under oath. it contradicts his past practices. >> let's go to the house speaker kevin mccarthy who opened up impeachment inquiry against president joe biden last weekend in order to investigate what he knew about his son hunter biden's business dealings. the white house points out republicans haven't offered up any evidence of wrongdoing. they are just looking for it. that's an interesting position to take considering many of these same lawmakers are attacking the trump indictment as politically motivated even though there was enough evidence in those cases for a grand jury's to move forward with charges. what are your thoughts about this impeachment inquiry? how does it differ from

democrats after to impeach trump when he was in the office of the president? >> well, reverend, you absolutely right. there is no evidence here that joe biden did anything wrong. this is an impeachment in search of evidence. essentially evidence free impeachment. kevin mccarthy's way, not of getting to the facts, his way of trying to avoid a shutdown. these things are intertwined you didn't have the votes to keep his own conference together to avoid shutting down the government. to the right way, he said, look, i'll give you an impeachment. that's a terrible reason to move forward in the impeachment investigation. it's also a very sharp contrast to how seriously democrats took the process during the first impeachment. we investigated for months and months and we gathered evidence. it wasn't until ukraine information came forward from a whistleblower that we move forward with an impeachment inquiry.

we wanted to let bob mueller finish the investigation of the russian conduct. and when we discovered that trump had withheld hundreds of millions of dollars from ukraine in order to extort that countries leader presents landscape and helping him smear biden, we then move forward with a formal impeachment inquiry. that's a sharp contrast to what kevin mccarthy has done here and it just goes to show that once again he's bringing the house load, he's destroying institutions and protecting the democracy in order for him to remain speaker another day, another week. that's his sole motivation. >> in addition to the impeachment issue, speaker mccarthy is facing a challenge to his leadership from far-right members of the caucus who want him to push their extremist policy positions as part of any spending legislation. even if it means forcing a government shutdown minority

leader hakeem jeffries said today the republican party is in the middle of a civil war. do you agree with that assessment? what are the risk to the country as republican fighter amongst themselves for power rather than doing the peoples business? >> i certainly agree with leader jeffries. it's an intraparty fight for the republicans first, kevin mccarthy makes a deal with joe biden, the republican right-wing doesn't like the de-steel struck and they want to reneged on that. even that isn't enough for the right wing of the right-wing, who want to go even further. he can't control his own conference. therefore, we appear to be headed for a shut down. this is a failure of leadership on mccarthy's. part it's the total dysfunction of the republican conference. the cost is enormous. some of us, myself very much included, are focused on bringing down the cost of housing. bringing down the cost of food

and medicine and expanding access to health care. trying to deal with the fentanyl crisis. trying to get people who are homeless into housing. this is what i'm focused. on this is what the american people want is focused on. instead, kevin mccarthy is doing it and bogus impeachment process. the republicans are fighting amongst each other. some seem intent on shutting down the government. it would hurt millions of americans. >> before i let you go, congressman, i want to get your thoughts about the uaw strike in its third day. the first time ever union members have struck all three major u.s. automakers at the same time. this comes as hollywood writers and actors are also on strike. i know you've joined the picket lines to show solidarity with entertainment industry workers in your state. are you seeing a moment of awakening for organized labor in this country? what can people like you in washington be doing to support

it? >> i do see a real awakening here. we're calling it the hard labor summer. i have been on many picket lines to show my support. i'm very much in solidarity with uaw and its fight for better wages better working conditions, the auto companies have been very successful. they've been successful in significant parts because of the federal government coming to the rescue of the auto industry. it's time for the auto industry to share some of its prosperity with the people who make that possible. working people. i think the challenge that we face, reverend, in this country is not that people aren't working. people are working. they're working harder than ever. the problem is that people are not making enough to get by. they're not making enough to provide for the families. i'm squarely with uaw on this. i think other elected officials should likewise show their support for working families. right now i think we're in at an inflection point in the country. we need to reverse the trend of

the last several decades. as the country's prosperity and props productivity increase, that wasn't being shared with working families. it needs to be shared with working people in order for us to restore the american dream. >> all right, thank you for being with us this evening congresswoman schiff. i'm proud to be joined by new york mayor eric adams and sylvester turner. for the record, mayor turner, i am in your city. i'm in houston. i preached at lilly grove baptist church this morning, one of the most -- reverend terry anderson. so, i'm in new york city. thank you both for joining me. on friday, a news conference hosted by delegation of democratic lawmakers who were touring a new york city hotel that serves as a shelter for recently arrived migrants was disrupted by protesters upset over the influx in arrival of asylum seeking migrants.

over the past year more than 100,000 migrants have arrived in new york city to seek asylum. according to the new york times. their arrivals have coincided with the widespread housing crisis in the city. mayor adams, you've said yourself that the migrant issue will destroy new york city if we don't get our arms around it. how are you going to move forward in mitigating this crisis? it's a crisis that many of us are concerned about that is not just at your doorstep. i know a lot of faith leaders will talking about coming out this week to say that there is a moral issue in dealing with migrants. it's also an issue of, if you have to cut resources that will hurt the people in the communities that can least afford a cut. they should not force something on any mayor that he has to choose between who gets hurt, it means the federal government. how do you mitigate this, mayor adams. >> it was so important.

you correctly phrased what was said. people attempted to distort the message that we were saying migrants were destroying the city. that's not what we stated we are stating this condition as a real destructive part to it that's going to have a ripple effect throughout our entire city with. i spent a night in the shelter with migrants. i've marched in visited with them. i've interacted with them. we've provided some of the best care throughout this entire country. we were a city of immigrants. my support is strong. we can't ignore the fact. we spent two billion dollars already. we're projected to spend $5 million. that money is going to come from somewhere. . we made great subsides and supporting foster care children and putting money into housing and low income new yorkers. and really providing away for

those migrants that are here. if we don't receive help from the federal government and additional help from the state government then this is going to come from somewhere. it's going to hurt low income new yorkers. and i'm glad the hispanic congressional delegation came to and they saw what we were doing. they walked out and stated that you guys have really done a dignified way of treating the migrants and asylum seekers. this is wrong for the migrants and asylum seekers to be going through. this it's wrong for long term new yorkers that depend on this revenue. having to go back into november and find five billion dollars out of our budget. it's not right to the city. >> and that's the concern of many of the faith leaders. many are gathered last weekend in the your. many of the nomination at leaders of been talking to are coming out this week because the moral issue here, you can't choose services for people that need it in the city over what

has to happen to migrants. if you're trying to be moral. you can't have selective morality. in texas, governor greg abbott governor greg abbott has been writing a high-profile campaign sending migrants to what he describes as democratic run cities. such as new york. by bus. claiming that they were overwhelming his state. out of the more than 100,000 migrants new york has received in the last year, about 13,000 were sent on buses provided by the state of texas the texas busing program has set roughly 35,000 migrants to other states since april of 2020. the statistics show that the migrants were offered free passage from texas over the past year it's just a fraction of those who regularly make their way to cities like new york. mayor turner, what's your take on governor abbott's, your governor's response to the influence of migrants in your

state. it seems like black mayors i'm saying this are the ones that have buried the brunt of this kind of busing and you've had to bear the brunt as the mayor here in houston. >> let me just say, the governor of texas, governor abbott is wrong. this is not the way to solve the problem. and you are right,. sharpton most of these cities have been cities where there have been democratic mayors. and of that number, most of them have been cities where they have been african-american mayors. so, you are talking about new york. he sending them there you're talking about chicago, he's been sending their. if you're talking about l.a., he sending them there. and mayor hancock was the mayor of denver. and he was standing there as well. so, the policy is fundamentally flawed. if you want to address the migrant problem, we need to address, it then he needs to

sit down and discuss it with governors and with mayors in a very respectful fashion. and i think what we will find, we all recognize the problem needs to be fixed. and that needs to be comprehensive. the way he is choosing to do it, is that he is using these people as pawns on a chest table to gain political favor at the peoples expense. and that's just wrong. >> let me switch gears. since i have both of you. shooting in new york city dropped by about 25% through the first half of this year compared to the same period last year showing a downward trend after a spike in violent crime during the covid pandemic. mayor adams, you have made reversing the trend of gun violence a central goal in your administration. as you promised when your running are you encouraged by

these numbers because many of us that are questioning excessive police force also want to see gun violence down. we don't want to be shot by anybody. we don't want violence by anyone. are you encouraged by these numbers? >> yes, it's something that you and i have both made clear throughout our entire careers. there's no condolence or consolation prize if you knock on the door and tell the mother your shot was shot with someone -- and not in a blue police uniform. they feel the pain. this is part of the overall return of our city. not only have we saw homicides decrease, gun violence decrease. major felonies decreasing in the city. you also see the vibrant recovery. people are back on the subway system. we are capping a 3.6 3.8 million riders. 99% of the jobs are recovered. tourism is. back we're projecting 65

million tourists in the city. the vibrancy has returned. covid has really given us all a devastating blow. smart fiscal management of the city. a double a bond rating because we're managing the fiscal crisis of this time. we are really pleased. the prerequisite to prosperity is public safety and justice. we can have both. you don't have to trade them off. >> now, in texas, fatalities have reached the highest level in recent years since the 1990s according to data from the u.s. census for disease control and prevention. as gun laws in the state have become increasingly more relaxed, mayor turner, as texas republicans argue, loosening regulations on firearms is constitutional and necessary to protect the rights of texas sun isn't's. i heard at lilly grove carriage, people are concerned about this. how do you address the gun violence epidemic as a democratic leader of the states

largest city? >> well, when you're fighting against the state who has really promoted the use of guns and the proliferation of guns on our streets, all water flows down here. quite frankly there are way too many guns on our street. the state hasn't made it easier for those guns to be there. having said that, violent crime in the city of houston, violent and non violent crime is down. when i look at the numbers, i look at them every single day, if you look at where we are today in comparison to 2021 we have 70 fewer homicides than we did in 2021. if you look at 2022, it's about 60 fewer homicides. so, violent crime is down. even non violent crime is down. in a large, part it's because we've implored --

like mayor adams, we look at it from a more holistic point of view. yes, we are providing more support. yes, we are utilizing more. technology. we are focusing on our re-entry program. we are focusing on job opportunities. we are also focusing on more youth engagement. we're focusing on the population between 16 to 24. still, telling youth and others, no. we are giving them something to say as to. community engagement, working with our community. leaders, organizations, bringing them in. inviting them to the table. focusing on crisis intervention. all of those things are placing a great deal of emphasis. from a holistic point of view, in spite of what's happening at the state, what we are doing locally is proving to work. >> i have to say this, clearly there's many of us that are concerned and don't feel safe.

it seems interesting to me given the data and what you're doing in houston, mayor, turner, seems to me that black mayors get all kinds of media coverage when crime is spiking. and then when there is some statistic in new york and in houston where the homicides and gun violence is going down, it seems like a lot of our media doesn't cover that, mayor adams. they start dealing with other issues. we're nowhere out of the woods. clearly, the data speaks that some things are moving in the right direction. when again, when -- president of the action network, you are there at the beginning. i'm concerned about the reasoning behind the double standard on black mares in terms of how we deal with crime, mayor adams. >> so true.

even how we are managing the cities. we're talking about the largest cities in america, houston, new york city, los angeles, chicago. when you're doing an analysis of what we have done in the city since january 1st, 2022, the economic recovery, the combat on how we've invested in young people and how we did a full year education. -- what we are doing upstream, we're not pulling young peoples families -- were focusing on upstream. everything from dyslexia screening to improving on education. there is a holistic approach that these mayors are doing. my colleagues are doing it. this is in atlanta, st. louis, washington. . when you look at it, you would think new york city's out of control. so i'll go out west. it's just the opposite. you're seeing a vibrant come

back of a city. the indicators are showing that we have successfully managed through covid. we are managing even through the asylum seekers. 110,000 individuals showed up at our doorstep. 10,000 a month. not one child slept on the streets of the city of new york. we've managed this crisis. right now we need your help and we need the help we deserve the city. nobody should be going through any of this alone we should be getting support and that includes brownsville and houston and no city should be carrying the weight of these items alone. >> yes i'm going to have to leave it there. thank you eric adams and mayor sylvester turner. kind of beating me over the head with it most of the morning. mayor adams and where sylvester turner thank you for being with. us coming up, leading democrats

fled their support for a biden harris ticket it doesn't seem to be enough for voters. our political panel gets into it after the break. first, my colleague richard lui with today's other top news stories. richard? >> brad, good. day to you some of the stories we're watching for on the. stay first off, atlantic storm lee weaken today and made landfall near hurricane-strength this weekend. it brought destructive winds and torrential rain to new england and south atlantic canada. whether or not experts say would say it would disappear early this. week roughly 5% of electricity customers are without power right now the white house as national security adviser jake sullivan, the top diplomat and malta supportive efforts to keep communications over -- fischel is reportedly discussed russia's war in ukraine and the intentions over taiwan in one of russell brands agencies says it is terminated all professional ties to the actor and comedian sexual assault allegations were published

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politicsnation. let's bring in my political panel, craig bardella, democratic strategist and and they times contributor. and david jolly, political analyst and former republican congressman from the state of florida. david, early today former president donald trump gave an exclusive, wide ranging interview to the moderator christian walker. the same invitation has also been extended to president biden. here is a clip from the conversation that stood out to me. >> mister president, have you

thought about a potential running mate if you were to win the nomination? >> i like that's a thing too much about that. you always do a little bit but i really don't think it's time. i want to win and it's very interesting about running mates. when you get down to a vice president, nobody has ever made that kind of a difference. it's still about the person that's going to be president. >> are you leaning toward a woman? >> i like the concept, but, we're gonna pick the best person. >> if trump becomes the republican nominee, what difference would it make or not if he chooses a woman running mate given his stances opposing abortion rights, his long record of sexist comments and behavior towards women. what difference would it make, kurt? >> i think it would make a big difference and that the republicans right now understand that the issue that they are the most vulnerable on

is roe v. wade abortion and women's rights. so at least trying to put forward a female face for those policies might make it a little bit more palpable presentation rise than being a bunch of old white men talking about women's bodies of women health care decisions. i think it's part of the calculus that goes into the idea of picking a female running mate. >> david, what do you think. and are there any women that you think is particularly, maybe appealing to trump if he is the nominee? >> i agree with kurds and the traditional lands. but if you look at leading republicans, men and women, i'm not sure there is a leading female republican that actually could assure a nation that somehow donald trump is fit to govern. and certainly on matters of reproductive health care choices. i'm not sure there is a republican woman they can make a convincing case for a trump ticket. i would suspect, very appreciatively different than a john mccain who is someone who is so substantively qualified

for the white house. we would likely see the wildcard pit. almost like choosing palin. i don't think the idea of marjorie taylor greene or kari lake, or some unknown is out of the realm of possibility. i think that donald trump might reach for that. this dynamic, this election, is so different at 2016. where he fell for the trap, somehow, that he had to convince traditional republicans to come along. so he picked mike pence. i think he will actually slap back at the traditional establishment republicans a cycle. and pick somebody that truly represents maga, and the next ten years of where the party is going. >> part, it is day three in the united auto workers strike. and this week, team president biden assembled, will be in detroit, he will be in detroit to help reach a deal, a team that he is set to reach a deal between the uav and the big

automakers. and that it will include white house adviser gene sperling, and acting labor secretary, julie su. what do you make of the biden administration's response to the issue, are you optimistic that this will be resolved soon? >> listen, i think that the biden administration recognizes that there is a lot of interest in getting to a equitable, and quick resolution to this. because the longer that this goes, the more headache it will be. more economic impact will be widely felt. and at the same time, the presidents in the white house are trying to make the case that bidenomics is moving. and the economy is moving in the right direction, promote their accomplishments. you need to have a clear -- to do that and while the strike is going, on its kind of cried. it's in the biden administration's interests, and the countries in, tries to get a resolution to this. and that's anywhere where acting secretary gene sperling, who's at credentials are unparalleled.

it looks like their eyes on the ball, they're taking it seriously, they are engaged. to try to move this to a quick solution as possible. >> a new cbs yougov poll shows that president biden is in a statistical dead heat with former president trump among likely voters 49 to 50. why is it tough for biden to push ahead of trump, who has been impeached twice, and is now facing a total of 91 charges across for criminal indictments? >> i think that part of it is just a reflection of where we are as a nation. i think generic question put in front of the country between a democratic nominee, and a republican nominee, would likely shake out and about that range. likely every time you ask the question. the important thing is as we get closer to an election, if donald trump is indeed the nominee, as voters begin to look at the contrast between the two candidates, because ultimately every race comes down to the contrast. they will see a president biden working to grow an economy for

all people. someone who has but competence back in the white house. restore stability, and the american image on the world stage against somebody as you mentioned, who has been indicted, facing legal peril and is promising to shred the constitution. i think you will see the numbers begin to favor joe biden has that contrast really comes into play. >> kurt bardella oh, and david jolly, thank you both for being with us. at just ahead, a betrayal of trust for one black women meddling cancer. inspires a family to push for dignity and respect for all of us. what is next in the push for justice. we will be right back! piled high with double the cheese and more meat. i'd like to tackle one of these after a game. quarterbacks can't tackle anything! my husband and i have never been more active. on shingles doesn't care.. i go to spin classes with my coworkers.

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politicsnation. the city of birmingham, alabama just kept a week of remembrance and reflection. mocking the 16th, the 60th anniversary of one of the civil rights moments darkest days. and the civil rights movements darkest hours. the bombing of the 16 street baptist church by the ku klux klan. and the deaths of four black girls who were killed in the

explosion that ended another 20 people on september 15th, 1963. on friday u.s. supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson spoke at the commemoration. calling on the nation to reflect on its troubled history. at a time many conservative lawmakers have, and activists, are doing all they can to conceal it. joining me now, birmingham mayor randall woodson. mayor great to have you back with us on politics nation. let me start by saying as mayor of birmingham, you are presiding over the city that is synonymous with one of the darkest days of the civil rights movement. for young black girls killed by the explosion of a bomb planned by the kkk in response to birmingham's accelerated integration. the 16th street baptist arch was a linchpin in the movement and birmingham. hence why it was targeted that

day, 60 years ago, they have it marked this anniversary. how has this past week impacted your own perspective and leadership in birmingham and its history? >> well it's good to be on with you this afternoon. i can tell you guys we reflected on what happened here. domestic terrorism. the moment of that bombing at the church that took the lives of the four little girls. and a fifth little girl who is still living today. and injured 21 others. i am reminded that at city hall, those in power at the time, those who wear the commissioner of public safety. responsible for investigating this, turned a blind eye. they ignored so much domestic terrorism. not just at this church, but so much more. i remember six years later, i have a responsibility here at city hall to lead and have social justice at the forefront. >> now. i am struck by the fact that 60 years after the birmingham

bombing shook our nation. many conservatives are trying to restrict our black history and public school. supreme court justice ketanji brown jackson address this issue in a speech friday at 16th street baptist kerch. take a listen. >> if we are going to continue to move forward as a nation, we cannot allow concerns about discomfort to displace knowledge, truth, or history. it is certainly the case that parts of this country's story can be hard to think about. we cannot forget because the uncomfortable lessons are often the ones that teach us the most about ourselves. >> two years ago. alabama's board of education voted to ban critical race theory and the state of anything that would quote,

indoctrinates students and social political ideologies that promote one race or sex above another. and of quote. if you are a public school teacher in birmingham, how do you teach students about the history of their city. why the 16th street baptist mean so much, while facing possible legal action for doing so? >> i think and the unjust law is just that. it's not right and so i would suggest that any school teacher in the schools teach what happened here to teach the civil rights industry. teach what happened at the baptist church. to be clare's slavery is america's history. it's not just black history. as well as segregation. segregation is not just what happened. it's america's history. and so you cannot have it both ways. i would suggest that any teacher or any school system in the entire state that is incumbent upon our educators to

teach our youth what happened in birmingham and what happened in alabama so history does not repeat itself. >> and finally on a path cast last month you said he would be open to running for a third term as birmingham's mayor. one of the foremost challenges that you faced in your tenure has been a surge of violent crimes which you have likened to a public health crisis. what has been the primary impediment in your view to controlling the number of guns in your city? >> the permanent impediment is easily --, they had to go the opposite way. in the city of birmingham today you don't even need a pistol permit to carry a weapon. so you can imagine the number of guns that have been flooding into our streets. the number of people that are allowed to drive around and shoot out of their vehicle into another home or another car because of this state law. coupled with the inaction at

the federal level. not going to be able to move to control these forms of military travel and weapons on our streets. these handguns that are being used in our city. and so we need state help and we need federal help but all the blame is on the resources and they are not enough than the blame on the local level. but we don't have local control. >> mayor of birmingham alabama, always good to have you on. thank you. up next, a milestone here at nbc. nbc. to the wild wild west ♪ ♪ a state that's untouchable like eliot ness ♪ ♪ say what you say, but give me that bomb beat from dre ♪ ♪ let me serenade the streets of l.a. ♪ ♪ from oakland to sac-town ♪ ♪ the bay area and back down ♪ ♪ cali is where they put their mack down, give me love! ♪ ♪ shake, shake it, baby ♪ ♪ shake it, cali ♪ ♪ oooooooooooh ♪ ♪ california love ♪

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