joining me now is tom perez. tom was the former labor secretary of the united states.tool that was used. it was not always effective, but the concept is that if a police department is seen to be violating civil rights, which is t the example we seem to be seeing as a pattern, the federal government was able to get involved and talk about how they can approve under the supervision of a judge. >> that's exactly right. it grew out of the rodney king incident. prosecuting the officers involved in the lapd was an important part of justice, but it wasn't going to change the culture of the department. we needed more tools. then senator joe biden led the effort to get this pattern and practice tool. i prosecuted an lapd officer pre-rodney king. the lapd was a cesspool. it had a terrible culture. it took a decade to reach a consent decree. the lapd is not perfect, but that consent decree enabled a lot of reforms that made a big difference. we use them -- in the obama administration we worked with a couple dozen police departments. i oversaw these consent decrees, these investig

tom perez of the dnc. thank you so much for taking time tonight. >> always a pleasure. >> that is "all in" for this evening. the "the 11th hour" starts now. >>> good evening once again. day 1244 of this trump administration. 140 days to go now until the presidential election after nearly four weeks of country demanding police reforms following the killing of george floyd, the president today signed an executive order to encourage changes in policing. importantly, the order appears to be more suggestions, guidelines than mandates for immediate action or accountability. trump unveiled his order in a rose garden ceremony flanked by law enforcement and clearly messaging that they have his support. >> i strongly oppose the radical and dangerous efforts to defend, dismantle, and dissolve our police departments. americans want law and order. they demand law and order. they may not say it. they may not be talking about it, but that's what they want. some of them don't even know

tom perez of the dnc. taking time tonight. >> always a pleasure. >> that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. appreciate it. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. this was the front page of "the tulsa world" newspaper today. you see the main headline there. "trump in tulsa." now, the president coming to do a big rally event in tulsa is the main headline. but then look at column one. the other main news of the day in the "tulsa world." seven-day rolling average more than doubles the peak that was hit in april. you can see the lead of that story there right there above the fold, covid-19 in tulsa

chairman tom perez, who said that joe biden will be in auconsin to accept the democratic nomination.t signals there will be some kind of in-person event, but much like every other event that we all plan for or have on our calendars right now, the exact details of course are up in the air because of the pandemic. major? >> garrett: cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe, thanks so much. as americans begin gathering again, coronavirus infections are rising in more than 20 states, principally in the south and west. as of today, confirmed cases in the country number more than two million; more than 115,000 people have died. cbs's meg oliver has more. >> reporter: weeks after many beaches and businesses reopened, three of the nation's most populous states-- texas, arizona and florida-- hit record highs for new covid cases. >> i am seeing more cases that we're having to admit to hospitals. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. aileen marty attributes part of the spike to recent protests. do you expect the numbers to continue to climb? >> as long as we continue to have mass ga

chairman tom perez, who said that joe biden will be in milwaukee, wisconsin to accept the democratic nomination. that signals there will be some kind of in-person event, but much like every other event that we all plan for or have on our calendars right now, the exact details of course are causan jor? >> garrett: cbs news political correspondent ed o'keefe, thanks so much. as americans begin gathering again, coronavirus infections are rising in more than 20 states, principally in the south and west. as of today, confirmed cases in the country number more than two million; more than 115,000 people have died. cbs's meg oliver has more. >> reporter: weeks after many beaches and businesses reopened, three of the nation's most populous states-- texas, arizona and florida-- hit record highs for new covid cases. >> i am seeing more cases that we're having to admit to hospitals. >> reporter: infectious disease specialist dr. aileen marty attributes part of the spike to youthe nuers to continue to climb? >> as long as we continue to have mass gatherings, and so long as we continue to have ind

tom perez and nancy pelosi called out and impelled president donald trump is being directly responsibleo the coronavirus pandemic. let's welcoormer trump state department advisor christian whiton, what is your reaction to that first of all. >> it is completely leader chris, let's remember nancy pelosi was encouraging tourism, come to san francisco and chinatown as a pandemic was breaking out and is the same time trump was shutting down flights from china nancy pelosi was promoting tourism in her district. this is the democrats once again engaging in race hustling, if you look at where the vulnerable communities lack american to have higher susceptibility to this because they are more likely to have conditions like diabetes, be a beast and otherit health conditions, they are located primarily or concentrated somewhat in cities that have been run by the democrat since the 19th century, what donald trump has done for black americans has increased their economic situation, we have black unemployment below -- when it was at the lowest point in u.s.o history just above 5%, black wages increas

democratic national committee chairman tom perez and nancy pelosi called out an impaled president donaldhe deaths of african-americans because of his bungled delay and response to the coronavirus pandemic. now our guest, let's welcome former trump state department adviser christian whitend. what's -- why ison. what's your reaction to that, first of all? >> it's completely ludicrous. let's remember, nancy pelosi was out encouraging treuerism -- tourism, telling people come to san francisco, come to chinatown the same time donald trump was shutting down flights from china. i mean, there's just, you know, this is the democrats once again engaging in race baiting, race hustling. if you look at where these vulnerable communities, black americans who do have higher susceptibility to this because they are more likely to have conditions like diabetes, to be obese, to have other health conditions, they're located primarily or at least concentrated somewhat in cities that have been run by the democrats since the 9th century -- 19th endly. what donald trump has done for black americans has increase

and dnc chair tom perez on his plans to fight voter suppression in 2020. "all in" starts right now.

and dnc chair tom perez on his plans to fight voter suppression in 2020. "all in" starts right now.

. >>> joining us now is democratic national chair and former labor secretary tom perez. you. thank you very much for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> the jobs report better than expected, the president is touting it, and he seems to be trying to reboot his campaign as he was with in the rose garden speaking for 40 minutes nonstop about this jobs report as the greatest ever. what is your approach to the jobs report today? are we back on a better trajectory? >> the greatest ever, talk about an inaccurate statement. over the last three months, andrea, we've seen 19.6 million jobs lost over the last three months. to give you a perspective, andrea, in the worst three-month of the obama administration, the worst three-month period, we had 3.2 million jobs loss. every president since f.d.r. has seen net job growth in their presidency until now until donald trump. >> excuse me, in fairness, there was a pandemic. but let me just say in fairness, there was a pandemic, which caused a complete shutdown of the economy. the most jobs ever, but the fact is it's coming back fr

. >> tom perez, chairman of the dnc. we appreciate you coming on and expressing your views today. sir. >> always a pleasure. >> i miss public events, you know. i hope we can be in a position where we can go to a convention but i also want to be safe. that's for sure. >>> up next, could the primary voting issues in georgia, pennsylvania and nevada be the canaries in the coal mine in nevada? steve kornacki is at the big board plotting out the problem zones. otting out the problem zones. so as you head back out on the road, we'll be doing what we do best. providing some calm in your day. with virtual, real-time tours of our vehicles as well as remote purchasing. for a little help, on and off the road. now when you buy or lease a new lincoln, we'll make up to 3 payments on your behalf. and sometimes, you can find yourself heading in a new direction. but when you're with fidelity, a partner who makes sure every step is clear, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward. a partner who makes sure every step is clear, what do we wburger...inner? i want a sugar cookie... wait... i want

tom perez of the dnc. thank you so much for taking time tonight. >> always a pleasure. >> that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thanks, my friend. appreciate it. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. this was the front page of "the tulsa world" newspaper today. you see the main headline there. "trump in tulsa." now, the president coming to do a big rally event in tulsa is the main headline. but then look at column one. the other main news of the day in the "tulsa world." seven-day rolling average more than doubles the peak that was hit in april. you can see the lead of that story there right there above the fold, covid-19 in tulsa county is surging well beyond its original april peak. disappointing those who hoped the disease might stay at least somewhat under wraps during the summer heat like the flu or common cold. tulsa county seven-day rolling average of cases has now more than doubled the peak that

tom? >> alex perez for us tonight. alex, thank you. >>> we move on now to the white house, fighting battles on several fronts tonight. responding to president trump's new twitter firestorm. over the weekend, the president retweeting then deleting this video of a supporter yelling a racist message at anti-trump protesters. he also retweeted startling video from abc news, showing a couple pointing guns at protesters marching past their homes in st. louis. here's abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: more than a day after the president tweeted video of his supporters that included one yelling "white power" -- >> white power! >> reporter: -- the white house has neither condemned the phrase nor the person who said it. >> his point in tweeting out that video was to stand with his supporters who are jaucoftentim demonized. >> reporter: shortly after the president tweeted the video, republican senator tim scott called it offensive. >> i think it's indefensible, he should take it down. >> reporter: t

change from 2016 later today i'm told by the dnc that elizabeth warren will be joining dnc chair tom perez to kick off this entire initiative. and that is going to be a show of unity between the progressive wing and the more moderate wings of the democratic party, which is a big change from 2016 when you had all that turmoil between the sanders campaign and the hillary clinton campaign, and then there's going to be a five-week battleground tour by tom perez, as well as elizabeth warren and it will bring in other party heavy weights who will be teeming up in florida next week. mika. >> willie? >> we talked before the pandemic how quickly the democratic party got behind joe biden. as candidates dropped out of the race, most notably, bernie sanders, they hopped in and supported joe biden. we didn't have the protracted fight like 2016, i think the clinton campaign had a strained relationship with the dnc on many levels. it doesn't appear to be that way this time around. >> no, i'm told also that we can expect there to be a very strong presence by the dnc as opposed to 2016 in terms of the offe

perez. our next guest is tom fitton, and please correct me if i am wrong, he is judicial watch president. judicial watch describes itself that those act ethically and do not abuse the powers given by the american public that this freedom of information act and other public records, engage in civil engagements. had over 20 years of public policy experience. he received a b.a. you are recognized for five minutes. mr. fitton: thank you, mr. chairman. as others have said, i appreciate the beginning. has been tracking this for years. last year, they asked if americans have confidence and the honestyion and of elections, specifically peer to only 40% said yes. 59% said no. this is not helped by plans who governor newsom's, recently required county election officials transmit mail ballots to every voter in the state. i believe this is a real threat to elections. in 2005, there was a bipartisan understanding of voter fraud, and the baker commission noted ing isbsentee ballot vulnerable in several ways. and those that might get intercepted. citizens who vote at home, a workplace, or church are mor