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later today, democratic senators tammy baldwin of wisconsin and chris murphy of connecticut will lead their colleagues in a push of their own for ppe and critical medical equipment. both senators baldwin and murphy join us now. thank you for being here. the defense production act, i'll start with you, senator baldwin, what difference will that make? >> well -- senator baldwin, we're having trouble with your audio, so while we try to work on that, i'll pose the same question to your colleague. lucky that we have two people with us today. senator murphy, what will the dpa do? >> redundancy is really important these days. listen, the dpa has put into statute after world war ii to compensate for the fact that democracies are often not terribly efficient when faces with crises like a pandemic or a war. and so we give the president emergency powers. one of them is to take control of the supply chain when we need to produce a whole lot of one thing in a short period of time. right now, this country cannot beat coronavirus without more ppe. we had a shortage. we were able to address that shor

i'm joined by senator chris murphy of connecticut.o even trouble you with this, but donald trump today, he's been retweeting accounts with strange things on them, one of which was a doctor who he got questioned about during his briefing today. i just want to let you listen to that. >> the woman that you said was a great doctor and that video that you retweeted last night said that masks don't work and there's a cure for covid-19, both of which health experts say is not true. she's also made videos saying that doctors make medicine using dna from aliens and they're trying to create a vaccine from making you become immune from being religious. >> she said she's had success with hundreds of different patients. i thought her voice was an important voice but i know nothing about her. >> what do you make of the president of the united states retweet thing houston doctor with these strange claims about alien dna, et cetera, as well as continuing to push this hydroxychloroquine supposed treatment? >> you know, maybe the president of the unite

. >> reporter: connecticut senator chris murphy, a democrat, tweeting, it's not even a dog whistle anymore. our president is now a proud, vocal segregationist. former vice president joe biden has promised to reinstate the fair housing rule which is included in his campaign's housing plan. kenneth and mona. >> alex, thank you. >>> a final farewell in atlanta today for civil rights icon and congressman john lewis. his funeral will cap off six days of memorials where he was praised as a hero. former president obama will deliver the eulogy, and former presidents clinton and bush will also attend today's service which is being held at ebenezer baptist church, a church once led by lewis' mentor, dr. martin luther king jr. >>> time now for a look at your thursday morning weather. another tropical storm formed in the atlantic overnight bringing strong winds and heavy rain to the u.s. virgin islands and puerto rico. the system is likely to trigger flash flooding, mudslides and possible power outages. taking a look at the storm track, forecasters say the storm is moving northwest and could be on tra

senator chris murphy, as always, great to talk to you. thank you. >> thanks. >>> ahead, senator susan collins is in a lot of trouble, behind the polls, behind in fund-raising. the mostator in congress. i'll talk about the gamble she made with aligning with trump and how it's paying off ahead. >>> this november's election will depend to an almost certainly unprecedented degree on the postal service and mail-in voting. due to the pandemic, states will almost certainly be processing record breaking numbers of mail-in ballots. thanks to president trump and his donor buddy recently installed as the postmaster general, an intentional slow down in mailing centers across the country. after we reported on that, we had a bunch of people telling us they had noticed the slowdown firsthand. one employee told us how impossible it is to catch up. last monday my carrier was off. her route sat there until she returned on tuesday. she had to take out monday else mail, tuesday's mail and maybe stuff left over from saturday. instead of catching up, the probl

let's listen to what senator chris murphy said tonight on msnbc about this. >> this claim that the intelligence never reached his desk is just impossible to believe. i have seen the intelligence. it's serious. it's concerning. and any president that read that intelligence wouldn't go six conversations with vladimir putin. that's the number that donald trump has add without bringing this up. >> congresswoman, we have had john brennan and others on this program describing the kind of intelligence that goes to the president, all agreeing that this is exactly the kind of intelligence that goes to the president, even without beyond a reasonable doubt courtroom certainty. >> i loved the word incurious, because that's what strikes me as well. when i was in the situation getting briefed on the intelligence, what we asked was that the president would get to the bottom of this, that he would assure servicemen and women that he was going to have their backs, that shen he would hold russia accountable if it held true. we called in the secretary of defense. we called in the chairman of the joint chiefs of s

>>as professional sports leagues find ways to play during the pandemic connecticut senator chris murphy says cheering fans should not be part of the plan i don't think it's any circumstance which fans should be back in football. stadiums murphy says watching on tv or through enhanced virtual experiences may fans get this season, i want to get back into the stadiums along go see the red sox at fenway i want to go. you see the huskies play campbell, i just i just couldn't live without doing that for you really depends on the risk. >>that's the nfl. the league's are willing to take lisa delbene roddy with george washington university says if they are allowed back fans are likely to see capacity limited to 30 to 50% risk waivers and mandatory masks ultimately it's really up to the stands to help stop this. by russ lawmakers agree athletes and fans eventual return to sport must be done with caution to ensure everyone's safety everybody wants to try to get back to you or more texas congressman will hurd says there's not a one size fits all solution here you need to have plans in place on how

chris murphy said our president is a proud vocal segregationist. the latest, our white house correspondent kaitlan collins. the president is talking about ending the fair housing rule, is this an appeal to white suburban voters he's just trying to get? >> i mean, that's definitely what it looks like because the president has now been in office for this long and he has not rescinded this regulation yet, and if you look at this regulation anderson, basically, what it goes to do is try to combatdiscriminatory practices you've seen and if it's an yar that's getting any kind of grant or aid money, they have to assess the segregation in their area and deal with it if they do find that to be a practice. when the president rescinded this, the department of housing and urban development called it this unworkable rule but though there is no evidence that it drove crime up in these areas, you saw what the president said there on twitter. you know, your housing prices will go up based on the market and crime will go down. of course, there is no evidence that c

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amy: democratic senator chris murphy of connecticut criticized trump's commutation. he tweeted -- "stone had info that would have put trump in jail. he told trump he'd obstruct justice if he got clemency. trump agreed." in sports news, the washington redskins nfl franchise will change its racist name, which it's held since 1933. espn reports the team hasn't yet decided on a new mascot, but will include the military in its new name. indigenous campaigners celebrated the move as long overdue and are calling for the kansas city nfl franchise to follow suit. navajo nation activist amanda blackhorse tweeted -- "it's time for the chiefs to defuse the cultural offenses they enable and reflect #notyourchief" in indiaiana, the e first plannd -- risen officials are s set to correct the first federal execution in nearly 20 years. a judge had suspended it after the victims' family members said they were afraid to travel during the coronavirus pandemic to bear witness to the execution. but a federal appeals court panel ruled yesterday the victims' family doesn't have to attend. 4

. >> chris murphy tweeted our president is now a proud segregationist. he has become a parity of himself becoming a parity of himself. we are so many layers down of this man becoming a parity, it's baffling. this is george wallace, 1968. this is george wallace, 1972. and i almost feel like when i say that i need to apologize to george wallace because i don't think george wallace was ever this clumsy and dumb in his blatant outreach on segregation. this is just pure segregation and the president is very proud of it. >> we've gone from dog whistling to dog barking now and hoping if he barks at the dog the dog will bark back. i think when you look at the fact that he is totally not only tone deaf, he's out of time in terms of being consistent with the time in which he's in. the white suburban is not there. and those that are there are not in the spirit of what he's talking about. but we're in the era of gentrification where the white suburban is not the white suburban anymore. but this shows back to the 1970s when he and his father were sued by the federal

you callinghy: are on chris murphy? -- this is senator merkley. senator murphy, are you with us? senator markey? it looks like you're going to get your chance after all. senator merkley: thank you very much. i wanted to start by asking for some thoughts on the secondary impacts we are facing. i will address this to you. impacts issecondary an increase in food insecurity. an estimated doubling of severe food insecurity, 150 million more people will enter extreme poverty. is this where america can show international leadership? >> thank you for that question. you raise an important point, the impact of the pandemic is not simply the infections, it's the second order impact. seeing increasing reports of food insecurity, especially in countries that have had the ability to cushion the economic the u.s. ore way european countries have been able to. not much aid is coming from the u.s. and reaching frontline organizations. this is the important role. while supporting organizations that have an enormous responsibility. senator merkley: there are reports that the international refugee ca

chris rock. red fox. eddie murphy,chapelle. martin, seinfeld, carlin, wanda sikes is on one of them.ot a lot of them. >> jimmy: do you ever have comics come over and they're not on the wall? and they are insulted? >> i was talking to ellen, and i lied. i said she's on the other wall that you can't see. that's the only time. >> jimmy: she's on our underpants, that seems like enough, doesn't it? over the weekend, you did something fun with your family. you guys camped in the back yard did this take place? >> yeah, yeah, man. right now you got to be creative, you got to come up with other things to do. so we ordered some tents, put the tents up. we got sleeping bags, the whole nine, and we didn't make it. >> jimmy: who put the tents up? >> you know what? >> jimmy: who assembled the tents. >> i'm not going to lie to you. i would love to sit up here, jimmy and say that i did it, but i can't live with myself after if i lie. but my security, my security helped with the tents, which means they basically, they basically did most of it, but i did a lot of it. me and the kids, we held down the,

want to again thank my colleagues who join me on the floor this afternoon, my coauthor, senator chris murphy of connecticut; my colleague from michigan, debbie stabenow; and my colleague from ohio, senator sherrod brown. and the 45 other members of the united states senate who have joined me in sponsoring this bill. i yield the floor. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: i'm proud to join my colleagues to pass legislation that will finally require the president to invoke the authority of the d.p.a., the defense product act so the government can get testing supplies and p.p.e. to our country struggling under the weight of the pandemic. medical professionals, frontline workers fighting this virus still do not have the medical equipment and testing supply they need because the trump administration failed to invoke the d.p.a. this is the crisis the president is making. covid-19 continues to surge across the country. as cases keep growing, our testing supplies and p.p.e. already in short supply are reaching critical levels from seattle to miami pe

during this pandemic the diaper supply has run short and i've teamed up with democratic senator chris murphy on this effort to include additional assistance for our diaper banks. covid-19 has also created challenges for our farmers. these hardworking folks are facing new challenges while working around the clock to make sure americans have adequate access to food and fuel. i was visiting with some farmers at the bloomfield livestock market in davis county not long ago and they described these hardships first hand and i hear the same from our ethanol and our biodiesel producers. that's why i helped ensure more aid for our farmers and producers, including our ethanol producers and so many other important commodities in iowa. our rural communities, like montgomery county where i live, covid-19 has only amplified existing financial pressures on our health care centers. most rural hospitals rely on services such as elective surgery, keeping them financially afloat. but because of the pandemic and the response to it, many hospitals have had to cancel these elective surgeries as protective measures