and of course any majority leader jim clyburn majority with and the race for assistance speaker. we expect those races will take place tomorrow and then the other consent races will likely occur on thursday including four caucus vice chair as well as the dpc c, democratic policy and communications committee as a five term and under leadership representative where they are newer members running so i think there's a tremendous mix of experience, nancy pelosi is a legendary speaker. one of the best who's ever done it ever. in the history of the republic. she certainly has my strong support and she certainly has strong support as well and we're looking forward to getting started in the hundred 17th congress cut there's so much work that needs to be done. whatever happens in the future is going to happen but for the trump era we've just been all trying to get through tomorrow and now we're trying to get through anyway 20th and it will be a new day in america. >> you said before that black americans had been left out, you cited the g.i. bill. can you talk about the reparations, i'm cur

steny hoyer, jim clyburn, our chairs are working in that regard. we hope we will have a partner in mitch mcconnell to do just that. simultaneously, it's my understanding that a lot of progress has been made with respect to the need to fully fund the government in the current fiscal year. it remains to be seen, whether there will be crossover negotiations. that's a question i think is best directed to speaker pelosi. but let me need to katherine who is a distinguished member of the appropriations committee. ms. clark: we completed our appropriations bills back in the summer and we are now hearing from mitch mcconnell that he, too, is willing to begin that process. they are behind, but we will continue to work with them to make sure there isn't a shutdown. and we have never left the negotiating table since may when we passed the heroes act. we understand what is at stake for the american people, but it cannot just be a relief package for relief sake. we cannot leave out key territories, state and local government. you know, we have to make sure that

jim clyburn as our majority whip for the 117th congress. and katherine clark as our assistant speaker for the 117th ongress. additional leadership elections will take place tomorrow. it is now my distinct honor and privilege to introduce speaker nancy pelosi, a voice for the voiceless, a defender of the disenfranchised, a legendary legislator, a notorious negotiator, and a powerful, rofound, prophetic, principled public servant, speaker nancy elosi. mr. clyburn: tell it like it is. ms. pelosi: i thank so much, mr. chairman, for your kind words. i always accept any compliments on behalf of the house democratic caucus because they enable any of what we do to be possible by those in favor say by their courage, their integrity, and just a beautiful vision for a better america. i want to congratulate you, mr. chairman, on your election, re-election as chair. i want to congratulate steny hoyer on his re-election and mr. clyburn as house democratic leader, house democratic whip, mr. clyburn, and a new member of the leadership, the newest member of

congressman jim clyburn, by the way, congress and mccarthy, is in total denial about the party. watch. >> wearing a pretty good place. we will be the president-elect. he's got over 72 billion votes. that's a mandate to may. to change the rest of the country. >> laura: that's a mandate, congressman, that's a great mandate they have. it didn't take this and it looks like, we hope. >> they didn't receive one republican incumbent and they lost 15. if president trump won back the election, if everyone is listening, do not be quiet. do not be silent about this. we ca cannot allow this to happn before our eyes. if you don't to be a republican, if you believe in the american process, join together and let's stop this. >> laura: congressman, thank you very much for being out there and being vocal.

jim clyburn. joining me now, democratic senator chris coons of delaware. the senator that's taken the place of former senator joe biden. senator coons, we are looking at washington, d.c. moments ago, we were looking at times square. we were looking at philadelphia, poe moments ago. now, we're back to washington. including the streets of delaware, which are typically quiet on a saturday afternoon, to mark this thing that has happened. >> this is a remarkable moment and i have been getting flooded with texts and phone calls from people just expressing their joy, their relief, at the moment that the different networks called the election for joe biden. there were cars honking, people yelling, cowbells ringing in my neighborhood. and you're right, delaware's normally a fairly quiet place. there's going to be fireworks and celebration down at our riverfront tonight because 75 million americans, a record number, have voted for someone who has put a decency over division, truth over lies and science over fiction. we are, also, celebrating an amazing moment of his

joining me now is jim clyburn of south carolina who was re-elected.gressman, thank you for joining us. congratulations on your win. i want to talk about the state of house democrats. on tuesday afternoon you predicted your party would pick up 10 to 12 seats. that hasn't happened. looks like your party lost seats. what went wrong? >> i don't think anything went wrong. thank you for having me. i think what we were dealing with with the rejections were -- what i averaged out what i was seeing i started out by saying i think we would have a good night. that said, the house would be status quo. we didn't. nothing went wrong. most of those seats, as you know, we won after having trump carried those districts two years earlier. so we're in a pretty good place. we still have the house and have a band-aid on the presidency. i'm convinced when it's all said and done joe biden will be the president elect and we do know that he's got over 72 million votes. that's a mandate to me to change the direction of this country. so the house is still in our hands, not with

it is notable that one of the biggest surrogates for president biden is jim clyburn.e is one of the lawmakers that tried to push this issue on capitol hill. with him in leadership in the house, it is hard to say it will not be front and center when they enter 2021. you also have a democratic led ffc which will be looking -- led fcc which will be focusing on how to help students, other different folks. that will be a top agenda item. host: i want to ask all three of you -- over the years, the democrats and big tech have been friendly, but it seems in this last congress especially that the immigrants were willing to take on big tech. is that a correct interpretation? john: you have seen a massive shift for both parties over the last four years. after the 2016 election, there was frustration among democrats over russian interference, scandals like cambridge analytical. there was a consensus reached that there would be some safeguard on these biggest companies in the world. under the obama administration, you did see close relationships there. the biden team has been writ

john mentioned jim clyburn is a close ally o biden. s daughter mignon clyburn rved on fcc two terms. she was actinghairman or acting chairwoman rather during the obama administration. she's got a lot of friends in the biden camp, obviously including her father. i think what we've been hearing for a while now is that if she wants the job, there's a pretty good chance she could get it. t certainly jessica rosenworl is right at the top of the lt as well. >> guest: john hendel. >> guest: commissioner rosa were so as detai support. when i think back to the obama years when you saw believe it was 37 senators pushingo make commissioner rose or oversell commission at the time that was a push from her old boss, senator jay rockefeller. he led theommerce committee for many yrs. i think that's part of something she will also look to to try to make sure she is able to leave. she's bn ready for a while. she's been pushing a pretty brd agenda of different things should want to tak on if she were tapped as chair but like kaus and i think it's an open

yeah, it's possibl john mtioned that jim clyburn is a close ally of bidens and his daughter mignon clyburn served onhe fcc to tms and was acting chairman or acting chairwoman rather during the obama administration and she has got a lot of friends in the biden camp and obviously, including her own father. i think what we've been hearing for a while now is that if she wants the job there is a pretty good chance she could get it but certainly jessica rosen is right at the top of theist as well. >> john. >> commiioner also has a deep well of hill support and i think back to thebama years when you saw, i believe, it was7 senators pushing to make commissioner chairman at the time and that was you know a pu from her old boss senator rockefeller who led the congress committee for manyears and so i think that is probably mething she will also look t to try to you know, make sure she you know, is able to lead and i think she's been ready for a while and then pushing a pretty broad agenda and different things and she would want to taken if she were tapped as chair but like kyle said i think it's an o

and then here comes south carolina, jim clyburn, congressman clyburn makes his endorsement. and african-american voters by and large step in to effectively save joe biden's campaign in late february and now here we are on this saturday, yes, three or four days after election day at this point. but now we can say nbc news declares joe biden as president-elect of the united states of america. >> and mika, this breaking news from the bbc as well. following nbc news' lead the bbc is projecting that joe biden won, that he secured enough electoral votes to defeat donald trump. >> as we talk about joe biden's incredible path to victory, it would be amiss not to mention that right now we are also in another moment of incredible transition in history where we are going to be witnessing the first woman vice president of the united states. >> let's -- speaking of history, let's bring in jon meacham, pulitzer prize winning presidential historian. jon meacham, this has been an extraordinary presidential race. it has been an extraordinary year and forgive me for being pollyannai pollyanna

here with me is house majority whip democratic congressman jim clyburn. congressman, i've leaned on you many times over the years for perspective in hard moments. this one feels like it's fixing to get ugly. are you guys muscling up for some kind of fight here if the gop continues bowing to trump? >> well, thank you very much for having me, chris. i do believe that we are in for some rough sledding, but i don't think it's going to be get any more ugly than it already has been. i think that you'll see very soon more and more republicans coming to the realization that this country is much more important than any one person. what is happening now is one person who felt that he was above the constitution of the country, that he was more important than any one person in this party. and i think that there would be more and more people in the republican party coming forward to say enough is enough. we do know that although trump's base, as he calls it, may be around 30% of the people who just vote, when it comes down to the republican party, the republican party

jim clyburn, congressman jim clyburn makes his endorsement, and african-american voters by and large step in to effectively save joe biden's campaign in late february, and now here we are on this saturday, yes, three or four days after election day at this point. we can say nbc news declares joe biden is declared president of the united states of america. >> sri mika, this news from bbc. it's projecting joe biden has won the presidential election. the bbc projects he see coored enough electoral votes to defeat donald trump. >> as we give this context and talk about joe biden's incredible path to victory, it would be amis not to mention right now we're also in another moment of incredible transition in history where we're going to be witnessing the first woman vice president of the united states. >> speak of history, let's bring in jon meacham, pulitzer prize-winning presidential historian. jon meacham, this has been an extraordinary presidential race. it's been an extraordinary year, and forgive me for being poly an issue it now. the fact that many were involved in the age of covid i

will be her last term as a speaker there is some speculation that cindy hoyer heard deputy and jim clyburn this could be their last so the race below them, one is catherine clark versus davidson cellini and that number four slot hakeem jeffries is already in leadership and is 50 years old and he is the favorite to replace pelosi and as the house cap democrat but that will not happen yetet so some of these lower tiered races could decide who will be the speaker or the minority leader depending on how the 2022 election goes. now, that said while the nancy plus he doesn't have any challengers yet she needs to get 218 votes onuc the house floor t remember, there's a behind closed doors votes for the caucus leaders and then for speaker you've got to get 218 votes a majority on the house floor and even though she had struck deals two years ago there was a number of democratic defectors and she would have to minimize those public defectors in order to get to 218. she may have to strike a couple more deals but she is expected to be the speaker in the new congress but as we were discussing the publ

i want you to listen to jim clyburn, what he had to say about progressives, they should be happy with the likely treasury secretary pick. >> miss yellen would not be satisfactory to the progressives? i would think they hit the jackpot when he named her to be the first woman to be treasurer. i don't know that this is status quo, this is picking up, building on what we got away from four years ago. >> laura, is it your sense that progressive democrats are going to be happy hearing the biden administration, they're essentially picking up and building on what the obama administration did? i imagine you want the biden administration to go further than obama did in his administration. >> yeah. a lot of what i heard from progressives is thatme are thes ideal draft picks? no. it would have been ended up being elizabeth warren at treasury, not janet yellen. is someone they can live with? yes. a lot of appointments rolled out in the last day are people that progressives say that they think they can work with, that they can live with. they aren't going to be angry and corner the biden administra

fill. >> now, what jim clyburn wants is maybe more than people expected.to name the dnc chair. he wants a fellow south carolinian to be in charge of the party nationally. he wants more black appointees to more serious departments. not just -- i think he has a candidate for that, too. he wants to help name the head of agriculture. very important in south carolina, by the way. he wants to help name the new attorney general who would be in charge of the justice department. this is -- you know, this is politics. this is as real as it gets. the old adage is that you fight with your enemies before the election. and after the election, you fight with your friends. >>> all right. let's talk about small business saturday, because that's what we are doing today. it was initially started on a saturday after thanksgiving to encourage people to get out of the malls and support small businesses. well, ten years later, we're in the midst of a pandemic. and it may be even more important to shop local this holiday season. ted jenkin, chief financial executive add oxygen fi

. >> jon: we heard from congressman jim clyburn.doesn't believe in defunding the police but is upset with the biden administration over this issue. listen. it's not a quote. let me read it. from all i hear, he says, black people have been given fair consideration but there is only one black woman so far, talking about the incoming biden administration. i want to see where the process leads to, what it produces. but so far it's not good. now, i believe he is referring to linda thomas-greenfield designated to be u.n. ambassador not kamala harris, the first black vice president and black female vice president. does he have a point, matt? should there be more people of color in the incoming biden administration? >> well, the interesting thing he isn't some nobody, right? his endorsement of joe biden for the south carolina primary swung the nomination to biden and in my opinion one of the most defining times or moments of the entire 2020 race but he has put joe biden in a tough spot because if he goes along with clyburn which hes going t

next hour we have jim clyburn on the 2020 elections and the future of the house democratic leadershipt is jobs day, our full coverage of the october of jobs employment beginning at the top of the hour. back in a moment with all a of that. joining me all morning long is dagen mcdowell, brian brenberg and james freeman. a lot to get to with the panel. we'll do that when we come right back. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business, maria: lawsuits over election fraud, the trump campaign filing suits across the country over issues of ballot counting and legality. president trump spoke about this last night from the white house. >> if you count the legal votes, i easily win. if you count the illegal votes, they can try to steal the election from us. we think there's going to be a lot of litigation because we have so much evidence, so much proof, and it's going to end up perhaps at the highest court in the land. we'll see. but we think there will be a lot of litigation because we can't have an election stolen like this. maria: joining me right now is trump 2020 campaign se

i want to bring in thet man himself, jim clyburn. thank you for joining us right now.mocrats think you're a kingmaker. >> thank you very much for having me. >> are you pretty confident now this is wrapped up for joe biden? >> i'm sorry, i didn't -- >> sorry, are you pretty confident now this is wrapped up for joe biden? >> oh, yes, i am. i think that joe biden has run a great campaign. i think the numbers are coming in very clearly in his favor. i do believe that when things the are said and done over the next 24 hours, he will be declared the winner. all of us are looking forward to that. joe biden is just a great guy. and exactly what the country needs at this particular point. >> that's what you said back in february. take us back to that moment. i think it was the monday before the south carolina primary. you came out and said it was time to embrace and endorse joe biden. walk us through your decision-making process. could you imagine it would have had the impact it had? >> no, i did not imagine that, but i do know i was working hard to try to not only make an endo

. >> juan: jim clyburn is also about police reform so don't mistake that.s jim clyburn, abigail for murder, then you come to aoc and she's here in queens, new york. they come from very different areas they have very different constituencies. keep in mind not only did aoc win reelection, all the members of the squad won reelection and they are joined by the first black woman to represent missouri in the congress, cori bush who has been talking to them because she sees them as role models. these people have energized, brought energy to a lot of proposals. we were talking just now about president-elect biden possibly going back to the paris climate deal. most americans think we need more action. it's not like a far left proposal. that's what most americans think. we need to do more in terms of climate change and keeping our environment clean for our children. that's just not a radical far left thought. keep that in mind. we don't know exactly why people voted as they did but somehow point a finger at aoc, i think that's the wrong -- >> katie: we have a lot of

well, this is jim clyburn, the bill is due. he made the biden campaign possible. member, he was in fourth or fifth place. he had almost flamed out in iowa and new hampshire and it was clyburn's extraordinary action of endorsing him before the south carolina primary that put joe biden in the race and made this election victory possible. now what jim clyburn wants is maybe a little bit more than people expected, but he wants to name the dnc chair, he wants a fellow south carolinan to be in charge of the party and he wants more black appointees to serious departments, not just hud though i think he has a candidate for that, too, but he wants to help name the head of agriculture. very important in south carolina by the way. he wants to help name the new attorney general who will be in charge of the justice department. this is -- you know, this is politics. this is as real as it gets. this is, you know, the old adage is you fight with your enemies before the election and then after the election you fight with your friends. >> two black women so far, the vice president-e

. >> jim clyburn seconded this on "meet the press" citing his party's failure to unseat lindsey graham. >> started to plateau when defund the police showed up with a caption on tv right across his head. that stuff hurt, and that's why i spoke out against it a long time ago. >> right. >> i have always said that these headlines can kill a political effort. >> then there's senator joe manch manchin. he twoeteeted this, defund the police, defund my butt. i am a proud west virginia democrat, we want to protect americans' jobs and health care, we do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police. manchin drew the ire of congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who tweeted a visual response. it was this photo of her throwing apparent shade on m manchin during a state of the union address. should democrats win both georgia runoffs, it could be manchin who will be a swing voter and a deciding vote in a 50/50 split between democrats and republicans. manchin is on record opposing any expansion of the supreme court or ending the filibuster. the four progressive f

i'm not surprised that joe biden has jim clyburn, he should be embarrassed.what i did, left the party and voted republican. the bottom line is, joe biden has bitten off more than he can chew, tammy. the left, aoc, bernie sanders, it's going to haunt him for the next four years. >> tammy: leo, i agree with you. we've got joe biden here and really, genuinely it's kind of a front. dineen, for a few seconds left, barack obama has been in front and it seems though this is a recycled obama administration. do you think that they are going to be the ones that's quelling the squad. do you think they will do that? >> no, they can't control this monster that they've created with the radicals, especially the ones in congress. it's 2.0 when it comes to biden and harris if they end up in the white house. 2.0 of more of obama's trying to transform our country t to the worst aspect possible, whether it's the economy, jobs, national security, safety, you name it. we'll be bad news for the country. if amax we want you to have a terrific impact and thank you for joining me. tha

congressman jim clyburn, good friend to have. >> thank you. >> good friend to have right there. time. >> thank you. >>> so many families finding themselves battling food insecurity for the first time in the pandemic. er we have new information on the effort to help them under way right now next. >>> millions of americans find themselves in need this thanksgiving because of the devastating pandemic. food banks are swamped with demand as families line up for hours to get their box. cnn's brynn gingras is live at the meadowlands in new jersey where the ymca is preparing to help. what are they doing, brynn. >> reporter: alisyn, good morning, it's tuesday and that means every tuesday since april there have been volunteers like you're seeing here behind me come here and pack today for families who are in need. now, the difference between april and what they're seeing now is the need. they used to feed about 50,000 families a month here at the ymca in east rutherford, now it's over 100,000 a month and they are just seeing the demand increase. you can see all these boxes are getting fil

i believe you on that, congressman jim clyburn. i believe you. have a good weekend, sir. happy thanksgiving. >>> more senate republicans breaking with president trump's team on their phony claims of election fraud. the president himself, he doesn't seem to care. the guests he's hosting at the white house today, we'll talk about that. jonathan cape hart is going to join us to break down his insightful conversation a few hours ago with president obama and his message to republicans. >> at the end of the day, i don't think any of this will be successful. i think that you have enough republicans with integrity including officials in places like georgia that have said we're just going to count and call it the way we see it. that's what they're supposed to do. still fresh unstopables in-wash scent booster downy unstopables you can do better, steve! get a freshly made footlong, from subway®! you can even order on the subway® app! did i just get picked off by deion sanders? you sure did! now in the app, get a free footlong when you buy two. because it's footlong season™! a new bu

the problem with having a big party -- >> jim clyburn said on "meet the press" -- did we lose joel's audio. i'm not hearing joel right now. >> hi, andrea, i'm here. >> i was going to point out that jim clyburn said on "meet the press" he thinks jamie harrison lost because of defund the police, because he got labeled it, not because joe biden embraced it but it was used effectively by republicans. >> i won't glow tit for tat with clyburn, his opinion, but i'll say this isn't the time for democrats to cannibalize each other. this was a big win for democrats. i think the focus should be how joe biden is going to govern and how democrats will take the mandate from the historic wins last week, which are comparable to reagan and other big wins, how democrats are going to transition that into governing in january. >> i understand fully. thank you, joel. thanks for you and for david jolly and thanks to garrett haake. we're back at the big board. we haven't seen enough khaki, so steve kornacki back with how joe biden won the presidency. i think he's gotten some sleep. i hope so. you're watchi

house majority whip jim clyburn of south carolina. thank you.tate south now, and if joe biden wins the state of georgia tonight, our next guest will deserve much of the credit. joining us now, former minority leader in the georgia house of representatives, stacey abrams, the founder of fair fight action and fair fight 2020 to promote fair elections across the country. stacey, thanks for being on this morning. boy, you've been working so hard. what's your mind-set this morning. how are you feeling? >> i'm feeling determined. i think we have a very strong chance of delivering the state of georgia, not only 16 electoral college votes but two u.s. senators, a new congresswoman from the 7th district and flipping the sta state house of representatives. i'm in a good space. we have to keep the pressure on. >> so what is it going to take for all those to get hover tove top today? >> as of sunday we had 3.9 million voters. that represents 56% of georgia's eligible voting and just shy by 200,000 votes of our high water mark in 2016 of 4.1 million voters.

once he got that big boost from jim clyburn heading into the south carolina primary and ran off with it and then ran off with the rest of the primary season, the way he was going to approach the general election is win back the upper midwest. he won back the upper midwest. but he knew -- he knows who he is. he knows we know who he is. he knew how to run the race. i mean, hats off. >> rachel, i want to discuss one other very important woman in the biden campaign and that is jen o'malley-dylan who has entered the hall of fame of american politics. she's the least famous person in it. i think very few people know who she is. the campaign manager of joe biden's campaign. people don't know who she is because she refuses to do television interviews with people like us. she's not in it for the glory. she's a mother of three who has been running what all professional observers have called a flawless campaign for president for joe biden. she has been doing it in a way that never asked for attention to herself. and, again, this itself is one of those giant stories that lives underneath the muc

house majority whip jim clyburn is my guest. let's go "outfront." good evening. i'm erin burnett. tonight, sabotage. the president-elect joe biden forging ahead with his plans to run the country while the current president is in a, quote-unquote, bunker mentality according to a white house official. canceling plans to travel to mar-a-lago for thanksgiving staying home to do all he can to block biden. biden again not getting a security update which forced him to go to a panel of experts who don't have classified information. the trump administration also announcing today the withdrawal of more than one-third of u.s. troops in iraq and afghanistan. when are they going to do this? well, five days before biden is inaugurated president. we've learned that just before trump fired his defense secretary mark esper by tweet right after the election, esper had said don't do this. it's a bad idea. conditions on the ground make it the wrong call. okay. trump refusing to brief biden's team on the single biggest domestic issue we have, coronavirus vaccines blocking biden's team about any inform

so, yeah, it wasn't jim clyburn. it was those people, my constituents who told me time and time again how they wanted me to conduct myself. and mrs. jones told me on that day how she wanted me to stand up in this presidential election. and i responded to her wishes. >> congressman, it's always a pleasure. i thank you so much. >> thank you. >> i appreciate you and i love you. love you so much. >> love you too, brother. >> and i see that back there, that cute dog. and we see the alpha kappa alphas. say it again? >> there room in the room for all you haters. i tell all my divine line brothers and sisters in the final analysis, you may not know it, but you will end up in the omega chapter. >> thank you. and we are appreciating the akas out there as well and the deltas. and don't get mad. my sister was a kappa sweetheart. so, you know, it takes all kind. >> that's great. that's great. and look. just remember, i told kamala that i was an aka through november 3rd. so her success allows me to go back to being the cute dog th

i think jim clyburn said it best.t was an albatross around us, basically labeling every democratic as a socialist. that's not who we are. it hurt a lot of democrats in rural america. montana, for one, and other places around the country. >> brennan: president trump says he is fighting for the forgotten men and women, which seems to be non-college people. it went ruby red for president trump. why didn't the democratic party's message breakthrough? >> it wasn't a good message. we let them tag us before basically we could remind the people who we are. but we can have a good message. here is the thing: four years ago in rural america, and america in general, voted for donald trump. because democrats were mad, independents were mad, and west virginia felt like they were returning vietnam veterans. we did everything this country asked and we were left behind. so they voted in record numbers. they went from being mad to being mad in 2020. they were scared of this socialism that was thrown out there by the radical part of the

well, jim clyburn would support him. the race would turn. and then one week's time, everything changed. and biden remained strong and confident and optimistic through it all. >> yeah, i'm thinking back. mika touched on it a few minutes ago. that day in manchester. february the 11th. the day of the primary. we sat in that restaurant where we've been so many times together doing our show there. and joe biden came in and it did feel, frankly, like a political wake. he ended up finishing in fifth place that night. his campaign staff, he, of course, just didn't -- wasn't -- were not in good spirits because of where they knew that was headed. in fact, he left town before the vote even came in and moved on to the next. but, yes, he was rescued by african-american voters in the state of south carolina. first by the endorsement from whip jim clyburn, but then by the voters. he's not the nominee yet, though. so let's talk more about this because pennsylvania is still too close to call. to recap, if you are just joining us, joe biden has taken the lead

may i say something about jim clyburn?e's a remarkable individual but i was taken aback by his comments. i thought i heard him say what other kind of democracy is there where somebody who wins 74 million has to be concerned about the 70 million who voted against him? that's what democracy is about. electing someone who can represent all of us. if he's suggesting joe biden can forget about the 70 million people. why do you think those 70 million rallied around a disrupter and elected him president of the united states in 2016. it was exactly that feeling the people in power in congress and the elites on the east and west coast and the media looked down on the people in middle america. if that's the attitude, i don't think that's going to permeate the biden administration. but if jim clyburn makes the suggestion, don't worry about those 71 million people. dana: i think he meant the president-elect should come out and talk about being a president for all americans. for some ways for the democrats today they are thinking there

stood up and said this is the guy america needs and african-americans rallied behind jim clyburn andthat cause and african-americans i think had a great deal of pride to have the wisdom and judgment to pick someone like him and put him in the position he's in. >> it's also easy given the drama that's escalating to overlook and not kind of just remark on this moment for -- about kamala harris as the first woman, the first person of color to be -- >> who i have known forever. kamala harris if we can just do a little bit of -- when i was in the bay area kamala harris took on a local legend as district attorney, terrence halihan, he had come out the wrong way on facebook issues and it opened the door for kamala harris to come in. she knocked his -- he lost and she was a force and she was young enough to relate to the young people, you had, you know, some of the local activists who had never had a relationship with the da's office at all except negative, she brought them in, latifa simon and others and empowered them and began to come up with programs and creativity. then she goes on and

but jim clyburn.ts about this and how she thinks moderates are being irresponsible and then we will hear from jim clyburn in just a minute and how that relates to the joe cunningham race. here is aoc. >> there are at least in the house caucus very deep divisions within the party. and i believe that we need to really come together and not allow republican narratives to tear us apart. as you presentationed we have a slimmer democratic majority. it's going to be more important than ever for us to work together and not fight each other. and so, when we kind of come out swinging, not 48 hours after tuesday, when we don't even have solid data yet pointing fingers and telling each other what to do it deepens the division in the party. it's irresponsible. it's irresponsible to pour gasoline on these already delicate tensions in the party. ainsley: james clyburn was interviewed and said it's irresponsible to spread the message of defunding the police. i know in the state of south carolina where i grew up. law

and if it was so bad, why didn't jim clyburn say this earlier?o come in and explain himself to what he was up to during the russia probe in the 2016 election. here's a little of what he gave and what he received. >> if you knew then what you know now, would you have signed the warrant application in june of 2017 against carter page? >> no, sir. >> did you mislead the fisa court? >> i signed a package that included numerous factual errors. >> general flynn's been prosecuted for lying to the fbi. you lied to the fbi, and you aren't being with prosecuted. >> general flynn's situation and mine have absolutely nothing in common. i never, ever intentionally misled the fbi -- >> you were fired for lying, were you not? >> i was fired as the result of a deeply unfair and flawed i.g. investigation. brian: unfair and flawed which he referred to which said there was a reason for the investigation. what'd you think? >> i mean, mccabe got mauled yesterday. what you doesn't show was ted cruz absolutely grilling him about the logan act. and, in's essence, you kn

jim clyburn said they could use the coronavirus to execute on their will for a new america, i differentrica. i think joe biden wants to use the coronavirus to reform the healthcare system and use it form a universal basic income. he wants to use it for a trojan horse for every bad idea the democrats have been trying to get through for the last 7 years. there is no government man indictment strong enough. we'll see americans making good choices but making their stone choices and not outsourcing that to some public health bureaucrat trying to seize power. >> when i came in to one of the airports, cuomo literally has the army in a teasing and their black boots questioning us. the next day i get a phone call and they say to me, do you live alone? i said that's none of your business. then they want to know whether i have a compromised i miami mean system, and that's none of their business. and they want to know if i'm pregnant. i said i'm going to hang up on me. you just saw my date birth there will be is no way i am presenting nanlt. why are you bothering me other than to get information on

and looking at jim clyburn to deliver this crucial endorsement in south carolina and then to break free and to secure the nomination. and clyburn reminded me that he may not look to you in washington or new york like the coolest guy around but in south carolina that was contending with the massacre in a black church is not the same time trump was announcing his presidency, for us, this is a matter of existential significance. and for this reason we know joe and he knows us and that there is a certain unapologetic pragmatism and that drives them to make the choices they made. >> but i would ask the same question of you but one - - we surprised by the results? did you see it coming? so how do you interpret and what happened in that race quick. >> it has to do with trust especially south carolina. for him those expectations were already higher and he beat them. and with that but even candidates of color. even if there was a sense you do not agree with him so to cut across all of that and the persistence that he didn't get discouraged by the results and to stay in the race and then that get

and we know that jim clyburn, representative clyburn has already said he's a little disappointed that aren't enough black people, particularly black women whose names have been announced yet. >> they're going to have a domestic climate czar who will oversee every department's interaction with climate and climate change. it feels like that's what needs to happen with social justice. it's the idea that everybody all oaf government what to look at the atwh-- what the social inequities are and how to address them across the government and private sector. >> every federal agency actually has a civil rights division. there is a civil rights division in the department of the treasury, there is a civil rights division in the environmental protection agency, there's a civil rights division in hud, civil rights division in the education department, in the transportation department. the problem is depending upon the administration, that civil right division is either disempowered or um powered. they're hoping that you and the reason that they were applaused in you a that in every aspect of our s

i'm part of the whip operation with jim clyburn. i could be very helpful moving things like dealing with the pandemic and climate change, which are two of the issues we hear about. i'm also a person of faith. faith, i listen to go where you are called. right now, the thing i hear is -- your plan. my focus, my goal is to get joe biden elected. hypothetical or down the road, but right now, my focus is to win, joe to win. bob: it seems to be blunt to steal your phrase -- based on your answer, you would lean more towards staying in the house then mounting a senate campaign. lisa: what i'm saying is you go where you are called, you go where you are needed. this is where i'm needed. so i am running for congress. i'm hoping i will win. let's deal with hypotheticals when they become reality. right now, we need people to vote for joe biden and win the white house. that is my focus, that's all i care about. i appreciate anybody who is praying for me, but otherwise, i'm focused on making sure joe biden wins. bob: as a reporter to our audience,

. >> and so just days before the primary influential congressman jim clyburn, hoping to give biden ath carolinans should be voting for joe biden. >> it worked big time. >> sweeping blowout for former vice president joe biden. 46 county victories. >> my buddy jim clyburn, you brought me back. >> he won by 29 points and wouldn't have done it without you. there is no doubt about that. >> well, some people said that. >> the decisive results in south carolina quickly collapsed the democratic field. >> they don't call it super  tuesday for nothing! >> so biden was back at the top of the heap and the world. but the next week covid forced him and everyone else back down to earth and inside their homes for month. >> shuttered schools, death toll mounts. >> black lives matter. >> then came racial tensions after the death of george floyd at the hands of minneapolis police. >> i know what it means to have that black hole in your chest where your grief is being sucked into it. >> empathy is joe biden's super power. he applies it to everything. i think he fully intends to apply it to the country

. >> jim clyburn is a very wise man. i'm sure he understands what is going on in south carolina. has a point as well here. we do need to improve our operations to withstand the ridiculous republican attacks. i certainly didn't run on socialism. very far from it. that is what i was tarred by -- tarred with by my republican opponent. those attacks are out there and they are coming from the republican party. but we have to be unified to get things done and i think we will do that especially under joe biden's leadership. there is a lot of americans right now that just want to see congress do the right thing for the country. they want to see congress do the right thing for the country. i'm reminded of a world war ii veteran that said if you win this election promise me would go to washington as an american. not a republican or a democrat, but as a american. there is no time when i have been proud tore be a democrat than in this moment, but we have to come together to governor as americans and to put our country first and fund enough common ground to get things down for an american pub