congressman val demings, a s nig opponent congressman val demings, a woman former police chief.d female. you have to have faith and progress and opportunity. my father was a janitor and my mother was a maid. she said, val, never grow tired. unlike some in washington, i never tire of standing up for what i believe is right. because no one is above the law. i'm running for the united states senate because of two simple words. never tire. >> and i'm joined now by florida congresswoman and u.s. senate candidate, val demings. thank you for being here. and i remember the last time we spoke, i remember saying, when you figure out whether it will be for governor or for senate, please come back so do i appreciate you actually coming back. let's talk about how you do this though. i worked a couple of elections in florida. it is a very hard state to win. it is a very narrow state. the senate race and the governor's race were super tight last time. how will you pull this off? >> let me say it is great to be back with you. and look. we are so excited about this race. florida is my home state

i'm open that your viewers will join me by way of val demings .com. the time is now. right. >> one thing you'll be running against in addition to marco rubio including possibly from marco rubio is lies. that is the republican campaign strategy that we have seen for the last few years. let's listen to what president obama said about that today. >> misinformation is now disseminated at warp speed and coordinated ways that we haven't seen before. and at the guardrails i thought were in place around democratic institutions really depend on the two parties agreeing to those ground rules and that one of them right now doesn't seem as committed to them as in previous generations. that worries me. and i think that we should all be worried. >> congresswoman demings, one of the things to worry about is how votes will be cast, especially in republican controlled states like your state of florida, how will they be counted after those votes are cast. republicans around the country have been ying to ange who controls what parts of that process. is that a concern of yours in the sen

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in an op-ed piece for usa today, val demings right, the filibuster doesn't just mean a minority of senatorsting rights to minimum wage. a filibuster undermines -- when we allow a political faction to block a critical legislation it takes away trt voters. no matter your political party, you should know your representatives can govern. joining us now is val demmings from florida. she's a candidate for the united states senate in florida. thank you for joining us again tonight. we appreciate it. >> good to be back with you, lawrence. thank you. >> i want to get your president's reaction today about the chorus who were attacking him for year over issues like his birth and his birth certificate. it was chorus that marco rubio never objected to. >> no, lawrence, he could not because he does not have to courage the stand up for what he knows is right. and i got to tell you, florida deserves better. florida deserves someone who's going stand up for them, someone who will hear the voice of the people and it matters. and someone who's going to care and help them when they're going through a tough tim

he will talk about some of the ways he wants to continue to do that. >> congresswoman val demings do you, expect the president to go on the road with this message? >> lawrence, i certainly think it is important enough to do just that. i'm reminded of my own parents, as you well know, my mother was a made and my father was a janitor, worked long hard days, but i could remember a time when they did not go to vote. lawrence, i think they did because they understood that when they cast their vote, it matter just as much as the richest man or woman in town. i think, president biden has demonstrated his commitment to protecting the sacred rights to vote. i do believe that there are lots of good actors -- we know there are some bad actors in some states, in my home state as well. but enough good actors around the state, around the nation, who will take action to protect the vote. i've even introduced legislation myself that will create a ballot tracking system, required trump boxes, and also looking at alternative needs for signature verification. this is important. i know president biden i

so that impeachment, congresswoman val demings became one of the managers making the case that trumphould be convicted out of office. >> his use of power for personal gain harms the national security of the united states. as a second article of impeachment charges, the president saw to conceal evidence of this conduct. president trump did not take these extreme steps to hide evidence of his innocence, or to protect the institution of the presidency. as a career law enforcement officer. i have never seen anyone take such extreme steps to hide evidence allegedly proving his innocence. >> moments like that the, propelled former owendo police chief on to joe biden's short list for vice president, many in the democratic party have urged her to make a statewide run for governor senator. last, week congresswoman demings said she will challenge marco rubio for his seat representing florida in part because she says, quote, too many times marco rubio did not show up. when he did show, up he did not have enough courage to fight for florida. congresswoman deval demings, joins me now. great to ha

val demings announced she wants to take on republican senator marco rubio of florida. i recently sat down with demings to talk about her run. >> when you look at this picture, tell me what goes through your mind. >> first of all, thanks, mama. my mother had an amazing ability to see things she had never seen before, right? to dream, to believe, and she instilled that in me, and so there are families all over this country who look just like this, and it's about creating opportunities like this little girl in this photo had. >> reporter: the daughter of a janitor and maid, florida congresswoman val demings became the first woman sworn in as orlando police chief serving in the house since 2017, rising to national prominence as an impeachment manager against former president donald trump, and being considered as a possible running mate for then-candidate joe biden. the jacksonville native grew up in the segregated south, now setting her sights on the senate. >> i'm never tired of representing florida. >> reporter: where currently no black women are serving, looking to unsea

val demings hold jonathan capehart he's afraid of a tough fight. i'm not.ck, and female in the south. i believe it's doable. how does marco rubio, will he just deconstruct when he actually faces somebody who is not afraid of his silly marxism buffoonery, which is just bs? >> to me or david? >> david. david first. >> yeah, joy. marko rubio doesn't have the intellect to go toe to toe with val demings in this race. and i mean it. you will hear a lot of americana themes from marco rubio, but they will mean nothing. we also have to recognize, this is a moral inflection point, this conversation around critical race theory. because it can be debated what should be in the curriculum in our classrooms. that's fine. what they're doing is turning their head to our racist past. they're turning a blind eye to it. the most valuable education any student can have is to be taught to think critically. the reality is, the united states was founded by one race that owned another. and our constitution and our laws were constructed to protect that ownership of another race. and

. >> florida is not a easy state for democrats to win, and value d -- val deming is a strong candidateolice chief, she's a black woman. you heard her talk about voting rights. she really checks a lot of boxes for a really strong candidate who could potentially have statewide. much like what you were talking about in new jersey and virginia, what is the electorate going to look like and can democrats put together a coalition? no question, just her being in the race is really going to complicate things for marco rubio. >> the battle will be so interesting, and in the house there's a consensus the republicans have a good shot of taking back the majority, and the 50/50 dynamics, every race literally matters here, and so many republicans retiring like rob portman and pat toomey, leaving those seats open, and they are finding great k challengers like val demings. it's a really interesting mid-term overall state of play. >> i think the whole climate is fascinating. do you have a traditional election where both trump and obama lost the house in their mid-term election? post pandemic, and thing

. >> hitting off our discussion tonight is val demings of florida. she's a member of the house judiciary committee, also the intelligence committee and the homeland security committees. thank you very much for joining us tonight. we always appreciate it. >> lawrence, it's great to be back with you. >> i want to begin with where we heard the president leave off here. that is what he's trying to do today in term of enforcing federal regulation in a strict way on gun dealers. with your experience in law enforcement, what impact can that have? >> well, i have to say i am really excited about what the president has said today and what the biden-harris administration is doing. i know that when you hold people accountable, it makes a difference. and the president made it quite clear that gun dealers who willfully -- in other words -- deliberately violate the rules, violate the law, will be held accountable. and there will be a zero tolerance for their bad behavior. and so i really believe that that is a great way to hold people accountable. look, we have to

val demings is an impressive politician. she has first om viv energy.d the bad news first for val demings. the good news is the democrats could not get a better candidate right now. as that video paid testament to, she's an exciting, charismatic candidate that the democratic base is going to love and she's also a tireless campaign worker. we've seen her in her previous campaigns. the bad news is that while he may be an international punch line and regarded as a bit of a clown by his colleagues and many people across the country, marco rubio is still an international punch line and clown who has high name i.d. in florida and speaks perfect spanish which is important because to your point, florida is a state where the hispanic electorate we have seen over the last 20 years really is super important in determining state wyatt outcomes. that's even more so in south florida which is why joe biden didn't come nearly as close of capturing the state as they would. so because val demings is going to have that as a bit of an advantage, she needs to take advantage

look at val demings. of everything and val demings seems like she's not afraid of anything. we have got to be more competitive and make sure that the elections are fair and that ultimately they're not able to steal them and this is where we are. would you bet democracy? i'm not sure you would. this is why with manchin came out yesterday is so important with the hope to maybe push back on the insidious efforts. >> tim, david was eloquent about where the democrats are. now let's do the very depressing turn of where the republicans are. mike pence was in orlando, florida, today at the faith and freedom conference. let's listen to how he was greeted. >> i want to thank my friend ralph reed for the overly generous words. i'm deeply humbled by them. he knows me well enough the introduction i prefer is shorter. i'm a cris i can't be, a conservative and a republican. in that order. >> yeah. there was a lot of shouts. boos and shouts of traitor greeting mike pence at what should be the sweet spot. where will the r

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the bill was spearheaded by former orlando police chief and current congresswoman val demings. >> youast -- and that night when they were home getting dressed and so excited about getting here and it all ended right here. it's tough. it's tough to come down. >> indeed. next hour, our kendis gibson traveled to orlando to speak to people who survived the shooting about their work to make sure something like this never happens again. >>> next, a race to space, but not for people like you and i. why billionaires are competing against each other to be the first to get into orbit. >>> and our next hour, she staged a walk-out on a bill that would restrict voting rights in texas and now she is heading to the white house. state representative gene a hin ojos a to talk about her meeting with the vice president at 7:30 eastern. e presidenatt 7:30 eastern. , i had never seen a picture of her until i got on ancestry. it was like touching the past. my great aunt signed up to serve in the union army as a field nurse. my great grandmother started a legacy of education in my family. didn't know she ra

val demings, who was challenging florida for a senate seat, had this to say. >> we need to know the abuses of power by the former president of the united states. we have some serious constitutional concerns when a body who provides oversight is then being surveilled under the guise of a criminal investigation by the administration that that body provides oversight over. and then, of course, the same thing for the media as well as god knows who else is out there. >> yesterday the "new york times" reported apple also turned over data from an account belonging to trump's own white house counsel don mcgahn. the "times" reports it's not clear if mcgahn was the specific focus of any investigation. mcgahn, you'll recall, recently testified to house lawmakers about trump's efforts into pressuring him to fire mueller. nbc has reached out to apple and mcgahn and has yet to receive a response from either. the inspector general has already opened an investigation, and today attorney general merrick garland met with news organizations whose reporters have been targeted by the trump administration. he a

. >> bill: finally, val demings congresswoman from florida, she wants your job. this week she said you -- when things get shaky you blow like the wind. can she when your job? >> florida is always a very competitive place and we are going to run very hard. i feel good about the job we've done. i can tell you this, over the last four years, a group came out, bipartisan group and ran to me the most effective republican senator in congress, another group ranked me number two in leadership, one the most bipartisan senators come on my office received an award for constituent service. i named the ppp program that saved half a million small businesses in florida and millions of small business job, the va accountability act, my foreign policy work on china got me sanction from the chinese government, i have a record to run on, she has done nothing. she's in congress, what does she do? she does nothing, i look forward to talking about that. >> bill: senator, thank you for your time, time, marco rubio on capitol hill tonight. breaking tonight, the taliban is taking over mor

apps the biden administration will do an evidence-based review of potential security risks >>> val demings>>> and video released of casey ramted coming to the aid of a baby in a car who was choking. he is a licensed paramedic he slapped the baby on the back dislodging a cherry so the child could breathe again. absolutely terrifying, but thank goo goodness, it seems like that baby is okay >> the things we rely upon from the police fantastic. thank you. >>> welcome back to "squawk on the street". we're about an hour into trading. s&p really hovering around 4232. that's the record trading close. gainers fox, some of the laggards surrounding research, dish among them as we look at the worst performing names on the s&p at the moment. >> all right well, bitcoin's volatile week continues today. elle salvador is the first couy to approve it as legal tender. joining us is the exclusive of stable coins by facebook backed dm allen, it's great to have you on the show today >> thanks. it's great to be here. >> given this news out of el sal salvador, i want to start there. we're hearing more and more ta

jackson lee: i can't imagine with the recounting of the story by val demings that we are not securing, how should i say it, multiple numbers of members to join in the holiday pronouncement and resolution and bill, rather, of juneteenth to support h.r. 40 and to recognize the value of commemorating and teaching about the history of african-americans. a person who has great knowledge and is a great story teller and a fighter for justice, i'm delighted to yield to my fellow member of the judiciary committee, the gentleman from georgia, georgia having a storied history, hank johnson. mr. johnson: i thank the gentlelady from texas for recognizing me and for leading this special order today on behalf of the congressional black caucus. as we rise together to celebrate the african-american community, and to commemorate an unsung holiday known as juneteenth. now, i was 21 years old when i first heard of juneteenth. that was the year that i arrived in texas to go to law school at texas southern university. having been born here in the district of columbia, somewhat north, some folks say it's so

there have been black chiefs of police, val demings was the chief of police in florida, but other changesred down through how communities are policed, those changes have not significantly changed. and i am not talking defunding the police. that's ludicrous. however, there are real grassroot changes that have not taken place that langford, though i'm not a republican, he sees. you cannot not continue seeing this and dealing with it. host: those changes you are talking about involving policing, are they addressed in the george floyd justice in policing act? guest: to be quite honest -- caller: to be honest with you, i haven't gone through the entire act to give you a cogent response. host: what changes do you need to see, then, when it comes to policing? caller: i think that how the police end of the community relate to each other, in other words you have to have police in the community that are a part of and work with the community. not stand in opposition to the community. not just show up in the community when there's problems. but our partners in the community, for the community, with t

. >>> this campaign news crossing just this morning, moments ago, democratic congresswoman val demingsrow up in the south poor, black and female, you have to have faith, progress, and opportunity. my father was a janitor and my mother was a maid. she said val, never grow tired of doing good. never tire. work hard, not just for yourself, but for others. my mother told me when someone gives you the opportunity to do something big, do not disappoint them. i'm running for the united states senate because of two simple words. never tire. >> oh, yeah. demings is the former chief of the orlando police department. she was elected to the house in 2016 and rose to national prominence as an impeachment manager in donald trump's first senate trial. demings was also on joe biden's short list for vice president, with the exception of barack obama in 2012, no democrat has won a statewide race in florida since 2010. and you know what? keep in mind, not only was she the chief of the orlando police department, she's a mother of four girls. politico sam stine is back with us. what do you make of her cand