joining us is gene wu and derrick johnson. representative wu, let's start with you. there's obviously backlash since you all left the state of texas. your colleagues are facing the possibility of arrest when you come back. moody was stripped of his leadership position. how confident are you that you'll come up with a solution or get back to texas? >> sure. the threats go far beyond that. governor abbott has threatened to jail us. people have threatened to remove our card access, remove our access to email, remove our access to the entire building at all. they can do anything they want. texas democrats are here and ready to take any punishment in order to fight for texans' freedom to vote. this is a serious cause. john lewis was ready to die for this, and democrats will do nothing less than that to make sure not only is the nation

amy: we will speak to derrick johnson, the head of the naacp.hen we go to west virginia where more than 1400 workers are set to lose their jobs this week when a major pharmaceutical plant shuts down and moves operations overseas. >> they want to close manufacturing in the united states of america. amy: we will speak to union leader joseph guz and vanity fair reporter katherine eban . her new piece is headlined: “we can't reach him: joe manchin is ghosting the west virginia union workers whose jobs his daughter helped outsource." all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the special house committee investigating the deadly january 6 insurrection at the u.s. capitol heard testimony for the first time tuesday. four officers who were on the scene recounted the harrowing events of the day, after a mob of trump-instigated rioters breached the government building in an attempt to stop the certification of joe biden's electoral victory. this is capitol police officer aquilino gon

derrick johnson, the naacp has stepped in.the commitment to pay the bail of any of these lawmakers who are arrested should they go back to texas and face that. why was it important for your administration to get involved with texans, but in this particular way? >> well, the right to vote isn't a partisan issue. it's a guarantee in the constitution. and any time you see people standing up to block efforts to subvert democracy, to deny access, to try to create a process where they are able to select their voters as opposed to voters selecting their representative, i think it's a threat to our nation and for the ncaa p. when we see that type of courage, it's important for us to stand up because that's our work. we've been in the exact same place for 112 years, whether it was fighting segregations who happened to be democrats in the '60s or republicans today. this is unconscionable and we should all be involved not only in texas but across the country. congress must act. the city must do their job. a procedural rule should not pro

. >> we get >> alcindor: we get a different view now from derrick johnson.is the president and c.e.o. of the n.a.a.c.p. last week, he met with president biden to discuss voting rights, along with other civil rights leaders. president johnson, thank you so much for joining us here. president biden just delivered one of the most passionate speeches of his presidency. he called for a new coalition to be formed to push back on these voting laws. my question is: what do you want to see in addition to these powerful words? are you seeing enough action behind these words? >> the words were powerful and impassioned. but we're waiting to see the outcome of the commitment. one part of the speech i thought was profound when he quoted john lewis who said freedom is action. in this moment, democracy is under attack, and we need to push back with actionable policy to ensure that all citizens are afforded access to voting. >> now, you talk about wanting to see the outcome here. you have the g.o.p., who has been quick and efficient. they have introduced hundreds of g.o.p.-b

. >> reporter: derrick johnson is the owner of the home of chicken and waffles. the restaurant is two blocks away from where former senator barbara boxer was assaulted and robbed. >> robberies and car break-ins in oakland have gotten really out of control. >> reporter: the former senator was robbed here in the 300-block of third street. someone pushed her, grabbed her phone and got into a get away car. later she released this tweet confirming what happened and saying she's thankful she was not seriously hurt. he hope this is assault on a public figure will be a wake-up call for action. >> we need to work with law enforcement to beef up security. >> reporter: mayor libby schaaf releasing a statement saying she was deeply troubled to learn of the assault and robbery on the former senator. today two hours before the attack on boxer, the police chief, along with the fbi and other city leaders held a news conference to talk about plans to address violent crime in oak land's chinatown. johnson said all of it must stop. in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >>> a

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i interviewed the president at the naacp president derrick johnson and al sharpton is saying where is the word fill buster in that long passionate speech? where is the action of the way forward and the strategy of how the democrats are going to match? what is the efficiency of the republicans who have introduced more than 800 bills across the country when it comes to voting rights and of course, haiti and latin america, and this is a white house who is prioritizing a lot of ways russia and china, but this is latin america and issues and crises knocking on the white house's door, and i put a question to the press secretary about haiti, and they don't have a strategy there in terms of if they want to send troops, and the push now from the house haiti caucus to try to halt deportations to haiti, and the president has to make a decision on that, and he has not yet, and a lot juggling here, but he is using a loft the political capital on infrastructure trying to get the bills done while all of this other stuff is happening. >> and garrett haake, if you are back with us, and waiting to see

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. >> bakari, i want to read you something that the naacp president, derrick johnson, that i saw on his twitter feed today. he wrote, "if it were black people storming the capitol on january 6th, the walls would have been dripping in blood. not only was it an attempted coup on our democracy, it was white supremacy in plain sight. we need answers and we demand justice. this is not a partisan issue." it is -- well, what's your reaction to that? >> it's not a partisan issue. and that's the point. i mean, i think you've seen it around the country when you have -- and you've seen it in washington, d.c. when you have a protest supporting black lives matter, you see the armed guards, the national guard called out, et cetera. but just think about this. imagine being a young boy in this country, a young black boy in this country like my son stokely, and you want to grow up and be a police officer. and you want to grow up and maybe one day be a capitol police officer. so you can protect those individuals who go and serve every single day. but you show up to work and the president of the united st

joining us now, the president and ceo of the naacp, derrick johnson.n exactly on this issue. tell us about it. >> norman lear has it correct. we must aspire to our highest ideals. when you look at what's taking place in texas, we're working with the texas delegation to try to further the story of what's taking place. this is not about the latinx community or the black community. this is about america. the changes that are being proposed in texas, the changes that have already been adopted in georgia, impacts us all. and we have to have a new sense of urgency for the senate to act. if we're going to get an infrastructure deal, we need to have a deal to protect the rights of voters. our election infrastructure needs a deal. we need a new deal in america to insure our constitution is upheld, the right to vote is protected, and we push back against all these individuals who are seeking to placate an egomaniac who is no longer in office. >> yeah, and so as you announce a new push to safeguard americans' voting rights, what specific concrete issues and actio