passed by congress earlier this year. joining to us talk about this and more california democratic congresswoman maxine waters. she chairs the financial services committee. congresswoman, thank you for joining us on the program. what do you make of the actions the white house announced a short time ago aimed at trying to stave off this wave of evictions? >> i just got the information coming out of a meeting, and i haven't had time to really evaluate all of those attempts they're making. let me just say i hope that any or all of them can work. i want to tell you we put $46.6 billion into operation to support rental assistance. i worked on that. and the governors and the states who received the money have not been able for whatever reason to get this money out. i think it is important to say to the governors you've got to

congressional district. on the progressive side, you have nina turner, a former state senator who was, of course, a surrogate for senator bernie sanders during the presidential campaign. she is advocating for universal health care and a $50 minimum wage in an effort to advance more progressive policies. on the establishment side is a local county council member who chairs the county's democratic party. she has aligned herself as a loyalist to president joe biden. joining me now, our nbc news senior political editor. so the race for the 11th district in the cleveland area, it has drawn a lot of national attention from democrats and it's taking a bit of a nasty turn. certainly when you're talking about interparty fighting. take us how -- take us through this. how contentious is this race getting? >> yeah. . watching the tv advertisements airing in this cleveland-akron district are the nastiest democrat on democrat ads i've seen probably since going back