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representative ayanna pressley, everyone. well, now that is a tough act to follow, but we've got a couple of folks, alice cohen and marissa ditkowski, who are consumer attorneys for the cfpb on the front lines actually fighting for all of us. you're all here to tell us the actual impact of this attack on americans. we're looking for an alison and marissa. oh, here we go. marissa: hello. hi, everyone, my name is marissa ditkowsky. i'm a multiply disabled attorney and activist on the disabilities community project, a staff attorney at cedadc, an independent public interest law center. we've represented numerous clients who have come to us after comerica bank refused to reverse unauthorized charges on their direct express cards, which are used by over 3 million people. payments for social security, veteran pensions, and disability benefits. many of these folks have disabilities or are over 65. in one case, an 87-year-old disabled client whose only source of income was social security came to us for help in disputing charges for

the legislation was introduced today by massachusetts representative ayanna pressley.me around for that bill. it failed to pass in the last session. the bill would create a commission to study and propose reparations for slavery and subsequent racial discrimination. representative pressley says the bill comes at what she describes as an inflection point for the country. >> the majority of the harms that have been caused, particularly that have been foisted onto black americans, were legislated. so if we can legislate hurt and harm, we can legislate justice, we can legislate healing. and we are certainly long overdue. and for those that would say we need to just get over it. >> the bill is not likely to advance under the republican controlled congress, and the trump white house has previously been opposed to any reparations efforts. well, tulsi gabbard has been sworn in as the director of national intelligence for the trump administration. today, the senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm the former democrat. republican senator mitch mcconnell joined all democrats in opposing

the legislation was introduced today by massachusetts representative ayanna pressley.the second time around for the bill. it failed to pass in the last session. the bill would create a commission to study and propose reparations for slavery and subsequent racial discrimination. representative pressley says the bill comes at what she calls an inflection point for the country. >> the majority of the harms that have been caused, particularly that have been foisted onto black americans, were legislated. so if we can legislate hurt and harm, we can legislate justice, we can legislate healing. and we are certainly long overdue. and for those that would say. >> the bill is not likely to advance under the republican controlled congress. and the trump white house has previously been opposed to any reparations efforts. it is now illegal to camp out in public spaces in the city of fremont. ktvu james torres explains there were also penalties for people who helped build housing on public spaces. >> well into the night, a months long conversation in fremont continued. >> i strongly

i'll speak to the democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorneyreasury tonight. that's tomorrow, 10 a.m. eastern. and that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week. >> on day 19. >> god, it feels a whole lot. >> longer than that of the second trump administration. >> and today this is important. >> a federal judge hit pause on the administration's effort to put

but that did not stop democrats, including congresswoman ayanna pressley, from really critically criticizing elon musk and the work that's being done. so take a listen to. >> some. >> of the. >> sound that we had. >> from this week. >> but he's a great he's a great guy and he loves the country. and he's wanted to do this for a long time. if he could have done it himself, he would have done it himself. >> you know, they're not centering the american people. and i'm sure trump's fragile ego had a problem with elon musk on the front cover of time magazine there. but he's operating as a as a co-president, and he was elected by no one. >> okay, everybody, i understand we unfortunately lost the live shot there with yamiche alcindor at the white house for us. we'll get her back. but we are joined right now by nbc's julia ainsley, who joins me on the phone with the latest on the administration's immigrant deportation action. so, julia, in this new exclusive report that i referenced earlier, you reveal president trump is angry, the number of deportations so far isn't higher. so what can you tell us a

screaming, the nazi rhetoric, one of the democratic congresswoman literally called, i think it was ayanna pressley, but it was a democratic congresswoman literally called elon musk a nazi. do we really think that kind of alarmism is helpful? >> i totally agree with you. >> years. don't you think democrats would learn that just screaming hyperbole about trump? america's rolling their eyes. they rolled their eyes in 2016. they rolled their eyes in 2024. it's all a bit much. nine. 2021. >> 2020 they voted democrat at 20 and 20. >> 2215 every single day. okay, people are going to tune out, no question. >> about it. but the but the fact is like, look, i mean the imagery is there. this is how we miss our moment on the day of inauguration, sitting behind donald trump was elon musk, was the ceo of tiktok. were these billionaires who now have offices in the white house, who are now going and affecting your figuring out how you file your documents, your social security, all of these things, they they don't speak for us. >> i think the highlight reel that you just played spliced with the highlight reel of al

i'll speak to the democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorney general, phil weiser, one of the ags who sued donald trump and the treasury tonight. that's tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. and that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week on day 19. god, it feels a whole lot longer than that of the second trump administration. and today this is important. a federal judge hit pause on the administration's effort to put thousands of usaid employees on administrative leave. it puts a pause on everything until one week from tonight and sets up a hearing next wednesday. earlier today, president trump directly called for the agency to be shut down. this afternoon, crews went ahead and scraped off the letters spelling out u.s. agency for international development from the ronald reagan building in washington. the agency's former headquarters. i shouldn't say former. it's still their headquarters. oh my goodness. of cou

screaming, the nazi rhetoric, one of the democratic congresswoman literally called i think it was ayanna pressleyit was a democratic congresswoman literally called elon musk a nazi. do we really think that kind of alarmism is helpful? >> i totally. >> agree with you. for years, don't you think democrats would learn that just screaming hyperbole about trump? america's rolling their eyes. they rolled their eyes in 2016. they rolled their eyes in 2024. it's all a bit much 2020. >> 2020. they voted democrat at 20 and 2022. >> every single day. okay. people are going to tune out, no question. >> about it. but the but the fact is like, look, i mean the imagery is there. this is how we miss our moment on the day of inauguration, sitting behind donald trump was elon musk, was the ceo of tiktok. were these billionaires who now have offices in the white house, who are now going and affecting your figuring out how you file your documents, your social security, all of these things that they don't speak for us. >> i think the highlight reel that you just played, spliced with the highlight reel of all the peop