we will also be joined live in just a moment by white house senior adviser cedric richmond. he is here to talk about the president's newest executive action on gun control, action that comes unfortunately and tragically on a day when there was another mass shooting in america. >>> but we start tonight outside a federal courthouse in orlando, florida, where embattled congressman matt gaetz received some very, very bad news from an unlikely albeit reluctant source. watch. >> does matt gaetz have anything to worry about? >> does matt gaetz -- that is such a -- >> when it comes to what happened today in court. >> does he have anything to

apologies to jim clyburn and cedric richmond.as alcee tells the story, he said his friend responded by saying, alcee, i tried to pledge kappa but my grades were too high. alcee loved telling that story because alcee loved his people and his people loved him. and that's what made him such a great man, a great kappa, a great public servant. so as i take my seat, we say goodbye on behalf of the capitol hill chapter of kappa alpha psi as he transition as what we call in the fraternity the chapter invisible and i'm confident when he got to the gates of heaven he had on that white jacket with a big smile and there were some angels that were probably there to greet him and they immediately ushered him to the thrown of glory. where he heard the words, alcee, you've been faithful over a few things. faithful to your community. faithful to the fraternity that you loved. faithful to equal protection under the law. faithful to liberty and justice for all. faithful to my teachings that we are all god's children. you've been faithful over a few

joining us now, cedric richmond, the director of the white house office of public engagement. the president, as you know, he will lay out what's being described as the second part of his infrastructure plan tonight. but key democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia already says he's, quote, very uncomfortable with how much it costs. how will the president convince not only republicans but some fellow democrats who have major concerns about this $1.8 trillion price tag? >> i think the president will do what he did with the american rescue plan and that is to lay out all of the proposals of what he wants to do, but also lay out how it benefits american families, how it benefits the american economy, how it benefits the american country by making us more competitive, making sure we take care of our families, and then look at and show the investment and return that it brings on the back end. so this is just the beginning. we are laying out the plan and then we will go and make our pitch to both republicans and democrats about how important it is and why we critically need th

joining us now is cedric richmond, white house senior adviser and the director of the white house's officeic engagement. before joining president biden's administration, he was a congressman from louisiana. mr. richmond, thank you so much for staying up and spending some time with us tonight. >> well, thank you for having me. >> so i talked to congressman ted deutch of florida who obviously knows this issue as well as anyone in congress. and he said something that surprised me. he said he was more optimistic that he'd ever been that something could get done in congress. do you share his optimism? >> i do. one, i know president biden's passion about doing something about gun violence, and creating sensible gun laws along with vice president harris, and i think the country is shifting too. this is no longer the date. republicans and nra have hid behind the second amendment for far too long. when the second amendment was written, people were stuffing gunpowder into a musket to shoot, and now you have guns that can shoot 100 rounds in a minute. and that's just completely different. these are w

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cedric richmond did that. i think that is what the new congress will do as well.le in the district voted for. that is what they want that is the overarching message we need to appreciate. americans always want us to work together. thanks very much, my friend. >> thanks, charles. >> the author of incremental to exponential. how large companies can see the future and innovate. vivek wadhwa. we had news about america helping india, astrazeneca sending 60 million doses to india and other places. this only came after major outrage. we were on twitter over the weekend. the biden administration essentially told india the largest democracy, our ally, they couldn't even have raw materials for vaccines. they told them no! i was shocked. if that was president trump it would be the number one story in the country. the biden administration got away with un. how could we even turn them down in the first place? >> charles, this is disaster in humanitarian support. you have one of the biggest, read the news reports what is happening in india. it is devastating, it is really, real

troy carter will fill the 2nd district seat formerly held by democrat cedric richmond.hmond, who endorsed carter's campaign, resigned to take a position as a senior adviser to president biden. carter promised to work across party lines. he will be the only democrat in louisiana's congressional delegation. turkey's foreign ministry summoned the u.s. ambassador late yesterday to protest president biden's decision to mark the deportation and killing of armenians during the ottoman empire as “genocide.” the ministry said the u.s. statemt has no legal basis, hurt the turkish people, and opened a wound in relations that is "hard to fix.” the protest came after president biden followed through on a campaign promise and issued a statement recognizing the deaths of 1.5 million armenians beginning in 1915, as genocide. for more national and international news, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: president joe biden is aroaching his first hundred days in office this week. it's a benchmark every president has been measured by for the better part of a century. but where did it b

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>> well, we talked with congressman cedric richmond, who is the director of public engagement for president biden, talking about the importance of getting the george floyd justice and policing act passed through the united states senate. and we feel yesterday helped build momentum for that. you heard president biden say this is going to help us do a lot to get meaningful police reform to change the culture and behavior of policing in america where it can be a more just america where you won't see what happened to breonna taylor or you won't see what happened to george floyd or daunte wright. we can do better. we can have better policing for all citizens, not just some citizens. >> let me ask you, philonise about that tweet after the verdict from the las vegas raiders that said i can breathe. you thanked the raiders and said it's time to come together. why was it important for you to put that controversy aside? >> this was all about george. this was all about the world. people who had been out during a pandemic when covid was out protesting and marching and everybody here that they can't bre

you know, there are several people who i thought fit into that category, people like cedric richmond who is going off to the white house. marcia foote who is now going to be a secretary and hakeem , jeffries who is still there. and i suspect that his name will come up in any conversation, as to who as an african-american would have the possibility of being speaker of the house. i think he has that he is , building a kind of resume that could be successful. and there are others. but i think that he is poised to be in the running. you have ms. underwood from illinois, who i think a lot of and she is just in her second term. i don't know how long that would be. but as for jim clyburn? no, i've had too many birthdays for that. so my next job after i quit would probably be [indiscernible] [laughter] prof. sinclair chapman: [laughter] hopefully we will still be able to hear your stories and benefit from all of the history and knowledge and experience that you so graciously shared with us tonight. thank you, congressman, it has been a pleasure, an absolute pleasure to have this discussion w

in louisiana, state senator troy carter won the special election to fill the seat left open by cedric richmond when he joined the biden administration earlier this year. troy carter, a centrist democrat, beat out state senator karen carter peterson, who was backed by progressives and received an endorsement by new york congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez. once carter is sworn in, democrats will widen their margin slightly with 219 house members versus 212 republicans. in entertainment news, a scaled-down oscars ceremony was held in los angeles sunday evening with some historic wins. chloe zhao became the first asian woman -- and only second woman ever to win the academy award for best director -- for the film "nomadland." the film also won best picture. yuh-jung youn became the first korean to win an acting oscar for her role in "minari." daniel kaluuya won best supporting actor for his portrayal of black panther party chairman fred hampton in shaka king's "judas and the black messiah." travon free and martin desmond roe won besthort film for "two distant strangers," which lls a blacman re

cedric richmond is here, a senior advisor to president biden. thank you, sir. good to see you. appreciate you coming on. this package would reshape the economy. >> thanks for having me. >> yes. and includes new highways and bridges but also climate change proposals, electric cars, charging stations, replacing lead pipes, expanding the internet. why go so big especially given the deficit that we already have? >> well, don, it would do a bunch of things. first of all it would invest in america which we have not done in a long time. and when i say invest in america it's not just the roads, the bridges and the ports all of those things. it's investing in american people. it's making sure that we improve our competitiveness. it's making sure that american people get to be the co-architects of their futures, making sure we can reach all the possibilities and opportunities that we want. and president biden has been very consistent on that from the time that he was a candidate to now. and we believe that if we bet on the american people we're going to win. but more importantly we know

that in the last couple of weeks really for the white house it's actually susan rice as well as cedric richmond that have really taken the lead on speaking to both police union officials, fop, speaking to members of congress and backing that, but this will be a question going forward. you know, as was just discussed, we have these negotiations going on really centering on qualified immunity with senator tim scott as well as senator cory booker and senator karen bass. will the president really put himself out there and try to push this forward? the momentum thus far in his duration and his attention has been on vaccines. it's been on stoppeding to the pandemic, but we're now at a stable where members of the public are really looking at this issue. it will be interesting to see both tomorrow during his address and going forward whether he prioritizes this not just through his words but also through action. >> and ryan, senator joe manchin, the west virginia democrat, he's not going to go along with getting rid of the filibuster so the senators need 60 votes, so they need ten republicans. don't th

there were several people that i think fit into that category, people like cedric richmond who was not going off to the white house, marcia foote who is now going to be secretary and hakeem jeffries who is still there. i suspect his name will come up. his name is in the conversation with the possibility of being speaker of the house. he is building a kind of resume that could be successful. i think he is poised to be in the running. there is a young lady, ms. underwood from illinois who i think a lot of stuff she is just in her second term. i don't know how long that would be. i've had too many birthdays so my next job after he quit would probably be [indiscernible] >> hopefully we still hear your stories and benefit from your history and knowledge and experience you so graciously share with us tonight. thank you, congressman, it has been a pleasure, an absolute pleasure to have this discussion with you and i will turn it over to david now to continue. >> thank you so much, professor and thank you, congressman. i could listen to you to talk for the next four hours. we did promise error

national day of action and healing, the white house office of public engagement hosted an event with cedric richmond and the national asian american chamber of commerce. a priority for this administration is to condemn at anti-asian violence. the president called on congress to pass the sponsored act by senator hirono. 15% of all appointees like myself identify as asian american and pacific islander. we will now go over the events of this week. >> thank you to all the mayors. early this week, actually on tuesday, the president released a worksheet. it will include reinstating and reinvigorating the white house initiative on asian americans and pacific islanders, with specific focus on anti-asian violence, combating violence, especially anti-asian violence and the intersection of --. the president will meet with asian american leaders and organizations to hear their initiatives and community engagement. the president will appoint a director to lead the initiative in the coordination of policies impacting asian americans and pacific islanders. the department of health and human services allocated mone

we will also be joined live in just a moment by white house senior adviser cedric richmond.to talk about the president's newest executive action on gun control, action

carter replaces congressman cedric richmond who step thed down to become the white house's director of18-year-old man is now charged with the murder of a 7-year-old girl at a mcdonald's drive-through. marion lewis allegedly shot the young girl and her father while they were in line at the fast food restaurant. police are still searching for several more suspects involved in the shooting. >>> and in new york, the long island police officer is expected to be are released from the hospital tomorrow. officer christopher was stabbed earlier this month by a driver during a traffic stop. for more on these and other stories, you can download the fox news app. scan the qr rode on your screen or go to foxnews.com/apps. >>> with president biden about to wrap up his first hundred days in office, new fox polling shows 54% of voters approve of the job he's doing so far. here to talk about why, joe concha, fox news contributor and media and politics columnist for "the hill." joe, it's kind of ironic, but you say that joe biden's relatively high performance ratings are partly a credit or partly credit

cedric richmond joins me now. let me just ask you, this comes on the way of this horrific shooting. and, you know, as joe biden made that announcement, the governor of texas says you can't take away our guns, not in texas. and then, of course, a texan went with a gun and killed someone and now we have people fighting for their lives in critical condition tonight. what is your reaction to what we're seeing tonight in texas? >> it's unfortunate. of course, our thoughts and prayers are with the families. but like the president said, that's not enough. we have to act. and we have waited on congress to act for so long that the president feels that it's just irresponsible to wait any longer, and he has the ability to act, he's going to act. he said he was going to do it on the campaign and he's going to do it. and the actions he's taking will save lives. i think that's the part that congress always hides behind the fact that will these save lives? yes, they would. the american people want to see it happen. it's just that they can't get it through their skulls of republicans that people ar

and they met with top officials here at the white house including cedric richmond, so they're very seriousut getting this done, andrea. and it comes against the backdrop of president biden and his address to congress this week setting that deadline. saying he wants a police reform bill passed by the first anniversary of george floyd's death. that is may 25th. i can tell you that based on my conversations with folks here at the white house and on capitol hill there is an urgency to get something done. but the question is will they be able to get it done, by that anniversary? and where will the compromise be, andrea. >> kristen welker, garrett haake, mike memoli and thanks to all of you. >>> the rudy giuliani calling the raids at his new york city apartment illegal and unconstitutional. new details next. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. ndrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. they grow from our imagination, but they can't be held back. they want to be set free. to make the world more responsible, and even more incredible. ideas start the future, just like that. ah, she thought t

house and behavior we saw for so many years from trump and accolades and when you spoke with cedric richmond tonight, he said this is why people wanted joe biden to be in office. they didn't want him to interfere with the justice department. they didn't want him to be involved. they said we're not going to comment on that and ovf course, we're told the white house didn't get a heads up this raid was going on. you're seeing that return to normalcy and that's another good point that while this is something that the white house is not getting involved with, they do say hey, this really shows the point of what we were trying to make the campaign and this is why people put joe biden in office. >> remember what it reminds the american people of. remember this investigation. it was the essence of the first impeachment trial, the first impeachment trial of president trump so it has a clear demarcation between these two different administrations and it also talks about transparency because remember, giuliani is being investigated in part we're understanding based on his failure to register as a forei

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. >> dana, you got cedric richmond and so many of my colleagues i never agreed with on anything but they would say let's respect the system. you are welcome to disagree with the verdict but creating more innocent victims does nothing to honor the memory of george floyd. maxine waters has a history of speaking and saying what can only be described as crazy as hell things. so i would tell people to turn off auntie maxine and focus on members of congress who feel strongly about the justice system. tim scott feels strongly about the justice system. go see if he is calling on people to confront innocent folks to prove some larger point. >> bill: what did you think of the medical examiner in defense dr. andrew baker? what did you think of his testimony whether or not the defense was strong enough to say that the drugs in george floyd's body is what deprived him of oxygen and the ability to live? >> bill, i must say i thought first of all i thought the medical experts on both sides were excellent witnesses and they were really engaging with the jury. very, very good witnesses. but i do think th