clyburn: thank you very much. recognizes mr. foster. >> i too had to look at that new england journal of medicine. the article that was referenced in the last thing, it was an opinion piece, not research article. there was not a number. it made qualitative statements. it is not useful. we need numbers here. it did not address the core issue with masks. they protect other people. but they were talking about is if you go into a patient's room, sick, you are wearing a mask, you will need a hazmat suit to guarantee you will not be infected. if you are in a choir, singing, talking loud, you are a threat to other people and that is made better if you are wearing a mask. it's really important to give the correct information. sorry about that. i am getting off the subject of this hearing. when you talk about racial disparities, one of the things that concerns me is there may be a genetic component to this, that there are apparently differences in one receptor that is the entryway, the doorway through which the virus enter

jim clyburn. mr. clyburn: thank you, madam chair. speaker pelosi, leader schumer, and all the other members who are here today. with liberty and justice for all. when i was a kid growing up, in a little town in south carolina, we said the pledge every morning. and it ends with that phrase. "liberty and justice for all." a vision that we all knew in that little town was simply a vision. and when we were trying to put together a response, i said on a telephone call that this gives us a tremendous opportunity to restructure things in that vision. i was marked for that. i was attacked for wanting liberty and justice for all. by various media. we are here today in search of that vision. liberty and justice for all. now, you've heard what is going to be in this legislation. i want to say two things. first, to those who are writing it. secondly, to those who are responsible for writing about it. let me say this. with few exceptions, white people came to this country willingly. in search of a new world full of liberty and justice for all. wi

clyburn says what biden should be focused on his policy. >> as far as black voters are concerned, liftvery voice, there have been proposals. they don't go as far as i would like to see in some areas. >> clyburn encourages biden to focus on sweeping antipoverty legislation introduced last year, the 102030 formula which targets federal grant dollars to needy communities the benefits of this. >> voters in new mexico, in arizona, a big deal to white voters in kentucky and west virginia. >> as for criticism the two vp contenders, kamala harris in florida congresswoman val deming's could alienate black voters with their law enforcement background amid calls to defund police clyburn says is misplaced judgment. >> we say we want people of color to be in these positions so why are we going to penalize them when they go there? >> clyburn also says the head of the presidential debate, biden should be more public about his stutter, a challenge he has faced for years. >> live in new york, thank you so much. as the influence of cancel culture continues to expand so too does the cost of awoke awakeni

james clyburn of south carolina. he served in congress almost 30 years and is a senior member and former chairman of the congressional black caucus. he's also the chairman of the house select committee on the coronavirus crisis. a revered leader in south carolina politics, clyburn has long fought for civil rights. even being elected president of his naacp youth chapter at the age of 12. he was literally married to the civil rights movement, because it was in jail where he met his beloved and late wife emily. you guys were married how long, congressman? >> 58 years. >> 58 years, and i had the pleasure of meeting her several times. and she definitely was the power behind the man. >> oh, absolutely. she loved you so much. she talked about you all the time. >> oh, thank you. thanks again for being here. we've got a lot of news to get to, obviously. there's a lot going on. and i want to get your reaction that it was attorney general bill barr who ordered law enforcement to clear lafayette square in order for the president

clyburn: well, we were anticipating that.aker pelosi made it clear, that is why be passed the heroes act. $3 trillion, and a lot of people recalled that number, but we were told by chairman powell, chairman of the fed, will be passed the act, the $3 trillion may not be enough, so the fact is the house has done its job. local -- stateed of local governments $3 trillion appropriated for them. it is time for mitch mcconnell to do his job. walk out of that graveyard and pass this legislation. it, butot want to own eos it to the american people -- but he owes it to the american people to do what is necessary to stay vibrant in this economy. david: he may owe it to the american people also. there are elections coming up in november. is there pressure on republicans and democrats to get stimulus, given that we have 20 million people unemployed in this country? alix: yes, we do -- rep. clyburn: yes, we do. we have to do our jobs. there is very little we can do to make the senate do its job. our hope is mitch mcconnell would wise up,

jim clyburn. good to have you on. let me start with what you're hearing from the other side of the aisle. how optimistic are you that you could be working with senator tim scott from your home state there? do you think you and he and a certain group of senate republicans could work out something? >> well chuck, thank you so much for having me. i really hope so. this is bipartisan stuff here. this is not and should not get hung up on partisan politics. i think all of us can see what we saw. and we know full well there's something lacking in our law enforcement position situation here. we know it. there's something lacking in our health care delivery system. something lacking in our educational when i've called for restructuring things, it was marred two weeks ago. i don't think mitch mcconnell would go to the floor now and mark my words on that. so hopefully the climate will be better for us to get some things done in the bipartisan way. i've never had problems doing that. i work ed with paul ryan when h was speaker of

that was not jim clyburn. i never threw a brick.ing to get things so that our children and grandchildren can have a better life in these united states of america. and i will say to all of those people who are benefitting from those efforts, be careful that we don't get hijacked this time like we got the last time. >> powerfully said. you know, there are -- as you know because you've endorsed joe biden and i remember talking to you about that down in south carolina. there's several african-american women on his short list for vice president. and he of course has said he is going to pick a woman. does he need to pick an african-american woman? do you think that this is now something he must do? >> i will never tell anybody what they must do, and i don't want anybody telling me what i must do. let's share what i should do and maybe what you should do. and i will say this, i will be very proud -- i'm the father of three african-american women. i would love to see an african-american woman. that would be a plus, but it would not be a mus

. >> thank you, clyburn, ranking member scalise and members of the select committee. my testimony today has been forged by nearly three months of harsh truths in fighting the devastating consequences of covid-19 at the original epicenter of this crisis. before i share my prepared remarks, i want to first acknowledge what is happening in minneapolis and express my sincere condolences to the loved ones of george floyd. like the desperate impacts of covid-19, this shows the stark reality of structural racism in our country. we must continue to work to dismantle its insidious impacts. prior to the pandemic, we were one of the fastest growing cities in the country and had a booming economy. all of that changed three months ago today when covid-19 struck unexpectedly. the well-documents federal testing failures hid the spread in our community. our local scientists and health officials raised alarm bells urging us to act quickly. we did. faster than nearly any city and region in the country. mayors and governors had to write our own pandemic playbook. the people of our regio

>> well, i think congressman clyburn's response was very smart.t's really a matter of refusing resources in a -- refocusing resources. they have to reform themselves and without reform, our whole country is in trouble. so i think that -- i think that redirecting resources -- remember, you don't know this, but i'm a second generation police family. so both my brother and my uncle before him, my father before him, they were called on to do so many things. from mental health to drug intervention, their jobs are very, very difficult. so we need to impress upon police that kindness is called for, in addition to force. because a lot of it is about power. so we have to, i think, begin to address how they exercise power, that it should be -- that they should be mindful that they are to serve the public and not otherwise. >> perhaps that underscores you talking about all those things that your family members in law enforcement were facing. that means resources need to be devoted into programs, training, different methods in which to help officers either em

clyburn told me it would be a plus but it would not be a must. do you think it's a must? >> well, i'm not going to tell joe biden what to do. i want him to pick the running mate that is best e kwupquipped help him win because more than anything, joe biden has got to win. we cannot suffer another four years of donald trump in the white house. we're in the midst of a pandemic where hundreds of thousands of people have died and a lot of the harm would have been avoided if we had a president who took seriously the issue and spoke truth about it from the very beginning. we have over 40 million people who have become unemployed in the last less than 100 days, small businesses that are going out of business, and we need real leadership in the white house who has the sense of empathy and sense of compassion and sense of responsibility to lift up the condition and spirits of the american people. and joe biden will do that. >> obviously your background in law enforcement, you know these issues personally and professional. tai anderson is a leader. he was talking about you. he says

good afternoon chairman clyburn the subcommittee i am dr. gallis as a family physician at the memorial health center and i'm honored to be here today. i'm also the proud daughter of a mexican immigrant seasonal farmworker. my life experiences along with the work i do today have provided me with the unique perspective on the challenges faced by the tino immigrants and farm workers. this pandemic has made extensional contributions to democrats and farm workers are making to our country. i have worked on the front lines of the dashes of treating physician. we serve more than 52,000 individuals every year. over half of our population is latino. 90% live at the poverty line and 20% are farmworkers. her patients are some of the most vulnerable. black of housing health care food instability and unsafe working environments contribute to their higher rates of diabetes, respiratory illnesses in lower life expectancy. covid-19 continues to expose the heightened challenges of increase for mobility are communities face. it increases the infection rate fo

clyburn is always getting awards for liberty and justice for all. that's what this is about.t's what our distinguished leader mr. schumer talked about in emancipation hall and yield to the distinguished leader of the united states senate, democratic leader mr. schumer. >> well, thank you speaker pelosi, and i'm so proud to be joined by so many of my colleagues. leader hoyer, senators booker and harris, representatives bass, clyburn, nadler and jeffries, for joining us in speaking this morning and all the support that we have from so many wonderful people behind us. over the past week, hundreds of thousands of americans have engaged in peaceful demonstrations against police violence and systemic racism. this large diverse group, so many of them young, gives us hope that americans are prepared to march and fight to make this a more perfect union, once and for all. and so today we are taking the first of many steps, many necessary steps, to respond to this national pain with bold action. as my colleagues will explain, the justice and policing act proposes crucial reforms to comb

we will ask congressman james clyburn. that is next. >>> the house judiciary committee advanced their sweeping police reform bill which is expected to go to the house floor next week. as two former police officers in atlanta face multiple charges for the killing of rayshard brooks. joining us now is congressman james clyburn. good morning, congressman. >> good morning. good morning. thanks for having for me. >> you and the congressional black caucus came up with your ideas for police reform and the democrats got behind those. and then senator tim scott came up with his ideas for police reform and republicans have gotten behind them. i don't know if they're quite different but they're markedly different in yours have mandates for reform and the republicans have kind of incentives for reform. and so do you think that a law will come out of this and you'll be able to have a melding of these two? >> well, i think so. i do believe that we are on course to get something done. now, it won't be everything that we want, but certain

i spoke with house majority whip james clyburn earlier tonight. so much has happened in our country recently and i'm wondering what's going through your mind tonight particularly as you reflect on juneteenth and as you prepare for the president's rally in tulsa, oklahoma, tomorrow. >> well, thanks for having me. and one of the things i've been talking about in the last several days is juneteenth. what it means. why we give life to it. remember the emancipation proclamation, the one we all talk about was effective january 1, 1863. general granger wept into galveston, texas, june 19, 1865. 30 months later did the slaves in texas find out they were free. it highlights the need to communicate. and what i'm seeing now is the fact that the american people are beginning to communicate. you've been talking at each other. you've been talking past each other. all of a sudden we seem to be talking with each other. the failure to communicate. so if anything i'm going to remember about juneteenth 2020 is the period of time when the american people finally bega

eastern on c-span two, jim clyburn speaks with the washington post about race relations in the nationwide protests over the death of george floyd. then the senate considers executive and judicial nominations at 10:00 a.m. c-span3 of 9:00 a.m. eastern, i, a confrontation hearing for members of the u.s. postal service board of governors. announcer: now, washington, dc mayor muriel bowser holds a news conference on her city's response to protests sparked by the death of george floyd. she spoke about reports of peaceful protesters being dispersed near the white house and said she would welcome federal assistance. ayor bowser: i am joined by members of my public safety administrator y of the district of columbia to provide a brief update and take your questions. just start wit talk about : let me fight so hard for it. and i think that the events of the last several days demonstrate that our fight for is more than about getting two senators, but it's about our right as tax paying amens

very honored to have the house majority whip with us, james clyburn. of south carolina.minneapolis of course. i hope that we can see from this too short life and the reaction of this family to this untimely death. i hope we get some lessons from that as to how we had to conduct ourselves going forward. we want to keep in mind that in a type there's a movement like this there will always be those who will attempt to take advantage of it. with their own ideas in mind. that's what happened back in the '60s. i often talk with john lewis about how the student nonviolent coordinating committee that both of us were founders of, how it got hijacked. and while we were sort of plugging along, doing our thing, registering people to vote, getting political activity going, all of a sudden we woke up one morning and there was a new slogan. "burn, baby, burn. that was not our slogan. that slogan got superimposed over the movement and before you knew it, the movement was destroyed. so when i watched people burning, throwing rocks, i remind people all the time, that's not what this famil

we're going to congressman james clyburn, expected to talk about the protests across the nation and the death of george floyd. >> it's a shame that this president doesn't have the most appreciation for what this country is all about. >> so in two successive days we've seen church leaders come out and criticize if not outright condemn president trump for using religious buildings or shrines for political purposes. you have the head of the episcopal church here in washington, condemning the president using the church as a photo op, holding up the bible, st. john's church. and then you had the washington archbishop wilton gregory criticizing the president of going to the shrine of paul john paul ii. and the president doing what he did in front of the religious institutions and two, to the president using them as a photo op. >> well, as you know, i grew up in the projects and my father was in the methodist church. i read the bible a whole lot. i studied the bible in the historical context away from what these pt are that you all live by and i noticed that speaker pelosi mentioned something

whip clyburn, thank you for joining us today. rayshard brooks, the police chief has resigned. protesters are angry, they were tear gassed after setting fire to a wendy's. what is your reaction when you saw the shooting? >> thank you very much for having me, jake. i was very incensed over that. you wonder when you're dealing with an issue like this out here for two or three weeks and then you see a police officer still being so insensitive to the life of a young african-american man. now, the fact of the matter is he was drinking. fell asleep in a wendy's drive-thru. and they've already patted him down. he had no weapon on him. where did they think he was going to go? so he's running away. my goodness, you've got his car. you can easily find him. get backup. but, no, you fire bullets into his back. that is not what you call corresponding force. so i think the mayor is right. this did not call for lethal force, and i don't know what's in the culture that would make this guy do that. it's got to be the culture. it's got to be the system. you've got an african-american woman, mayo

clyburn, is, mr. always getting awards for liberty and justice for all -- that is what this is about. that is what our distinguished leader mr. schubert talked about -- mr. schumer. i yield to the distinguished leader of the democratic senate, mr. schumer. senate -- senator schumer. iank you, speaker pelosi, and am proud to be joined by so many of my colleagues, leader hoyer, senators booker and harris, representatives bass, jeffries, for speaking this morning, and all the support we have from so many wonderful people behind us. over the past week, hundreds of thousands of americans have engaged in peaceful demonstrations against police violence and systemic racism. this large, diverse group -- so many of them young, gives us hope that americans are prepared to march, fight, and make this a for perfect union once and all. so, today, we are taking the first of many steps -- many necessary steps to respond to this national pain with bold action. as my colleagues will explain, the justice in policing act

here is jim clyburn and representative omar. >> nobody is going to defund the police.lay. >> you can't really reform department that is rotten to the root. the current infrastructure that exists as policing in our city should not exist anymore. >> bret: how big is the rift? >> i mean, it's real and there's no doubt about it. if you look at races where alexandria ocasio-cortez's backing challenges for members of the democratic leadership and this goes on apace. but i think that the far left here has overplayed his hand considerably, much like green new deal are much like medicare for all, whatever, what have you. once you put it out there and you set the standard for acquiescence so high you give the democratic establishment and easy way out and guys like jim clyburn and joe biden just aren't coming with you and your letting them off the hook. >> bret: brit, isn't seattle an example of that? the police chief, the mayor saying we don't know how long it's going to last. we're going to let it go. the mayor said it could be a summer of love. doesn't it give a little bit of

only appears to be growing, joining me now to discuss this, the house democratic congressman jim clyburn of south carolina. thanks so much for joining us today. we have a lot to get to. but i do want to start on the shooting of rayshard brooks, the atlanta police chief has now resigned. protesters are very angry. they've been teargassed. some set fire to a wendy's there. what's your reaction when you saw the video of that police shooting? >> well a, thank you very much r having me, jake. i was very insensed over that. and sometimes you wonder when you're dealing with an issue like this for two or three weeks and then you see another police officer still being insensitive to the life of a young african-american man. the fact of the matter is he was drinking, fell asleep in the wendy's drive-thru. and they have already patted him down. he had no weapon on him. where did they think he was going to go? so he's running away. you got his car. you can easily find him. get back up, but, no, you fire bullets into his back. that is not what you call corresponding force. so i think the mayor is rig

coming up shortly we will have with house majority whip james clyburn and deputy assistant to president trump john smith. we have fox team coverage. first chief white house correspondent john roberts has details of the president's plan live from the north lawn. >> at noon today in the rose garden the president signed an executive order to undertake reforms in policing and the president said he wants a law enforcement officers and departments across country to adopt the highest professional standards possible to serve their communities. >> what's needed now is not more stoking of fear and division. we need to bring law enforcement and communities closer together not to drive them apart. >> it's just the beginning of more to come. the house and senate are working on broad measures but president trump wanted to do whatever he could from an executive standpoint to address the difficulty facing the country. federal incentives to police forces to create credentialing and certification and best practices for the use of force. as part of that initiative president trump says he wants to ban the

when you hear representative jim clyburn say, "don't defund the police," that's because he knows manyeas that would be most hurt if we didn't have people we could trust, and also have symbols of that trust, whether it's "paw patrol" or whatever it is -- my kids love it -- but without those positive symbols and that community-making, knitting us altogether, where do you go from there? >> melissa: chris, when you look at fiction in art, are you unable to distinguish what israel and what is for entertainment? what is fiction? it sort of implies -- >> chris: listen, i hate the cancel culture. one of the things i worry about is today they are canceling what you are offended by, tomorrow they will be canceling what you support. as i understand rolling stone's argument, that we need to take off the air a good cop because she may hide the fact that all cops are bad, it's about the dumbest argument i've ever heard. i'm all for law and order, and olivia benson. >> melissa: chris wallace is that with a brand-new book we will be talking about on the other side of this break. he gripping behind-th

i will debate you, jim clyburn. no way we have bull connor or lester maddox.have bobby rush saying the chicago police department is like the kkk. mr. rush, there's black people, there's hispanics who make up the police union in chicago and pleas for omar in minnesota, please minnesotans, defeat her. for her to talk about eliminating the police department is ludicrous.ea outright ludicrous. it's crazy.. that's why i can't work with these guys anymore.us >> sean: larry. >> we watched for example names, thousands of them in the obama-biden years. nobody does anything to fix chicago and the violence. nobody fixes, you know, the schools in every inner-city in the country.rsix how is it possible the third-highest capita spending on education for kids is in baltimore. 13 high schools. not one kid is proficient in math, not one. it's institutional failure. joe and barack could have done something after ferguson, cambridge, baltimore. they did nothing. donald trump is looking at this and saying we are going to havee reforms, but on the other hand, if thesedo states wil

representative clyburn has it right. basically what he's saying is do unto others as you would have done unto you. listen, i wear this yellow wristband every day. ana, what it says is practice the golden rule every day. that's what representative clyburn was talking about, and he is spot on. treat others as you want to be treated. wear a mask if you're in public because it shows respect for your fellow man and your fellow woman. that's what we all need to be doing. in two minutes or whatever it is when we finish this interview, i'll put this mask on because i'm going back out in public again. it's what we ought to be doing and it shows respect, mutual respect and decency towards each other. it's the right thing to do. >> the vice president was asked twice why the campaign continues to hold rallies in hot spots, indoors, no masks, despite the growing problem. here's what he said. >> can you tell me why you continue to do this? why the campaign continues to hold these rallies? >> well, the freedom of speech, the right to p

i would like to thank nancy pelosi majority leader steny hoyer, majority whip james clyburn, carin maloney -- carolyn maloney, and the late elijah elijah cummings. for bringing us to this historic day. i urge all of my colleagues to vote on h.r. 51 and, mr. speaker, i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from georgia is recognized. >> mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. >> thank you. i rise in opposition to h.r. 51, the washington, d.c. admission act. there is a lot more to statehood than a vibrant city. our nation's fathers thought it was not a state. they thought about it, debated it, rejected it. in fact, in those early days alexander hamilton himself proposed an amendment to allow a voting member in the house and that proposal bass rejecteds. -- was rejected. if the majority wants to go against the founders that's their prerogative. they could not ignore the intention behind d.c.'s current status. the constitution simply does not allow city governments t

a source says house majority whip jim clyburn said police need to restructure but he warned talking about defunding the police could hijack their efforts on real reform. president trump already proving that very point. >> there won't be defunding. there won't be dismantling of our police. there won't be any disbanding of our police. >> meantime, they implemented a ban on choke holds, a national registry and transferring military grade equipment to police. >> democrats may it. >> several cities are taking the first tangible steps on the issue as well. in minneapolis a judge has ordered police to stop using all neck restraints and choke holds. the plan was first approved last week. in los angeles the chief of police has issued an immediate moratorium on the training of carotic neck restraints. >>> attorney general bill bar directly contradicting the president's explanation about why he was taken to an underground bunker during protests outside the white house. >> we were reacting to three days of extremely violent demonstrations right across from the white house. things were so bad that the

clyburn, our distinguished whip has said, we need mobile units to go out into communities so people will be tested and then traced and the rest. why should there be more deaths in the communities of color? because there hasn't been testing and tracing. and treatment. to prevent those deaths from happening. so it's really important for the senate to pass the heroes act. for what it does for our heroes who are risking their lives to save lives and now may lose their jobs because of the coronavirus. and the revenue lost to communities. -- communities, state and localities that are footing that bill. that's one part of it. but the second pillar is about testing, tracing, treating. it's evidence-based. it will provide us with the analysis of what the magnitude of the problem is, and the data to say how it is affecting communities of color and everyone in our population and help us defeat this virus. god willing and science granting, we will have hopefully a vaccine at some point, a cure, therapeutics and the rest. but we don't now. we don't now. but we do have the tools to kill the virus. tes

he offered up the room originally. >> and clyburn has it now. it is a bipartisan bill. back to statutory hall. that is a good question. edna, you start. >> i think they have no business being there. i understand each state has the right to have two stitches there, but i feel it is odd a tontry would erect statues men who fought against a country. i do not get that. >> i agree. >> except to congress. >> if i had a vote, i would vote to ban. replaceda has voted to a statue as well. >> yes. >> my name is david and i am from ohio. housethington there is a where roswell ripley was born. at one time in front of the house there was a marker on a pole that gave a short bio of roswell. it is my understanding that the city got a call and a complaint and took the marker down. what i want to do is get your thoughts and ideas about what you thought, or think of, this removal. this is the marker from the front of the roswell ripley place. >> i am afraid i do not know about it. thatwas in the discussion they deemed it worthy of removal? >> you might tell people who roswell ripley was.

. >> and democrat is congressman jim clyburn of south carolina yesterday pushing back against demandso defund police and instead calling for a re-imagining of the nation's police forces. >> nobody is going to defund the police. we can restructure police forces, restructure or reimagine policing. that's what we're going to do. the fact of the matter is the police have a role to play. what we've got to do is make sure that that role is one that meets the times, one that responds to these communities that they operate in. i didn't grow up in that environment. we never feared the police. all of a sudden i do fear the police. the young blacks fear the police. why? because we have built in a system that respondent once again to brown v board of education is looking at. we've got to deconstruct. i wouldn't say defund. deconstruct our policing. >>> joining me now, political director for the "washington examiner," david mark. we have a couple of things to get into here, but i want to first talk about the possibility of what we might see with the police reform being led by tim scott and james l

jim clyburn has been interested in that, but for central and western ma, at my request, peter included that as well. this is the most robust infrastructure package to deal with again, the renewable issue that has ever been made in congress. this is the largest tax investment in combatting climate change again that congress has ever made on the renewable front and i've always been a believer in senting certain behaviors and what better way to do that than through attacking climate change, imbracing the renew bables and putting millions and millions of americans back to work. i've also been in conversation with my governor who shares my point of view on this. we talked about it last sunday. i told him it was coming and to be ready to say some good things. he said he was going to do it because he's a believer so to the speaker and to peter, really, a word of acknowledgment and recognition. i've sat through these meetings with peter. the two of us have winked and nodded and given each other high fives. we're here, so thanks, speaker, and thank you chairman. >> thank you and as mr., two dis

you've got the third most powerful person in the house, james clyburn, saying no to defending police.e need reform. what are you in favor of? >> president trump: everyone understands that. i don't know, is it a stiff race to break things up? the one he was talking about some of the things that would be in a bipartisan bill. i can't put words in his mouth. >> president trump: and not talking about him, i'm saying when they talk about police, when they actually talk about beyond defunding, they actually go on. defunding to a lot of people means to break up the police forces. either that, or don't give them any money -- >> harris: what do you want to see? what does it mean for you? >> president trump: i want to see really compassionate but strong law enforcement, police force, but law enforcement. >> harris: say no to choke holds? >> president trump: i don't like choke holds. i will say this, as somebody who -- you grow up and you wrestle and you fight, or you see what happens, sometimes if you are alone and fighting somebody, it is tough. and you get somebody i in a choe hold, what are

and he actually does have a credible democratic challenger in jamie harrison, a former aide to jim clyburn. we haven't heard lindsey graham talk about this but there are things he said that caught my eye in terms of whether he's politically shifting here. it's a very interesting ad for a lot of reasons. >> bob costa, the trump campaign has spent so much money trying to vilify joe biden and going off of the script of 2016 where they knew they were -- had an unpopular candidate who wasn't liked by a majority of people, wasn't respected by even close to a majority of people, seen as not honest and not trust worthy by the overwhelming majority of americans so they decided to destroy hillary clinton, who proved to be an easier target than joe biden is proving to be right now. they understand they have to destroy joe biden. it may not be as simple this year to destroy their opponent as it was four years ago. >> that's right, joe. it's because the fight now for the trump campaign is not just against the biden campaign. it's also against that group of never-trump republicans, the lincoln project.

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but james clyburn says the party needs to focus on police reform.e does not want to see police defunded and the president of new york state police union says law enforcement is being unfairly portrayed as the enemy, watch. >> stop treating us like animals and thugs and start treating us with some respect we've been left out of the conversation, we been vilified. it's disgusting. >> harris: the power panel now, former washington, d.c., democratic party chair, senior legal advisor for the trump campaign, great to see you both. jana, i'm going to come to you first, i talked with the communications team earlier this hour from the white house and we were talking about strategy and how this plays in to the president's strategy for reelection but a bigger topic from all of this is what's going on inside the democratic party. i am a pointed out, he may get some help because it was happening within their own party. >> up slowly, harris, and i agree that this is yet another identity prices for that democratic party where you have the extreme leftists like ale

jim clyburn insisting no one will defund police.ate gop leaders are working on a plan to reform departments, expected to be released this week. jillian: today major league baseball owners are expected to take the next course of action for the 2020 season. the union ending negotiations and reportedly demanding the league set the schedule. the union rejected the latest officer. players would receive 70% prorated pay. todd: running out of time on that. meantime, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu vowing to move forward on a settlement named after president trump. jillian: we break down the plans. >> reporter: the trump heights settlement was announced last year by the israeli government. over the weekend the country approved $2.3 million in funding to get started on the project. the land sits in the golan heights which isn't recognized as part of israel by the international community. though president trump signed an executive order last march formally referring to the land contested with syria as part of israel. as of 2019 ther

. >> your colleague, congressman jim clyburn said this week that vice president biden picking a blackoman as a running mate is not a must, but it would be a plus. do you agree? >> well, i certainly think you have incredibly qualified african-american women as candidates. of course, individuals like val demings, my colleague in the house, she would be phenomenal. kamala harris would be phenomenal, stephanie abrams would be phenomenal as well as several others. but i'm not in the business of giving the vice president advice on who the next vice president should be. but i do agree with jim clyburn that it would be a significant substantive plus and perhaps even an electoral plus if he were to choose amongst the wide number of highly qualified african-american women who are under consideration. >> would it hurt him with afric african-americans in november if he didn't pick a woman of color? >> that remains to be seen. i think the most important thing is that vice president biden continue to articulate a forward-looking, progressive, transformational agenda to deal with racial injustice, e

joining me now is the house majority whip, democratic congressman james clyburn of south carolina. he has endorsed joe biden for president. it is always a pleasure to speak with you. and i don't know if you had a chance to hear this yet, but i want to play some sound if you can hear it, from george floyd's 6-year-old daughter gianna. >> that's right. >> he did what? >> daddy changed the world. >> daddy changed the world. >> that's george floyd's 6-year-old daughter saying daddy changed the world. now it has been more than a week since he was killed. how true do you think that statement is at this point? >> well, thank you very much for having me. that remains to be seen. i do believe that his part of this, involuntary as much as it was, could very well be the incident that set this nation back on the right course. the fact of the matter is whether we want to admit it or not this case has been set upon the wrong course for a while now. i think you are beginning to see it now in the polling data. and i really believe that incidents like this could very well -- it was with emmett till

thank you for being with us this evening, congressman jim clyburn. joining me now is senator tammy duckworth, democrat of illinois. she is a u.s. military veteran. senator, the president spoke today, did the commencement at west point and you said earlier today that he missed an opportunity to deal with systemic racism. explain that to me, what you raised in your written piece. >> well, you know, reverend sharpton, the president -- number one, he should never have brought those cadets back to west point just to hear him give a speech. he could have done it via video. by the way, some of those cadets ended up testing positive for covid-19. he spent most of his speech talking about football and sports teams. this is one of the most diverse classes to ever graduate from west point. well over a hundred black cadets, over a hundred female cadets and a big chunk of asian cadets and he did not take this time when our nation is wounded and hurting and talk to these cadets about their role in the future leadership of our country and there is systemic racism a

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clyburn clearly articulate that not what they're looking for.oe biden has said that's not what will he wants. and this is something that is anger and frustration that comes out of the protesters that is sending a clear message that we want our dollars reallocated in a way that serves the community. and every single person, every single person knows that police are an important part of our society. that they have an important role to play. we're just wondering why do they have to address every single issue. so, if it's something that's happening on drug addiction, we shouldn't figure out how to solve the addiction problem, not just jail somebody. if it's a mental health issue, we should figure out how to solve the mental health issue, rather than sending them to jail. >> mustafa, i know that it is early, because i appreciate you getting up so early with us this morning. your words are very much appreciated. also i would like it if you could come back because i know you have worked with police officers, thousands across this country, with regards

reforms i laid out and i have been advocating for for years, but it also calls for investment like jim clyburn's plan to invest in underserved areas impoverished areas that fhave been that way for a long, long time. senator booker is carrying that bill in the u.s. senate. martin luther king once said we are all tied in a single garment of destiny, whatever affects one of us directly affects all of us indirectly. that means in the long term and economy that works for everyone. with fair wages with childcare, with retirement savings, closing the wealth gap. they only have about a tenth of the media network right now. it means of voting rights the scene beside wisconsin were people were standing in the rain with homemade masks and garbage bags in the rain just to be able to vote risking their lives and help with the president of the united states could vote in the luxury of 1600 pennsylvania avenue so he could get a mall in ballot from palm beach florida. that is the split screen for you. that is why people are out peacefully marching. that is what they are angry about. it is police misconduct is t

clyburn speaks with the washington post about weight -- race relations and the nationwide protests over the death of george floyd. then the senate is back at 10:00 a.m. to consider executive and judicial nominations. 9:00, an3, at confirmation hearing for the nominees picked to serve as members of >> coming up on "washington journal," we preview the senate judiciary hearing on the fbi's probe with zach cohen