i saw your little bit with dick durbin. he should be ashamed to be there. kick that garbage out, with what's happening in chicago. it only gets worse, lawmakers do nothing about it and i think that the crime rise has a lot to do with leadership. they sit there and they talk, talk, talk in do nothing. we have a lot worse things than gun control. the gun control that has been passed, there you go. they need to take a look at themselves. leadership stinks. host: as far as crime and johnson, tennessee, how would you characterize it? is it a concern? caller: we do not have a lot of crime. we have good leadership in local lawmakers that stay and talk about it. we have some, but it is not that great. it has been going on in the same cities for years and years. then you want to defund the police. the lawmakers in this country, they think they have a problem, they sit and talk and talk with their little committees and all of that crap and things get worse and worse. host: well, let's talk about the situation in johnson city. you said leadership is the reason you don

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senate, dick durbin. i want to start with how -- with the green chutes of bipartisanship we saw this week, but specifically sort of how it came together to deal with covid hate crimes. you tell me this, senator durbin. do you think the threat that democrats could be united in ee eliminating the filibuster motivated them to work on it? >> yes. i think they have been saying, don't kill the filibuster. it's an important part of the senate. we have been saying back to them, then just prove to us that with the filibuster, we can do something. that created an environment positive for the hate crimes bill. >> you have been the person that a lot of people have ascribed the optimism on various immigration -- smaller immigration bills. comprehensive thing we know how that went eight years ago. you have the bruises among others to prove it. what is possible do you think in this congress when it comes to the smaller -- there's some demands when it comes to improving the processing at the border. that's one thing we k

he wants to punish in particular dick durbin for cutting off his time prematurely.y public like this, but this is where things are at the current moment. >> and let's talk about where else things are when you look at marjorie taylor greene scrapping plans for her america first caucus after outrage that it was racist. kevin mccarthy condemned the idea, but he didn't call her out directly. should he have gone farther to make it clear the republican party doesn't stand for that? >> listen, she has a lot of wacky out of the mainstream ideas. she has been stripped of her committee assignments. and i do think republican leaders are really at a loss of what to do with someone like marjorie taylor greene, because she was elected. what i keep coming back to where that moment of decision making really needed to be made, needed to be made last summer when she was following around parkland gun rights activist david hogg on capitol hill as he was engaging in advocacy for stricter gun control. but she followed him with a video camera, essentially harassing him, and i'm not going

thoughts on the issue of guns, the chair of this hearing that the committee took place, senator dick durbin, here are some of his thoughts. >> last weekend in the city of chicago 20 people were shot. 20. dr. rogers, you know that well, you know what happens in your hometown, four of them died. across the nation every day we lose on average 109 american lives to gunfire, 109, suicides, domestic violence shootings, accidental shootings, homicides, and another 200 americans are injured by guns. the numbers are sobering. each number is an individual person, loved one, a neighbor, a friend, a husband, father, a son, or a daughter. we have seen too many desperate trips to the emergency room, too many funerals, too many families and communities card forever by gun violence. we have come to accept it as part of american life. disproportionately this violence affects people of color, but nobody is immune. host: that hearing available at c-span.org. david atlanta, georgia. caller: thanks for having me. a couple things about policing in my opinion. the first thing is we have to stop arguing with the s

you know, senator dick durbin is leading that conversation in the senate right now. they met a bipartisan group of senators met this week to discuss the issue and senator dick durbin told my colleagues there's a long way to go on this. and then you have police reform legislation where congresswoman karen bass who spearheaded through the house is negotiating on this with senator tim scott, the only black senator in congress. and they're trying to find a deal, cut a deal before the year anniversary of george floyd's death, which is may 25th. they're working on that. and it's timely given that senator tim scott is working on this issue because he's expected to give the republican response to president joe biden's address to the joint congress this week. you know, biden will lay out as my colleague jasmine just said what he wants to see in the next year. he's going to tout, you know, the achievements of his administration and senator tim scott has been tasked with the response to that for the republican party. a lot of things going on in congress this week. boris and chr

now the number two democrat in the senate dick durbin said these justice department investigations could be a way of forcing changes at the local level, especially if they don't get a deal on the federal level, and on that federal legislation, jake, dick durbin told me the federal ban on chokeholds is essential, very important he said to getting a final deal but he said he did not want to put any red lines as the negotiations condition. >> manu raju on capitol hill, thanks so much. >>> also breaking today, the u.s. is not using it, but until now they were not sharing it. that's its stockpile of the astrazeneca vaccine. sharing it now with the rest world. too late to make a difference. >>> and will former president trump give the vaccine effort in the snarm why those around him are urging him to make a psa for his skeptical supporters. stay with us. e could only imagie enjoying freshly squeezed orange juice. now no fruit is forbidden. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts for all-day, all-night protection. canhi guys! check outurs this side right here. what'd you do? - tell me know you

the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, was very critical of biden.ning jake sullivan, biden's national security adviser, went on tv to say, no, we're going to raise the quota. but what it does point to, to go back to our earlier conversation, is that to the democratic party, the progressive base is fully prepared to hold biden's feet to the fire when they think he is turning his back on what he appears to have promised them. >> sreenivasan: jeff greenfield joining us from santa barbara today. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> sreenivasan: singer, songwriter and musician sam amidon has been onstage for more than 35 of his almost 40 years, with 11 albums and collaborations with the likes of guitar maestro bill frisell, as well as with his wife, the noted british singer/songwriter beth orton, amidon has developed a shining reputation for taking something very old and making it sound brand-new. newshour weekend special correspondent tom casciato has our story. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> reporter: sam amidon is a musical enigma of sorts. you might consider him a

and there was immediate backlash from progressives like come permila paul and dick durbin who had a line saying president joe, say it ain't so. he's been an immigrant advocate for a long time. they seem to have -- they a bit back on their heels and since this all unfolded, the press secretary general psaki has said there is some -- jen psaki has said there is some confusion and we will learn more about it later in the month. but it seems clear the white house is nervous about giving republicans any more opportunities on this even though during the campaign this was one of those things that joe biden, president -- now president biden has explicitly cast as being about american values. and i think that's part of why the feelings around this are so raw. nancy: right. and clearly very predictable backlash here. switching gears to race and policing, in minnesota, the trial of former police officer derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd continues. both sides have now rested their cases and are expected to deliver their closing arguments starting on monday. and last weekend, 20-year-old

i saw your little bit with dick durbin. he should be ashamed to be there.k that garbage out, with what's happening in chicago. it only gets worse, lawmakers do nothing about it and i think that the crime rise has a lot to do with leadership. they sit there and they talk, talk, talk in do nothing. we have a lot worse things than gun control. the gun control that has been passed, there you go. they need to take a look at themselves. leadership stinks. host: as far as crime and johnson, tennessee, how would you characterize it? is it a concern? caller: we do not have a lot of crime. we have good leadership in local lawmakers that stay and talk about it. we have some, but it is not that great. it has been going on in the same cities for years and years. then you want to defund the police. the lawmakers in this country, they think they have a problem, they sit and talk and talk with their little committees and all of that crap and things get worse and worse. host: well, let's talk about the situation in johnson city. you said leadership is the reason you don't s

dick durbin of illinois saying that biden administration target is on acceptable.it for years and go through extensive at a peer to $35,000 were already facing the crisis in our time. there's no reason to limited to 15,000. to say it ain't so. final thoughts on this one? >> the problem is americans are being left behind. we still have a pandemic in motion. people are unemployed. they shouldn't be our focus. we should be focusing on americans first, but bill, were using federal resources for folks who don't -- aren't even reticent sell residency rated democrats will see this in 2022 when it comes time for reelection. >> i want to squeeze in one more issue with the antiriot bill. >> no first amendment right to loot, no first amendment right to burn down somebody's business, no first amendment right to attack a police officer. >> what's your read? >> i read the law, i don't see any first amendment concerns. it says nothing in this section should be constituted to prohibit constitutionally protected activities like peaceful protests. but it basically does is elevate cr

dick durbin, he had this to say about the filibuster's evil history. >> there was a statement made by senator mcconnell, the republican leader, which is mcnothing short of amazing. at a press conference he said of the filibuster, and i quote, it has no racial history at all, none. amazing that he would say that. certainly senator connell who was working in the senate at that time as an intern, if i'm not mistaken, must remember the filibuster being used against the civil rights bill, saying that the filibuster has no racial history at all, none, is to ignore the obvious. >> sean: same's civil rights act and voting rights act of '6 to four ands '6 to five, that joe biden's partner, the former klansman, try to stop the integration of schools. interesting. that's not what the democratss are saying when republicans had control. might want to takeg a trip down memory lane, a whopping one year ago. take a look. >> what about the nuclear option of doing away with the filibuster. >> that would be the end of the senate as it was devised going back to our framing fathers. >> i said let's not do

. >> he should've said that to dick durbin when he called senator scott's piece of legislation tokenislation. it was offensive and wrong. >> there you go again, paris. political partisan bickering around race instead of having a conversation about the issues. >> kristin: so now we have to have a conversation -- we have to have a conversation. >> there you go again. >> kristin: about what twitter did. allowing this racial slur, uncle tim, to trent on twitter for up to 12 hours. do you think twitter miscalculated this? >> let me start by saying i think a star was born in the republican party yesterday with tim scott. i've had so many people tell me that they would like to see tim scott on the republican ticket for 2024. he did an amazing job and that's not an easy job to give the response to a presidential speech. i just want to make another quick point. the most racist policy in america is not allowing black children to go to good schools in america. is something tim scott has been a champion of, vouchers or scholarships to allow kids out of failed schools. democrats have opposed at e

dick durbin, will we had this to say about the filibuster's evil history, take a look. >> there was atement made by senator mcconnell, republican leader yesterday nothing short of amazing and at a press conference can be said of the filibuster and i quote, "it has no racial history at all, none x-pac. amazing that he would say that. certainly senator mcconnell who is working at the senate at that time as an intern, if i'm not mistaken must remember the filibuster being used against the civil rights bill and to say that the filibuster has no racial history at all, none, is to ignore the obvious. >> sean: same civil rights act and voting rights act 64-65 that joe biden's partner, the former klansman tried to stop to stop integration of schools, oh, interesting. this is not what the democrats were saying when the republicans had control. you might want to take a trip down memory lane. let's go back a whopping year ago. take a look. >> look at give it to mike doing away with the filibuster? that would be the end of this and as originally advised to go back to the founding fathers. >> let'

dick durbin of illinois saying that biden administration target is on acceptable. go through extensive at a peer to $35,000 were already facing the crisis in our time. there's no reason to limited to 15,000. to say it ain't so. final thoughts on this one? >> the problem is americans are being left behind. we still have a pandemic in motion. people are unemployed. they shouldn't be our focus. we should be focusing on americans first, but bill, were using federal resources for folks who don't -- aren't even reticent sell residency rated democrats will see this in 2022 when it comes time for reelection. >> i want to squeeze in one more issue with the antiriot bill. >> no first amendment right to loot, no first amendment right to burn down somebody's business, no first amendment right to attack a police officer. >> what's your read? >> i read the law, i don't see any first amendment concerns. it says nothing in this section should be constituted to prohibit constitutionally protected activities like peaceful protests. but it basically does is elevate crimes. battery is

cory booker, the lead in the senate, and i know dick durbin, the chair of the judiciary committee, is supportive. so i think that everything is set, but we do need our leadership to formally announce the beginning of negotiations and again, i hope that that's within days. and then also our conversations with republicans in the house have been very strong. pete stalper, a former police officer from minnesota. brian fitzpatrick from pennsylvania. josh gottheimer from the problem solvers. all of these folks have been working together and talking, and i do think that the will is there. and certainly the verdict is an inspiration, but you know, jonathan, i'm not going to relax until the sentence happens because the rare times there are guilty verdicts, then i don't want to see a slap on the wrist. i want to see maximum time spent behind bars. >> in a town where negotiations rarely happen and when such a contentious issue, there's such polar opposites when it comes to the parties, hearing you, that last answer, actually makes me even more hopeful today than i've ever been that the george fl

"i'm not ready to sign on yet," said that majority whip, dick durbin. so the first question to senator markey at thursday's news conference outside the high court was where exactly do you go from here? he was joined by three members of the house judiciary committee. here is senator markey of massachusetts. [video clip] >>

senator bernie sanders, dick durbin say no. he says republicans can turn it around and use it too.by the way, the republicans can filibuster it, but jerry nadler and senator markey admit this saying republicans broke the court and that they develop confirmed conservatives on the court, and they're calling that court packing. >> of course it's just, i mean, that's just playing with words. court packing is to fill vacancies when they arrive. there have been aggressive fights in confirmation battles op both sides going back decades, and maybe that's regrettable, and maybe we should turn down the temperature on how we fill say vacancies, but there was no attempt to completely subvert the court as we're talking about here here. elizabeth: okay. pelosi says she has no plans immediately to bring legislation are to the floor. she did say it's not completely out of the question, and kevin mccarthy doesn't trust pelosi on this. watch this. >> do not trust nancy pelosi when she says she will not move it. remember, that's what she said about impeachment before she moved it twice. we've watched

i mean literally cory booker and dick durbin and kamala harris are in the room with tim scott and corynegotiating but kamala harris looked tim scott in the eyes and says i don't care how many amendments you give me we're not here to negotiate. we could have had something last summer. but she put her political ambitions ahead of what's best for the country. ironically, bret, a week later, i'm sitting on a beach in south carolina with tim scott, karen bass calls. there are other democrats of goodwill that want to get this done, unfortunately kamala harris wasn't one of them. >> i would like to be sitting on a beach in south carolina but that's beside the point, here we go. so, last night you had the president reacting to this verdict. and in that speech, harold, here's a part of what he said about the country. >> there is systemic racism sustain on our nation's soul and this takes acknowledging and confronting head on systemic racism. and the racial disparities that exist in policing and our criminal justice system more broadly. the battle for the soul of this nation has been a constant

of that public pushback from representative jayapal, you saw right there, also illinois senator dick durbinofficials came out and said wait just a minute here, we're actually going to increase the number a little bit over the next month. here is national security adviser jake sullivan on with chris wallace this morning on "fox news sunday." >> the president wanted to go with this in two steps. the first step was to change the allocation so that people in africa could literally get on planes this week. and the second would be to raise the cap as we were fixing the system and its processing. he took the first step this past week, he will take the second step in the weeks ahead. >> reporter: and the president originally planned a refugee cap at around 62,000 this fiscal year, 125,000 next fiscal year. when that paperwork was signed on friday for a 15,000, many were not happy about that. now, it's the office of refugee resettlement, also knowns as orr, they are responsible for dealing with those on the southern border coming to just seek asylum unannounced. also these refugees, which is really

it is not supported by nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, dick durbin or even joe biden and frankly if youfrastructure package that the president just said yesterday he was willing to compromise with republicans on had more than two hour meetings. >> harris: he will need to do that, right? >> look at the current bill. harris. >> harris: the keystone pipeline. he wiped away 13,000 jobs and then all of those cottage industries that were around to support those families who go into those cities and states to build the pipeline, right? i mean he has created some of the talk about energy about this. he will have to compromise. >> i don't trust anything joe biden says. he is the liar and chief days after he said he wouldn't kill the keystone pipeline. he would allow it to take time. he said he would compromise with republicans. he may have had meetings but not compromised. i don't believe it at all. the green new deal legislation they're pushing through, 2 million people are in public housing. i'm a product of the south side of chicago. this isn't meant to help people in there. what about a jobs

legislation for smaller price tag on infrastructure and then you have immigration reform with senator dick durbin restarting negotiations are the bipartisan group to tackle these two issues, these two bills that have passed the house on farm workers and dreamers. he says there's a long way to go on trying to pass a bill through the senate on this issue. they need ten republicans to support any legislation, at least ten republicans on immigration reform to pass the senate. and then we have police reform. congresswoman karen bass, the former congressional black caucus carry woman spearheaded this issue on police reform through the house and is now negotiating on a deal with senator tim scott, the only black republican senator to try to cut a deal. they have some sticking points they're working through. you know, they're trying to cut some kind of deal before the year anniversary of george floyd's death, which is may 25th. and you know, mentioning tim scott, it's timely that he's doing this because he's expected to give the republican response to president jooe biden's addres to the joint congress.

you see dick durbin of illinois speaking today. they will vote on the hate crimes act.y have spiked dramatically during this pandemic. >> the vote comes more than one month after six asian women were killed during a shooting spree in atlanta. the deaths drawing more attention to the rise of anti-asian violence across this country. in a few hours, a sadly familiar scene, particularly in the city of minneapolis. a funeral for a black man killed by police. >> family will lay daunte riwrit to rest. he was killed by a police officer earlier this month. police say the officer used her gun instead of her taser. he spoke with cnn this morning. >> daunte was a shining light. he was a shining light. he was loved. he was a man in the making. he was somebody. he was human. he died. we don't -- we can't understand why. >> man in the making. what an interview. our reporter joins us now. she is outside the church where the funeral will take place. you're about to throw us a really moving piece. >> poppy, i want to set the scene and tell what you is happening right now. just moments ag

even dick durbin called tim scott's placer form legislation a token bill.s with that, that is not just something that happened to him in his 20s and 30s. he deals with that as united states senator, katy. >> it's obvious left uses the race as its a weapon when it's convenient for them potato who dares to step outside what they think is what they should believe in terms of liberal or left of should be attacked undermining the credibility should be destroyed. after all who's going to make money off of race hustling like al sharpton if someone like tim scott from the other side of the political aisle decides introduce something on police reform that made you some good. and so they see it as a political weapon. a lot of them see it as a way to maintain relevancy. and it is unfortunate because if you listen to it tim scott said less that you hope most americans would get on board with the concept of unity and yes america is not perfect. but he said the original sin is not the end of the story. redemption is. and for him as someone who has experienced that kind o

bass's office declined to comment, but dick durbin, the number two democrat in the senate talked to ourraeg a , and perhaps the sticking point can be resolved and the view is perhaps if that can be resolved, other things could be resolved. there's lot of overlap, and there are differences that the democrats focus more on the federal level to oppose the ban on choke holds and republicans trying to incentivize states to take those actions, and if they can bridge the difference on the qualified immunity, and they need 50 democrats and 50 republicans, and can they get ten reps to break party lines, and we'll see how it turns out. >> we heard chuck schumer saying they will not rest until they have a deal on the issue of police reform. thank you for that, raju. >>> chief scott, thank you for taking the time. when we talk about what needs to happen to make sure that this guilty verdict for chauvin marks a new beginning, not an end, i am curious, what did you say to your rank and file this morning? does it feel different today? >> well, it does feel different in that -- let me ask this question

dick durbin my senior senator i talked about how he found me in that hospital gave me a new mission encouraged me to it run. i sent him copy contract copies to read. i met big fan of his writing and a shot process. his wife is the "new york times" is a best-selling author. i sent here there they gave me feedback. i have lots of people helping me along the way. >> i love that all of them helping out to that's great detail. hosey hardest part of this book to write i assume that maybe there's another part you found? >> actually the early childhood was the hardest part. there's not an accident was intentional and he landed the bird. no, no, no it's fine not on me pelting the command of the aircraft did a remarkable peace that's what we are all live. i want to honor his expertise he received a distinguished flying cross for his actions on that day. it's always good to say it's not a crash at the landing he didn't amazing effort. [screaming] want to make sure the shootdown thank you. no problem. the early childhood self as per the hardest to write. i saw a lot of that in the struggle of reliving pov

walk it back a few hours later after enormous pushback from democrats on capitol hill from senator dick durbin >> anything to do with the pushback from democrats on capitol hill? >> i don't think you articulated with the change in policy is. >> it is if you are asking the question. >> i'm asking about the pushback on capitol hill. >> you can see the press secretary never really answer the question, jen psaki insists that this was all a misunderstanding noting that the initial order included a caveat to raise the cap passed 15,000 refugees once that limit has been reached. so jen psaki also conceded that the president initial promise of raising the refugee cap to more than 62,000 now seems unlikely. >> bret: kristin fisher on the north lawn, thanks. accounts were down today, the dow lost 183, the s&p dropped 22, the nasdaq 10038 today. everyone in the u.s. age 16 and over is now eligible to get a coronavirus vaccine. president biden urging people to book appointments immediately and encourage family and friends to do the same. sunday at the country reached a milestone by having 50% of adults at

according to dick durbin of illinois, he says these refugees can wait for years for their chance andg. 35,000 are ready facing the greatest refugee crisis in our time, there is no reason to limit the number to 15,000. say it ain't so, president joe. white house press secretary jen psaki asked about this yesterday at the white house press briefing, and she blamed the trump administration. listen. >> it took us some time to see and evaluate how, how ineffective or how trashed in some ways the refugee processing system had become. and so we had to rebuild some of those muscles and put it back in place. >> reporter: and just a few hours later the white house out with a clarification from press secretary jen psaki after that pushback. we inherited the burdens on the office of refugee resettlement. his initial goal was 62,500, seems unlikely. with that done, we expect the president to set a cap for the remainder of this year by may 15th meaning we will see a higher number than that 15,000 which received pushback. an important clarification, the numbers we're seeing on the southern border o

. >> democratic whip dick durbin was forced to apologize after he called scott's bill, quote, token legislationith a, quote, half hearted approach. with the election in the rear view mirror democrats now say they will play ball. >> i have encouraged senator booker to talk to senator scott and see if they can come up with something. they are making progress. >> still, democrats and republicans are stuck over legal shields to protect officers. >> i don't want cops to be sued. i want their employers to be sued. i don't want a cop to have to lose their house or car by going to work if they did something wrong, they can be held accountable under the law. >> potential legislation would alter the federal code and require a jury to determine if an officer acted with reckless disregard in order to convict. the level of police accountability could be a hangup even among republicans on scott's bill. >> it's certainly compromise. whether i can get on board for sure i'm not sure. i will say, this the idea of every officer being vulnerable to civil lawsuits is very dangerous to me. >> it's unclear if the hou

kennedy: dick durbin called a token bill that was really classy. >> unfortunately it is a stalemate here. perhaps tim scott's bill did not have everything democrats wanted britt had a lot of good things and a lot of things they supported. they maybe did not want to support it because they do now in a republican to be the author of it. it is a shame i hope both sides can come together get some bill through prayer there's a lot of commonality i think you'll find republicans and democrats able to support that will be significant changes that would prove to some of these awful types of situations in the future. >> alright so i asked andy a little bit day about how this case sort of changes how prosecutors charge of police officers in shootings like this that captivate the country and the world. but how does this change policing? if you are a police officer, is there anything about this that is good news? and if you weren't looking at this from a global perspective what can be done and ordered to improve policing from here on out? >> i always love to look at things from a global perspective,

among those lawmakers are mitt romney and susan collins and as well as joe manchin and dick durbin. figuring out how to pay for any infrastructure bill remains one of the biggest sticking points for all of these separate groups to agree on. joining us now to discuss this is andrew, thank you so much for being here. and let's start with the infrastructure discussions because i think that my main question here and what we have been trying to sort through is what is real, what is messaging, and then what is actually going to than. and the reality is this proposal from republicans only is really in my view just an attempt to say okay, we are trying to do something on this, we know it is popular. it is not what is ultimately going to become law. but that bipartisan group, what kind of influence do you think that they could have over this process? >> they could have significant influence. and look, the idea here is let's agree on what we can agree on and then let's fight on things that we can agree on. what that means in practical terms is the idea that the sghat senate would pass on a bi

the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin called the decision, unacceptable. several hours today -- against a policy move from the biden white house and by this evening, the white house was walking back saying the president will revisit the issue next month, and increase the refugee cap then. we don't know what happened there but in its own way tonight one act play about the refugee camp was kind of another example of the government working the way to supposed to be. the white house made a bad decision, their party let them know it was a bad, unpopular decision, and they walked back. all in time for folks to make it home for friday dinner. and as we consider all these moving parts, all the things that are broken and not working in this country right now, all the things that are chugging along, even functioning better than they have in years, consider today, today marks 100 days since the january 6th attack in the u.s. capital. 100 days since insurrectionists stormed the capitol while lawmakers tried to certify the results of the presidential election. 379 peop

and yesterday we had the senate democratic whip, senator dick durbin saying why is the eu being so muchrestingly enough, the tech companies also want regulation from d.c. because they would rather have d.c. set the standard than other governments around the world and they want some sort of a global system as opposed to different rules every place they operate. >> it's frankly a real test of the functioning of our government, can we actually keep up with the pace of the technology changes. so far we've failed to do it. so it's going to be really interesting to see if they can finally pull it off. mike allen, thank you as always for being up early with us. i of course am getting ready for a joint address to congress that's going to look a lot different. i'll be in the chamber tonight covering it for nbc news, but there are only a couple hundred people in that room and watching to see how that dynamic affects president biden around the message he delivers to the american people will be an interesting test tonight. thank you so much for getting up way too early with us on this wednesday mor

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senators cory booker and dick durbin will be a part of it. of it, but we don't know who they are at this juncture. they have the blessing of congressional leadership from previous conversations happening more informally between karen bass and tim scott. this comes one day after president biden gave the effort a significant boost by calling on congress to pass police reform by may 25th, the first anniversary of george floyd's death. interestingly, president biden did not lay out red lines about what exactly it's supposed to include. the reason for had a is democrats have passed their george floyd policing bill through the house of representatives, but in the senate, they do not have the ten votes needed to break a filibuster. that's where the negotiations come in. tim scott is seen as someone who has the juice to bring republicans along. we will be watching to see where these negotiations go. >> a lot of people will be. you know you will keep us posted. >>> let me bring in eddie glaude. it's so great to see you. thank you for being with us. we

the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, came out and called the decision unacceptable. it was several hours today of the first real total revolt of the democratic party of a move by the biden white house. the white house said it would revisit the decision and increase the refugee cap at the end of the month. we don't know what happened there, but in its own way, today's one-act play about the refugee cap was another example of the government working the way it's supposed to. the white house made a bad, super unpopular decision, the party let them know it was a bad, super unpopular decision, and they walked it back, all in time for folks to make it home in time for dinner. when we consider all the things broken and not working in this country, all the things chugging along, functioning better than they have for years, consider today's date. today marks 100 days since the january 6th attack at the u.s. capitol, 100 days since insurrectionists stormed the capitol while lawmakers tried to certify the results of the presidential election. 379 people have so far been charged

dick durbin echoed that, say it ain't so, president joe.ves you an idea of some of the voices. that all happened yesterday between the hours of 1:00 and 4:00 p.m. and that's how quickly it developed leading jen psaki that was created entirely by the white house with this political stumble.she is saying the president will announce a new cap at least not until the fall and the end of this fiscal year and just to put this into context a little bit, alex, for our viewers. aid groups in the state department say that there are some 35,000 refugees that have already been approved who are waiting to come to the united states with thousands more in limbo, and according to those aid groups in the state department some of them had even flights booked already hoping to head here in the recent weeks and those have now had to be canceled as they await more indications from the biden administration, alex. >> we'll be awaiting those as well. thank you very much, monica alba in wilmington. next an idea in washington that is being called the kukllux caucus a

that, quote, unacceptable, unconscionable, even very close allies of the president, like senator dick durbinlly pleading with the president to change his mind. so that's when you had jen psaki issuing a later statement. this all happened in the span of about three hours where she acknowledged the confusion created by the white house and said that under a review period, the president would be able to make a determination about a month from now about how he can increase that, but what's really critical to underscore here, yasmin, is that it won't be up to 62,000 refugees, which is what he had initially hinted he was going to want to pursue. at least not this fiscal year. it's possible he can increase it again next year but we're talking about people who are waiting in line, refugees who have been cleared to come to the united states who are now also very much in limbo, given this pause, really, as they continue to assess what to do, and it's really been on immigration where this white house so far has had the most challenges in terms of trying to justify their decision making here. >> yeah, at

and he worked with dick durbin as director of floor operations. chris is on the board of advisors for acs. next is leah litman, an assistant law professor at the michigan school of law where she teaches and writes constitutional law, federal postconviction review, and federal sentencing. she is one of the cohosts and creators of strict scrutiny, a podcast by the u.s. supreme court. her writing has appeared in the new york times, the washington post, and other publications. leah graduated summa cum laude from the university of michigan law school. after law school, clerked for judge jeffrey sutton of the u.s. court of appeals and for justice anthony kennedy u.s. supreme court. leah maintains an active pro bono practice and serves on the board of academic devises of the american constitution society. finally, a strategic sit -- consultant for the leadership conference on human rights. nancy was a part of various lobbying efforts, including task forces on education reform, hate crime, affirmative action, and judicial reformation and the 1990's. nancy

great collaborator that worked with me and helped me along and i had lots of good proofreaders and dick durbin my senior senator who was in the book, i talk about how he found me in the hospital and gave me a new mission encouraging me too run and i send him copies to read and then at two different folks that i'm a big fan of sherrod brown and his writing and his wife is also aro "new york time" -- you know connie is a best-selling author so i sent a chapter here and there and i got feedback so i had lots of people helping me along the way. >> i love that. i love them helping out, that's a great detail. what was the hardest part of the book to write, i mean, i'm assuming it's talking about the crash but there may be another part? guest: my early childhood was the hardest part. it was not a cry she was a shoot down. it was not an accident, it was intentional and we actually landed the bird. it's not on me, it's the fact that the pilot in command of the aircraft did a remarkable piece of flying and landed that bird in one piece and that's why we are all alive so i went to honor his expertise and

say it ain't so, president joe, senator dick durbin urged the president to keep his campaign promise to raise the cap on refugees. friday the white house on defense. >> we have to ensure there's capacity and ability to manage both. >> reporter: after the fury from democrats, the white house released a new statement and cited some confusion, then reversed course, saying the president would set a final increased cap for refugees next month. now turning to covid-19, the biden administration has said it will devote $1.7 billion out of funds already passed to go to states so they can study and track variants of the disease. that comes as we are all waiting for an answer on the j&j vaccine. next week, a special cdc advisory panel will meet on friday to determine if this pause in using the vaccine after reports of blood clots needs to continue or if distribution of that medicine can continue. peter, kristin? >> a lot of americans waiting for clarity on that. kelly o'donnell at the white house. thanks. >>> now to the final farewell for prince philip, the duke of edinburgh will be laid to res

you had dick durbin being actually vocally critical of the president, effectively. something he really hasn't done so far, come out and say, you know, this can't stand, say it ain't so. and refugee advocates, as well, coming out and saying, this is not what america stands for. and it's not what the president said he was going to do when he first came into office and it's not what jo biden had campaigned on. the interesting thing here is the speed with which the white house changed its position, 24 hours. and the fact they made a misstep on this. they judged this one wrong. they seemed to think they could get away with keeping the levels the same because of the situation on the border. they didn't want to be in a position to be criticized for raising refugee limits on the border. but it wasn't something tolerable. this is not what the administration was seem to have stand for. they didn't want to see joe biden be in that same bucket. >> jonathan lemire, give us a look behind the scenes about what happened over that 24 hours. >> certainly, joe. yes, it was stunning ho

senator dick durbin is one of them. say it ain't so, president joe.nd in an effort to create some clarity jen psaki has said the following. let me know if it provides you any clarity i'm trying to figure it out. the president's directive today hab has been the subject of some confusion given the refugee program we inherited and burdens on office of refugee resettlement initial goal of 62500 seems unlikely. the presidents was taken ' will, sound like a lot of back and forth trying to satisfy people at the same time. will: this was signed and a done deal. this is the biden administration responding to pressure from the furthest left wing of the democratic party. here is why this is important. as you see the furthest left wing of the democratic party push for more radical ideas on almost a daily basis, it's hard to keep up. this week we saw mondaire jones of new york talk about pushing stephen breyer into retirement and expanding that's their word, truly packing the supreme court. these ideas are radical and increasingly the far left, lawrence of that pa

inside the democratic party, specifically those closely aligned with him like illinois senator dick durbin who said in a statement these refugees can wait years for their chance and go through extensive vetting. 35,000 already facing the greatest refugee crisis in our time and there's no reason to limit the number to 15,000. say it ain't so, president joe. a little later, the white house kind of changed course. jen psaki, the white house press secretary put out a statement giving the decimated refugee program we inherited and offers on refugee settlement. initial goal of 62,500 seems unlikely and for a refugee cap for the reminder of the fiscal year by may 15th. that means, molly, they'll clearly move up from 15,000 and earlier the president pledged to increase to 125,000 in the next fiscal year, but appears that goal will not be met based on some of the issues that the white house is citing. a important note when we're talking refugees. these are folks from all over the world. we hear a lot about what's going on right now down on the southern border. those are people that are actually com

reform bill that fought against abuses but also protect the rights of law enforcement that you saw dick durbinfloor from the number two democrat in the senate. that kind of dismissiveness and condescension come i think is incredibly harmful. it is the exact same instinct that pervades big tech when they tried to silence voices they don't like. it is the instinct in universities when they try to cancel voices they don't like. it is this woke tyranny that i think is profoundly dangerous. >> john: you wrote about that in "the wall street journal" op-ed and use head over your career and the senate you received $2.6 million in donations from corporate, political action committees but that you would refuse that money in the future. you wrote "you're welcome money is no good here. for too long woke ceos have been fair weathered friends to the republican party. they like us until the left comes out and then they run away." the premise is what happened in georgia and not just limited to that. >> no, it's not. we see more and more the rights of woke corporate america, these giant companies and the ceos