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joining me now is former attorney general eric holder. s problem before it was cool. mr. holder, it is good to see you, thank you for coming on. >> good to see you, chuck. >> let me start with 1920 after the pandemic, we had a lot of problems with that census and they basically punted that census. before we get to the census itself, why do you think president biden and the democratic controlled congress accepted this data and did not push for basically go get it done right? are there going to be, look, cities gained as it is, but there is a lot of concern about it being a massive under count. why was this accepted and should it have been? >> yeah, well, you know the census had to deal with the pandemic. it had to deal with the administration that was not supportive of the trump administration. i think that, you know, the census bureau professionals did the best they could under the circumstances. i suspect there is an under count, especially in the hispanic community. there is people of color in the census counts and i think that the count

eric holder is the former attorney general under president barack obama. ng committee. and, mr. holder, thank you so much for joining us on a very -- on a very rough and dark, tragic day. i appreciate you coming on. >> yeah, this is a tough day. i mean, my heart breaks -- um -- you know, the mission in afghanistan was never one that was clearly defined. nation building. perhaps, not something we should have engaged in. but those young people, those young soldiers today who gave their lives or who were injured had a very defined mission. you know? they were trying to help people get to freedom. get americans back to this country. and it's -- so, my thoughts and prayers are with -- um -- the people who survived the attack and with the -- the relatives of those who died. >> you've been working on this issue of gerrymandering for a while. and now's the time -- and i'm not sure people realize, like, what's happening right now. even just -- can we just start at a basic, factual level, like just descriptively. like, who is doing this? what -- the -- the fate of th

irregularities in some critical states and then use that as the way in which you would delay. >> you know eric holdernt is it that he's using the term coup? >> well, i think that's the word that caught everybody's attention and if i was to see eric in the next few days, i would ask him if that was a description of what he thought was happening or did that have some legal significance, which i think is a real interesting question to be probed. i do think, look, our democracy depends on fair elections and it depends on a respect for rule of law. i think it is incumbent upon the current justice department to open an investigation as to what happened at the end of the last president's term as it relates to the justice department. anybody, whether you're a democrat or republican or a liberal or a conservative, you have to be shocked and outraged by this. even as much as we lost our capability of being shocked and outraged over that four years. but this needs to be looked into, and if there were laws that were broken, if there were crimes that happened, they need to be investigated, because we need to send

joining us now, eric holder, the former u.s. attorney general under former u.s.nt barack obama. the chairman of the redistricting committee. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you, too. thanks for having me. >> i am struck by the fact the democrats' big proposed reform on voting rights, which is how a lot of us have short-handed it. the for the people act which you've advocated, that not only would it undergird voting rights, making it not too hard for people to vote. it would have made a national prohibition on using census data, drawing districts in such a way that was designed to benefit one or the other. >> it is a comprehensive pro democracy bill. it deals with dark money. it deals with voter protection and it deals with ending partisan gerrymandering. if you deal with those three problems, you make our political system more responsive. we have a better democracy. we have a better nation. that's why i'm sporting it. it is my conversations with senator schumer and other people in the senate, a top priority for them. senator schumer thinks there's a proc

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it comes as former ag eric holder is speaking out on this week's developments and for the first timeions cure during the end of his tenure as an attempted coup. >> what we're seeing here was in essence a coup attempt, an attempt by people at the white house to try to get the justice department to be the foundation for that coup. by having the justice department say, with no basis in fact, that there was election irregularity in some critical states and then use that at the way in which you would delay. >> joining me right now is susan dell percio, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst, david jolly, former congressman from florida and msnbc political contributor and don callaway, democratic strategist and founder of the national voter protection action fund. as a lawyer yourself, the former ag using the words coup. not something to take lightly. what do you make of it? >> he's absolutely right. listen, we have 250 years of an experiment in administration and experiment in checks and balances and frankly that's the only thing that saved this country from barrelling into som

first, react to what eric holder had to say. >> yeah, i mean, look, he is spot on, as he always is onssues. what you really see happening is that the republican party under trump, and it is still very much captive to trump's movement, has decided that it is better to, frankly, suppress the votes of people of color, minimize their influence in politics, cram them into super districts that, you know, frankly are unfair, and silence their voices rather than cater to their votes, rather than moderate their politics, rather than try to actually compete for them. they've decided to cheat and to suppress voters. >> you know, one of the thoughts another we look back just one year here, ben, is how the census, how it affects the power of minority voters and the outcomes. when you look at the numbers somehow, and i will go back to the point that's been made, the numbers have gone up for people of color than the number of whites in america has gone down. it doesn't come together for us i think in many ways when it comes to arithmetic. >> no, that's right. games have been played with the census h

that would be eric holder, the former attorney general. right now he is working very hard to pass hr four, hr one, fairness in elections and the rest. i saw him recently and said to his wife, thank you for sharing eric with us, because the work he is doing for voting rights is just so remarkable. so remarkable. she said to me, you do not have to thank me for his doing that work, and she showed me a picture of lyndon johnson signing the voting rights act. lucy baines is behind him. she was with all of you last week, she said i was standing behind my daddy. a few steps away is her sister. one of the first we tried to go to college at the university of alabama that george wallace prevented. she said, you do not have to thank made for the work. it is in our family. john lewis was about connections, connections. how he fought the fight himself, brought him to the place he was, and looks to the future. how proud he would be at our texas friends. [applause] so, here we are. we were here when we pass the bill -- passed the bill in 2006. it was ove

. >> jesse: so what are they supposed to do shoe eric holder and the head with the temperature gone? can go, eric. sneeze downwind? it's like a useless job and they probably make more than i am. pearl jam's? barack doesn't like pearl jam's. of course they are not because michelle doesn't like pearl jam. it doesn't make sense. >> greg: i love how you were able to pivots but you were to pivot on her? [laughter] >> jesse: pearl jam. >> greg: it's her fault. >> dana: president obama hasn't been out there saying put masks on. he doesn't have any power now. i'm vaccinated, my friends are vaccinated, i'm throwing a party. isn't that what we should be doing question what >> greg: has come i'm going to take this as he's a leader. he's telling americans, it is time. covid is over and so was climate change, right? between 500-700 people, how many private jets will be landed in the airport. we know do not flip the last covid, the threats of doom keep you from your 60th birthday party. i'm totally for it, but i just think it's like white? president obama, does he still need more love? hey, think a

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attorney general eric holder on the rachel maddow show. keep the tv on. watch them all.be listening to what everyone has to say. thanks for joining me on the beat. "the reidout" starts right now. >> thanks for the promo. appreciate t i see you didn't make my favorite anthem. i like the one that won in the interview you just go. we love a good protest anthem. cool segment. >> amen. >> i was still right though. yeah. >> you were. >> i just thank you, my friend. have a good evening. >> see you. >> take care. >>> good evening, everyone. we begin "the reidout" with the covid coronavirus that feels like it's spiraling out of control. cases are surging throughout the country and hospitals are understaffed and overflowing. this is a crisis that could have been prevented. but instead it's being driven by a minority of americans who are refusing to to to get vaccinated or to take any precautions, to stop the spread. at the white house coronavirus briefing today officials continue to plead with americans to please just get the shot. they also had set

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i'm going to want to talk to about all this, the former attorney general of the united states, eric holderir of the national democratic redistricting committee. he's going to be here live tomorrow night to talk about that data and more. you will not want to miss it. >>> we'll be right back. stay with us. we'll be right bac. stay with us verizon launched the first 5g network and now we want to be the first to give everyone the joy of 5g, by giving every customer a new 5g phone. old customers. new customers new 5g phones when you trade in your old ones. upgrade your phone. upgrade your network. >>> all right, that is going to do it for us tonight. thank you for being here. you know what tomorrow is? it's friday eve, what? see you again tomorrow night. "way too early" is up next. >>> with covid cases surging, the cdc is changing its guidance to recommend that pregnant women get vaccinated. the fda is also poised to authorize booster shots for people with certain health conditions. the question is, will third doses get approved for everyone else. >>> plus senator joe manchin says he has seriou

it was barack obama that had his justice department, through eric holder, go to court against more restrictivearolina and transformative. took the country a different way. no, he didn't get done everything that he wanted. or everything many of us that claim to be progressive wanted. he had opposition. down to where even his birth certificate was questioned. but he turned the tone and the direction of this country another way. and that is why many of us celebrate his birthday. how they celebrated here in martha's vineyard is not the issue. his legacy of affordable care act, imagine if that had not happened, the millions of people that would have faced covid-19 uncovered. imagine if we had not started this issue of policing, there would not have been body cameras on policeman for the cases that we did get that now we must make it even when they can't turn them off. all of that started under president obama. even as we see those dealing with infrastructure now, many of them he put in place. so, i wish him a happy birthday. but i'm also going to keep fighting for what he and others have fought for

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professor perry, the attorney general eric holder is talking about this just today on and this nbc, about the demographics and the way things are interpreted both by democrats and republicans right now. let me play what he had to say and i'd like to get your comment on the other side. >> there's not a tension between fairness and democrats doing better. in fact, if it is fair, democrats will do far better. democrats don't have to cheat. we don't have to. republicans do in order to deal with a nation that is more diverse, that is younger, that is more urban, that is more suburban. and that people need to focus on is less. >> professor, we of course got the census numbers that probably didn't surprise you or me. but they are the silent thing that republicans are fighting against. it is the changing face of america that they are not reaching out to try and cater to. but instead it fighting against. >> yes, -- [inaudible] democrats have tried over the last several decades to make it clear that they wanted to appeal to these new demographics that have been predicted. which was confirmed with t

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listen to eric holder. >> so there's not a tension between fairness and democrats doing better.emocrats don't have to cheat. we don't have to jerry meander. republicans do to deal with a nation that's more diverse, younger, urban and people focus on less rural. >> what is the solution? for the people act before the senate that the democrats have a trouble getting over the hump on? >> i think the for the people act is critical. the issue on the table now is to get election reform through congress so that we can have fair and free elections. if we don't deal with redistricting we are going to be locked out of being represented in our society so we talk about off year elections not good for democrats. we have to organize politically as the crisis of this is because we face two choices. one side we have the possibility of becoming a truly multiracial democracy in which political power is shared and where every person has an equal voice and vote. on the other side is -- that's the chance to live the highest ideals of freedom and dock and the other side is cramped and scared and we ca

this is all as another former a.g., eric holder, is speaking out about developments in the investigationsident trump and his administration. >> i mean, what we are seeing here was, in essence, a coup attempt, and an attempt by people at the white house to try to get the justice department to be the foundation for that coup by having the justice department say with no basis in fact that there was no election irregularities in some critical states and then use that as the way in which you would delay. >> joining me, hayes brown. thanks for being with us. first off, that word, coup, that kind of hit you in the solar plexus. what do you make of holers' comments? was that word an appropriate description? >> it was an appropriate description. i am glad he used that term. what has become clear and clearer as we moved away from the election, a way from november this wasn't a hodgepodge effort to try to slow things down, delay the inevitable like it seemed at the time to a lot of people. instead, by the time we get to january where you have a.g. rosen in meetings fighting for his job against lowe

general eric holder, thank you very much for joining us. tonight >> thank. >> you that is all for all in this evening. this evening and -- and an elite u.s. army ranger unit had gone on a mission in a dangerous part of wardak province. wardak province is just southwest of kabul. and those elite rangers were on a mission to go after a senior figure in the taliban. and they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, bd helicopter. once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of , significant fight on the ground. and a decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in. basically, to help them to bolster what they were doing an also to get them. t that force was a considerable force. bringing with them a considerable amount of weaponry, skill, combat experience. almost unparalleled among the u.s. military. and that second force was sent in on one of these. a huge u.s. army chinook helicopter. there were 38 u.s. personnel -- excuse me, there were 38 personnel onboard that chinook

attorney general eric holder, thank you as always for making time tonight, sir. appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >>> that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. thank you, my friend. much appreciated. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it was just over ten years ago -- it was actually ten years ago, almost exactly. and -- and an elite u.s. army ranger unit had gone on a mission in a dangerous part of wardak province. wardak province is just southwest of kabul. and those elite rangers were on a mission to go after a senior figure in the taliban. and they were inserted to go start that mission, to go find their target inserted by air, by helicopter. once they were on the ground, they ended up in some sort of significant fight on the ground. and a decision was made that a second bolstering force would be sent in. basically, to help them to bolster what they were doing and also to get them. that force was a considerable force. bringing with them a considerable

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eric holder when he was the attorney general went after one of the fox news reporters that he oversawr a co-conspirator based on his reporting of north korea and there were initial denials of that, of what was behind the scenes, but again, to target a reporter like that regardless of the news organization is just astonishing and frightening. maria: yep. we'll take a break. when we come back, same old, same old, some of the ccp, when is the free world going to react. china jails a canadian citizen now, beijing's latest move being called the chinese communist party's bargaining chip. we're on it when we come back. [engine revving] [car horn and collisions] [tires squealing] just think, he'll be driving for real soon. every new chevy equinox comes standard with chevy safety assist including automatic emergency braking. my retirement plan with voya keeps me moving forward. they guide me with achievable steps that give me confidence. this is my granddaughter...she's cute like her grandpa. voya doesn't just help me get to retirement... ...they're with me all the way through it. voya. be con

i told him the black community, she voted against the first black attorney general, eric holder. that she's going to have to deal with as she tries to govern. so the concerns about where the state goes and the nation is a lot more concerning than where andrew goes. but andrew is not going to be one that last time we saw him he was waving good-bye. that's not andrew cuomo. >> for now he's got 13 days left in the governor's mansion. after that, who knows what. rev, great to see you. claire, great to see you as well. >>> ahead, as the taliban continues its advance in afghanistan, a u.s. envoy delivers a blunt message to those milmilitants. >>> plus the latest move in a legal battle over the 2020 election. dominion voting systems has filed new lawsuits against conservative television networks over their false claims about election fraud. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. this is a gamechanger, who dares to be fearless even when her bladder leaks. our softest, smoothest fabric keeping her comfortable, protected, and undeniably sleek. depend. the only thing stronger t

eric holder said it was justified. obama administration said it was justified.hought it was interesting what he said about the rent being paid in new york. pete: he is a landlord. >> i'm owed over $65,000. my tenant hasn't paid since august of 2019. we can't take him to court. we still have to provide maintenance. heat, hot water, gas, maintenance, all of that. it is coming right out of our pockets. i think the system is designed to have the smaller independent landlords to give up but at this point, i mean so many people, so many small landlords are behind in arrears that it just doesn't make sense. they will sell out to a private investor that offers them cash without any type of contingencies or conditions. pete: not only does he not have tenants paying, he has a tenant subletting, the tenant is subletting getting paid on unemployment but not paying him because there is no requirement to pay. small landlords across the country. they have not received income for a year. they have to pay property taxes for their mortgages, water bills, maintenance. very nice of

holder and create a new policy. so, sure is, if he came in or if eric adams came in and wanted to change it, they could absolutely doimple as just running to court and thinking you have an automatic success here. it's going to be something where, unfortunately in this case maybe, we entrust a lot to our politicians to do what's right for public safety, and the case law over the years including the supreme court over about 120 years ago has allowed state mandatory vaccinations, so less ebb steps are trouble -- exceptions are probably going to be okay. neil: curtis also talked about the embattled governor, that he should resign rather than go through the impeachment process, but that impeachment process seems to be moving full steam ahead. i don't know how quickly actions like that can get going, i mean, it would amount to a trial back and forth, his accusers, his own response. do you think it's a slam dunk that the governor could be impeached, or could this be much more of a challenge than people are giving it credit? >> well, i think we may have hit kind of a critical mass. i think his reaction, the italian defense

holder to a crystal bowl and seem equally at home? i guess the most well-rounded snack isn't round at all. it's more cashew-shaped. planters. a nut above. ericy 5 intensity, it's beginning to move into louisiana, the storm driverring winds up to 150 miles an hour. it's already caused some power outages along with the dangerous storm surge and heavy flooding rains already from louisiana's central coast up to mississippi. you're looking at christian, mississippi where you can see it's beginning. meanwhile, the alabama border also not spared. officials say this could be the most powerful storm to hit the gulf coast since the 1800s. fox weather correspondent steve bender is with us, on the ground in lafayette, louisiana, just north and west of new orleans. steve, how's the situation there? >> reporter: it is quiet right now. we just had an outer band move through. it dumped some good rain on us but already seeing the skies open up. as you mentioned, we're on the western edge of this. when you look on satellite and radar there is not much on our end. it will move through later this afternoon and evening. behind me, you'll notice all of these busi