and the 19's errin haines is back with us. you see this kind of legislation being passed, you're a pollster. how important is election reform to just regular voters? is it something on their top ten list? are they out there complaining about it or is this something driven primarily by the politicians? >> excellent question. i'm not so sure, jason, the voters give it the degree of priority that maybe they do, more the bread and butter daily issues that they're facing but from the perspective of the country, and more importantly the democratic party, look, there are two priorities that the biden administration and the congressional majority has to get done. the first priority is crystal clear. it's to save american lives and the american economy from the threat of the pandemic, and the good news is, everything seems to be very much on course there, particularly with the announcement recently that we're going to have full vaccination by the end of may, two months ahead of schedule. the second most important priority, however, is

thank you both, errin haines, amy walter, and we should say tamera keith away tonight. ially appreciate errin being with us. good to have you both. thank you. >> you're welcome, judy. thanks, judy. >> woodruff: the n.c.a.a. women's basketball tournament is under way. but even before the opening tip off, new anger and frustration erupted over the differences in how the n.c.a.a. approaches the men's and women's teams. john yang has a closer look. >>> i got something to show y'al. >> yang: on tiktok, the inequities between men's and women's tournaments laid bare. >> this is our weight room. let me show y'all the men's weight room. >> yang: it began thursday when the university of oregon's sedona prince posted a video from a tournament site in san antonio. university of south carolina head coach dawn staley, a member of the basketball hall of fame, slammed the n.c.a.a. >> at the highest level of the n.c.a.a., either it's miscommunication, no communication or just not downright caring that people know what's happening on our side of things. that must stop. >> yang: the n.c.a.

errin haines, editor at large for the 19th. zolan kanno-youngs, my colleague at the "new york times," sahil kapur for n. p.r. and ashley parker from "the washington post." what's the difference between a trump press conference and a biden press conference? ashley: there are so many differences, peter. i'll focus on one or two. one is that trump's press conferences are theater and spectacle and they could often be combative with the president using the reporters as foils an even the reporters kind of posturing in that role of quesoner. and that's not to say that president biden is incapable of getting frustrated with the media. we saw some flashes of that as well. but it was sort of a calr, more deliberate news conference. and one other thing, which also changed the dynamic is coronavirus. because this is an administration, the biden administration that takes precautions and mitigation efforts very seriously. you saw social distancing in that room. you saw less reporter which is gave reporters in the room a chance to ask a quest

let's bring into our conversation, errin haines.david plouffe, former obama campaign manager, lucky for us now an msnbc political analyst. the rev is still here. all right. errin haines, i need to get a few things clear here in my head. i was off last week. this law makes it harder to vote. this law is in response to a lie told by donald trump that the three republicans in georgia said was a lie. they recounted the vote three times. there were three recounts in georgia, and kemp, raffensperger, and other republicans said, no, no malarkey here, folks. so, they have, at a political level, solved a problem that didn't exist. help me understand why companies like coca-cola and delta -- and i think i can find my emails from both of them from last summer whenever -- you couldn't buy laundry detergent without being told how every single company in america stood by racial justice. how did these two georgia companies stand by a voter suppression law? >> well, nicole, welcome back, you were missed on your -- it's good to have you back in the

besser, errin haines has a question for you. >> good morning, dr. besser. up from 8.5%, the only group of women for whom it went up that much. white women also had an increase, from 5.1%. i'm from philadelphia, reading in the inquirer about the vaccine deserts that still persist in philly even as i went to the mass vaccination site that opened here at the convention center, which certainly was aimed at addressing the disparities in the vaccine rollout. only about 1 in 5 black philadelphians has been vaccinated up to this point. from both the public health and the economic perspective, these inequities persist. can you talk about how those -- addressing those inequities is crucial to us getting to the new normal with this pandemic? >> it is absolutely critical. i worry when you hear the jobs story as well, this is the great news story. you have to break down the information by race, by ethnicity, by gender, by disability. when you look at communities that have been hit the hardest, as you say, the pandemic has hit black, latino, native american communities t

>> errin haines, thank you for joining us. >>> thank you so much for joining us today for "deadline: white house." "the beat with ari melber" starts right now. \s right now s \s >>> we have the great james carville and michael steele here to break it all down. good to see both of you. biden's strongest comments getting a lot of attention picks up on what msnbc was covering in the last hour,ed big issue of voting rights, republicans actively trying to restrict votes. >> what i'm worried about is how un-american this whole initiative is. it's sick. it's sick. deciding in some states that you cannot bring water to people standing in line waiting to vote? the republican voters i know find this despicable. republican voters. it is the most pernicious things. this makes jim crow look like jim eagle. >> we begin with two titans from two modern political parties. adviser to bill clinton james carville and michael steele, who ran the rnc, is an analyst for us here. good evening to both of you. no surprise to viewers. we're going to get to the politics. there's plenty of it. michael, i begin w

>> errin haines, thank you for joining us. >>> thank you so much for joining us today for "deadline:have the great james carville and michael steele here to break it all down. good to see both of you. biden's strongest comments getting a lot of attention picks up on what msnbc was covering in the last hour,ed big issue of voting rights, republicans actively trying to restrict votes. >> what i'm worried about is how

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errin haines, you and i have bonded over our affection for atlanta. talking about here what are your thoughts this morning and what do you believe we'll hear from president biden and vice president harris as they travel to atlanta on friday. they're push to push the covid relief package, but now have this to address as well. >> reporter: listen, you and i both know how much of the -- how much the asian-american community in atlanta -- metro atlanta specifically, has been part of the business fabric of that area for years. but they only recently have started to become a major player politically. they were a factor in the coalition that elected president biden and vice president harris, both of whom have condemned violence against asian-americans. obviously, much like you, i'm refreshing my hometown newspaper's home page to try to find out more information about this. we don't know necessarily the motivations of this. but what we do know is this has been a very rough year in terms of violence against this community. i've talked to so many sources who ha