janet napolitano is a former homeland security secretary under president barack obama. joining me is former national committee chairman michael steele, an msnbc political analyst and host of "the michael steele podcast." i enjoy speaking to you so much because you just say it the way it is. you were as straightforward with your feelings towards those who voted against the independent january 6th commission, you tweeted the word "pathetic cowards." tell me what you really thought. >> hey, man. it is good to be back with you, ali. this is personal for me, and those two words were just -- i don't know. that was the only way i could put it, ali, was to kind of say, look at -- look at the members of my team, you know, guys that i have known and worked with over many, many years who once stood for something, once said something that meant a lot and could mean a lot to people, just buckle. buckle because mcconnell wanted them to. buckle because trump wanted them to. buckle because mccarthy wanted them to. there was no leadership there, and that's what that moment called for. i

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in the former homeland security secretary, janet napolitano, talks with election officials about how to prepare for future elections. after that, the facebook chief operating officer, sheryl sandberg, on the role of social media in helping small businesses during the pandemic. >> c-span is your unfiltered view of government. >> did you think it was just a community center? it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering so students from low income families can get the tools they need. comcast supports c-span as a public service. giving you a front row seat democracy. >> state officials and voting rights officials testified for a subcommittee about ways to improve the efficiency of voter access and how purging voter rolls impacts communities of color. >> the committee will now come to order. i have that am pleased that several members have joined us today. have that am pleased that several members have joined us today. i will say greetings to each one of them and also establish a forum. we have with us mr. aguilar from california. he -- the ranking member from california. mr. davis of

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i asked former governor, janet napolitano last week, three times elected statewide, did she know theyappening in real time, and it could come back in 2022, and you could imagine a scenario -- >> i am so sorry, i have to interrupt you because we have joe biden at the podium in dearborn. >>> i want to say something up front, i'm standing here because about 180 years ago when i first got elected to the senate, the uaw elected me. [ applause ] >> we used to have the highest percentage of auto workers in any state in the nation, because we had a small workforce and two joint plants and a few other things going on, and so i want to thank you, and i want to thank a good friend of mine, michigan governor, gretchen whitmer. as my mother was saying, gretchen -- god love you, dear. you have got a backbone like a ram rod. you have a brain as big as anybody in the business and you are so honorable. it's a delight to know you and anything that i can do, as i said to you before, i will come and campaign for you or against you, whichever will help the most. i want to thank angela. we were talking bac

i'm janet napolitano, former president of the university of california and secretary of homeland security and governor of arizona. i'm now proud to be a professor at the goldman school of public policy at berkeley, and we are establishing there a new center on security in politics. in coming to the university, this past year, i founded the center in order to connect the security studies that are being done by the amazing faculty at berkeley, with policy makers and elected officials who can ensure real-world change. today's symposium brings together those on the front line of the critical nexus between election issues and the conduct of our elections, which really goes to the fundamentals of our democracy. following the speakers, we will take questions, so submit those via facebook, or use the form on the website you used to register. this panel features election officials in some of the key battleground states from the 2020 election -- pennsylvania, arizona, and michigan. we'll also be hearing from a leading official from the department of homeland security. last november, all eyes were f

she's also worked in government under the clinton administration and also under janet napolitano.ry long resume. randall, can you imagine a more important role with this last year, especially as we're getting kids back to school and her being so influential in how we do that? >> that's exactly right. i mean, she talks about this, how every kitchen table has become classroom in this last year so the idea, you know, that school boards have become the center of education in ways that have never existed before because the entire community has become a school. what's going to happen as we heard we transition back to september for normal schooling, she's going to be right at the center of that. >> all right. we're also looking at ann williams aisome, chair in child studies at the chair of services at fordham university. daniella, give us a sense of her. she's our unsung hero today. >> there she developed programs and research with policies for lives with at-risk families. her career has been dedicated to improving child welfare and addressing inequalities in education. she's also the fo