an exclusive one-on-one interview with the reverend jesse jackson. is he on the same page with the asian-american community? >>> the white house expected the summit to last four hours but it lasted less

if jesse jackson junior is to be believed america, democracy has always been dysfunctional in one that honestly isn't a true democracy at all. he might be able to something america is defined by its racism, from slavery and jim crow laws to housing and banking in equity. and of course, police brutality, jackson junior, all of these truth years prior to talk the election, where multiracial voting rights were threatened, the state level, the right wing body politic has been attacking the right of people of color, specifically black voters for decades. now, under the bale of states rights democrats have either been complacent or only use symbolism to try and stop the threat. jackson junior finds that progress toward racial equity, labor rights, and social justice is often at odds with speech rights roadblocks. these roadblocks undermine the core of a function, democracy leaving america one in name only if you are capable of becoming the democracy, it's health abroad. or are we doing by white supremacy and states rights policy, the institutionalize of hate? that's. that's a, that's a good

interview with jesse jackson. how we can make america better. >>> it's already confusing and tomorrow california might rewrite the mask rules yet again. big changes for businesses where you work. ian cull has the latest. >> reporter: you know, tens of thousands of workers couldn't work from home h to come downtown, work in local store or restaurant, eight-plus hours with mask on and many waiting for state decision tomorrow that could change it all. fully vaccinated don't have to wear masks in most places, employees still do. la pizzeria, can't wait to lose hers. >> brick oven, it's very hot in here. >> reporter: entire staff is fully vaccinated and tomorrow morning the state's division of occupational safety and health are expected to vote that workers won't have to wear masks. customers say it's time. >> as long as they're fully vaccinated they have the opportunity we do as patrons in the restaurant not to wear it longer. >> reporter: waiter says he will probably still wear one. >> it's really hard to still use i

an exclusive one-on-one interview with the reverend jesse jackson. is he on the same page with the asian-american community? >>> the white house expected the summit to last four hours but it lasted less than suspended. alice barr has the latest from washington, d.c. >> reporter: face-to-face and staring down a host of issues, vladimir putin and joe biden speaking for roughly three hours today. >> i think there's a genuine prospect to significantly improve relations between our two countries without giving up a single, solitary thing based on principle and our values. >> translator: on the whole we spoke the same language. >> reporter: the shorter than anticipated meeting covering ground from russian electoral interference and russian criminals' cyber attacks against the u.s. >> we are encountering the same threats. >> reporter: president biden vowed to respond to any future attacks. >> he knows i will take actions. >> reporter: on the question of human rights abuses and jailing political opponents, putin deflecting blame, making a false equivalence t

. >> our exclusive sit down with the reverend jesse jackson. good evening, this is nbc bay area news, i am raj mathai. today in court, a danville police officer who killed an unarmed black man. we start with with the developing for gun reform in the bay area. the country is watching this closely. san jose is taking matter in its own hands. stores have to video record all firearms and video tape all purchases made. three weeks since, and nine people just shot. the new law just passed last night. it aims illegal practices when someone buying a gun another person. this could be barred from owning guns. san jose is the first u.s. city to pass this law requiring video taping of gun sales. let's be clear here. we know where this is going right to the court. gun advocates will be challenging this new law and all new proposals. we'll show you all proposals in a minute. let's bring in our guest tonight. our prominent bay area lawyer and san ricciardo and a gun instructor for monarch defense with multiple locations across california and here in the bay a

in washington, d.c., several civil rights leaders, including the reverends jesse jackson and williame arrested wednesday at a nonviolent protest outside the u.s. senate as they demanded west virginia democrat joe manchin and other lawmakers abolish the filibuster to pass a major voting rights bill and other legislation. their protest came a day after all 50 republican senators blogged debate on the for the people act, the most sweeping voter rights bill in decades. we go now to washington, d.c., where we are joined by democratic senator jeff merkley of oregon, the lead sponsor of the for the people act. senator markley, welcome back to democracy now! we had you on during one of the u.n. climate summits and now you're in washington, although, oregon is facing the hottest weather history. we will talk about that in a moment. that right now let's talk about the heat in the capitol. let's talk about what went down yesterday with your for the people act and what your plans are going to the now that the republicans defeated it in this residual vote, them did not kill it overall. >> absolut

reverend jesse jackson is in san francisco showing his support for the aapi community. he spoke about ways together the asian-americans and african-americans. he is referred to a the unifier. >>> juneteenth is about to become a national holiday. commemorating the end of slavery in the united states. the house approved the bill today with 14 republicans voting against it. >>> i'm stephanie sierra. a fire that forced dozens from their homes in vallejo is now under investigation. why neighbors say it could have all been avoided. that's next. >>> plus getting serious about physical fitness. the hall of famer helping lead the push to get californians back in shape. >>> and do you like fresh air with lots of history, a dream job in the east bay just opened up. >> all of that is ahead but first here's a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks dan and ama, it's swallowed by a whale wednesday. >> my first question should be had you been swallowed by a whale before or was (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintention

guest: reverend jesse jackson came to us and indicated that lynching had never been made a crime, andhere is some legislation pending to make it a crime. the fact that lynching a person is are horrific enough to be a crime, we punish you for killing a person but not calling it lynching. host: he represents the ninth district of texas, including houston, joining us this morning from capitol hill. the house is about to come in for it session. we thank you for joining us. guest: always an honor. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is glen grothman. he has on the budget committee and ranking member on the house oversight reforms committee on national security.

an exclusive sitdown with reverend jesse jackson. we talked about a lot of things including the surge in asian crime is that the opportunity the community has to make change. >> the human rights argument being -- >> now, reverend phuong is the former executive director of chinatown center. reverend jackson to commemorate the murder of vincent chen's murder. a chinese american was beaten to death. nearly 40 years ago, jackson visited san francisco. this is after chen's death, to stand with the asian community. we invite to you continue that conversation with us this saturday on our next installment of race in america, the conversation. june 19th is also juneteenth. the co-founders of san francisco black wall street. dr. shawn fletcher as well as the activist, that's saturday at 9:00 p.m. don't miss it. >>> coming up, a knew covid variant sweeping through the nation. just as california loosens its covid restrictions. the reason experts say we need to be on high alert as we start to go maskless. >>> it is already 95 degrees in dublin as

by creating broader coalitions mean martin luther king wanted to create a broader coalition as jesse jackson, when he ran for the president's. he talked to a building a rainbow coalition, and you can't do that. if you atomize every single individual group and divide them on the basis, they're necessity, their gender, how they felt identify it, just create much more division and stripe and it will create a backlash. it, at some point, you're starting to see that, you know, i've been watching with great interest the democratic primary from air in new new york. because i think come, that's going to be an interesting bellwether because in cities like new york and also chicago, for example, crime is, is becoming an increase in the big issue. and i think a lot of whites del, on to conceive that to the pollsters because they procure being called racist or white supremacist as you say. but there is this guy running in new york, eric adam c, brooklyn presidency, the former copies black. he's running on a straw law and order platform and he's in favor of stopping chris, go. you get a guy like that. it

the creed "we shall overcome" is a longtime mainstay of the civil rights movement has jesse jackson can tell you better than anybody. an obstacle to progress having to be overcome is a constant challenge. we side in the 1960's. with the current assault, it is not just an echo of a distant history. in 2020, we faced restrictive laws, lawsuits, threats of intimidation, voter purges, and more. more americans voted in the last election in the midst of a pandemic than any election in american history. we got voters registered. you got voters to the polls. the rule of law held. democracy prevailed. we overcame. but today, let me be on equivocal. we are going to be ramping up efforts to overcome again. i will have more to say about this at a later date. a truly unprecedented assault on our democracy. an effort to replace nonpartisan election administers. but today, as for the act of voting itself, i urge voting rights groups to begin to redouble their efforts now to register and reeducate voters. in june, it should be a month of action on capitol hill. i hear all the folks on tv saying, why di

the creed we shall overcome is a long time mainstay of the civil rights movement as jesse jackson can tell better than anybody. the obstacles to progress that have to be overcome. are constant challenge? we saw in the 60s. over the current assault is not just an echo of a distant history. in 2020, we faced a tireless assault on the right to vote. restrictive laws lawsuits threats to of intimidation voter purges and more we resolved overcome it all and we did more americans vote in the last election than any in the midst of a pandemic than any election in american history. you've got voters registers. you got voters to the polls? the rule of law held democracy prevailed we overcame but today let me be unequivocal. i've been engaged in this work my whole career and we're going to be ramping up our efforts to overcome again. i will have more to say about this or the later date to truly unprecedented and assault on our democracy. an effort to replace non-partisan election administrators and to intimidate those charged with tally in the reporting the results but today. as for the act of vo

guest: reverend jesse jackson came to us and indicated that lynching had never been made a crime, and there is some legislation pending to make it a crime. the fact that lynching a person is are horrific enough to be a crime, we punish you for killing a person but not calling it lynching. host: he represents the ninth district of texas, including houston, joining us this morning from capitol hill. the house is about to come in for it session. we thank you for joining us. guest: always an honor. "washington journal" continues. host: joining us is glen grothman. he has on the budget committee and ranking member on the house oversight reforms committee on national security. to have you here at "washington journal." let us start with news that we mentioned earlier about the vice president's trip to the border today, to el paso. i wanted to see if you were among the house republicans in this fox news article pointing out that they are asking the president to remove vice president harris from that role in the migration crisis. guest: that was my letter and i organize that. absolutely i thin

reverend jesse jackson among those in the colorful show if you needed a today in portsmouth square. they touched on juneteenth as the motivation to work together. >> since then, up to today, people of color's communities have had to suffer and endure cycles of hate, racism, and discoloration. and for that, we must continue the fight. >> the event featured a couple of performances, including a traditional chinese lion dance group. >>> oaklands lake merritt has long been the epicenter of summer weekend celebrations in the east bay. this year, there is more at bay, with tomorrow being juneteenth. leslie brinkley says the city is braced for big crowds. >> reporter: it is a trifecta, a heat wave, plus the first weekend of no masks for vaccinated people, plus juneteenth being named a national holiday. >> it's exponential, the joy we feel. >> people say, oakland is going to be lit. we are going to dance and celebrate. we are going to celebrate business. we are going to celebrate life. we are going to celebrate culture. >> reporter: the lakeside festival features music at the amphitheater,

you have her jet -- jesse jackson say it's challenging to be a capitalist economy without capital and a baby bond would be an important instrument for the 21st century to give all americans a greater opportunity to move forward and particularly help those in deep asset poverty to help bridge the inequality we have been talking about today. host: new baltimore, michigan, holly, good morning. caller: yes, i have a lot to say. first and foremost, how can somebody control how somebody else spends the money? why not call it what it is. i think sometimes people have poor spending habits. they spend their money on hair, nails, eating out and food choices. you can't control that. you talk about have an have-nots . because i spend fiscally responsibly doesn't mean somebody else is going to do that and we need to start teaching kids in school economic responsibility, fiscal responsibility, not to spend what you don't have with credit card debt. host: you think poor spending habits are the reason for the racial wealth gap in this country? caller: it can be. yes, yes i do. i don't tickets or raci

will have capitol to help them move forward in their life whether to go to college, buy a home, jesse jackson challenging being in a capitalist economy without capitol in the baby bond would be important for the 21st century to give all americans greater opportunity to move forward ands particularly those with deep poverty to help with that inequality we are talking about. >> ali, good morning. >> hi, good morning. i a have a lot to say. first, how can somebody control how somebody else spends the money? why not call it what it is? i think sometimes people have poor spending habits they spend their money on hair and nails or eating out or food choices, you can't control that so you talk about haves and have-nots because i spend the scope responsibly doesn't mean somebody else is also going to do that so we need to teach kids in school economic responsibility, fiscal responsibility not spend what you don't have. >> you think poor spending habits are the reason for the racial wealth gap in the country? >> it can be, yes, i do and i don't think it's a racial gap, i think it'st a gap. >> but it i

jesse jackson can tell you better than anybody. obstacles that have to be overcome are a constant challenge. we saw it in the 60s. with the current assault is not just an echo of a distant history, in 2020 we faced restrictive laws, lawsuits, threats of intimidation, voter purges and more. more americans voted in the last election than any in the midst of a pandemic in any election in american history. [applause] we got voters registered. we got voters to the polls. the rule of law held. democracy prevailed. we overcame. let me be unequivocal. i've been engaged in this work and we're going to ramping up our efforts to overcome again. i will have more to say about this in a later date, the unprecedented assault on our democracy. an effort to replace nonpartisan collection administrators and intimidate those challenging the results. today as for the act of voting itself, i urge voting rights groups in this country to begin to redouble their efforts now to register and educate voters. in june -- [applause] in june will be a month of a

exclusi reverend jesse jackson and chinatown's reverend norman fong. we talked about a lot of things including the surge in anti-asian crimes and the opportunities the community has to make change. >> faith is love. we'll make america better. >> now reverend fong is the former executive director of chinatown community development center. reverend jackson here to commemorate the anniversary of vincent chen's murder. two white men beat chen to death in 1982. at that time asians were blamed for the struggling auto industry. jackson visited san francisco. he's back now. this is after chen's death t.o. stand with the asian community. >>> we invite you to continue with this conversation with us on saturday. this is for our next installment of "race in america the conversation." juneteenth, join jessica aguirre and me along with our guests. co-founders of san francisco black wall street. activist tony quintero this saturday at 9:00 p.m. you don't want to miss it. >>> the city of richmond is slashing its police budget to invest more in nonpolice services. acco

i got an exclusive sitdown enter view with reverend jesse jackson and chinatown's reverend norman fong. we talked about a surge in anti-asian crime and the opportunity for the community to make change. >> human rights of all human beings, and with discipline, faith and love we will make america better. >> he is the executive director, former executive director, of chinatown community development center. reverend jackson here to commemorate the anniversary of the murder of chen, a chinese american, who was beaten to death. at the time asians were being blamed for the struggling auto industry. jackson visited san francisco after chen's death nearly 40 years ago to stand with the asian community. we invite you to continue our investigation with us. this is this saturday "race in america the conversation" june 19th. also juneteenth, join jessica aguirre and me along our co-fou francisco's black wall street. dr. shawn fletcher and activist tony, saturday at 9:00 p.m. >>> 5:08 this morning and the city of richmond is flashing its police budget to invest more in nonpolice services. according

some of the leaders of this march including reverend william barber and professor jesse jackson. they began their protest in the middle of the street and blocking off this stretch outside of the hart office building on capitol hill, those -- they were warned several times to fet of the street and also what's happening here is the group of several up dread protesters who were bussed here to d.c. from other states like kentucky, west virginia and others, they are now walking back to the supreme court. that's where this march again. it's part after a sustained grass roots push to get manchin and other democrats on board with the progressive priorities, including voting rights. this particular group, the poor people's campaign is trying to elevate those campaigns and get them outside of the moral push. specific whether you talk about what's happening in the way, not just the $5 minmake. that's toll they are not willinging to do i reminded one attend year that man shan is not going to get wits of the furtheria and he said well, that's why we're here. >> we'll keep following that story

she's council to jesse jackson and the rainbow push coalition and president of the national bar association the country's oldest network of predominantly black judges and attorneys. good to see you on this monday night. julie pace, it seems to me not and significant that the president met with senators manchin and sinema. should we read something into it? with this it tell us? >> i would think it's very significant that those are two of the senators that he met with today because they are so crucial to his ability to get all of these legislative priorities through on infrastructure and voting rights. this really hinges on his ability not just to forge a bipartisan coalition which is certainly when he is aiming for and some of these instances boats that keep this democratic party together. and manchin and sinema have been very clear that both on the details of the legislation and also the mechanisms by which some of the legislation could get through congress, mainly the filibuster, that they're gonna hold a pretty hard line here. but they're not willing to go as far as a lot of progress is a

. >> bill clinton denounced sister souljah in front of jesse jackson, so he's signaling to whites thatlike a lot of white politicians. they eat soul food, they party with black women, they play the saxophone, but when it comes to domestic and foreign policy, they make the same decisions that are destructive to african people in this country and throughout the world. >> the next president of the united states of america. governor bill clinton. >> clinton is the first democrat to be elected since 1976. he's a governor from a southern state, and he was representing himself as someone who could speak to the african-american community. >> our diversity can be a source of strength in a world that's ever smaller. where everyone counts and everyone is a part of america's family. >> it's a new day in america. >> six women will serve in the new u.s. senate, including the first black woman. >> most women credit anita hill with starting this political movement. they say the rage they felt at her treatment by the senate judiciary committee fueled their campaigns. >> it was a hopeful time when women

. >>> happening today, reverend jesse jackson is coming to the bay area.erfaith community and activists to promote solidarity between the african-american community and aapi community. today he will hold a press conference at the chinese cultural center in san francisco to commemorate the 39th anniversary of the murder of vincent chen, and to condemn the recent attacks on asian-americans. chen was killed by two white autoworkers while celebrating their friends at his bachelor party in detroit, michigan. the press conference starts at 11:00 a.m. >>> alameda county supervisors plan to do more research on a proposed $1 billion new ball park at howard terminal. a marathon meeting yesterday lasted several hours, as the future of the a's was front and center. the board plans will discuss this ball park plan again in august. on the field at the coliseum, the a's last night continued to roll. a sean murphy home run on the bottom of the eighth capped off the a's scoring, they won the game 6-4 to notch their fifth straight victory. >>> oakland activists believe more

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the creed we shall overcome is a longtime mainstay of the civil rights movement and jesse jackson canyou better than anybody. the obstacle to progress that has to be overcome are a constant challenge. we saw it in the '60s, but with the current assault it's not just an exo of a distant history. in 2020 we faced a tireless assault on the right to vote, restrictive laws, lawsuits, threats of intimidation, voter purges and more. we resolved to overcome it all and we did. more americans voted in the last election in the midst of a pandemic than any election in american history. you got voters registered. you got voters to the polls. the rule of law held. democracy prevailed. we overcame, but tailed leapt me be unequivocal. i've been engaged in this work my whole career, and we're going to be ramping up efforts to overcome again. i will more to say about this at a later date, a truly unprecedent assault on our democracy, an effort to replace non-partisan election administrators and to intimidate those charged with tallying and reporting the election results, but today as for the act of vot

william barber and reverend jesse jackson were under field arrest for, quote, illegal demonstration activity after leading nearly a dozen buses of activists from ohio, pennsylvania and new york. down south black voters matter launched their freedom rights for voting rights this week. today they were in north carolina and south carolina engaging and more importantly mobilizing voters. fair fight action launched their hot call summer campaign to help educate and mobilize young voters of color and young progressives. on august 28th, the 50th anniversary of the 1963 march on washington, martin luther king iii and the reverend al sharpton will launch their voting rights campaign in d.c. it's a nationwide march against voter suppression. and that is just some, that is just some of what's happening out there in terms of trying to protect your right to vote. and this will be a voting rights summer. meanwhile, senator amy klobuchar is taking her committee on the road. they're going to stop in georgia to hear firsthand from people who are being impacted by this voter suppression law. joining me now is

. >>> rainbow push bay area organized this event in chinatown and reverend jesse jackson in san francisco showing his support for the community. he spoke with faith leaders about ways to bring together asian and african-americans. jackson is a longtime supporter of the aapi community and is commonly referred to as the great unifier. >>> all this week here on abc 7, we have been talking about the significance of juneteenth. now an emmy and peabody award- winning journalist is sharing an idea designed to give all of us a new perspective on the conversation around race. michelle norris is the founder of the race card project and she's writing about her experience in this month's issue of "national geographic" magazine. in 2010 michelle posed a question. asking people to share their thoughts on race in just six words. she received more than half a million submissions from all 50 states and 96 countries around the world. >> it was surprising that people submitted their stories. it was surprising how much depth we saw very quickly. so not only did people want to talk about it. but they wanted t

here today, and my -- i was grown up on staten island, a republican family, and even worked with jesse jackson in 1988 in d.c. -- but he pardoned nixon, and he made the president above the law. what i would suggest, and this would -- you know you are wrong if everyone is happy. no one is happy with this, but we have all the information at our hands already, and you gentlemen know more than me. let's have the election on june 14 every year. why? it is flag day. host: pastor, i will leave it there. good to hear from you. you put a lot on the table, including watergate, something we all remember. cal thomas, is that the root cause of where we are today in terms of our partisanship? guest 1: i don't think so, steve. the president's pardon powers, absolutely in the consultation, and he can pardon whoever he wishes. bill clinton pardoned some unsavory people. i think gerald ford was right, the american people, by and large, i would even say some of the nixon haters, did not want to see a former president of the united states go to prison. i can guarantee joe biden will not artan president trump for

we wouldn't call african-american that term was created going around the time that jesse jackson was running for president with no such thing as african-american. it was called more. we were morris american terminology is very important because a lot of history evolved and what we were really call and and in the more the more americans have signed a treaty with the newly formed us club government called the moisture the more treaty. or we should be going about they're still in existence as we speak and wasn't no five. tribe the fire tribes were only you knew before us government only acknowledged by a try. there was hundreds of trash. just with the newly formed us government only acknowledged five times that has something to do with it kidnapped in the pocahontas and her coming back being a christian. so this was this was a muslim country. this is a we did muslim religion and then when um, pocahontas kidnapping christian and it changed the star having the most americans practice christianity, but and they only acknowledge to find out 100 tribes that was that were here. thank you nasa

the creed, we shall overcome, is a long-time mainstay of the civil rights movement as jesse jackson candy. the obstacles to progress that have to be overcome are a constant challenge. we saw it in the '60s. however, the current assault is not just an echo of a distant history. in 2020, we faced a tireless assault on the right to vote. restrictive laws, lawsuits, threats of intimidation, voter purges and all. we resolved to overcome it all and we did. more americans voted in the last election than any -- in the midst of a pandemic, than any election in american history. you got voters registered. you got voters to the polls. the rule of law held. democracy prevailed. we overcame. but today, let me be unequivocal. i have been engaged in this work my whole career and we're going to be ramping up efforts to overcome again. i will have more to say about this at a later date, the truly unprecedented assault on our democracy, an effort to replace nonpartisan election administrators and to intimidate those charged with tallying and reporting the election results. but today, as for the act of vo

jesse jackson once told me if you say something i can't understand, that's a failure of your educationn america that we have taken the brunt of anti-intellectualism. we have borne the brunt of being disloyal to this nation. and we have stood by to see mediocre mealy-mouthed snowflake white men who are incapable of taking critique, who are willing to dole out infamous are you pud yagss of the humanity of the other and yet they call us snowflakes and they are the biggest flakes of snow to hit the earth. they are incapable of criticism. they are incapable of tolerating difference. they're scared of, oh, my god, critical race theory is going to kill your mother. they are not critical, they have no race and don't understand theory. yet they are allowed to wax eloquently about the means and limits of rationality in this country and they couldn't save themselves if the world depended on it. i am tired of hearing mediocre white men take to their pool pits to excore yat women and trans people and every other folk that ain't them. it is time that we in america take back in country for certain. a

the day before they got a big argument with jesse jackson as we go to the motel one of the things that you see is the lunch that doctor king ordered on the table but he always did it he said let's have lunch there is power breaking together, we really ever -- that's because this place is messed up. everywhere in america they have lunch except here, you might have two hearings from 11 - 1, a lot of this are the things that we do i think we practice to do it on ourselves and do it to ourselves, i've said enough. >> there is so much low hanging fruit here, the fact that you don't eat together ever is astounding to me, that seems like a fixable problem and yeah it is one of the conditions thao needs good conflict having food, and the basic things and maybe they can be meals that are influenced by certain regions of the country or state or ways that your blurring the lines recruit up under between democrat and republican use on something that is real and resident from people i would just add that it's not only that is harder conservative benefits is not only harder to demonize or be mean to

. >> the day before he was assassinated, got into a big argument with jesse jackson. if you go to the lorraine motel, one of the things you will see is the lunch on the table, petrified. i do think there is power in breaking bread together. we have -- we rarely ever do that. that is because this place is messed up. everywhere in america, they had lunch except here. you might have two hearings from 11:00-1:00. a lot of the things we do, we do to ourselves. >> there is so much hanging fruit here. the factor that you all don't eat together ever is astounding to me. that seems like a fixable problem. it is one of the conditions that leads to good conflict. having food together is very basic. there are basic things like low hanging fruit. maybe they can be meals that are influenced by a certain region of the state. learning the lines between democrat and republican based on something that is real. something that is resonant with people. it is not only that it is harder, there are so many benefits. it is not only harder to demonize someone you have a relationship with, you