1970, the newly elected governor of south carolina, john west, who was a citadel graduate, saw jim clyburn's character and the way that he with grace handled that defeat. he appointed congressman clyburn to be the first director of the south carolina human affairs commission. and then the congressman for governor west really went around the state, making ties and connecting business interests and other interests together so they and south carolina could move forward together as a more racially together community. wouldn't you say, congressman? >> absolutely. when i was asked what happened in that election, i simply said it looks like i didn't get enough votes. and when i was pressed, i held to that, it looks like i didn't get enough votes. and that was the headline on that thursday morning. i talked to the reporter on wednesday after the tuesday election. on that thursday morning, john west, having just been elected governor of south carolina, was going out, passing through charleston. he picked up newspapers. and he immediately called. i was not home. we spoke with him and he told me, pleas

the election in 1917, the newly elected governor john west, fellow students, was a graduate saw jim clyburn's character and the way that he was braced, handled that and employed congressman clyburn to be the first director of the south carolina human affairs commission and then the congressman, governor west, went around the state and making ties and connecting business interest and other interest together that they will serve south carolina to move forward as more racially together community. wouldn't you say that congressman? >> absolutely, absolutely. reflected upon my statement. i did not say it earlier but when i was asked what happened in that election i simply said it looks like i didn't get enough ropes and when i was pressed i delved to that. it looks like i didn't get enough votes. that was the headline on thursday morning after tuesday election. having just been elected governor of south carolina, was going out which was nothing but hunting ground, passing through charleston to pick up newspapers. and he immediately -- he told me to please have me call him and i called him and he a

our first guest tonight is going to be congressman jim clyburn. this is very important because just over an hour ago he released a statement and tweet saying he tested positive for covid. it's been a tough situation for him because he had to miss his granddaughter's wedding. but he did say he is a symptomatic and the great news is jim clyburn is feeling well enough to certainly join us right now at 10:00 and i'm always happy to see him. i've never been hapier to see him than when i'm going to see him tonight on the show. >> i saw that notice from congressman clyburn. i was happy to see that he said he was asymptomatic but my heart went into my throat when i saw that notice. give him my love and i'm glad you got him. >> he's a healthy 81 years old and triple vaccinated so we think it going to be fine. >> right on. thank you, lawrence. >> thank you, rachel. >>> we'll go straight to it. joining us is jim clyburn of k south carolina. the house majority whip. happy to see you, never been more happy to see you than tonight because when i read that state

jim clyburn taking this amount of time to get tested and having to miss his niece's wedding is relatableo the average american. ostensibly someone who is most in the loop of how these testing systems should work and still cannot get it right himself, and imagine what it is like for other americans in positions of less power. i have been thinking about the way lawmakers have been reacting while they are on recess in a twofold sort of way. i am curious about the republicans who are still on vaccinated, house members, many of them who will not disclose vaccination status. we know all of the senators on the republican side are vaccinated house members are different. they have been noticeably silent on these breakout cases that have been happening. i am curious if they are getting hit by this. the people getting hit the hardest are the unvaccinated. also wondering about how democrats are going to come back from recess and recalibrate and get focus back on build back better by using what is happening with the pandemic right now, the resurgence and spread of omicron, to make a more persuasive c

house majority whip jim clyburn tested positive for covid. the headline is that it took 56, i'm going to say it again, 56 hours for jim clyburn to get his results. how unusual is it to have to wait this long. one would think that someone like jim clyburn or anyone should not have to wait this long given how contagious this thing is. >> yeah, it's a huge problem, and unfortunately that's not unusual at all. we're hearing about people in new york city waiting four or five days for their pcr test results. that makes it essentially useless and what we heard from the congressman, he actually quarantined while he was awaiting his results. even though he was asymptomatic, he missed his granddaughter's wedding. it turned out to be the right decision but how heartbreaking is that. a lot of people are not going to do that if they're not symptomatic and waiting days for their test results, they're going on about the world, and spreading it to large amount of people. this is a huge issue with our testing right now. >> peter, why? >> part of the problem i

rights can be something cut out and that it is a loop in the filibuster and it is echoing what jim clyburn has been saying for a long time saying we need to be able to figure out how to deal with the voting rights. we're going to go to the poles asking people to vote for them, but also facing a base that is looking at them saying what more could you have done to protect our voting rights. >> if my memory serves, the president is going to south carolina for jim clyburn tomorrow. and many people saying him his nomination, and it is clearly something he is going to be hearing from. >> yeah, he said you need to figure out a loophole, a cash out p for civil rights and voting rights, but jim is the voice for so many in the democratic base saying this is a party that needs to understand that voting rights is the top issue. we have seen so many they have been really changing to see this. and they are wiping away, chipping away at the democratic norms in this country. so of course tomorrow the president will hear an earful, and i have heard an earful from activists saying they want to get more done

she was not harmed during the incident. >>> house majority whip jim clyburn says he has tested positiveovid-19. in a tweet he said he's asymptomatic. he also noted he's fully vaccinated and had a booster shot in september. clyburn was with biden last friday when biden ddressed graduates. he took another test on monday, which came back positive two days later. he said henao has to miss his granddaughter's wedding because of his infection. biden tested twice this week after he came into contact with a white house staff member last week who later tested positive. >>> washington, d.c., is ramping up covid-19 restrictions in an effort to control the record-setting coronavirus cases there. mayor muriel bowser announced yesterday starting mid-january, people 12 and older will be required to show proof of vaccination to enter indoor venues such as restaurants, bars, and jims. data shows that d.c.'s new daily case rate is among the highest in the country right now. the mayor joins the conversation coming up on "morning joe." >>> still ahead, the latest on how this latest covid outbreak is impact

representative jim clyburn is talking about changing that using south carolina, where you have experienced. is there any process through legislators or the courts that minority voters will be more evenly distributed this year' and christian, texas released their map we have talked about and you explained --i will start with you. do you think that my drive changes --my drive changes or action and the court? there ben: ben: are six districts in south carolina. his district was packed heavily, a black majority with no black people elected since reconstruction. it is not clear you need a 60-60 5% black population to be elected as a black member of congress in south carolina. you can get elected in a 47 to 50% lacked district. south carolina has one third of its state african-american. it should have two black districts, not one, which it has right now. i think the trade-off between larger black populations, latino populations, asian-american populations, takes voters away from surrounding districts that have been more white. that could lead to an aggregate delusion -- dilution of voting power.

south carolina democratic congress member jim clyburn said wednesday he tested positive for coronavirus and is asymptomatic. clyburn is the number-three democrat in the house, serving as majority whip. he's 81 years old and reports he's fully vaccinated and received a booster shot in september. meanwhile, the supreme court said wednesday it will hold an emergency hearing on january 7 to consider challenges to president biden's vaccine mandates for large employers and a vaccination requirement for health care workers. supreme court justices have previously ruled in favor of vaccine mandates. a new york man who joined the far-right proud boys organization at the january 6 capitol insurrection has pleaded guilty to charges of obstructing congress and conspiring to obstruct law enforcement. as part of a plea deal, 34-year-old matthew greene of syracuse has disavowed the proud boys and will help the fbi in its investigation. he told investigators he helped program hand-held radios used by the proud boys to coordinate their assault on the capitol. matthew greene is the first proud boys member

what jim clyburn and others have found since the 1990's is some of those racial minority districts do not need 65% minority population to win. what the question recognizes is that kind of political evolution that if you keep racial minority groups concentrated in districts, that takes away from democratic majorities. that essentially is what you see playing out with the populations in districts. what that means this cycle, given the supreme court ruling, is quite an open question. goodness knows there will be lots of litigation. bob: michael or gloria, do you want to chime in at all? gloria: i want to say that again, i look at it as activism -- i look at it as an activist and an elected official with a very latino on the whole issue of redistricting. the big challenge for us as latinos, as an advocate, the issue of growth has been for martinez in the inner-city and in our big, big cities. the challenge, as we look to drawing the lines, we are going to have to be very concerned as to how we deal with the african-american community and the asian community and the inner-city. to be fair

that's why the white house listens to jim clyburn and the prediction he made on axios that democrats out in the house and stuck in the senate. it was one of president biden's biggest promises. and from your own conversation, it's one of the ones that matters most to democrats around the country. as you travel, you hear about it again and again. congressman clyburn says congressmen will find a way. find a way that'll be big for president biden and democrats as they head out for 2022. >> the president is headed to south carolina. >> to appear with the whip. >> yes. >> the other white house agents told me similarly they hope once this build back better bill act kind of get through, they had hoped to get the build back better bill done by the end of this year. that's looking unlikely, right? >> well, once they are doing a lot of work, increasing signs, jonathan that build back better bill will move into 2022. the white house had hoped to get it done this month before they go -- we are down to legislative days instead of weeks. >> what have senator joe manchin said again and again going b

thank you for taking the time. >> thanks for having me. >> neil: jim clyburn. fair and balanced.ohn barrasso, the senate republican conference chairman. chairman, very good to have you. let me get your sense on what the congressman was just saying, that, you know, this is going to get done. that manchin and by extension kristen sinema will settle their differences and this gets done. you talked to your republican colleagues, a man and woman that don't like this. do you think he's right about those two democratic senators? >> well, joe biden and chuck schumer say they want it done by christmas. that will make for a very long december because the democrats are going to run into a buzz saw of individuals in the senate that realize this will hurt the economy if they pass be sort of thing. it will break the back of the american people in terms of the taxes, in terms of the inflation, in terms of all of this additional government spending. i talked to joe manchin regularly. he and i have a committee meeting tomorrow, the energy committee. he has lots of concerns and so does senator sin

he is introduced by the house, jim clyburn, who is a 19 621 graduate of the university.s is about half an hour. >> i am told that the proper way to introduce the president of the united states is by simply saying, ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. [cheering and applause] [laughter] pres. biden: mr. president, distinguished faculty, i learned a long time ago that if you wanted to get anything done with jim, you went to his wife. [laughter] all kidding aside, the story jim tells is absolutely accurate. i had -- i got what we call, in my old neighborhood in claymont, delaware, i got shellacked in the first two primaries. and i kept saying, i'm waiting to go to south carolina to -- no, no, i mean it sincerely, because i come from a state that has the eighth-largest african american population, and that's a source of all of my support in delaware -- for real. and i got down here, and things were moving pretty slow. [laughs] [laughter] and i remember ms. emily saying to me -- and i heard her say it to jim -- "we should be for biden." and she's an incred

and also bringing to your attention that house majority whip jim clyburn is in his 80s. he has tested positive. and he's going to -- he's really a wonderful message out of this, because he's triple vaccinated. he's in his 80s. he's in the vulnerable population, but he says that he's only had mild, mild symptoms, sort of like a bad cold. he talked to lawrence o'donnell last night about how his daughter insisted that everybody in the family get tested before his granddaughter's wedding this past weekend. so he missed his granddaughter's wedding because he got tested and was positive. let's watch what he had to say last night on msnbc. >> as the experts have said, if you get the vaccinations, offer them, get the booster, and this virus is no longer -- it's similar to the common cold. that's all i've experienced. i've not experienced anything else. i'm going with the science. i would advise everybody, get vaccinated. get the booster. >> that sort of textbook of what we want to hear from public officials. and really important message to a population, elderly population, some

house majority whip jim clyburn and senator john tester join us to talk about that and much more. voting rights bill, gets passed? >> thank you for having me. it is very, very important. the voting rights act deal doing things before they are put in place. and that will be what we need to do regarding these bills that are being passed by georgia and over in texas. these things will allow nullification to take place. years to undo it have been done. the voting rights advancement act is very, very important to this process. >> congressman, good morning. it's willie geist. we talk sort of in short hand about the john lewis bill here, but can you lay out a little bit of the particulars that are in there that you think make it so crucial and also on the back end of what happens counting the votes? >> you may remember when the supreme court got the voting rights act of 1965, it played to congress. we went back and did that. and that is what is in the john r. lewis voting rights act. dealing with the history of voting and that formula would allow us to preemptively look in the law that's

he was introduced by house majority whip jim clyburn, who is a 1961 graduate of the university.his is about half an hour. is about half an >> i'm told the proper way to announce the president of the united states is simply to sate ladies and gentlemen, this is the president of the united dates. -- united states. [applause] >> i learned a long time ago that if you wanted to get anything done with jim, you went to his wife. [laughter] all kidding aside, the story jim tells is act -- absolutely accurate. i got shellacked in the first two primaries. i kept saying i'm waiting to go to south carolina, i mean that sincerely. i come from a state that has eight largest african-american population. that is the source of my support in delaware. i got down here, things were going pretty slow. i remember someone saying to me and i heard him say to jim, we should be for biden. she is an incredible woman, i will speak about her in a bit. not only did we win, i think we won every district. i just want you to know it matters. jim saying to you, if you don't succeed at first, try again. a lot of

. >>> meanwhile, congressman jim clyburn, the number three democrat in the house, has tested positive for covid. the 81-year-old reportedly has no symptoms but is now in quarantine. >>> five people are now under arrest in connection with the armed carjacking of a congresswoman in philadelphia. mary gay scanlon's car was recovered last night in delaware hours after she and a staffer were attacked near a south philadelphia park. they were not hurt, and a local councilman says, this proves no one is immune from the rising crime rates. >> we're elected officials, but also we're citizens as well and so nothing excludes us from being shot. nothing excludes us from being murdered. >> philadelphia police say carjackings are up 80% this year. >>> we have new details this morning about the truck driver sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal crash. the effort involving millions of people to get his punishment reduced is now getting some results. this morning, the calls for justice growing louder for a truck driver sentenced to more than a century in prison for his role in a deadly highway

unclear how that will pick up steam and the president today giving thanks to one of his best allies, jim clyburn, giving a speech at a university in south carolina, presenting the longtime congressman with a disagree. >> and i'll tell you what, tas going to be so inspiring and moving. and our good friend gene robinson along on that trip. and i suspect that they're probably going to go right past his home in orangeburg, south carolina, where he grew up. in a south and a country completely different in so many ways than it is today. thank you so much for being with us this week. we greatly appreciate it. that does it for us this morning. stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >>> good morning. i'm stephanie ruhle, live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is friday, december 17th, and there is a ton of news, so let's get smarter. right now, the covid situation across this country is starting to feel a lot like it did in the early days. things are changing quickly with cases spiking dramatically and transmissions seemingly running wild. according to nbc news, the average number

it is hitting close to home among the vaccinated, and jim clyburn was with the president last thursday in south carolina and decided not to go to a family wedding, his granddaughter's wedding on saturday after they insisted everyone get vaccinated and he tested positive. but thankfully he and senator coones are having mild symptoms. >> yeah, he waited 56 hours, the white house is bracing for more cases. they believe that we'll see a uptick. the vice president workforce that staffer for most of tuesday, so she has tested negative since then, but she will continue to be tested through a pcr tomorrow, on friday, and again on monday following the cdc recommendations. we're told by the white house that congressman clyburn and president biden shared a stage during that address, but they're not considered close contact because they weren't in such close proximity for an extended amount of time. they later tested positive, but the president also tested negative three times since then. he will continue to be assessed regularly and i think everywhere you look it is the same story, breakthrough i

next to the president, the congressman in the sixth district there in south carolina, congressman jim clyburn traveling there with the president. we should also point out this is not just an ordinary commencement address. of course, president biden and congressman clyburn have been friends for a number of decades. the president is also on hand to give congressman clyburn his diploma. 60 years ago congressman clyburn not able to walk at graduation. wasn't able to walk across the stage and grab the diploma, so president biden will be presenting his friend with his diploma any moment now as well. josh letterman is traveling with the president. he is joining me now. excuse me, from the white house. my apoloies there. josh, we heard the president there spend a fair amount of time talking about voting rights as well during that commencement address. voting rights at the top of the legislative agenda. he sounded fired up. an indication of how much energy he's going to be putting into the senate to pass federal voting rights legislation? >> well, yeah. i mean, we heard the president there repeatedly

at least trump was only in dc for four years, then there are people like jim clyburn who has been there 28 years at age 81. he's in the lead to give up power. >> never ask anybody to die for me. don't know why people come saying you need to step aside for me. if you want to my seat come get it. >> that's the party of the future. if your calendars stuck on 1995. democrats are in a huge bind, but they will not do the hard work necessary to build their party back better. afraid of the squat's primary challenge is perhaps they abandoned the middle and went way radical. the result for them, politically at least, are devastating. biden lost 2 thirds of americans on the inflation should, 54% in his own party approve of his handling of that issue it hit the scheduling independents. 71% disapproval rating. trump would win in a landslide if the election were held today. you can't build a national movement with awoke ideology that believes in open borders, business going rags, high taxes, calling, bending, racial fearmonger, anti-american hatred and unending covid mandates and a partridge in appar

it jim clyburn played into it, and we were routinely hearing this rhetoric from the left and unfortunately it comes in a very deadly price. >> harris: it you know last hour leslie, we talked about the 57 children who have been shot and killed in chicago this year and at my question was, what does mayor lightfoot say now to those families? i'm not saying every single life would be different but if she says this is what it's going to take to change lives going forward, maybe they could have all been saved. >> leslie: as a democrat i don't just say i support somebody because they are on my side of the aisle or party. but for people to say that she wanted to defund the police, that's not accurate. this is what she said. and i quote. she was actually by people in my own party she was chastised and criticized because she didn't want to defund of the police. she was facing out $1.2 billion pandemic induced shortfall so she did not increase the police budget and this is what she said. we are not doing that, when they said to defund the police. we have to fund both public services and we have to fo

then there are people like jim clyburn, who's been there for 28 years.81, he's in no mood to give up power. no. >> i never ask anybody to die for me. i don't know why people come saying "you need to step aside for me." no. if you want my seat, come get it. >> laura: that's the party of the future, you saw it. sure, if your calendar is stuck on, i don't know, 1995, yeah, definitely. the democrats are in a huge bind, but they will not do the hard work necessary to build their party back better. afraid of "the squad"'s primary challenges perhaps, they abandoned the middle, and it went way radical. the result for them, politically at least, are devastating. biden has lost two-thirds of americans in the inflation issue. only 54% in his own party approve of his handling of that issue. and he hit the skids among independents, a 71% disapproval rating. trump would win in a landslide if the election were held today. look, you can't build a national movement with a woke ideology that believes in open borders, business-killing rags, high taxes, coddling criminals,

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. >> house majority jim clyburn on voting rights and the filibuster earlier today. rsten sinema say they support voting rights legislation, but neither support getting around the filibuster. eugene daniels and jim robinson. eugene, to you first. do we support sinema and manchin on voting rights if they want to do away with the filibuster? you can't have one without the other. >> no, you can't have one without the other. there is only one republican senator, lisa murkowski, who is willing to have the senate debate, the mildest, the least far-reaching of the voting rights legislation that the democrats have been posing. it has the civil rights act of 1965 that republicans used to routinely pass but passed unanimously for the time it was reauthorized in the senate. but today's republican party simply just doesn't believe in it anymore and doesn't believe in voting rights the way they used to, so yeah, they're not going to have 60 votes in the senate any time soon, and if you're going to protect voting rights, you are going to have to do a carve-out around the filibuster

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jim clyburn majority whip said that he has faith democrats will find a way to get around the filibuster see an opportunity there, a carveout, an exception to the filibuster, to pass voting rights legislation? >> i hope so. i would point out that i stand with our founding fathers who opposed the filibuster, ie a supermajority vote requirement in the senate. it didn't come about until the founding fathers generation had long passed. there is no constitutional justification for the fill husban filibuster in my view. but even if someone chbt with as wants to keep the filibuster, reconciliation is the most famous carveout. so why not create then one more carveout for what is in my view the most important fundamental right and that is the right to vote. >> you would need like so many things, you'd need manchin on board for that. redistricting we're seeing happen across the country, yes, by many gop-controlled legislatures, which this newly drawn map if it comes true would put you against a republican brian fitzpatrick, put your seat in danger. we are though seeing similar machinations in a st

plan to walk off together, and it's always been impossible to arrange but in the piece you jet jim clyburneing spoker is not in my plans. he says at some point he wants to be in a rocky chair and enjoy more time with the grandkids and the like. if you took please and klei burn and hour would be the question mark, an entire shift in the tbd shift in the democrats. >> they want to have a hand in that shift and help guide that shift, and i think, again, to the point in your article the rank and file democrats are a little bit worried about what happens in the vacuum, the infighting, the disarray and the lack of direction so we know pelosi has that steady hand, and i think they would like to see her around with -- with the understanding that she's around to help the next generation get in place. >> do that point, a leading progressive ro khanna, has a trust among democrats and they trust her skill. anyone who comes after her will have to earn their trust. those questions will be here sooner or later. >> she's going to be an extremely difficult act to follow. think about the person who follows

jim clyburn hosted a fund-raiser and is splitting the caucus a little bit. you right now how this kind of plays out and where national democrats end up siding in the next couple of months? >> you know, this is one of these things where you can't get bogged down in the punditry and talking about it. i've focused ever since i've run for office ever since i've been elected on what people in the seventh district need and we need things like infrastructure, congestion relief. we need health care and we need child care and so my goal going forward is just to focus on those issues and talk to them about how we're connecting the things that the democrats have delivered on with what is going to affect them in their daily lives so i'm just focusing on that right now. >> and there will be plenty to focus on in the next couple of weeks, no doubt about it. congresswoman, thank you so much for your time. >> great to be here. >> all right. a scaled-back celebration is happening in times square tonight. anyone who wants to be there will have to wear a mask and show that the

tonight we learn a member of the house leadership jim clyburn of south carolina has tested positive but asymptomatic. clyburn is 81 years old and received two vaccines and a booster. the president has again tested negative after his exposure to a staffer that tested positive this week. and today officials revealed vice president harris has also been in contact with a different staff member who also tested positive. harris has since tested negative. the white house is taking steps to extend one covid relief measure extending the pause on student loan payments until may 1st. that suspension had been set to expire on january the 31st. >> a number of people, millions of people across the country are still struggling with the on going threat of the pandemic. many of them are student loan borrowers, this is something the president thought a lot about over the last several days. in coordination and of course conjunction and discussion with the vice president and led to the decision to extend until may. >>> on capitol hill the january 6th committee wants an answer from republican and trump supp

honor to be with today and present today a dear friend and one of the great leaders of our country, jim clyburnn clyburn is currently the majority whip, the third ranking democrat in the united states house of representatives. he's been in the congress since 1993 and has had a phenomenal record of achievement in economic development and racial progress. and he's one of the

tonight we learned a member of the house leadership, jim clyburn of south carolina has tested positive, but is asymptomatic. clyburn is 81 years old, he has received two vaccines and a booster, the white house says the president has again tested negative after his exposure to a staffer who tested positive earlier this week. and today, officials reveal that vice president harris has been in contact with a different staff member who also tested positive. harris has synced tested negative. also tonight the white house is taking steps to extend one covid relief measure, extending the pause on student loan payments until may 1st. that suspension has been set to expire on january 31st. >> a number of people, millions of people across the country are still struggling with the ongoing threat of the pandemic. many of them are student loan borrowers, this is something the president has talked a lot about over the last several days. in coordination, of course in conjunction, in conversations with the vice president and it led to the decision to extend until may. >> on capitol hill, january six co

that is something that jim clyburn was pushing for months ago. the president back then did not want to push. that did not want to talk about a carve out for the civil rights. he's sort of shifted and say we might see something that he's now supporting. it comes down to senator sinema. when i talk to white house officials, well at this and -- this is really going to be something for the senate to decide. when you hear the president say that voting rights is the most important domestic issue. there are a lot of democrats who say well that is really true, then why didn't you do more on that. why didn't you demand from senator sinema, from senator manchin, a carve out for this. why didn't use the political capital frankly that used on infrastructure, on voting rights. of course the biden administration says that we have to walk and shoes at the same time. with this all underscores, and it connects to january six, republicans have been laser focused on changing the voting laws in this country. we are seeing legislator after legislator. make changes to

. >>> congressman jim clyburn and seth moulton have introduced a bill to restore g.i.s who were denied them after serving their country during world war ii. they write, quote, after the japanese attack on pearl harbor, 1.2 million black servicemen and women answered the call to defend our country and to protect democracy abroad. they believed in america's promise and they believed their commitment to the country they loved would pay off, but when they returned home, much of that promise was denied to them. joining us now is congressman seth moulton of massachusetts, a former marine corps officer as well as a member of the house armed services committee. the piece goes on to say, thousands of black soldiers watched as returning white soldiers enjoyed the full benefits of the g.i. bill, at the same time, discriminatory policies and prejudiced state and local officials barred black families from fully accessing those same benefits. our generation did not commit this wrong but we should be committed to making it right. tell me there isn't anyone who objects to this piece o

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interesting name that has taken himself out of the running, there was speculation that the house whip, jim clyburn but he told me he is not planning to be speaker. as he said, he wants to have time to get to his rocking chair and get to play more golf. >> isaac, thank you very much for that reporting. >> thank you. >>> today the michigan high school shooting suspect will appear in court. what to expect inside the room. >>> plus, during the pandemic, social gatherings in london were banned. why are there new photos of boris johnson hosting a christmas quiz party when everyone else was under strict lockdown? it's the sparkle and shine sale. get 30% off everything. ♪ ♪ this is how we shine... at zales. the diamond store. ok, let's talk about those changes to your financial plan. bill, mary? hey... it's our former broker carl. carl, say hi to nina, our schwab financial consultant. hm... i know how difficult these calls can be. not with schwab. nina made it easier to set up our financial plan. we can check in on it anytime. it changes when our goals change. planning can't be that easy. actually, it can

left, let's talk about the president's visit to south carolina, congressman house majority whip jim clyburn'she president going to south carolina and going to whip clyburn's alma mater. >> yeah. i mean, there is no joe biden is president if not for clyburn, for south carolina and for black voters. i think joe biden knows that. he's said that. his advisers have said to me over and over you have to dance with the ones that brung you, and black people brung him to the white house. and i think that is something this white house and joe biden takes seriously. in looking at the way how much he respects clyburn and knows that he wouldn't be president if clyburn didn't endorse him before south carolina. and i think this administration has worked to continue that relationship and to try to figure out ways to continue to cultivate the relationship with the black voters because they know that this is the base of the democratic party no matter who's the loudest on twitter. older black voters are the ones you need if you want to be president, and that's exactly what happened for joe biden. >> that was the

university is also a tribute, a way for the president to honor his longtime friend congressman jim clyburnrically black university, but he was unable to walk the stage at his commencement ceremony. fast forward 60 years to today, clyburn asked bide on the come to the state to deliver this commencement address. the white house saying he will be honoring his friend as he does it. of course this is a bit of a thank-you, a repayment for that clyburn endorsement back in 2020 which helped turn his campaign around. >> might say he put him on the path to the nomination. arlette saenz, thank so much. >>> some families who have children are with autism are finding hope in cannabis. that hope can come with some risk. up next, our dr. sanjay gupta joins me about his special report, "marijuana and autism." hi sabrina! hi jen! hi. so you're the scientist here. i just have to ask. does my aveeno® daily moisturizer really make my dry skin healthier in one day? it's true jen. really?! this nourishing prebiotic oat formula moisturizes to help prevent dry skin. one day? for real! wow! aveeno® healthy. it's o

. >> as he watches this unfold, i want to play this "axios" interview with congressman jim clyburn.arty such as the republican party that my parents were members of, for them to turn the whole party apparatus over to one person means you're no longer a party and that's what's happening. it's time for the right thing, for people in this country to step away from cult worship. >> but, stuart, adam kinzinger stepped away and he's not running for reelection. liz cheney is a constant target tonight on fox news, so what's the answer? >> look, i have one disagreement with the congressman there. i don't think that donald trump contained the party, i think donald trump revealed the party. these people are what they want to be. the republican party is very comfortable being an autocratic movement now. that's hard for a lot of us who worked in the party to come to grips with, but i don't know any other conclusion to come to in any kind of honest, intellectual sense. they are about the business of changing what we've always known as american democracy. there was a plot to end the peaceful trans

>> jim clyburn, the house whip, there is some speculation that he might want to come in as an interimng to be speaker, he is not interested in that. so, where this likely goes to is hakeem jeffries, congressman from new york who is the fifth ranking leader in the democratic caucus at the moment, or katherine clark. she is from massachusetts. there are also some calls that pramila jayapal, she's from washington state, has been sounding like she might be interested in pursuing a s leadership spot as well. >> what are the dynamics of the last 11 months kind of top-line maybe on cable news show is this idea that speakers may be losing her grip. she's set a number of deadlines on the infrastructure. they missed those deadlines. the difference between now and 2009 and she can lose three votes now. in 2009 i think she had a 56 or 57-seat majority. >> one of the things that we've seen come up over and over during the infrastructure negotiations is that she did not have the ability to say to people the president wants this, that's why you should do it. they were not responding to that. and tha

the school is the hbcu alma mater of representative jim clyburn, who graduated back in 1961. december graduation ceremonies held back then, so instead clyburn could only receive his diploma in the mail. but today the 81-year-old congressman who many credit for reviving the then struggling biden presidential campaign, finally got the chance to walk across the stage and be handed his diploma. >> bachelor of science, history, james e. clyburn. [ cheers and applause ] summa magna congressional cum laude. >> and that is our broadcast for this friday night with our thanks for being with us. on behalf of all of my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. >>> finally get ahold of dad and he's like what's going on? elysse has been shot. >> i held her hand and said my lisa, my lisa. >> everyone's like do you want justice? do you want revenge? i just want the truth. >> lisa techal, newly married, pregnant, starting the career of her dreams. >> he always put everybody before herself. >> then one morning a single gun shot blast rocked the newly wed's home. a young husband out o

a few lawmakers test positive, too, in the past few week, even the number three house democrat jim clyburn test, and most of these have been among democrats, but, you know, republicans have been curiously silent about the number of positive tests among lawmakers there, and so, you know this, will certainly be a -- a concern for lawmakers heading into next year. >> yeah. it's fascinating that we're back here again, both on the policy side and political side and public health side. hang with me. we'll be back here in a few. president biden's first year in office may be started better than esending a look at all that coming up next. starting with your first course. explore your opportunities at phoenix.edu my name is douglas. i'm a writer/director and i'm still working. in the kind of work that i do, you are surrounded by people who are all younger than you. i had to get help somewhere along the line to stay competitive. i discovered prevagen. i started taking it and after a period of time, my memory improved. it was a game-changer for me. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. trelegy for c

. >> house majority whip jim clyburn has tested positive. he says he has been vaccinated and boosted. he has no symptoms, and he has been quarantining since sunday. his experience speaks to a larger issue. it took three days -- three days for the democratic leader to get a test result. just like everybody else. amazon and walmart joining cv zss and walgreens limiting the number of covid tests you can buy. >>> president biden addressing the covid test last night. cnn's jeff zeleny has more from the white house. >> reporter: christine and paula, president biden bluntly acknowledged that he struggled to contain this covid-19 surge in the winter. he said nothing has been good enough. he acknowledged that testing has been a problem. he said he wishes he could have dunmore. but also struck a very defensive tone in that new abc news interview taped on wednesday here at the white house. the president defended his administration's response when he said this. >> no, i don't think it's a failure. i think you could argue that we should have known a year

. >> congressman jim clyburn, the 3rd most powerful democrat in the house says that he has tested positive for covid. >> he says he is fully vaccinated. he does not have any symptoms. he was tested before he was set to attend his granddaughter's wedding. that's how we found out a growing number of lawmakers sent tested positive this week, including east bay congresswoman barbara lee and senators elizabeth warren and cory booker. >> u.s. supreme court will hear arguments on 2 separate issues involving vaccine requirements in the workplace. that announcement came late today just as we're seeing another nationwide spike in covid cases. >> kron jonathan mccall has a closer look at the possible implications of that decision. >> the workplace mandate which impacts more than 80 million american workers remains in effect after an appeals court reinstated last week. a number of businesses 27 mostly republican led states and other groups have no challenge. the policy asking the supreme court to block it. missouri is leading that challenge wednesday, texas governor greg abbott tweeted that, quote, if