i've been working on it myself with my friend sheila jackson lee and john cornyn and others. this year's celebration should be rooted in the works of the repair we have done and still need to do and will continue to do, lord willing, as a country that has endured racial tension which has tried to divide our people. let it not be so. as abraham quoted in the bible, he said, a house divided against itself cannot stand. our country can and should and lord i will say will, unite beyond the divisions we have faced and this is a long way toward that. the forces that try to divide our nation will not prevail as we stand firm in our identity as americans. we are a people refined through the trials of fire and made stronger and stronger than ever. juneteenth reminds us of the freedom so bravely defended by many americans and it encourages us to remain steadfast in the good fight against division and it also reminds us we have a ways to go. a house divided cannot stand, that is absolutely true. but a house that is united is unshakable. mr. speaker, this is a step toward that unificatio

another way to see it in the success that greg abbot and john cornyn and so many others say that theymainstream of the sanitized story that white historians told about the war and causes and aftermaths and the nobillity of the confederacy and the men that fought and killed to preserve some of the evil institutions. that version of history lost in this battle for this holiday, celebrating emancipation. the optimistic way to view this between the attack on education and voting, while also endorsing a holiday is that when they say they are losing their country or their vision of it, they are right in a certain way. they are losing. the can't critical race theory hysteria and attempts to reduce democratic participation are the attempts of a coalition losing the battle of ideas. let's hope they keep losing. f i. let's hope they keep losing. ♪ sometimes you wanna go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're always glad you came ♪ welcome back, america. it sure is good to see you. good night syra. night, drive safe. i love you. drive safe. ok buh bye mommy. you guys ready? you s

would like to invite up while i signed, senator smith, senator markey and senator warnock, senator john cornynsenator clyburn, representative barbara lee, representative danny davis, chair joyce beatty and sheila jackson lee, and miss opal. [indiscernible] [laughter] [applause] [indiscernible] >> thank you, mr. president. president biden: i have got three more. [indiscernible] [laughter] president biden: does anybody else want this? thanks, everybody. [applause] reporter: is election day next, mr. president? is the plan to sign election day a national holiday? [applause] [indiscernible conversations] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated while the president and vice president depart. thank you. [indiscernible conversations] ♪ ♪ ["god bless america" playing] ♪ ♪ ♪ [indiscernible] ♪ ♪ [indiscernible] ♪ ♪ [indiscernible] ♪ >> 80's is and gentlemen, remain seated as the president and vice president depart. thank you. ♪ [inaudible] [indiscernible] >> today on the communicators. antitrust policy in digital markets. >> we are off the charts in terms of where we have been in the last 40 years

unanimously in the senate, we had john cornyn up there getting his pen as well. you've seen the evolution of this. you know what we're going through as a nation. i feel that there's higher powers that are manipulating everyone to be at each other's throats. we're not allowed to be united and still feels like against all of that, we always gravitate eventually towards that. so talk to this movement, how we moved towards this as a nation. >> i am joining juneteenth celebration tomorrow. it's been said that the slaves, they acknowledged being free in texas. juneteenth has been a texas holiday for a while. they dressed up. i'm going to have a juneteenth celebration and a lovely dress. i'm going to pray and thank god for everybody that has supported this. through the years, it was fascinating. the president lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. it took two years in texas for black folks to realize that they were free. then they celebrated. it took president biden 40 years as a senator, he couldn't get it done now. i'm excited about it. i want to say president

opal lee was there and all the democrats who supported this, but so is john cornyn of texas , so maybe that will help. but you know, there is at least one republican state legislature candidate in virginia who's already proclaimed that this weekend he will hold a juneteenth community shooting day, a gun rally, community shooting for juneteenth. the good folks at fox news prepared last night for the signing of this new law commemorating the end of slavery by running an interview by one of the primetime host that was all about how black people just have lower iqs than white people, and that explains why black people do get paid less for their work and why they should get paid less, because of the biological inferiority of the black race. that was in 1939 that that mob attacked in ft. worth. actually, that was. that interview on the fox news streaming channel conducted one of the primetime host? that was last night. we have a new national holiday commemorating the end of slavery as of today. federal workers will have tomorrow off in honor of the juneteenth holiday here juneteenth this yea

john cornyn was one of the main sponsors of this bill.as was sort of the final frontier of the civil war and the last slaves were freed there. it passed 100 to 0. it was a unanimous consent vote in the senate. ron johnson of wisconsin had been holding it up a little bit but it passed unanimously. over in the house this happens again and again where things that even a unanimous 100 to 0 senate vote happens, there's a block of anywhere from 10 to 35 house republicans who are embracing the ideology that nia has just been talking about, that is really, really, you know, far right. >> but i'm going to be -- >> it's worth noting, john, this is at this point juneteenth is marked in most states, private businesses, a number of give that this is pretty widely recognized at this point. so, which makes it a little more -- >> the train was leaving the station and yet this group decided -- even though they knew it would fail they wanted to make the point. >> i'm going to be cynical. saying if you vote to create a holiday for juneteenth it gives you co

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here is republican senator john cornyn questioning one of the witnesses yesterday, a dreamer and a medical doctor, about the politics of finding a pathway to citizenship for certain unauthorized populations. >> there's no question that you've made incredible contributions to our country as an emergency room physician and i think the reason you're here is you're an exemplary of the type of young person who's applied for and received daca whose life has been cast into uncertainty because of the fact that this has not been something that actually resulted from congressional action and consensus building. and i personally support trying to provide a permanent solution for people like you. as you think you heard me say, that there's a number of different iterations of the dream act and daca, starting with the original daca which now has 640 active individuals. the bill before us today would provide a pathway to citizenship for 4.4 million people. if it is politically unlikely for us to be able to pass something like that american dream and promise act, which i agree -- which i believe it is imp

thank you. [ applause ] now, i would like to invite up while i sign senator tina smith, senator john cornyn, john cleburne, representative barbara lee, representative danny davis, and sheila jackson lee and ms. opal. you should have my chair. all right. [ applause ] there you go. >> thank you, mr. president. [ applause ] >> all right . >> is election day next? mr. president, is election day next? is the plan to sign election day as a national holiday? >> thank you, everybody. thank you. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. you have been watching president joe biden at the white house signing a bill that makes juneteenth a federal holiday. this is the first new federal holiday in nearly 40 years. it commemorates the end of slavery in the u.s. since juneteenth this year is on a saturday, tomorrow is the new holiday. let's bring in phil mattingly. he used this as an opportunity to bring us his key priorities like voting rights. >> yeah. like voting rights and just equity generally. that sounds like a broad concept out of hand but whe

senator john cornyn tweeting, now more than ever we need to learn from our history and continue to form a more perfect union. the measure now needs to pass the house where it's sponsored by congresswoman sheila jackson lee and be signed by president joe biden to become law. >>> okay, now, look at this e-mail. quote, pure insanity. it's a response to the dea to trump's pushing them to back his election claims. there are more where that e-mail came from . stay with us. spicy like them pajama pants? well, the top half of me looks good. no wonder we still single. hello lenny28. wait a minute, i know a lenny28. ooo...lenny is cute! can i get some privacy, please? you've been taking mental health meds, and your mind is finally in a better place. except now you have uncontrollable body movements called tardive dyskinesia - td. and it can seem like that's all people see. some meds for mental health can cause abnormal dopamine signaling in the brain. while how it works is not fully understood, ingrezza is thought to reduce that signaling. ingrezza is a prescription medicine used to treat adults

but john cornyn particularly, i'm from texas.has a particular obligation, texas has more black citizens than any other satate. so he has a responsibility to stand up for their rights. in austin, they're trying to pass a bill that would take polling places away from black communities and put them into white communities. in ft. worth, it's about 80% minority in one district. it would lose half the polling places, and they would be shifted to white communities. they're trying to cut back on early voting, drive-through voting, late night voting, even sunday morning souls to polls voting. they're targeting black and brown texans with surgical precision. it is racist, and i think it's right to call that what it is. these are racist acts trying to discriminate against some texans. >> imagine what happens if democrats in the majority don't stop it. that will be an existential crisis in the midterms. >> i'm all for infrastructure, but they got to save our democracy. >> you got to go to manchin and say, show me your for the people bill. sh

she was standing next to john cornyn when she was delivering that and i think the visual to standing next to one of the top republicans in the senate, this jibberish about bipartisanship is just a matter of posturing right now to seem like a reasonable centrist figure in her home state of arizona. that's all well and good. we've only had one major bill in the senate that has been derailed by the filibuster. it was the vote on the commission. what we need is a ramp-up. like the for the people act, the voting rights act to come up in quick succession to have so a narrative takes sbhap the repeated construction of restoring in this country. and i think chuck schumer knows that. that is why he's teeing up the for the people bill this month. they need to come up in rapid succession. so but for the filibuster, they would be passing. the black vote on the commission was the first step. they really need to lay a few more bricks to be able to lay the case with the public and to build their own resolve. i think when those actual measures come up, this will be an indefensible position for them

dan: that amendment was proposed by texas republican john cornyn which had to do with paying a prevailingruction workers who are building or who would be building new fabrication plants for semiconductors in the u.s. that amendment failed but it did not affect the end result, which is that the senate passed the bill 68-32, so it was a major bipartisan vote that had enough votes to clear the senate, so now, it moves on to the house and we are not sure exactly what is going to happen there because there's some different ideas on how they want to handle this. but this was a multi-week effort and one of the few sort of things that was moving in the senate right now so it was a big deal. shery: exactly, given the partisanship we continue to see in congress, so what does this tell you about this anti-china sentiment uniting republicans and democrats? dan: it emerged in the last. i think that is more true in the senate than it is in the house. but certainly overall, in congress, that seems to be the case where there is an increased willingness to take on china. this bill is sort of interesting b

she was standing next to john cornyn when she was delivering that and i think the visual to standing next to one of the top republicans in the senate, this gibberish about the filibuster and paying bromides to bipartisanship is sort of posturing right now to seem like a reasonable centrist figure in her home state of arizona, which is all well and good. right now this discussion is happen manage the abstract, don. we've really only had one effort so far, one major bill in the senate that has been derailed by the filibuster. it was the vote on the commission. what we need is a ramp-up. like the for the people act, the voting rights act to come up in quick succession so that a narrative takes shape about the consistent and repeated obstruction of measures taken. and i think chuck schumer knows that. that is why he's teeing up the for the people bill this month. all these measures need to come up in rapid succession so that it's clear that one side is aligned in support of these proposal. and but for the filibuster, they'd be passing. the block vote on the commission was the first step,

there have been talks between john cornyn and murphy.t's your position especially in the wake of the deadly shootings we've already seen this year? >> absolutely. there was a lot of hope this year there would be some sort of major gun control compromise coming out because democrats held control of the government for the first time in a while, but, you know, those negotiations that you mention between senator chris murphy who is the democrats' point man, pretty much fell apart. senator murphy told me that he was still engaged negotiations with several other republican senators about a plan to -- on a slightly smaller scale expand back on tax over more sales and opposed to all transfers, as many democrats want. perhaps that legislation could come up as early as next month, and this is likely to include some sort of expansion of background checks, online sales on craigslist-type sites and gun shows. it will be interesting to see how this plays out, but they're still propoals headed by the republicans. there's still the possibility of a fili

encouraging that those in congress, myself, henry cuellar on the democratic side, john cornyn, senatorh senator sinema have come together to find a bipartisan way to secure our border. elizabeth: all right. congressman tony gonzalez, thank you for joining us. come back again soon, okay? great insights and perspective there. congressman gonzales of texas. i'm elizabeth macdonald, you've been watching "the evening edit" on fox business. that does it for us. we hope you have a good evening, and join us again tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪ larry: hello, everyone. welcome back to "kudlow." i'm larry kudlow. well, folks, we'll begin with this, the markets were absolutely roaring today. good for them. dow up nearly 600 points. coming back from a big drop last week and a big drop on friday. we've got the great art laffer coming on later on in the show. he's going to tell us about stocks and inflation. which wins in the investment foot race, and who's going to come out ahead? we'll throw in some interest rates and the fed too. you know me, i

lori lightfoot is thrilled by this, unlike john cornyn, jory lightfoot understands the power of symbolsre immensely important, that is why we have them. for flag day on monday, holiday designed to under the american flag, speaking of symbols, lori lightfoot is flying something instead called the pan african flag. you are seeing a shot of it right now, it is up in city hall. that indeed juneteenth flag. watch. >> we must also recognize that freedom has been illusory for far too many american residents. including black people. so we must embrace all american history, and today, on juneteenth, we will be raising another flag, the juneteenth flag. >> tucker: freedom has been illusory. really? what is she saying? she is saying that your old independence day and the nation that it's celebrated, was all a lie. this is the kind of thing that lori lightfoot spends her time doing. that amber rating her staff. thanks to an open records request from the "chicago tribune" we got from dell macro some of lori lightfoot's emails and it turns out she's every bit the person she imagine she was. in januar

you know, senator john cornyn from texas, who i certainly don't agree with on everything, said today that, you know, america is the greatest nation on earth, but we're not perfect. and we have to strive to be a more perfect union. that's what i think all of this is about. the greatness of our country isn't that we've been infallible. it's that we've tried to address the mistakes that we've made, that we've modified, amended our constitution, changed our society. we are a much, much, much different country than we were 156 years ago when the slaves na galveston, texas, finally found out about president lincoln's decree. >> the people in order to form a more perfect union, not a perfect union, right? we keep striving for that every single day because there is no perfection. nothing is perfect. that's the whole idea of the country. listen, president biden says that the next step is to deliver on equity. he mentioned housing, education, and more importantly, voting rights, right? most importantly as a matter of fact. are you concerned about the fate of voting rights there in congress? >>

terms of the pushing i do wonder do you regret in hindsight not running against texas republican john cornyn for the senate last year? because if you had and won you wouldn't have to be criticizing manchin or sinema from the side lines. you'd be the 51st vote in the senate. >> there's nothing i can do unt the past. i've got to do what i can where i am. and what that means for me is fighting for our democracy and voting rights right here in texas. i've giving it all i've got as i know millions of my fellow americans are at this same moment as well. this fight is the one that will define us and this country, this generation and everyone that follows. we cannot be found wanting. so let's get after it. >> agree. and fair enough you can't review the past. let's talk future. 30 seconds left, will you be running for the governor of texas as a lot of reports suggest against abbot next year? >> i'm going to see this fight through the to finish, and after that i'm going to see how i can serve texas either as a candidate or a supporting candidate. one way or another i'm supporting texas. >> beto o'rour

senator sinema was pressed on the issue yesterday as she appeared with texas republican senator john cornyn. >> i have long been a supporter of the filibuster because it is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation rather than allowing our country to ricochet wildly every two to four years back and forth between policies. amy: international pressure is mounting for ethiopia to declare a ceasefire and allow for delivery of aid to the northern tigray region, where millions of people are now facing famine. the u.n. says over 90% of people in the area need emergency food aid after months of conflict and displacement. there have also been many reports of sexual violence and indiscriminate killings since the fighting erupted in november of last year. earlier this week, reports were published of a may 8 attack in which eritrean soldiers killed 19 civilians, mostly children and women, in a tigray village. one of sri lanka's biggest environmental disasters on record is set to get even worse after a stricken cargo ship carrying tons of chemicals began sinking in the indian ocean. officials are

the senator made that literal today by repairing next to john cornyn and raise it raining the oppositionule in the senate. >> i.c.e. folks in arizona know, i've long been a supporter of the filibuster because, it is a tool that protects the democracy of our nation. to those who say, if we may make a choice between the filibuster and acts, i say, this is a full choice. the reality is, when we have a system that's not working effectively, the way to pitch that is to change their behavior, not to eliminate the rules or change them, but changing behavior. >> >> no. this is the fork in the road for democrats. the biden agenda, climate future, integrity, democrats use the power that the majority of americans have trusted them with, to repair the country. where they're giving him an already rule and reaction to for the degraded mayor can democracy. it's the fundamental choice year. now, have president obama has jumped into the fray with his thoughts and what democrats need to do about the filibuster, and the repercussions if they do nothing. that's next. that's next. up at 2:00am again? tonight

but i was at the press club, in the spring, and senator markey and senator john cornyn offered billson lee, house of representative, offered a bill in the house, the same day. and oh, that gave me so much hope. to know that we, still, had things going. and to find out that it's a national holiday, i just want everybody to know that this is a godsend. >> what is should it mean to people, juneteenth? what do you want them to do on that day? and what do you want it to be catalyst for? >> i want them to know juneteenth is a bridge to freedom. we have juneteenth. i think we should celebrate, from the 19th of june to the fourth of july. you know, we weren't free on the fourth of july, 1776. and i want them to know it's not a black thing. it's not a texas thing. none of us are free, until we are, all, free. and we're not free, yet. there are too many disparities. i'm talking about healthcare. i can get waited on for something, and you can't because you don't have insurance. the schools need to have the truth. and let young people know what actually happened. and let's begin the healing. job

senator of arizona on tuesday during an appearance at the border with texas republican senator john cornyn. and no behavior is being changed by the filibuster, zero, zip, nada. there is no incentive for change. that's one of the five biggest myths about the fill buster that keeps getting pushed. it promotes compromise. actually, the opposite. senators know they don't have to compromise as long as the other side doesn't have the ten votes to overcome the threshold. nine senators didn't bother to show up to the january 6th commission vote. the votes were not needed to block it. the filibuster protects democracy. nope. what began as a means of cutting off a senator during a long debate is the means to block any and all legislation. when you get 54 votes for a bill in the senate and still lose to 35 votes, that's not democracy. this number three, the filibuster comes from the founding fathers. do we indict the u.s. education system for this myth? myth number four, there hasn't been any big increase in the use of the filibuster. you know what? i'm going to let the orange in that graph do all th

have two members in congress, and sponsors from texas, and congresswoman sheila jackson lee, and john cornyn sponsors of the juneteenth bill saying that this is about racial reconciliation, and moment of reflection, and jim, you are talking to people here, and it is very apparent that, yes, it is a symbolic aspect it to, and there needs to be some teeth behind it as well. jim? >> absolutely. such an important day. susanzanne malveaux, and a lock the activities down there on the black lives matter plaza. and today, we are looking at congresswoman maxine waters, thank you for joining us, and we appreciate it. looking at the terrific background behind you on juneteenth, and why so important to you for the federal government to make juneteenth a federal holiday, and your thoughts on this day. >> thank you very much for having us on this day. juneteenth is important certainly to the black community. as you know the story, and i think that you related it early on where we did not get notice of our freedom until two years after the emancipation proclamation was signed, and so the slave owners had t

john cornyn of texas spoke to chris murphy of connecticut trying to find a compromise on background checkssome day later coming back to the table. president biden leaving a video message to marjory stoneman douglas high school. >> this class, you have been tested in ways no young person should ever have to face. every few generations young people come along at a point in history with a chance to make real change. the world has already seen just how capable you are, how stronger. >> appreciate your time joining us. see you back here this time tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up the news next hour. have a good day. >>> hello. i'm ana cabrera in new york. thank you for being with us on this busy wednesday. the president facing a critical and tricky moment here in the united states and overseas. moments if now he arrives in england, and he assumes his role on the world stage. this is his first foreign trip as president and the mission is clear. >> make it clear to putin and to china, europe and the united states i

finding allies in democratic senator ed markey and perhaps, surprising to some, republican senator john cornyn of your home state of texas. the bill was reintroduced in february, and i'll let you tell us if you see it getting taken up again before the 19th. but for those still unfamiliar with the significance of the date, as you give us an update, can you explain why this is so symbolic? >> you know, reverend, it is significant in the backdrop of a major push across america, again, started by the former president, to not teach a critical assessment of our history. how shameful. to run amok over slavery and the brutality of such, jim crow and lynching. this juneteenth is partly jubilee, but it is partly an acknowledgment of slavery. and that is that juneteenth is 1865. president lincoln announced the emancipation proclamation and it was two years later that the rest of the mississippi -- that -- if you will -- if you decided that they would -- announce by coming to galveston to -- >> i think we're having some technical problems. >> to acknowledge that those were free in texas. so that was 1865.

. >> reporter: john cornyn said you can't be fake pay for it. we're waiting for details.conferences over closed door lunch as normal on thursdays. hopefully figure out how to pay for it, if they're able to get votes. >> thanks so much. let's go to governor ron desantis. >> first responders, miami-dade county, they were on that scene before we knew whether there would be more collapse. we didn't know whether the building had any structural integrity, they were shepherding people to safety, and they absolutely saved lives. we appreciate all they've done and continuing to do. had an opportunity to meet with the mayor and team and mayor of surfside and we just toured around the complex to be able to see, and the tv doesn't do it justice, it is -- you can see the collapse of a massive structure. right now, we have fire rescue. they're in search and rescue mode, trying to identify survivors. they made contact with some and are doing everything they can to save lives. that's ongoing. and they're not going to rest. thanks for what they're doing. we were there, got to thank some o

york where i am right here, but you mentioned sheila jackson-lee, she was accompanied by senator john cornyns, but still, 14 house republicans voted against the bill. some say juneteenth national independence sounds like the july 4th independence day. what do you make of that argument? >> we have some misguided folks, but what i would rather focus, to be honest with you is juneteenth passed the senate unanimously and out of 435 voits in the house only 14 misguided members decided not to vote for it and that is an overwhelming bipartisan support and we could vote on the color of the sky and we would not get the vote and. >> you know what? you are absolutely right. we'll leave that one there. let's turn to voting rights and the proposed changes to the voting rights bill. we know it gained the support of stacy abrams and senator mitch mcconnell has vowed to block it. so congressman, would you support the changes and they include requiring voter i.d. >> yeah. listen, it's not everything that i would want and i was a voting rights lawyer before i came to congress, but it is a really good opening

i went up and down the border many times when i was a senate staffer for john cornyn, the senator from for some reason that she won't say to us but also, in addition to that. you have to contrast don't come here rhetoric in the way it's covered in legacy media. so many different headlines can you find one in particular "the washington post" that compared donald trump's, you know, saying don't come here rhetoric to a, you know, remnant of nazi germany or some kind of racism from america versus the way that they cover this kind of rhetoric, which is apparently totally fine. just, you know, don't come here, that kind of thing, that's not going to work and not going to solve the problem. it's not going to solve the crisis. kamala harris knows this. and she is trying to do the best that she can when it comes to spin as opposed to actually solving anything. >> bret: a lot of focus on what the vice president said in guatemala but not so much focus on what the guatemalan president said. take a listen. >> message change to we are going to reunite families and going to reunite children. the very

but texas governor greg abbott, senator john cornyn say the vice president is is not going anywhere nearhere the crisis is. we have the this debate, will the vice president have good answers why the biden administration repealed trump's border policies that were working, remain in mexico, catch-and-release and the border wall? joining me former acting dhs second tar chad wolf, florida senator, rick scott, police sergeant union president ed mullins, jason chaffetz is in the house. "the federalist" chris bedford, darrell issa and retired army colonel james carafano. president biden breaking away from the spending agenda. he was forced to deal with skyrocketing violent crime. businesses big and small fleeing cities because of that. the president blaming gun violence and media calling out democrats for finally acknowledging the problem of crime and backing defunding the police amid skyrockets murders and homicide. critics say democrats are doing this because they fear midterm loss, the nation's largest police union slamming politicians and media, gaslighting the public, blaming police for ri

bipartisan congressional delegation made up of representatives tony gonzalez, henry cuellar and senator john cornynthought it was and portends working together in a bipartisan why and in the senate in the house to come up with a solution that we think will contribute to to making progress. >> the group thanking the biden administration for announcing dedicated dockets to fast-track a silent case has, but called on the president to move the judges to border states. and they also won the administration not to lift title 42, pandemic related border restriction for adult migrants. >> imagine if you have a scenario like that -- talk to our men and women and blue and green and see what happens. you have to have a plan, you just don't give it of something without a plan paid >> in the meantime, president biden is undoing the migrant protection protocol, trump era policy which forced asylum-seekers to remain in mexico while their cases were being heard. while governor greg abbott issued a disaster declaration and 34 counties along the texas border, allowing him to send in more state resources to protect la

i want to play quickly the exchange she had back in april with senator john cornyn.nse to an increase use of people of color, laws put in place by republicans 15 years ago, they were perfectly satisfied with the utility of those laws until used successfully people of color. >> voter i.d., sometimes it is racist, sometimes it is not racist. >> the intent always matters, sir, that is the point of this information. that is the point of the jim crow narrative. jon: how would you respond to stacey abrams in that particular exchange? >> falsely claiming people of color are going to either not have their vote counted or even worse, not being able to vote is immoral, it is wrong and it is incomprehensible. also anybody who looks at the georgia law again sees that it strengthens security, improves access and transparency to our law. to claim it take us back to jim crow, era where human beings were being murdered, truly prohibited from voting is just unconscionable. and again anybody who looks at our bill is, and our law is going to see it does what i said it did. that is why

. >> john cornyn tweeted what now we know is a quote from a "politico" piece about joe biden.is not doing cable news interviews, tweets from his accounts are limited. when they come, unimaginably conventional the public comments are largely scripted biden has offered for fewer sit down interviews with mainstream outlets and reporters. and he goes on to say, "invites the question, is he really in charge?" >> seth: you got him he's not tweeting insane commentaries about arnold schwarzenegger's "apprentice" ratings or retweeting suggestions that osama bin laden might still be alive. a real thing trump did so the only conclusion we could reach is that there must be a secret cabal of antifa, deep state socialists who are really running thing while biden sits around having normal thoughts with his normal brain. republicans are obsessed with the idea that biden is a puppet, when trump was like a muppet they introduced on "sesame street" to teach kids about impulse control. "where all did my cookies go?" "sorry cm, i ate them all. these guys actually think americans wants a president

. >> gop senator john cornyn of texas had a different take. remember, texas is where the events of juneteenth happened. senator cornyn cosponsored the legislation. he said it was in hopes of the holiday bringing people together. >> i know that juneteenth has been celebrated within the african-american community around the country, in texas and elsewhere, but, frankly, this is something i think all americans can celebrate. >> we have so much to talk about with our panel. alonso baden is a comedian. costello alonso is host of a podcast. philip bump is neither a comedian or a podcast host but he is a national correspondent for "the washington post". he has been writing about juneteenth this week so we decided to let him hang around. good to see the three of you tonight. alonso, let me start with you and your thoughts on juneteenth, particularly because of the impact of pop culture in building awareness for what juneteenth even is, including on shows like "atlanta" and "black-ish". take a look at some of the ways that juneteenth has been represent

arizona democrat sparked a flurry of progressive furor which she defended it alongside senator john cornyn. >> the idea of the filibuster was created to those who came brus. to those who say you must make a choice between filibuster and x, this is a false choice. the way to fix that is to change your behavior, not to eliminate the rules or change the rules. >> are you confused? so are the democrats. moderates like sinema and manchin have found themselves in a unique dilemma. straddling both sides of the political aisle they seem increasingly unsure of who to appease, their party or constituents. sinema has instead done neither. congressional democrats have barely forgiven her curtsy as she voted against a $15 minimum wage and her constituents in arizona are not too pleased either. support from voters has weakened, even amongst democrats. 30% of them who say they view her unfavorably. meanwhile the chairman of the labor federation told the 19th news he can barely get ahold of her, with me to discuss the congresswoman's complicated political position is sarah jones, author of the article "wh

and now she won't leave me alone we've got to go, buddy." [ laughter ] similarly, texas senator john cornynt biden was perhaps being controlled by his secret group of leftists when he quoted a political article about biden's communications strategy and added this "invites the question, is he really in charge?" on sunday, cornyn was asked about that tweet and blamed twitter. >> my question i guess is, senator cornyn, is that helpful to be sending out a tweet questioning the president biden's mental faculties >> well, chris, thank you for the question because i think there's been a lot of confusion in the twitter verse about that that actually was a quote from a "politico" story that i pasted into a tweet and then i simply asked a question >> seth: man, i never want to hear a man your age say the word twitter verse. it's like watching your dad twerk. "dad, knock it off you're getting loose change everywhere." that's how at a loss these guys are to criticize biden and by the way, that's not to say there aren't thing to criticize. they're absolutely are for example, last week biden announced th

but john cornyn of texas, no shrinking liberal of that senate, said he thinks that these are two separatend one year later, look for another holiday next summer. >> thanks very much for being with us this morning. we really appreciate it. as for joe biden and how he negotiates with congress, we have seen some remarkable progress in the last 24 hours around a bipartisan infrastructure package, precisely because the administration and democrats were about to wash their hands of it and say, okay, we'll do it alone. it got those bipartisan talks into gear and now that's a very real possibility. we'll keep our eye on that. thank you all for getting up way too early with us on this thursday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >> it was important to meet in american, so there could be no mistake or misrepresentations habit what i wanted to communicate. i did what i came to do, number one. identify areas of practical work our two countries can do to advance our mutual interest and also benefit the world. twofr, communicate directly, directly at the united states will respond to actions that

and in terms of the pushing, i do wonder, do you regret in hindsight not running against john cornyn for the senate last year? if you had and won, you wouldn't have to be criticizing manchin or sinema right now. you would be the 51st democratic vote in the senate. >> there's nothing i can do about the past. i have to do what i can with what i have where i am. and for me that means fighting for voting rights in texas. i'll be giving it all i've got as i know millions of my fellow americans are at the same moment. let's not give in, or lose the faith. we cannot be found wanting. let's get after it. >> agreed. and fair enough. you can't redo the past. 30 seconds left, will you be running for governor of texas as a lot of reports suggest against greg abbott next year? >> i'm going to see this fight through to the finish and then after that i will see how i can serve texas, either as a candidate or supporting candidates. one way or the other, i'm in for the distance for texas. >> i'm going to take that as somewhere between definitely and maybe. beto o'rourke, thanks for your time tonight.

their republican senator john cornyn, and democratic senator kirsten cinema, led a delegation to hidalgoe two along with other members of congress are pushing the border solutions act and other things. the bill would speed up court hearings for immigrants seeking asylum and create four new processing centers. we thought it was important, working together in a bipartisan and bicameral way, in other words in the senate and the house to come up with the solution that we think will contribute to, um, contribute to making progress. meantime secretary of state anthony blinken met with leaders in costa rica to address the root causes of migration. vice president terrorist is set to visit central america this weekend. benjamin netanyahu's rain as israel's prime minister may soon be coming to an end. his opponents have agreed to form a new government and the move will likely paved the way to remove netanyahu, as the longest serving prime minister of israel. the agreement will now have to pass a vote of confidence in parliament for it to be agreed upon. a new government and prime minister would be

because i see democrats speaking, i see joe manchin, i see kyrsten sinema standing there next to john cornyn who voted against the commission as if everything is normal, as if this is fine. as if there's going to be a back door meeting and they'll smoke a cigar and come to an agreement on a bill. it's as if democrats are not as alarmed by how close we are to losing our democracy as they should be because they're on the front lines of it. they can see it. they were there in the capitol. can you explain? do you understand why this sort of norm core democratic response is we'll just find some bipartisanship somewhere? i don't get it. >> well, i think democrats -- i mean my view of it, democrats have always been the last people to say we need serious reform, serious structural change. they have always been like we can make it work and we'll have bipartisanship while republicans are throwing oil over the walls and launching all kinds of mortars at the thing and democrats are like we'll make it all happen. i think that at this point -- one, we need to have democrats -- the democratic party to me i

richard burr, bill cassidy, tom cotton, james language ford, mike lee, john cornyn, marco rubio, johno happened to be a republican that many of those names i just named knew. and this president hasn't had the meeting yet and they're already criticizing him. and i know the answer. there's no depth to republican hypocrisy but do you think the attacks land with anybody? they have zero credibility. >> you know, i wish that i could say the answer to that is no, nicole, but you know that there is an entire media ecosystem out there that are just delivering this to. i remember from 2018 -- i guess it was 2018 -- and we were beginning our focus groups in the lead-up to the republican voters against trump initiative, and sara that was running the focus groups asked, the day after helsinki to these soft trump voters that we were trying to win over what they thought about the comments that you just read and most of them hadn't heard them. they were getting their news from, at the best case, fox. or facebook or newsmax and you can go all the way down the list. so, there's this echo chamber that t