. >> woodruff: and it's friday, david brooks and jonathan capehart break down the supreme court's ruling on voting rights and the criminal charges for former president trump's business. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellar. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the death toll rose to 22 in the collapse of that condominium tower in surfside, florida. the number of missing dropped from 145 to 126 as some turned up safe, and officials removed duplicate names. crews kept working today, after recovering two more victims overnight. the mayor said one was the seven-year-old daughter of a miami firefighter, a discove

next saturday and sunday morning 8:00 to 10:00 eastern and "the sunday show" with my partner jonathan capehartk about today. first, the relatively good news, covid. thanks to vaccines, we're busting out with parades and fireworks. now here's the really bad news. our democracy is under assault with truth being attacked and voting rights being suppressed. >>> plus, i'm coming to you from minneapolis where i sat down with minnesota attorney general keith ellison who tells me why it's taking so long to pass the george floyd justice in policing act. >> i'm hearing that as the protest energy has dissipated, the level of urgency has dissipated. >> and i talked with george floyd's girlfriend courtney ross. >> it's going to take some work for me to celebrate this country again, to be honest. >> i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> we have a lot to cover this sunday morning. we are closely monitoring the situation at the collapsed condo building in surfside, florida. officials are expected to begin demolition on the remainder of the building later today or tomorrow. the plans for the de

david brooks and jonathan capehart analyze the massive budget blueprint in congress, and the potentially game- changing new child tax credit. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fidelity wealth management. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> financial services firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the biden administration sounded the alarm today about a surge of covid cases in some states, and the direct connection with low vaccination rates. the centers for disease control reported about 33,000 new covid cases in the u.s. yesterday. that is a rise in new cases of about 70%, compared with a week ago. by 36%, and the average death toll of the past week has

jonathan capehart will be joined by all of the texas democrats who are in our nation's capital to plead for federal voting rights protections, all of the texas democrats will join jonathan capehart for the special, battleground democracy: the texas democrats, monday at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> and good evening, once again. day 178 of the biden administration and the greatest nation on earth is back to this again. health experts say about our country entering a new and dangerous phase of the pandemic that this is the time beaware. today the warning from the cdc was direct and left little doubt about the risk. >> there's a clear message that is coming through. this is becoming a pandemic of the unvaccinated. we are seeing outbreaks of cases in parts of the country that have low vaccination coverage because unvaccinated people are at risk. >> this delta variant fueling the rise in new infections which are now up by 70% over the past seven days. hospital admissions have increased by 36%. death

and joining me is my colleague jonathan capehart.atening to form their own separate committee as well. >> yeah, it is insane, ali. yes, after nancy pelosi refused to accept two of kevin mccarthy's two of his questionable picks, he decided to pull the whole slate down and said that republicans will do their own committee with or without the cooperation, the hearing goes on. it gets started on tuesday and i'll be talking to the chair congressman bennie thompson about what we can expect. and also with growing concerns over the covid delta variant, i'll talk to dr. anthony fauci about whether we should expect new mask mandates or whether we'll need additional vaccine booster shots. as always, a really packed sunday show coming up. >> and so are you sporting a new look? i like it, whatever it is. looks good. >> thanks very much. my shaving schedule is a little off. it will be back, i'll be clean shaveen next sunday. >> be sure to catch "the sunday show" right after "velshi." >>> and 18-0, that is how much states have enacted new laws maki

david brooks and jonathan capehart consider the politics of the january 6 investigation, and the shifting guidance from elected leaders over vaccines. all that and more, on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> fidelity wealth management. >> bnsf railway. >> consumer cellular. >> johnson & johnson. >> financialervices firm raymond james. >> the john s. and james l. knight foundation. fostering informed and engaged communities. more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. >> this program was made possible by the corporation fo public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: theiden white house is keeping up the pressure tonight for more americans to get vaccinated against covid-19. infections have been surging in parts of the country-- mainly in states with low vaccination rates. but, the presint's press secretary, jen psaki, pointed today to potentially encouraging numbers from this week. >> the five states with the highest ca

on monday night at this hour in this place, jonathan capehart will be live in washington, d.c., for an all of the texas democrats who are in our nation's capital to plead for federal voting rights protections, all of the texas democrats will join jonathan capehart for the special, battleground democracy: the texas democrats, monday at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> and good evening, once again. day 178 of the biden administration and the greatest nation on earth is back to this again. health experts say about our country entering a new and dangerous phase of the pandemic that this is the time beaware. today the warning from the cdc was direct

i'm jonathan capehart.with texas on track to becoming the 18th sparking an exodus of state house democrats to the nation's capitol to deny state republicans the part needed to turn this legislation into law. a federal voting rights bill needs to pass but senate democrats simply don't have the numbers. joe manchin who is against reforming the filibuster rule to allow the for the people act to pass with a simple majority and who was hob knobbing at a fund-raiser hosted by several republican donors in texas. that's why this weekend one year after the passing of civil rights voting rights icon john lewis, you see right there, stacy abrams and senator amy klobuchar are taking the present day fight back to its original battle ground, georgia. thank you for coming back to "the sunday show" amy klobuchar. why are you in georgia? >> i'm chair of the senate rules committee, jonathan. we decided why stay in washington when all these bills are being enacted all over the country. over 400 have been introduced to mimic p

and it's time for the last word, where jonathan capehart is in for lawrence. that is more my show. we do that on sunday mornings. >> i guess we are going to do it saturday morning as well. >> well, thanks very much, ali. it's about damn time. that is how bill passkrell side. the treasury department must turn over the trump tax returns to the committee. the bill barr justice department, the donald trump justice department, blocked trump's returns from being released despite the fact that the law is clear. the treasury department shall turn over a tax document. today, the committee's request to see the record is lawful, valid and should be fulfilled. quote, applying the proper degree of deference to the committee, we believe that there is an ample basis to conclude that the june 2021 request would assess the irs's presidential audit program, a plainly legitimate area for inquiry and possible legislation. richard neal said, as i have maintained for years, the commit's case is very strong and the law is on our side. i'm glad that department of justice agree forward. and house speaker n

i am jonathan capehart in for joy reid. of the select committee investigating january 6th. it's clear his decision is already backfiring on his party. but no amount of bluster can cover up mccarthy's ineptitude nor his guilty conscience. as trump's most obedient servant, he's trying to whitewash january 6th and cover up trump's role in the violence because according to trump, the crowd he summoned to washington that day was, quote, loving. and yes, he really said that, loving. not only that, trump actually blamed the capitol police

and so i will bask in jonathan capehart's reflected glow for earning that emmy nomination in this veryot. >> you may be fact checking me, lawrence, but you still deserve an emmy. >> well, i got one at home. >> clare mccaskill and eugene robinson, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciated. thank you. and coming, up the justice department is not going to shield former trump officials from testifying about donald trump's actions leading up to the trump mob attack on the capital, january 6th. neal katyal joins us next. (customer) hi? (burke) happy anniversary. (customer) for what? (burke) every year you're with us, you get fifty dollars toward your home deductible. it's a policy perk for being a farmers customer. (customer) do i have to do anything? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) nothing? (burke) nothing. (customer) hmm, that is really something. (burke) you get a whole lot of something with farmers policy perks. see ya. (kid) may i have a balloon, too? (burke) sure. your parents have maintained a farmers home policy for twelve consecu

joining me, pulitzer prize winning biographer john meacham, and jonathan capehart.dcast, hope through history, you dive into pivotal moments that helped shape the nation from bloody sunday and voting rights act to the emergency plan for aids relief. we're living history now with climate. do you think looking forward, will the history books say this is a moment we're in. unquestionably. as al gore says, when you watch the news today, it is like the book of exodus. you have manifestations of crisis. the reason we use it the way we use it, it comes from the greek, from -- where a patient lived or died, that was a crisis point. it is a genuine inflection point. there are proposals on the table. i do think that when you play this out about what will people say 50 years from now, 100 years from now. i don't think there's any question that the less tud will be something that will be held against us for a long, long, long time to come. >> jonathan, some of the highest level cabinet members were corporate leaders in the fossil fuel industry, andrew wheeler, ex-coal lobbyist.

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david brooks and jonathan capehart break down the supreme court's ruling on voting rights and the criminal charges filed against former president trump's business. all that and more on tonight's "pbs newshour." ♪ >> major funding for the newshour has been provided by -- ♪ bnsf railway. consumer cellular. johnson & johnson. financial services firm raymond james. >> more at kf.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions. and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> i'm finesse early's in for stephanie sy. we will return to judy woodruff and the full program after the latest headlines. the city of north miami beach has ordered the evacuationf a condo building after a review found it to be structurally and electrically unsafe. an audit of the 156 unit crestview tower, which is nearly 50 years old, was promed by the collapse of champ lane tower south, where the confirmed death toll has risen to 20 zero. the number of missing dropped from 145 to 1

i'm joined by my colleague jonathan capehart in washington. >> hi, lawrence.you know, tonight is a little different than we had planned. and, as you know, more than 50 texas democrats effectively shut down a special session of the texas legislature in order to stop passage of a republican voter suppression bill. and they did this by coming to washington to plead for passage of two voting and elections proposals in congress. our plan was to have all of them together tonight in this room to talk about their fight to protect the right to vote. and everyone who was going to be in this room, lawrence, had been vaccinated. >> and then came the saturday announcement that three texas democrats, all of them vaccinated, tested positive for covid. and today we learned three more vaccinated texas democrats have tested positive. tonight, we are told those members are all isolating and experiencing mild symptoms. >> representative cecilia canceled a wedding last week. she is one of the members who tested positive. and she said this, quote, i hope this instance highlights th

i'm jonathan capehart. tiffany cross is off this morning.sed voting rights bill before the august recess. senate democrats are expected to propose a scaled back version of the bill in an attempt to garner republican support. the hill's top democrats met with president biden and vice president harris at the white house on saturday to discuss pushing the bill forward. meanwhile, democratic state representatives from texas, who left the lone star state 1k9 days ago ago in order to solve package of a restrictive elections bill remain here in washington, continuing to press congress to pass federal legislation. now, the battle for the plat is reaching the streets of austin, texas, as activists who have been marching since wednesday, descend on the state capitol today.

it does seem jonathan capehart is going to be talking to james clyburn fairly shortly on his show andter entirely, but carve outvoting as jennifer said, you don't need ten friends for. >> right, ali. the filibuster isn't necessarily sacred to our democracy, but the right to vote and access to the ballot is, or at least as americans we say that it is. i don't know many americans who say the filibuster is very sacred to them, and yet, you know, jen is absolutely right. six months into this administration, this is the priority for the people that elected them, and they want action on this. and to hear the rhetoric of the president last week here in philadelphia saying that this is a test of our time, you know, they want action to back up that rhetoric. many of them are demonstrating that they are willing to do whatever it takes, whether you're talking about the texas democrats who are resisting arrest or black women activists and lawmakers who have actually been arrested. you know, you've got more women coming to washington this week echoing -- being in a newsroom, and the suffragists wi

i am jonathan capehart in for joy reid. we begin with kevin mccarthy's republican boycott of the select committee investigating january 6th. it's clear his decision is already backfiring on his party. but no amount of bluster can cover up mccarthy's ineptitude nor his guilty conscience. as trump's most obedient servant, he's trying to whitewash january 6th and cover up trump's role in the violence because according to trump, the crowd he summoned to washington that day was, quote, loving. and yes, he really said that, loving. not only that, trump actually blamed the capitol police for, quote, letting them in. >> it was a loving crowd too by the way. there was a lot of love. i've heard that from everybody. many, many people have told me, that was a loving crowd. in all fairness, the capitol police were ushering people in. the capitol police were very friendly. they were hugging and kissing. you don't see that. >> but disturbing video evidence released by the government at the request of news outlets clearly shows otherwise.

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i'm jonathan capehart. this is "the sunday show." >>> this sunday it is full steam ahead at the capitol, where in less than 48 hours lawmakers will gavel in for first scheduled hearing of the january 6th select committee. capitol hill and metropolitan police officers are expected to give their personal accounts of that harrowing day. but the time and place of the hearing is about all we know. since plans to create a more bipartisan committee crumbled this week. now, republicans are threatening to run their own investigation after speaker pelosi vetoed kevin mccarthy's, quote, ridiculous appointments of trump sycophants jim jordan and jim banks to the slate. >> it is my responsibility as speaker of the house to make sure we get to the truth on this, and we will not let their antics stand in the way of that. >> joining me now is mississippi congressman benny thompson, chair of the house homeland security committee and leader of the select committee to investigate january 6th. congressman thompson, thank you v

in the meantime on jonathan capehart, opinion writer forhe e "washington post." thank you very much for watching "washington post live." >> today the woodrow wilson center hosts a discussion on humans can do relations live at 1:30 p.m. eastern on c-span, online that c-span.org or you can listen on the free c-span radio app. >> this sunday c-span premiers january 6, views from the house. 14 members of congress shared stories of what they saw, heard and experienced including colorado democrat jason crow. he talks about how we felt as people tried to breach of the house chamber. >> if you're not scared at the switching like that then there's probably something wrong with you or you don't realize the magnitude of the situation. there was a moment where i was going to ask one of the officers for his firearm because i have used firearms before against people. i know i'm capable of doing what's necessary to protect myself and protect others but i did know whether the officers were. you just never -- my experience in combat is you never know who's going to actually pull

jonathan capehart filling in for joy. >> hey, ari, thank you very much.minority leader kevin mccarthy just lost to speaker nancy pelosi. in a bold but necessity move, pelosi today rejected two of the five republicans that mccarthy proposed for the select committee investigating january 6th. using her authority under the organizing resolution, pelosi vetoed congressman jim banks and

here is what he told my colleague jonathan capehart earlier on the sunday show. >> if you allow the virusinated, you give it another opportunity to mutate even more and you may wind up with creating a variant that is alludes the protection of the vaccine. >> not sobering as as the virus spreads, a poll shows 63% of americans approve of the president's handling of covid. that's down from 72% in march. to get more on the covid surge, we have nbc vaughn hilliard joins us outside the cdc. welcome to you. tell me what experts are saying about the rise in breakthrough infections. how prevalent are these cases? >> exactly. we have talked to medical experts, public health officials over the course of the weekend. butting right up against what dr. fauci is laying up. that's the reality that 40% of the american population, duts are still unvaccinated. you see a surge, a spike among unvaccinated, you'll see it among the vaccinated too. these three are not a shield. what we are seeing is a spike in cases among those who are fully vaccinated. now we should point out that the vaccine is doing what it s

monday night at this hour, jonathan capehart will be live with all, all of the texas democrats in washington, d.c., all the texas democrats in for a special presentation, that's monday at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> good evening. i'm stephanie ruhle in for brian williams who has the night off. it is day 177 in the biden administration and tonight there are brand-new explosive revelations about the last days of the trump presidency and the chaos of january 6th. they are from the new book "i alone can fix it" by philip rucker. they write that after seeing the riot unfold, trump's own white house council feared trump could be brought up on charges. quote, the afternoon of january 6th, it started dawning on the white house counsel and deputies that trump could be charged with a crime for setting off that deadly riot. there were a lot of ifs about weather that was likely, but one thing was guaranteed, investigations. any good prosecutor would examine what the president, donald j. trump, rudy giuliani a

. >>> i'm jonathan capehart and welcome to the msnbc's special "pride of the white house."ibility has been a cornerstone of the fight for equal rights and acceptance. there's incredible power in being seen and heard. and president biden has lifted up lgbtq voices like no other white house, building an administration that in the words of one biden official, looks

make sure, tune in tonight, lawrence o'donnell, jonathan capehart talking with democrats about the decisiono the capitol to push for voting rights. they'll be discussing several members of the group testing positive for covid. you're going to want to watch that, 10:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> the count down is on. as of now, we're 23 and a half hours away from the next phase in the billionaire space race blasting off. jeff bezos preparing to lift off with three other civilians from a launch site in the west texas desert. morgan chesky is there. set the scene for us, morgan. >> reporter: chris, just under 24 hours to go. you can imagine this is ratcheting up from excitement standpoint. this is the launch that made front page of the van horn advocate. blue origin set to take off in the shepherd rocket. on board, jeff bezos, soon to be the oldest astronaut, 82-year-old, and youngest, oliver damon. the launch is set for 9:00 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. take a listen. >> there's one person who is the first person in space, and that happened a long time ago. i am number 570. that's where w

lawrence o'donnell and jonathan capehart speaking to those texas democratic state lawmakers we mentionedto go do washington and ongoing advocacy for voting rights. this is a special tonight right here on msnbc. >>> a lot more on the beat tonight. there's a new twist in the matt gaetz sex probe. >>> first, boy is there backlash to the billionaire space race. amazon's jeff bezos is speaking out. we have one of the ideal experts to get into it. get into it when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. ♪♪ if you have moderate to severe psoriasis... or psoriatic arthritis, little things, can become your big moment. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream... ...it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer skin is achievable... ...with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. for psoriatic arthritis, ...otezla is proven.... to re

this was her earlier today speaking to my colleague jonathan capehart.es. that should not be negotiated. people have to have a place to go, what is wrong? what is wrong with people who have a home? what is wrong with those same people doing the work to make sure that the people that live in their districts have a home? >> time has run out. what do you plan to do? >> so let me first say that i am so proud of the work that my congresswoman is doing in washington, d.c., and i'm so happy to fight alongside with her. we passed an $81 million direct relief package, which includes over $12 million for emergency rental assistance, and currently it's being upheld by the president of the board of alderman who's playing political games when we should be trying to save lives and keep people in their homes. that's why i signed an executive order earlier this week, i took $1.5 million in our existing budget towards mediation and helping keep people in their homes as well as increasing vaccination rates. that's another 1.2 million. so i have to move money around in the

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i'm jonathan capehart. tiffany cross is off this morning. we begin this saturday with lawmakers in a push to propose a revised voting rights bill before the august recess. senate democrats are expected to propose a scaled back version of the bill in an attempt to garner republican support. the hill's top democrats met with president biden and vice president harris at the white house on saturday to discuss pushing the bill forward. meanwhile, democratic state representatives from texas, who left the lone star state 1k9 days ago ago in order to solve package of a restrictive elections bill remain here in washington, continuing to press congress to pass federal legislation. now, the battle for the plat is reaching the streets of austin, texas, as activists who have been marching since wednesday, descend on the state capitol today. joining me now, live from the march, former congressman from texas, beto o'rourke, and co-chairman of the poor people's campaign, bishop william barber. bishop william barber is also the author of "we are called to be

jonathan capehart is away. it's so good do see both of you on this friday.but let's pick up david with that wonderful report earmarks coming back, a good thing or not? >> brooks: a good thing. i missed wrernt they so romantic first earmarks allow leadership to pass bills, because they can offer recalcitrant members this or that. so they paid passing bills. they make congress less polarized, because it becomes more transactional rather than ideology. they didn't go away, they just went to the executive branch. so one man sitting in the transportation department made decision it was even more hidden. and getting away from earmarks had nothing to do with congressional spending. they are a tiny tiny part of the budget. the money just moved, there is no decrease on federal spending. like any measure getting rid of earmarks was a mistake. >> woodruff: mistake karen? >> tumulty: i think so too. it was an understandable reaction to the jack abramoff scandal, which was the worst to hit washington in decades. but earmarks are also a way that people feel connected to t

we're live in austin, and on a special edition of the saturday show on saturday with jonathan capeharte people organizing that voting rights rally. former congressman beto o'rourke and william barber will join us saturday, today, at 10:00 a.m. saturday, today, at 10:00 a.m. this is a cold call! this is annie. will you turn to cold washing in tide. unsubscribe. wait, wait, wait this helps the environment. it saves you money. i will take that money. for the environment. after my dvt blood clot... i was uncertain... was another around the corner? or could things take a different turn? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98 percent of patients on eliquis didn't experience another. ...and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both. don't stop eliquis unless your doctor tells you to. eliquis can cause serious and in rare cases fatal bleeding. don't take eliquis if you have an artificial heart valve or abnormal bleedi

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monday night at this hour, jonathan capehart will be live with all, all of the texas democrats in washingtonday at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. that is tonight's last word. "the 11th hour with brian williams" starts now. ♪♪ >>> good evening. i'm stephanie ruhle in for brian williams who has the night off. it is day 177 in the biden administration and tonight there are brand-new explosive revelations about the last days of the trump presidency and the chaos of january 6th. they are from the new book "i alone can

that is new york times colonist david brooks and jonathan capehart.th of you on this friday. it is always so good to see you. let's start with a fireworks this week. how speaker pelosi surprise a lot of people by saying i'm not going to accept two of the five republicans appointed tohis january 6 select committee. in turn, you had kevin mccarthy saying if you do that, i will pull the whole group. what did you make of this? does it move the process forward? >> it is around 947 of those in congress. we had this commission. in normal life, in a normal country, the parties would get together, leaders would get togeer, it is important to understand, we have the basic kind of person we want, one trusted by both sides, and we put honorable, trustworthy people, and we get to the answer. none of that oains, pelosi and mccarthy never get together. a few people trusted. taking the extraordinary step of appointing jim jordan a jim banks, two people exposed to the commission and would clearly undermine it. he could have picked anyone of dozens of others who would

lawrence o'donnell and jonathan capehart are talking with texas democrats at 10:00 eastern on msnbc.sive you'll find first here on "msnbc reports." a closer look at the explosive book detailing the final days of donald trump's presidency. my one on one with the pulitzer prize winning "washington post" reporters behind "i alone can fix it." part history book, part current events as it details what happened in the last days of an administration of a former president who is still right now actively considering another run for office. watch. general mark milley concerns of a coup felt so real he warned aides, "they may try, but they're not going to bleeping succeed. you can't do this without the military" adding "we're the guys with the guns." milley so worried about donald trump's behavior before the election, he compared it to nazi era germany. "this is a reichstag moment. the gospel of the fuhrer." >> the general saw other ways in which trump was trying to create fear and chaos to capitalize on it. they were afraid of what he might do. >> reporter: the explosive report from philip ruc

jonathan capehart is away. it is so good to see both of you on this friday.d, with that wonderful report, a walk down memory lane in washington. earmarks coming back, a good thing or not? david: a good thing, they were so romantic. first, earmarks allow leadership to pass bills, because they can offer recalcitrant members this or that, so they paid passing bills. they made congress less polarized because it comes -- becomes more transactional rather than just ideology. when we got rid of earmarks, they did not go away, they just went to the executive branch. so someone in the department of transportation made the decision , not congress, and it was more hidden. and earmarks had nothing to do with real spending, it is a tiny part of the budget, the money still went out the door. there was no decrease in federal deficit. on every measure, eang rid of earmarks was a mistake. -- itching rid of earmarks was a mistake. judy: a mistake, karen? karen: i thinko too. it was an underandable reaction to the jack abramoff scandal, but i think earmarks are also a way peopl

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here to make sense of it, we have a new york times columnist, david brooks, and jonathan capehart, columnistton post. welcom i want to start with what we heard earlier in the program from the secretary of the interior, this hundred year plus long system in the united states of taking native american children from their families and putting them into boarding schools, many never sent back home, what is your sense of the process, the biden administration set up to investigate, and who should be held accountable? jonathan: i think it is terrific that secretary haaland will be leading this effort. as secretary of the interior, the first native american in a position to do that. a pueblo woman. also someone for whom this is not distant history. this is in her family. we have to investigate, we have to know our history and we have to know our history to atone for our history. we need to do that in order to be better. to be better people, to be better americans, to be a better nation. just hearing the word, boardin school, for a lot of americans, you hear boarding school and you think, you know, th

jonathan capehart is away. very good to see you. e.j.at to have you back. >> great to be here. thanks. .>> woruff: the topics, etty sober, david. here we are, are a lot of u thought we were on the way to a good place with this covid 19, and we find out this variant is very tricky, even people who are vaccinated can spread it, and a lot breakthrough infections. democrats, the president practically begging people to get vaccinated, wear a mask. republicans divided, some say get vaccinated, some not. how do you read what's going on? where do we go? >> we were looking forward to a smooth glide path, me and my bar scene and my clubs and concerts, and that's probably not going to happen and we'll have to deal with that. the question is will social fragmentation happen alongside that, will the pressure of going back down into a more alarmed position tear us apart even further? i think what's interesting to me is how yes graphically different it will be. in some places where vaccination rates are in the 70% and 80%, you're going to feel very dif

lawrence o'donnell and jonathan capehart will be joined by many more texas democrats to talk about theheir home state and our nation's capital. they have got an incredible hour planned. watch it all tonight 10:00 p.m. eastern. >>> and next, looking for the helpers in places where covid is striking hardest. the front-page plea to get vaccinated as missouri battles one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in this country. that's after this break. that's after this break. panera. order on the app today. your mission: stand up to moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. and take. it. on... with rinvoq. rinvoq a once-daily pill can dramatically improve symptoms... rinvoq helps tame pain, stiffness, swelling. and for some, rinvoq can even significantly reduce ra fatigue. that's rinvoq relief. with ra, your overactive immune system attacks your joints. rinvoq regulates it to help stop the attack. rinvoq can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious infections and blood clots, sometimes fatal, have occurred as have certain cancers, including lymphoma, and tears in t

eastern as i fill in for my colleague, jonathan capehart, so he can have a weekend. but stay tuned, because my friend alex whit has the latest. alex, i don't know if you saw the last segment, but jimmy jam and terry lewis. i was so excited to have them. >> i was pretty excited to be watching them. and i'm so happy you'll be back tomorrow. as much as we miss jonathan, we're very glad to see you again tomorrow. we'll chat again. have a good evening. thank you. >>> a very good day to all of you from msnbc world het headquarters here in new york. it is high noon here in the east, 9:00 a.m. out west. welcome to alex whit reports. we're going to start with breaking news out of texas because the state senate is starting to hear from voters about the new and controversial republican-backed measures to restrict voting. let's go right to msnbc's priscilla thompson at the state capital in austin. what can you tell us about these proceedings so far today? who is talking, who seems to have a majority of voice there, if you can tell that thus far? >> reporter: yeah, hey, alex. cer

. >>> be sure to tune in tomorrow night as lawrence o'donnell and jonathan capehart speak with more texas democrats about their decision to travel to d.c. to push for voting rights. watch "the texas democrats" that is monday, 10:00 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. >> next, biden's big week ahead and why could it be a make or break moment for key items on his legislative agenda. >> plus, we head to miami where there are demonstrations to support cubans fighting to turn their country toward democracy. and how this week's riff between biden and facebook is a microcosm of a much larger conflict across the country, especially in the fight against covid. >> later, jeff bezos heads to space this week. a new update from mission control in van horn, texas. that's ahead on "american voices." this is franc lefranco, the owner of lefranco construction. specializing in projects like this. and this and this. everything was business as usual, until... urgent. need new contractor for town arts center development project asap. is lefranco construction in? if he was gonna pull this off, he needed to rent

she remains on the steps where she spoke to my partner, jonathan capehart, earlier this morning. the housing crisis we had until now, if the country couldn't get it right to make sure people had adequate housing, if we continue do it right even though i know the unhoused bill of rights is the way to fix it by 2025. we have the formula, so we will show it to you and put it forward so you can see that. but while we're looking at that how do we put 7 million more people out on the street? >> all right. i want to bring in guad venegas following this for us in los angeles. i think the two major questions here, first and foremost, where do we go from there and what type of impact is this going to have on americans? >> reporter: right. most people want to know what happens now, right, because the house has now gone into recess. we know millions of people, as the congress woman said, at least 6.5 million, will be left vulnerable to these evictions. now, what can happen is local cities, counties or states can pass their own moratorium. they can ban these evictions. california, new jersey

jonathan capehart filling in for joy. >> hey, ari, thank you very much. we begin "the reidout" with the proverbial game of chicken that house minority leader kevin mccarthy just lost to speaker nancy pelosi. in a bold but necessity move, pelosi today rejected two of the five republicans that mccarthy proposed for the select committee investigating january 6th. using her authority under the organizing resolution, pelosi vetoed congressman jim banks and jim jordan. both ardent trump loyalists who voted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. as pelosi explained, the unprecedented nature of january 6th demands this unprecedented decision. but she also said she had raised up her objections with mccarthy, asking him to recommend two other members in their place. instead mccarthy threw a tantrum and pulled all of his proposed appointees, including the three that pelosi had already approved. as he made clear in a hastily arranged press conference, republicans are literally taking their ball an going home. >> it's an egregious abuse of power. pelosi has bro

special -- later on today she mentioned on a special saturday edition of the sunday show with jonathan capeharte has a personal stake in the issue as well. you won't want to miss that interview coming audiotape at 10:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> right here, fighting for voting rights. one step at a time. a selma to montgomery style march ends at the texas state capitol today, thousands of advocates are expected to turn out but the path forward on federal legislation is still a murky one. feeling sluggish or weighed down? it could be a sign that your digestive system isn't working at it's best taking metamucil everyday can help. metamucil psyllium fiber, gels to trap and remove the waste that weighs you down. it also helps lower cholesterol and slows sugar absorption to promote healthy blood sugar levels. so you can feel lighter and more energetic metamucil. support your daily digestive health. and try metamucil fiber thins. a great tasting and easy way to start your day. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ oh! are you using liberty mutual's coverage customizer tool? sorry? well, since you asked. it finds discount

and it's time for the last word, where jonathan capehart is in for lawrence. that is more my show.unday mornings. >> i guess we are going to do it saturday morning as well. >> well, thanks very much, ali. it's about damn time. that is how bill passkrell

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