. >> joining me now is former hud secretary julian castro who is now an msnbc political analyst and texas state representative john bussey iii who joins me by third. i first want to welcome you to the msnbc family. i still want to call you secretary castro. >> great to be with you joy. >> let's talk about this. in 2020 you saw the highest voter turnout i think in nearly

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let's discuss it with julian castro, former secretary of housing and urban development during the obamalcome. >> great to be with you. >> so what do you make of this i know the white house held an eviction summit this week to try to urge states and cities to move the money along, and there's a deadline. if they don't get at least two-thirds of that money spent by september 30th, they could lose it. what's your view on how the rollout has gone? >> you mentioned the figures. i think it was $47 billion in all that was allocated by congress for emergency rental assistance to try and ensure people could stay in their homes during the pandemic. on top of that we had this elikz moratorium the cdc put in place that is expiring on july 31st at the end of the month. so suffice to say in state after state in most cities out there in our country the rollout has not gone very well at all. i mean, this is clearly a failure to live up to the potential of this program. what it means is, number one, the white house was smart to try and get folks in these states and localities to jump start their program

vaughn hilliard, thank you. >> secretary of housing and urban development julian castro and ashley bells on the sessions court in tennessee and is in charge to mediate eviction claims to avoid kicking tenants out of their homes. secretary castro, this should not be happening. how is this happening? you have democrats in control of congress. you have a democratic president. this was supposed to be to carry us through the pandemic. >> you're right, andrea. it shouldn't be happening. there are -- i think is a dropped ball here in several ways. a few weeks ago the supreme court basically looked asconce and it looked at the eviction moratorium and didn't strike it down and at that point the biden administration said, well, look, we're not going to extend the eviction moratorium beyond july 31st. at the same time the administration did not make a push for congress to extend the moratorium to pass supreme court muster. at the last minute this is being taken up and there is a herculean effort under way right now as vaughn mentioned in congress by speaker pelosi, by camila jayapal and representa

julian castro, texas state representative john bucy, thank you very much. thank you very much, and again welcome. >>> i'm joined by sherilyn ifill. if democrats fail to pass federal voting rights legislation to protect the rights of people in this state, you heard what they're doing in texas, what happens? >> democracy is very much in peril, joy. i'm not exaggerating. so we have lost key tools that we had under the voting rights act, first section 5 in 2013. last week the supreme court weakened the litigation tool we have, section 2. and that means that we have less ability to challenge the discriminatory voter suppression laws passing at the state level. we of course are suing georgia, we are suing florida. we'll see what happens in texas. these laws are popping up all over the country, so we are playing whack-a-mole with litigation. it's not going to be possible. litigation, as we know, is slow and expensive. and frankly, it's not going to be concluded, certainly not in time for the 2022 primary elections. but more importantly, it's really about democracy

i'll be jund by julian castro, the hud secretary under obama.congresswoman mad lean dean. another hour of velshi starts right now. >>> good morning. saturday july 31st. i'm ali velshi. we have a ton happening. let's get to it as the highly infectious delta variant of the coronavirus rips through the nation, alarming new data reveals how easily it can be spread even among fully vaccinated people. president biden is warning that covid-related restrictions could make a comeback. we'll dive deeper into how lower than expected vaccination rates drive the surge in a bit. but meanwhile newly released documents from the house oversight committee reveal just how far the failed former president went in the attempt to overturn the 2020 election results last year. according to handwritten notes taken by officials on the call, he pressed top justice department leaders to go along with his big lie and declare the election he lost to be, quote, corrupt. with zero evidence. the ex-president told the doj phone bills leave the rest to him say it was corrupt and l

joining me now the former mayor, julian castro.t there's something ironic about this. what is your reaction? >> this is one of those things that you just shake your head. i mean why in the world is joe manchin coming to texas when he has texas democrats up there in d.c. begging him, asking him to put more effort into finding a solution, whether it is on the filibuster or some sort of voting rights legislation and he's the hold-out right now preventing the protection of voting rights, especially for communities of color. if you are going to come to texas, i wish you were coming to texas to listen to so many people who either have been or will be impacted by these types of voter suppression bills that republicans are putting through because there are so many stories to hear. instead of that, he is going to be at a high-priced fundraiser by a bunch of oil and gas executives. it is a terrible look for joe manchin. i think it sends the wrong signal, not only to those texas democrats who are fighting hard for federal legislation and to s

beto o'rourke lies about it, julian castro lies about it, these are lies, this jim crow 2.oh nonsense there's anyone who understands jim crow it is the democrats because they are the ones who held african americans in the south down decade after decade after decade. laura: what they say is if it wasn't broke why are you trying to fix it if you did such a great job why do you feel you have to put these new provisions in place? your answer to that? >> one of the provisions that everyone wants is a paper trail on the electronic machines. everybody wants that. that's anything we are adding. that settled suppression, making sure the count is right. the second thing we have in the bill is the voting machines will not be connected to the internet so they can't be hacked. that is not voter suppression, everybody wants that. the two wishes they bring a 24-hour voting and drive in voting. it was never in the election in texas. we have 254 counties. one county owned their own. created their own law. that's not how it works in texas or any other state so we are not rolling back anything. we have

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and julian castro will join the rally on the texas state capitol, and washington, d.c., to start to jasmine crockett. 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 v

and former hud secretary and former mayor of san antonio and someone frequent on this program, julian castro with you again. >> and if you have not been vaccinated, please get vaccinated and if you know someone who has not been vaccinated, help them to be vaccinated. >>> and geoff bennett will return after this break, and we will see you this weekend on "meet the press." press. uh, i-i'm actually just going to get an iced coffee. well, she may have a destination this one time, but usually -- no, i-i usually have a destination. yeah, but most of the time, her destination is freedom. nope, just the coffee shop. announcer: no matter why you ride, progressive has you covered with protection starting at $79 a year. voiceover: 'cause she's a biker... please don't follow me in. the instant air purifier removes 99.9% of the virus that causes covid-19 from treated air. so you can breathe easier, knowing that you and your family have added protection. ♪ ♪ (vo) parents have a way of imagining the worst... ...especially when your easily distracted teenager has the car. at subaru, we're taking on distrac

and listen to julian castro today on "morning joe." >> a carveout or a push on the talking filibusterdent has already said he supports. the problem is that we really haven't seen any activity. we haven't seen any push from the oval office on this issue and you can see that the impatience is growing among democrats. >> so, peter, what are we going to hear from the president, and why haven't see seen legislation to try to attack the 2013 supreme court rollback of the voting rights law? >> well, look, in the end there is impatience, obviously, on the left with president biden and the democratic leadership. but the problem is are the votes there. we've seen with senator manchin and others they're not willing to go as far -- >> peter, i think we've lost peter baker. michael steele, can you address the question of why the president -- democrats have had the majority in the house since 2018. they haven't been able to do anything. >> yeah. >> they haven't tried to do anything on the 2013 voting rights act, which is central to trying to deal with this issue. >> well, it is. and peter put his f

kicking us off, hayes brown, writer and editor, the former hud secretary, julian castro.s an msnbc political contributor. and hear litman. he's a legal affairs columnist for "the legal times." we're going to talk about trump's response in the insurrection. what sticks out to you? and does the new reporting expose the former president to more criminal liability? >> it seems that the most sensational stuff has unhinged and taxic as can be. but for criminal liability, there's a crime out there. we know about it. what has to happen for trump to have liability, is for him to be connected with it. the excerpts that we've gotten so far, we have some of -- the prosecutors' eye, but the -- more about complete crazed president and less about an act -- >> i think a lot of us felt. we had a pretty full picture. hayes, you write this week about your frustration with the political tell-all books. people are speaking out now about the dangers of trump's final months in office. how critical would it have been if we had known the information six months ago? >> i think extremely critical.

we will get into that with former hud secretary julian castro. joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." let's start this saturday night with some new developments in the prosecution of the so-called qanon shaman, one of many peop

us off this hour, hayes brown, former hud secretary and 2020 democratic presidential candidate julian castro, and former u.s. attorney harry litman, a legal affairs columnist for the "l.a. times." harry, i'm going to start with the new information we're learning about trump's response to the insurrection in these new books. what sticks out to you, and does any of the new reporting expose the former president to even more criminal liability? >> well, it seems to me, alicia, that the most sensational stuff portrays him as completely unhinged, isolated, as unpresidential and dangerous and toxic as can be. but for criminal liability, remember, there's a crime out there we know about, and what has to happen for trump to have liability is for him to be connected with it as a conspirator or even a mastermind. so at least the excerpts we've gotten so far from these three terrific books tend to portray him more as a madman and less as a criminal. the real highlights to date are more about the complete -- [ inaudible ] >> which i think a lot of us felt we already had a full picture of. hayes, you writ

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eight to 10 am eastern velshi, i'll take you live to texas to talk to obama cabinet secretary juliÁn castrowashington d.c. to talk to texas democratic state representative. now it's time for the last word where jonathan keep heart is there for lawrence. >> on sunday morning's, i think we're gonna be doing it again on sunday morning. right, thanks ali. >> have a good evening. >> thanks a lot, ali. it's about damn time, that's how congressman bill passed grow a member of the house ways described the doj's

eight to 10 am eastern velshi, i'll take you live to texas to talk to obama cabinet secretary juliÁn castrowho joins the final leg of the march on the texas state capital and washington d.c. to talk to texas democratic state representative. now it's time for the last word where jonathan keep heart is there for lawrence. >> on sunday morning's, i think we're gonna be doing it again on sunday morning. right, thanks ali. >> have a good evening. >> thanks a lot, ali. it's about damn time, that's how congressman bill passed grow a member of the house ways described the doj's announcement that the treasury department must turn over six years of donald trump's tax return to house investigators on the committee. the committee first made the request 849 days ago. the bill barr justice department which operated as the donald trump justice department block his return from being released despite the fact that the law is absolutely clear that the treasury department shall turn over any tax documents requested by a tax writing committee in the congress. today merrick garland's justice department says the

joining me from the austin in austin is julian castro, form housing and urban development secretary under president obama, the former mayor of san antonio. he was a 2020 presidential candidate. now he is an msnbc political analyst. secretary castro, good to see you. thank you for being with us. tell me about what's happening you, the marchers haven't arrived on the time mark we're still a couple hours away from that. but tell me what this is meant to be and what it's meant to achieve. >> as you mentioned, ali, this is the final leg of a three-day march which is calling attention to voter suppression efforts here in texas and also trying to call to the conscience of the nation, especially legislators in the senate to do what they can to make sure that everything we see the republicans are doing to suppress the vote here in texas and georgia like you mentioned and other states is held back. and pushed back by the for the people act and the john lewis voting rights advancement act. they've been marching the last couple of days. today thousands of texans are expected here at the state capitol

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>> reporter: republicans aren't just unhappy with how the administration handled the rollout, julian castro the white house is right that congress must act, but these calls should have come weeks ago, not 72 hours before the moratorium expires. he went on to say that the cdc should extend it to give tenants time to secure assistance without being kicked out. but even if it expires as planned, not every renter is going to be kicked out overnight, at least seven states have their own temporary bans on evictions that go past tomorrow and, edward, breaking this afternoon the white house with the usda actually extended their own eviction ban for some homeowners who have their homes or loans financed or backed by the usda. edward? edward: great stuff, hillary, and there's the whole other question about the landlords which are being crushed. hillary vaughn on capitol hill. so let's bring in arkansas republican congressman french hill. i want the start with that eviction moratorium hillary was just talking about. where do you feel like this falls? in your mind? >> well, edward, thanks for having me