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that puts lindsey graham in a tradition of filibustering.r strom thurman set the record when he held the floor 24 hours and strom thurman didn't fall over. he walked off the floor and two hours later the civil rights act of 1957 passed the senate. strom thurman was 55 years old when he set the filibuster record. lindsey graham is 65 years old, so the strom thurman record might not be in danger. strom thurman served in the senate until he was 100 years old. he chose not to run for re-election in 2002 at age 100, and that is how lindsey graham got his senate seat in south carolina. it is a segregationist senate seat. the 2003, after strom thurman's death, his family publicly acknowledged that he was the father of a daughter who he never publicly acknowledged. 46 years after strom thurman filibustered the civil rights act of 1957, his family admitted that he was the father of es si may washington williams, a black woman who was born in 1925 and whose mother worked in strom thurman's home. essi may washington williams was 32 years old when her f

lindsey graham as we once knew him transformed. mccain would pass away, after battling brain cancer. and graham would go off into the desert searching for relevance. something he found in donald trump. someone so different from john mccain. lindsey graham is but a moon reflecting the light of whichever sun shines on him. >>> and right now the senate is voting to confirm merrick garland as the next attorney general of the united states. the same body that denied him a hearing when picked for the supreme court. >>> plus, as spring break approaches, one california school is offering students cash money to stay home and stop the spread. did you know that 70% of the soils on your clothes are invisible? under u.v. light, you see the invisible dirt trapped deep down. try new tide pods hygienic clean heavy duty. for a deep clean, just toss in a pac. formulated with 10 concentrated cleaning actives, that clean deep down into the fabric to remove invisible dirt. see the difference, after being washed with tide hygienic clean. for a deep clea

lindsey graham is 65 years old, so the strom thurman record might not be in danger. is how lindsey graham got his senate seat in south carolina. it is a segregationist senate seat. the 2003, after strom thurman's death, his family publicly acknowledged that he was the father of a daughter who he never publicly acknowledged. 46 years after strom thurman filibustered the civil rights act of 1957, his family admitted that he was the father of essie mae washington williams, a black woman who was born in 1925 and whose mother worked in strom thurman's home. essie mae washington williams was 32 years old when her father was on the senate floor filibustering the civil rights act. she knew strom thurman was her father and she knew her father was standing on the senate floor trying to deny her the constitutional rights that the rest of strom thurman's family took for granted. surely strom thurman would be proud to know his seat in the senate is being held by someone who shares his passion for denying black people their constitutional rights. joining us now is zerlina maxwell,

what happened to lindsey graham?cindy mccain is probably more gracious than i would be in this moment, brian. i think lindsey graham in many ways is the gift that keeps on giving. but if it wasn't so serious in terms of its reflection on today's politics and republican politics. look, for lindsey graham, who is not an ignorant person, to suggest that the way to create greater diversity in today's republican party is for donald trump to harness the legacy of jesse helms suggests that maybe lindsey graham is the greater p.t. barnum in this story than donald trump himself is. and i think we know that about lindsey graham. he has changed directions and changed his own behavior and his own convictions as the wind has changed as well. and i guess the most instructive thing in that lindsey graham interview, and i think it's instructive of the entire republican party in this moment, is he cares not about the republican principles. right? about the ideology, the conservatism that once drew lindsey graham to the party. he inst

what do you make of people like lindsey graham?l, i think you saw people like lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell and others send out a trial balloon for a departure from donald trump within the gop after the insurrection on the 6th. and unfortunately, that trial balloon was shot right out of the air by the majority of the republican base, which is why you saw a change in course that soon followed. and look, lindsey graham and others are now saying that the republican party can't win without donald trump and can't win without those who have opposed him. and at least they're correct in that. but what they don't understand is that there simply cannot be room in the republican party for an anti—democracy movement, especially one that forms the majority of the party and those of us who are committed to our democratic republic. so, it'sjust, that's the kind of thing you can't compromise, or you can'tjoin those two things indefinitely. isn't the real difference between you and people like lindsey graham and mitch mcconnell is that they ha

nbc's lindsey reiser is following the developments in new york city. >> reporter: alicia, seven women have come forward accusing the governor of inappropriate conduct. state lawmakers have opened an impeachment investigation. also the most egregious allegation first reported by "the times union" has now been transferred to albany police. the newspaper, which first reported this, citing someone with direct knowledge of the woman's story, reports that cuomo allegedly groped a young female staffer at the governor's mansion when she was helping him with his phone. this is after another allegation was levied yesterday by a journalist. cuomo vehemently denies all these allegations. he was on a press call i was on yesterday before senators schumer and gillibrand released their joint statement. he was defiant. he said he wasn't going to bow down to cancel culture and he said that some might have different motivation for levying those allegations. to that point, one of his accusers, lindsey boylan, who said cuomo made inappropriate comments to her and kissed her on the lips, says he is calling

i'm lindsey reiser. >> i'm kendis gibson. >> which dose did you get? >> i went with good old moderna. >> i didn't know until i got there. >> yeah. >> so, you know, like they say you can't just pick and choose. >> no, absolutely. it's all good that we're getting them. let's take a look at our team of correspondents. they're all ready to go. >> we're going to begin in minneapolis where opening statements begin tomorrow. shaquille brewster is there. shaq, good morning. thanks for being with us this morning. this is all coming amid heightened security and measures. set the scene. >> reporter: new measures. you see some of the old measures, fencing and barbed wire. that's been in place since jury selection. this week we'll see prosecutors begin to make their case against the ex-officer accused of killing george floyd. we'll see opening statements and witnesses coming along this week. i mentioned the jury was set. let's take a look at what we know about the jurors 156789 were selected. the 15th juror will be dismissed once those 14 others show up on monday.

i agree with you there. >> even senator lindsey graham, even him, even lindsey, cannot defend the new and awful legislative attack on voting rights and voter access in georgia that everyone is talking about. as indefensible as that georgia law is, the rest of the party are fully onboard. in florida, for example, republicans are now trying to make it harder to vote by mail in a blatant move to suppress voting. obviously, georgia was won by joe biden, but florida was actually won by trump, and yet republicans are still doing this stuff. they're basically being meticulous in making sure there are no swing states. next time around, anywhere republicans can prevent democrats from squeezing out a close win, they will do it. remember, there are now 253 bills trying to restrict voting in 43 states. this is not just georgia. georgia is just the beginning. so what do we do about it? i want to bring in jaime harrison, the chairman of the democratic national committee, the dnc. the republicans say they're not trying to prevent these people in long voting lines from getting water. they're trying t

i heard you talking about lindsey graham paling around with donald trump. the possibility that he might be paling around with donald trump because he's hoping trump will let something slip that lindsey graham can use in exchange for a deal. >> all very interesting. so important to stay on these cases given what already went down in the public realm. thank you. you can always go to msnbc.com for neil's breakdowns, which we appreciate. we're turning now to a legal case that has a legal matter. neil is not commenting on it because he's been named special prosecutor. the jury selection of the murder trial. it's expected to begin tomorrow of the former minneapolis police officer charged with murder and second degree manslaughter in the death of george floyd. there's also potential third degree charge that might be reintated. we got a look at the jury selection questionnaire, which asked jurors about a range of issues including do they have a favorable or unfavorable view of blm or support defunding police. we're going to stay on that story. >>> right now, after

>> yeah, that's right, lindsey. department of justice actually just asked a federal judge for more time as they continue to investigate the scope of the attacks that we saw at the capitol, on january 6th. and said that they want to be able to proceed in order to process the -- the great number that they have of both tips and evidence that's coming in, as well as the defendants that they are starting to move forward and prosecute. so, we got a real snapshot of where this investigation stands, yesterday, with a new filing. and it showed that 320 people have, now, been charged with the events that have taken place at the capitol. and they do expect an additional, 100 people to be coming forward with additional charges moving forward from law enforcement. and we also got some other details in this new filing including 900 search warrants that have been executed in almost all 50 states and district of columbia here. about 1,600 electronic devices. over 210 tips. more than 80,000 reports. with 93,000 attachments related t

>> reporter: lindsey, kendis, good morning.s they head into this marathon fourth election. do you want prime minister benjamin netanyahu to continue in power or not. like donald trump, he's a very polarizing figure. supporters say he's the only person with the experience to lead israel. they point to the peace deals he made with arab countries who used to be enemies and they point especially to israel's lightning-fast coronavirus vaccine rollout. netanyahu says he personally made the deal with pfizer's ceo to bring millions of vaccines into the country, but his opponents feel just as strongly he needs to go. as you saw, tens of thousands of people turning out to protest against him outside his home. they say he's running roughshod over israeli democracy. he's actually on trial for corruption charges right now, charges he denies. all this means passions running very high heading into the election tuesday. the polls show it's too close to call between a pro netanyahu bloc and a weird coalition of parties from the left, from the r

and sorry, lindsey, yeah, it's racist.lt around an incoherent racist whose entire career is based on a birtherism lie. so yeah, it's racist. >> and you've got not just donald trump, lindsey graham. you've got the entire party behind this stuff, event moderates. you were in "the west wing," bradley, which influenced a lot of democratic politicians in office today with its message of noble bipartisanship, democrats and republicans working together for the common good. but that world, that republican party doesn't exist anymore, does it? that's pure fantasy. >> it doesn't exist. a version of it did. but this party has gone completely insane. they have no solutions. all they have is this kind of sort of, you know, fascist street theater. they have no solutions. and the only thing they care about is power. i've always said, the fakist thing in retrospect about "the west wing" was that we have reasonable republicans. they don't seem to exist anymore. and when mitch mcconnell pretends to care about consensus and bipartisanship, t

for lindsey graham who is not an ignorant person.t that the way to create greater diversity in today's republican party is for donald trump to harness the legacy of jessie helms, suggest that maybe lindsey graham is the greater pt barnhan than donald trump himself is. i think we know that about lindsey graham, he has changed directions and changed his own behavior and his own convictions as the wind has changed as well. and i guess the most instructive thing in that interview, and it's instructive of the entire republican party in this moment. he cares not about the republican principals, right, about the ideology, the conservatism that once drew him to the party. he cares about the man that can keep the party in power or bring it back to power. it doesn't matter what it looks like. lindsey graham wants power like donald trump does. >> dr. johnson, now let's talk about the serious politics going on in states like georgia. some of the states are so in to being bold and on brand, i expect one of them to label it the voter's suppression

lindsey knapp: if it was working, retaliation would be plummeting.t what we are seeing. so what we're seeing is a failure in military leadership, because when folks like me report that our service members are being retaliated against for reporting, they fire us. and then what then? that sends a clear message to the unit, do not report your sexual assault because we are coming for you. amy frank: it's not working. if it was working, we wouldn't be having this conversation. you know, if it was working, i wouldn't have young soldiers having violent sexual assaults with their bones broken and people saying that that was consensual sex. lynn rosenthal: the most pressing task facing this commission is accountability for those who have committed sexual assault. nick schifrin: on friday the pentagon introduced lynn rosenthal as the new commission's head. she's a former obama administration white house adviser on violence against women. lynn rosenthal: for many, their dreams were shattered by the trauma of sexual violence and sometimes retaliation for coming

>>s >>> lindsey wade wasn't friends with michella or jenni. but she certainly could have been. >> i definitely -- i guess, identified with a little girl out riding her bicycle. >> oh, sure. >> she was 11 years old back then, in the summer of 1986. and because she had lived in tacoma, of course, she had heard about those girls, just like her. how they had been snatched, in broad daylight and murdered. >> it definitely scared the heck out of me. >> yeah. >> there would be certain times, where if i was out riding my bike. or if i was walking, it would be something that i would think about. >> reporter: a layer of that glossy childhood varnish, forever, stripped away. >> probably, for the first time, made us recognize that there's really bad people out there. >> takes away a little innocence, doesn't it? >> yeah. >> yeah. >> definitely. >> reporter: she got to thinking about bad people. in high school, she read a book about the notorious serial killer, ted bundy. who was from here. >> he was from tacoma, yes. and i was fascinated by the book. and

lindsey boylan was the first accuser to come forward in a new interview.intimidation inside the governor's office. overnight, governor cuomo accuser lindsey boylan speaking out in her first interview with "the new yorker's" ronan farrow. the former aide detailing a new claim of harassment against the governor that she says happened in 2018. she says she was walking with cuomo after a meeting at the governor's mansion when his dog jumped on her. cuomo then, quote, joked that if he were a dog, he would try to mount her as well. boylan adding, i remember being grossed out, but also adding, what a dumb third grade thing to say. a spokesperson for cuomo declined to comment to the magazine on this claim but reiterated cuomo's denial that he behaved inappropriately with boylan. the article also details newly reported plans by cuomo advisers to discredit boylan. reportedly leaking boylan's personnel records and releasing a letter attacking her credibility allegedly planning to use the press to turn the tables on her and accuse her of bullying female colleagues inc

so we're very disappointed in those persons and senator lindsey graham.ns don't matter, they do, because i think if the shoe was on the other foot, farmers of color wouldn't have got this major victory. >> lindsey graham was among those critics of this provision who said, what does this have to do with covid. how did the pandemic impact you, hurt even further black farcmer, who were already feeling the pain? >> yes, black farmers were told that we had to destroy crops, fred, in order to get crop insurance. and when the restaurants closed up, many black farmers lost their contracts in the local communities. so we were struggling. we were told that we didn't qualify for ppp. all of these things, we didn't get emergency loans, farm operating loans. and that's what i think the american people don't understand. when the monies are out there, they never seem to find black farmers and farmers of color. and this isn't a new issue. i've been trying to get debt relief for black farmers for over 30 years and it just made it into this bill. so it isn't something that

history. >> reporter: that's right, lindsey. the justice department has now asked a federal judge for more time as they continue to investigate the events of january 6th, and especially before they lead up to a trial for nine suspected members or followers of the oath keepers. that's one of those far-right antigovernment militia groups that was involved with the events of january 6th and the riots we saw take place at the capitol. and as you noted, they are saying that this filing could be historic as one of the largest in american history, both due to the volume of evidence and tips and other parts of their investigation that they are receiving. so, to break down a bit, we also get a snapshot of just exactly where this investigation stands. and they noted that there are -- according to a doj official, they have now seen 320 people have been charged. in this court filing on friday, they said they expected to bring charges to an additional 100 individuals in the coming days and weeks. beyond that, we're getting other details with

kendis, lindsey? >> all right, tom winter, thank you. and next hour, we'll be speaking with an investigative reporter who's been looking into trump's ailing empire and also his crumbling net worth. but now, let's dig a little bit deeper into this investigation. and as we mentioned, trump's former fixer, michael cohen, met for the eighth time with manhattan investigators over his former boss's finances. and in that investigation, the manhattan d.a. is looking into whether trump lied about the value of his assets to gain favorable loan terms and tax benefits. they're also looking into hush money payments made to women on the former president's behalf. we have msnbc legal contributor joe wine banks with us this morning, author of "the watergate girl: my fight for truth and justice against a criminal president." jill wine-banks, good morning. >> good morning, lindsey. >> let's listen to a little bit more of what cohen had to say yesterday. >> after eight times, you could rest assured, they're not asking me once again to come in for a ninth t

i think lindsey graham tends to not go there.tlandish rhetoric. he has this power over the party, and i try to harness it where some people, like john mccain or senator mitt romney, have failed. he thinks he is able to get through to the president and use his powers as lindsey graham called them, in a way that others are not able to. >> all right. so, alaina, you have been doing your own reporting on congress, how they will try to get more things done. earmarks got a really bad name for being pork projects that were open, ripe for corruption. but they also in many ways helped build consensus to actually get stuff done. what's the latest on whether they will bring back the tool to make legislating a little easier? >> reporter: well, they are trying to bring it back. i saw it introduced in the house. and with conversations i'm having with people in the senate. patrick leahy and senator shelby have been negotiating whatever it could look like in the senate. that will be the key thing. the senate has a razor-thin majority with democr

amy: can you respond to senator lindsey graham?about the history of lindsey graham from south carolina when it comes to this issue. >> yes. first of all, i have lobbied senator graham and many in the house and the senate and i've had meetings with them, buttonhole meetings trying to get into suprt the act of 2010. he has over 6000 black farmers in his state. he knows the dcrimination. i've spoken toim personally about this dcrimination. he never once used his megaphone to talk aboutr investigate the acts of discrimination the black faers like myself faced. so i'm calling today on your show, i wa him t apologize to the black community, to the black farmers, and apologize to this country for his wrong stance on this. 49 mbers ved on 10 different amendments to strip or lessen the language thatas in the cod spending bill for black farmers. 49 senators voted to take that out and lindsey graham is one of them. he has never tried to help. he is divisive. he is wrong for this country. that message, e concept -- message of hate and division

>> good morning, lindsey.many connections between the gop and many of the extremist groups, that led to the incidences on january 6th. what we have been seeing is an erosion between the soft barriers that, previously, used to exist. so, now, we have post-trump republicans in office. folks, like marjorie taylor greene and lauren boebert, as well as people who have aligned themselves with some of the anti-democratic organizations that led the january-6th insurrection. folks, like ted cruz, josh hawley, and matt gaetz. these connections are increasing. last week, at the america-first political action committee meeting, a sitting member of congress, representative paul gosar, of arizona, actually, was the keynote speaker at that -- at that extremist-group convening. so, those kinds of ties indicate that there will likely be some connections uncovered as we look at the january-6th events. >> well, dhs secretary, alejandro mayorkas said in an exclusive interview with nbc news that domestic terrorism is one of our bi

the first accuser lindsey boylan had something to say about that. she said i'm tired of leaders in my own party calling allegations against our governor nauseating and hard to read. take time to sit with yourselves and who you are. so obviously that is her saying that schumer and other leaders should be saying that cuomo should resign right now. the count is about at least 120. that is the majority of lawmakers calling on cuomo to resign or to be impeached. this impeachment, by the way, investigation launched yesterday by the democrat-controlled legislature. they will have full subpoena power and focus on the sex misconduct and the nursing home scandals. republican leader of the assembly will barclay released a statement after the announced impeachment investigation saying republicans have called for impeachment investigations for weeks. now that democrats have finally recognized the need the committee's work must move expeditiously and must provide a deadline and defined process this investigation will take. republicans worry this is a delay tactic

and then there's lindsey graham. of course, lindsey graham. $5 million -- 5 million in aid to black farmers in the covid relief bill. he's calling that reparations. >> if you're a farmer, your loan will be forgiven up to 120% of your loan, not 20%, but 120% of your loan if you're socially disadvantaged, if you're african-american, some other minority. but if you're white person, if you're a white woman, no forgiveness as reparations. >> this is 2021. please tell me we're not going to fall for this. why are we allowing people to do this? why are people doing this? lindsey graham, why are you doing this? it's not helpful to the country. seeing democratic leader clyburn slamming graham for that. >> he ought to be ashamed of himself. he knows the history of this country and he knows what happened to black farmers. lindsey ought to be ashamed. >> and what do you say to lindsey graham, or whoever says this is a form of reparations? >> well, i think you ought to go back and maybe go to church. get in touch with his christia

tyrus: there ain't no props up in here, but lindsey graham's make some great points.ks or calling 70 races is a new, five don't agree with your you challenge me i just say your races, you cannot fight it any time in my life, look at my perspective albeit a debate with somebody in the get upset and not make racial slur which is happening my lifetime i know the conversation is over now i gotta deal with this and we can deal with that it is literally like a smoke bomb, that is racist you know what happened in jim crow in the 21st century we don't know because he would've been kicked off twitter and he wouldn't be able to get a job anywhere and he damn sure would not be on tv because we are progress and opportunity in this country it's ridiculous but if you don't want have the debate hit them with the races, that is racist. it is front-page on the mainstream media and no longer we have a debate, this phenomenon. lisa: i'm sorry you had to go to that, that is wrong. there is always so much disinformation in a republican bill in legislation always disinformation from the me

coming up senator lindsey graham. we would get his reaction in light of his position on the kavanaugh case, what's going on with cuomo, what it means for biden. also his reaction to the president's speech at cpac. also dan bongino geraldo rivera, they'll weigh in on the scandal surrounding governor cuomo in the battle in the border, straight ahead. ♪ ♪ in on the scandal surrounding governor cuomo in thehehehehe

. >> i am saddened and shocked at how insensitive i was in that interview with rachel lindsey, and i didn't speak from my heart. and that is to say, i stand against all forms of racism, and i am deeply sorry. i'm sorry to rachel lindsay. and i'm sorry to the black community. >> rachel lindsey was the first black bachelorette and says she accepts harrison's apology. >>> coming up, "coming to america 2." "coming 2 america." the comedian spilling secrets about the hottest sequels in years. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy, even a term policy, for an immediate cash payment. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized that we needed a way to supplement our income. if you have one hundred thousand dollars or more of life insurance you may qualify to sell your policy. don't cancel or let your policy lapse without finding out what it's worth. visit conventrydirect.com to find out if you policy qualifies. or call the number on your screen. coventry direct, redefining insurance. ♪ [male narrator] for as lon

i am saddened and shocked at how intensive i was in the interview with rach ale lindsey, and i don'tpeak from my heart to say i stand against all forms of racism, and i'm deeply sorry. i'm sorry to rachel lindsey and i'm sorry to the black community. >> he stepped aside but says he is planning to return as host and says he is racing with a race educator. a lot to talk about with jemele hill. and vice president of content. hello, i don't talk about something that could happen on the bachelor but this show has such cultural significance, the first black bachelor, and the first black bachelorette who is actually part of the story here. first, what do you think of chris harrison saying he is working with a race educator, and being edge caged on race. it's not something you do when you're in hot water, right? >> right, and i think that's the issue. look, i have a deep respect for dr. dyson. if anyone can break down the nuances of race in america, he would be the one. the thing s we're not asking for perfect people. right, the bar is so low, we're literally saying, don't glorify slavery. d

we'll start where lindsey left off. at this point to be vaccinated if they want to attend in-person classes this fall? >> yes, and the answer is absolutely yes. here's the reason. one of the things we learned in this pandemic in the united states is 530,000 covid confirmed cases among college and university students, an extraordinary number. colleges and universities have been among the epic centers of this pandemic and 100 deaths and a lot of those among staff and more than any other group, staff and faculty. so this is a public health urgency. and we have precedent for this. my youngest son went off to college. he to show proof of his men nink coggal vaccinations. when we bring students together with highly contagious respiratory infections that can spread rampantly, and this is why we're doing it. >> and we're talking about students. pfizer is conducting trials now with children 5 to 11. can we return to a country if kids are not vaccinated? how does that work? >> with these new b.1.1.7 variant, which is much more hi

one of his accusers, lindsey boylan, calling for him to be impeached at a rally in new york. and an eighth woman who currently works for the governor now coming forward. the governor's lawyer still denying he did anything wrong. here's abc's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, the first of governor andrew cuomo's accusers speaking out, calling on lawmakers to remove him from office. >> the only way we can hold this governor accountable is to impeach him. the assembly must act swiftly. >> reporter: former aide lindsey boylan claims cuomo repeatedly sexually harassed her, allegedly kissing her without warning inside his manhattan office then trying to tarnish her reputation when she came forward. >> cuomo is a coward! >> cuomo is a coward! >> reporter: today at a political rally, boylan, who is running for manhattan borough president, joining demonstrators demanding the governor's impeachment. >> i think he should leave office. i think that he should never, you know, be in office again. >> reporter: cuomo refused to resign, denying any sexual misconduct or harassment, and admitt

>> well, i love lindsey graham. he's -- as much a member of my family, almost, as my children are. but with that said, i disagree for this reason. right now there's too much anger and hate. and that's been generated from the top. and i just don't believe that our party can survive by appealing to the dark side of humanity. and i just -- i've seen it too often. i began this quest in my life with ronald reagan and i just don't see how -- i don't understand how we got to where we're at but now that we're here we can no longer have our leaders work with fear and anger and hate. >> then -- >> we have -- >> then knowing lindsey graham as well as you do, what's he doing? >> listen, as i said, i love lindsay. we differ with some of our things we differ on and i wish him well. i just -- i don't know what's going on, on the inside of his head, but with that said i do love the man. >> cindy mccain, thank you for joining us this morning. >>> the covid relief bill dedicates more money to covid testing and tracing but should we b

i'm with darlene and lindsey and we're going to see for ourselves.lene led us around the corner to a mexican port of entry. >> this is pretty intense. >> people are in an extremely desperate situation. they've come here hoping we'll be able to tell them how they can actually vindicate their right to asylum. in most cases unfortunately our answer is really that there are no options at the moment. >> what you're looking at right there is a table, basically a kiosk set up by a consortium of immigration activists, people trying to get information about how if at all policies under the biden administration are different than under the trump administration. refugees from all over the world have made their way to this square. many of the haitians are survivors of the 2010 earthquake and don't have a legal pathway to asylum in the united states. what's happening here? >> what's happening here is we have a lot of those migrants, haitians and also african countries, they simply come here to ask for guidance, to ask for information. they are all confused. >> wh

south carolina senator and number one trump fanboy lindsey graham is having none of that.ere's what he told a fellow trump sycophant. >> here's what biden needs to understand. if you go to the talking filibuster, we will take the floor to stop hr-1. i will talk until i fell over to make sure that we don't go to ballot harvesting and voting by mail without voter i.d. i would talk until i fell over to make sure that the equality act doesn't become law, destroying the difference between a man and woman in our law. >> joining me now is white house press secretary jen psaki. thank you for being here, jen. >> great to be here. >> i'm going to give you a chance to respond to lindsey graham who decided to take the heart dixiecrat line on voting reform. >> first, joy, i think anyone who wants to make it harder to vote, make it less accessible, make it more difficult, and less likely for more people to vote, maybe should take a close look at whether they have bad ideas and people don't want to support them. it should be easier. we should want more people to vote. we should of course

apparently, wasn't enough for lindsey graham to vote to impeach donald trump.t's not enough for lindsey graham to envision a future for the republican party, without the former president, either. graham, who recently sat down with "axios," had this to say. >> there is something about trump. there's a dark side, and there's some magic there. and what i'm trying to do is just harness the magic. he could make the republican party something that nobody else, i know, could make it. could make it bigger. he could make it stronger. he can make it more diverse. and he, also, could destroy it. >> okay. putting aside the ideas that a man, who graham, himself, once described as a, quote, race-baiting, xenophobic, religious bigot, end quote, could make the gop more diverse. just put that aside, for a second. think of the decision graham just floated. trump can make the republican party great or, quote, destroy it. it's akin to hiring a contractor to renovate your home who says, i'm going to build you the dream house that you've always wanted. or it will kill you, when the

>> well, look, alex, i'm a little hesitant to come down anywhere on the side of lindsey graham.will say is i agree with don, all of these state measures are designed to dampen turnout of democratic leaning voters, including voters of color. it is wrong that the states are doing this. where republicans have a traditional foothold is that we do have a system of federalism that empowers our states to set election laws. what states are not allowed to do is set those laws in a way that have a disparate impact on communities of color. that violates constitutional protections. and so to don's point, when he alluded to the courtrooms, look, one of the areas that this is going to be fought, whether hr 1 passes or not, is in federal court, where advocates who are trying to overturn these new state laws have to prove there's been a disparate impact. but the posture that don speaks to of lindsey graham and republicans i think is what offends so many people's senses across the country today. this is not a republican party who have trying to draw out more voters, appeal to different voters li

you've got lindsey graham, this lindsey graham quote is very revealing and i think actually quite honest graham's whole thing is like look, this is the best we got. okay? he may be a sociopath, he may destroy american democracy, i don't care about that. i care about the fact that he can motivate our voters. he basically says essentially that, or something close to it in this interview. take a listen. >> there's something about trump, there's a dark side and there's some magic there. and what i'm trying to do is just harness the magic. he could make the republican party something that nobody else i know. he could make it bigger. he could make it stronger. he could make it more diverse. and he also could destroy it. >> what did you think of that? >> well, i mean, i think that's probably the most honest we've seen lindsey graham in at least the last five years. but the fact is when he said it could make the party bigger and more diverse, it could also destroy it, the fact is that it's far more likely to be the latter than the former. everything that he did made the party more appealing to a

and what about lindsey graham? calling $5 million in aid to black farmers in the covid bill, he's calling that aid reparations. >> let me give you an example of something that really bothers me. in this bill, if you are a farmer, your loan will be forgiven up to 120% of your loan, not 100% but 120% of your loan if you are african-american, some other minority. but if you are white person, if you are a white woman, no forgiveness as reparations. >> lindsey, i got a book for you. it's got a lot of history about this country and the disparities if you want to learn something. it is called "this is the fire." it's my book or pick up a history book because that's not reparations. if lindsey graham wants to have a real conversation about reparations, then i say great. but that ain't it, lindsey. but that g.o.p. hypocrisy is front and center as it looks like not one single republican, not one would vote for the covid bill that would lift millions of americans out of poverty, including some of their own voters who are stru

i want to know what you think about senator lindsey graham there. he says there is $5 billion assistance for black farmers in the covid relief bill is reparations. >> what's troubling for me is that 49 senators with 10 different amendments voted to pull the language out of this spending bill. so here you have a group of people who barely can defend themselves, and these senators are voting to support a historic measure like this where i've been trying to get debt relief for black farmers and other farmers of color for over 30 years. i never heard senator lindsey graham speak out on discrimination where i've been spat at, had my applications torn up and thrown in the trash can. he knows there's discrimination. he represents a state where there are many black farmers in south carolina. i've never heard him speak out against discrimination, but he doesn't want us to get any justice here, so there is something terribly wrong with this picture. >> certainly from your perspective, the 120%, i guess, being forgiven of loans, that is something that is neces

lindsey ought to be ashamed. >> and what do you say to lindsey graham or whomever who says this is aarations? >> well, i think you ought to go back and maybe go to church. get in touch with his christianity. >> let's talk about what's happening with voting rights. many state legislatures are passing legislation to restrict voting access of some kind. for instance, georgia is repealing no-excuse absentee voting. they are also tightening their criteria for absentee ballots. creating i.d. requirements for absentee ballots. requiring court orders to extend polling hours. they are giving the legislature authority to temporarily block any emergency voting rule changes. in iowa, they are reducing the number of early voting days. what do you think the upshot of these kinds of legislation will be? >> well, i think that's why we've got to do something here at the federal level. this is not unusual. the state of south carolina has denied my parents the right to vote, the opportunity to serve here in this congress until the federal government stepped in and stopped it. the federal government may

. >> and then we have lindsey graham, who is now attacking children.fear-mongering trump style about the southern border. >> a national security crisis because they're children today but they could easily be terrorists tomorrow. this is the 20th anniversary of 9/11. al qaeda and isis would love nothing more than to hit us again. >> lindsey, to be clear, there's absolutely no correlation between these migrant children and osama bin laden. none. perhaps lindsey should be looking to the maga insurrectionists if he wants to compare and contrast terrorists. at this point an antebellum cartoon pale is in comparison who sent a thinly veiled message to the house speaker in this creepy new ad. >> welcome to for pelosi where democrats decry walls to within their own heavily guarded razor wired wall. democrats don't want to protect you. they don't care about you. it's time to cut the crap and remember this is the people's house. madam speaker, tear down this wall. >> and yet it's the children who are the terrorists? okay. joining me now, claire mccaskill and nico

[ laughter ] lindsey graham was hyping up trump's appearance on "hannity" last night. remember six weeks ago when lindsey said "count me out" and "enough is enough" of trump? well, neither does he. >> every republican should rally around it. i think it will help us with independents. i've never felt better about president trump leading the party than i do right now. >> jimmy: really? then why do you look like you're about to barf up your grape nuts? [ laughter ] lindsey spent last weekend with trump at mar-a-lago so he has some insight as to what the great hair-dini might pull out of his maga hat next. >> any insight as to whether the president -- >> yes. >> -- has made up his mind about running in 2024? >> stay tuned. >> jimmy: okay, now i'm going to barf up my grape nuts. [ laughter ] can you imagine if we have to go through this again? if he comes back, you guys are on your own. [ laughter ] i'm going to live with hillary in the woods. mike pence, by the way, will not be attending cpac, even though they did reach out and assure him that he'd be safe from all the peo