very quickly, we'll have your successor marcia fudge coming up.have any advice for her that she's getting this job that you used to have. >> my number one piece of advice is fight for as many resources for affordable housing as possible. which i know she's going to do because she's a great champion because america sorely needs it out there. >> absolutely. julian castro, thank you so much. really appreciate you. >>> and up next, as i just went ahead and spilled the beans, our new secretary of housing and urban development marcia fudge is here to talk about turning that department around after four years of the florida man and his cronies trying to tear it all apart. do you not want to miss it. stay with us. with us we look up to our heroes. idolizing them. mimicking their every move. and if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most... so do we. hydrate like our heroes. ♪♪ tonight... i'll be eating chicken tikka masala with garlic naan. [doorbell chimes] cheers. i win again, patrick. that's siiir patrick. oooooow. sir. m

next week as i put on the calendar merrick garland, marcia fudge and epa nominee, and another nominee, next week we are focusing on nominees at the very beginning, and a new president for a month, we pass one of the most important pieces of legislation in decades. the american people have been showed what trump was really like and we are filling up his cabinet. i am proud of my caucus. i love, truly love my caucus. every one of them. >> including joe mentioned? sen. schumer: yes, absolutely. everyone. i love bernie, you have to look at people, look for the good in people and we couldn't come together we wouldn't get this done. any one of us couldn't get it done. i have nothing bad to say about any single member of my caucus. how could you when you got 50 votes, and by the way, all the amendments, they tried to put those blocks in our path, every single important vote every democrat voted to block those amendments, they tried to trick us and everything else. an amazing testament to this caucus. every single vote. you saw the votes they put forward. not once did any of them dissent on a

marcia fudge and dr.ecilia rouse who has been confirmed already to be chair of the economic council at the white house. the senate confirmed dr. rouse with broad bipartisan support earlier this l month. this matters on so many levels. it's important for our future that little girls, including black and brown girls, see themselves in our leaders, from the vice president to marcia fudge, to cecilia rouse, to so many people in this cabinet. it matters because of including the new secretary of the interior, from the presiding officer's area of the country. it matters because of the prospectives and the live experiences of these two women, these two black women bring to these jobs. congresswoman fudge will lead an agency that supports families and communities, provides housing and safety to people experiencing homelessness and helps communities rebuild. h.u.d. today is grappling with a housing market where millions of families find it harder and harder to afford a decent home. new data out this week confirms t

marcia fudge, democratic representative from cleveland up to be behind secretary, her confirmation vote in the past hour and a half for wednesday afternoon. as it stands right now in the house of representatives democrats can only lose four votes and still pass this bill and a lot of liberals are starting to balk at this bill. arthel: let me break in and take president biden. >> when we took office 45 days ago i promised the american people help was on the way. today i can say we have taken one more giant step toward delivering on that promise. help is on the way. i want to start by thanking the vice president and all the senators who worked so hard to reach compromise, do the right thing for the american people during this crisis, and voted to pass the american rescue plan. it obviously wasn't easy. it wasn't always pretty, but it was so desperately needed, urgently needed. also, i also need to say a few words about majority leader chuck schumer who i spoke with many times and again this morning. i served in the senate as you know for many years. i have never seen anyone work as skillf

thank you very much, marcia. let me take both questions.t, you're right about the state budget. it is critically important. the state budget is going to turn the page to the rebuilding phase. we've been working very hard to get funding from washington to fill the gap. and that has been going well. we have to see what we actually get. but we then have tremendous financial needs on top of that. people have to pay their rent, they need food, et cetera. you also have new york city, which is in a very precarious situation. it's teetering, to use a word. crime is way up. homelessness is way up. many people have left new york city, hamptons, mid-hudson valley, other states. we have to get new york city functional again and safe again and viable again. we have to do that quickly. we have a new mayor that's going to be selected basically in june, i guess. something could happen in november, but basically in june. and that work has to start right away. so, yes, the budget is very important. >> should you step aside though and let somebody else handle

on the pictures, marcia, i understand the opinion and feelings of ms. ruer.an find hundreds of pictures of me making the same gesture with hundreds of people. women, men, children, etc. you can go find hundreds of pictures of me kissing people. men, women. it is my usual and customary way of greeting. you know that because you have watched me for, let's just say more years and we cared to remember. by the way, it was my father's way of greeting people. you want people to feel comfortable. you want to reach out to them. i kiss and hug legislators. i was at an event in queens the other day. hugged the pastors and assembly members that were there. that is my way to do that. however, what i also understand is it doesn't matter. it doesn't matter my intent. what matters is if anybody was offended by it. i could intend no offense but if they were offended by it, it was wrong. if they were offended by it, i apologize. if they were hurt by it, i apologize. if they felt pain from it, i apologize. i apologize. i did not intend it. i did not mean it that way. but if tha

governor, your first question comes from marcia kramer of wcbs. marcia, your line is now open.dean of the delegation. >> governor, i have, actually, two questions. first of all, i wonder if given the distractions of these two investigations, especially the one involving sexual harassment, you feel that you might want to step aside or that you should step aside especially in negotiating the budget which could be one of the most important budgets that the state has ever had to deal with. and my second question has to deal with the pictures that have surfaced of you touching the face of anna rubbing. anna ruck. the reason i'm asking the question is there are pictures of you touching the faces of people young and old, and i wonder what you make of those pictures. >> yeah. thank you very much, marcia. let me take both questions. first, you're right about the state budget. it is critically important. the state budget is going to turn the page to the rebuilding phase. we've been working very hard to get funding from washington to fill the gap. and that has been going well. we have to

lawmakers will consider the nomination of marcia fudge to be housing and urban development secretary with the phones to advance her nomination at 5:30 p.m. eastern today. they will move merrick garland's attorney general nomination forward and we will hear the maiden floor speech of new california senator. now, live to the floor of the u.s. senate here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. dr. black. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal god, today, make our senators custodians of truth. remind them that when people call a lie the truth, they tamper with their value judgment. give our lawmakers the wisdom to know that to scrape away their value judgment will eventually cause them to lose their sense of moral distinctions. may they understand that deception is difficult to quarantine and will corrupt all sense of moral discrimination. lord, thank you for being a shelter for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. we pray in your great name. amen. the president pro tempore: please join me i

to be taken up tuesday next week, the senate is expected to work on nominations of representative marcia fudge, democrat of ohio, to behind secretary, michael regan to be epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern, here on c-span. live coverage of the senate when they returned on tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern, on c-span2. >> the senate judiciary committee voted 15-7 to advance the nomination of merrick garland to be u.s. attorney general. senator tom cotton tweeted on wednesday that he is blocking the effort to expedite the confirmation of judge garland for several reasons, saying "i am blocking them because judge garland has refused to answer basic questions, including whether illegally entering the country should remain a crime." monday's committee meeting lasted slightly more than an hour. [gavel striking lock] -- [ gavel striking block] . we have three items on o

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge of ohio to hud secretary. michael regan to be epa administrator. and judge merrick garland to the u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house, when they return on monday, at noon eastern here on c-span. live coverage of the senate, when they return on tuesday, at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. announcer: the chair --

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge to be hud secretary , martha regan to be epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern here on c-span. live coverage of the senate when they return on tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> secretary of state anthony blancaneaux gave his first major speech thursday, focusing on climate change

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the senate is back in tomorrow and expected to work on the nomination of marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations being considered this week include michael regan to be epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when we returned at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. the senate live tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 . christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: take us back to the senate final action on saturday. what did it change about the $1.9 trillion bill that the house will have to wrestle with this week? guest: there are two major changes that were made in the senate. the first one being the restrictions on the direct stimulus payments, that is a central part of the previous pandemic relief bills. rather than the maximum amount that one can qualify for to get a check is still incomes of $75,000 for individual. they used to be people up to 100,000. now that will beat cap to $80,000. a number of moderates were concerned there were some higher income people

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the senate returns to consider marcia fudge as housing secretary and merrick garland as attorney general. in the evening, california governor gavin newsom delivers his annual state of the state address. on c-span3 the senate health committee meets at 10:00 a.m. for a hearing on the federal response to the coronavirus. in the afternoon, nancy pelosi and others speak at a conference hosted by the national league of cities. there is a more live coverage on our website with the house appropriations subcommittee hearing on the drug inspection program. that gets underway at 10:00 a.m. eastern. you will find it at c-span.org. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who ring c-span to viewers as a public service. >> former secretary of state condoleezza rice led a discussion with women scholars about national security and foreign policy issues. hosted by the hoover institution, this runs an hour and 15 minutes. >> i want to welcome you to this ver

amy: professor marcia castro, thank you for being with us. condolences on the death of your dad.r castro teaches demography and is chair of the department of global health and population at the harvard t.h. chan school of public health. also co-chairs the brazil studies program at harvard's center for latin american studies. as we continue our coverage of the pandemic, this is democracy now! this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. as we continue our coverage of the pandemic, we turn to what some are calling vaccine apartheid in israel and the occupied palestinian territories. israel has had the fastest vaccination rollout in the entire world. 40% of israelis have already been fully vaccinated. more than 8 million shots have been administered. israel has also vaccinated jewish residents living in illegal settlements in the occupied west bank, but palestinians have yet to even begin a public vaccination rollout. by one count, just 34,000 vaccine doses have been delivered to the occupied territories, where some 4.5 millio

the senate tuesdays expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations considered this week include michael regan to beat epa administrator and judge merrick garlin to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two . >> >> next, space force commander general john raymond talks about the agency's accomplishments in its first year as a military branch and future missions. topics include foreign threats from space, partnerships with the commerci i

and also marcia fudge at housing and urban development. and at this very moment the senate is about to vote to confirm michael regan, the president's pick for the environmental protection agency. so as each day goes along not just a big legislative victory this week but also filling out that all-important cabinet, wolf. >> merrick garland got 20 republicans to vote for his nomination, which is very significant. phil, stick around. i'll get back to you in just a moment. right now i want to go to capitol hill. our congressional koefrnlt ryan nobles joining us. this relief bill passed along partisan lines without a single republican voting in favor. so where do democrats go from here? >> reporter: well, as phil rightly points out, this was a very big priority for the biden zriengs but they have a bunch of other items on their agenda and it's all going to be uphill from now on here on capitol hill. that's because although democrats were able to get this across the finish line with only democratic votes some key members of the congress have alr

the senate has confirmed marcia fudge to head the department of housing and urban development. the longtime ohio democratic lawmaker takes the reins of the agency just as congress is poised to pass new benefits for renters and homeowners who suffered economic losses amid the coronavirus pandemic. at her confirmation hearing, congresswoman fudge said her first priority would be protecting the millions of people who have fallen behind on rent or mortgages because of the coronavirus pandemic. the leaders of turkey and russia remotely inaugurated the construction of a third nuclear reactor in southern turkey today. turkish president erdogan and russian president blood near putin are vowing to continue their close cooperation. president erdogan says the plant will launch turkey "into the league of nuclear energy countries." then nations have been working on these plans since 2010. -- then nations have been working on these plans since 2010. global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm ma

democratic caucus, that we are so thrilled for our colleague, deb haaland -- colleagues, deb haaland and marcia fudge, to exceptionally qualified members of congress. my only regret is two of my colleagues here aren't going to be able to work with those two in the halls of congress. but we will work with them to champion progress for the american people. we are concerned, we are focused on delivering real results and governing. that's what separate ours caucus with with the other side of the aisle. with we want to focus on results and governing. that's why we're going to put up a strong vote. that's why we'll continue to put up strong votes for background checks if protecting the right to organize. next week violence against women. daca and t.p.s. protections. ag worker modernization. equal rights amendment. those are twhings want to be judged by. our ability to govern and our ability to put up votes. so that's what we want to do on behalf of the american public. mr. jeffries: the party of the american rescue plan, versus the party of marjorie taylor greene, ted ted cruz and dr. seuss is not re

the senate tuesday is expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations include michael regan to be epa administrator, and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can much live coverage of the senate when they return, tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span w

lawmakers will consider the nomination of marcia fudge to be housing and urban development secretary with the phones to advance her

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge to be hud secretary , martha regan to be epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern here on c-span. live coverage of the senate when they return on tuesday at 3 p.m. eastern on c-span two. >> secretary of state anthony blancaneaux gave his first major speech thursday, focusing on climate change, immigration, and the economy. this is 30 minutes. antony "tony" j. blinken: good morning. my fellow americans, five weeks ago i was sworn in as your secretary of state. my job is to represent the united states to the world, to fight for the interests and values of the american people. when president biden asked me to serve, he made sure i understood that my job is to deliver for you, to make sure -- make your lives more secure. create opportunity for you and your families and tackle the global crises that are increasingly shaping your futures. i take this responsibility very seriously. and an important pa

the senate tuesday is expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations being considered this week include epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2. >> monday night on the communicators, sally hubbard talks about the efficacy of antitrust laws and if they should be reformed. >> we have these antitrust statutes, the sherman act was passed way back in 1890, the clayton act in 1914. the sherman act makes it illegal to monopolize. the clayton act says any merger that may substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly is illegal, but meanwhile we've watched while hundreds of these mergers that would be illegal under that standard have been approved. >> there's this argument that underlines a lot of criticisms of today's antitrust, it's really a feeling that big and bad, that necessarily larg

senators will be considered the nomination of marcia fudge to be housing and urban develop a sick day. lawmakers will vote to advance her nomination at 5:30 p.m. eastern. they are expected to vote to move merrick garland as attorney general nomination forward. new california senator alex padilla will give his maiden for speech today. live senate coverage starts at . we learned a short time ago the u.s. house has received the senate approved h.r. one, $1.9 trillion spent trillion dollars spent in adequately fill. the house rules committee is meeting today to work on getting the measure to the floor and passage of the bill is expected tomorrow. also today announced legislation making it easier for workers to unionize. watch watch the house lightr companion network c-span. they just gaveled in at noon eastern. while we wait for the committee to continue we will show you the opening statements from the nominee's. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, chairman durbin, ranking member , ranking member grassley, members of the committee. i'm honored to be a today as the president's nominee t

on the nomination of marcia fudge as housing secretary, merrick garland as attorney general and michaelegan as epa administrator. on c-span3, the foreign relations committee means at 9:45 a.m. eastern to vote on state department nominees wendy sherman and brian mckeon and a discussion on democracy around the world with madeline albright. at one: 30 p.m., antony blinken testifies about the biden administration foreign policy agenda. more worldwide coverage on our website. the senate environment committee is looking for ways to address climate change in the energy sector. the house small business committee meets to consider next steps in the paycheck protection loan program established by congress one year ago, in the early stages of the pandemic. at 3:00 p.m., the senate judiciary subcommittee examines whether special-interest groups have influence on federal courts. you will find those hearings dreaming live at c-span.org. >> visit c-span's new online store at c-span shop.org to check out new c-span products. and with the 117th congress in session, we are taking preorders for the c-span

former congresswoman marcia fudge as secretary of housing and urban development, the first african-american woman to lead the department. and judge merrick garland, the new attorney general. at his confirmation hearing, he said the attorney general is the lawyer for the american people, quote, not the president's lawyer. >>> when we come back here tonight, the attacks on asian-americans in this country, and tonight, the brutal new case. the victim viciously targeted. what authorities are now saying. >>> and we're also tracking those severe storms in the west and the middle of this country in a moment. i'm hoping to get on the lung transplant list, but i don't know if i'll be accepted in time. my children are really worried. my tip is, every morning, give your kids a call or send them a text. it may be the last time that you do. (announcer) you can quit. for free help, call 1-800-quit now. ♪ fight fleas and ticks with seresto. eight months continuous protection against fleas and ticks. it's effective, convenient. seresto. keep playing. more on seresto.com struggling to manage my type 2 diabe

the senate is back in tomorrow and expected to work on the nomination of marcia fudge to be secretarying and urban development. other nominations being considered this week include michael regan to be epa administrator and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when we returned at 8:00 eastern here on c-span. the senate live tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span2 . christina marcos, thank you for joining us. guest: thanks for having me. host: take us back to the senate final action on saturday. what did it change about the $1.9 trillion bill that the house will have to wrestle with this week? guest: there are two major changes that were made in the senate.

the senate is expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudge to be secretary of housing and urban development. other nominations include mark will begin to be epa administrator and merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern on c-span. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. ♪ >> you are watching c-span, your unfiltered view of government. c-span was created by america's cable television companies in 1979. today, we are brought to you by these television companies who provide c-span2 viewers as a public service. ♪ >> next on q&a, jamie from george mason university talks about the social and economic disruption caused by the covid-19 pandemic and the response by the u.s. government. after that, prime minister's questions from the british house of commons. then the secretary of state gives his first major speech, laying out climate change, immigration, and the ♪ host: dr. jayme lemke, when public health officials and medical researchers have been

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge of ohio to the hud secretary. michael regan to be epa administrator. and judge merrick garland to the u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house, when they return on monday, at noon eastern here on c-span. live coverage of the senate, when they return on tuesday, at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span two. announcer: the chair -- eugene: good morning. i'm eugene daniels, coauthor for politico playbook. i'm joined by fellow author rachel dade. thank you for waking up with this morning. house republicans picked up a number of seats and defeated several democratic freshmen. then the january 6 insurrection happened, setting off an internal war within the gop. this morning we're joined by tom tom emmer of minnesota, the chairman of the republican national committee and the birthday boy. happy birthday, congressman. rachael: yes. happy birthday. thank you for being here. we'll dig into exactly how you guys picked up so many seats last election cycle, 2022 and former president trump's continued role in

housing secretary marcia fudge has suggested she wants to keep the federal ban on evictions in ple even longer. a new report finds the wealthiest americans are hiding 20% of their earnings from the irs. the national bureau of economic research report also found the wealthiest 1% of u.s. residents account for about one-third of all unpaid u.s. taxes. last week, vermont independent senator bernie sanders unveiled legislation that would restore the u.s. corporate tax rate to 35%; levy new taxes on the estates of extremely wealthy people; and would prohibit companies from shifting profits offshore to avoid u.s. taxes. a warning to our audience this story contains graphic description of police violence. in mexico, protests have erupted over the police killing of victoria salazar, a 36-year-old salvadoran woman and mother of two who had been living in mexico with a humanitarian visa . four police officers from the coastal city of tulam have been charged with femicide after an autopsy concluded salazar's neck had been broken while in custody. in videos published by mexican media this weekend,

standing on the shoulders of deb haaland and my amazing eric men -- my amazing mentor, and friend, marciaudge, who have left congress to go serve in the administration. i now call up a community organizer who put her boots on and walked the streets to make change and then came to congress to continue to fight. lucy mcbath of florida. mrs. mcbath: i want to give a great sense of thanks and debt of gratitude to my colleague, brenda lawrence. thank you so much for bringing this special order hour today as we are really celebrating womanhood. that's truly what we are doing tonight. thank you so much and mr. speaker, this month, we celebrate the amazing and just absolutely inspirational women that are all around us. and as it has been said over and over again, we have so many amazing women who reside right here in this body. i have to personally say i have never met in my lifetime a greater number of courageous and intelligent and just amazing women that are so committed to democracy. and protecting their constituents and their communities. and i feel very humbled and honored to actually get t

. >> john: you all joined along with senators marcia blackburn, who we will be talking about in our next hour, sending a letter to the cdc director after four researchers at the cdc wrote an op ed in "the usa today" saying the cdc did not follow their guidance when it comes to school openings. what are you saying about that? >> i think the cdc should be listening to the researchers not the teachers unions. we should let them follow the science in this case. we are losing a generational problem we've got with our kids not being in school. this is going to be extraordinarily tough for us to recover. we need to get our parents back to work and children back to school. children are in tough situations. we need to get them back to school. >> sandra: thank you, john. we have been watching the house floor as this vote continues on capitol hill. chad, give us an update on what we are seeing as we just heard once passed the president will be signing this on friday. >> the house of representatives is syncing up with the senate. it's probably going to take the house another 20 minutes before this v

. >> well, you know, and angela, people like marcia gessin have been talking about the republican partydeveloping into this cryptofascist entity that everything the ruling party is doing is bad, bad, bad, we're going to rule against it, and the idea is to degrade people's trust in government at all and their faith in government at all. i wonder, for the democrats, if they're looking at a midterm where republicans are just going to be screaming about undocumented people and trying to do the brown scare and the black scare again, that criminals are getting in, and you know what i mean by criminals, right? they're going to pretend the bill doesn't exist as the check in your hand. i wonder if you feel like democrats are ready for that. not even all the democrats could agree on $15 an hour. they couldn't even get their own people to pass perhaps the most powerful thing that would reduce poverty, which would be $15 an hour. they couldn't even get that to happen. so i sense if democrats are ready for what they're about to face. >> joy, it's such a profound point, and we talk about this often,

they also confirmed marcia fudge as secretary of housing and urban development.an to head the environmental protection agency. the house of representatives passed an expansive labor rights bill overnight. the measure makes it easier for workers to organize and penalizes employers who interfere. republicans are expected to block the bill in the senate. another woman accusing new york governor cmo of sexual harassment. the times union newspaper of albany reported a former aide, not identified, claimed cuomo roped her when they were alone. he faces -- groped her when they were alone he faces accusations from five women. secretary of state antony blinken will meet with his chinese counterpart and others next week in alaska. blinken told a congressional hearing he will arrange disputes from hong kong to trade to the abuse of ethnic uighurs. >> this is an important opportunity for us to lay out in frank terms the many concerns we have with beijing's actions and behavior that are challenging the security, prosperity and values of the u.s. and our partners and allies. st

that if you think this show isn't any good, you should tune in a year from now because it will be marciang interviewed d back from the screen from that. it's a nonissue. just to put the icing on the cake, they get the person in america who actually symbolizes the humbug and hypocrisy of the democrats who treats women like used kleenex and as everybody knows has got is on the manifest of the lolita express with jeffrey epstein and the funny thing about this, tucker, is i were the other liberal democrats who gave their lives to this party, all their lives, people like garrison, who is accused of putting his hand on the small of a woman's back and, boom, 50 year career vaporized. charlie rose 50 years, gone. matt laura however many third of a century gone, and, yet, this guy survives all the time. he is the robert c. byrd of sex feigns. if there was a ku klux klan of sex feigns a kleenex deluxe clan whatever he would be the grand of the sex feign clan. >> tucker: that was a fact avalanche. i have to say this i'm glad you mentioned garrison keeler. is he a wet minnesota liberal but is he a v

the senate tuesday is expected to work on the nomination of congresswoman marcia f

one more from yesterday, the senate voting 66-34 to confirm the nomination of congresswoman marcia fudges secretary of housing and urban development making her the first black woman to lead the agency in more than four decades. "the washington post" noting that "during her january confirmation hearing that her priorities include ending discriminatory housing practices as part of biden's focus on dismantling systemic racial injustice and boosting black homeownership, a crucial component and narrowing the wealth gap." i should note that she is no longer congresswoman marcia fudge, she resigned immediately following yesterday's final votes and in light of her resignation, the voting membership of the house, 220 democrats to 211 republicans, although another vacancy is expected next week as senators vote today to advance the nomination of congresswoman deb haaland of new mexico to serve as interior secretary in the biden administration. if approved her confirmation vote will take place early next week. back to your phone calls. this is jersey out of massachusetts. independent. go ahead. call

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge, democrate hud secretary. michael regan to be epa administrator pruitt and judge merrick garland to be attorney general. live coverage when they return monday on noon eastern. live coverage of the senate when they return tuesday. at 3:00 p.m. eastern.

it was a moment where many people of color, like marcia howard, felt heard. >> i live in america where black man can be executed in the middle of the street. i'm concerned. >> george floyd's death set off a national reckoning. race is not likely to come up in the courtroom. the judge will try to focus on the evidence. >> reporter: legal experts say when opening statements start on monday, the prosecution will likely play the video of floyd's final moments, trying to convince the racially diverse jury that chauvin's actions led to floyd's death. butler says no case again a police officer, including this one, is a slam dunk. >> the defense will present experts who will say that chauvin is not responsible for george floyd's death. george floyd died because he used illegal drugs and he had serious pre-existing conditions. >> reporter: as minneapolis braces for the most high profile criminal trial in its history, anxiety is mounting. rioters burn and looted witnesses. this woman fears it could happen again. is hoping justice prevails so the nation can heal. the city is hoping things remain

the senate has confirm marcia fudge as secretary of housing and urban development, michael regan, toead the environmental protection agency, and merrick garland as attorney general. regan will be the first black man to lead the epa, while fudge is the first black woman to oversee hud since the jimmy carter administration. in iowa, reporter andrea sahouri was acquitted wednesday following her arrest last year while covering a black lives matter protest. she was pepper-sprayed and put in zip ties despite telling police officers she was a reporter. freedom of the press foundation welcomed the acquittal but said it "doesn't fully lift the shadow this prosecution has cast over one of our country's most core values." here in new york, human rights lawyer steven donziger is waiting to hear if he will be freed afr nearly 6 days of house arrest after an appeals court last week threw out a key contpt finding against him donzig won a historic settleme for $9.5 billn against chevron in eador for dumping oil and toxic waste in the amazon, but he has been facing contempt charges fr a private law f

housing and urban development secretary marcia fudge was confirmed and most importantly perhaps merrick garland, attorney general confirmed as well. 16 cabinet-level officials have been confirmed. the biden team not only getting a legislative victory, but finally filling out his cabinet, wolf. >> very important, indeed. thank you very much, phil. >>> our chief congressional correspondent manu raju is on capitol hill. clear victory for president biden today. will he be able to pass his agenda going forward without republican support? >> wolf, things will get a lot harder right now for joe biden in the aftermath of passage of this bill. the bills moving forward right now will require bipartisan support to get out of the united states senate and they don't have bipartisan support at the moment. bills that are moving to the house to expand voting rights to deal with pushback against some of the voting restrictions that are happening at the state level. they do not have 60 votes in the united states senate, nor votes to expand labor union organizing rights, something that passed the house la

next week, the senate is expected to work on the nominations of representative marcia fudge, democratd secretary. michael regan to be epa administrator,. judge merrick garland to be the u.s. attorney general. live coverage of the house when they return on monday at noon eastern here on c-span. live coverage of the senate, when they return on tuesday, at 3:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. >> visit c-span's new online store at c-spanshop.org to check out the new c-span products. with the 117th congress, we are taking preorders for the congressional directory. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operations. shop today at c-span shop.org. >> african-americans have been contributing to american society for centuries. their history woven into the fabric of the country. in the next 90 minutes, we will share stories of african-american pioneers in business, civil rights, law, and education. first, an author whose book "reclaiming the black past," explains how it is misused in popular culture and what can be done to change it.

marcia price and her husband drove over an hour for their chance. >> i was excited about it because iotten good full-on hugs from my kids for so long. >> reporter: and they have taken it on the road. >> tried to remove all the obstacles. >> reporter: sending out their medical unit to you'll areas and here after a man collapsed with a seizure, not a single person walked away from their chance. 135 got the shot. >> i'm more concerned about the virus than the vaccine. >> reporter: but others still won't take. >> for people at risk it could be detrimental, but for the rest of the population i don't think it's as big of a deal as what they made it out to be. >> reporter: now, you heard there from raymond and his daughter. you heard that conversation between the two of them where she was reticent and he was gung-ho. one of the reasons why it was so important to take the vaccine is he himself as a child almost died from measles before that vaccine was available. hit brother had polio. when those vaccines were available his parents taught him how important the science was behind vaccines, and