michael rubin struggled to wrap his head around it. >> put murders in prison, rapists. don't put somebody in prison because they had a technical probation violation. >> meek was sent to this pris for his two to four-year sentence. i first spoke to him in april, 2018. what is your life like there? >> like a caged animal. jail time. >> why was meek even on probation? it was for a crime that happened years earlier when he was 19. on the night of january 24th, 2007, he was walking out of his cousin's house. a gun in his waist band, when he says a grey charger suddenly pulled up and cops from philadelphia's narcotics field unit jumped out, they were acting on a claim they saw him sell drugs down the street. >> i put the firearm on the ground and they ran up on me and took me to ground and, like put the cuffs on me behind my back and wired me to fronted door like, with my head down. when i came in, it was brutal. it got brutal. it got knocked out about three or four times. you know no one asked me how did my face get beaten in like that? it was just known that a black guy had

joining me knows michael rubin, president and ceo of the florida fourth council will explain this tonight. do you get the sense that our leaders in washington have any clue how bad this is gotten at the ports and why it has gotten bad? >> we used to have bipartisan transportation bills that passed out of congress, been a while for that. i can remember congressman dan webster standing beside congressman hastings, the yin and yang of republican and democrats passing out substantial transportation bills and we are not there and it is a shame because i think what we are seeing now is there is a need to invest in mobility and infrastructure in the united states. certainly here in florida i know our governor, ron desantis and our if dot secretary have made investments and made mobility a significant part of florida's infrastructure. >> people are ordering things, someone needs a new dishwasher because everything is computer chips and it could goes that it's more expensive to fix it and they are being told they can't get a dishwasher for 6 to 8 months, ditto with parts for certain vehicles. they

here with more of that plan is the group's ceo michael rubin.portunity to talk about florida seaports. steve: absolutely. all the eyes of the world are on the l.a. port which will now go 24/7. you think, bring things through the panama canal and we will unload them in florida, put them on a railcar or i-95 and they will go across the country. it's a great idea. anyone taking you up on that yet? >> well, thank you for that, i mean, the problem in california is you have reached capacity. it's the trade route people have been using since the 70s. given the growth of population, you can't bring more product through there . governor desantis, secretary tebow here with the florida department of transportation have invested in our freight mobility for decades in florida and we are ready to have the capacity to move it. i think you have already seen in jacksonville, a european carrier has now moved to some of its traded products and shipping lanes into jacksonville and we hope for more of those to come. we have several ports in florida that can handle a

michael bennet the same way. he has been at this from the moment he's gotten elected. he is pushing hard. and rubin, i want to thank you for the work you have done and continue to do. i mean it. this might be the easiest thing i have ever done so far as president. i mean it. i've got to tell you a quick story. when i was running for office -- i'm embarrassed, i can't remember exactly which state i was in, but a gentleman and -- i think it was his wife, and a little girl said can i talk to you -- i could not understand what she had in her hand, it looked like a teddy bear. she said can i talk to you -- i wasn't elected yet, mr. vice president, what is the matter? she said "i want to give you something." i looked at her, and she gave me this set of bear's ears, she said "you've got to promise me to protect the bear's ears." and i'm thinking -- what the -- at the time. her dad said a national park. she said you promise? and i promised. it is the easiest promise i have made in a long time. i'm grateful to the tribal nation leaders, those who are here with us today and unable to join us. i'm proud to an

michael bennett the same way. he's been in this and from the moment he got elected, he's been pushing hard. and rubin, i want to thank congressman gallego, for the work you've done and continue to do. i really mean it. this may be the easiest thing i've ever done so far as president. i mean it. i mean it. i've got to tell you a quick story. when i was running for office, and i'm embarrassed, i can't remember exactly which state i was in, but a gentleman, and i think it was his wife, and a little girl, said could i talk to you. she had this -- i couldn't understand what she had in her hand, it looked like a teddy bear. and she said, can i talk to you, mr. -- she wasn't sure what to call me, i wasn't elected yet, mr. president or mr. vice president. she said, i want to give you some bears ears. i looked at her. she gave me this set of bears ears. she said, you've got to promise me, you've got to promise me you'll protect the bears ears. i'm thinking, what the heck is -- i mean, at that time. i knew bears ears, but i didn't quite get it. her dad said, a national park. i said, oh, yeah. she said, you pro

michael bennet the same way. he's been in this from the moment he got elected has been pushing hard. and rubin, i want to thank you, congressman gallego for the work you've done and continue to do. i really mean it. this may be the easiest thing i've ever done so far as president. i mean it. i mean it. i have to tell you a quick story. when i was running for office and i'm embarrassed i can't remember exactly which state i was in, but a gentleman and i think it was his wife and a little girl said could i talk to you. and she had this -- i couldn't understand what she had in her hand, it looks like a teddy bear. and she said can i talk to you, mr. -- she wasn't sure what to call me. i wasn't elected yet, mr. president or mr. vice president, sure. what is the matter honey. she said i want to give you something. want to give you some bears ears. and i looked at her and she gave me these little set of bears ears. she said you have to promise me, you have to promise me you'll protect the bears ears and i'm thinking what the heck is -- i mean at the time, i knew bears ears but i didn't quite get it.

writers like michael gerson and bill kristol, presidential campaign strategists like stuart stevens and steve schmidt, and the list goes on and on, including our first guest tonight jennifer rubin who writes, it is long past time that democrats seize the high ground on values including fair play, honesty, respect, and nonviolence. in truth, a party that winks at violence and tries to undermine faith in elections is anti-american and anti-democratic. hold republicans accountable when they rationalize violence and denigrate the importance of elections. take them to task as anti-work and anti-family for opposing necessities such as subsidized child care for working parents or paid family leave to take care of parents. that's how democrats can achieve consensus, if not unity, cast themselves as defenders of american values and put republicans on defense. in iowa this weekend, we saw a possible foreshadowing of the presidential campaign of 2024 with donald trump holding a rally in iowa campaigning for at minimum, attention. he was also campaigning to maintain his control over the republican party, which was vividly demonstrated by the abject fealty of the oldest republican member of