mitch: yeah. going to probably plow forward ahead with more forms of stimulus and look back for years if not a decade at what happened to see how we can learn from it for the next time. what i like about elon musk's comment, though, is i think there's a young element of the electorate that follows him that may see this and get engaged in the debate to the point that lee made and i think that's very important, because i think most people don't really understand what stimulus means and the fact that that generation will be paying for it for decades to come. dagen: young people who have the choice of two septonogerians. mark morgan joins us next. plus, ballgame bust, why president trump won't be throwing out the first pitch at the yankees. stay with us. ♪ oh, we love our new home. neighborhood's great. amazing school district. the hoa has been very involved. these shrubs aren't board approved. you need to break down your cardboard. thank you. violation. violation. i see you've met cynthia. at least g

mitch mcconnell that seat open. i do think that is the way of deterring future mitch mcconnell's from pulling the same kind of stuff, should you do that they won't get away with the long-term. we will balance that out. then the second thing is, and i really believe this, though we know what's pretty, my view is if you commit a crime to win the presidency which thankfully doesn't come up often but if you commit a crime to win the presidency, we should be able to do something about the judges that will last for life because if we do something with the president we can go out or put r impeach the judges on the bench for life. i think the fact president of trump seems likely he committed crimes in order to win his office, that should change how we view the judges on the regardless whether they are principle or not and how they rule, the fact that they are only there because of movies and affects everything they do. whether or not they wanted to. >> host: thanks. super interesting stuff. the last question is from heather

by 50 to 75 percent with another rent payment due in just 24 hours so while mitch mcconnell is resting his corporate job on a mint julep in his old kentucky home reveling in the true art of irresponsibility the new york times is reporting 'd that almost 40000000 people do not expect to be able to make their next rent or mortgage payment almost 30000000 americans said they did not have enough to eat during the week ending of july 21st and that according to ernie to be chic and an economist at every core i.s.i. failing to resume the federal unemployment payments would cause a drop in consumer spending large enough to eliminate about 1700000 jobs. that my friends are job losses on par with what we saw during the recessions of the early 1990 s. and the early 2000. so please enjoy that jewel upon us mitch while the rest of us take responsibility seriously and start watching the hawks if you want to know what's going on on a city street you want to see it is so you like to see the rises you always state see you rolls royce gracie displays systemic deception is the late show which would be so

mcconnell and this is all by the way i believe this is firmly all mitch mcconnell's doing mitch mcconnell is pushing these judges through at an alarming rate because chuck schumer worked out deals with them and said we'll let you do these judges if you give us ok let me tell let me tell the back story here this is what everybody misses it was the democrats. the did away with the 60 vote margin right you understand that the democrats did that and when they did it everybody was saying you idiots don't you understand this is going to be turned around you idiots and if you do this we're going to see it rise up in the future and that's what's happening and so the democrats are going to say oh my god what did we do they're run around like with a hair on fire the truth is they created this atmosphere this allowed all this to happen mitch mcconnell the turtle man i can tell you his goal is a point young people 3035 year old they're going to be there their entire career most of which have very little judiciary background they have very little capabilities they you know when you take a look at a mo

ok.ident trump: mitch. senator mcconnell: tomorrow egins the process of socializing what we've been discussing with the administration over the last two our members and if a team here, for think liability and protection or those that have been trying to deal with the pandemic. e don't need an epidemic of lawsuits on the heels of the pandemic. and healthool, jobs, care will be the theme of the proposal that we hope to come present our republicans and as the secretary of the treasury and obviously can't pass a bill in the senate without the democrats. e'll begin to talk to them as well. president trump: kevin. mr. mccarthy: ok. up what we're looking at, if you are at home and you are job, ned you don't have a we want you to come back. e don't want to give you a disincentive to work. for those small businesses, we ant to make sure you can stay open. we want to make sure your kids go back to school safely. we want to make strides to get a vaccine, that we find a cure for a virus that we didn't invite from a for

>> another mistake by mitch mcconnell.he president's approval rating is going on the way up because people approve of the job he's doing both on the economy and his response to the lawlessness on the streets. i think there's another thing going on, lou, and that is the social desirability bias, that's what the pollsters call it. trump has always performed less well in the polls than he does in the election because some people think that the desirable answer is not to say you're it voting for -- voting for trump. in addition to the fact that more people approve, he's going to have an even bigger boost on election day because of those people who are not telling the pollsters they are trump voters or will be trump voters. plus there's the enthusiasm gap. i think this looks great for the president. lou: and you, obviously, are a strong trump supporter. you were considered for a number of posts. tell us where you are in the race, the primary race for the senate running against a mitch mcconnell-designated candidate. an establis

that is roughly where mitch mcconnell's head is at. it will be tough to get there.very guest we have on talks about stimulus. i have been asking this question to kind of get a gauge about where we stand within small businesses. it has been tough to get workers back to work because they are incentivized to stay home given that many make war on $600 per week -- make more on $600 per week than $200 per week or so. what is your research telling versusut $600 per week $200 per week, or let's say in the middle. there is a political challenge here because democrats are saying, you have people who are still unemployed, we need to support them. the republicans are making a more nuanced argument, saying they want to support them but make a pathway back to work. that is not a campaign slogan you can put on a bumper sticker. substantively, i think republicans' heads are in the right place, can we transition down to an amount that will force states to put in place a more sophisticated unemployment system, that is hard to explain. republicans may be pressured into accepting more

mitch mcconnell has been around so long, but he hasn't done for kentucky what kentucky needs. a lot of people get that. they say what good is a powerful senator if he doesn't use that power for us. even before coronavirus we had real problems in kentucky. we have the highest cancer rates in the country, highest rates of diabetes. we have people that can't afford health care. 40% of people from kentucky have filed for unemployment in the last few months. people are saying what good is this guy? we need new leaders. i hear that over and over. that's what gives me hope. we have to have a message that we have common sense people to take over, move our country in the right direction and move kentucky in a direction we really need. >> amy, as you know mitch mcconnell has marched in lock step with donald trump and your rising standing in polls is tracking with donald trump's plunging in the polls. i ha where do you come down on this debate that donald trump has injected himself in the middle of forcing schools to open regardless of where the virus is in the country? >> i think people

mitch mcconnell said he wanted to look at things in july.t wasn't until july 26 it occurred to him that there is no longer -- he said on july 26 that we will look again in july and make a decision about what we need to do. days --uly 26, four five days before all of these benefits expire. i don't get it. host: we go to steve in noblesville, indiana. a democratic color. caller:-- caller. caller: i have a comment. mitch mcconnell is a multimillionaire. he doesn't care about the regular people. if we were giving trillions of dollars to the billionaires, he would be fine about it. got to, you know, say no, we can't afford it. it is baloney. the caller makes a good point. i find fault with the fact that in 2017, mitch mcconnell engineered the tax cut and jobs act of 2017, which had the united states government borrow $2 trillion from our grandchildren and give 83% of the benefits to the top 1%. 83% of the benefits of a $2 .rillion tax cut to the top 1% mitch is upset somebody who works for a living, 40 to 50 hours per week, one out of five or six

. >> the honorable mitch mcconnell, majority leader of the united states senate. >> please be seated. in his memoirs, john lewis described a child hood home that was quite different from the place he lies today. that farm house in pike county, alabama had no running water or electricity. it stood on the first land his father's family had ever owned in a part of the country where segregation had led to almost total isolation along racial lines. it would have been hard to conceive back then that the young child tending his family's chickens would, by age 23, be leading the movement to redeem american society. that he'd be addressing hundreds of thousands of civil rights marchers from the steps of the lincoln memorial. i was lucky enough to be there that day. i marveled at the massive crowds. the site gave me hope for our country that what john's doing, even on that day, as his voice echoed across the mall, i wondered how many dared imagine that young man would come to walk the halls of congress. america's original sin of slavery was allowed to fester for far too long. it left a long wak

maria: mitch? guidance from companies in the first quarter they threw their hands up and said we cannot but i'm hoping as part of the earnings report we get guidance because that will help the market better going forward. maria: isherwood, great to see you this morning, we are rocking and rolling up 550 points, we will send it over to "varney & company". stuart: it is because you are back, welcome back by the way. good morning, everyone. we have what looks like blockbuster news on a virus vaccine. the drug company modernity says it generates neutralizing antibodies in all the 45 patients in the trial. we will get a full explanation from doctor siegel. the market is giving a big boat of confidence, the stock is up and it is now straight

all roads lead to putin, moscow mitch, there you have it.doesn't like it when i say that, but i'm saying it anyway. here's the thing, on june 30th state and local governments across the country had to balance their budgets. we developed the heroes act, called heroes because that's who they pay, health care workers, transit workers, teachers, sanitation workers. that's who they pay. and that date has gone by, but we hope to make in our bill retro active so that states -- and there are like a million public employees have been fired because of the coronavirus. and this money, to the states and the localities, tribes and territories, this money, you go to speaker.gov/heroesact and see how much money goes to them to do two things: offset any expenses they had from the coronavirus and, secondly, make up for lost revenue because of all the shutdowns from the coronavirus. >> yeah. >> and then think of this, all that money, it's a lot of money, all that money is one-half of what the republicans put in their tax scam in 2017 giving 83% of the benefit

for mitch mcconnell, let them eat cake. let them eat cake. so people can't feed their kids, people are losing their homes, they are getting kicked out of their apartments, small businesses going under, and the republican response -- let the meat cake. i have a suggestion -- let them eat cake. i have a suggestion to mcconnell. instead of calling our plan a socialist manifesto, how about senate republicans and mitch mcconnell get their act together, roll up their sleeves and get to real work in helping us solve these problems. we want to get something done. see the urgency of this crisis. with so many small business people who struggled for years losing their businesses, of hard-working people being thrown off the job through no fault of their own. people can't feed their kids. people getting evicted from their homes, and so much more. we want to get something done. americans cannot afford anymore republicand right ideology. we are going to keep negotiating, meeting today with speaker pelosi, secretary mnuchin, and mr. meadows. mcconnell doesn'

senate majority leader mitch mcconnell.w is kristen clark, president and executive director of the lawyers committee for civil rights under law. good to have you here, especially the day after congressman lewis was honored in that way. and president obama obviously went there at the funeral because the fight for voting rights was indeed the centerpiece of so much of john lewis's life's work. what's your take on mitch mcconnell's refusal to move that bill? >> it's a tremendous travesty. you know, the supreme court issued a devastating ruling in 2013 that cut out the heart of the voting rights act, a provision that required states with long histories of voting discrimination to get federal review of those changes before they could be put in place. and for seven years congressman lewis fought tooth and nail to get congress to restore the voting rights act. the supreme court literally put the ball in congress's court. and the effort has stalled. and the effort has stalled under the watch of mitch mcconnell. congress -- the hous

that includes senate majority leader mitch mcconnell of kentucky. kentucky's governor, andy beshear, will join us this year to discuss how coronavirus is affecting its residents. >>> also president trump has been leading coronavirus briefings by himself for the last few days. dr. anthony fauci commented on that moments ago. >> the president has gone out there and is saying things now that i think are important, have to do with wearing masks, crowded -- staying away from crowded places. so i think that they have been helpful now. and also, they've been short and crisp, which i think is good when you're trying to get a message across. >> so far there's no word on the next white house coronavirus briefing. president trump will spend this sunny weekend at his golf club in new jersey. he heads there today. president trump has been leading the briefings himself lately with no other speakers. the president remains focused on getting kids back to school at school, on campus. last night the cdc released extensive new guidelines for schools to handle reopenin

president print mark and i have worked very hard over the last two weeks with mitch and kevin on what we see as the focus as kids and jobs, the recovery act, paris 4.0 and we have spent an unprecedented amount of money in the good news is a lot of it, three chilean dollars, we still have left to put in the economy and put back to work. we are focused on a starting with another trillion dollars and we think that will make a big impact and the focus, as i said, is about kids and jobs and vaccines. we will make sure that we have a vaccine by the end of the year for emergency use. the plan is we just updated the president and vice president. they signed off on this. mark and i will be meeting tomorrow with the republicans at the lunch to give them a full briefing and then we will also be reaching out to the democrats to begin our discussions but we are committed that by the and of this month make sure that before the enhanced unemployment insurance expires that that we pass legislation so we can protect americans that are unemployed and we have said the number one issue is and we have to

that's the hurdle that mitch mcconnell and republican leaders have tried to get over. they are straddling that divide between camps. president trump for the white house has made some demands that were not palatable even to senate republicans so that to jump those girls as well. we are expecting to see their counterproposal to date in the range of about $1 trillion. >> host: and what will happen next? >> guest: again there's no indication that mcconnell can pass this even through the senate. in fact, he almost certainly can't. not only does have those conservatives who don't want to pass a trillion dollars and they would probably vote against this package but then of course the democrats to a filibuster power think it is woefully inadequate. the house bill that nancy pelosi bill that passed in may is $3.4 trillion. so this enormous divide just in the size of what is needed here and that doesn't even get into all the details of the different provisions that the two sides want. you were just talking to callers about the unemployment benefit and that is going to be one of

and mitch mcconnell has to be more than -- democrats on the proposal.icans are opposed to $12 million measure that calls for reducing unemployment benefits and sending $1200 checks to most americans. there is another key provision for mitch mcconnell, liability protections for companies and organizations. >> let me make it clear that there will not be a bill that passes through the senate that does not have this and it. -- in it. there have already been 3500 lawsuits filed. the country cannot stand an epidemic of losses on the field of the pandemic. ritika: global news, 24 hours a day, on air and on quicktake by bloomberg, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm ritika gupta. this is bloomberg. alix: speaker nancy pelosi called with the deal but that it. thebig fight ahead is that gop's push for protection against coronavirus infection lawsuits and businesses. joining us with a breakdown in .is sarah bianchi what are the chances we get a deal by the end of next week? sarah: i think that we are heading into next week

covid-19 in one county and the federally funded coronavirus aid set to expire, top republican leaders mitch mcconnell and kevin mccarthy at the white house today for negotiations with the president and they're at odds with the white house on issues looking to block additional money as the president does for testing and tracing amid the record-breaking surge in cases all of this as the president in remarkable interview with chris wallace of fox news is still making false claims about testing, about the death rate. the science of the virus six months after the first case was reported in the u.s. >> i'll be right eventually. i will be right eventually you know, i said it's going to disappear. i'll say it again. it's going to disappear and i'll be right i've been right probably more than anybody else. >> and hearing more from the president because he just announced that the white house task force briefings are coming back as soon as tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. amp polling showed people are confused about what they're doing. and garrett haake on capitol hill joins us, and kristen welker and former rep

including mitch mcconnell. >> never in the history of the country, through wars, depressions, and the civil war, have we ever not had a federally scheduled election on time and we'll find a way to do that again this november 3rd.

said they could diminish competition for the presidents hotel and in any event i don't even think mitch mcconnell knew that was in the bill but in any event who knows his right. in any event they have something in there like a tax credit for expensive dinners and lunches but no money for food stamps or nutrition assistance initiatives. here's the thing. right now we're at the time when children are food insecure inour country . people are hungry who never thought they would go to a food bank . people are on the verge of eviction as they can't pay the rent. they've lost their jobs through no fault of their own and again, families can't pay the rent and they are resenting the fact that people are getting $600 which was helping tokeep them out of poverty and make ends meet . with all of that happening, people in our country, these are the american people. they just waited 10 weeks, almost 2 and half months. they put it all on pause as if hunger could be paused and rent could be pause and needing money in their pockets so that people could make ends meet would be paused but it wasn't. now t

senate republican leader mitch mcconnell insists that businesses, schools, and other organizations protect the bits -- organizations be protected against coronavirus lawsuits. he says changes to liability laws should be included wholesale in legislation. speaker pelosi says that shows he is not serious about reaching a deal. federal reserve policy makers will turn their attention on how

he is anti-democracy. >> there's more that mitch mcconnell said today.so said -- >> what's your reaction to that? >> a couple of things. the first point is the extent that african-americans turn out is by our own doing, certainly not because that the elections have been free or fair. part of that is about work and the way that african-americans have been consistent around fighting for democracy and making sure our vote is heard. secondly, he obviously didn't go to his own state in kentucky, of which i was there in his state on election day a couple of weeks ago, where the first one of the first voters we ran into was a man who had voted in 40 different elections. he was not -- he received a letter on that day, that morning on election day that said that he was registered as a republican, and so he was not allowed to vote in the democratic primary. and he says there were 13 other people who had the same experience that morning of. so obviously, he's not aware of what's happening in his own state, being the same state that had one polling site for over 612

mitch mcconnell sent them home for a recess. there are people facing eviction. four days straight with no outcome for a relief bill. what is your understanding of where things stand right now? >> first let me just say it is unconscionable what the senate republicans have brought us to this point after the house had taken decisive action as you know back in may to pass the heroes act to provide the economic lifeline to americans across our country who are struggling right now to be able to make ends meet as a result of the public health emergency and obviously the economic fall-out that's been a byproduct of the covid-19 pandemic. and the fact that mitch mckonld and the republicans failed to about and provide a sensible negotiating position, it really is dumbfounding, and it's incredibly problematic obviously for a lot of americans, including many of my constituents. i can't tell you how many constituents of ours are calling us in desperate, desperate situations, understanding that these unemployment benefits, the pandemic unemployment differential is set to expi

mitch mcconnell can talk his fiscally responsible all he wants. the fact we throw around trillions like it's nothing is remarkable my question is where are they getting this from? the answer is something we will talk about later in the show, and that's why precious metals are moving with that said i do think it gets done, it gets done closer to $600 than the $200. i don't think it's as much of a threat to the market >> closer to $600 would be a real relief. the mcdonald's ceo said something to the effect that $600 stimulus check has helped mcdonald's sales and a reduction in that could translate into reduced sales. so, dan, $600 versus $400 may not seem like a lot to a lot of people but it is >> it's a lot. it's on a weekly basis it's also what a lot of these consumers have been relying on they don't have a lot of savings, so there's going to be a pretty sharp drop-off in consumer behavior. we've already seen consumer sentiment data this week trend lower. it's not looking good month over month. i'll just make one other point my good friend pete na

because it mitch mcconnell said it "could" lead to changing the name of some of the bases.ator cotton, i believe it was, on earlier today saying that this would involve changing all kinds of names, including desecrating some graves. what are your thoughts? >> first off, i don't think there is any reason for a modern-day conservative to harbor any affinity for any confederate names. i think it's entirely appropriate for society as time goes by to reassess that we use to honor. as long as it doesn't come from the hands of a mob, but if it comes from an orderly process such as a commission that would take a look at the names of bases on the side of the names should be changed, which happens from time to time, it's entirely appropriate. conservatives should not stand in the way of that. i just don't understand why we are honoring anybody confederate. they should be known in history, and in many places there should be modern statues put up, and if a statute comes down, it should never be at the hands of a mob. it should be through an orderly process. look what mississippi just d

we need a post mitch mcconnell republican party.tionist to the obama administration and everything they tried to do so i'm glad that they're trying to ensure that the senate -- that we get rid of mitch mcconnell and the senate. that's important. i think there are trust issues but i will say that every campaign we have worked on, we had a back of republicans that would back our candidate. that's not uncommon in campaigns even for very progressive candidates as well. so i'm not -- i don't think this is something that's unheard of for one thing. it's something that does happen, during campaigns. i will say this. i think that what we need to focus on is where the democratic party is going. and if people want to get on board with that, that's great. but i think the party needs to stay focused on people say we're moving to the left. i say we're moving towards greater equity. and so i think we need to focus on equity and inclusion and continue to have the party evolve that way. whoever is on the that train we welcome you on that train but

i've been very critical not only of the federal response but also mitch mcconnell.telligence briefings he knew about this when is the first time he said anything about coronavirus it wasn't until the stock market crashed. all along he's been chmpg bampi big business, bailouts, leaving the every day behind adding responsibility to this. to my fellow kentuckians, look around are things getting better? under this man so many problems in the past now exacerbated by coronavirus. today kentucky had the most cases we have seen throughout this entire pandemic just today. so i'm very concerned, my neighbors are concerned. we've got to get this under control from a national perspective and we have not had the leadership doing that? >> does the president share that blame? i hear what you're saying about mitch mcconnell. how would you grade the president? >> absolutely. the president, the buck stops with him, or it should be, right? that's what a president should be doing unfortunately we haven't had a president that stood up and taken on this responsibility he pushed it down t

. >> the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said today that russia should, quote from absolutely must be allowed into the summit. this president trumps agree? >> i haven't spoken on this matter but he agrees many diplomatic relationships with the top economies of the world but there's been no one has bees been tougher on russia than this president. i went through several of those actions. i would also note when it comes to asking on the viable actual credit intelligence, there's been no one who has acted more forcefully than this president. he has a track record of that and has made protecting the troops overseas his highest and strongest priority. in the 6,000 deaths and with other improvised explosive devices and [inaudible] and other attacks in iraq, this is what was done to the american troops. we had president bush declined to strike when he was in the crosshairs according to "the new york times." we had obama and biden who never made an effort to strike. but when he had actionable intelligence to protect american troops, he took that option. he was criticized by democrats a

i think t real question is, will mitch mcconnell be open to at.onald trumpld have anythat fiscal restraint, if given his own way, he, i think, the sky's the limit as to what he would e ject into thnomy to give him a nice run to november. the real comnge -- challenge is mitch mcconnell a mcconnell set a hard cap at one trillion. the last time i checked in with someone close to mcconnell, they said that still stands. i don't know if that's sustainable. i think they'llmo have to g than that because it looks like a bumpy road to november. we have had some of the mos powerful economic states like texas and califora haveo retreat a little from their reopening. so that surely has to change the calculations. robert: never forget about mitch mcconnell, good advice for all of us reporters because he is a factor, congress is a factor. that reminds me that the esident this week is also facing incoming on national security. according to the "times," russia offered bounties to the taliban to kill american and coalition troops in afghanistan. "the times" reporte

what mitch mcconnell is now saying tonight. joe biden had warned the president would try to do this. >>> millions of american families in need tonight. the new numbers. the economy shrinking by the largest margin since records were kept before world war ii. and with benefits now expiring, tonight, the scramble on capitol hill. the vote late today, but is it too little, too late? mary bruce on where this stands right now. >>> the coronavirus. deaths rising in 32 states. florida tonight reporting its deadliest 24 hours yet. ohio with a record number of new cases. and the new images tonight from. >>> we have also learned this evening former presidential candidate herman cain has died from coronavirus. some of the last images of him in public at the president's tulsa rally with no mask. president trump offering words of comfort tonight. >>> we're tracking that tropical storm and now, is there a hurricane brewing for the east? the storm slamming parts of puerto rico. more than 400,000 without power. and now, the new track. could it

that is a mitch mcconnell question. mitch was there today to say he was at march on washington.ewis speak and he said fond words of john lewis today. but if he means those words, then he should get with the speaker of the house, we should appoint a gang of eight, and we should hammer out the differences that are there to make sure we renew the voting rights act, that we correct the shelby decision, or the flaws that shelby highlighting and that we will have something in place to protect people's right to vote. especially black and brown and minority people. a and i have not seen mitch mcconnell's words, or hiss live up to his words. so his words therefore ring hollow until he makes some action that shows that this is his belief. >> well, and he was fighting for the restoration of the voting rights act after he felt as though the shelby decision gutted it in 2013. until his final days and i know he would be standing with you all as you fight for the next relief package. i do want to ask you about that because millions of americans depend on these unemployment benefits. today the

you have mitch mcconnell wearing a mask in a video. as far as we can tell, they have not agreed on even what would be in their version of a bill and they're rejecting the democrats' bill to try to alleviate the economic torture on americans right now. what is going on up there? >> first of all, good evening, joy. it's great to be on and congratulations on your show. >> thank you. >> we all are looking forward to great things that will come from you during the 7:00 hour. mitch mcconnell's response is consistent with president trump's response to the coronavirus pandemic. he's been stumbling, fumbling, and bumbling. and that is what thez done from the very beginning. we have a situation right now where you have more than 150,000 americans who have died, more than 4 million americans have been infected, more than 5 million americans have lost their employer-based health care. more than 100,000 small businesses have permanently closed. and more than 50 million americans are newly unemployed. we passed a heroes act, a comprehensive response

right now, as off, mitch mcconnell plays this game better than anyone. he's really taken a step back. he said this is more of a discussion between the white house and house democrats. and he's really letting them do that now, of course, i believe at the end of the day, mitch mcconnell will come in as he often does at the end and try to cobble together some kind of a deal. >> he needs the numbers, and right now, he may be lacking in numbers there. let me go down to texas where morgan chesky is following the president. you know, morgan, if i said during the pandemic that the president was going to texas, one would assume, well, he must be checking in. texas is a hot spot. how are they doing? but this is not a coronavirus trip. tell us what this trip is about, morgan. >> yeah, chuck, not officially a coronavirus trip. the president did acknowledge it briefly during remarks he made to a tour, to a tour do an oil rig site he made a short time ago, but really the purpose of the trip to west texas was for the peds to try to get fresh funding into the campaign.

now, this bill has been sitting on mitch mcconnell's desk for over 200 years and you don't always seets jump and get aggressive on something like this they're calling out republicans right now. they are saying, if you want to honor this man, the conversation we're having tonight and that's been had over this weekend, then you do that by actually acting and holding the vote on this and if you are against the voting rights act, hold the vote and vote against it. all of this happens as tens of millions of people are walking off their jobs with blm, strike for black lives in 25 cities, including in front of the trump tower in new york city to highlight the inequality and systemic racism that john lewis both fought over the course of his life and helped set back leading to real progress now, with all of that in mind, we want to bring in marc morial and congressman karen bass, chair of the congressional black caucus thanks to both of you for joining us good evening to you. congresswoman, your thoughts -- thank you to both you've we're on a slight tape delay, but thank you to both of you i w

mitch mcconnell and donald trump knew they had to go through nancy pelosi and house democrats. was campaign to make sure we could flip that house last cycle. senator markey literally went nowhere. this medicine because you collect frequent flyer miles but if you believe in the change when you get to go out and fight for it. >> moderator: want to switch focus to we want to turn to the topic of police reform and social justice. both of you gone , record is a k lives matter. but specifically look at your actions per give us specifics of what you done and what you will do to show that black lives matter. this is for both the you. 60 seconds, first you senator markey. markey: thank you. well, when i was a state legislator in the '70s there was no black senate seat in massachusetts. i had to make a a decision to e on the democratic state leadership to make sure there was a black senate seat and they did. it hurt my career but that's why bill owens who became that first black state senator from massachusetts his endorsement and doors monday the led the effort in the house of represent

all right, mitch roschelle, go ahead, mitch. mitch: good morning, congressman.t the news from the eu where they passed organ the process of passing a big stimulus package. they worked a lot of climate change initiatives into that as part of the mandate. the other side of the aisle trying to put green initiatives in whatever the stimulus package will be? >> yeah, i don't think that some of the unrelated, more unrelated items, like for example you're touching on one where there are some ideas that really get unconnected to the emergency of responding to the pandemic. you also saw in the heroes act, they wanted to legalize ballot harvesting nationally and also of prohibit any form of voter id nationally. you have components of the congressional democrats that are completely related to the emergency of trying to survive this moment and come out stronger. you're getting close to the august recess. i think that some of these other items where there's a huge partisan divide are just going to fall to the wayside if they're unrelated -- if they're not directly related to

that's what the mitch mcconnell proposal says. you get 70% of replacements. if democrats are is going to insist on 600 then return to work bonus has to be put in place. people can take $450 out of the 600 back to work during six week period otherwise you're encouraging more unemployment and that's not what anybody wants my hope is we can go with the more sensible approach which is to say okay there should be a federal supplement, should be significant and it is the mitch mcconnell proposal you know the past couple of weeks i've been around the state of ohio and talking to businesses and small businesses. you see employers who are looking for hundreds sometimes over 1,000 employees forward motor company is showing 25% absebe absenteeism on this. they can't get people back to work and they need the workers right now. this is a problem that's across the board. anybody who is back home listening to their constituents and hearing it, again this is not good for workers, not good for small businesses tore economy. >> i hear you, but where would you place the odds in

mitch mcconnell says he might be willing to put up on it or that. you come to terms on that at least? speaker pelosi: in the heroes act we have a $100 billion education stabilization fund specifically for the coronavirus, much of it for elementary, k-12, some for higher education. again, we want all of the testing and tracing, etc., but you have to have the distancing. if you are going to be six feet apart, which you must, you need more space, and more teachers, you need to pay attention to the ventilation system in the schools. testing teachers, custodians, and others. instead of the president threatening to withhold money from schools that don't open, he should be granting money to schools so they can open. our share of education is small, less than 10%. most of the money is funded by state and local governments. that is why we have in the heroes act the state and local governments act giving almost actually in dollars so that state and local governments can recover from the outlays may have made from the coronavirus, as well as the revenue lost b

bill has been sitting on mitch mcconnell's death since then. is now the time to push that through considering the passing of john lewis? >> absolutely. i don't understand how you can be an elected official in this country and give your sympathies for the passing of this great american and yet not work to restore the voting rights act to the fulls than he fought for. john lewis nearly died on that edmund pettus bridge in selma marching for the key linchpin to citizenship in this country, which is the franchise. and so the fact that this bill has been sitting there for two years and has not been able to move forward, if we truly want to honor this man and if we truly want to honor our country, a democracy, then we need to be passing this bill and restoring that's rights and you cannot take seriously anyone who expresses condolences for john lewis if they're not willing to support the bill he fought for. >> jon meacham, what was it like to spend time with john lewis? what was it like to spend time with a man who put his life on the line? what drov

mitch mcconnell said he only wants to keep it under $1 trillion.e somewhere in between there, but this is going to be a defining moment for the summer. and trump has shown every indication to spend, spend, spend, and he's not concerned about debts or deficits, as republicans traditionally have been. up to this point, they've given enough room, so we'll see how this plays out, but private data not overwhelmingly positive. >> it's interesting, hans, because congress already seems late to the game here for a phase four. scientists and doctors have been predicting how long this pandemic is going to last for quite some time, since the beginning of it, that it would last possibly until next summer. so, fact that they haven't already come up with a plan, a phase four, to keep money in the pockets of americans and small businesses throughout this country, is mind-boggling to me, to not understand that we weren't going to have a v-shaped recovery from all of this, considering so many people are jobless right now. >> yeah, so last month, house democrats put

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