we went to morehouse college and morehouse and i see another morehouse brother who is who was in the audience. they were always told to light a candle. you know, we talked about the candle in the dark and how every morehouse student was told that when you come into the chapel that god places a crown above our heads that we will spend the rest of our lives growing tall enough to wear. and i hope that book teaches people to stretch not that will wear crown but at least you'll be taller after ingesting some the values and you do the kind of work at ebenezer where you are calling people to stretch and now as senator you were making demands you are lighting candles. a matter of fact, you are on the the agricultural committee and you've done something really interesting. i think the people should know. well, i do a lot of work on the agriculture committee. i'm proud being on that committee. agriculture is the largest business in georgia and. we've done many things from helping georgia farmers to get their to market when they were dealing with trade barriers. we. $6 billion of debt relief f

i am here at morehouse college, talking with a bunch of young leaders about the challenges that theye and the need for solutions p one of the big topics we talked about here was gun violence so our work has been to pass the most significant gun legislation that has been passed in 30 years because of our commitment to find solutions and to work on things that actually have a benefit direct -- direct benefit to the people who need it so we will continue doing that. >> you are overseeing the first white house office focused on preventing gun violence. absent congressional action, how will that effort make a significant change? vp. harris: congressional action is very important and the failure to act is to the discredit of the importance of actually taking hold of the solutions that are at hand. we have had one before and we need to reinstate the assault weapons ban. no reason for assault weapons to be on the streets of a civil society. we need background tricks. it's reasonable that you might want to know if someone can buy a lethal weapon if they have been found by a court to be a dang

geoff: we are on the campus of morehouse college, a legendary hbcu.ld note that you are the first vice president to graduate from an hbcu, the first sorority member from an hbcu to serve as vice president. vp harris: correct. geoff: hbcu's comprise less than 5% of all institutions of higher education, and yet they produce half of all doctors and lawyers in this country, 80% of judges, half of all public schoolteachers in this country. secretary cardona said today 100% of the vice presidents in this country. [laughter] when you think about the value proposition of hbcu's today, what do you tell people? what do you see, especially in light of the supreme court ruling overturning the use of race-conscious in the college admissions practices? vp harris: well, as you said, as a proud hbcu graduate, i know what these educational institutions do. they are exceptional institutions of higher learning with a history that has been about nurturing and educating young people to go on to be national and global leaders. the experience that a student receives at an h

he said, you know, morehouse, morehouse men had a responsibility. and i think martin luther king really felt like that's the kind of man wanted to be. well, benjamin mays was my maynard's hero. also is one of mine, too. i met him. he was a wonderful person. and favorite quote is from benjamin. he means and it is. and i'm sure that dr. king probably this, too, if you believe something, you must act on it. if you don't act on it, it's not a belief. it's an opinion. i like that. well, all right. i don't mean not in my book. i'm making a list of all the things i regret that are not in the book. and on the list. no. all right. whatever. we're familiar with a lot of the names associated with dr. king, ralph abernathy, who was his best male friend. of course, you know. bayard rustin. i mean, i thought he was outstanding. a philip randolph, thurgood marshall. we benjamin mays. and then there were people like stanley levison, which we i never really heard very much about until i read your talk about stanley levitan, levison emerged the leader of the montgome

always tell a morehouse man. you can't tell him much, okay? >> here's the thing. donald trump has to be in that courtroom, has to be, because he's the sign qua non of that indictment. he's the center of that real conspiracy. >> and the base. >> and the base. and he's the spiritual force of the prosecution's case. >> yeah. >> and if he's not there physically, i think it really diminishes fani willis' case. let's go to the motion to sever. the chances of a motion to sever -- >> i'm convinced by the way just based on your argument. >> you are? >> was it the spiritual center? that was the part? got it. >> the motion to sever, they are rarely granted, and scott broad up the point if they have an argument that's conflicting. we don't have conflicting arguments here. he was the center. they were all working for him. they were advising him. there may be a little conflict of the people on the circle but not the person in the center. so i think we will have a trial in atlanta probably in march, maybe in may, and we will ha

> we will officially dedicate the john lewis forever stamp on july 21st at a special ceremony at morehouseapplause ] >> the 635,000 women and men of the postal service take great pride in our mission to bind the nation together. just as john lewis worked tirelessly to create for us the beloved. by issuing the special stamp, we are providing away for the public to come together and remembers an commemoration. we hope that this stamp might spark young people to learn more about the life of john lewis and his long legacy of public service. we are proud to honor john lewis, the best of america with the stamp. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, inaugural president and chief executive officer of the john and lillian lewis foundation and former chief of staff to john robert lewis. >> mr. speaker, hakeem jeffries, colleagues, friends and families of congressman john lewis. it warms my heart and it is amazing. it is kind of ironic that we are here today to celebrate john lewis and the u.s. postage stamp that will bear his likeness. ironic may not be the exact word. let me tell you

. >> yes, even though you're a morehouse man. i worked in edva for 16, 17 years, i was there when they did the bob mcdonnell case and when they did the william jefferson case in 2009, the congressmen, low-level congressmen who had $90,000 in his freezer in packages of cereals and burgers. the official acts that congressman jefferson did as a low-level member of the congress pale in comparison to the official acts of senator menendez allegedly. let me give you one big whopper. i am absolutely offended if this allegation is true, that he used his official position in vetting a u.s. attorney and he has that u.s. attorney come to his house, the nominee or candidate, and that incident involved him talking about a pending federal case. that is disgusting in addition to being illegal and the timing is important. bob mcdonald got -- he had tawdry thing, use of a car and a house but there was no nexus. here the time line is devastating allegedly. he meets with somebody, he gets a gold bar. before he meets with somebody, he gets cash. ther

we did have a hbcu cohort and at morehouse college, the first time we've ever done that. the first time that it's actually been done in the city strategically to have an hbcu cohort. we're so proud of that. this is totally their own work. they did everything. we just made sure that it was in the parameters and within the guidelines lines. but i just want to say i'm so proud of the work that these young people did over the summer. they really they were you know, we wanted them to bond. we wanted them to interact, and we wanted them to put forth a product that they know that could make a difference. and using the tools that they had around them. so thank you so much for your time , director henderson great. just thank you so much and thank you all for your attention with this. we really put a lot of work into the program, not just through the summer but through the year as well. but i just really want to come in on the intentionality, be reflected in the diversity of the program that we've put together that goes beyond just the dpa and expands into all of these partner agen

the next stop of morehouse college and atlanta.ce president to be utilizing -- utilized in this election campaign? >> i think because what it is there to. what this president does well, is on the road. and in front of the american people. that is portion is to be. i think that talking to young people, hammering home on the issues the democrats are actually working on, and providing policy changes on, will matter. and so, getting her out there, getting her talking, energized, i think is a really great thing for this ticket and it's something that we need right now. >> danielle moodie and carlos curbelo, thank you both for being with us. coming up, what's next for president biden to reach out to latino voters ahead of 2024? s ahead of 2024? mobile for business. mlb partners with t-mobile to not only enhance the fan experience, but to advance how the game is played. aaa relies on t-mobile's network to stay connected nationwide, so they can help get their members back on the road. and we're helping pano ai innovate, to stop the spread

now you are an assistant professor at africana studies at morehouse college there. and atlanta.in history from georgia state university, with that background, what is unique about fulton county about atlanta, that drove you and the task force to take up this work? >> thank you for having made shedding light on the work that task force has been doing. it was actually formed last year in april 2021, in response to l.a. county, the supervisors of the county investigating the return of land to the family and it's errors. it was taken away in the 1920s. so in response to that the faulty county commissioners particularly the commissioner marvin errington jr.. he sponsored a revolution and it was actually coal offered or corps sponsored by nathalie hall to create the very first county led, the first, let me get this right because it is important. the first county led reparation task force in the former confederacy. and so that is so important. when we begin to look at the history of slavery, urban grenoble, and the united states. and considering our history of atlanta being the epicent

pastor, and he has been there past the four years his brother abraham would was my instructor at, morehouse college, my alma motto at carver school. i have my champion. i am currently there and i'm in my fifth year carver high school now, so i'm already 19 years in birmingham city school. our school, young people is what i know. i have my champions there. i have ms.. bloomfield. she been here. i, ms.. wood she's there. and by the way, mrs. wallace is the district's teacher of the year. so. so this moment, honestly, for me, is a it is a full circle moment. councilman moore told me, let my light shine. i got a little light this is my time to shine. i was told that i have a plan, had a plan for me. i was tasha from while i'm community based middle school is my high school miles college. i am ordinary i am so nervous sitting here in front of but in my element i pour into children i deal with children. now the main difference i think in our profession right now is the word guidance. we no longer use that word guidance. we are school counselors. we focus the holistic approach to and educating the

that is why i paid off the student and parent plus loans of the morehouse graduates in 2019.invest in limitless potential of our next generation. you know what? it is working. overcoming systemic oppression requires systemic investment. it takes more than a paycheck. it takes power and ownership. growing up my neighborhood did not have a single bank and that is true for most black people, limiting their ability to buy homes and start businesses. four out of 10 black homes do not have reliable and affordable high-speed internet. without access to critical infrastructure of american capitalism, by people will always be symbolic sharecroppers, impoverished and is working somewhere else land. progress depends on everyone else's dreams. with our jewish brothers and sisters, and latinos members, prosperity for all to overcome for opportunity for all. business committee must also step up and build the best talent pipeline and invest in education for all americans. stand strong in the face of racist backlash. we cannot abandon actions to promote diversity. it is time to fully embrace

doctor morehouse says people struggling with drug addiction need to join a treatment program immediately after surviving an overdose. later on tuesday, emergency crews also responded to a call of an unconscious person near the hayward union city border. it was a 17 year old who was pronounced dead at the scene and police believe it was fentanyl related overdose. we've had sporadic incidents throughout the summer or over the years where it be one in a great while where we'd have an overdose, but nothing like the five in the last 24 hours. police also suspect three other calls. they responded to in that 24 hour time period were fentanyl related overdoses. this is more so awareness that these issues aren't only for big cities as we saw in the last 24 hours. it can happen to a community just like union city. sergeant jimenez says they're still investigating if these five cases are related and whether or not there was foul play involved. lamonica peters, ktvu fox two news. thank you, lamonica. san francisco will receive more than $11 million in federal grants to expand treatment options for o

of color including the groundbreaking pledge of 34 million to pay off student loan debt for 2019 morehouseollege graduates. [applause] also seen it with his investments and minority owned small businesses and lower income communities there is simply no denying mr. smith's successful efforts to pay it forward have improved the financial futures of so many in our community. making him a trailblazer with greatest of our time. there's a lot more i could say about him. it's all written here. but we want to hear him speak. when was the last time you have heard from the richest black person, man in america? [applause] celt mr. smith, i'm going to turn it over to you. you will have the responsibility for telling everyone in this room how they can get richer. [applause] >> alright i'll do my part thank you chairwoman. good to see both of your brothers. it is important to celebrate the stories and learn from them. because it is what makes our community resilient, strong, capable it i would like to say were not to solve her own problems. i go to how i was raised. i was raised by two schoolteachers i

but then it dawned on me that my friend lindsey morehouse, one of my best friends from school was ineeds to be okay cause there's no way anything back ever happen to anybody i know. the second building! >> stupidly, i left my cell phone on my desk. and so, i didn't know how to get in touch with her. >> oh no. oh my god. >> 7:27. a second airplane right into the building. >> i remember understanding that it was terrorism at that moment -- but i think i was just in such shock that i didn't feel and a pain. i didn't understand the significance. >> caught my camera. got my videotape. i cannot believe it. [inaudible] it's like the star wars movie when obi-wan kenobi heard the planet explode in the beginning and he thought something like, he heard the voices of 1 million people who perished. and that loud explosion, i really felt like the voices of all those lives. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> i kept saying over and over, i am scared. i am scared. >> i mean, i was born and raised in philadelphia and the ghetto. so, i thought i was a tough cookie. i really did. i thought i was a tough person. i thought i could

we did have a hbcu cohort and at morehouse college, the first time we've ever done that. the first time that it's actually been done in the city strategically to have an hbcu cohort. we're so proud of that. this is totally their own work. they did everything. we just made sure that it was in the parameters and within the guidelines lines. but i just want to say i'm so proud of the work that these young people did over the summer. they really they were you know, we wanted them to bond. we wanted them to interact, and we wanted them to put forth a product that they know that could make a difference. and using the tools that they had around them. so thank you so much for your time , director henderson great. just thank you so much and thank you all for your attention with this. we really put a lot of work into the program, not just through the summer but through the year as well. but i just really want to come in on the intentionality, be reflected in the diversity of the program that we've put together that goes beyond just the dpa and expands into all of these partner agen

she's going to be at my belov ed morehouse september 26th, and people are excited.ll ahead on "morning joe," the biden administration is granting special status to nearly half a million venezuelan migrants who are already in the u.s., and in new york city, it means some 60,000 will be eligible to legally apply for work and move out of taxpayer-funded shelters. we'll talk about the impact with new york governor kathy hochul, straight ahead on "morning joe." we'll be right back. my asthma felt anything but normal. ♪ ♪ it was time for a nunormal with nucala. nucala is a once-monthly add-on treatment for severe eosinophilic asthma that can mean less oral steroids. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of face, mouth, tongue, or trouble breathing. infections that can cause shingles have occurred. don't stop steroids unless told by your doctor. tell your doctor if you have a parasitic infection. may cause headache, injection site reactions, back pain, and fatigue. ask your asthma specialist about a nunormal with