mrs. jones: thank you, chairman durbin, ranking member grassley, and distinguished members of the senate judiciary committee. for inviting me to teaf before today's committee hearing. i come before you as a proud georgian and member of the georgia general assembly where i serve as speaker pro tempore of the georgia house of representatives. in georgia, we are making it easier to vote and harder to cheat. we are ensuring voter accessibility, transparency, and integrity. in 2021 we held both primary and general elections, utilizing a new statewide election system during the first modern worldwide pandemic and with record turnout. all these together along with changes in voter preferences and choices stressed our election system. our obligation was to initiate a comprehensive prerue to ensure our state citizens have the ability to vote easily in a timely manner. strengthening georgia's election processes is not new to 2021. in fact, from 2003 to 2020, since republicans have had control, 59 election

mr. jones, thanks for your time. guest: my pleasure. host: with that in mind, for the rest of the hour, you can comment on the trend mr. jones talked about, with people identifying as a democrat and the work on independents as you heard him talk about. you can comment by colleen, (202)-748-8001 for republicans. (202)-748-8000 free democrats. independents, (202)-748-8002, is how you can do that, and comment on the line. if you would like to text s, do so at (202)-748-8003. you can always post on twitter and their facebook page, always open to you if you want at facebook.com/c-span. on the democrat line, we start out with linda in akron, ohio, talking about the trends. what do you think about them? caller: good morning. to me, i do not consider it a trend. i consider it -- i'm 71 years old and has been a democrat all my life. what i see is the democratic voters united against trump. i think that, especially on your program, too, we are sick and tired of this being called leftist communist by republicans. we are not communists. we are good

mr. jones: thank you, mr. speaker. the truth is there is no good faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people. most of whom are people of color. these desperate objections are about fear. fear that in d.c. their white supremacist politics will no longer play. soon enough white supremacist politics won't work anywhere in america. fear that if they don't rig our democratcy, they will not win. today democrats are standing up for a multiracial democracy. to demock cra advertise all 51 states in this country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. griffith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. griffith: thank you, mr. speaker. d.c. statehood is unconstitutional. both republican and democrat administrations of the past have long interpreted the constitution in that fashion. one of the p

mr. jones of new york. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair lays before the house the following concurrent resolution. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 27. concurrent resolution permitting the remains of the late united states capitol police officer william f. evans to lie in honor in the rotunda of the capitol. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to. and a motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. without objection, the chair lays before the house the following concurrent resolution. the clerk will read the resolution. the clerk: house concurrent resolution 28. concurrent resolution directing the architect of the capitol to transfer to the catapult situated in the capitol's visitor center to the rotunda of the capitol for use in connection with services conducted for united states capitol police officer william f. evans. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the concurrent resolution is agreed to

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as mrs. jones said in her written statement, connecticut, delaware, massachusetts, new hampshire -- >> keeping with our long-term commitment to lively gavel to gavel coverage of congress. we'll have to leave this program here. you can continue watching it online at c-span.org. u.s. house is about to start work on a d.c. statehood measure and immigration bill today. now to live coverage of the u.s. house here on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will now be in order. our prayer today will be offered by chaplain kibben. chaplain kibben: would you pray with me? god our judge, as we anxious rble -- anxiously await the verdict from the judge in minnesota, we plead our case with you. as a country, we are rent with acrimony, torn by individual understandings of right and wronging fact and feelings and divided by a host of opinions on crime and punishment. call us to lay all of us, as hopeless as it appears, on your judgment seat. then lay your divine hand upon the outcome of this case and also on

. ♪♪ mr. jones and me look into the future -- ♪ yeah, we stare at the -- >> mr. jones.s in nascar gear up to take on the talladega super speedway tomorrow. fox nation will have its own car in the race, catch all the action at 2:00 p.m. eastern. charles watson is live on the raceway at talladega for a preview. charles, good day to you, sir. >> good day to you. well, you know, fans are certainly getting a taste of the action out on the track today, and they'll certainly be in for a treat tomorrow for the geico 500. fewer than 30,000 people will be here watching it live from the talladega super speedway, that's less than half capacity, but that's still a pretty significant crowd when you consider we're in the midst of a pandemic. i do want to mention everyone is required to wear a mask and social distance, but that's not too hard when you have a setup like the tall getting keg -- talladega garage experience which is what you're seeing here. fans get to come here, relax, get some food and drink, and if you're sitting here, you're in a pretty good spot because fans are reall

mr. jones: thank you, mr. speaker. the truth is there is no good faith argument for disenfranchising over 700,000 people. most of whom are people of color. these desperate objections are about fear. fear that in d.c. their white supremacist politics will no longer play. soon enough white supremacist politics won't work anywhere in america. fear that if they don't rig our democratcy, they will not win. today democrats are standing up for a multiracial democracy. to demock cra advertise all 51 states in this country. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from new york reserves. the gentleman from kentucky is recognized. mr. comer: i yield 2 1/2 minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. griffith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mr. griffith: thank you, mr. speaker. d.c. statehood is unconstitutional. both republican and democrat administrations of the past have long interpreted the constitution in that fashion. one of the p

and i was shocked, mr. jones, that they even had -- blamed the crowd.ng, this is the reason why derek chauvin kept his knee on george floyd's neck. >> benjamin trump, terrance floyd, this has been a tough first week of the trial. thank you for making time for us this weekend. we should note that nbc news has reached out to the chauvin family and to their attorney, they are not doing interviews at the moment. we will preview what's ated in the chauvin trial before we go. o in a fit so discreet, you'd never know they're for bladder leaks. always discreet boutique. ♪ ♪ we know it's going to take many forms of energy to meet the world's needs while creating a cleaner future for all. at chevron, we're lowering the carbon emissions intensity of our operations, investing in lower-carbon technologies, and exploring renewable fuels of the future. we work hard to care for the homes we love. but it's only human... to protect the one we share. [♪♪] life is busy, we and sometimescare odors can sneak up on you. for a convenient life hack. try febreze unstopables fabr

johnson, vice chair of the court subcommittee mr. jones and senator markey whose experience consistently demonstrated the existential crises demands existential solutions. we have a supreme court that is tilted to partisan bias corporate interests and we must restore balance by adding four seats to the court. no one can argue that a 6-3 ultra conservative republican supermajority is a balanced court. a court with five white men that is never had a black woman justice, and asian-american justice, a native american justice is not balanced. a court that has not had a lawyer as a justice who has defended criminal defendants since thurgood marshall more than three decades ago is not balanced. we have a looming crisis of legitimacy in the supreme court but the existential crisis we have is much greater. it's an existential crisis or democracy itself. these republican justices have consistently undermined voting rights and fair elections, from gutting the voting rights act to the citizens united, to partisan gerrymandering, purging voter rolls an

they do angry about these latest mr jones however on terri as premier doug ford is under pressure for not going further critics say he abandoned a previous stay at home order too soon allowing the current surge in cases. schools and hotels are being converted into hospitals on the island of madagascar the african nations recorded 31000 cases since the start of the pandemic 4000 of them just this week charlotte. welcome to the live hotel in medicare capsule and tanana river these days people chicken to do just that live it's one of many hotels and schools that are now makeshift hospitals as medicare is fragile health system is buried under thousands of new cases. we have the virus which is the south african variant and the 2nd wave this variant also triggers more severe reactions just increase of death in madagascar and. madagascar a country of 27000000 people had escapes the worst of the pandemic since the outbreak began it has recorded 31000 cases 538 do this but 4000 of those cases came this week more than 800 on saturday. we came here yesterday and there were still places available

mr. jones, thanks for your time. guest: my pleasure.ost: for the rest of the hour you could comment on this trend mr. jones talked about. particularly among democrats themselves. regardless of your political party you could comment too. (202) 748-8001 for republicans, (202) 748-8000 four democrats, (202) 748-8002 independents is how you could do that. if you want to text us (202) 748-8003. you can always post on twitter and our facebook page as well. on our democrats line we start off with linda in akron, ohio talking about these trends. what do you think? caller: to me, i don't consider it a trend. i'm 71 years old, i have been a democrat all my life. what i see is the democratic voters united against trump. especially on your program, too, we are sick and tired of being left communist. we aren't communists. we are good people. when you have people in the government like mcconnell, lindsey graham, they are poor representation of any kind of humanity. i'm a proud democrat. host: why do you not see it as a trend or something that is cons

senator tillis: mrs. jones, if i may, how does that work? if you go to a poll location, they ask for an i.d., you have a government-issued i.d. or i guess other acceptable forms of identification, how does that mechanically vote in an absentee process? are they copied and submitted with a ballot, how does that work? ms. jones: no, sir. if one has a pen, a ball point ink pen, and you can take the number on your driver's license or the number on your free voter i.d., or i might add -- i would like to clarify someone said a utility bill could not be used, you could use, if you don't have the other two, which 97% of georgians do, you can submit a copy of a utility bill, one of the federally allowed forms of i.d. this is not a hardship. senator tillis: ms. jones, i want to ask you. when we hear people talking about an unreasonable requirement -- north carolina, i think our driver's license number is somewhere around eight or 10 digits. you're saying provided you have a writing instrument and you can write down 10 or 12 digits, let's say yours is

mr. jones: thank you. madam speaker, my amendment makes a simple change that would help improve the development of workplace violence prevention plans required under h.r. 1195. the workplace violence prevention for health care and social service workers act. as you know our nation's nurses, social workers, and other caregivers suffer from workplace violence injuries at far higher rates than any other profession. these workers are nearly five times as likely to suffer a serious workplace violence injury than workers in other sectors, according to the bureau of labor statistics. the underlying legislation would require employers within these sectors to develop and implement a workplace violence prevention plan to reduce the incidence of injuries and create safer working conditions for their workers. in order to ensure that covered employers in the health care and social service industries develop thoughtful and comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans, my amendment clarifies that employe

. >> at this time i will call about the learned gentleman from new york mr. jones for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. you are too kind. i will say that in a discussion about the supreme court's rogue highly secretive process called the shadow docket, we have spent more time or at least high republican colleagues have talking about the frsthe process by which nationwide injunctions have been issued. i say it as a former candidate who successfully obtained a nationwide injunction that i think helped to save our democracy and edge sure ansure a free and fair democracy. i was able to suspend postmaster general's proposed operational changes that were meant to yubd mine that election which was largely facilitated by mail-in ballots. in any event, many thanks to all our witnesses for helping to shed light on the shadow docket. i'm trouble that the court decides many of our nation's most consequential cases from elections to executions with such speed and such secrecy. many of the shadow docket decisions seem to be tray our commitment to due process. and i want

mr. law, and seeing neither of my colleagues asking any questions, why don't we start with perry jones. >> hello, can you hear me. >> supervisor peskin: yes, are we can. >> hello, all. i want to thank you for your attention today and thanks to the office of cannabis for all the work that you've been doing. i would like to introduce myself. my name is perry jones. i'm a san francisco native born and raised. i'm also the owner and c.e.o. of caly hills which is an equity ran company. i have a long history of grass root organizations. working around publications for youth at risk and juvenile justice and reform. i was able to work with juvenile hall by being able to have workshops there. i think i would be a good candidate for this position because i have been able to be outspoken when it comes to equity preservation being impacted by the w.o.d. which is the war on drugs. and also being the face of showing that it can be done and in a right way thanks to the office of cannabis and this initiative to proposition 64. i've been able to learn this program, it's been two years since identify been

so in other words, if a female student wants to say mr. joneseeps calling on boys, fine, she can text about it, she can social media about it. she can't pick at the teacher's house or stand up in class and say it, because that inherently interferes with the school's ability to teach. but she's entitled to her views and to express them. >> thank you. council justice thomas. >> thank you, mr. chief justice. how do you separate that? what if a student said some of those same things that the chief justice posited, but in a social studies class, how would you separate that from then from just participating in class? as opposed to doing the exact same thing or saying the exact same thing off campus. >> yeah, so, tinker, again, assuming it fits the nexus test, tinker is always going to be context specific, and whether teachers or school officials can forecast a reasonable disruption depends on when and where the students speaks, how many people hear it, and what the students say, and when and where in the classroom is going to be very different as oppo

so there -- there you go, mr. jones. you don't have to respond. i'm not looking for a response, but i'm just placing that response at your feet. there's a lot of things going on here, and i think the youth commission has a different -- plays a different position than we as police commissioners do. one position is not greater or better than the other, but just like on a basketball team, a football team, you've got offense and defense. both teams need to play their positions in order to win the game. so. >> commissioner hamasaki: president cohen? >> president cohen: yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you for the presentation. i think it provides some great insight that some of us don't see from our perspectives in life. commissioner cohen raised some problems that we're having in the community. i'm wondering if -- and, you know, i've certainly heard that the youth commission, they did a presentation about antiasian violence, and, you know, i think we really all appreciated that, and that's another issue that we're trying to figure out, and issues

so there -- there you go, mr. jones. you don't have to respond. i'm not looking for a response, but i'm just placing that response at your feet. there's a lot of things going on here, and i think the youth commission has a different -- plays a different position than we as police commissioners do. one position is not greater or better than the other, but just like on a basketball team, a football team, you've got offense and defense. both teams need to play their positions in order to win the game. so. >> commissioner hamasaki: president cohen? >> president cohen: yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you for the presentation. i think it provides some great insight that some of us don't see from our perspectives in life. commissioner cohen raised some problems that we're having in the community. i'm wondering if -- and, you know, i've certainly heard that the youth commission, they did a presentation about antiasian violence, and, you know, i think we really all appreciated that, and that's another issue that we're trying to figure out, and issues

with that i recognize the distinguished gentleman mr. jonesive minutes. >> thank you for your leadership on this issue. thank you for all of our witnesses for the testimony this morning. i'm glad that we have a bill before us with such strong bipartisan support. since today's hearing is about saving free and diverse press, i want to center a topic that we have not heard enough about thus far and that is the importance of journalism by and form -- for communities of color. that means public skagss like black west chester. and that is providing a platform for communities of color. that is especially important in west chester county that has a long history of housing discrimination and remains under a federal consent decree to desegregate it's neighborhoods. in west chester the mortality rate is four times higher than for white infants. and police arrest 15 times more black people for cannabis possession than white people even though black and white people use the drug equally. all too often, westchester officials were not reaching communities of

case, what the cost of refurbishing _ david jones. mrling to set _ paid for via prior donations? i am willing to set out _ paid for via prior donations? i am willing to set out for _ paid for via prior donations? i am willing to set out for you - paid for via prior donations? i am willing to set out for you thinking on this set out so far. i won't go through how downing street works in detail, but it's relevant to this. there are working officers and state rooms and then the residences. the working rooms, state rooms, etc, the refurbishment is funded through the cabinet office's states budget. the residences, for decades, has been an annual allowance of up to £30,000 a yearfrom the public annual allowance of up to £30,000 a year from the public purse to support the prime minister of the day in contributing to the costs of refurbishing the residence. any costs beyond that are met by prime ministers privately. on the question of a trust, there's work had been going on for more than 12 months on this idea, that was begun under our predecess

so there -- there you go, mr. jones. you don't have to respond. i'm not looking for a response, but i'm just placing that response at your feet. there's a lot of things going on here, and i think the youth commission has a different -- plays a different position than we as police commissioners do. one position is not greater or better than the other, but just like on a basketball team, a football team, you've got offense and defense. both teams need to play their positions in order to win the game. so. >> commissioner hamasaki: president cohen? >> president cohen: yes. >> commissioner hamasaki: thank you for the presentation. i think it provides some great insight that some of us don't see from our perspectives in life. commissioner cohen raised some problems that we're having in the community. i'm wondering if -- and, you know, i've certainly heard that the youth commission, they did a presentation about antiasian violence, and, you know, i think we really all appreciated that, and that's another issue that we're trying to figure out, and issues

. >> supervisor peskin: thank you, mr. jones. we will move on to ali jamalian for seats 8 and 9. >> good morning, chair peskin, supervisor chan, supervisor mandelman. good morning all. i'm going to keep my intro short. i'm the owner and founder of sunset connect, an sf brand that pays ohmage to community. i've been supplying dispensaries in sf for over a decade and i was directly affected by the war on drugs when i was arrested and charged on parol. this almost got me deported. today, i'm a u.s. citizen and proud to say it changed my life significant. from a basement on sunset to now a cutting edge facility which is 100% owned by myself. and city hall created together. i've navigated the building and planning department multiple times and industry as well as -- >> supervisor peskin: ali. >> yes? >> supervisor peskin: sorry we lost you there for a second. >> i've navigated the building and planning department multiple times. therefore, i'm able to bridge the gap between industry practices and policies effectively which has also ea

mr. law, and seeing neither of my colleagues asking any questions, why don't we start with perry jones. >n you hear me. >> supervisor peskin: yes, are we can. >> hello, all. i want to thank you for your attention today and thanks to the office of cannabis for all the work that you've been doing. i would like to introduce myself. my name is perry jones. i'm a san francisco native born and raised. i'm also the owner and c.e.o. of caly hills which is an equity ran company. i have a long history of grass root organizations. working around publications for youth at risk and juvenile justice and reform. i was able to work with juvenile hall by being able to have workshops there. i think i would be a good candidate for this position because i have been able to be outspoken when it comes to equity preservation being impacted by the w.o.d. which is the war on drugs. and also being the face of showing that it can be done and in a right way thanks to the office of cannabis and this initiative to proposition 64. i've been able to learn this program, it's been two years since identify been in equity.

jones. >> and mr. biggie. still no word on if christopher knock is going to be involved.uldn't help but wonder. ifou watched.ous line fromsh. anyway, no word yet on when the show willreeombu. >> and definitely word eva won't be calling dan mr. big. that we can confirm. >> now is an example of life imitating art for courtney fox. remember "friends." she played monica geller. ten seasons. and picked up a very specific personality trait from her character. her love of organization. and appears she's really been channelling her inner monica. take a look at this. >> tell me you're monica without telling me you're monica. i'll go first. i know. >> isn't that -- that's like on another level. cox posted that video instagram writing am i the only one? turns out she is not. some of her fans already reacted with their own videos of their own organization. ihave to ask. are there any monicas in the room? >> oh. absolutely. it's real. >> okd on sesive about it. things belong in a place. >>> and taylor swift taking to social media to respond to rumors it is nobt about music. no. her fa

the subcommittee on courts intellectual property and the internet representative jones from new york. >> >> thank you mrchairman for your leadership and my friend, senator markey was not on this and many other important issues with great political courage and understanding the needs of the american people. i wish we did not have to stand here today, i wish we didn't have a far right supreme court majority that is hostile to democracy itself but here we are. and the fact is, if we want to save our democracy, we must act before it is too late by restoring balance of the supreme court. our democracy faces its greatest test since jim crow. from the insurrection of the capital to the racist voter suppression all throughout the united states of america, the far right is at war with our democracy. what i want people to understand is that this crisis did not arrive overnight, rather, the supreme court has been an accomplice. in fact, the supreme court, specifically the roberts court has been working to dismantle our democracy for years. one decision at a time, the right wing majority on the supreme court has un

mr. mcmillan identified with what floyd was going through. i want van jones to come in and talk to us about what happens if those ten, 12 men and women say no, doesn't meet the standard. what does it say about where we are, next. fine, no one leaves the table until your finished. fine, we'll sleep here. ♪ it's the easiest because it's the cheesiest. kraft. for the win win. hi guys! check out this side right here. what'd you do? - tell me know you did it. - yeah. get a little closer. that's insane. that's a different car. -that's the same car. - no! yeah, that's before, that's after. oh, that's awesome. make it nu with nu finish. - [narrator] grubhub perks give you deals on all the food that makes you boogie. (upbeat music) get the food you love with perks from- - [crowd] grubhub. [sfx: psst psst] - grub what you love. allergies don't have to be scary. spraying flonase daily stops your body from overreacting to allergens all season long. psst! psst! all good this is the planning effect. if you ask suzie about the future, she'll say she's got goals. and since s

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mr. carter: madam speaker, i rise today to remember and honor jack marshall jones jr. of savannah, georgia, who sadly passed away on april 3 at the age of 84. jack was born in savannah and went on to graduate from the university of north carolina-chapel hill, with a degree in economics. as an active member in the savannah community, he served on several boards, including armstrong state university foundation, savannah country day school, and the savannah rotary club. jack was also a founder and director of first bank of savannah and the savannah bank corps. in his free time, he enjoyed exploring the wilmington river and the treasures of our beautiful coast. however, it was his loving relationship with his wife of 60 years, his family, including his granddaughter and former member of my staff, caroline, and friends that fulfilled him. i am thankful for the immense impact he had on the savannah community, and i know jose -- his legacy will remain. my thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends, and all those who knew him during this most difficult time. thank you,

mr. biden is expected to outline his economic agenda and his proposal on thou pay for it all. joe jones predecessors in the white house? he is coming in at the low end of modern american presidents, according to some of the recent polling. he is ahead of donald trump, but substantially behind both barack obama and george w. bush. so the question is why is that? the answer is the country has been polarized since donald trump left office. it's clear that most democrats give joe biden high marks. most republicans do not. it's going to be a big week for joe biden. the capstone of it will be that speech on capitol hill, the address to congress. but even before that, he is expected to lay out some of the facets of his plan for american families on tuesday. and then on thursday, he's expected to fly out to georgia to celebrate what he sees as the accomplishments of his first 100 days in office. joe johns, cnn, wilmington, delaware. >>> "nomadland" is the biggest winner at the oscars. it won several academy awards, including best picture. >> we thank the academy and we thank our brilliant fello

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mr. speaker, i move the words be taken down! >> gop house members, as you can, erupted in opposition, asked for congressman jones to agree to havearks stricken from the congressional record. he consented but said that the gop's objections are all about fear. congressman mondaire jones joins me now. thank you for being here. is it ratist for america to oppose d.c. statehood? >> in the case of the debate it is. when you listen to the explanation set forth by my republican colleagues you can see quite clearly they are not offered in good faith. and the fact is, and something i'm hoping people become aware of, if you oppose systems of white supremacy, eacven if you not consider yourself to be racist you are engaging in racist activity. there are 700,000 people in the district of columbia, more than in the state of wyoming and vermont. so the idea that we would disenfranchise those people, that we would tax them without representation, something we fought in the revolutionary war, by the way, is unconscionable. when you compare the states we have enfranchised with the district of columbia and over people of color is quite a sinister

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mr. floyd was saying i ain't do no drugs. >> so it's a little different than when you saw a portion of the video. >> yes, sir. >> relevance, van jones? >> what the defense is trying to do is to convince us that in the middle of this, he confessed to the police officers that he had taken a whole bunch of drugs that is highly unlikely. if you look at the totality of the situation, it's much more likely that he's trying to exonerate himself. i haven't done drugs, i can't breathe. he's trying to talk himself out of the situation. but they're trying to plant this doubt in the minds of the jury, that maybe what happened is, this guy had just swallowed a bunch of drugs and that is what killed him. therefore all of the misconduct from the police officers doesn't matter, because that is what killed him. to your point, this could come down literally to an article. a substantial cause, or the substantial cause. like, literally, the jury instruction is going to be fought over down to if it's the substantial cause, and you believe he confessed to taking a bunch of drugs, which i think is ridiculous. if it's a substantial cause, that is different

mr. chairman and witnesses for being here. ms. jones, can i come to you. heard an extraordinary number of lies told about this law from the president of the united states all the way down, certainly including members of the committee, including today, and also from an unbelievable assortment of for-profit corporations. this has been one of the most incredible organized campaigns by these megacorporations in american history to try to influence legislation and ultimately to overturn it. of course now the same corporations are taking this effort to states across the country no doubt soon coming to mind, the state of missouri where we have our election integrity measures adopted by our voters and our legislature and also by referendum that will soon i'm sure be on their side. let me just ask you about these lies that have been told over and over. the president of the united states, his big lie that this legislation cut off the amount of time, closed the polls early. that was a lie. we heard water is not made available to people waiting in line, that is a lie.

jones industrial average. way, way up, at least right now wall street very happy. thanks for that. let's discuss all of this and more with the transportation secretary of the united states, pete buttigieg. mrs so much for joining us. as you know, the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says president biden's infrastructure plan would need to be, in his words, completely recrafted to win any republican votes at all. democrat joe manchin, as you just heard, he also says the bill needs to be changed. how much is president biden, mr. secretary, willing to compromise? >> you know, president biden cares about a bipartisan approach and he cares about what members of the senate and the house and the public thinks. i think you'll see a lot of listening. but at the end of the day, there's a clear vision from the president. it's a good vision. it's supported by the american people. it will contribute to the creation of millions of jobs and we feel great about it. of course, this is the beginning of a legislative process that will have a lot of back and forth. i'm sure more ideas will come into the mix and that's a good thing. >> so he is willing to compromise, is that what you're saying? >> at the

mr. secretary, of the support that i hear, of the end administration for the jones act and making sure that this country is ready for our maritime or to meet our maritime needs. i will tell you, this goes to the lng issue of that in jacksonville, for example, we have two of our container operators who both operate lng powered vessels that run between jacksonville and costa rica or i'm sorry, fred arrigo that is the 3040% savings that is going on right now and it's important to recognize that maritime is leading the way here on some of this natural gas effort but i want to go back to your offer for electric vehicle i call them a model a but i'm not talking about this convert but i'm talking about the technology and if you look at the technology that is used today the batteries with all the toxic chemicals, pull cobalt, lithium and all of that and it takes hours to charge them up and that sort of thing and limited range, that technology is model a technology, i think, compared to where it will be in 100 years from now just like the model a is nothing like the vehicles that we drive today. tha

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mr. secretary, of the support that i hear come out of the administration for the jones act and making sure that this country is ready for our maritime -- to meet our maritime needs. and i will tell you, this kind of goes to the l&g issue. in jacksonville, for example, we have two of our container operators who both operate l&g powered vessels that run between jacksonville and costa recan -- i'm sorry, puerto rico. that is a 30 to 40% carbon savings that is going on right now. so i think that's very important to recognize that maritime is really kind of leading the way here on some of this natural gas effort. but i want to go back to your offer to go ride in an electric vehicle for this reason. when i talked about evs and i call them a model a, i'm not talking about the comfort. i'm talking about the technology. if you look at the technology that's in an ev today, the batteries, with all of the toxic chemicals, the cobalt, the lithium, all of that, and the fact that it takes hours to charge them up and that sort of thing and the limited range, that technology is model a technology, i think,

mr. martin. and congratulations. i'm just going to circle back and if we have gerald harris or jocelyn perry or kai forsley or larry jones available. why don't we move on to erving. okay. how about leontine collins. >> hello. how are you doing. when they tore down the fillmore, i've seen houses go up and down the block that were moved to other places. i think the school system where i was distreated in the school system, i see when i went to -- when i was going to when i was like in kindergarten before i used to go to the black panthers breakfast. help other people roll and educational wise and that has stopped and so i ended up doing it in my own community when i was standing there. i applying for community step for my community with young girls and in gang violence and stuff. i reached out to parents that i knew and i also. so i've been homeless on and off like seven years. i'm still facing homelessness for the last two years and i've talked to grow and give back. i'm still going to give back right now. i'm a head case manager which i do if i can't place i try to get them into job readiness and jobs and just go on to g

athletes it's been unsettling with no overseas spectators allowed, jade jones says it's going to be very different experience this summer. mrmily. have travelled to every olympics and even the _ have travelled to every olympics and even the youth — have travelled to every olympics and even the youth olympics _ have travelled to every olympics and even the youth olympics when - have travelled to every olympics and even the youth olympics when it - even the youth olympics when it first started _ even the youth olympics when it first started and _ even the youth olympics when it first started and every _ even the youth olympics when it first started and every time - even the youth olympics when it first started and every time i - even the youth olympics when it i first started and every time i come i first started and every time i come i see _ first started and every time i come i see their— first started and every time i come i see their faces— first started and every time i come i see their faces and _ first started and every time i come i see their faces and it _ first started and every time i come i see their faces and it

mr. martin. and congratulations. i'm just going to circle back and if we have gerald harris or jocelyn perry or kai forsley or larry jones available. why don't we move on to erving. okay. how about leontine collins. >> hello. how are you doing. when they tore down the fillmore, i've seen houses go up and down the block that were moved to other places. i think the school system where i was distreated in the school system, i see when i went to -- when i was going to when i was like in kindergarten before i used to go to the black panthers breakfast. help other people roll and educational wise and that has stopped and so i ended up doing it in my own community when i was standing there. i applying for community step for my community with young girls and in gang violence and stuff. i reached out to parents that i knew and i also. so i've been homeless on and off like seven years. i'm still facing homelessness for the last two years and i've talked to grow and give back. i'm still going to give back right now. i'm a head case manager which i do if i can't place i try to get them into job readiness and jobs and just go on to g

jones. it is time for investing to feel individual. stuart: special guest joining us right now this morning, the governor of georgia, mr. brian kemp. strong word to describe the president. you associated him with lying. you used the word. you want to back that up? it's a very strong word? >> stuart, the truth hurts. look at the washington post, they gave the president four pinocchios what he was saying about georgia's bill referring this bill to jim crow 2.0 or jim crow on steroids. he needs to look at his own state. that is what i would ask your viewers to do. in georgia, you don't have to have an excuse to vote early. we have 17 days minimum that georgians can vote early. in delaware you have to have an excuse to vote early. he is definitely lying about the bill. he should be more truthful or just simply get his facts right. stuart: we understand that, it was al sharpton, stacey abrams and lebron james who got to the major league baseball commissioner and persuaded him to move the all-star game out of georgia and into colorado. have you, did you speak to the major league baseball commissioner at all? >> i have spoken with him a c