kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote yes on en bloc number 5. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from massachusetts seek recognition? >> as the member designated by ms. cuss the ter, pursuant to h. res. 8, that ms. kuster will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 5. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from seek recognition? ms. underwood: as the member designated by mr. rush, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on amendments en bloc number 5. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina seek recognition? mr. butterfield: as the member designated by mr. carson indiana, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that mr. carson will vote yes, will vote yes on the amendments en bloc number 5. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from virginia seek recognition? mr. beyer: as the member designated by ms. barragan, pursuant to h. res. 8, i inform the house that ms.

do you expect the same to happen in pennsylvania? >> it is already happening in pennsylvania.l lies from the president, the former president, pardon me, the litigation, more than 40 lawsuits here in pennsylvania, the big lie continuing, the violent insurrection on january 6, now all of the voting restriction bills that have been introduced here in pennsylvania, in texas, past in states like georgia, this is part of a coordinated effort to make it harder for people to vote. our black and brown, disabled pennsylvanians and many others. i simply will not stand for that. thankfully we have a democratic governor who has indicated he would use his veto pen and indeed has already done so on some bills to stop this assault on our democracy. >> the sad fact and we've seen this on a number of fronts in the last few years in this country, on covid, on vaccines, on the 2020 election, is that disinformation works. there is an enormous portion of this country, principally republican voters who do not believe that the 2020 election was legitimate. and as a key swing state, do you see that wi

caller: do you know the pennsylvania law? you need to read to inform the public. in atlanta, georgia, we saw them jerked out of suitcases under tables and a lady kept running the same paper through the machine over and over again. we start with our own eyes, it was no hollywood script. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> all of this available at c-span tworg. we'll threeve now and take you back live to the u.s. house floor for a series of votes. the clerk will report the title. the clerk: union calendar number 69, h.r. 4502, a bill making appropriations for the department of labor, health and human service, and education and related agencies for fiscal year ending september 30, 2022, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the unfinished business is the question of amendments en bloc 1 printed in part b of house report 117-109, offered by the gentlewoman from conne

look at what pennsylvania did well. we had a $3 billion budget surplus added to that at the federal level. 7.9 billion in relief. we have an economy growing. we are above the president's standard for july 4th in terms of vaccinations. and you just interviewed the fantastic doctor with the black doctors consortium. we are moving forward. these sad republican would be leaders are walking in reverse. and i think eventually the voters figure that out and recognize the big lie did not happen. the election was not stolen. there is not massive fraud. in fact, as most people in a non-partisan way recognize, the last election was one of the fairest, most free elections ever. >> congresswoman good to see you as always. madelene dean of pennsylvania. much more on the select committee on tomorrow's show. i'll be joined by two democrats, congressman bennie thompson leading the effort and pete aguilar. and bob casey today joins the show to talk about that voting rights and fraz and more. >>> and a hurricane set to make landfall in fl

pennsylvania republicans are taking a risk that people are saying, joe biden won pennsylvania by 80,000> yeah. also, let's be clear. pennsylvania has done an audit. we do a risk limiting audit r every election. that was done. what we have seen them do again and again and again is try to limit people from going to the ballot box, because they have bad ideas. they have bad ideas. this is the same party which right now, the gulf of mexico is on fire, and they think we ought to do nothing about the existential crisis of climate change. we had a $10 billion surplus that we could have used to fund our education. they stashed it away. we have an opportunity to actually help working people by increasing hazard pay, dealing with all the different things like paid sick leave. we could have done that in this budget. instead, what they did was spend all their time on this hb-1300 which i call voter suppression. they called it the voter protection act. all it did was try to protect their majority. what is so sad to watch is that to win a republican primary you have to completely tie yourself in knot

the gentleman from pennsylvania is recognized. . mr. reschenthaler: i yield three minutes to my good friend from the great state of texas, mr. chip roy. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. roy: i thank the speaker. i appreciate what my colleague earlier offered as the -- previous question with respect to title 42 because what we are seeing at the border is an absolute travesty. yet my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are going to do nothing. literally nothing about that today. even as we see people spilling across the border who are clearly testing positive for covid. we have a hotel in la jolla, texas, literally filled right now with individuals who are heavily testing positive for covid. these are the facts on the ground. i know my friend, the speaker, knows how bad it is at the border. knows how bad it is in laredo. knows how bad it is in del rio an mcallen. i have a text from a sheriff in a small texas down saying we are purchasing an emergency declaration tonight at city council that no ill

take pennsylvania. republican state lawmaker doug mastriano is now trying to conduct the same kind of audit that's still -- they're still doing it out in maricopa county, arizona. why? >> the vast majority of the people in pennsylvania have serious doubts about the integrity of our election. >> of course, they have doubts because you tell them to have doubts. but in a letter to philadelphia's city commissioner, he writes -- of course, that argument doesn't add up, because the only reason there isn't trust is because people are telling people that it wasn't fair. and in philadelphia and pennsylvania, you end one the same situation you in arizona.

and in the case of pennsylvania the supreme court had already dismissed the pennsylvania supreme court had had dismissed a republican lawsuit challenging those results. i want to ask you about comments you made in a local interview about a month after the attacks, you said that biden was duly elected. do you believe that biden is the legitimately elected president of the united states. >> yeah, i do, but let me go back for a second. you mentioned pennsylvania since you bring it up and that was the heart of my objection and that i filed. the pennsylvania supreme court did not hear or adjudicate the merits of the claim of the constitutional claim that pennsylvania had violated its own state constitution in allowing universal mail-in balloting. the supreme court specifically declined to hear it, they dismissed it on the grounds of procedural ground called latches and violated their own doctrine in doing so. that's not the only strange thing out of step with law in pennsylvania. the same supreme court in pennsylvania which is partisan, they elect them and-- >> senator, i'm going to step in

the state of pennsylvania supreme court which is part of the court.they elect their justices in pennsylvania on that court interfered -- >> senator i'm going to challenge you on saying they didn't hear the merits of the case because there was a lot that ruled that the case -- it's difficult for a court to rule on a discipline that doesn't exist. >> you can't have it both ways. you can't say they heard the merits. that's wrong. .. that is in violation of our president so they never heard the case, the only adjudication on the merits of the constitutional claim for lower court judges who found there was a constitutional violation in pennsylvania, my view of the pizza under people of pennsylvania can get their own supreme court to hear the case and if the pennsylvania constitution says mail-in balloting is not constitutional in a happens anyways, then there is a problem that is a subject for debate in the united states congress and if democrats can object to 11 different states, surely republicans can object to one. >> were gonna move on i want to ask yo

in the case of pennsylvania, the supreme court had already dismissed the pennsylvania supreme court had already dismissed a republican lawsuit challenging those results. i want to ask you about how much you made in a local interview about a month after the attack. you said that a biden was duly elected to predict do believe that biden legend legitimately elected president of the united states. see what i do let me go back in a minute, since you bring a pennsylvania. i was the heart of my objection, the objections that i filed in fact the supreme court of pennsylvania spring court did not hear or adjudicate the merits of the claim of constitutional claim that pennsylvania had violated its own state constitution and allowing universal male in balance and supreme court specifically declined it and dismissed it printed on the ground was on procedural ground that and they violated their own doctrine in doing so. that is not the only strangete thing out of step in the law of his when you predict the supreme court which is part of it, they let their justices in pennsylvania that court also int

that is not the only strange thing out of step with braun pennsylvania for that same pennsylvania supreme court, they elect their justices in pennsylvania. that court also interfered with itself. >> saturn if you're going to challenges saying they did not know the merits of the case because there was an appeals court that ruled the case lacked merit so it's difficult for a court to rule on the do not exist. >> nana nana nana no hold on you can't have it both ways. you cannot say they heard the merits and dismiss that that is wrong, that is wrong. >> it's an important point it's an important point straight listen it is an important point do not try to censor, cancel and silence may hear you raise the issue you got to listen to the truth. the truth is it pennsylvania supreme court did not hear the merits of the case. they dismiss the case on latches ground that's violation of their owner precedents in. they'd never heard the merits of the case. the only adjudication on the merit of that constitutional claim the lower court judges in fact there was a constitutional violation in pennsylvania.

the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. ms. houlahan: i have no further requests for time and reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from pennsylvania reserves, the gentleman from new jersey is recognized mr. smith: i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman from pennsylvania is recognized. ms. houlahan: i yield myself such time as i may consume for the purposes of closing. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman vek needs. ms. houlahan: this life-saving -- this is life-saving legislation. by helping ensure women and children who make up the majority of refugees around the world have access to safe and secure sanitation facilities, this body will dramatically improve the health and quality of millions of people who have suffered so much. i again thank my friend, congresswoman meng, for introducing this invaluable legislation. i urge my colleagues to give their full support and yield the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the question is, will the hou

lieutenant governor john fetterman of pennsylvania.idate for the united states senate. good to see you this morning. thank you, sir. >> thanks for having me on. >>> the fate of thousands of afghans who worked with the yuds military hangs in the balance as the taliban resurgence has already begun. more on the american withdrawal, next. more on the american withdrawal, next water? why?! ahhhh! incoming! ahhhahh! i'm saved! water tastes like, water. so we fixed it. mio. (brad) everyone is discovering the power of 5g. but we've been helping millions of renters water. get into 5g for years... and also 6g. and 4c. and 2r. and 7l... apartments-dot-com. the most popular place to find a place. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey google, turn up the heat. ♪ ♪ ♪ this is dr. arnold t. petsworth, he's the owner of petsworth vetworld. business was steady, but then an influx of new four-legged friends changed everything. dr. petsworth welcomed these new patients. the only problem? more appointments meant he needed more space. that's when dr. petsworth turned to his amer

kelly of pennsylvania, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. kelly will vote no on final passage of h.r. 4346. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from new york rise? ms. velazquez: madam speaker, as the member designated by chairwoman carolyn maloney of new york, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that chairwoman maloney will vote yes on final passage of h.r. 4346. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania rise? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. fulcher, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that mr. fulcher will vote nay on passage of h.r. 4346. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from iowa rise? mrs. axne: madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. wild, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that ms. wild will vote yes on h.r. 4346. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from arizona rise? mr. stanton: madam speaker, as the member designated by mrs. kirkpatrick, pursuant to h.r. 8, i inform the house that m

they want to do a fraud audit in pennsylvania. joining me now is pennsylvania state senator senate democratic leader jay costa. thanks for joining me tonight. aywhat's happening in arizona were the fixed audit is taking place? officials and arizona slammed. it are republicans in pennsylvania going to copy arizona and do the same? >> they're trying to do that in pennsylvania and my colleagues in the caucus are taking every step we can to prevent them from continuing to put on this charade. we are fighting hard, to make certain our colleagues, senator mastery on who's the leader of this group doesn't get the opportunity to do audits and we are working closely with our department and state as well as our attorney general, the governor's administration to prevent it from being able to conduct one of these audits. it doesn't have the authority. they sell the news committee, was not used for this purpose. to conduct audits along those lines. we simply think it's the wrong thing to do and we will continue to fight it. >> is joe biden, is

and flight 93 memorial near shamptionville, pennsylvania. as our nation prepares for the 20th anniversary of september 11, we have an opportunity to create legacy. it provides trail goers with a chance to reflect and learn about our nation's resilience and per certainance following that dreadful day. in addition to the three 9/11 memorials, travelers can learn about our founding with stops at valley forge and independence hall in philadelphia or visit antietam national battlefield or gettysburg to remember one of the other darkest days. this route connects travelers with these points in our history and landscapes while driving tourism and recreation. it starts at the pentagon memorial in arlington and extends northwest to the pennsylvania site and continues east to new york city national september 11 memorial and museum. and then heads south following the east coast green way connecting to the 9/11 memorial dparden of reflection and connects to the national mall here in washington, d.c. and returns to the pentagon memorial memorial rememberi

i'm the attorney general of pennsylvania.ill go, and that is absolutely nowhere. we will fight this tooth and nail in court. this attempt to hurt taxpayers, which is what's going on here. my track record is strong. every single time they've taken us to court to try to undermine the will of the people, they've lost and we've won. and we'll continue to do that. but make no mistake, you know, to the political point of your question, they're doing real damage to our democracy. but this is who they are. i mean, they peddle the big lie, they make no bones about it. and i think it's important that we speak truth right now, not just to the people of pennsylvania but people all across the united states of america. that's what i try to do every day. >> attorney general shapiro, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >>> just ahead, along with the possibility of another sham vote count in pennsylvania, which seems unlikely according to the attorney general there, the texas legislature has been called into special ses

throughout pennsylvania. same thing going up -- on up in michigan. now, according to the studies i have read, 48 states have now put into place or proposed, i think 28 of them have put into place, restrictive voting laws. so under the standard of the 1965 voting rights act, these states would not be covered. and therefore it's time for everybody to turn their attention to what we need to do about preclearance. i submit that preclearance needs to be applied universeally to all 50 states. because if you pass preclearance, zeroing in on seven, eight, nine state, and then another state pops one a new restrictive law, that's that state would not be covered under preclearance. so i think it's time for us to take a look at that as well. i call upon my friends in the senate, don't wait around for us to develop this record, though i think it's pretty much in place. look at applying preclearance to all 50 states. but the second thing i think that we need to begin to think about that's not being discussed is this little

shannon keeler was attending gettysburg college in pennsylvania in december of that year. she told police she had been sexually assaulted by a fellow student. the suspect was identified. and despite what her attorney calls a lot of evidence. the district attorney in adams county chose not to prosecute. now that's changed. this week. a new district attorney has filed assault charges against ian cleary, a 28 year-old man who one time lived in saratoga, surviving assault is enough. >> to have to fight for 7 years to get justice on top of that knowing that they're still possibly a trial ahead of you. i mean, it's so much weight on survivors. so i'm glad that she has this moment. so really take it in to realize she is believed that she is going to have her case prosecuted killers. attorney laura dunn says the lack of action on the part of prosecutors. >> is common in this country, especially as it relates to assault on college campuses. too often prosecutors to find to bring charges. and i want to be very clear as of our lawyer. but the standard for bringing criminal charges as

i am thrilled and i am pleased at the pennsylvania supreme court. what we knew all along, which was that mister car being never should have been prosecuted, was driven by politics, were quite pleased that the pennsylvania supreme court seemed impervious to what is going on on the outside world. and all of that pressure that was placed on the criminal justice system from to me to movement help bring cosby on the scrutiny. he was one of a number of high profile men in show business accused of using their power to exploit and sexually assault women. but only one case against cosby went to court. the alleged drugging and malice station of andrea concerned. the crushing of that conviction has re ignited debate over the ability to hold a fair trial. i made intense public pressure and of the efficacy of the me to movement and holding powerful men to account. right, right. when you're bringing k, j matthews and entertainment journalists following the story for us from los angeles. so i mean get it. what does this mean now the trial wasn't fair. yeah. you kn

there was another pennsylvania guy, this one in delaware county pennsylvania. he filled out a voter registration of application for his mother as well. although his mother had been dead for a dozen years. >> the guy then requested and submitted an absentee ballot in her name with a vote for donald trump for 20 president in 2020. when the state of pennsylvania flagged his mother's voter registration as belonging to an obviously the person, this guy and get up signed-ing signing and sending about a letter to the states wearing that she was in fact, still a light. he did that all in order to deliberately cast a single fraudulent vote for donald trump. he pled guilty to it in court. but wait, there's more. there was a guy in chester county, pennsylvania. another registered republican, who went and cast his ballot at his local polling place. but then 45 minutes later, he came back, wearing sunglasses and in sunglasses, he cast a ballot in his son's name. somehow a alert poll worker saw through his brilliant son glass disk ice -- if you don't just want to pick on pen

special thanks to pennsylvania supreme court for upholding the rule of law." knew all along he never should have been prosecuted. he had every reason to their word. >> it does not exonerate cosby. it overturned his 2018 conviction for sexual assault for which he had been serving a 3-10 year prison sentence on a technicality. >> this is not a statement by the pennsylvania supreme court that bill cosby is innocent. they are deciding a legal

senator doug mastriano wants pennsylvania to launch a forensic investigation into the election results and procedures surrounding the 2020 general election and the 2021 primary. comes as republican leaders across the country push the unfounded conspiracy theory that trump won the election. in arizona, a similar so-called audit is still under way months after it began. an audit many election officials in the state have called a sham. joining me right now to talk about this and so much more, the lieutenant governor of pennsylvania, john fedorman running for the u.s. senate next year as a democrat. lieutenant governor, so good to see you. >> hi. thanks for having me. >> okay, so this usualpush for audit after two other legal audits. do you believe that there will be a third? >> no, there won't be a third.

joe biden is coming to pennsylvania to protest secure elections.rly? puzzled emoji. fight back here. as the former u.s. attorney of the eastern district of pennsylvania mcswain knows there was no widespread voter fraud in 2020. that didn't stop him writing a letter to trump claiming that trump's own attorney general bill barr prevented him from investigating voter fraud and election irregularities. you need to take everything bill barr says with an enormous grain of salt but barr's statement is any suggestion mcswain was told to stand down from investigating allegations of election fraud is false. he called mcswain to confront him of the letter and mcswain told him he was in a tough spot because he wanted to run and he needed trump's at least neutrality if not support. look, pennsylvania is a swing state. very winnable for republicans. going to be a mid-term. trump won it in 2016 by less than 1%. biden won it by a little over 1% in 2020. just imagine what would have happened if someone like mastriano, barletto why governor. imagine what would happe

conversation democratic pennsylvania state representative malcolm kenyatta. he's running for the u.s. senate also. pennsylvania, as you know, is a state where both parties are competitive statewide. how do you deal with the fact that there are millions of republicans across the country who believe the lies and false information about the 2020 election? >> a big part of how we stop people believing the lie is that the folks telling the lies have to stop telling the lies. i would say to my republican colleagues, what is the point of winning a primary election and being a part of the dissolution of the country and the party you raise your hand and swear to protect. we have the candidate for republican governor who is so full of it, it's coming out of his pores.

they're not winning here in pennsylvania.ave a democratic governor who will veto any of these bills if it reaches his desk. we must keep that veto pen in the governor's office to beat back these attempts to try to change the rules. understand, these republicans at the behest of donald trump keep trying to change the rules to make it harder for certain people's voices to be heard in our democracy, to try to rig the system in favor of them and their buddies. that is not something as the attorney general of pennsylvania i will allow. it is not something that the governor will allow. while they may be scoring some victories in certain states like georgia, they're not going to win here in pennsylvania. what is clear though is that the action is in the states. the need to defend our democracy is all across the country, but it is happening in state capitals with actors like governors, state lawmakers and attorneys general. >> i welcome the pushback. i am glad that pennsylvania is a bright spot, and i thank you. pennsylvania's attorn

he is back at his pennsylvania home, thanks to a surprise ruling from pennsylvania's supreme court.acating his 2018 conviction for sexual assault. cosby had been sentenced to up-to-ten years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home 14 years ago. he said nothing at a press conference, outside his home today. just nodding his head, as his publicist called his victory for americans treated badly by the judicial system. that's how his publicist described it. cosby later tweeted that he has always maintained his innocence, and thanked his fans. andrea constand, who, at the time, worked for temple university, was mentioned by cosby. putting out a statement calling the decision, not only disappointing but, of concern. and that it may discourage those who seek justice for sexual assault in the criminal-justice system from reporting or participating in the prosecution of the assailant. or may force the victim to choose between filing, either, criminal or civil action. filing either a criminal or civil action. so, the fact is, the court didn't say cos

>> they're trying to do that here in pennsylvania. and my colleagues in the senate democratic caucus are taking every step that we can to prevent them from continuing to put on this charade. we're fighting hard to make certain that our colleague, senator mastriano, doesn't get the opportunity to do audits. we're working closely with the attorney general and the governor's administration to prevent him from being able to conduct one of these audits. he doesn't have the authority because of a chairmanship of a seldom-used committee, certainly not used for this purpose, to conduct audits along these lines. we think it's the wrong thing to do, obviously, and we're going to continue to fight it. >> is joe biden, is the democratic president of the united states, your party leader, is the federal government, doing enough to help democrats like yourself in swing states like pennsylvania where republicans are in the majority in the legislature? >> i think they have done enough. i think they've been very clear about what needs to be done and th

he is back at his pennsylvania home thanks to a surprise ruling from pennsylvania supreme court vacating his 2018 conviction for sexual assault. cosby had been sentenced to up to ten years in a state prison for drugging and sexually assaulting andrea constand at his home 14 years ago. he said nothing at a press conference outside his home today, just nodding his head as his publicist called his victory for americans treated badly by the judicial system. that's how his publicist described it. cosby later tweeted he has always maintained his innocence and thanked his fands. andrea was mentioned in statement calling the decision not only zoimtdisappointing but concerned and that it may discourage those who are sexually assaulted from participating in the prosecution of the sale anassailant or may them to file either a criminal or civil action. so the fact is, the court didn't say cosby's accuser weren't telling the truth. they didn't say he's innocent, despite cosby's claims. this was strictly procedural. but so many women who accused him of raping and assaulting them, at least 50 of them b

joe biden is coming to pennsylvania to protest secure elections. you think he'd be thrilled to prove he won fairly? puzzled emoji. fight back here. as the former u.s. attorney of the eastern district of pennsylvania mcswain knows there was no widespread voter fraud in 2020. that didn't stop him writing a letter to trump claiming that trump's own attorney general bill barr prevented him from investigating voter fraud and election irregularities. you need to take everything bill

there was another pennsylvania guy. this one in delaware county, pennsylvania. he filled out a voter registration application for his dead mother as well, although his mother had been dead for, like, a dozen years. the guy then requested and submitted an absentee ballot in her name with a vote for donald trump for president in 2020. when the state of pennsylvania flagged his mother's voter registration as belonging to an obviously dead person, this guy ended up signing and sending back a letter to the state swearing in fact she was still alive. he did that in order to deliberately cast a single fraudulent vote for donald trump. he pled guilty to it in court. but wait, there is more. there was a fwu in chester county, pennsylvania, another registered republican, who went and cast his ballot at his local polling place but then 45 minutes later he came back wearing sunglasses. and in sunglasses he cast a ballot in his son's name. somehow an alert poll worker saw through his blil sunglasses disguise. if you don't want to pick on pennsylvania, there is a guy in ohio,

. >> a shocking reversal from pennsylvania's highest court today.tv star bill cosby has been released from prison who you just heard from his attorney girl gloria alred. she represented several of cosby's accusers. thanks for joining us this evening on vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus. cosby had been in prison serving nearly 3 years of a ten-year sentence after he was convicted of multiple counts of assault. >> cosby and his lawyers are celebrating his sudden release from prison. but the court of public opinion is largely outraged at that decision. kron four's kareen wynter has the latest details. >> in a stunning reversal that shocked the nation. bill cosby once revered hollywood actor known as america's dad turned convicted felon was freed from prison today. his 2018 assault conviction vacated by the pennsylvania supreme court. the former cosby show star return home lee today cosby who had served more than 2 years of a 3 to 10 year prison sentence was released on a technicality pennsylvania's highest court overturned his assault conviction citin

joining us is pennsylvania's attorney general, josh shapiro. confident as you were then that you can stave off such an effort? >> i'm absolutely confident. look, every time they've tried to push the big lie in the courts, they've lost and we have won and we have defended the will of the people. we had a safe and secure, free and fair election here in pennsylvania. anyone who has tried to undermine that has met us in court and lost, and we'll continue to do everything we can to protect the integrity of our election system as they seemingly work overtime trying to disable it. >> can you believe we're still talking about this? i mean i remember talking to you and watching my colleagues talk to you in the days after election day through that saturday, which felt like 11 years in my life. but what does it say that this is what they've got, this is all they've got? >> it says with a sliver of our electorate but a loud part of our electorate that that portion of the electorate and the candidates that are trying to speak to them are still trying to ser

then, after biden's bidens impassioned -- trumps endorsement in pennsylvania. plus -- >> these tax payments are going to lift more than half of the children who are currently in poverty, out of poverty. >> the life-changing tax credited being directly deposited in america bank accounts of americans tomorrow. and big plans. >> we are getting this done. >> a whopping 3.5 trillion dollar infrastructure deal. >> so this is, i would say the most consequential piece of legislation being proposed since the great depression. >> one of the architects of this deal, senator bernie sanders joins me live. all this now. good evening from new york, i'm chris hayes. if there's one thing we know about covid, a year and a half of covering it, a year and a half of living with it, is that cases are either going up or they're going down. they hardly ever stay the same. they don't plateau, unless you're in the country that suppressed the virus, and even then, it takes eternal vigilance. now we had a window to try to do that, to drive cases absolutely into the ground, to achieve some

the pennsylvania supreme court says prosecutors broke the promise. tonight, a spokesman for cosby said this is justice, and justice for black america. one of the prosecutors from the trial, kristen gibbons feden firing back. >> i'm disturbed, i'm distressed that they are again exploiting our thirst for justice in his name. >> stephanie joins us now from outside bill cosby's home stephanie, has the d.a. who brought the charges reacted this evening? >> yeah, he has, lester kevin steele says cosby was convicted by jury and released on a procedural issue he said he hopes today's decision doesn't deter women who are victims of sexual assault from coming forward lester >> stephanie, thanks a tweet just posted from bill cosby reads "i have never change my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocence. he also thanked his supporters and fans for their support. and from cosby's accusers, surprise and shock after today's decision and cosby's release. our senior national correspondent kate snow has covered this from the beginning and has some of th

i think i am thrills, and i am pleased to the pennsylvania supreme court. what we knew all along, which was that mister cosby never should have been prosecuted, was driven by politics. were quite pleased that the pennsylvania supreme court seems impervious to what is going on on the outside world. and all of that pressure that was placed on the criminal justice system from the me to movement help bring cosby on the scrutiny. he was one of a number of high profile men in show business accused of using their power to exploit and sexually assault women. but only one case against cosby went to court. the alleged drugging and malice station of andrea concerned the crushing of that conviction as re ignited debate over the ability to hold a fair trial and made intense public pressure. and of the efficacy of the me to movement in holding powerful men to account. right, right. when you're on that more than that, i'm not joined by my colleagues, god rock spur from the w culture. scott, does that mean that calls be trial? was unfair? well yes, according to the ruling

. >> you will also hear from democrats from pennsylvania and california. january 6, view from the house, sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the c-span radio app. >> president biden yesterday visited a max truck -- mack truck plant in pennsylvania. he was given a tour by a union leader. >> welcome. >> good to be here. >> it has been at the center of building america for 120 years. our products are the core of american infrastructure and those products, those heavy-duty macs are all made here in pennsylvania at this factory, and we are able to do that because of the skilled and strong uaw workforce we have, sir. without these guys -- we are part of the same family and this is what makes us a great company . so kevin maybe say a few words , about our workforce. >> exactly what he was saying. we have a great relationship and we are now looking at ramping up and hiring about four to 600 more people which is creating more in the area and left the best we can have. >> we will continue to invest. we're not going anywhere. who will gro

pennsylvania's hiest court has ruled in agreement with a previous prosecutor that prevented bill cosbybeing charged. the judges added the testimony from accusers unrelated to this particular allegation had tainted the trial. cosby had been charged in 2015 over those allegations of sexual assault which dated back to 2004. he has always denied the allegations i never shown remorse. ken belkin is a criminal defense attorney in new yo. >> whatever happened between mr. cosby i cannot say. but i do not think it was fair for him to be retried and to admit five witnesses who really were not there. when you put a witness on the stand, it has to be a witness that is relevant, that has information that bears on whether allegations are true. steve -these five people were not witness. they were witnesses to other instances being a legend, but those other instances where the subject of the trial. >> let's bring in david willis live in washington dc. there must be a mixture of astonishment and consternation that this trial is able to happen if the supreme court of pennsylvania says there were huge le

they see it in texas and in pennsylvania.and they certainly are tripling down on the big lie, i think it is incumbent on our party as democrats to step up and vote like democrats and do what we need to do to push this stuff back, to stop it in its tracks because voter suppression is a fiction and any laws passed to combat that are fiction as well, too, and their roots are in voter suppression, pure and simple. >> so republicans in pennsylvania are trying to force an audit of the 2020 election result in a commonwealth now. something similar to arizona. you've had some choice words about this aemt itted move. but regardless of whether it happens or not or moves ahead at all, do you worry this still works to undermine the confidence of voters in the commonwealth? >> as i've said, my choice words, like, this is the very back of the gop bench. again, this is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier that is behind this. the bottom line is that the main line republicans don't want to talk about this any more. they don't want to run

republicans in pennsylvania had a banner election year in 2020.jority in the state senate. we picked up seats in the state house. we actually picked off the minority democratic leader. we picked up two other seats, statewide seats with the treasurer and the auditor general and we haven't held those seats concurrently in, i believe, 60 years. so we had a banner year. and, you know, i don't know how you can look at the election, look at the results that we had statewide and then assume that somehow just one race was bad. >> yeah, well, i mean, so this is the thing. it doesn't make sense and it doesn't make sense as you point out in intellectually. let me ask you, the emerging spectacle of a state senator, trying to audit pennsylvania's 2020 election absent credible evidence of fraud won't change the 2020 outcome and only further the paranoid atmosphere. that's what you wrote and that's what is happening here. their inability to accept that one loss. they -- this is where we are. so what's the response been to your op ed saying, guys, stop in your ow

prosecutors in pennsylvania.obviously there are other women who have come forward with their claims. can prosecutors go after bill cosby again for on charges involving another one of these alleged reno. >> no, absolutely not. because the statute of limitations is run. and remember, bill cosby, the first trial was a hung jury and i'm not hung jury. the judge only allow one prior bad act in the trial. they allowed allowed 5 women to come and speak about bad acts needs bad acts were alleged to have occurred in the 1980's. so no, the statute of limitations has run as to any assaults that bill cosby committed in pennsylvania allegedly committed in pennsylvania or any other state in the united probably on bars suspect that this would have a chilling effect on. >> other women who want to come forward in high-profile cases against people with a lot of money that this will make them feel more reluctant speak openly about what allegedly happened to them. >> well, no, i don't think i mean, i understand why people are saying

. >>> still to come, republicans in pennsylvania are ramping up to -- i'll talk about it with malcolmadilla, but up next, a group of state attorneys general are going after the corporations responsible for the opioid crisis. you're watching "velshi" on msnbc. watching "velshi" on msnbc. without frequent heartburn waking her up. now, that dream... . ...is her reality. nexium 24hr stops acid before it starts, for all-day, all-night protection. can you imagine 24 hours without heartburn? tide pods ultra oxi one ups the cleaning power of liquid. for all-day, all-night protection. can it one up whatever they're doing? for sure. seriously? one up the power of liquid, one up the toughest stains. any further questions? uh uh! one up the power of liquid with tide pods ultra oxi. >>> obviously for the last 16 months this nation has gripped by the coronavirus pandemic. more than 614,000 people have now died in the united states from the effects of covid, but recent numbers from the cdc are reminding us of an issue likely compounded by the pandemic that's been afflicting the united states for yea

the election investigation and the republicans in pennsylvania trying to pull off now. yes, they are targeting heavily democratic philadelphia but they're also targeting counties where trump won by a lot but presumably where they think republican officials are likely to hand over ballots and voting machines so that republicans can do a hocus focus forensic for odd investigation to make it seem like pennsylvania did not have a real objective result. they just needed access from the ballots and the machines from somewhere, or enough reported data from someplace to make it seem muddy. the idea is they want us not to believe that any election result can be known. the only post facto political manipulation, and they're likely to be the ones doing the manipulating. today, when president biden went to pennsylvania to give his big speech on voting rights, former president put out a statement saying the only reason they were going to pennsylvania specifically is because biden is determined to stop the new audit that republicans want to do of the pennsylvania presidential electio

did the pennsylvania supreme court say bill cosby is innocent. they did not say that he is exonerated. they did not say that there was insufficient evidence to convict him instead, they said that he should never have been prosecuted in the first place. >> a statement was shared on bill cosby's twitter account in his first public statement since being released cosby writes in part, i have never change my stance nor my story. i have always maintained my innocence live in the studio pam moore kron 4 news, thank you pam. more than 60 women have come forward to say that mister cosby violated them. some of those women, they live right here in the bay area. kron four's, kingston. she spoke to one of the accusers today who says she couldn't believe that he was released. >> a lot of custody. women. you have ptsd. this just riles of all up again trying to heal. helen hayes says she was 38 years old when bill cosby rubbed his body up against hers and groped her before walking out of a restaurant today. she feel sick knowing pennsylvania's highest court thre

pennsylvania's highest court overturned that ruling. jericka duncan has more on the stunning reversal. >> reporter: as he arrived home, bill cosby flashed a v for victory with his conviction overturned after nearly three years behind bars. pennsylvania's supreme court threw out the 83-year-old comedian's 2018 sexual assault conviction on a technicality. >> demonstrated that they were -- weren't impervious to the court of public opinion which the lower courts were not. >> reporter: he was served up to ten years for drugging and sexual assaulting andrea constand at his home a decade earlier. she was a sports administrator. the high court said cosby should never have been charged because a former district attorney made a deal with him. in exchange for testimony in a civil case brought by constand, cosby would not face criminal charges. in a strongly worded 79-page opinion, the court ruled that cosby had been denied a fair trial. in an off camera interview, cosby told cbs news that this is about sending a message around the world that what