[soft bright chords] >>> ♪ >> breaking news out of georgia, democrat raphael warnock and democrat jonssoff has won the senate runoff election. >> this is the new georgia. this is a state changing like the country is changing. >> this is a new georgia project. you have black genius in grassroots genius on display, and black joy. >> we vote! >> we win! >> welcome to the new georgia, welcome to the blue georgia. >> republicans taking another step to prevent what they believe is voter fraud at the polls. >> 48 states have introduced bills to reduce voting. >> the senate seats flipped from red to blue. republicans in georgia want to make sure that doesn't happen again. >> any time a political party abuses their power to actually put laws in place so whoever does not vote for them, they could prevent them from voting, that in itself is political corruption. >> we are fighting for our lives. we are fighting for our votes. we are fighting for our democracy. >> something's got to give. something's got to change. the old south is being replaced by the new south. this is a national fight. this i

democrat raphael warnock and democrat jon ossoff has won the senate runoff election. - this is the new georgia. this is a state that is changing like the country is changing. - the big factor in black voters matter, it's the new georgia project. you have black genius and grassroots genius on display, and black joy. - we vote! all: we win! - we vote! all: we win! - welcome to the new georgia. welcome to the blue georgia. - republicans taking another step to prevent what they believe is voter fraud at the polls. - 48 states have introduced at least 389 bills to restrict voting. - both of those senate seats flipped from red to blue, and so republicans in georgia want to make sure that that doesn't happen again. - anytime a political party abuses their power to actually put laws in place so that whoever does not vote for them, they can prevent them from voting, that in itself is political corruption. - we are fighting for our lives! we are fighting for our votes! we are fighting for our democracy! - what do we want? all: voting rights! - when do we want it? all: now! - something's got to g

we ascended over to our balance of power colleagues, when lawmakers raphael warnock on a busy agenda and washington. >> an exclusive interview with raphael warnock and his first time on bloomberg tv and radio and he sits on a key committee that is in focus this week the senate's transmission committee which is leading the fight on the faa reauthorization bill. thank you for being here on bloomberg and of course you and your colleagues are up against a deadline, friday is when this reauthorization has to happen and there needs to be an amendment agreement to have it happen quickly, where exactly do things stand? what amendments deserve to get a vote? >> it is wonderful to be here with you. listen, our aviation industry is so very important to the american economy and of course we want to make sure that consumers and buyers are safe and that our airlines operate in an efficient manner so this comes up every five years and i'm on the commerce committee and we have been working on this bill for more than a year and i have been especially focused on the issue of bolstering our workforce p

the first black woman elected to congress, california senator laphonza butler, and georgia's raphael warnock, each introduced legislation to posthumously recognize congresswoman shirley chisholm. she was elected in 1968 and represented new york for seven terms. now, during her time in congress, she focused on issues of gender and racial equality. she did die in 2005. senator butler's legislation would endow chisholm with congress highest award for her. activism and legacy. warnock's legislation would commission and place a permanent statue of her at a public place in the us capitol. >> the popular bay bridge lights will be returning early next year. the organization behind that art installation said today. it has secured the funding to turn that light display back on. those lights went dark more than a year ago because of maintenance issues, and since then, more than $10 million has been raised to revive the installation. earlier on the four, we spoke with ben davis, the founder of illuminate, the nonprofit behind those bay bridge lights. >> it won't look substantially different, but it may

another battleground state democratic senator raphael warnock, senator, thank you for coming in. so biden campaign has and is acknowledging they've worked to do with black voters. why are they struggling well, listen, as someone who preaches every sunday, i can remind you that there's a reason why we show up every sunday and that is that people need to be reminded. >> and so i don't think that what the president and the campaign is doing is any different than what the preacher does every sunday, reminding us of the good news and the great thing for us is that we've got a lot of good news to share. we're talking about record low unemployment among african americans. black wealth has gone up 60% since before. the pandemic as a proud graduate of a historically black college, morehouse college, i'm proud that the president has invested some 16 billion in historically black colleges and universities all the while canceling student debt, which narrows the racial wealth gap. we've got good news to tell him. we'll be telling you between now and november here's the thing. >> the people ar

election, i remember, in 2021, january 5th, we had a runoff election that put in jon ossoff and raphael warnockt flipped the senate. on january 6th we had the insurrection in january 7th you had the republicans in the georgia state legislature talking about having legislation to protect democracy and re- instill faith in our elections. what they did is they crafted a series of measures designed to target the ways that african americans excess the ballot box. and to make them more difficult or illegal. >> one thing you talk about is an emphasis on grassroots organizations and their efforts. stacey abrams was among the people leading the charge around voter registration. can you lay out how important it is the work that is done by these grassroots organizations, in terms of combating this attempt to turn back the clock around voting rights in the state of georgia?>> absolutely. it is absolutely essential. what they do is they look at the measures put in place. things like the shutting down of the drop boxes that people used -- that african americans used overwhelmingly in 2020. so the state came

as he landed here, he was met by a group of morehouse college alums, who had, led by senator raphael warnock as well as several other leaders from this area. he will address the graduates here, some 400 blackman tomorrow morning in a speech we are told by the white house official there that will be focused on a message to the graduates, not so much on the broader community and what we might want to hear from the president. of course, there is that concern that there might be some protests here and the white house has said they are prepared for the university doesn't expect a large commiseration during the ceremony. >> meantime, i thank you. let's go to dramatic moments in donald trump's hush money trail as his former fixer michael cohen prepares to return to the witness stand one day. judge juan merchan told with signs they should be ready to present closing arguments tuesday if no defense witnesses are called. it is unclear whether trump will testify. michael quinn's 14 hours on the stand heated up thursday in a tent and theatrical showdown when trump's attorney todd blanche try to get mich

immediately meeting with several morehouse alumni, men who graduate from this school, including senator raphael warnock and the mayors of birmingham and montgomery, alabama. this is something the white house has been doing, reaching out to morehouse alumni to understand what the president needs to say when he comes here. afterword of his invitation got out there was some resistance to the present coming here among students and faculty, particularly because of the war in gaza and the president's support of israel. the university, the college, has been able to meet with steve benjamin, the director public engagement last friday. he spoke with students and faculty about the concerns and about what they wanted hear from the president. they said they did not want to hear a campaign speech. and analyst for msnbc who you spoke with early today is also a morehouse alum, professor princeton eddie cloud, who talked about being contact by the white house. >> i think president biden has to speak to this generation directly. cannot speak pass them. he cannot assume that they're not informed. he has to speak to the

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california's laphonza butler and georgia's reverend raphael warnock each introduced legislation to posthumouslynize congresswoman shirley chisholm. she was elected in 1968 and represented new york for seven terms. now, during her time in congress, she focused on issues of gender and racial equality. she died in 2005. senator butler's legislation would endow chisholm with congress's highest award for her activism and legacy. warnock's act would commission and place a permanent statue of her at a public place in the u.s. capitol. still to come, interest rates higher for longer as inflation continues to tick up instead of ticking down, and should people buy or rent in the bay area? >> a new survey takes a look. and the answer may not surprise you, but we're going to have more on the dramatic difference in those numbers. also, fewer high school graduates are interested in actually going to four year colleges. >> why trade school is becoming more of a o down to the fed's 2% target rate at its latest meeting this week, the fed chose to keep interest rates unchanged as they remain at a 20 year high of

biden arrived this afternoon and was greeted by georgia senator raphael warnock. he told supporters not to take the polls too seriously. instead, he says he looks at what the results of the primaries have suggested about support for trump from republicans. >> when i look at his actual election results and the election results are in the primaries, look at the primaries. well, mr. trump has he doesn't have an opponent, but he lost 120,000 votes in pennsylvania, didn't vote for him. they voted for a woman who's no longer in the race. >> tomorrow, mr. biden is set to deliver the commencement address at morehouse college, a historically black college and the alma mater of civil rights leader doctor martin luther king junior. after the graduation, the president is scheduled to leave for a campaign event in detroit. michigan is considered a key battleground state in the presidential election. former president trump took his presidential campaign to dallas today, where he gave the keynote address before the annual meeting of the national rifle association. the presumptiv

he was actually greeted on the tarmac by some notable morehouse alums, including senator raphael warnock, also the mayors of birmingham and another city in the south. were also on hand for that event. both of those men were two people that the administration had actually talk to in preparation for the speech that biden will give at morehouse college tomorrow, the white house has been very focused on trying to ensure that biden is lifting up the graduating students one person told me he's going to be there as a commencement speaker, not as a foreign policy speaker, but it does come at a time when you have seen frustration from some on-campus, some students, some faculty about the fact that he was invited to commencement due to his handling of the conflict in gaza. in fact, the white house actually sent down a sudden white house officials to meet one-on-one with a a small group of students. i'm told about half of that meeting focused on the issues of gaza, but also issues that they believe were of concern to students, including concern among some that some of this attention could overshado

yesterday where large contingent of georgia leaders, including the us senators i'm jon ossoff and raphael warnock are there on the tarmac to greet them. alright, tim, natalia, lisa ram. great to talk to you. thanks so much you too. thank you. thank you. >> are we come back more on the breaking news out of iran a search and rescue operation is hampered by the continued whether this after the helicopter carrying iran's president crash, we'll bring you the latest assignments are going off. >> the tornado here you cannot outs this. you cannot outrun it. >> really is a terrifying experience. it is the stuff of nightmares you just hear and feel it is in my throat were buried i'm thinking i'm going to die and i thought that was it along with earth, with leah schreiber premieres june 2 had nine on cnn choice hotels is a family of brands with a hotel for any traveler you want to be like quality end for the dad that gets every dollar and minute out of this family road trip the de is upon us. look at choice hotels.com. >> how you give and you give now you get with straight talk wireless, you get unlimited d

particularly african-americans going over saying that they have actually let me just play for you raphael warnock, because he explained this morning on cnn the way that he approaches it and he thinks that the biden campaign is doing it right? as someone who preaches every sunday, i can remind you that there's a reason why we show up every sunday. >> and that is that people need to be reminded. and so i don't think that what the president and the campaign is doing is any different than what the preacher does every sunday, reminding us of the good news and the great thing for us is that we've got a lot of good news to share so the good news that he's talking about our student loan forgiveness and many other again, accomplishment on the biden signed. >> i just want to sort of give you the alternate argument and it's not the listicle. and the specifics, the laundry list, if you will. >> it is as donald trump says african-americans are getting slaughtered hispanic americans are getting slaughtered. >> he means economically and it reminds me of what brad par scale, who was started out in 2016 as the di

handshake and an introduction there to the president that might be that senators jon ossoff and raphael warnock there that he is first being greeted by and then he'll go down the line there. but again, we understand that there are a couple of more how students there, even though there have been some rumblings among some of the students that they would show that they would be contesting the president's commencement address. but we also heard in an interview done with our victor blackwell earlier today that air the president of morehouse said he will not tolerate that. that it will be an environment where everyone can hear, engage, and listen and appreciate the visit from the president of the united states. we'll have more on the president's visit later on. all right. now, more than 50 million people are facing severe weather today, including some areas that have already been pummeled by destructive storms. houston officials are assessing the damage from deadly storms that brought 100 mile per hour we're wins to make matters worse, crippling humidity is coming after this weekend, storms, while ma

on the question of slots, the committee initially on an amendment was offered by senator raphael warnock, a democrat from georgia to expand the number of slots at d.c. reagan airport by 28 slots. that was an amendment that had a lot in its favor but it also prompted furious lobbying on the other side. ultimately, with the committee did, was work to seek common ground. work to seek a compromise under warnock's amendment of 28 was not adopted instead what was adopted was an amendment that i drafted working hand-in-hand with the chairman of the committee, senator cantwell i went down from 28 slots and really five slots. now, several arguments have been raised against creating any additional slots at reagan. one argument is pointing to the recent near miss at dca at reagan as evidenced no additional flights can go into or out of reagan. however, it is worth noting the faa experts have recently clarified this near miss had absolutely nothing to do with traffic on the runway. it was unrelated issues that produce the near miss i might note those unrelated issues include with this underlying bil

provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will proceed to the consideration of h. j. res. 109, which the clerk will report. the clerk: h. j. res. 109, providing for the congressional disapproval chapter 8. >> your professional capacity suggested to the present to invoke executive privilege. he invoke executive privilege. if protection both personally. is that a conflict of interest? >> the justice department is a fundamental part of our . people depend on us to ensure that our investigations and prosecutions are conducted according to the facts, according to the law. we have gone to extraordinary lengths to ensure that the kiddies get responses to their legitimate questions. but this is not one. to the contrary, this is one that would harm our ability in the future

district of new york and anson edwards sentencing to making threats to kill elected officials at san raphael warnockueens man sentenced to 33 months in prison posing threats to kill a member of congress illegally possessing ammunition. >> of that objection pay. >> a demo from florida is made for five minutes for. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i'm sitting up your listings your testimony is absolutely insane the level of the deep state acting to go after pro pro-life groups. pro-gun groups that you talked the arkansas pro-life group now they cannot even bank at the bank they were banking at because of their political beliefs. the information the chairman signed up in the religious attacks and firearms. all without a warrant. we go to law school and go to constitutional law the fourth amendment in all basins that have to happen in order for the government on searcher information. all of this is happening without the person and knowing it is going on without a warrant, without an ability to defend themselves. in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election. u.s. department of treasury told major banks

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnocksenator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. schumer: i move to proceed to calendar number 397, s. 4361. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 397, s. 4361, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending september 30, 2024, and for other purposes. mr. schumer: i send a cloture motion to the desk. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: -- the clerk: cloture motion, we, the undersigned senators do hereby move to bring to a close debate on the mogs to proceed to calendar number 397, s. 4361, a bill making emergency supplemental appropriations for border security and combatting fentanyl for the fiscal year ending sept

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leap time is reserved. morning business is closed. under the previous order, the senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to h.r. 3935, which the clerk will report. the clerk: calendar number 211, h.r. 3935, an act to amend title 49, united states code, to reauthorize and improve the federal aviation administration and for other civil aviation and for other civil aviation number one, national security concern with the app a number to with the app. specifically with its owner dance having too many types of the chinese government. this started a year ago shortly afterwards a bill was introduced and that is now we have law which directs the divestment orban protector. >> host: we use the term band that would be a technical band? >> guest: depends on the past. the authors are very adamant and clarifying

of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael g. warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: the republican whip. mr. thune: thank you, mr. president. mr. president, let me just say a word of welcome today to pastor adam weber. you heard him offer the opening prayer today. i'm very privileged to have him here. and adam is someone whose family i have known for a long time. sort of watched him grow up, if you will. he's a millbank, south dakota native. and at the young age of 24 started a church called embrace church in sioux falls, south dakota. and at that time i think the first service had 32 people. his office was a chevy cavalier. and a decade later it was one of the fastest growing churches literally in this entire country. and they've continued to grow through the years. and they'll do it the same way they've always have and that's one person at a time. emb embrace's heart is to relentlessly reach the next person for jesus. it's so

that legislation introduced with raphael were not comic democrat who serves on this committee and cruzuz warnockimousy it was signed into law. it's critically needed throughout east texas in each of the states that i 14 will run through, all the way to the atlantic ocean. likewise i was the lead author of desolate i 27 reports to plains core door that bill was introduced with ben wright lujan and other democrat, another member of this committee. i 27 will run from laredo, texas up north through west texas up to the panhandle of texas comeit up into new mexico ultimately i'll be up into canada. it will be a major artery for north, south trade and commerce. just like i 14 will be a major artery for east/west trade and commerce. likewise as lead author of legislation to build and expand for new bridges from south texas to mexico across the rio grande river. bridges been delayed by bureaucratic roadblocks put up by the biden administration. repeatedly a way to the secretary of transportation the secretary of state asked them to stop the bureaucratic roadblocks. they refused to do so. they were delay