here is why bishop reginald jackson told the new york times.te, faith leaders across the state worked ourselves to a frenzy to make sure that we got out the vote in 2020. we have to work doubly hard to overcome the barriers put in place now for the 2022 election. bishop jackson joins me now. in the state of georgia, and as i mentioned, a founding leader of faith works. black churches have a long history tied to mobilizing around voter rights. what made faith works decide to take it in this direction with fundraising, and an operation center? >> the fact of the matter is that following the 2020 election, they had a way to punish blacks because of a large turnout, in georgia and other states. a similar registration to make it harder for blacks and people of color to vote. in response, we found a way to make sure our papal got informed and mobilized, and organized to vote. that is what this seems to be about. this is a historic time in our nation, when our democracy is at risk. in these times, it demands unprecedented actions, that's what faith wo

joining me is william barber, author of we are called to be a movement, and prisha bishop reginald jacksonx is picks couple distinct of the -- and the founding leader of faith works. mr. jackson, you said quote faith leaders across the state works ourselves to a frenzy to make sure we got out the vote in 2020. we have to work doubly hard to overcome the barriers put in place now for the 2022 election. how will faith works help to combat those barriers? >> good morning. faith works will number one, seek to make sure that all of our congregation, we're talking about over 1000 churches, all the members of our congregation, their families and the neighborhood where these churches are, that number one they are registered. number two they are informed. number three they are mobilized. and number four, organized to get out the vote. it will be a grassroots effort. we will have people in local neighborhoods, especially in the rural parts of the state. and make sure all of our people not only vote, but vote in their best interests an exercise their voice. >> bishop, the poor peoples campaign usuall

. >> bishop reginald jackson, one of the founding leaders of faith works, thank you so much for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. >> that does it for us tonight, we will see you again tomorrow, and i will see you on my show over on peacock and unsigned a nights on msnbc. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. we watching sunday night. thank you, i appreciated. the breaking news of the night, the news is that the secret service has destroyed evidence that is essential to the investigation of the january 6th attack on the capitol. let me repeat that. yes, the secret service has deliberately destroyed evidence involving the january 6th attack on the capitol. that was revealed by the inspector general of the apartment of homeland security, which has jurisdiction over the secret service. the most important secret service text messages since the invention of text messaging. they were deliberately erased by the secret service, according to the inspector general. the most important text messages in the history of the secret service. we don't know i

hear is what the bishop reginald jackson told "the new york times." leaders across the state worked ourselves to a frenzy to make sure we got out the vote in 2020. we have to work doubly hard to overcome the barriers put in place now for the 2022 election. bishop jackson joins me now, ahead clergyman, overseeing churches in the state of georgia and a founding leader of faith works. bishop jackson, thank you for taking time for us tonight. black churches have had a long history trying to mobilize voting rights. and what made faith works decide to take it in this direction with fundraising, with an operation center? >> well, the fact of the matter, following the 2020 election, blacks were punished because of the large turnout, and sb-202 was passed in georgia and other states, with similar legislation, to try to make it harder for blacks and people of color to vote, and in response, we had to find a way to make sure that we bring our people to be informed, mobilized and number three, organized. and that's what faith works seeks to be about. this is an h