the representative shontel brown is joining me now taking a moment to speak with us.te the next day on the infrastructure bill. had you read through the entire legislation before you cast your vote? did you have the time? >> actually, i have to be honest i didn't have time to read the entire bill. but the beautiful thing about being welcomed with such awesome members and having had the privilege of connecting with folks like the whip, whip clyburn and congresswoman joyce beatty and congresswoman meeks and thompson, i had the privilege of being apprised of all the changes and updates when i came in. prior to that vote i had my very first caucus meeting before i was sworn in. so i had a chance to sit with the democratic caucus and listen to speaker pelosi as she shared some of the highlights and features of that bill so i would be better prepare on thursday to cast my vote. so as you mentioned it was a whirlwind, but one i was very prepared for. >> i bet. and i can't help but wonder what was it like watching from the outside in, watching these negotiations go down and t

hello to a new member of congress, congresswoman shontel brown, elected in ohio. i think it was like 80-20 in the election. she's a proud daughter of cleveland. strong advocate for working families. and courageous voice for civil rights. she's here to build back better. i'm happy to swear her in later today. build back better, that's why you are here, right? as i said, just completed a meeting of the house democrats. i wish everyone could see the pride we take in the work that has been done by the members, by the chairman, by the staff. relentless. not only our own staff and committee staff, but the congressional budget office, the legislative counsel office anti-rest. this morning we have a report from joint tasks, documenting how the bill -- validating how the legislation is paid for. it came out about 10:00, i refer to you for your review. people say a lot of things, but this -- it's not democratic, it's not republican. it's objective view that it is solidly paid for. that doesn't even take into account the money that we'll get from we are proud of an agreement

close, let me again thank the newest member of the congressional black kaw corks congresswoman shontel brown. let me conclude tonight's special order hour by saying to america, the congressional black caucus will continue to lead and to take bold, decisive action to build back better. by passing the build back better act. we heard that it will create more housing, it will furnish jobs, it will also finish the job for the affordable care act. it will provide medicaid coverage gap. and it will also provide funding as you've heard for hbcu's and helping families in need, giving them a tax cut as congresswoman brown just highlighted for us with the child tax credit. to help ensure americans' global competitiveness for the 21st century and unleashing the full potential of america's workers and families to thrive in the communities that we represent, especially those 17 million americans represented by the congressional black caucus. 17 million black americans. and when we look at some 80 million americans. so with that, tonight we bring it to close but we will not be quiet. and it gives me great

for instance, shontelle brown won her special congressional election in ohio. the seat became available when incumbent marcia fudge was appointed to the biden cabinet as secretary of housing and urban development. and congresswoman brown has pledged to stand up for civil rights and voting rights, as part of a justice agenda. this country needs more black women like brown in public office. and they are standing up now. when their country needs them. a record number of black women are planning to run for senate in next year's midterm elections, along with a surge of black women declaring their candidacies for house seats, governorships, and mayoral races. any success would mean huge strides toward equitable representation. there are only 20 black women, currently, seated in the house of representatives. no state has ever elected a black woman governor. and only two black women ever have been elected to the u.s. senate and it's a real shame since black women tend to excel in elected office. one of those two senators is none other than the current-vice president ka

meanwhile, democrat shontel brown beat republican laverne gore to take the 11th district seat left vacant by marcia fudge when she became the secretary of housing and urban development. in minneapolis, mayor jacob frey is in the lead after the first round of the city's ranked choice vote. minneapolis voters rejected a measure to replace the police with a department of public safety. meanwhile, in austin, texas, voters have overwhelmingly rejected a referendum to require the hiring of more police officers. oregon is poised to become the first state to legalize the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" for medical use. an oregon ballot measure to decriminalize the possession of small quantities of some hard drugs, including heroin and lsd, is also on track to be approved. voters in the district of columbia have voted in favor of decriminalizing the use of magic mushrooms and other psychedelic substances. we'll have more on the elections after headlines. president biden and other world leaders have departed glasgow and the u.n. climate summit as day 3 ushers in closed-doors negotiations on

shontel brown elected to the u.s. house in ohio. we have to learn from that, do better from that. i think we had wins on tuesday. we can take pride in that, too. >> i want to ask you about the court ruling yesterday on the vaccine -- on the vaccine protocols that osha's putting out, the sort of soft mandate. i don't want to call it a hard mandate because of the testing option. there's a freeze. what does that mean for the federal government's efforts? do you stop preparing for january 4th in the moment? how does this work? >> i think what it means for the time being is the effectiveness of that vaccine requirement is frozen. i think it will certainly be well litigated, though, well before january 3rd. so i'm not sure it has much practical effect in the short run. look, these vaccine requirements have been litigated up and down the courts all over the country. state requirements, for example, one in maine. in every single court before this one ruled that they were valid. the supreme court has turned back several times already various efforts to enjoin other vaccine requirements. i'

shontel brown has beaten laverne gore. hio's 11th congressional district. congratulations to the congresswoman-elect brown in ohio. in five, four, three, two, one, zero, new jersey's polls have closed. the governor's race in new jersey, one of two governor races we are covering tonight. it's democrat phil murphy trying to be re-elected. he is up against a republican challenger. nbc news projects this race is too early to call. we will be watching closely as the first results start to come in in new jersey now that the polls have closed in the garden state. at this hour, polls have just closed moments ago in the great american city of atlanta, georgia. they will elect a mayor tonight under unusual circumstances. the current mayor is the very high profile, very charismatic mayor. long considered a rising star. she was considered as a potential running mate for president biden. earlier this year, she made a shock announcement that she would not seek re-election as atlanta's mayor at the end of the term. she is leaving that sea

cnn projects that democrat shontel brown has been elected to congress in ohio's 11th district. stretches from cleveland to akron. that leaves democrats with a narrow majority in the u.s. house of representatives. holding 221 seats, to 212 for republicans. two seats are still up for grabs. there is another one in ohio and another one in florida where a special primary is being held. we are awaiting results of those, too. we now have a key race alert for you. >>> now, we're looking at the governor's races in virginia and new jersey. let's look at the numbers. with 61% of the estimated vote in from virginia, republican glenn youngkin remains in the lead. he has 1,061,140 votes. that's 54.6% of the vote. he is 192,385 votes ahead of democrat terry mcauliffe who has 868,755 votes. that is 44.7% of the vote. glenn youngkin, right now, with many votes remaining to be counted, with roughly a 10 percentage vote lead, almost 200,000 votes ahead as of this hour. >>> let's go to new jersey now. with 6% of the vote in, incumbent democratic governor phil murphy has 112,300 votes. that's 64.4