stacey abrams owns the number one spot. so i don't know how to help laura dave on this, >> what's the name of her book? again >> the name of laura dave 's new brilliant novel is the last thing he told me. >> i thought that what it was. [laughs] >> something else very important tonight rachel, the important -- she's going to join us tonight. >> i want you to imagine this. you're in your local will greens today, and you're going to step up to that counter to your appointment to get the moderna vaccine. down the aisle, as you're standing, they're down the aisle at walgreens comes the creator of the moderna vaccine, in your walgreens while you are about to get her vaccine, that happened today, and msnbc camera crew happened to be there and catch that moment for a couple of people, all of that is going to be later in the show tonight. i >> want to see that. >> rachel, it's incredibly exciting. i was watching that happen live from our control room. it was incredible. edge of the seat stuff for me. really exciting. >> lawrence you

stacey abrams. yes, that stacey abrams. people will be surprised if they didn't know i have written fiction before. and yet, it should not surprise anyone. that this 47-year-old yale educated tax lawyer, long time georgia politician an, and voting rights active visit could dream up a complicated plot that involves gene therapy, a corrupt american president and a clerk. how do you have time for the books and the research involved? >> i'm, so i'm the daughter of a research librarian, i learned to dive in. think gs.>>r char is always a wop of color who is smart and gutsy, and cool under pressure. in short, stacey abrams. >> well, i try to emulate my characters. >> reporter: abrams grew up in mississippi sand georgia, her parents encouraged the six children to have eye goals and big dreams that sometimes ran in to hard reality. in 1991, abrams as validictorian of her high school class was invited to meet the governor of georgia. >> my parents and i arrived on the marta bus, because we didn't have a car. we go up the driveway of

stacey abrams' new book is "while justice sleeps." stacey abrams, thank you for joining us tonight. we all really appreciate it. >> thank you, lawrence. it's my pleasure. >>> the investigation of donald trump by the attorney general's office has been joined by another investigation. the manhattan district attorney's -- attorney matt alonzo joins us next. -- attorney mt alonzo joins us next (burke) phone it in to 1-800-farmers to get policy perks, like a home and auto-bundle discount. (man) i'm phoning it in and just saved twenty percent. (burke) get your policy perks by calling 1-800-farmers. go ahead, phone it in. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ ♪ ♪ it's the biggest thing that ever happened to small. lease the gla 250 suv for just $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. some days, you just don't have it. not my uncle, though. he's taking trulicity for his type 2 diabetes and now, he's really on his game. once-weekly trulicity lowers your a1c by helping your body release the insulin it's already making. most people reached an a1c under 7%. plus, trulicity ca

please welcome back to the show, stacey abrams. hello, stacey. how are you?orgia, both the candidates you were supporting won and we talked about you sleeping and i'm just wondering if you managed to take a celebratory nap at the end of those run-off elections? >> i did indeed. but i woke up to voter suppression coming back and forth, so i may not do another nap for a while. >> seth: you are a busy person, and while we have greatly appreciate your efforts in trying to stop the tide of voter suppression laws that are, obviously, a huge problem right now. you also have time to write books. this is very exciting, because this is not your first novel, but it is your first novel with your actual name on it you have written under a pen name before. i'm wondering, obviously, you knew you were the author of those books. was it different writing a book knowing that everyone who picked it up would know it was written by the stacey abrams >> no, i think what was different was knowing that people might care. when i wrote the first eight novels, selena montgomery was much

but stacey abrams wasn't done with us yet.ogue yet, it was all exposition. and then it hit us: a full line of her characters actually speaking to one another, not just grunting, but speaking in language. it sent us over the top. listen. ♪ ♪ >> hunger raged inside her, demanding to be stated. wicked thumbs teased her too sensitive flesh and stole her breath. but it would mean nothing if he didn't understand. "you're all i've ever wanted." >> tucker: [laughs] wicked thumbs. will we ever, going forward, ever be able to call stacey abrams anything but "wicked thumbs?" we will see. probably not. the book is called "hidden sins," and frankly, we feel we have just sinned in public. you can have that feeling too for the low low price of just $7. [laughs] get it. but go easy on your thighs. you will wear them out. ♪ ♪ and eminent the physician, internist and cardiologist, had an amazing conversation with him on "tucker carlson today" that covered a lot of ground, mostly about the coronavirus and how to respond to it. one part of the di

in short, stacey abrams?ll, i try to emulate my characters, and i try to have my characters reflect who i am. >> reporter: abrams grew up in mississippi and then georgia. her parents both became methodist ministers later in life, and encouraged their six children to have high aspirations, big dreams that sometimes rain iraninto hard reality. in 1991, abrams, as valedictorian, was invited to meet of governor of georgia. >> my parents and i arrived on the marta bus because we didn't have a car. we go up the driveway of the governor's mansion, we get to the gate, and the guard stops us and tells us we don't belong there. it is a private event. my father says, we have an invitation. and the guard doesn't ask for the invitation, but i remember him watching the bus pull off,,. >> reporter: weren't you mortified? >> absolutely. to things happened that day, one, they were not going to let me be denied this honor i achieved. two, i think they wanted me to see my responsibility is not to let someone else tell me who i

i agree with stacey abrams.cy. >> we've got personal today when the chair of the committee senator klobuchar addressed senator cruz. let's listen. >> when in fact you, senator cruz, not all of your colleagues here today, you were contesting the electoral college. you are leading one of the leaders on the effort to say that the election results were not correct. and so, you wonder why we want to make sure people have the right to vote. >> and you see there in that shot, that your texas senator cannot even look up and face one is being said to him, which is absolutely true. >> no, he can't. he has bragged recently about leading the insurrection on january 6th. i agree with what was said earlier, vice -- he should wear a scarlet mess everywhere he goes. this is the biggest divide in our politics, lawrence, it is in between the partisan ideology, it is between people who believe in democracy, and those who don't. we need to have support for the folks who believe in democracy in the form of legislation that prevents

what stacey abrams is warning against i think is correct.n the case of democrats it's going to be in the traditional play book of register, educate and mobilize as many voters as possible while also fighting these illegitimate voter suppression laws in court to make sure they don't go into effect, to make sure voters aren't entering and voting in hostile environments. because the uphill battle of casting your ballot or accessing the polls should not exist. and what we see are republicans and state legislatures across the country using a copy and paste format to move these bills forward, to get them to their governors to get them signed and that's going to create barriers. so i think stacey abrams is absolutely right to stay focused on the big picture here, stay focused on create elections where all of our votes count, where we don't have to bend over backwards in order to access the polls and where we feel comfortable and safe doing it, not in hostile environments. what i'm truly concerned about is how these voter suppression laws, these lie

and a lot of the reviewers salute the eroticism of selena montgomery slash stacey abrams i don't careroticism of politicians or brian kemp or margery taylor green show us to show us their erotic side i would cover my eyes and never throughout the that to any kindle or device i have. >> i had no idea -- [laughter] she was such an e rot erotic person voting rights whole other layer that i am fascinating i can't wait to get my hands on these books great beach read all right cancel culture -- please know, please no, no that's okay. jesse: please tell us raymond their cancel culture is coming for disneyland they don't like prince charming what did he do? >> there were two san francisco reporters who were objecting to the update of the snow white attraction you see it there where the prince charming kisses snow white and brings her back to life they say kiss is without a consent. now and therefore it is not true love. now look jesse if these two were worried about making a fairytale bringing them into woke reality that we have to live in today why aren't they concerned ab stepmother when tr

so, what stacey abrams is warning is absolutely correct. the case for democrats, it is going to be a combination of the traditional playbook of register, educate and mobilize as many voters as possible. while also fighting these illegitimate voting for suppression laws in court to make sure that they don't have an effect. to make sure voters aren't voting in hostile environments. because the uphill battle of casting their ballot, or accessing the polls, should not exist. and what we see is, republicans at the state house and legislatures across the country, using a copy and paste format to move these bills forward. to get them to their governors to get them sign. and that is going to create barriers. i thank stacey creek abrams is absolutely right to, stay focused on the big picture here. stay focused on creating a democracy. and creating elections were all of our votes count. where we don't have to bend over backwards in order to access the polls. and where we feel comfortable in and safe doing it. not in hostile, environments. so i am tru

a former college football coach who was fired for incendiary tweets about georgia politician stacey abramsis job back. chris malone says he was forced to resign earlier this year from the chattanooga offensive line coach for comments the school says do not represent the values of its football program but malone argues he should never have been fired for what he considers exercising his first amendment rights. let's start an argument, civil rights attorney and washington time legal affairs reporter alex. this is a classic first amendment case, freedom of speech. let's start with this exhibit a right here. this is the offending tweet that got the coach and so much trouble. after 30 minutes, he deleted it but he said "congratulations to the state of georgia and a fat albert stacey abrams because it we had shown america the true works of cheating an election again, enjoy the buffet become a big girl, you earned it. hope the money was good, still not governor." i think we can all agree that that is not a very nice tweet but did he deserve to get fired for that? alex, make your case. >> i think

. ♪ ♪ jesse: stacey abrams with a lot of fiction theseays but this might take the cake.t? the first three of her collection the rules of engagement, the art of desire, and power of persuasion. they're being reissued next year same year as 2020 jube thattorial election she may or may not run in we try to get our hands on some even used copes are selling for upwards of 100 bucks abrams says books, quote, showcase women of color as nuance determined and exciting. joining me now fox news contradict tore raymond arroyo what's the read on this? >> well you heard jesse i actually tracked a few of these down. i admit i downloaded them on to my kindle thanks to you and your producers i don't know why you made me go down this path but here we are. look this is my big take away -- jesse: me okay. >> this is you when you have hidden fen, secrets, lies and deceptions as a politician, it is not the best look okay. and a lot of the reviewers salute the eroticism of selena montgomery slash stacey abrams i don't care about eroticism of politicians or brian kemp or margery taylor green sh

stacey abrams, the governor in georgia is in her spare time a naughty novel writer. those books may soon be coming to a store near you. trace gallagher has the story. >> if you are in the market for a romance novel like power of persuasion" or "rules of engagement," you can expect it from $92 to $3200 a copy. that is mostly because the books are out of print and selena montgomery is current political activist, stacey abrams. you know, romance writer turned political fighter. these days, she is known for using phrases like moral imperative and equal justice. but during her time as steamy selena, she got hearts fluttering using terms like like embracing. despite having a pen name, she isn't trying to shy away from her past. in fact, now that three of the books are about to be reissued, she is trying to bring up interest by noting that it showcases women of color as nuanced, determined, and exciting. the characters apparently work at the u.s. government espionage organization and when they are not trying to save the world from foreign adversaries, they can be found, of

stacey abrams joins us now. good morning.n, to entertain. that's good news. first, while we have you, there are some twists and turns in our world as we live it that i want you to comment on if you could. there are about 11 states right now in the country that have passed restrictions on voting that could have a big impact on 2022 and beyond. what concerns you the most about what you're seeing right now? >> that, rather than this bringing every american to attention and raising their concerns, this is being treated as a partisan exercise. unfortunately, this is republicans who are stripping access to the right to vote from all americans, and it is a danger to our democracy. this is not about who wins an election. it's about whether we have elections that are free and fair. and unfortunately, in these states we're seeing a response to free and fair elections by trying to strip away and restrict access, particularly for communities of color, young people and disabled. and that is deeply problematic and should be a concern to ev

howard: "usa today" ran an opinion coluy stacey abrams, the georgia democratic activist, defending theut a week later the paper allowed abrams to challenge the boycott. steve krakauer, how does "usa today" let stacey abrams change her position, go back and teleedit this piece -- stealth edit this piece and not tell readers about it? >> yeah. this was a weird one. we often see, and you mentioned a couple of these corrections with stories about rudy and others where if there's a fact missing, edits happen, and often there's a little, you know, appended correction or note from the editor. very rarely does that happen with opinion columns, even more rare, i don't know if i've seen it with someone who doesn't work for "usa today" the to do this. this was such a strange one because if you read the original column, it was this great exercise in kind of fence sitting. if you wanted to find, you know, information about an argument for why major league baseball should leave georgia, it was in there. if you wanted to find why they shouldn't boycott, it was in there. howard: right, let me just --

georgia ist the center of the conflict, and stacey abrams is a driving force behind change there. ier today, abrams was honored at the national democratic institute's madeleine k. albright event celebrating women's empowerment. she spoke with our amna nawaz about the challenges of maintaining a healthy democracy. amna: i would like to begin in texas where a number of huge corporations like hewlett-packard and microsoft and others are explicitly calling for expanded voting rights and voting access in response to republican proposals that would limit that excess. we have seen similar efforts of course in georgia and other places. i am curious what you think it is about this moment in u.s. history that is pulling some of these companies off the sidelines and into the fight to protect voter rights? stacey: what we saw in january of 2021, the juxtaposition of the election of the first black senator from juran or -- from georgia and jewish senator from georgia, eclipsed hours later by sedition us who stormed the capital and murdered law enforcement officers. this insurrection has now tak

for the pbs newshour, i'm jane ferguson in sana'a, yemen. >> woodruff: stacey abrams is the founder ofthe organization fair fight, and through her organization has dedicated the past few years to championing and expanding voting access throughout her home state of georgia earlier today abrams was honored at the national democratic institute's madeleine k. albright event celebrating women's empowerment. she spoke to amnnawaz about the challenges of maintaining a healthy democracy. >> i'd like to begin in texas with some news today where a number of corporations, huge corporations like hewlett packard, mike sort of and others are explicitly calling for expanded voting rights and voting access in response to republican proposals that would limit that access and we've seen similar efforts, of course, in georgia and other places. i'm curious about what you think it is right now about this moment in u.s. history that is pulling some of these companies off the sidelines and into the fight to protect voting rights. >> what we saw in january of 2021, the juxtaposition of the election of raphael

. >>> stacey abrams is best known for her passion for politics. but long before she rallied against voter suppression, she had a passion for something else, writing romance novels. now a major publisher has acquired the rights to three of her out of print books written 20 years ago. she says the stories are what she wished to read as a young black woman. >> did you see the name on those books? selena montgomery. i guess that's her pen name. >>> well, coming up, covid relief funds spent on a giant statue of a squid. >>> and the therapist making the patient feel like dancing. you're watching "world news now." ♪ ♪ something, i wouldn't be here if i thought reverse mortgages took advantage of any american senior, or worse, that it was some way to take your home. learn how homeowners are strategically using a reverse mortgage loan to cover expenses, pay for healthcare, preserve your portfolio, and so much more. a reverse mortgage loan isn't some kind of trick to take your home. it's a loan, like any other. big difference is how you pay it back. find ou

you can also blame stacey abrams from a lot of this happening.ina senator, lindsey graham. 17 days early voting in from georgia, in person early voting, zero in the state of delaware. once an absentee ballot, you need an excuse. but that's not the case in georgia. drop boxes all over georgia, none are in delaware. how does joe biden with his race history himself there to make j the allegations time after time this is jim crow 2.0 and look at the financial devastation that occurred to thereafter. >> they are trying to intimidate corporate america to abandon the republican party. here's my message to corporate america, corporate georgia, have you lost your mind? don't you realize that the only thing between you and your companies enter shareholders anu the democratic agenda of high taxes, incredible regulation, and unbelievable spending is the republican party? don't you realize that the republican georgia, to go democrats in georgia in the united states senate are fully on a board for the most radical agenda in the history of the country when it c

joining us now minority leader stacey abrams. acey. while you're saving democracy, you're writing books, you're pretty appraising. it is great to have you back on the show. >> thank you. >> what do you make of these so-called audits still happening and recounts in arizona and georgia? >> these are schemes designed to perpetuate not only the big lie but more concerning it is to perpetuate the insurrection. what caused that behavior on january 6 was an attempt to rewrite history and to -- the notion that all voters should have the right to be heard, that the election administration that occurred was done correctly and that the outcome of the election was correct. and instead of seeing us move on as a nation, what we're watching instead is this concerted attack on our right to vote by heritage action, by the republican national committee and unfortunately by elected republican officials who know better but refuse to do better. >> stacey, it is willie geist. as you know very well, the votes for from the 2020 election in the state of g

they can do in texas what stacey abrams did in arizona who passed raphael warnock in georgia in terms of how they were able to bring the folks to the polls. they can do the exact same thing but democrats play around saying let's focus on the next election cycle. no, you got to go into those communities and register those people to flip that particular state. theopportunity is there. this bill targets the suburbs in texas. republicans have been losing in harris county, dallas county, bexar county and the suburbs. the drop boxes, drive through voting, that is specifically targeting harris county. in the last election, democrats were five seats away from taking control of the texas house. they didn't. and so this is one of those moments where you have to understand what is going on. the blame is the feet of chief justice john roberts is laying for the voting rights act so people need to understand what is going on here and last point, ali, lame senators christian cinema and joe mansion need to wake the hell up and realize what is going on because their refusal to end the filler buste. sh

stacey abrams nubuck, while justice sleeves, it's number one on the new york times bestseller list forine, laura dave, who was number one, on the new york times the seller list perfection with her brilliant new novel, the net last thing he told me whi

john legend, stacey abrams were headlining. that has been canceled. any explanation of why?n as the remember and rise portion of this. remember, this event has a series of different events within the program. and organizers for that specific event say that john legend and stacey abrams were supposed to be there, will not be there, because that event has been canceled. organizers will only say at this point that, quote, due to unexpected circumstances with entertainers and speakers, that event has been canceled. and we -- just to be clear, we don't have any indication right now that the dhs warnings and the cancellation of this event are connected in any way. but all of this unfolding here as this commemorative event here in tulsa, oklahoma is beginning here this weekend. >> let's pray for a peaceful weekend. ed lavandera, thank you very much. >>> a reminder, the new cnn film "dream land: the burning of black wall street" premiers monday night, 9:00 p.m. eastern, on cnn. >>> movie theaters are opening up this memorial day weekend. are people ready to go back? >> no. >> victor

power 100 list some include regina king who made her debut as a director also joanna gaines and stacey abrams the documentary called "all in, the fight for democracy. also on the list former first lady michelle obama and meghan markle who have new projects with netflix and spotify. >>> the u.s. post tecal service paying tribute to yogi berra as part of a forever stamp collection berra won an mlb record 10 year record and was enshrined in 1972 thpride ofe >>> i'll get to see grandmother more, my cousins. >> i'm very happy for my teenager. >> it's been really tough on her staying at home. >> no reservations at all. >> right now at 4:30 in just a matter of hours vaccinations for kids 12 and older start across the bay area. coming up helping you figure out where, when, and how to access those shots. it's thursday morning and "today in the bay" starts right now. a very good morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia. >> and i'm marcus washington. we'll get to all things vacci

plus, we'll speak with author and activist stacey abrams about voting reform and her new thriller "whileated winner bebe rexha tells us about her new album and opening up about mental health. that's it for "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪ "cbs morning news." i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. ♪

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i think stacey abrams is out of the running. maybe dr. fauci could fill in.ining that level of joy every day wears you out. she is doing 1,000 other things and producing everything on television. >> laura: i don't understand the complaints about ellen. i have not followed it that closely. have a great weekend. in moments the worst media offendsers of the week. the "the ingraham angle" has its eyes on you. ari fleischer and matt with a take you don't want to miss next. >> laura: it's easy to become numb to media bias. the "the ingraham angle" is keeping track of the worst offenders. joining me is ari fleischer and also here is matt walsh. we begin with your favorite character out there. msnbc's larry o'donnell. a funfest this week. >> mr. president you met and exceeded your first 100 days goal of 100 shots. i got 2 of them. thank you for. as you take the most positive thing someone says in your direction and try to work with that tomorrow, you are 113 days into the presidency. this is the top of the mountain. you are the most prepared president in history. 36

georgia lawmakers stacey abrams getting her own tv series, two bath is already a show called the biggestr new novel, a supreme court justice who plunges into a. i wish i could tell you what happened next but i tried to read it. i plunged into a coma. the show would be produced by a division of msnbc universal. nice to see them promoting the democrat for a change. novel stacy has written under her real name, she's previously written for other novels titled deception, reckless, secrets and lies and hidden sin [singing] leader montgomery, yeah basically the entire democratic party. thank you for watching the best hour of your day. follow me on twitter an instagram. facebook, kennedy fbn foxbusiness.com. please subscribe to my podcast kennedy saved the world. apple podcast or fox news.com. don't forget. like everyday, goodbye. ♪♪

. >> stacey abrams who led the fight against voting restrictions was on with my colleague last night. he asked her about these efforts in arizona and other states to undermine elections. let's watch. >> they are going after the voters, after the process and going after the remedy. because when you get through the entire gauntlet, it is the last vestage of support for democracy. we have to realize this is a fuselage. >> donna, what is your reaction to all going on? >> i would only add to stacey's list that they are also going after the hardware and software. you have cyber ninjas which is an uncertified firm when it comes to conducting audit, in there, taking over machines, compromising the integrity of those machines and now taxpayers are not only paying for an audit to challenge an election that's really not in question, but they now are going to have to foot the bill for millions of dollars in arizona of voting machines in maricopa county. it is an extraordinary abuse of taxpayer funding, of the entire infrastructure. it portends a bad signal around the country when these local offi

maria: we point out because hr1 already passed the house and today stacey abrams says she wants to runged georgia without ever being governor. she's intimidated governor kemp and intimidated the secretary of state, so she's dominated georgia despite losing and maybe she figures she will do the same thing. of course, she will have to face off against kamala harris about who the first woman president should be. what ken just said is really important for people to understand. in a number of states the republicans were just plain outlawyered. the other side did a better job and set the rules of the game. the rules to have game were designed to do exactly what he said. figure out any vote that is the republicans have and then hold the ballots open until you can get enough votes to beat them. and that's -- every one of the states is really close that trump lost. you had those kind of shenanigans and state law violated in every single one of those states. in any mind there's no question that those states were in effect stolen and as a historian people will find that it's absolutely true. mari

. >> laura: stacey abrams has a different approach to what we should do to joblessness. quick reaction after you watch this. >> insufficient for us to sibley focus on the more traditional masculine areas of the economy. recognizing that we have to have women in every area in particular women have been hardest hit and we need intentional engagement and intervention to rebuild back more solidly. >> laura: governor kemp reacting to that. >> one of the reasons that women have been hardest hit is because they have not opened our schools across this country. he made a promise to get the schools open within 100 days. not only is it uncomfortable to what he is doing that of these children, but the that a lot of women have to step out of the workforce so that they could not only care for their children but educate their children and the impact that that is going to have on women in that workforce going forward and the impact that this is going to have that this is going to have on our tshilidzi is just uncountable. -- children is just unconscionable. and it doesn't have to be tha

to your point also they've done this before with the stacey abrams piece.eard of anything like this. katie, always great to see you. thank you. >> bill: we had caitlyn jenner in the studio yesterday running in the recall election in california. there is a big dust-up whether or not she had changed her view how we view transgender athletes and whether they should compete. here is the clip from her answer yesterday with us here in new york. >> when it goats down to the high school left there are no rules and regulations how they can and trans women who are truly trans who at a very young age started proper medical treatment, they've grown up as girls, of course they should be able to compete in girls sports but yeah, some guy who hasn't done any therapy, hasn't done anything there has to be a review board. >> dana: interesting to get her take on that. in 2015 she had just come out as trans and she had her debut at the espy awards. she also said it is a small number of people. it's 30. i don't know how many it is. for somebody like chelsea mitchell who wrote t

think democrats have to use this moment to focus on building infrastructure in the tradition of stacey abramsears ago before the world knew her name. what's she was doing was registering voters, staying in touch with them during the off cycles, communicating, testing, working messages, making sure people had something to go to the polls to vote for, recruiting and training candidates, campaign operatives. us as democrats, as much as i enjoy the implosion with the exception of my good friends at the lincoln project, we can't just take this moment to point and laugh at republicans. we have to build. particularly because this is the time to do so, because next year is an election cycle. one in which the sitting president typically loses from a historical perspective. we have to be building right now. the war isn't peacetime. >> how worried are you at the stuff that is going on simultaneously in almost too many places to track, and the upshot could be during the next presidential election, a whole bunch of states thanks to what's being created in their legislators right now, either refused to cer

that is disrespectful and appalling to stacey abrams and those black women who organized on the groundn-americans are 4.7% of the electorate in georgia. these races were swung by 1%. i helped raise millions of dollars for those races so full credit to stacey and everyone else who has been doing the work for years, but it's okay for other people to contribute to their success. >> reporter: some heated exchanges there. new yorkers don't usually tune in to the mayoral race until the final weeks. we're now entering those final weeks. the primary is on june 22nd. we'll be watching to see how this debate shapes the race. one thing that's important to note is this year for the first time, new york city will be using a ranked choice voting system which means voters won't just be choosing one candidate. they'll be asked to list them in order of preference. nl it really could be anybody's race. >> it really does change everything and maybe even change the way some of the candidates run. it will be a fascinating final month or so. athena, thanks for that report. >>> new guidance on masks leaving

. >> martha: this is stacey abrams in georgia arguing -- obviously we covered the georgia law. just about voter i.d. there's so much attention on that. that's not what it's about. listen to this. >> this isn't about the reductive notion of whether you have to have an identification or the reduckive question of whether you can have water in line. it's about the fundamental question of who is permitted unfitered access to the right to vote and who is impeded based on how they vote or the perceptions of which communities are inconvenient to the republican party in this moment. >> martha: jim crow 2.0 she's saying. >> here's what i would say. this is about the federal government taking over elections, this is about the federal government voiding 29 states that have voter i.d. laws, this is about taking away the state's ability to redistrict every ten years when you do the census. this is about federally financed elections favorable to the democratic party. the reason they're doing this because they're losing under the traditional model. this is the biggest power grab in my lifetime

influential new site for young people and where did they get there half of their executive team the dnc, stacey abramsit there, thank you so much for your thoughts.or >> thank you for having me. >> just ahead dhs secretary mayorkas slammed overseeing the border is closed our fox cameras tells us a different story as border agents on his retiring early in droves or lack thereof, national border patrol council art del cueto is here next. >> make no mistake the drug cartels control the southern side of the border, it's a great big 2000-mile tollbooth and then are making a mint off the biden effect. the rx, crafted by lexus. get 0.9% apr financing on the 2021 rx 350. experience amazing, at your lexus dealer. the 2021 rx 350. these are the people who work on the front lines. they need a network that's built right. that's why we created verizon frontline. the advanced network and technology for first responders. built on america's most reliable network. built for real interoperability. and built for 5g. it's america's #1 network in public safety. verizon frontline. built right for first responders. ♪ when i

the stacey abrams in georgia used to say you need to reach voters where they are, not where you wanthem to be, and that's exactly how i feel about vaccinating people. we need to reach out to them where they are, not get them to -- get them to come to us, so we need mobile units. frankly this is where the j&j vaccine really finds a big niche where you can reach people. maybe you only get to give them one shot, but we need to be very flexible, and we need to leave no one behind. all this starts by asking people what their reluctance is. answering questions, and understanding that people have legitimate questions, but these vaccines are now showing themselves to be not just spectacularly effective but also remarkably safe. >> yeah. >> and we'll get there. >> cdc director walensky warned today that a winter surge of coronavirus is possible. do you agree? what steps does the u.s. need to take now to avoid that beyond just stepping up vaccinations? >> getting a ton of shots into arms. vaccinating as many people as we can, getting close to what, you know, we've been calling herd immunity an

i was, as i was reading this, i was thinking about stacey abrams and her get out the vote machine. very effective that way and especially in her messaging. the problem that a lot of times she and many like her treat their constituency like victims, like you are victims of the new legislation. you are victims. you are not smart enough to read it, you are not smart enough to understand, you are not smart enough to just show up and vote with your id in the way that the law says you should. and that's what we're going to see. i spent a lot of time on the campaign trail -- not as much as peter doocy, not even close, but a lot. and enough to know these are the talking points. they just start to jump out at folks who are covering this. yeah, people aren't going to pay attention to the details because they're going to pay attention to the dream ising. screaming. >> very interesting. and julian castro, i literally checked my inbox right before we went on the air, he's already sending out fundraising e-mails. i have a feeling that many democrats will follow suit. to leo's point, there is ver

georgia lawmakers stacey abrams getting her own tv series, two bath is already a show called the biggest could tell you what happened next but i tried to read it. i plunged into a coma. the show would be produced by a division of msnbc universal. nice to see them promoting the democrat for a change. novel stacy has written under her real name, she's previously written for other novels titled deception, reckless, secrets and lies and hidden sin [singing] lies and hidden sin [singing] leader montgomery, [ crowd cheering ] [ engine revving ] [ race light countdown ] ♪♪ ♪♪ when you save money with allstate you feel like you're winning. safe drivers save 40% saving is easy when you're in good hands. allstate. click or call for a quote today. nobody builds 5g like verizon builds 5g because we're the engineers you're in good hands. who built the most reliable network in america. thousands of smarter towers, with the 5g coverage you need. broader spectrum for faster 5g speeds. next-generation servers with superior network reliability. because the more you do with 5g, the more your network matter

i think my best quote on that is stacey abrams when she said, you know what, when you don't go to a meeting for a while you don't lose your right to a sample. if you don't go to church, mosque or synagogue you don't lose your right to religious liberty, and you shouldn't lose your right to vote. >> i do want to play this, ted cruz is one of eight u.s. senators who voted to reject the electors which essentially would've installed a loser, donald trump over the winner joe biden, in contravention to both of the electoral college and the popular vote. when you talk about this, he did the signature go to move one that i've seen before when boarding a plane to cancun amid a weather crisis in texas, let's just take a look. >> when in fact you senator cruz, not all of your colleagues here today, you were contesting the electoral college. you were leading one of the leaders in an effort to say that the election results were not correct. and so youwonder why we want to make sure that people have the right to vote. >> what was going on there? >> he made the claim that we did not need to put these prov

stacey abrams said, you know what, when you don't go to a meeting for a while, you don't lose your right to assemble. you shouldn't lose your right to vote. >> i want to play this. ted cruz is one of eight u.s. senators if i'm recalling the number correctly who voted to reject the electors which essentially would have installed the loser, donald trump, over the winner, joe biden, in contravention of both the electoral college and the national popular vote. when you talked about this today, he did this similar move which is to look at his phone. take a look. >> when in fact you, senator cruz, not all of your colleagues here today, you were contesting the electoral college. you were meeting one of the leaders on the effort to say that the election results were not correct. and so you wonder why we want to make sure people have the right to vote? >> what was going on there? >> well, he made the claim that we didn't need to put these provisions in place and he went back of all ironies to 2016 and claimed that schou hillary clinton contested and we sure didn't have an insurrection like we did

and security that have caused the remember and rise event supposed to feature john legend and stacey abramsi want to read this. in a memo the department of homeland security says they haven't seen any threats -- what do we know about -- what prompted the commission to cancel? >> you know, there are a lot of things, joy. the commission is not a part of the community of greenwood. the descendants are not closely affiliated what's happening with the commission. the commission has a bunch of white conservative republicans which has raised $30 million and the commemoration continues with justice for greenwood. these are the defendants of greenwood, the keddants of greenwood. this is not, you know, a -- and there was a lot of concern and even outside of the homeland security threat there was a lot of concern about how this mission was coming together. so people who had contributed money to this commission started asking questions, well, wait a second we didn't know. we thought this was going to benefit to people. no one wants this to be a disneyland park to commemorate what happened. as those com

i want to do to california whatr stacey abrams did to georgia.o and i think it's going to take about four years, and so we have launched this thing called fix california. it's a pac that is focused on every single county in california. you can go to fixcalifornianow.com and check out all the details. >> sean: all right, chad, you look at the numbers, i just laid them out. your reaction? because they are saying it is not a crisis. >> well, sean, i would say the numbers speak for themselves.g it is absolutely a crisis and the fact you have over 178,000 illegal apprehensions in one month alone is just outstanding. it's, i mean, it's beyond words. and for the administration to continue to say that the border is closed and the border is secure when thousands and thousands of folks are coming and these are just the ones you we apprehend, you have to remember, there are thousands and thousands a month of got-aways. we have no idea who is comingg over the border. the inauguration and shortly after election day, brought this on the american people, on top of the covert crisis, there is a huma