city treasurer tashara jones.'s coronavirus aid towards rental and mortgage assistance, as well as resources for those that are homeless. she pledged to restructure the police department, reallocating its budget towards investment in substance abuse and mental health services. st. louis leads the entire country and the city had its highest homicide rate in 50 years in 2020. it's quite a big job she has ahead of her. i am excited to be joined by tashara jones. i am grateful. so let's just get started. congratulations, first of all on your victory and let's dig into what you have ahead of you. coronavirus cases in st. louis, more than 22,000, nearly 23,000. 458 deaths. very high poverty rate, 21.8%. how do you begin to even dig into all of that? >> well, joy, thank you for having me. i am honored to be here this evening. you know, we have to tackle our problems one by one. i think the other thing that we have to, that's within these numbers is st. louis is one of the most hypersegregated cities in the country. we ar

she's tashara jones, mayor-elect of st. louis, missouri. briefly, what tip would you give her as she starts a new job? >> we know each other and i'm very proud of her. we're fellow new deal leaders. so her getting elected to st. louis is huge for us. mayor-elect, congratulations. it's not a better time to become a mayor right now because we got a president in the white house that thinks and acts like a mayor, believes in equity, believes in economic development, has put his money where his mouth is. so i'd say my only advice, mayor, would be go big, go bold. make it happen. you got a great city in st. louis. >> all right. >> thank you. >> i'll take it from there. thank you, mayor fischer. and i welcome to "politicsnation" for the first time, the newly elected first black woman mayor of st. louis, missouri, tashara jones. congratulations, mayor-elect. you said that voters in st. louis have voted for you because a black woman has lived experiences that no others do. explain that. >> well, thank you, again, for having me, reverend al. it's gre

and it took almost seven years see monumental political change, like tashara jones being elected thef st. louis. it's not only monumental because of that designation, but she ran on a number of platform planks that featured things that activists here have been calling for since brown's death, which include shifting money from the police department to things like social workers and closing things like the workhouse, which is a notorious jail here in the city. so now is kind of the time for people that have been calling for change to put a lot of the calls of action into action. and they're hoping for people like jones to actually follow through on them. >> yang: wilkine, in florida, of course, the trayvon martin case was sort of the first-- or one of the first to rt of focus attention on this issue. it wasn't-- it wasn't police, but it was a community watch captain. what's changed since then in florida, or has anything changed in florida? >> yes, trayvon martin's case was certainly a catalyst to bring attention to this sort of broad movement to address police and law enforcement accou

louis mayor elect tashara jones. congratulations. i know you will do great things, very, very lucky, the city of st. louis. they would be very happy to have you so congratulations. be well. >> thank you, joy. thank you. >> well, that ends on an inspirational note. that is the leadout tonight. lea. >>> tonight on "all in. >> these new jim crowe laws are just anti-theticcal to what we are. >> the backlash continues as republicans give up the game. >> so think about all the college university students now who automatically registered to vote. we had an unemployed citizen you may not be prepared and ready to vote. >> tonight how everything old is new again down south. >> this bill hr-1 threatens the constitutional sovereignty of the state of south carolina. >> new calls for a january 6th commission as reports of plea deals surface in the attempt to launder an insurrection continues. >>> they wandered freely through the capitol like it was their building or something. >> plus, katy porter and the jaw-dropping new trump scam. who needs a p