joining us now is msnbc correspondent tremaine lee, host of the podcast into america.here has been some previous reporting on it, but it came to my attention today, in local tv coverage of it in santa monica. and, it's so, so horribly repetitive, of a story on manhattan beach, which is just south, a couple of beaches south of santa monica beach in california, that took years to deal with. and here we are again. >> you know lawrence, it's amazing to think about the stories that we are hearing every single day. and only brings to mind the stories that we don't know. the thousands or countless stories, i should say from all across the country, where the federal government in the state and local government either outright stole wealth from black votes, created barriers around them, or fleeced them of value. and as you mentioned, the idea that this real estate and property, real wealth in america. as we know, real estate isn't the driver of wealth in america, it is american wealth. and we've been exploring these stories in each and every single one of them, they are heartbr

joining me now live from south carolina is msnbc correspondent, tremaine lee. s good to see. what are you hearing from those south carolinians as biden is making his pitch for his second term? >> katie, here in south carolina you really have dueling narratives. i've been speaking with voters today, and in recent weeks, about who they are voting for, and why. many black voters say they are sticking with biden. not in the sense of the better two evils kind of things. but, practically speaking, we understand the progress that it remained. tough earned progress. we look at the other side of the aisle. donald trump does not seem liable, outwardly hostile towards their communities. they are sticking with joe biden. there is a brother narrative based on some realities among a smaller subset of voters. black male voters in particular. a small portion may say, you know what? i'm exploring my options. the democrats and biden are making promises. i do not believe they've kept them. i believe donald trump, even though they think what he says can be outlandish at times they

joining me now, msnbc correspondent tremaine lee, host of the into america podcast series.again, even better to have you on the show. before we get into a wider implications of reparations, and how far the topic has come in the last decade, i want to start with the history of the brooklyn new york family, at the center of your new podcast. who was gabriel coakley? and how was he able to obtain what so few black americans ever have, and that's federal reparations? >> rev sharpton, it's great to be here and it's great to tell all of the viewers about this amazing story of gabriel coakley. who, beginning in the 1850s, was a successful businessman. he wasn't -- in the d.c. area. and he started to buy his -- and so, while d.c. still had slavery, they were also freed, people freed black people in the city, and he was one of them. so beginning in the 1850s, he purchased the freedom of his wife, his sister, and six children. and so from all of the ingenuity, took it all of the struggle it took -- he finally freed his family. and then, -- in 1860. one and a year later, a year before

lucky for, us tremaine lee has been on the ground talking to black voters about what they actually wante may at least consider voting for donald trump. joining me now is tremaine lee, msnbc correspondent and host of the podcast into america presents uncounted millions, the power of reparations. we're gonna talk about that in a second, but it's such a pleasure to have you here, and man, can he talk about how gross this is? first of, all gold sneakers, as a black america wants. that's. all >> we've been here for a few hundred years, redlining, deprivation in all forms, lack of access to health care, quality education and housing. but as the speakers. it was so insulting. what's amazing is my social media's been bloated blowing up and i re-posted something about speaker surveys going crazy. this is maddening especially when we think about the great wealth disparities in this country in the ongoing suffering of so many communities that have been deprived access to full citizenship in so many ways. but the cynical idiocy that he's operating above politics because some ugly behind gold sneake

msnbc correspondent tremaine lee isn't charleston, campaign -- >> hey i'll tell you what it was a tale of two electorates in many ways, some i spoke with today at the polling place said we are mission-driven, joe biden has done a great job -- folks say that the great message hasn't landed with me, we have concerns about what they believe are promises that weren't kept. part of the narrative, even the folks that are less excited about voting for joe biden still said they would vote for joe biden because they understood the other side, what is at stake in the election. this was always going to be about how excited folks are with their ballots, are folks showing up? they made clear that they showed up. it's not even too far -- and -- two other states where folks are looking to gauge how black voters are engaging with the biden message, right? if this is any indication even though we don't know -- some of the narratives around excitement, and whether or not they are enthused or not, we will have to see it play out, a man. >> tremaine lee. tremaine, stay with us, greg you went to multiple p

we have tremaine lee joining us here at the end of the hour, that's what we have to look forward to.v as well.

and joining us, tremaine lee in brooklyn, new york, and bill karins.how are conditions where you are? >> reporter: it's stark contrasts as what we saw over the weekend. we continue to see the snow pile up and pommel the northeast, and we are seeing the rain transition into the snow and that impacts the consistency of the snow, and it's wet and heavy and you can see the weight of the snow on the tree branches here, and that speaks to one of the concerns from officials that the branches could break and topple on to power lines. in pennsylvania, 100,000 people there are without power. as we walk over here, the other major concern is travel. it can be treacherous, and when we were driving out here several hours ago it was already slick and now the conditions are worse. not far from where i am standing this morning, we saw a car that slid off the road and into an embankment and nearly down a 20-foot ravine, and police say that driver is okay. looking broadly at the travel impact, air travel, for instance, more than 1,100 flights already canceled across the

we will go to nbc's tremaine lee who is joining us from charleston. you are in a county where the 2020 voter turnout was the second highest in the whole state. how about the atmosphere today? what are you seeing in the area? >> that is >> reporter: right. we've been out there all day. we've seen voters trickling in and we have seen a wave of voters for the most part now, the rush is kind of cold so the question that gabe brought up about the excitement around black voters in particular is their enthusiasm for joe biden and while there is skepticism or some lack of excitement among some demographics among these black voters, some black male voters in particular, almost to a person i spoke to today seemed excited and mission driven. take a listen. >> he has done marvelous things throughout the years that he was in there. he will continue doing what he is doing. >> i don't think he did anything wrong. he didn't get to do anything major that we might've wanted. but we have all of the other candidates. they are worrying, they're not worried about fixing am

we have tremaine lee joining us here at the end of the hour, that's what we have to look forward to. >> i will be looking for to it as well. >> thanks, alex. >> tonight president biden is walking into a fund raiser in san francisco right about now where he will continue to build his big lead over donald trump in campaign fundraising. before the president left for california yesterday, this was the second single most childish question the white house press corps delivered. >> mister president, good afternoon, sir, you're going to california is this about coming for a plan b for 2024, this gavin need to stand by? >> are you ready? >> yes. >> i'm looking at you -- when i came to tell you was, i told you we would be announcing sanctions on russia, we will have a major package announced friday, i'll be happy to sit with you all in doing that. >> who would you rather challenge in november, nikki haley or donald trump? >> i don't care. >> and they don't care, they don't care, the joe biden just described the serious work that he is doing in the oval office behind closed doors developing a n

. >> can i say, i have known to tremaine lee since we have sat desks away from each other as young reportershe day. >> >> that's awesome. >> way back in the day. easy doing much better, then and now, than i ever will. but it is super exciting, and i am so happy that you had him on the show. thank you, my friend. thanks to you at home for joining us with his very big hour of news. today was a massive day of developments in the world of trump legal. tonight we've got the news that trump's defense team has filed a response before the supreme court. remember, right now, the federal election interference case is frozen, while the supreme court considers a request from trump's lawyers to keep this case on ice as they planned their next step. yesterday the special counsel asked the high court unfreeze the case. the case.

nbc's tremaine lee as a north charleston forest.you, know jermaine, the president has been campaigning and the importance of black voters, people are connecting with his message? >> i will tell you, alex, we've been here all day talking with folks who have come to vote at this democratic primary. they are excited, they're motivated, and the kids say they understand the assignments here to hate. when you dig a little deeper there is a segment of black voters who are a little bit more skeptical. these are typical democratic voters but still they are a little concerned about biden in this moment. i had a chance to sit down with a few of them. check it out. >> is there anyone that is getting you guys excited for the election? >> no. >> not really. >> i'm not seeing it for anybody. >> i see a chuckling. >> i'm not. i'm not. short answer. >> what about you guys? biden? >> i would say that's warm leading but it's hard to say that i'm excited about it. >> how do you think about this? >> i think it's a big distraction. a big circus right now

tremaine lee looks at reparations in "uncounted millions: the power of reparations."ersation around reparations, many folks will be shocked to know once the government did pay reparations, but they paid it to enslavers but one man found a loophole. >> reporter: buried in the nation's capitol by the passage of time is one family's extraordinary legacy, siblings adele and richard, are seeing for the first time a rare document that forever changed their family's fortunes. >> it was a revelation to us. >> reporter: the civil era war filing signed by their great, great, great grandfather, a free black man named gabriel coakley awarded him that something most descendants have never received, reparations for slavery. >> it's mind boggling. >> reporter: in the middle of the civil war, nearly a year before the emancipation proclamation, president lincoln signed the compensated aemancipation act of 1862, ending slavery in the district while also paying off d.c.'s white enslavers if they pledged loyally to the union. >> was an idea of abraham lincoln as a test to show there was

msnbc correspondent tremaine lee and myself dig in to that in a new embassy documentary called, black for the intersection of race, culture, and politics, and we offer a candid look at the country through the eyes of black men who are one of the most overlooked voting blocks. black men in america is available to stream right now on peacock, but you can also watch it tonight at four pm eastern, right here, on msnbc, right before the super bowl. be sure to check it out. we'll be right back with more velshi. stay tuned. velshi. stay tuned. with nurtec odt i can treat and prevent my migraine attacks all in one. don't take if allergic to nurtec. allergic reactions can occur even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion and stomach pain. talk to your doctor about nurtec today. there's nothing better than a subway series footlong. except when you add on an all new footlong sidekick. we're talking a $2 footlong churro. $3 footlong pretzel and a five dollar footlong cookie. every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick. order one with your favorite subway series

my colleague and friend, tremain lee is here.fight for reparations. americans will be shocked to know the government did pay reparations once in the past. it was intended for white enslavers. >> interesting. >> by the passage of time is one family's extraordinary legacy. >> he purchased -- 90% of black people in this country were still enslaved. >> he overcame so many obstacles to purchase his family and then to find a resource to get reparations. >> the family line since has been marked by black excellence, scholars, doctors, activists, clergy, even a recipient of the presidential medal of freedom. >> this is a remarkable legacy he left for us. who knows what we would have looked like as a family if he wasn't able to get this accomplished. >> as they reflect on his remarkable reparations story, his descendents wonder, what could have been if all black people had gotten reparations after slavery. is this reparations? >> the reparations was not just about money. it was about building a family legacy that continues until now. >> wo

. >> all, right nbc's tremaine lee, abe here for us. thank you both very much. see that in a documentary from tremaine and civil rights attorney charles coleman, tomorrow night on msnbc. black men in america, the road to 2024. that's nine pm tomorrow night eastern, here on msnbc. and streaming on peacock. and speaking of the og, up next, south carolina congressman and democratic leader james clyburn joins us right here. you're watching the weekend. e. you're watching the weekend. wanna know why people are getting a covid-19 shot? i'm turning the big seven-o and getting back on the apps. ha ha ha. variants are out there... and i have mouths to feed. big show coming up, so we got ours and that blue bandage? never goes out of style. i prioritize my health... also, the line was short. didn't get a covid-19 shot in the fall? there's still time. book online or go to your local pharmacy. an alternative to pills, voltaren is a clinically proven arthritis pain relief gel, which penetrates deep to target the source of pain with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicine dire

let's go to nbc's tremaine lee used her joining us from north charleston. coming, i know you're in a county where in 2020, the voter turnout was the second highest in the state. so, how about today? what's the atmosphere like? >> i will tell you what, alex. throughout the day, there have been different waves of voters coming in. nothing extraordinary or mind- blowing, but kind of steady trickle in this community. as gabe mentioned how important the black vote is to south carolina, but also to the biden administration. i've spent weeks talking with black voters, black male voters about the enthusiasm or lack thereof. there's been a little bit of a concern among certain demographics. here today, almost to a person i spoke with, a black voter saying that not only they're excited, they're motivated because the stakes are just too high. take a listen. >> there's been a lot made about the excitement, or lack thereof, excitement among black voters. do you get a sense that black voters in your community, your family, are less excited to vote, especially for joe bid

. >> panel, stick with me, i want to cross over to msnbc's tremaine lee, who is at a polling locationgetting the initial numbers that you probably heard, and we're projecting that joe biden has won the south carolina primary, not a surprise. give us a sense of what you have been hearing from throughout the day and certainly this primary result. >> yeah, not that we are well past polls being closed, i want to bring into the charleston county board registration and election. you see here, polling data coming in from all over charleston county from 182 different precincts, a different polling locations. again, soon, will have a better sense. you guys have been talking, about just the forced of enthusiasm with which black voters have, in particular, showed up and out for president biden. there has been a tale of two electorates, basically. the polling that has been reflected, and somewhat of what i have been hearing from, folks there is waning enthusiasm and excitement. yeah, underground here, as we learn that elections about who comes and cast their ballot, there was a lot of excitement

it's hosted by tremaine lee, and he joins us now.t think anybody really knew the story. it's an extraordinary story which tells us so much about the history of the country. we don't want to give away too much, because it kind of unfolds like a dramatic thriller, in many ways, but one of the broad outlines of this story and this, frankly, stroke of genius that the main character deployed here? >> it might not even be hyperbolic when they really say it's the greatest story never told. having this conversation about reparations, even before the civil war was won, we heard the failed promise, the 48 hours, and lincoln actually favored sending them back to haiti or liberia, right? there is a time in 1862 in the federal government did pay reparations. it was called the compensated emancipation act of 1862, and it paid reparations for white enslavers, right? for all the property they could lose and framed, they were actually paid. , now we're talking about some of the most powerful, wealthy men in america at the time. the founder of respect

lee, who's in north carolina. north charleston, south carolina. tremaine, nice to see, my friend.ou've been talking to black voters in south carolina. tell me what you're getting from them about biden becoming the eventual democratic nominee. >> hey, ali. i will tell you what, that excitement that is waning is waning especially in a small subset of black voters, black male voters. now, i think we're under no disillusion that black voters en masse won't be voting for joe biden. we but among black male voters in particular, there is a lack of excitement amongst some, but also a feeling of detachment from the party itself. they feel that they, in some ways, there is a narrative that joe biden hasn't kept their promises, kept his promises, and there's something appealing about donald trump. again, a small subset, but this idea that the excitement -- winning which could be an indicator of a broader sense among black voters in key states, especially where black voters, you know, hold a small majority. i sat down with some of these guys at the barbershop recently and here is what they ha