let's bring in van jones.ou, brother. >> good to see you, too, brother. >> i don't get this, the battle has just begun, says schumer, the battle has just begun says casey. they won't even debate it. why do you think they would vote for anything? >> let's talk about what's really going on. at the grassroots level, you have activists who have fought and bled and died to try to stop these bills at the state level. officials, i mean actors, i mean donors, they have done everything they could. >> it's not working. >> it's not working so they got steamrolled. now the republicans had to put on this full court press even though you knew and everybody else knew they would run into this stone wall. democrats are saying we don't want you to die on the battlefield, we did all we could at the congress level. the federal government is not going to help now. at the grassroots level, we are now on our own. we have to come to reality. we can call and we can do whatever. we have to get ready for one of the most consequential el

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i want to bring in van jones as well on this. doj will make to these voting laws popping up across the country. but as evan just described, there are other laws that are coming. do you think this is the first of many, and is it enough? >> it is the first of many, and one name i want everybody to keep in mind, christen clark. she is an unbelievable leader. she's the new head of the civil rights department of justice. she was on stage and grot a chance to talk. if there's anybody that can use the law to make georgia act right or anybody act right, it's christen clark. her background is unbelievable. she comes out of the naacp. grew up in a housing project and had an unbelievable education. the thing about her, she has fought these battles before. she knows this law backwards and forward. she's argued as a civilian at the highest levels. she doesn't have to be briefed on this stuff. she knows this stuff and has fought the battles before. now she's in a position to actually make these states act right. the department of justice is a v

van jones and michael smerconish. mike, do you see it the way i lay it out or am i missing something? >> i want you to think about something additionally, and it's this. there's no love lost between mitch mcconnell and donald trump, as you just made reference to. we could say the same thing relative to kevin mccarthy and donald trump, because of the comments that he made post-january-6th. in the case of mcconnell, he just bypassed an opportunity, a golden opportunity, to do harm to former president trump. he could have gotten on board or at least gotten out of the way with regard to a january 6th commission. there is no way such a commission report could come back and be anything other than devastating for trump. but he didn't do that, chris. why didn't he do that? well, the answer that most people say is, he didn't want a report to come out on the cusp of the midterm election. i see it differently. to your point, i think mcconnell recognized all this that you're discussing has gone too far. it's gone too far with the

cnn's political commentator, van jones, is with us. mentator, john kasich, the former republican governor of ohio. and our chief analyst, gloria borger, is with us. van, hurdles remain on this infrastructure compromise deal. but how important is it to see these very rare moments of p bipartisanship? >> look, i think it's extraordinary. look, it's hard to fly this plane but if you got a pilot like joe biden, you can actually get it off the ground, move forward. now, he is going to have to land that plane with democrats only but it's still good and i think we ought to, every now and again, take yes for an answer from republicans who want to be constructive. i think joe biden is [ inaudible ] today. >> how realistic is it, gloria, that congress can pull off that dual track? passing the traditional-infrastructure deal? and a much bigger, progressive package that could be passed through what's called reconciliation? >> as nancy pelosi said, she wants to see that happen in the senate, first. before she has votes in the house. so, look. it's g

also, cnn political commentator, former obama adviser, van jones. kaitlan, essentially, doesn't want to address that at all. he just says, you know, i want to make the senate work for the people, the way -- way it should. manu certainly gave him multiple chances to take it off the table. he made it a point not to. how do you read that? >> yeah, he didn't. though, of course, on capitol hill several times he said i don't want to get rid of the filibuster. basically, stop asking me that question. but pointing to, several times, saying this 60-vote threshold. is that something that you are never, ever going to support changing? and you are right, he would not commit to that. which i do think is notable. but, of course, his comments, essentially, offering a warning about what happens if they do change it, do stand. and you saw senator sanders there, basically, acknowledging it. but saying that they do feel, and this is the feeling among some several prominent democrats, that voting rights and those voting rights legislation bills that have passed the hou

joining us cnn political commentator van jones, derrick johnson and abby phillips joining us from tulsa right now. abby, the president spoke very emotionally about the tulsa massacre. he connected the injustices of that attack to the challenges america is facing today. how historic was this visit? >> reporter: it was incredibly historic, wolf, to have a president of the united states come to tulsa and recognize what happened here 100 years ago. this is a community particularly of black residents who file like this atrocity has been swept under the rug, not just because people have forgotten or it wasn't taught in schools, but because it was intentionally swept under the rug because people did not want to take responsibility for what happened there. to hear biden not only talk about the specific events of what occurred that night, the burning, the looting, the murders, but also tying it back to the loss of prosperity, the loss of wealth, the loss of a future for many people that occurred as a result of it. i think it was profoundly important to so many people, but especially for the surv

. >>> now kaitlan collins and van jones. kaitlan, senator manchin didn't take abolishing the filibuster off the table. he just says i want to make the senate work for the people the way it should. manu gave him multiple chances to take it off the table. he made a point not to. how do you read that? >> he didn't. though, on capitol hill several times he said i don't want to get rid of the filibuster, basically stop asking me that question. but pointing to several times saying this 60-vote threshold, that's something you're never going to support changing? you're right, he would not commit to that, which i do think is notable. but of course his comments essentially offering a warning about what happens if they do change it do stand. you saw senator sanders there basically acknowledging it but saying that they do feel -- and this is the feeling among several prominent democrats -- that voting rights and those voting rights legislation, they're worth it to get rid of the fixture even if it comes back to haunt them if helps take

we have cnn senior analyst and former prosecutor, cnn political commentator van jones and charles ramsey. we heard each side make their case. this started with heart wrenching victim impact statements. hearing from gianna at the start. 7 years old. >> unbelievable. you think about the little kids you know, your own children. just saying my daddy helped me brush my teeth. that's how little kids process the people in their lives. the lhugs. i want to play games with my daddy. i ask him about every day. the trial is for the facts. the sentencing is for the feelings. i thought the family did a beautiful job of delivering what it has meant from the oldest person in family that travelled the woofrld but that little gir. if the judge has anything written down on pads and paper, i guarantee you it's about that. >> jennifer, let me come to you. the state really focused in on those aggravating factors going through each one that this was a crime of particularly cruelty and abuse of a position of truth. the presence of minors and three or more participants speak about those officers. did they hone

would rather watch a debate moderated by tucker carlson and rachel maddow or laura ingraham and van jonessh john harwood whose opening questions in the 2016 opening debate was this -- >> mr. trump, you've done very well in this campaign by promising to build a wall and make another country pay for it, sent 11 million people out of the country, $10 trillion cutting without decreasing the deficit and make americans better off because your greatness would replace the stupidity and incompetence of others. >> that's right. [laughter] >> let's be honest, is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? >> ben: what a question. today the rnc finally announced they would be breaking with the commissioner, finally. after repeated missteps in partisan actions that underscored last cycle it is clear that the commission on presidential debates is no longer providing the fair and impartial forum for presidential debates, which the law requires and the american people deserve. last year i hardly endorsed the idea that joe rogan should endorse the debate and why not? he's the best interview were

let's go to van jones. cnn senior legal analyst laura coates, and senior law enforcement analyst charles ramsey. laura, let me come first to you. your expectation of the time that chauvin will be sentenced with today. >> i think it will most certainly be more than 12 and a half years, and here's why. remember, there's another minneapolis police officer, now a former minneapolis police officer, mohamed noor, who shot his weapon out and killed a woman by the name of justine diamond when he shot one shot into an alley. he's serving 12 and a half years, i believe, in prison at this time. you compare that and contrast that to the type of crime that was committed here. what the jury was able to see, the evidence that came in that still star witness of the video that was captured by the then-minor to show the world what actually happened, which was in stark contrast, victor, to what the initial police report said. if you compare a shot in the dark compared to somebody who is kneeling on somebody's neck for nearly

van jones, killer mike. you name it.ight now, when your voice counts the most. in terms of getting this qualified immunity eliminated for cops. you got to call your senator. it's pretty easy. you call the capitol switchboard and say where you live. they give you your senator. >> okay. >> you can visit the website. hold cops accountable dot org. you can but in your email, and you will be informed whenever anything important is happening, how you can best use your voice, but i'm going to double down with ben. get in touch with congress. your senator and your jerry tha of you. >> sorry we had to get in the our plugs. let's get together and just ice cream. we will have a good time. >> are you saying, let's get together and feel all right? >> yeah, man! >> all right. ben and jerry. thanks, you guys. >> take care, ari. >> thank you. >>> what a great duo. now i'm wondering what your favorite ice cream is? tell us your favorite flavor, any brand, any ice cream and tell me your favorite music to go with it. just hit me up on soci

you have might remember there were people like van jones and other well-known personalities who wereocating for the first step act. and this is what the law does. it was signed by the president in december of 2018. it reduces the mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes and repeat offenders, establishes mandatory minimums for violent offenses, and expands credit inmates receive for participating and recidivism reduction programs and includes provisions that address how inmates are treated in federal prisons. the court ruled yesterday unanimously that this does not apply to certain drug offenders. in light of that, we're asking you, do you think drug laws should be changed in this country? let's go to ruby in richmond, virginia. ruby, what are your thoughts on this? >> yeah, i think they ought to be changed, because i remember my grandmother told me about the 1920s prohibition. it just went underground. you know, it just didn't help. and when they repealed it in 1932, then, you know, alcohol was regulated. i just don't think -- i think people ought to be helped and put in p

there were people like van jones and other well-known personalities who were advocating for the firsttep act and this is what the law does. it was signed by the president in 2018. it reduces the mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes for repeat offenders, establishes mandatory minimums for violent offenses, and expands credit inmates receive for participating in recidivism reduction programs. now, the court ruled unanimously yesterday that this does not apply to certain drug offenders. in light of that, we are asking you, do you think the drug laws should be changed in this country? let's go to ruby in richmond, virginia. what are your thoughts? caller: i think they ought to be changed because my grandmother told me about the 1920's prohibition and it just went underground. it just didn't help. when they repealed it in 1932, you know, alcohol was regulated. i don't think -- i think people ought to be helped and put in programs and stuff like that. host: ruby, if you regulate, legalize these drugs and then regulate it, how do you respond to people who say they will just be

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