warnock: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, i first wanted to say thank you to senators brown, bennet, and booker for keeping a spotlight on this issue. i must admit, however, on this issue when i say senators brown, bennet, and booker, i think about the multiple choice questionnaires we got in school and how someone with the name warnock got to be a part of this great effort. it's special. mr. president, i want to get straight to the point. there are many reasons to move this build back better america -- build back america better package forward. we have to build back better. we have an historic opportunity to make landmark investments that will strengthen our families, our economy, our care infrastructure, including expanding medicaid benefits to more than four million americans. we've got 600,000 georgians in the medicaid gap. we've got to provide critical debt relief for small farmers who have taken a financial hit during the pandemic. all of these things are covered in this build back better agenda. but the othe

warnock: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from georgia. mr. warnock: mr. president, i'm proud to stand on the senate floor today with my colleagues senator klobuchar and senator merkley in support of the enough freedom to vote act that we just introduced. and i want to talk about why it is so important, urgent that congress act right now to protect the sacred right to vote that is under assault across our nation. first i want to thank my friends who worked with me to get us to this point. senators klobuchar -- senator klobuchar who has worked on this issue for so long, senator merkley also. senator manchin and senator schumer, padilla, kaine, king, and tester. our work is a testament to democrats' commitment to protecting access to the ballot box for every eligible voter. i think it's important to v remd us that we were -- to remind us that we were blocked from debating this issue in june. it bears repeating so that the american people understand that that's what got stopped in june. not the actual bill but the ability to debate the bill on the senate floo

chairman. >> thank you senator warnock. senator smith from minnesota is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you chair brown. so, every year in minnesota people in minnesota and all across the country are taken advantage of by financial institutions, by companies, by individuals acting in bad faith. we know, researchers and advocates like some we've had today on this great panel have long-criticized pay day lenders for preying on consumer and trapping them in this cycle of debt and we note the victims in these abusive practices are from low-income communities and communities of color. people are ripped off. it's immoral and disgraceful. in minnesota a 2016 analysis showed black minnesotans are twice as likely that's minnesotans as a whole to live within 2.5 miles of a pay day loan store. i would like to drill down on this, starting with attorney general stein, you joined a group of other attorneys general including our outstanding attorney general from minnesota, keith ellison, in filing a lawsuit against ooc to challenge

over the recess in a number of my colleagues and i including senators klobuchar, merkley, warnock, manchin, king and tester worked diligently to craft the revised voting rights pieceis of legislation. this compromised proposal would protect the freedom to vote and stop the scourge of dark money in our politics among many other good things. and i applaud my colleagues for their hard work and progress to come together with a strong wrightsville, voting rights bill that all democrats can support while respecting the role of states and greater confidence in the democracy. now to try to garner support for this important legislation this is a good proposal and i encourage all of my senate colleagues to support. that said we must be honest about the facts. most notably the governor of texas signed into law a bill that ranks as one of the most draconian undemocratic in living memory. meanwhile partisans across the country are sharpening their knives for the coming state of vicious gerrymandering that threatens to divide the politics. this is unacceptable so the senate must act. i intend to hold a

senator warnock is a cosponsor of the freedom to vote act in the senate. senator, thank you so much for being here. it's a real honor and pleasure to have you visit with me. >> thank you, rachel, it's great to be back with you. >> so i put this i recognize in an alarming context in terms of some of the very dire threats and some of the very high cliffs that we got very close to as a country over these last few months as these sort of myths about stolen elections have really taken hold. it seems to me, and tell me if i'm wrong here that the freedom to vote act that you have played such a key role in introducing here today is an effort to try to provide light in that heat, to try to cool down this issue, try to be constructive and move forward in a way that can attract very, very mainstream and widespread support. >> that's absolutely right, rachel. our democracy is a 911 emergency. and while there are a number of important items for us to address in this congress, and we did so through the american rescue plan, through the infrastructure work that's happeni

it made me smile when i heard governor warnock.t passed in georgia that would basically say you can't vote on weekends during the run off period, you know why we need basic federal voting rights in place. we're quite excited about this bill, the freedom to vote act. every member of the group senator schumer brought together which of course included senator mansion as well as senators king, senator tester from montana, senators warnock and padilla and merkley who led the for the people act and myself and we've come to an agreement, there is a lot of excitement in our caucus. why? the bill has all of us together, our names on that bill. that matters. you can't get anywhere if you don't have a policy agreement to have mail in balloting without an excuse to make sure that people are able to have their voices heard by not having partisan jer gerrymandering and the disclosure act so you can't hide behind dark money. it's really an incredible bill. i disagree. we're still reaching out to republicans. i heard what you said at the beginning

lawrence >> i know you've been in the room negotiating this bill with joe manchin and senator warnockoing to happen-y. so you can now please tell us exactly what's going to happen. >> all right first congratulations on your great interview with governor hochul. it made me smile when i heard it warnock is an incredible leader when you look at what happens in georgia, that law that they pass that would basically say you can't even vote on weekends during the runoff period, you know why we need basic federal voting rights in place. and we are actually quite excited about this bill it's called the freedom to vote act. every single member of the groups and senator schumer brought together, which of course included senator manchin as well as senators king senator tester from montana senator warnock and pete dion, senator cain, senator merkley who led the for the people elect and myself. we've all come to an agreement that there is a lot of excitement in our caucus. why? because the bill puts finally all of us together, our names on that bill that matters. you cannot get anywhere if you don'

over the recess a number of my colleagues and i, including senators klobuchar, merkley, warnock, manchin, padilla, tester worked diligently to craft a revised voting rights piece of legislation. this compromise proposal would protect the freedom to vote, end partisan gerrymandering, stop the scourge of dark money in our politics among many other good things. i applaud my colleagues for their hard work and their progress to come together with a very strong rights bill -- voting rights bill that all democrats can support. while respecting the role of states and promoting greater confidence in our democracy. now senator manchin has been having discussions with our republican colleagues to try and garner support that is -- to this important legislation. this is a good proposal and i encourage all my senate colleagues to support it. that said, we must be honest about the facts. the republican-led war on democracy has only worsened in the last few weeks. most notably, the governor of texas recently signed into law a new voter suppression bill that ranks as one of the most draconian and undemoc

so later today my colleague senator clover char along with senators payne, king, manchin and warnock will be introducing the freedom to vote, a compromise voting rights bill i intend to schedule avote on in the near future . to piece this bill together i'm proud to have convened and worked with eight members of my caucus. 4 progresses and 4 moderates in bringing this bill to fruition. compromise proposal contains many of the important provisions of previous voting right bills championed by senate democrats particularly by my colleague senator merkley. it will protect the right to vote, put a stop to partisan gerrymandering and thescourge of dark money in our politics . the legislation also incorporates important feedback from elected officials and includes new measures to promote greater voter confidence while stoppingpartisan election suppression . this is a good proposal, one that nobody in this chamber should oppose. my colleague senator manchin is working with -republicans to secure support for the bill. we look forward to hearing what changes they might make on legislation. i ap

they want to beat warnock. women have made against him and a lot of these everyone use will drop up in the general election and it won't be enough to run away from the questions. that's a big concern and there's another concern, of course, that alignment with donald trump. here's something that herschel walker said last night in perry just a few minutes before the end of donald trump's speech. take a listen. >> we've been together for a long time, and i said it a long time ago, a great man, great leader, and i want to be a leader like him when i get to that senate seat to show everyone i love america. >> fred, this is a 50/50 state in georgia. a 50/50 senate. republicans want to win back the senate next year. donald trump didn't win in georgia. that is a big concern republicans have. herschel walker aligning himself too close to the president who lost the state of georgia. >> right, and he's still upset about that, i might add. >> mike warren, thank you so much. >>> polls are closing in germany as voters usher

florea has been arrested and pled guilty for making threats online against georgia senator raphael warnockvery bad. on the far-right site parler, he posted, "warnock is going to have a hard time casting votes for communist policies when he's swinging with the (bleep) fish." which is a horrible threat-- and a horrible misquoting of the godfather. ( as don corleone ) "i'm gonna make hi an omelet he can't refuse... " we've got a great show for you tonight. my guest is daniel radcliffe. but when we come back, "meanwhile!" ( cheers and applause ) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ayy, ayy, ayy ♪ ♪ yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ ♪ got that bourbon street steak with the oreo shake ♪ ♪ get some whipped cream on the top too ♪ ♪ two straws, one check, girl, i got you ♪ ♪ bougie like natty in the styrofoam ♪ ♪ squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home ♪ ♪ some alabama-jamma, she my dixieland delight ♪ ♪ ayy, that's how we do, ♪ ♪ how we do, fancy like, oh ♪ we finally found the perfect house. yeah, we couldn't believe the deal we got. just lucky i guess. (sfx: airplane flying overhead) we're a littl

in the senate now i will being close to a decade now and senator booker will be joined by senator warnock was only then in the senate for one year and is one of the best supporters. >> the senator from colorado. >> i will think my colleague from ohio for his remarkable leadership getting us to this point with the earned income tax credit so we are here today on a momentous matter and i was the superintendent of schools in denver most were living in poverty and many are working two or three jobs now traveling to the state of colorado. if i summarize my last ten years it doesn't matter what county. we have some culmination of housing or healthcare or higher education early childhood education we can't say we just feel like our kids will live a life and has worked for the top 10 percent not anybody else that united states in terms of childhood poverty the poorest generation in the united states of america are our children and as we came together to try to address it that we don't have to accept this much poverty is a permanent feature of our society. we can fix about making three changes to

pastor warnock, you can appreciate this. i don't want jesus to say to america in the judgment, i was hungry and you gave me a payday loan. >> thank you so much. it's an important point that you make, this assumption that we are providing options when the reality is people are being get out -- ghetto-ized to these inferior loan products. in your testimony, you noted that these products target communities of color. in addition to passing senate joint resolution to overturn this bad rule, what other actions should ever federal regulators take to close the predatory loophole and lessen the impact on vulnerable communities? >> thank you for the question. yes, there are a number of actions that can be taken at the federal level. whether it the regulators or you all and congress, one of the key policies that -- as i mentioned in my testimony while states and the district of columbia have caps on payday loans and they represent over 150 million people in the country, the rest of the country is at risk to the payday loans. something

joining us now is senator raphael warnock of georgia. he's the co-sponsor of the freedom to vote act that was introduced this morning. senator, it's a pleasure to have you with us tonight. >> thank you rachel it's great to be back with you. >> i've put this, i recognize in an alarming context. in terms of some of the very dire threats, and some of the very high cliffs that we got very close to as a country over these last few months and these myths about stolen elections have really taken hold. it seems to me. and tell me if i'm wrong here, that the freedom to vote act that you have played such a key role in introducing here today, is an effort to try to provide light and not heat, to try to cool down this issue, to try to be constructive and move forward in a way, that can attract very mainstream in widespread support. >> that's absolutely right, rachel our democracy is in a 9-1-1 emergency, and while there are a number of important items for us to address in this congress, and we did so for the american rescue plan, through the infrast

he's been involved with this from day one along with senator warnock.at. senator schumer, it has his blessing as blessing. and very centrist moderate democrats. so i think that this this represents a broad swathe of what the democratic caucus is looking for to standardize things like voter i.d., mail in balloting and early voting and also same day registration which is extremely important. what it doesn't have is what is in the for the people act that talk about election reform and broad campaign finance reform and things of that nature. so i think that this is a good bill. the question is what are democrats going to get to get it across the finish line and we can't be held up by the filibuster. this has to be something that they have to be willing to pull out all the stops and even looking to reconciliation or whatever the measure may be. but manchin and sinema need to step up and pass this bill. >> and so david, republicans are pushing about 900 restrictive bills across 49 states, 54 already in effect in 25 states. how will this change the electoral p

joining us now is senator raphael warnock off of georgia. he's the co-sponsor of the freedom to vote act that was introduced this morning. senator, it's a pleasure to have you with us tonight. >> thank you rachel it's great to be back with you. >> i've put this, i recognize in an alarming context. in terms of some of the very dire threats, and some of the very high cliffs that we got very close to as a country over these last few months and these myths about stolen elections have really taken hold. it seems to me. and tell me if i'm wrong here, that the freedom to vote act that you have played such a key role in introducing here today, is an effort to try to provide light and not, he'd to try to cool down this, issue to try to be constructive and move forward in a way, that can attract very mainstream in widespread support. >> that's absolutely right, rachel our democracy is in a 9-1-1 emergency, and well there are a number of important items for us to address in this congress, and we did so for the american rescue plan, through the infrastr

rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable raphael warnock, a senator from the state of georgia, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patrick j. leahy, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the majority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: mr. president, we have a busy day in store for the senate as we aim to hold a number of important votes before the start of yom kippur. today we will vote to advance four presidential nominations. first we'll confirm james kvaal to be under secretary of education. we'll also confirm both david estudillo and angel kelly to serve as district judges in washington and massachusetts respectively. this afternoon, we will also advance the nomination of ms. veronica rossman of colorado who has been nominated by president biden to sit on the tenth circuit court of appeals. ms. rossman has spent practically her entire legal career in public service as a federal defender, giving a voice in the cou

he could not get senator warnock to sign on.not giving up. >> like many, i'm concerned about the issue around police brutality, and i think it's important we keep the fight up. we may be where we are at this point in this moment, but we're not about to stop fighting. >> you don't think it's over yet. >> absolutely not. >> nobody has given up. not on our side. >> jioining us now is george floyd's cousin, tara brown. i know you must be so disappointed. you told me when you last spoke in may how much energy and hope you were putting into this. so what's your reaction to the fact that those talks for the moment are over? >> i'm thoroughly disappointed. i'm upset, and frankly, i'm hurt. because i feel like this family has been -- we've been let down by mr. biden. we didn't get what was promised. >> is that who you blame, president biden? >> i don't blame president biden, but that is what i was told by mr. biden, that this bill was going to get signed. i do understand he's not the only one responsible. there are senators involved, and

he hopes to challenge rafael warnock who won last time around. he would have to get through a primary to do that. one of the big questions is whether donald trump's support for a guy like walker will do nothing more than just rile up and energize democrats as the midterm approaches. the other thing we're looking out for as we talk about donald trump and the big lie is that report that came out just this past week on arizona and that bogus, if you will, indications of what happened there. trump is expected to address the arkansas election this evening. he said so in a statement. of course, it's not clear just how much he's going to say about georgia because there's an investigation going on. you know, our sarah murray and other colleagues have reported that investigation continues to proceed a pace is the big question here in georgia as to whether donald trump actually solicited a crime when he spoke with the secretary of state urging him to come up with those almost 12,000 votes. >> no shortage of issues. joe johns in the state former president t

senate run in georgia against democrat rafael warnock.oup poll he is leading the gop primary field by 70%. he joins me right now. herschel, great to have you. thanks for being with us. talk with you about your campaign in a moment. give us your reaction to what you saw, that incident in california this week and recall vote coming up tuesday? >> well you know that video is very disgusting. you know the people of california, they feel the governor is not doing his job they have the right to do a recall and to have this young woman to do something like that and then assault the security guard and nothing be done. and the left do not say anything about it. it shows intolerance that they have because of that was reversed, that was a democrat that was being assaulted like that, you just think what would have happened. i think something needs to happen. that is one reason we have to have law and order for all people, not just one side of the people, law and order for all people. otherwise we don't have a country. the left is being intolerant, th

this morning senator warnock scoffed about president trump coming to you. he said god bless him and a little laughter is how he responded? >> i'm glad he said god bless me. i want god to bless me. i love the lord jesus christ but what was so funny about one of his donors, a donor that gets a letter from him had a letter that quoted that said trump chosen one is now in the race. you must give me more money. it is funny how they didn't mention herschel walker who he was talking about. they were talking about herschel walker is bringing in the race. i want to bring unity. i oh love the lord and the united states and lau and order but go to team herschel walker.com. >> harris: the former president trump will be with you this saturday, i believe. one thing you said quickly. you said you had been doing police listening sessions on the ground and seeing the drug trade and the cartels already having an impact on georgia. i'm hearing that from governors. we had several on yesterday across this nation. so when we bring you back, i want to know more about what you've

despite a fantastic campaign of raphael warnock and jon ossoff would not have won in georgia. the texas abortion decision has galvanized american women. this is what you get when you vote for the republican party. that message was incredibly well honed by the newsome people and by national democrats in the last six weeks, and it lifted newsome, who was really pretty close to a dead heat in this race. and some people thought he was going to lose to a 30-point win. that was about turnout. the reason that your polls show what they show is because democrats aren't indifferent. it was a lot more than gavin newsom on the ballot in california last night. >> it works in california with a 2-1 democratic voter registration advantage over republicans there. the question going forward is how well can it work, say, in virginia in two months, terri mcauliff -- >> virginia is a blue state at this point. he's got the same -- the guy who is running in virginia has got the same problem. terry mcauliffe is a known quantity. people thought he did a good job as governor, but he's not an inspiring

questions and that a lot of potential problems could crop up in this general election if he runs against warnock with through the primary. the general election again another story. they think -- you can hear it from what walker said last night. trying to say let's come together. running really as a general election candidate now and allegations out there. cnn has reported on some of these investigations allegations a couple weeks ago. a woman in texas in 2002 accused him of stalking her, threatening her and other allegations out there. it's going to be a problem that republicans worry about and wonder if he is ready to answer the questions and look at the strategy and think that's not a sign of confidence. >> thank you for bringing the latest there from georgia. >>> paul was 10 when he found out that she was kidnapped as a baby and when we come back paul shares his unbelievable life story with us. or lines for family members, you'll get great value on america's most reliable 5g network. like 2 lines of unlimited for just $27.50 a line. only at t-mobile. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high you

now he has taken the lead along with warnock.y have come to a place where they think they have enough to keep all 50 senators on board. but 50 is not the number they need on this. that number is 60. the question now becomes who and how they get ten republican senators on board for this in order to avoid a filibuster. that remains unclear. we are also still waiting on the text here but make no mistake, this is something that the democratic base is hankering for, it is something that grassroots voting rights organizations are hoping for. this is a key legislative priority, one that schumer says he is going to bring up right after recess ends on month, joe. >> you really can't talk about anything in congress right now without a name you already mentioned, that being joe manchin. >> yeah. >> that brings us to the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that seems to have hit another road black because of manchin and what he said this morning. how are democrats feeling about that. it was reality check from joe manchin as he made his way aro

in this past january, in a special election, the people of a former confederacy made raphael warnockirst black georgian ever elected to the senate. first black man from the state of the old confederacy in the u.s. senate since reconstruction. and then the very next day, a violent faction of trump supporters stormed the capital, almost successfully interrupting the peaceful transfer of power. because if the country was going to be a true, equal, multi racial democracy, they didn't want it. if it wasn't theirs, it was not worth having. and so, they used american flags to beat cops. and they carried the confederate flag, the flag of treason and slavery, through the capital as they attempted to rest back power for themselves. the combination of these dark forces from the unraveling of the voting rights act, to trump, to charlottesville, the attack on january 6th, is a desperate attempt to forestall precisely the kind of world that robert e. lee fought against. unsuccessfully. yet today in richmond, we were witness to an incredible scene. this huge monument of the confederacy in richmond,

rights compromised bill could be introduced as early as tonight by senators joe manchin, raphael warnock, amy klobuchar. we shall see. it will happen tomorrow morning if it doesn't happen tonight. if the timing is that imminent, there's not much reason to speculate at this point. we'll know when, in fact, it happens. again, with sourcing like that, talking to us -- sources like that telling us about a pace that fast, it does look like it's happening soon with senator manchin saying it's moving and may get the final vote next week, it does seem like this is happening. the process is also moving on biden's signature big legislation, the big budget reconciliation bill which means infrastructure, which means climate change, which could mean immigration reform at some level. that's all real policy, substantive stuff with real prospects, and it is all on the move, all here on earth one, where it is monday night and the california election is tuesday, and tuesday comes after monday, so it hasn't happened yet and we don't know the results yet. any advance notice is not possible. here on earth on

schumer called us together, through the summer, at a voting rights group, which included senator warnock and padilla, as well as keene and kaine, senator tester, manchin, senator merkley, who's long led the "for the people" act. we came together and came up with a really strong bill that has gotten the support of president obama, has gotten strong, positive reviewed from all over the country. and what it does is it puts in basic federal voting rights, like taking on georgia where they said you couldn't even vote on the weekends in the runoff. that was a bill they just passed. where they said that you are not going to be able to register for many, many, many days before the ultimately election in a runoff. limiting voting by mail. these basic federal voting rights makes it clear that you can vote in a safe manner, regardless of your zip code. it's an exciting breakthrough, because we really couldn't get to the procedure and everything, as you know, being in countless meetings with me, with senator schumer, with senator manchin about this, it was really important to get a basic agreement o

senate run in georgia eagainst democrat raphael warnock.poll he is leading theac gop primary fieldy 70%. he joins me right now. herschel, it's great to have you. thanks very much for being with us. i want to talk about your campaign in ao moment. but first, give us your reaction to what you just saw, that incident in california this week and the recall vote coming up tuesday. >> well, you know, that video wis very disgusting and peoplef california, if they feel the governor is not doing his job had they have a right to do a recall and to have this young woman to do something like that and then assault the security guard and nothing be done and the left do not say anything about it, it shows intolerance they have because if that was reversed and that was a democrat that was being assaulted like that, you just think what would have happened and i think nothing needs to happen. that's one reason i said we've got to have law and order for all people, not just one side of the people, we have to have law and order for all people. otherwise we hav

we checked the vote multiple times, we had a runoff, jon ossoff, raphael warnock won, despite their best efforts, and the problem we're seeing here in georgia is that while fani willis our excellent district attorney goes after this massive crime that was attempted here in georgia, at the same time we're seeing rat lis burger and his republican allies use anti-democratic election subversion provisions in the bill they championed earlier this year to try and take over the biggest democratic, most african-american county in the state. in fact, just last week brad raf fins burger was threatening the fulton county board of commissioners, this is our largest county in the state and saying if they did not appoint somebody he liked for the fulton county board of elections that he would, quote, take them over. there are 20 bills, lawrence, that have passed in 13 states around the country including georgia that are meant to take power away from elections officials and u move it to jerry mandered republican state legislatures and other elected political bodies because they have taken the big lie.

voting rights compromise bill could be introduced as early as tonight by senators joe manchin, raphael warnock, amy klobuchar. we shall see. i will also tell you a second staffer told us tonight that it might be tomorrow morning if it doesn't happen tonight. i mean, if the timing is that imminent, there's not much reason to speculate at this point. we'll know in fact when it happens. but again, with sourcing like that talking to us -- sources like that telling us about a pace that fast, it does look like it's happening soon with senator schumer pledging on the senate floor today that that is moving and it may get its vote, its final vote next week. it does seem like this is happening. the process is also moving now on biden's signature big legislation, the big budget reconciliation bill, which means infrastructure, which means climate change, which could possibly even mean immigration reform at some level. that is all real policy, substantive stuff, with real prospects, and it is all on the move. all here on earth one, where it is monday night and the california election is tuesday and tuesday

leader schumer put together a working group, if you will that included senator manchin and senator warnockl that would uphold the important reforms called for and the for the people act that would protect our right to vote. we see the urgency of this, what happened in georgia, not just in georgia, in texas and arizona, so many other states. what will be unveiled contains important reforms, when it comes to voter registration, online voter registration, same day voter registration. also options for casting your ballot more opportunity to vote by mail, without an excuse for in-person early voting, reforms we implemented in california and i reference california for a couple of reasons, not only because of my prior capacity as secretary of state but even in the recall election there is tremendous participation, smooth administration, integrity of our elections because of these reforms, to think that a special election in an off year, you're seeing participation rates nearly at the level of the record-breaking november 2020 election is no coincidence. these reforms work and every voter in ameri

by senators joe manchin, raphael warnock, amy klobuchar, we shall see.i'll also tell you a second staffer told us tonight that it might be tomorrow morning. if it does not happen tonight, if the timing is that imminent, there is not much reason to speculated this, point will know when it happens. again with sourcing like, that talking, sources like that telling us about a pace that fast. it does look like it's happening soon. with senator schumer pledging on the floor today that it's moving in it may get its, votes final vote next week. it does seem like this is happening. the process is always moving now on biden's signature big legislation, the big budget reconciliation bill. which means infrastructure in climate change in possibly immigration reform at some level. that is all real policy, substance and stuff. with real prospects, and it is all on the move. all here on earth one. where it is monday nights, and the california election is tuesday. and tuesday comes after monday, so that means it has not happened yet. and we do not know the results. and t

. >> the two georgia race, the two georgia races believed that rafael warnock and jon ossoff convincedthat my vote doesn't count and that's looking backwards. the key point. laurence tribe is the harvard scholar whose work is quoted in some of this memo. he says it is bastardized and cherry picked and taken out of context and said ludicrous and scare as hell. think 2024. he says this memo spins a totally fake web of law that no half decent lawyer, no wonder it couldn't fool mike pence, taking a shot at mike pence which is gratuitous. think 2024. that's why it's important that we dig as deeply as recan repeatedly when we learn new information about this because trump wants to come back. the same people continue to raise questions of the big lie. just the other day he sent a letter to georgia again saying, you know, you didn't count the votes right. >> the scenario on january 6th it is supposed to be an honorific day and it's hoity-toity. they get this thing done within 45 minutes usually and there's a script and the vice president is supposed to read from it. the doomsday scenario when

we're just letting people walk right in, and your own senator, raphael warnock -- [background sounds]on't believe in borders. pete: and he's right, they don't. if you believed in them at all, you would be doing something. they don't, especially the far left of their base, so they do nothing. they don't visit, they don't care, they throw border patrol agents under the bus, they lie about it and create these false racist narratives to try to turn up something to talk about other than the fact that they're dumping illegals into our country. rachel: it is truly remarkable that joe biden has never been to the boarder, that kamala harris, who's the border czar, refuses to actually go to the border. and you brought up mexico, mexico is missing the trump days. they actually thought these policies were working. it was discouraging people from other countries from central america and beyond to come through mexico. and in addition, the people -- and many of them democrats, longtime democrat voters -- live along the border are pining for the trump days because those policies were working. our bor

. >> ossoff and warnock are the two most extreme far-left liberal senate candidates in the history ofhis left-liberal progressive philosophy that is led by terry mcauliffe. >> so, your opponent, though, says this race has nothing to do with trump. so, you disagree. how come? >> well, first of all, he says -- his quote -- so much of the reason why i'm running is because of donald trump. he's been endorsed by trump four times. and for 80% of his campaign, he has said the number one issue for him is election integrity which, of course, is the crazy-conspiracy theory, the big lie. he said a couple days ago, if he were in congress, he would not answer the question whether he would have certified the election. so, erin, he is trying to appeal to the trump people. trump has endorsed him four times. trump wants to use this race to be the launchpad for 2024. >> all right. all this being said, i went back to look at some of the things that youngkin has said. and last week, he specifically said he had not talked to donald trump at all about holding a possible rally in virginia. he said, clearly,

. >> he's been pushing herschel walker to face senator warnock. >> and where is herschel from?ot live in georgia. unless the moving van has arrived he's not a georgia resident. >>> lieutenant governor jeff duncan will be joining us. still ahead on "morning joe," the chance of a breakthrough infection is about 1 in 5,000. our next guest says it may be closer to 1 in 10,000. dr. ashish jha joins us next and the master mind behind the september 11th attacks is back in court. ken dilanian joining us from guantanamo bay for a new reporting on those proceedings. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. you're watching "morning joe." we'll be right back. every emergen-c gives you a potent blend of nutrients so you can emerge your best with emergen-c. discover card i just got my cashback match is this for real? yup! we match all the cash back new card members earn at the end of their first year automatically woo! i got my mo-ney! it's hard to contain yourself isn't it? uh- huh! well let it go! woooo! get a dollar for dollar match at the end of your first year. only from disc

. >> senator warnock of georgia is recognized. >> thank you, chairman brown.hairman gensler, for your testimony. america's capital markets are some of the most robust and transparent markets in the world, but not everyone has equal access to them. in georgia people of color account for nearly half of the georgia population, while only about 23% of georgia's startups are minority owned. women owned businesses are also lagging with women accounting for only 38% of business owners in the state. according to a study by the kaufman foundation, black entrepreneurs are three times as likely as white entrepreneurs to report that their business's profitability is negatively impacted by a lack of access to capital and almost twice as likely to say the cost of capital as hurting their business's profitability. needless to say, all of us have a stake in the ability of entrepreneurs to pursue the american dream, to create jobs. what initiatives is the sec leading right now to increase diversity within the venture capital industry? >> we have a number of tools in the tool k

senator warnock introduced an act calling for significant new public disclosures from publiccompanies regarding the risk of climate change poses to their financial results and operations . these bills are good policy and the largest investors have been calling for more of this kind of information. i'm a cosponsor of both bills. this would just be a stark transparency is only a first step to getting gcorporations and the biggest investors to behave better . there's much more to already have the authority to do to make markets work better for the real economy outside of investment firms and has fun courtrooms. for too long financial systems cater to the big guys and let everyone else on their own. are too many stories about how insiders aim the system. big banks of used customers, brokers have taken advantage of customers and use the system to erase their misconduct . private equityfirms treat workers as a cost to be minimum minimize . where have we that before? they raise rent and evict families even during a pandemic . and of course no matter what happens to workers at the companies t

i have a bill with senators merkley and senator warnock also member of this committee to ban contracting inflating it would ban members of congress from buying or selling any individual stocks. the same should apply to fed officials i'm introducing a bill to do that. your job, the fed's job the members of congress job is to serve the public not there stock folios. >> thank you, mr. chairman, secretary yellen secretary powell welcome brent laster on a bipartisan basis forcefully respond to the threat of economic collapse was caused by the pandemic and the resulting lockdowns. that response together with the fed's aggressive monetary policy support in the end to lockdowns enable the u.s. economy to fully recover. our economy today is not only larger than it was before the pandemic but we are now running above the pre-pandemic gdp forecast for this year. unfortunately democratic colleagues trying to ram through a reckless tax spending bill that will threaten this economic growth. their policies include massively expand the welfare state, raising taxes on u.s. employers, and diminishing inve

in the words of reverend warnock, some people don't want some people to vote. you have to write your birth date on the inside envelope. you can't vote on weekends during the runoff period in georgia. which is why major companies came out against the bill. limited drop boxes, in wisconsin. if it wasn't for governor evers vetoing it, that he would have hat one drop off box in the entire city of milwaukee. just like they had in harris county in texas. that is what's been happening around the country. so the freedom to vote act firmly grounded in the constitution. i was writing, watching your segment on the supreme court there. this one is clear. it says, congress can make or alter laws regarding federal elections. so we feel really strongly that this would be upheld, the freedom to vote act. >> and yet, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell thinks that these voting laws that you just talked about, they're just fine. let's have a listen to what he said. >> what do all soft these new laws have in common? none of them, not one, is designed to suppress the vote based

over the recess a number of my colleagues and i, including senators klobuchar, merkley, warnock, manchin, padilla, tester worked diligently to craft a revised voting rights piece of legislation. this compromise proposal would protect the freedom to vote, end partisan gerrymandering, stop the scourge of dark money in our politics among many other good things. i applaud my colleagues for their hard work and their progress to come together with a very strong rights bill -- voting rights bill that all democrats can support. while respecting the role of states and promoting greater confidence in our democracy. now senator manchin has been having discussions with our republican colleagues to try and garner support that is -- to this important legislation. this is a good proposal and i encourage all my senate colleagues to support it. that said, we must be honest about the facts. the republican-led war on democracy has only worsened in the last few weeks. most notably, the governor of texas recently signed into law a new voter suppression bill that ranks as one of the most draconian and undemoc