host: reverend william barber with us until 9:40 a.m. eastern. democrats, (202)-748-8000. republicans, (202)-748-8001. independents, (202)-748-8002. reverend barbara, the poor people's campaign held a demonstration come monday in washington with the house returning. when it comes to washington and capitol hill, what are the biggest roadblocks on capitol hill to achieving those issues that you just laid out? guest: well, there are several. one of the reasons we are having a season of nonviolent direct action that we launched on june 12 is what we are saying is in this moment, there are things that have to happen. we have to end the filibuster. the filibuster is not a constitution, first of all. it was used to block antislavery and women's suffrage. raising the minimum wage, consumer protection, you can go down the line. there has never been a time that the filibuster has been used to bring people together, and it is a violation of basic majority rules. it has been used by many times a minority, and second that we need to pass the full john lewis for the people act. notice i

that's who's gonna be talking to the nation then. >> reverend doctor william barber, president of theach of the people's own cain, and o'rourke, the founder of better the people. gentlemen, thank you for helping us understand what is going on tonight, i appreciate you both taking the time. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> again, the march that they're announcing will be held july 27th to july 30th. it starts in georgetown, texas it ends in austin, texas. they describe it in the selma gummer march. it's gonna be a 27 mile march they're gonna do this across for days. and then after that day, july for the 31st, a rally at the austin state capital in an effort to nationalize the voting rights test in texas will. be right back. be right back. (vo) the subaru crosstrek. dog tested. dog approved. today the website uce promoted that the u.s. state department is staffing up to get afghan translators to get evacuated from afghanistan after they leave the country after 25 years of war. they're asking their employees for worldwide volunteers, volunteers work 12 hour shifts for logistical support. t

i'm joined now by beto o'rourke and bishop william barber.the washington post" reports that trump repeatedly called his attorney at the time, rosen, to push for -- his attorney general, i could say, the acting attorney general, to push for probes of the 2020 election. this was happening almost daily. i have to tell you one of the challenges, i think, people attach this story to the big lie and say that's what fed into the voter suppression. a lot of us have been dealing with voter suppression a long time way before trump. what do you expect this march to accomplish to help further move this struggle along? >> i think a big reason that this march is happening in texas is that you're absolutely right, voter suppression existed long before this current attempt. in fact texas has become over the years the toughest state in the nation in which to vote. as bishop barber has reminded us, that is connected to the fact that we still have a $7.25 an hour minimum wage, the fact that we are the least insured state in the united states of america, and the

well, now congressman o'rourke is teaming up with moral mondays founder, william barber.hey are making a big announcement today about upping the game to try to get something done on voting rights and what is already being called a summer of direct action to support the right to vote. joining us now are the reverend dr. william barber, he's president of repairers of the breach and co-chair of the poor people's campaign. also beto o'rourke, former democratic congressman from texas, the founder of powered by people, a grassroots organization working to mobilize texas voters. gentlemen, i'm honored to have you both here tonight. i know you're in the middle of tons of organizing and tons of work. thank you both for being here. reverend barber, i'd like to start with you. if you could just talk to us about what it is that you have planned. the announcement that you and congressman o'rourke have made today about what your next steps are. >> well, thank you so much, rachel. you know, we won in north carolina. we actually took that mobilization, took it into court, and beat back t

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bishop william barber is joining me now. keech chair of the poor people campaign.ies of events. they're aimed at protecting vote rights. thank you so much for being with us today. i think that congressman jay powell represents the energy i got when it comes to putting pressure on this administration. i want to play this script and i want to get your thoughts. >> this is urgent. but in full view of the american people who are watching their rights to be stripped away. >> i take it that you don't think he's done enough publicly? >> he has a tremendous amount when he came in front of him. yes, i this hi he needs to do more on this issue. >> bishop, i want to hear about voting rights every single day. if i were in the administration, i would find some long, municipal line, i had joe biden standing there for six or seven hours, just to demonstrate how serious it is. at the state level to push back some of these horrific voting restrictions that it had been passed. >> first of all, i think that -- it is not trump's country. it is our country. he needs to disaggregate of

host: a few minutes left with reverend william barber of the poor people's campaign. gloria is waiting in maryland, a democrat. good morning. caller: good morning and god bless c-span. reverend barber, i am a stranger to you, but i should not be because i was with you guys on the university campus here in d.c. guest: oh, yes. caller: yeah, ok, and i want to come in. i have been trying to, but i am not criticizing you, because i know what it is like to be the head of something, it is very difficult to keep the moving parts moving in the right direction. i am mostly african-american, i am stone blind, and i'm going to tell you really because i can help you and want to help you, you have a very vulnerable place, and it is the response from the community of differing abilities. i think people with disabilities are the ones who make your work difficult and to do things you get blamed for. reverend angela martin knows me very well. i am, too, and ordained pastor, but i am finding it difficult. you know, we have to get ada out of the posture of being an unpaid mandate. the wa

two of the leaders of the march, former texas congressman beto o'rourke, and bishop william barber, joinlize texas, as in '65, to say we have to have federal protections of the we have to have -- end the filibuster. we have to fully pass all the provision of the true john lewis bill, the for the peoples act, the one he wrote before he died. when it's ready and written, we have to pass the restored voting rights act. we need $15 living wage. we need to protect immigrants. we've got to -- you can't litigate your way out of this. mobilize your way. i met with the texas legislators of the -- the other day through zoom. and they understand that, clearly. and what's happening is not just democrats. it's people of all races, creeds, and colors, and parties. 40 organization, my brother beto, who is down there, who said we would march from georgetown to austin. and then, on saturday, we'll have a massive rally. people will be invited there. we have limited doing the march but not for the rally. even willie nelson is going to be joining us on saturday because people know that 66 million people use

i will be joined by beto o'rourke and bishop william barber to discuss their walk from georgetown, to austin. so you can watch us on msnbc. the 11th hour with brian williams starts right now. starts right now. good evening once again, i'm chris johnston in for brian williams, day 192 of the biden administration. and this urgent and critical phase of the pandemic, the white house has stepped up its response to the surge, doubling efforts to get more vaccinated. and also recommending masks, even for those who are gotten their shots. tonight there is a new indication the white house could be weighing even tougher tactics to stop the spread. >> should americans expect more guidelines coming out, more restrictions because of covid? >> in all probability. we had a good day yesterday, almost 1 million people got vaccinated. about half 1 million of those people for the first time. we're >> also learning that an explosive delta variant outbreak in province town, massachusetts push the cdc to change mask recommendations for people who have be three quartes of those infected in that outbreak wer

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william barber, gentlemen thank you for being with me.ss and you have your texas state representatives who have been testifying, meeting, having zoom meetings, begging, pleading, cajoling your federal colleagues, members of the house of representatives in particular senators, saying save us. we can beat the tip of the sword but we need backup. it's like the alamo, you have to come and help us. we can't hold our own forever. >> you're right, that these texas legislators have done more than we could ever ask them to do, they've left their offices, they've left their families sometimes with very young children, they've left their homes and they've taken this fight to the one place it can be one, our nation's capital, specifically the u.s. senate. and when they come back, they potentially face arrest. now the texas has done so much and thanks to the poor peoples campaign impish a barber, and this march that 40 organizations have led, what we're doing, texas has done its part, and now it is time for the president and those democrats in the sen

william barber, the co-chairman of the poor people's campaign. the president and the senior lecturer for repairers of the breach. and he too was arrested a few weeks ago during a capitol hill protest over voting rights and over abolishing the filibuster. so to you this is old news, reverend. you understand there is a way to bring attention to this the most serious of issues. but now this has to go further than people like you who have long been willing to get arrested for the cause. this now has to go to every one of us in this skre because while the rights do not extend to all of us, they are not enjoyed by any of us. >> ali, you are exactly right. this is the time. that's why not only was our arrest -- i was arrested with people from west virginia and ohio, kentucky, who are putting pressure on mcconnell and manchin. last week over a hundred women from 42 states stood up and were arrested. this coming monday we're going to be in 40 states in the senate office -- democrats and republican, asking them, are you willing to end the filibuster? are y

then reverend william barber will be on to talk about voting rights, $15 hour minimum wage, and ending the senate filibuster. be sure to join the discussion with your phone ♪ host: good morning. it is friday, july 16 20 drug one -- 2021. we are with you for the next three hours on the washington journal. we will start with the enhanced child tax credit checks that darted going out yesterday. we -- that started going out yesterday. we went to your from parents about how you will be using that money. if your family income is less than $50,000 a year, (202) 748-8000. if your income is $50,000 to $100,000 a year, (202) 748-8001 . if your household income is over $100,000 a year, (202) 748-8002. you can text comments to (202) 748-8003. you can go ahead and start calling you now as we show you president biden from yesterday talking about the enhanced child tax credit and the checks that started going out yesterday. [video clip] >> i believe this is a historic day in the sense that we continue to build an economy that respects and recognizes the dignity of working-class and middle-class famil

bishop william barber is also the author of "we are called to be a movement." gentlemen, thank you both for being here. i want to tell our viewers that you are about a mile -- i understand, a mile from the state capitol, with marchers gathered behind you. beto, let me start with you. and just get your sense of the mood, the mood there among the marchers, heading to the state capitol, demanding that their right to vote be respected and protected. >> reporter: there is a lot of energy, there's a lot of power here, there's a lot of strength where we are right now in austin. as we make our way to the state capitol, where we're urging people to join us there at 10:00 a.m. this morning. they're going to hear from bishop barber, the poor people's campaign, allied organizations. and at the end of the rally, willie nelson will play a concert here. there's a lot of good energy and a lot of good power. jonathan, that's what it's going to take to get the for the people act through. we've got to give the president and the members of the senate the pour they need to get this

frederick haynes, bishop william barber and hundreds of other civil rights, voting rights, economic justice the state of texas from georgetown to austin. it's about 30 miles and it will take place over the course of a few days from the 28th to the 30th of july. the 3 1st, this next saturday we will end that march at the state capitol in austin where we hope every texan of good conscious will come together and stand up to be counted for the right to vote. the right to ensure this democracy does not parish from the earth and that all of us can be counted, all of our voices can be heard and all of us have a say in the course and die direction our state and country takes. that's what america is and we want to preserve it, defend it, expand it and do everything within our power at this moment to come through. so that's how important this march is and we hope the people of texas will join us on the 31st of july at the state capitol in austin. >> that march next week is being built as a salma style march. thank you very much. appreciate joining us this evening. >> thank you. >> by the way, congres

fight against the byhalia pipeline drew the support of civil rights leaders, including reverend william barberas former vice president al gore, who called the pipeline a "reckless, racist rip-off." in iowa, a federal judge has sentenced climate activist jessica reznicek to eight years in prison for damaging parts of the dakota access pipeline in 2016 and 2017. u.s. district court judge rebecca goodgame ebinger also ordered reznicek to pay nearly $3.2 million in restitution. in 2016, jessica reznicek and fellow activist ruby montoya set fire to five pieces of heavy machinery being used to construct the dakota access pipeline. the two then moved up and down the pipeline's length, destroying valveand delaying construction for weeks. their actions were inspired by the plowshares movement, which used nonviolent direct action to target nuclear warheads and military installations. reznicek told democracy now! in 2017 she was trying to prevent climate catastrophe while protecting water aquifers in her home state of iowa. >> i think that the oil being taken out of the ground and the machinery that does

if phoenix, william barber and jesse jackson held a real rally to put pressure on kyrsten sinema's officeey held a march where they held a sit-in, blocking the entrance as they sang "this little light of mine." both civil rights leaders were arrested at the sit-in. barber posted this photo of him in zip ties with the caption "we've got to get these shackles off our democracy." and senator sinema's spokesman said there could be stricter voting laws down the line. it's been over a month since senate republicans voted to block for the people act and frustration is growing not just for senator sinema and her counterparts but also president joe biden. reverend barber will be in texas tomorrow to launch a four-day selma-to-montgomery march. today state representatives left texas to go to d.c. to restrict voting access in that state. that group of texas democrats have met with the vice president, kamala harris, house majority whip james clyburn but they have not been able to get a meeting with the president himself, and their frustration is starting to bubble over. during a remote office call wi

why do you have william barber and hbcus and the akas coming out in huge numbers. all your fraternities and sororities coming out in huge numbers to support you if you're not going to do anything. if you're not going to reschedule marijuana. if you're not going to pass voting rights, if you're not going to give us criminal justice reform, if you're not going to do the things we put you in office for, then what this is about? i understand the call of the issue. there's not one person in this country who voted for the democratic party, who voted for this majority that does not understand how important this issue is. now chuck schumer, nancy pelosi, joe biden and kamala harris are in charge of washington, d.c. if we gave you the majority and you're not going to do anything, why does it matter? >> kaitlan, i saw you wanted to add something there. >> reporter: one point of this speech, anything to what is coming next and what the president will push for, i think part of the goal was to bring every one back down to reality. to look at these election laws being enacte ed

i will be joined by beto o'rourke and bishop william barber to discuss their walk from georgetown, toght now. starts right now. good evening once again, i'm chris johnston in for brian williams, day 192 of the biden administration. and this urgent and critical phase of the pandemic, the white house has stepped up its response to the surge, doubling efforts to get more vaccinated. and also recommending masks, even for those who are gotten their shots. tonight there is a new indication the white house could be weighing even tougher tactics to stop the spread. >> should americans expect more guidelines coming out, more restrictions because of covid? >> in all probability. we had a good day

we spoke with the reverend william barber last night and beto o'rourke who are planning a selma to montgomery-stylexas, georgetown, texas, to austin, texas next week. we've talked to other people who let us know we should expect civil disobedience and nonviolent action to continue this summer. >> i believe that we are americans, and we live in america. and over the history of america we have seen direct action, nonviolent. can anyone remember the outraged taxpayers in boston who poured tea in the boston harbor? didn't get a chance to have some good tea they probably wanted because they were outraged. they did it as civil disobedience. we have seen over the years as i've served in the united states congress, i participated in a quarter of a million person march in new york against the iraq war, against the continuation of the afghan war. and people have come from all over. we have -- voices that are spoken and people who are not listening. so i think the idea, rachel, is that one, one, those of us who are legislators, organizations, regular citizens, we want to teach them. we want to do this nonviol

two of the organizers of the march, beto o'rourke and william barber will join us live at 10:00 a.m.t, the house select committee investigating january 6th is under way. if you want a good read on the events that led up to the riot, look no further than several books written by white house journalists that take the events from the insurrectionists' mouths. phil rucker joins me after the break. ker joins me after the break. booster downy unstopables this is the sound of change from pnc bank. it's the sound of low cash mode, giving you the options and extra time needed to help you avoid an overdraft fee. low cash mode on virtual wallet from pnc bank. one way we're making a difference. ♪ ♪ know this about the jungle, everything that you see wants to kill you and can. ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild ♪ ♪ ♪ see disney's jungle cruise. applebee's and a movie, now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. ♪ put a little love in your heart - david ruffin ♪ applebee's and a movie, my bad, my bad... good race! -you too! you were tough out there... thank you, i'm getting you next tim

we spoke with reverend william barber last night and o'rourke who were planning a selma style march inke with a number of people who talk to us and let us know that we should expect nonviolent civil disobedience and direct action to not only continue but to escalate over the course of this summer. is this idea that tactics outside the electoral system as it's a narrowly defined are ready to break this impasse? >> we i believe that we are americans and we live in america. and over the history of america, we have seen direct action, non violent, can anyone remember the outraged taxpayers in boston who threw with tea into the boston harvard we, didn't have the chance to get some good tea that they wanted because they were outraged with? they engaged in civil disobedience. we have seen over the years, as i've served in the united states congress, participated in a quarter of 1 million person march in new york against the iraq war. against the continuation of the afghan war. and people of come from all over. we will -- need [inaudible] voices that are spoken and people who are not listening

the group led by reverend william barber and congressman beto o'rourke, and so we go to priscilla thompsonou hearing out there? >> yes, geoff, it is over 100 degrees out here, and the marchers are going to be back at it tomorrow and saturday and you ask what the voters a the and activists are saying, and i wanted to bring in one of the folks, marcel mcclinton came from houston to be part of this, and it is day two, and two miles in, and what are some of the sacrifices that you have been in here? >> well, to start, i am missing summer classes, and about $2,000 worth, and missing some work, but it is okay, and all worth it to be here in the moment, because it is historic, and we will make it to the finish line, and if i am crawling for crying or whatever it may be, this is nothing to what my ancestors had to do for me to peacefully walk through the streets. >> and we are hearing from washington, d.c., potentially new legislation, and what is your message to the lawmakers and the president of what you want to be? >> we want to pass all provisions of the voting rights act and protect people li

the reverend william barber of the poor people's campaign is helping to lead the 27-mile march.>appening here is happening all over the country. texas is like the canary in the mine. just like alabama was the canary in the mine in 1965. texas is the canary in the mine in 2021 and we must nationalize texas to change the whole country. amy: a virginia police officer who participated in the january 6 insurrection is back in jail after investigators learned the man, thomas robertson, had placed an order for 37 guns after his arrest. investigators had also found an m4 military-style rifle and a "partially assembled pipe bomb" at his home. in addition, prosecutors accused robertson of calling for more violence after january 6. "the washington post" reports the former doctor of the usa gymnastics team, larry nassar, has spent more than $10,000 on himself in prison while paying just $100 a year to his victims. in 2018, nassar was sentenced to up to 175 years in prison for sexually assaulting and abusing more than 160 young female athletes, including olympic gold medal winner simone bile

three of the four-day march to the state capitol led by former congressman beto o'rourke and william barberompson when we checked in with you yesterday, there were activists that expressed remorse that more was not being done in washington, and that lawmakers did not understand the urgency. what is the dynamic today? >> yeah. yeah, geoff. those folks just wrapped up and headed into the church to grab food and snow cones, but some folks are telling me that they are more energized and excited 27 miles in than they did when the march began and one of the folks is telling me that is jill here from dallas, texas, and she came here to do this. jill, tell me why you said that and how you are feeling right now. >> i do. i am excited, and i am grateful that i made it all of the way. i can't believe it. and i have to be honest, i am relieved that there were moments that the camaraderie of everybody in the march is literally what got us up the hills and down the road. >> reporter: yeah, and now lawmakers in washington, d.c. are talking about a revised voting bill that they hope to make progress on bef

former texas congressman beto o'rourke and poor peoples campaign co-chair, bishop william barber.entlemen, welcome. congressman, we know voting rights is a massively important cause, but are you concerned about the optics, lawmakers fleeing texas for weeks and weeks when there's a whole lot of other things that texas voters need and want tended to day in and day out? >> these democratic legislators from texas are absolute heroes because not only are they trying to stop voter suppression here in texas, not only are they trying to advance voting rights in the one place where it can be won, the united states senate with the leadership of president biden, but they understand the connections to the fact that texas has a minimum wage of $7.25 an hour. it's the least insured state in the country, which means that folks are dying of diabetes and the flu and curable cancers because they just cannot see a doctor. so if we want to fix these things, people have to be able to vote. and texans understand that. that's why all of us support those legislators who are willing to put all of it on th

in phoenix the reverend william barber and jesse jackson, held a rally to put pressure on sentencinge passage of the voting rights bills. after the rally they let a march through the streets, to her office where they held a sit in. blocking the entrance as they saying, this little light of mine. both civil rights leaders word rested at the sit in. later they posted this photo of himself and zip ties, with the caption, we have to get the shackles off our democracy. the senator responded to defend her support of the filibuster, saying eliminating the procedure to pass voter registration could lead to more restrictive voting laws down the line. it's been over a month since republicans bloated to back the for the people act, and the frustration is, growing not just with senator sinema and her counterpart joe manchin of west virginia, but also with president joe biden. barbara will be in texas tomorrow, to launch a four-day march to the texas state capital, to draw more attention to the need for voting rights protection. today marks two weeks since texas democratic state representatives l

william barber led a group of protesters directly to the state capitol of austin, demanding the federal government take action to protect voters. whether it's blatant or hidden, there is no doubt about how republicans are chipping away at voting rights from all angles, taking federal intervention to prevent this. joining me from the austin in austin is julian castro, form housing and urban development secretary under president obama, the former mayor of san antonio. he was a 2020 presidential candidate. now he is an msnbc political analyst. secretary castro, good to see you. thank you for being with us. tell me about what's happening you, the marchers haven't arrived on the time mark we're still a couple hours away from that. but tell me what this is meant to be and what it's meant to achieve. >> as you mentioned, ali, this is the final leg of a three-day march which is calling attention to voter suppression efforts here in texas and also trying to call to the conscience of the nation, especially legislators in the senate to do what they can to make sure that everything we see the repub

thousands are expected to attend a voting rights rally here, going to include beto o'rourke, reverend william barber ground. they want change to happen but the reality in washington is really a different story. the president and the vice president met with congressional leadership dwred at the white house to talk about the path forward for voting rights legislation. i want to read a quick part of the statement here. they said they agreed on the moral imperative of passing legislation to protect against voter suppression, electoral subversion, dark money and partisan gerrymandering and will continue working together toward that goal urgently. not a whole lot of specifics there from the white house, but our hill team is reporting that the voting legislation that could come out of this is a bit of a scaled down version. we're talking about things related to voting access. so early voting, and same-day voter registration leaving more complicated, controversial issues for later in the summer, or later next year, but the folks on the ground here are pumped up, they're excited to be here. here's what folks

leading the charge, reverend william barber of the poor people's campaign as well as former congressmany with a march and rally and appearance by willie nelson. gary grumbach is joining me from austin. talk to me about what you saw? >> just wrapped up a little while ago. this is the culmination of marching from georgetown, texas, here to austin, the state capital, in the name of voting rights and federal voting rights legislation. the excitement was here. there were thousands gathered on the lawn behind me. in washington it is a different story. yesterday the president and vice president met with congressional leadership about a path forward nor that legislation, and they're saying it will be a slimmed down version. that's according to our capitol hill team. it will be things like early voting, same-day voter registration, leaving some of the complicated issues for further down the line. we spoke to lucy bain johnson, president lyndon b. johnson's daughter. she spoke at this event and was on msnbc earlier as well. here is what she had to say. >> we need the republican leaders to care ab

then poor people's campaign co-chair william barber will discuss the $15 hour minimum wage and ending senate filibuster. what c-span's "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern this morning, and be sure to join the conversation with your phone calls, facebook messages, and tweets. >> coming up today on c-span, the acting assistant homeland security secretary testifies on how the agency counters weapons of mass destruction before a house committee, live at 10:00 a.m. eastern. at 2:30 p.m., senators jeanne shaheen and others discuss afghan allies. on c-span2, the house financial services task force on artificial intelligence looks at ways to verify identity online while protecting digital privacy. live coverage begins at noon eastern. >> president biden and vice president harris talked about the first child tax credits payments provided under the american rescue plan. they stressed how they will provide aid to working and middle-class families. this is about 15 minutes. [applause] pres. biden: i came te kids. look at those guys. vice pres. harris: look at this. good morning everyo

continues this friday morning and in this final hour of "washington journal," we are joined by william barber to talk about what he calls the moral movement and moment needed in america today. what is that movement and what is that moment? guest: thank you for having me on.