able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements we're supposedly celebrating. let's start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesn't tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pandemic related job losses are hitting women of color especially hard. we talk about that a lot. compared to this time last year, total employment for white women is down just over 5%. for black and latino women, that rate is nearly double. a bunch of factors continue to contribute to the disproportional impact on women of color, including an overrepresentation in industries that have been hit hardest such as hospitality and leisure. in addition, the coronavirus crisis is forcing an impossible choice on a cross-section of women tending to their children or their careers. the government doesn't account for those who have stopped looking for work all together. that hidden number is believed to be mostly women due to having to take on additional childcare responsibilities at home. the national women's law center says if those women were counted, the unemployment rate for women would be closer to 9%. for black and latino women specifically it would be even bleaker. skyrocketing as high as 14% and 13% respectively. without major action, fema workforce participation could face its steepest decline since world war ii. you will forgive me if i'm not in the most celebratory of moods, if i think the contributions of woman, half the population, should be recognized during all 12 months of the year and not just with a pat on the back and thumbs up and you go girl, but with policy that acknowledges that women are carrying this country through this crisis. a sociologist told a journalist, other countries have social safety nets. the u.s. has women. with me now the economy report with the 19th. erin haines is an msnbc. i'm happy to see you. your reporting reveals the economy is not bouncing back for everyone. who is being left behind? >> like you said, it's women. i look at these numbers every month. i think this month people were saying things look better. not when you lock at women and women of color especially. that's a big chasm. we like to look at trends. if you look at trends, it's women of color who continue to be left behind. when you look month to month are doing worse in some areas. i think that's really been the story of this pandemic, it's been unequal, uneven and women of color are baring that on their backs. >> there's a detail that i want to make sure we get to. if you can explain, there are jobs being added. we're also seeing job cuts in industries that predominantly are made up of women, such as education and nursing. is that right? >> that's right. i think that's an interesting part of all this. we added 379,000 jobs last month. we saw losses in particular fields where women are overrepresented. for example, health care added jobs. it lost 12,000 in the nursing field. who works in that field? it's predominantly women of color. the public sector lost 70,000 jobs last month. again, women of color, overrepresented in the public sector. while we are seeing some improvements. there was a lot of jobs that came back in hospitality, which is another billing one for women but also women of color, there are fields lagging. a lot of those are where this overrepresentation takes place. it's the reason we have been seeing what we have been seeing throughout this pandemic. >> erin, the ethos of my reporting and your reporting has been a through line, which is that we believe it's important to center the people who are being most impacted. when we talk about women of color being hit hard by this economic reality, what we are really talking about is the economy as a whole. how do you frame this question of what is happening to women, what is happening to women of color in the broader context of the u.s. economy? >> you know, unfortunately, just to your point, it's okay if you are not excited about women's history month in the midst of the one-year anniversary of this pandemic, because women, unfortunately, are making history as being the ones being disproportionately impacted by and responding to the coronavirus crisis. what we know and what we have to continue to say is that this -- these inequalities for women and especially for women of color and other marginalized folks were present long before the world health organization declared a pandemic in this country. >> right. >> these are things that were exacerbated by the events of the last year. frankly, unless they are addressed, there will not be a new normal for women or people of color. this is what so many of the voters, the majority of the electorate, namely women, the majority of the electorate that frankly put joe biden and kamala harris into office, this is what they said they wanted. they wanted a systemic solution to systemic problems to get to a new normal for them that does not replicate the problems of the pandemic and the problems that were present long before. >> for your "time" cover story, you spoke with women who described how wrong it felt to choose between their job and caring for their children. how are they fighting back? >> the women that i spoke to for this story are suing their employers. these are women who asked to take time off, to take family leave, or to even just work from home in order to care for their children when they lost day care, they lost school. their employer said, no. some retaliated against them and fired them. these women are suing. they are lucky to be able to have that option. most women in the country are not covered by the federal act that was passed last year that would allow them to have mandated paid parental leave. these are some of the few women who actually are able to fight back. now they are taking their argument to the courts. >> unbelievable. i do want to say that there is relief that is being offered to all americans. there's some relief in this new bill that is really targeted at women. can you talk to me about what is in there that is intended to take on some of the challenges that we have laid out? >> you know, i think what's interesting about this relief package is that a lot of it would address a lot of the issues that women are facing. we were talking about public sector jobs earlier. there's $350 billion in funding for state and local government. that's going to help some of the jobs stay in place. there's some $30 billion in rent relief. black women are the womens most affected by eviction. that's going to help women of color. there's the $1,400 checks. there's an expansion of the child tax credit. poorest families can get access to that. it's $3,600. there are a number of planks in this bill that are really going to help those most affected by this economic downturn. that's going to be women. a lot of these try to get at some of the really -- areas of duress that a lot of women have been feeling this year. >> as much as is in this legislation, there's stuff that did not make it in, including a propoal that would have offered 14 weeks of paid sick and family and medical leave including workers caring for children after a day care center closed. your sense of the appetite that democrats have to continue to push these policies, where they see the next opportunity to advance them. >> democrats, especially women democrats, whether we are talking about the women in congress or the women activists i'm speaking to are absolutely not going back. they are going to continue to build on the momentum they feel they have coming out of november 2020 to keep pushing for issues like that expanded paid leave, like the $15 minimum wage that we know would help women and people of color and like the extending the moratorium on evictions, which we know would help keep women of color, in particular, housed as they continue to navigate this crisis and get towards a new normal as the rest of the country is reopening. what we know is that women and people of color continue to be left behind in this recovery. now that so many of them voted for these folks and got them into office, they are now focused on governing to create the kind of policies that are driving the agenda that is affecting their daily realities. >> the women that you interviewed for your piece that have turned to litigation, what are they hoping comes of all of this? do they feel in addition to their own cases, there is a policy window that needs to be opened? >> they definitely do. they don't know where their cases are going. it's totally new law to have even emergency federally mandated paid parental leave for a limited amount of people in the country. that expired at the end of 2020. it will be a few years before they see what happens with their cases. there's no guarantee that they are going to win. they are hoping, one of the reasons they spoke to me, i think, is because they are hoping that people in d.c. will read this story and see that women are being left behind by not being able to take leave for their families right now while schools and day cares continue to be closed or remote. it's impossible to choose between paying to feed your children and caring for your children. that's not a choice we should ask women to make. >> thank you all so much for laying this out so clearly. today's silent protests in minneapolis ahead of the trial of the officer accused of killing george floyd. unfinished business. congressman jim clyburn is here with how to carry on the mission of john lewis, protecting the right to vote. first, a look at the other big stories we are watching this hour at msnbc. very good sunday to you. we will start with breaking news. two prominent new york state lawmakers want governor cuomo to resign. andrea stewart-cousins and carl hasty. this comes hours after cuomo again said he would not resign. this weekend, two more former aides accused him of inappropriate behavior. cuomo denies the allegations. pope francis wrapped up his trip to iraq today. he visited the city of mosul, which was previously occupied by isis. speaking in a square surrounded by four churches left in ruins, the pope prayed for all that suffered at the hands of the extremist group. texas officials will not retroactively reduce extremely high electricity bills totaling $16 billion during last month's freeze. some customers were charged more than 50 times normal prices. some monthly bills topping $10,000. more "american voices" right after this short break. short bk how great is it that we get to tell everybody how liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? 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reporter: you are starting to get the sense that the tension, the spotlight is starting to shift on what is happening here in minneapolis on the eve of the start of that murder trial for derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer accused of killing george floyd. you see modifications already. there's the physical modifications. look behind me. you see the rows of fences protecting the courthouse. you see around the downtown area barbed wire. you see businesses boarded up. that's part of what the city is calling operation safety net. it's been months in the making, months of planning. tomorrow begins phase two, the next step with that start of jury selection. as the physical modifications are happening, you are seeing an uptick in the activism, demonstrations. people coming out to show that they are paying attention to what will be happening inside that socially distant courtroom. we saw on sunday, earlier today we saw a massive demonstration making its way through the downtown area. you see the video where it was an actual coffin that was making its way down the street. that was part of a so-called silent march to commemorate the life of george floyd. you get the feeling that people are taking this extremely seriously, that there's a somber tone to the beginning of the trial. i want you to listen to an exchange with some demonstrators i had yesterday that conveys that tone that you are hearing from folks here on the ground. is this going to be a hard few weeks? >> yeah. no different than it has been. >> i was going to say that. >> it's like nothing new. same pain. that's why the hopelessness starts setting in. we keep seeing the same results over and over with the trials. >> reporter: tomorrow is really just the start of what is going to be a long process. only eight potential jurors will be interviewed each day. the judge has slated three weeks for jury selection. then opening arguments are scheduled to begin on march 29th. >> shaq, thank you. the marches in minneapolis come just days after the house passed the george floyd justice in policing act. it would change legal protections that shield police officers from lawsuits known as qualified immunity and make it easier to prosecute them for wrongdoing. it would also impose a new set of restrictions on the use of deadly force and effectively ban chokeholds. the floyd family attorney addressed the legislation this weekend. >> they keep saying, qualified immunity, you can't do that because that denies justice to police officers. nobody is trying to deny justice to police officers. this bill won't deny them from having their day in court. >> it will not. >> what it will do is allow black families who are grieving and heartbroken to have their day in court, too. >> an activist and the politics editor and an associate professor. she's the author of "black ethics." prosecutors have pushed to add a third degree murder charge. adding this could potentially delay the trial. why does the state think that is worth the risk? >> i'm curious whether or not the state think that this should be a new precedent. we have seen rampant police violence across the country. it does not seem to be slowing down, sadly. there are too many grieving black families, whether their loved ones are murdered on camera or off. keith ellison has been in this position for some time. i know he is thinking about all minnesotans right now, but especially those who have been dealing with the fallout of the killing of george floyd on camera for the world to see. moving forward though, i think in shaq's reporting is the importance of jury selection in moving this forward as well. it's so important that more people sign up to be jurors. i know there's a reputation of, nobody wants to give up time to sit on a jury. this is the reason why we should do our civic duty, to make sure there's justice served. we cannot have one group of people taking the time to do this. it's a right and privilege. we need a more diverse jury pool, especially since prosecutors have the power to throw out certain names or certain individuals just preemptively. we need to make sure we have quality and quantity of black jurors and people who are allies who believe in justice, also to make sure we move forward in this trial. >> shaq spoke to protesters in minneapolis. here is their response to the citywide security measures ahead of the trial. >> if they find him guilty, why are we putting barbed wire around buildings? they're doing that to keep us out if it comes out he is innocent. >> there's no reason to blocks around public property if you think the decision that's going to come from it is on line for black people. they are telling us that they might have him go innocent or with a lesser sentence. >> your take on the precautions? >> i agree with the protesters. there's no one better to tell you what the feeling on the ground is than them. we have to recognize that there were insurrectionist at the capitol ten minutes from where i live on january 6th who told us they were coming and the same kinds of precautions were not taken. there's a clear narrative communicated about perceived and assumed criminality of mostly black people when you board up businesses and you put up fences like the ones that have been put up in minneapolis that is very different than the narrative that we see from actually violent people when those people are white. i think it's deeply unfortunate that the city of minneapolis is choosing to perpetuate that narrative. if they had nothing to worry about, they wouldn't be putting up these kinds of setups. what i think is even more important though is to realize that it is easier to perpetuate a narrative of criminality about black protesters than it is to continue to take on a system that continues to prove itself unsafe and unjust for black people and people of color in minneapolis and around this country. it's a deeply unfortunate choice. yes, protesters and folks in the community are right to believe that there is -- there is worry about the outcome of the trial. >> i want to pick up on what she was saying about the perception of criminality, assumed criminality. you have former national youth poet laureate amanda goreman who dazzled everyone with the poem she read at president biden's swearing in. she said this week a security guard followed her home because she looked, quote, suspicious. we still have so much work to do. >> yes, indeed. i know there are stories for days. i have been there some of the most prestigious institutions and been racially profiled even with an i.d. i think that there is a presumed not just criminality but the larger question of, can black people ever be equal citizens in this country? we see it time and time again. this idea of linked fate that we talk about in political science all the time. the reason why blacks and various classes are linked together is because it doesn't matter if you are driving the newest mercedes, police officers don't care if you are a doctor or lawyer or activist or professor, there is an assumption that you don't belong here and that it's gotten in some sort of ill gotten gains. we see this all the time. this is why black people are unified. this is why when we are protesting, we can stand shoulder to shoulder. it doesn't matter how many degrees we have or meetings with the president we have had, we are still seen as just regular black people by certain police officers and by certain individuals who feel the need to deputize themselves. we saw that with trayvon martin and we see it with horrible endings in the case of trayvon martin. even though amanda goreman was able to tweet about it afterwards, that's a collective trauma, not just for her but for black women and black people who have to read that tweet and relive their own experiences on a daily basis. we see it all the time. we often times don't even talk about it because it's so commonplace in being black in america or being a person of color in american. asian americans are experiencing it as well. this idea that they are forever foreigner. we see it with the rise of attacks on them. latinos, latinx community, this idea they are immigrants and don't belong here. when we know latinx and black people and asian people have been here 15 plus generations. we have a deeper conversation we need to have about citizenship and who actually is a real american. that's everyone. we are a nation of immigrants. we have to talk to native americans and really think about the mass genocide on their land in our names. >> thank you, as always. remembering bloody sunday for the first time without john lewis and his life's work is not done. his friend congressman jim clyburn will be here to tell me about the new push for voting rights on capitol hill. e about the new push for voting rights on capitol hill ♪ you've got the looks ♪ ♪ let's make lots of money ♪ ♪ you've got the brawn ♪ ♪ i've got the brains... ♪ 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his life to. today is the first bloody sunday since the civil rights icon passed away. at a virtual ceremony this afternoon, the president honored lewis and other civil rights leaders who shed blood in 1965. president biden urged congress to pass h.r. 1 and restore the voting rights act in john lewis' honor. biden taking action, signing an executive order to expand access to voting. >> elections officials in 43 states have introduced over 250 bills to make it harder for americans to vote. we cannot let them succeed. >> biden's executive orders calls on federal agencies to give its workers time off to vote and volunteer as poll workers. it's limited provisions. it's up to congress to pass comprehensive reform. which brings me to south carolina congressman jim clyburn. good to see you. i want to start with the new executive order on voting rights signed by president biden to mark the anniversary of bloody sunday. it's limited in scope. your reaction to the order. >> thank you very much for having me. i am very pleased to see president biden calling attention to this critical issue. i think that as we are debating budget matters and other matters before the congress today and we talk about the 50/50 senate and the fact that any one person could maybe hold up debate and cause us not to be able to pass laws, we should bring attention to the fact that as we have done with the budget, using the so-called byrd rule, on the reconciliation, to move the budget forward without any filibustering. we need to do the same thing with civil rights and voting rights. these fundamental constitutional principals, there are certain areas of the country that have been denied these constitutional rights and in many instances doing everything they can to make it harder for people to participate in them. i think that what the president did today will call attention of the american people to this very critical situation. i hope we will take advantage of it going forward. >> congressman, if not through reconciliation, does it then mean we need to -- that the senate needs to reckon with the filibuster? >> that's what i mean. the filibuster itself ought to be modified and not be able to apply to civil rights and voting rights. that's what was used to deny black folks the vote. it was used by strom thurman from south carolina in 1957 to fight the civil rights act of 1957. we know that there is a difference between denying people constitutional rights and extending the debate. it should not be to deny people their fundamental rights like civil rights and voting rights. that, to me, should never be subjected to a filibuster. >> i think it's important to set the stakes that some of what you heard president biden doing moves from republicans at the state level show the urgency to move on h.r. 1. congress has a limited time. georgia pushing restrictive voting bills. they want to limit weekend voting. it's popular with many black voters. black turnout was crucial to flip the two senate seats blue. in congress doesn't take action at the federal level, what are we going to see coming out of some of the states? >> we are going to see a to throwback to the '40s, '50s and '60s. it would be one thing to go back to the '70s. but you will see the '40s and '50s if congress allowed this to happen. congress can prevent it from happening. i was interested in hearing senator manchin said today -- he was talking about the minimum wage. that everybody in the senate would see a modification to the filibuster. that's what we ought to do. i don't know why they are willing to sit by and know full well that people's constitutional rights are being trampled upon by many people in some of these southern states that should not be allowed to get away with it. >> congressman, i want to ask you, there's a growing part of the house democratic caucus that is calling for the biden administration to legalize essential workers as part of his next recovery package. have you spoken with the white house about what they anticipate would be included in something like that? >> i have spoken with people in the white house. i have not spoken with the president about this. i have spoken with the leadership of the house of representatives, the hispanic leadership. i think we're on the same page. we are going to move forward together on this. i hope that the american people will recognize the fact that dreamers ought not be denied these fundamental rights. they should have access to educational opportunities, to employment opportunities. we ought to really be serious about this, because these things are being denied or being used to deny people health care. health care, to me, is -- should be essential so that all of us will be safe. i have never been able to understand why people will deny health care to folks that they are going to interact with every day. to me, that just doesn't make a whole lot of sense. i think that immigration is a very important issue that we ought to get 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i think very often we get very caught up in talking about the mechanics of legislation, how it's going to get passed. what would all of this mean for you? what would it mean for your family, for your community? >> it's great to be with you. as an undocumented woman, this passage of this bill would mean that i will be able to hug my dad again. i will be able to live without thinking about what the threat of deportation. it's undeniable our black led youth power multiracial movement mobilized communities to deliver a victory in november. we will mobilize communities to deliver this victory of the dreamer promise and the farm worker modernization act, not only out of the house but through the senate and to the president's desk. >> for you? can you hear me? >> yeah. i didn't hear your question. sorry. >> it's okay. what would this mean for you? my understanding is that when you look at both pieces of legislation, when you look at both what we are talking about with dream and promise but also with essential workers, that you and your family would be much impacted. >> so, yeah. let me start with this. what's at the heart of the vulnerability that we live under, the living constantly under the shadows, it's the lack of legal status. it's critical we push forward this path to be able to legalize and my own self, we have want to continue to work, what we love in agriculture, speaking for my parents. they want to be able. they deserve to be able to do that without living under the fear of deportation. when most americans were told to shelter at home, farm workers had to continue going to work in order to keep feeding america during the covid-19 crisis. so they have more than earned legal status. so have daca recipients. we have no other home than the united states. we deserve being able to have a permanent solution, a permanent place in this country that we grew up in and the place that we call home. >> got you there. thought i lost you. i think a lot about this moment we are in and how we have greg abbott blaming asylum seekers for spreading covid in texas. not true. you have mike pence falsely writing that if h.r. 1 passes that millions of undocumented immigrants would be registered to vote. again, not true. what does it tell you that they are returning to undocumented immigrants as their big boogie man? >> they are disconnected. 83% of americans according to a poll said they supported a path pathway to citizenship. farm workers, people in our grocery stores, undocumented people have shown up over and over and over again. what we believe in this moment is that it will take democratic courage, the political courage that undocumented young people have shown for more than a decade, the courage that farm workers have shown to go and pick our fruit. it will take courage for democrats in the house and the senate to move forward a bill. they have all of the power. they have the senate, the house and the white house. i believe that this year, i will come back to your show and celebrate a pathway to citizenship for millions of people, including myself. >> you know you are welcome here any time. thank you so much for your time tonight. i will talk to a reporter who says bob in accounting needs to watch out because the robots are coming. ng not everybody was the same thing. that's why i go with liberty mutual — they customize my car insurance so i only pay for what i need. 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>> well, it used to be that automation in a corporate workplace was limited to very repetitive, very sort of menial tasks. you know, accounting, stuff in accounting, stuff in finance and billing. taking information from one spreadsheet and putting it into another one. now with a.i., algorithms are able to do some kinds of prediction and decision making, some more analytical work. work that might fall to middle managers or people who are higher on the pay scale, and there's new research out showing that actually, the people who are most vulnerable to a.i. risk are not entry level and blue collar workers. it's the managerial professional class. >> you record the pandemic has pushed more companies to automate. there are millions of people out of work. why are executives embracing this now? >> well, partly, it's because they can. some people i talked to said that, you know, automation was sort of this bogeyman that executives resisted because they didn't want to be seen as job killers. but now, they see an opportunity to do this without drawing a lot of attention to it. i also think now they have more options. there's a huge booming industry known as robotic process automation, which sounds very boring, but it's basically selling products to companies, software products that allow them to get rid of workers, and it's a very big industry that basically nobody knows exists. >> speaking of downsides, you say executives generally spin these bots as being good for everyone. streamlining operations while liberating workers from mundane and repetitive tasks. they're also liberating plenty of people from their jobs. it's kind of a big tell, huh? >> yeah, that's the sort of tension here. you talk to the people who run these companies and they say these automation services are amazing, and everyone loves them, and they're great for workers. and then you come back a couple quarters later and they have laid off half the finance department. i think we really need to start paying attention here because what's going on is really a reshaping of the american workforce under our eyes and while a lot of us aren't pay attention. >> really big picture, then, where does that leave us? >> well, it leads to a situation in which lots of people have to be looking for ways to future proof themselves, to come up with skills and abilities that machines can't do, to sort of avoid the kinds of work that a.i. can easily replace, and i think that's going to be a big challenge in the next five to ten years, is figuring out what those jobs are and how to get those skills to people. >> can you tell me how safe journalists are from a.i.? >> this is partly a self-interested story on my part, trying to get ahead of the robots. >> thank you so much for joining us. next, a violent crackdown on protesters in myanmar, and women are on the front lines. and don't miss the mehdihasan show. it's the week with joshua johnson, all part of our new sunday lineup right here on msnbc. our son says, since tide antibacterial fabric spray kills 99.9% of bacteria, he wants us to spray everything every time we walk into the door. it's just to be sure. just to be sure! tide antibacterial fabric spray. it all starts with an invitation... ...to experience lexus. the invitation to lexus sales event. get 0% apr financing on the 2021 is 300. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. trelegy for copd. ♪ birds flyin' high, you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ breeze drifting on by you know how i feel. ♪ ♪ it's a new dawn... ♪ if you've been taking copd sitting down, it's time to make a stand. start a new day with trelegy. no once-daily copd medicine has the power to treat copd in as many ways as trelegy. with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy helps people breathe easier and improves lung function. it also helps prevent future flare-ups. trelegy won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. do not take trelegy more than prescribed. trelegy may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. take a stand and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. and save at trelegy.com. t-mobile is upgrading its network at a record pace. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. we were the first to bring 5g nationwide. and now that sprint is a part of t-mobile we're turning up the speed. upgrading over a thousand towers a month with ultra capacity 5g. to bring speeds as fast as wifi to cities and towns across america. and we're adding more every week. coverage and speed. who says you can't have it all? at the u.s. capitol shined a spotlight on the fight to maintain democracy. the capitol riots proving if this can happen here, it can happen anywhere. right now, the people of myanmar are struggling to overcome military rule. the nation's powerful military now in control after plotting a successful coup last month. this weekend, police in myanmar took over hospitals, a move to arrest beaten protesters. a larger strategy to intimidate anyone who dares to defy military control. but thousands of people across the country won't let these tactics stop them. one young woman has become the face of a movement. 18-year-old mikhailson, whose english name is angel, joined the broing protest wearing a shirt that said everything will be okay. on wednesday, military forces killed her along with dozens of other. thousands of people lined the streets this week honoring the young protester and her bravery. one of her friends calls her a hero for their country. her friend went on to say, quote, by participating in the revolution, our generation of young women shows that we are no less brave than men. hundreds of thousands of women are leading strikes and are on the front lines of the protests. several young women like angel sacrificed their lives standing up for what is right. u.s. congressman andy kim hears her message loud and clear. he tweeted angel's final words, quote, we are not going to run. representative kim now pressing president biden to do more to support these young protesters. echoing angel's own words, promising the u.s. is not going to run. that is all the time i have for today. i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back here next weekend, 6:00 p.m. eastern, for more "american voices" but for now, i hand it over to mehdi hasan. >> thank you, alicia. have a great weekend. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, democrats push through covid relief, but will the filibuster turn the senate into a legislative graveyard for joe biden? i'll speak with senator tina smith. plus, nearly one year ago, coronavirus changed everything. but it didn't have to be this way. chris hayes joins me to talk about it. >> also, the science makes it clear, we're not doing enough to save the planet. my interview with climate activist and global icon, greta thunberg. >> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. welcome to the show. joe biden is now poised to sign the first major piece of legislation of his presidency. not just any ledge slaz, but what is in my view the most progressive legislation of my lifetime. the $1.9 trillion american rescue plan, the second biggest stimulus bill in american history. >> wasn't always pretty, but it