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Civil rights leaders who met with the commissioner, mark morial, president and c.e.o. of the national urban league and author of "the gumbo coalition." >> good morning. >> welcome to "the sunday show." thank you for being here. what did you discuss with roger goodell and were you satisfied with his answer? >> jonathan, thank you, and happy super bowl sunday. it was a constructive meeting but nothing was resolved in the meeting. we cant resolve this with good talk. we cant resolve it with simply ...

Millions of dollars of wings and nachos and pizzas and beer and whatever you like being sold today. this is also a huge economic day for the nation. so this is why it cannot be turned into something that is not important when it comes to diversity and the moment were in in america. >> mark, real quickly, has a follow-up meeting been scheduled with roger goodell? >> we do not have the date confirmed. we do have a commitment for a follow-up meeting and further conversation. so i expect that beginn...

The country to the quality verdicts. mark morial joining me after this short break. l joining me ar this short break our way. a mountain of toys to fulfill many wishes. must be carried across all roads and all bridges. and when everyone is smiling and having their fun i can turn my sleigh north because my job here is done. its not magic that makes more holiday deliveries to homes in the us than anyone else, its the hardworking people of the united states postal service. come here! ive got big ne...

. >> the white house is committed on voting rights and in some ways this is a political maneuver. what the democrats are trying to show is their view that republicans will support no voting rights and therefore more nuclear option like getting rid of the filibuster and this is important for the president as well. >> ashley parker, mark morial and as always, garrett haake. thank you all. >> and the party of trump. its still his party as an ohio republican congressman just learned. more on that. t...

Compromise. if they say i am willing to block my own partys signature agenda item. >> and mark morial, weve both been in this town a long time and for joe manchin to go one-on-one with the president and tell him no is extraordinary of a party. >> what is extraordinary is that this reconciliation package which is a jobs and quality of life package is deeply popular across the board. overwholemingly popular with democratic progressives and moderates, popular with independents and has substantial s...

Sort of any number of people depending on what they decide would only have an incidental federal budgetary impact, the issue gets set aside. >> once again, mark morial, what about voting rights? youve met with senator manchin and hes facing problems among republican opponents in the senate? >> at least he would go for the talking filibuster. either him chasing his vote or securing ten poets for the pockage. im not so sure if everything in it shows us what we have to do. >> at the end of the day ...

Agenda. democracy and voting and the attack on voting. the great alarm we now have given a very, very regressive supreme court decision which narrowed the application of the voting rights act. also the violence issue in communities and the view to balance justice and public safety in communities so we will have quite a bit on the agenda. we want to hear from the president. we want to share our perspectives with the president but we are in a state of emergency when it comes to democracy in this c...

From, full, the president through the rescue plan. we need some of that money to be focused on putting young people, teenagers, young adults to work in jobs. lets do something that says to young people, here is a way for you to participate in the economy. the money is there, the will and the intention has to be there. i think its a short-term thing, not a short-term thing but an intervention that has proven to get results in the past. we need an effort to do that. got to make an effort on every ...

We give more than money why this is marketing, mentorship. black owned businesses need solutions. they need to recover from the global pandemic, retool and taking money for training and build resilience to preserve them, protect them and provide the needed support to expand and grow. >> i wont put you on the spot to question whether they can serve coke or not, sir. mark, one of the key pieces of that we have talked about is ppp loans that saved businesses but victorias was denied. hows this diff...

Welcome back. as the country e merges from the pandemic, we are learning that black-owned businesses were twice as likely to close due to the economic downturn. the national urban league has teamed up with pepsi to provide a possible solution for some of the businesses that may be struggling. joining me now from victorias kitchen in philadelphia. the president of the national urban league mark morial and c.d. glen from the pepsico foundation. its great to have both of you. mark, of course, welco...