with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that s what s right. usaa. what you re made of, we re made for. usaa we re in a state of emergency when it comes to democracy in this country, as well as policing. and joe biden and kamala harris, and i think the american people want to see dramatic action on both of these issues. so we ll be talking about that tomorrow with president biden. mark moriale will be one of several leaders meeting with president biden tomorrow to focus on voting rights. back with us, cornell belcher and stuart stevens. i want to ask about this poll, the left side of the poll talks
from within his own party, is stepping down at the end of his term in 2018. considering stepping down. this after publicly questioning trump s fitness to lead just last month. let s turn to our panel today. rick stangel who was under secretary of state for public affairs. katie packer beason who was the deputy campaign manager for mitt romney. and mark moriale is the presidentth in ceo of the national urban league and a former mayor of new orleans. let me start with you and ask you, tim scott s effort to come and try to educate the president is noble. so i don t want to criticize tim scott, but what does it say about this moment that we find tim scott was very strong after charlottesville. we were together. some people were surprised he was so strong and resolute. but if you know tim scott, it s absolutely clear that on that issue, he will not yield.
planned. one thing i m looking forward to, we re going to honor dick hatcher shall t er hatcher, the mayor of gary. this is the 50th anniversary of the era of african-american mayors in the country. it was in 67 that carl stokes, the late carl stokes and dick hatcher, who remains with us, were elected on that day and ushered in an era where african-american men have served with distinction in big cities and small communities all across the nation. now, let me ask you, mark, the urban league has always been n n nonpartisan and had the embrace of all administrations. i remember when you first came in as president of the urban league over a decade ago, even president george bush, who many of us were protesting, came and spoke at the urban league.
convention in stlu. louis is abt the work that the urban league is doing, the discussions we need to have around the future of black america, how we ve worked in ferguson to try to help the community turn the corner in a positive way with the new facility that we re doing. we re going to focus on helping people connect to jobs and children going back to school. and i ll be joining you there, certainly great work. thank you, reverend. and as you continue as a strong advocate, if they re not reaching out to you, i don t know what i can say. thank you, mark morial. we ll be right back. last year, he said he was going to dig a hole to china. at&t is working with farmers to improve irrigation techniques. remote moisture sensors use a reliable network to tell them when and where to water. so that farmers like ray can compete in big ways. china. oh . he got there.
better training about how to use force, including deadly force, and there is no point in having the cameras if the police can turn them off. police not being accountable is the reason why we want body cams in the first place so they ought to be on all the time. all right. thank you, michael and paul. thank you. great to be here. now a developing story. in texas at least eight people have been found dead in the back of an 18-wheeler in san antonio. 30 others were taken to area hospitals. many in critical condition. police say all the victims appear to be undocumented immigrants. stay with msnbc for more updates. up next, what is the state of black america in 2017? we ll ask mark moriale, president of the national urban league.