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Of the pandemic. the question is to phils point, will democrats compromise, do a smaller package, but my point, wheres the president? he has other priorities, wants to deal with covid relief. but this is the core issue for the country, and a giant issue for his party, when will the president call manchin down and say what do we have to do? >> thats a good question, i do think it was interesting when he put out his statement, his statement was about -- congress should pass s-1, which is the big, ...

Listen. >> learning that harris eats no for brek fast and encouraged him dont let people tell you who you are. you tell them who you are. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. have a good day. hello and thanks for joining us, im ana cabrera in new york, forgotten no more, hidden no more. this hour president biden arrives in tulsa, oklahoma where he will soon deliver remarks on this 100th anniversary of the citys race massacre, a century later biden is set to become the first u.s. presid...

They went block by block, killing black men and women, burning down their homes, destroying their businesses, hundreds were killed, thousands were left homeless, and the wounds are still being felt today. survivors and their families want action, and soon president biden will meet with them in hopes of addressing the roots of their pain. he is set to unveil a plan aimed at bringing some accountability to the injustices black americans have faced and still live with today. cnn anchor and cnn poli...

Election, everything could change and they know that other people could have the gavel. thats not to say that the democrats arent getting some of what they want. for instance, ill give you a couple of them. the justice department approved for the search warrants for rudy giuliani, the presidents personal attorney, the d.c. hotel that belongs to donald trump or that is leased by donald trumps company has turned over -- theres documents have been turned over to another house committee thats doing ...

Demographics on the screen, 60% of the united states is white. 41% of texas is, 29% of harris county. the restrictions mostly strip away voting rights in places like harris county where you have larger latino or black population. the texas republicans run everything statewide but if youre looking at the trend, dynamics, this is whats happening. the question is, i g et al. it, the president has a full plate. if you know youre about to lose in texas, you have the georgia law and the arizona law, a...

Texas, its affecting states on the local level where they think maybe theres 20 cases of fraud, 100 cases, 200 cases. look whats happening in texas. they dont have the numbers to support what theyre doing but it still allows, still forces an entire democratic legislature to walk out in order to stop that bill from getting on the floor. so there are real world implications beyond the fringe conversations online thats happening in peoples -- >> one thing we should consider on an election night, ha...

Open their businesses. and people in those communities, they want those specific things addressed. they recognize that there have been decades of systemic racism. there was urban renewal, that places like tulsa were affected by. thats the sort of big picture of racism in america. but i think theres a desire here to see biden address the specifics of what happened here in tulsa, and in other parts of the country, where land, money, businesses were actually taken away from black business owners at...

If you will, evan perez, grateful for the reporting on that. our panel is still with us. as someone who edits a lot of congressional pieces, the democrats thought they would get them. democratic attorney general, is this the president or is this judge merrick garland as the attorney general, more of an institutionalist, not a politician? >> i think they thought it was a good chance, probably actually both of them. theres a lot to what evan said that they want to though that this is not going to ...

Military forcibly seizing power from the democratically elected government. and joining us from the "new york times" julie -- brittany shepherd of yahoo news and jackie kucinich. first day of three people at the table. many people would roll their eyes and say, so what, that is why on memorial day president biden said this. >> democracy itself is in peril. here at home and around the world. what we do now, what we do now, how we honor the memory of the fallen, will determine whether or not democ...

President biden right now is on his way to oklahoma for the 100th anniversary of the tulsa race massacre, the visit shine as presidential spotlight on a horrific moment that is too often ignored in american history lessons. back on may 31st, 1921, a white mob destroyed tulsas greenwood district, hundreds killed, thousands left homeless across some 35 city blocks, theits cad one of the worst racial episodes. race war rages for hours. troops and armed men patrolling streets. heres front page headl...