why are they so concerned about this story and whether or not it's true? after four years of empowering the biggest liar in presidential history, now you have a thing for truth? doubtful. tonight the queen doesn't deny accusations of racism. against the royal family. in the family's first public statement since the bomb drops. but people here on the right continue to savage markle and her story. something struck a nerve with them. was it a multi-racial woman speaking out against an institutional white royal family? no, no it's not about that. what is it about that? the royals aren't questioning what she says about race being used against her by them. they don't deny her allegations about conversations with an unnamed someone questioning how dark the skin of the unborn child would be. so, why are so many here on the right fringe unable to accept the story? could it be that the opposition party is passing laws that disenfranchise minorities. that are all but a constructive fraud regarding election fairness. as their strategy to oppose racial progress. and to help their chances of winning elections. is it any better reason that now they don't want to help people out of poverty when they know a disproportionate number of the people are minority. though, there are way more poor white folks who are also going to be caught up in their opposition obsession. is this why this notion of just be against. is this why they would rather debate books i have never heard of from dr. seuss. than deal with the reality of january 6th. a white supremacist terror attack about which they have decided to spin a tail stranger than anything seuss ever wrote. let's take this idea to the better minds. van jones and natasha alford, thank you both. you are new to the show. i'll give you a chance to say i'm wrong first. what do you make of the suggestion i don't get why political actors on the right in america care so much about markle's story. even after the royals decided not to question it. in substance. >> i think doubting racism is almost an american past time. it makes people feel better about the sins of the country. and it allows them to continue to do nothing. and in this case, we see that steven miller a former trump adviser was very quick to dismiss and deflect from what she said in the interview. i think that reflects a general approach of the gop. when it comes to racism. we saw this with donald trump and charlottesville. playing both sides. the proud boys telling them to stand back and standby. the reality is that that struggle of racism and the empathy required too truly understand it. that doesn't play nicely to their base. they want to play to people who feel victimized by actually having to hear margin alized people they never had to listen to before. that i have want to play to people who don't want to change. it's not surprising to me. >> look at it, the laws across the country will catch up white and republican voters too. especially early voting. but it will effect minorities. this will this pandemic relief bill disproportionately effects minorities. you are looking to find common ground. what is the common ground in going after meghan markle? >> this is the worst nightmare for a lot of people who are on the racial right. first of all, it turns out there's a queen who has a lot of power. her name is oprah. she's the queen. >> they go after oprah. who does that? >> you know you're desperate. you're in bad shape going up against the real queen. and what does that suggest? it suggests that a woman of color who goes into an institution, who doesn't go along with the script of you're going to have to put up with whatever you have to put up and grin and bare it. be loyal to an institution not loyal to you. not only can that woman of color say not this time, i'm not going along with it. she can also bring in another woman of color to fire can cannon balls back across the ocean. that are hitting harder than the british tabloids on the global stage. i don't understand the titles and listen, other people are saying some things were not accurate. from a deeper point of view of the nightmare for black women has been, i'm going to get in the institutions and be mistreated and have no recourse and nobody will care about me. meghan becomes somebody who went in and stood up for herself and becomes a hero. the nightmare is somebody will do this and get away with it. meghan markle is getting away with it. and you're having a reaction. >> i would love to be wrong about it. because i really want us to be better than this. just if it's so off, i know on the right they are savaging me now. why did trump say this last year? >> i'm not fan of hers. and i would say this, she's probably has heard that. but i wish a lot of luck to harry. he's going to need it. >> it's such a racist sexist caricature. make her out to be a bully, aggressor. who can't be controlled. and seem as if harry is somehow at her whim somehow. >> give him a break. he couldn't have his go to, he couldn't make fun of how she looks. he was working with what he had. the bully thing. and a racial under play. he can't say look at her she's ugly. can't do that with meghan markle. >> so many black women and women of color experience these types of micro aggressions in the workplace. and we're told that you can come into the room but remember that you are not one of us. you can be celebrated as a dutchess. don't get too comfortable or expect the same exact treatment someone else gets for their child. >> don't complain. be happy that we let you in here. >> exactly. meghan completely flipped that on its head and owned her story. she used her power by ending the silence. and it's going to be really hard for them to react to this. you saw the weak statement they put out today. acting is if they were just learning about it. when they were the perpetrators. i love that black women came together. tyler perry came in and stepped in. we really this is what community is. we know how to do this. we know how to step up and push back. you are seeing that politically in georgia. with voting. people who expected stacey abrams to go away. and she came back with more voters. and now they want to change the rules of the game that democrats are winning. black people showing up to the polls and saying hold up wait. we need id. no more souls to the polls on sunday. people used to being the referee and the player can't stand losing. we have to be vigilant and watch what's happening. >> it's not about taking pieces of pie from other people, it's about making more pie. tyler perry a perfect example. builds a movie studio and creates new market. it's more pie. more people to work and money to be made and enjoyed. the numbers between 2016 and 2020 and who voted for trump. not big numbers. black men and latino men. he went up in both in the election. if i'm right and their opposition is so obvious in the so plain, why do the votes go that way? >> there's a cross current and cross pressure. when it comes to gender and immigration and other issues. having more competition for the black vote is better for the black community. and better for both parties. here's what you are seeing now, we're in a situation where the republican party had an opportunity. to look in the mirror, post trump, and say some of the stuff we were doing. let's be more open and more opportunities for people to come in. instead the party is trying to close the door on voting. that is signal i don't care if you are conservative or liberal. when you are african-american and people close the door on voting that's the sign to go the other direction. you had a party to try to get more black votes. they are moving in the opposite direction now. >> it's interesting. the worst three words, we will see. yet the supposition is they're doing this for one simple reason. it works. now, have they pushed it too far? is the opposition too ugly. too obvious. too offense i have to too many. we'll see. van jones, natasha alford, thank you for starting the conversation. welcome to the show. van, as always. love you, be well. we're continue the important conversation. there's no small irony a woman of color may have blown up the royal family in a way that no white person ever has before. think about that. first the biden rescue bill is likely hours away from the president's desk. and the opposition party led by mcconnell are acting like victims instead of helping actual victims of the pandemic they denied for so long. and many of the people who are hit hardest are the constituents of the same who reject relief. a key democrat takes the opposition on. next. the harry's razor is not the same our razors have 5 german-engineered blades designed to stay sharp so you can enjoy lasting comfort and we never upcharge you for high quality harry's. available in store and at harrys.com washed your hands a lot today? 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this bill is good for their people and know it and still won't do it. >> president biden promised on he had a campaign promise to unite the country around an agenda to beat the pandemic and get the economy back to recovery. that's what he did. he put on the table the american rescue plan supported by 70% of the american public. the last poll suggested 60% of republicans support it. i don't know it's his fault that not a single republican is willing to support -- >> not saying it's his fault. i'm blaming all of you for continuing a ruse of working with people that you know don't want to work with you. i had joe manchen on last night. senator from west virginia. you believe what? y time you go near them they punch you in the face. it would be better, okay. it's not happening. now you have the most important piece of legislation. this hr 1 if you don't pass it, there will be a wave of legislation across this country that will take free and fair elections back half a century. can you allow that? >> no, we can't allow that. listen, democracy can't survive if people don't have the ability to vote. if state legislators can rig elections so only voters sympathetic to republicans are allowed to get to the poll. so of course we don't pass new voting rights act in this country, we're leaving democracy to die. listen we have work to do to persuade 50 votes in the senate to change the rules. you're right, this pandemic relief bill was proof republicans are not willing to work with us. everything in the bill was essentially an extension of funding streams and programs that republicans and democrats approved together in 2020. republicans were willing to fund small business relief and direct checks to consumers. and money for schools. back when they were running the senate. now democrats are in the white house, and running the united states senate, they claim that these things are unnecessary. the script is flipped. unfortunately republicans are all of a sudden back to sitting on the sideline. >> their argument is we're if favor. you're putting too much money into it at a time things are too hard for us from a revenue structure. anything to their criticism? >> they didn't make that argument consistently. i heard that occasionally. here's what i mainly hear, they went to the senate floor for a week straight and said 90% of the bill isn't covid relief. they essentially said unless you are putting shots in people arms it doesn't count. so saving small businesses and schools reopening safely. that's not legitimate in the eyes of republicans. they categorized that as relief when they were in charge. they would have written something different. but the criticism they lodged on the senate is not covid relief it's too partisan, too expensive. none of these hold water. the americans support it. it wasn't expensive when they were in charge and thought it was legitimately important to spend money on when they ran the senate. >> is there a chance that you don't get rid of the filibuster. republicans become nothing but the opposition party. and you don't hold 50. on your own side. that you have one, two, three that don't like the biden agenda as presented as the party and wind up being your own party stops biden from getting things done. >> well, i think it's really hard to imagine how we can get everything done through reconciliation. ultimately things like universal battleground checks. >> filibuster on that. in 2015? 15 hours you did. >> we had -- we had 55 votes for that measure. and couldn't get it passed. in 2013. ultimately the parts of the agenda can't go through and get republican votes or modify the rules. >> manchen says i'm not modifying the rules. >> listen, we have to show our caucus that republicans are going to consistently stand in the way of change. there are members who believe the filibuster incent vises bipartisan cooperation. we'll test the theory and see if republicans are willing to come to the table like infrastructure and battleground checks. immigration reform. my hope is they will i guess they won't. let's put the theory some of the colleagues to the test. and if they are wrong we'll make the argument. >> i think your best hope maybe with the president doing now. in reverse. you'll probably get a bill through or should on relief and going out to sell it. he should probably go out and campaign for hr 1 and let everybody knows what the bill is, what it will be stopping and put pressure. i know you'll be fighting a good fight. you have a platform. senator, thank you for being with us. >> thanks. >> all right. now, i want to talk about the pandemic. i want to talk about it from an angle you don't hear a lot now but you will hear so much in so many ways it will blow your mind a year from now. long haulers. you have heard it a bit. i talk about it here. it's so much worse than you know. than we know. long haulers are still getting sick. if you need more incentive to get a vaccine, i'm telling you, you can get this virus not even know you have it, and develop long haul symptoms. that will ruin your life. proof. one of the first covid patients i had on the show is back with what's going on in her life. and the reality of long haul. she is now my covid sister. next. pay what you need. thank you! hey, hey, no, no limu, no limu! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ new projects means new project managers. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. the moment you sponsor a job on indeed you get a short list of quality candidates from our resume database. claim your seventy five dollar credit, when you post your first job at indeed.com/home. i think the sketchy website i bought this turtle from stole all of my info. ooh, have you looked on the bright side? 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