politicsnation. tonight's leads, not a moment to lose. ♪ ♪ ♪ right now it's five pm in washington. and house republicans have just released their spending plan to avert a government shutdown. moments ago. now, have less than a week to pass it and ultimately prevent a potential economic catastrophe for america. meantime it appears the table is nearly set for 2020 for democrats. out before, i'm out exportation's, in tuesday's elections scoring a big win on abortion rights in ohio, taken control of the virginia legislature, winning a key governors race in the red state of kentucky. fresh off the victories for the soon to be first black house speaker and rhode island's first black congress person joins me shortly with their takes on where democrats stand ahead of 2024. as for republicans, they help their three primary debate with a significantly narrowed field. and they're a front runner donald trump remains embroiled and other matters, including a continuous fraud trial here in new york and numerous criminal indictments. joining me now, congressman kweisi mfume, democrat of maryland. congressman, thank you. your timing is impeccable. we find ourselves, again, looking at congress, scrambling to avoid a partial government shutdown heading into the holidays, i might add. speaker mike johnson just pushing forth his resolution to fund the government passed a november 17th deadline, aiming for a vote on tuesday. it's a clean continuing resolution without any spending cuts that far-right republicans have been demanding. there is also no aid to israel. the plan also creates to heroes of funding for government agencies, some funded through mid january and other was facing a cliff in february. and an approach many democrats are unlikely to find acceptable. at least one different from texas, chip roy, has already said he oppose the plan. you'll thoughts on what the speaker is putting forth, congressman? >> raf sharpton, thank you. and on a point of personal privilege, let me take a second to thank you and the national action and work for making sure effect, not politics, but facts are getting out to communities all across this nation, we are real people live real lives every day and needed information. i think what you're gonna see with this new speaker and his proposal is gonna be a great deal of pushback from republicans. i don't know why we are not there, voting and discussing this now. he decided to shut the house down for three days, after three weeks of an activity and pushed the speck, today, which will be 72 hours before the government shutdown. it's strange, strange, strange politics and strange strategy to me. but i think his biggest problem is going to be within his own party, that maga republicans. which is an extreme aspect of the republican party. they don't want anything other than what they want. and if you are not with, them you're against them. so we'll look at this on tuesday, 72 hours for him to come up with 218 votes to get it passed and sent to the senate. but we should never be at this particular point in time, with something so close as the shutdown. because the shutdown really means your children down people and communities. you're asking people to work without pay, whether they're military personnel, federal employees -- delaying social security payments. it's not a good place to be. and this would be the sixth time, if it occurs, this has happened under republican leadership. so we're all i think gonna urge the speaker to find a way, in his own party, to get the votes to bring this out to the floor. >> it is strange. you're gonna shut down and company tuesday, three days to get this done. it's a very strange way of trying to show the urgency of the moment. let me go to this. we are about to hear from the first black speaker of the virginia house of delegates, followed by the first black congressional representative from the state of rhode island, on the show in a few minutes. both of them. but democrats before well and several of tuesday's off-year state and congressional races, including a hires amendment enshrining abortion rights. you are an organizer, you hated the in double acp before you were a congressman, and after you continue to be an organizer with both of roles you place it well. what were your takeaways from this week's votes? >> it was a real reaffirmation that people, real people -- they vote for what concerns them the most. people have always had a way of filtering out the noise when it comes to casting that one vote to be all get. so what we saw in a high it was an absolute rejection of a notion that the government has the right to kill a woman was hit with her body. that's absolute nonsense. yet, the republican party following that rotation and the opportunity of it continue to try to push that narrative. no government, whether it's a state, federal, or local should be telling anyone what to do with health matters that life in her own body. so voters said that loud and clear. in kentucky. even though donald trump out before armed his own candidate and his candidate -- the government's race remained and democratic control. and in virginia, the entire legislator phipps. so much so now that we have democrats control in both houses there. there were a number of school board elections and lesser elections, all over the country, where people were pushing back against this maga mindset that the government can tell you what you all to do and how you ought to do it. and there is another aspect of this. people want to see humanity in politics. they want to believe that there are government -- whether you agree all-time or not, but you listen. and you're prepared to help the least of these as well as prepared to health and i cast towards the future in terms of building a bitter republic. so it's heartwarming and indeed heartfelt to see over and over again across the country on tuesday, people, democrats, and independents reaffirming those values. independents>> democratic senate manchin announced this week that he will not seek reelection this year. jeopardizing senate democrats efforts and wants to hold onto deeply conservative west virginia and retain the extremely thin majority and the chamber of the u.s. senate. there is also speculation and manchin may run for the presidency as a third party candidates, potentially pulling votes away from president biden. how worried should democrats be about all of this, either one of those factors, congressman? >> it's a good question. i don't think democrats, or independents for that matter, should worry. but i think all of us should be concerned. because it is critical to be able to make sure that the senate remains in democratic senate, even though there are independents that make up the democratic majority, as it should be. senator manchin has represented his state the best way he could, and clearly he's been reelected over and over again. sometimes people don't agree with him, but you've got to remember, good jobs to represent your district or state. he's down. that it would be unfortunate, quite frankly, to lose that seat. so there ought to be real deep concern about how do we hang on to it. i think you hang on to it by breaching every voter in every county in virginia over and over again. on every issue, to explain why they need to support someone else. it's gonna be tough to find a way to thwart living in a onslaught, quite frankly a donald trump maga onslaught. but it's possible. the other thing is, there are voices around the country workers hope. and they are brightest people aren't paying attention to right now. and we found a way to, as we hold the senate, to bring in more people of lac minds and people who believe in the process. if we're fortunate, we're gonna have to african american woman to join the senate next year. that would be historic and it would be important. not so much because they're black, but because they're people with principle. i've always believed your passion is where your pain is. they demonstrated their pain for what happens in this country through all communities. and hopefully it'll have a chance to do that. so it's gonna be a battle, like it should be. but people -- it's gonna be a battle and it turned out to be the opposite. >> we're out of time, but congressman, quickly, i want to know -- of no era pleased with the decision to relocate the fbi's headquarters to prince georges county in your state. and full disclosure -- i advocated for that. the result of a partnership between much of maryland's government to bring the new campus to the city of green belt, after a 15 year debate with virginia over the location. we have to know, the fbi director has expressed displeasure with a selection, something concerned about a potential conflict of interest and the site selection process. according to an email obtained by nbc news, that aside, what does this mean for maryland if the location is secured as now it's been chosen? briefly please, because we're out of time. but i wanted your reaction. >> it was the right choice and the cost effect of choice. tex perez will save one billion dollars, by every estimate, by locating this facility and maryland as opposed to springfield. the maryland side is already shovel ready. it's fortunate the fbi director what desperately character and attain of all those heartbroken government employees that worked for years to try to discern the truth from the trick and to come up with the real facts to make concession, which they've done. so we welcome that. i believe it's not gonna go very far in terms of his opposition and the congress of the united states. we'll push back against it. >> all right, thank you, and as always for joining us, congressman kweisi mfume. on tuesday, gabe amo but can the first black person to represent road island in united states history, and that u.s. congress from rhode island. after winning a crowded democratic primary for the state's first congressional district, special election, congressman-elect gabe amo, welcome to politicsnation and congratulations. >> thank you so much, it's good to be with you, reverend. >> i want to congratulate you on your win. you worked in both the obama and biden white house and this was your first run for public office. what does this moment feel like to you? >> this moment feels like great excitement. excitement at the possibility of serving. to lead is to serve. and i had an opportunity to serve the people in the first congressional district. people who invested in me, who allowed a story of a swath of two west african immigrants to go from a community local to work in the white house. now to the other side of pennsylvania avenue, working for the people of the first district. >> you said, son of two immigrant parents. during your victory speech, you talked about helping your mom study for her citizenship test when you would just eight years old. just this week, she was able to go with you and cast a ballot for her son to become a u.s. congressman. as the son of toot west african immigrants, from ghana and liberia, how would you say it has shaped your politics? >> it showed my politics because resilience is at the core. it's being able to deal with difficult circumstances and be dedicated to outcomes. that hard work, that determination that has led me to a path of public service is something that i feel inspired to create and make sure that the doors open left behind me, so others can thrive. that experience is formative because it shook me to stick to it. that while times might get tough, there is something on the other side, and certainly i have a great appreciation for what our system can yield when it's at its best. >> you are expected to be sworn into office next week, and you have to hit the ground running as the house debates a spending plan to avoid a government shutdown. what are your priorities as you begin your congressional career? >> yes, my priorities are all under the umbrella of heaven functional government. right? it is unfortunate that we are on the brink of a shut down because of a -- an appeal to extremism in the republican party. so i want to do is bring forth a government that is doing its best to be solutions oriented. and a lot of it is making sure the investments of the biden harris administration, those historic pieces of legislation, hit my community here in rhode island and we are making sure everybody has opportunity to thrive. it also means we are protecting social security and medicare. protecting our sacred freedom from the intrusion of legislators in medical decisions and, of course, making sure we stop the scourge of gun violence. of course, we don't have that majority in the house. we can make noise and make it clear. there is a choice for americans around this country. and hopefully, that is something that we can get some progress on when we have speaker hakeem jeffries after november. >> all right, thank you for joining us and congratulations, again. representative-elect gabe amo. and tomorrow, we'll talk more about this week's victories for democrats with the chair of the dnc, jaime harrison. right here on politicsnation. coming up, a history making win for democrats in virginia. we'll talk about, it next. but first, my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. richard? 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>> the message we got, reverend al, first of all, thank you for being here -- you've always been a personal hero of mine and i just wanted to thank you for that. booker sent a message saying we want to move forward, backwards. we want to be engaged -- doesn't want to be engaged in punishment teachers and whitewashing history. we want to protect health care. that decisions about a woman's intimate decisions about her own body don't belong to politicians. they belong to a woman, her family. and that's what voters told us. they told us, they want us to fully fund public schools. republicans were trying to defund public schools. make experiments lab school investments, tribal schools -- and not invest in public schools. they made -- voters told us, they wanted us to do something about the scourge of gun violence in our communities. they want us to end the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction on our streets and in our schools. they told us, they wanted their children to be safe when they went to school. they told us they want them to come home from school safety in a worry about gun violence in those schools, and mask shootings happen. that's what voters told us. they want us to lower the cost of prescription drugs. they want to focus on kitchen table issues and get out of the culture wars that republicans have been focused on these last couple of years. governor youngkin is so focused on his presidential ambitions, he forgot to take care of home. and voters are sending him a message, saying, come back, focus on us. and he puts us in a place to work together, hopefully, it above her son, way to focus on the issues. >> political experts say to this results make it unlikely, governor youngkin will make a late entry to the presidential race. and more importantly for you, it means he will have to work with democrats if he wants to get legislation done in the final years of his term. what are you expecting as you look ahead to working with governor youngkin? >> as you know, governor youngkin is very well -- he raised an unprecedented amount for a governor. he's probably raised more money this year than the last four governors combined. in virginia, it never happened in the last 50 years that i governor lost both chambers and his second year. so voters sent a message. they want to move away from the culture wars, stay focused on the issues at hand. and i believe will be able to work with him. we have mental health issues going on. people don't realize, we lost over 1 million americans to covid. we are still feeling the impact of that death and destruction in the covid caused. we need to deal with. that we have an opioid addiction issue in virginia and across the country. we need to deal with those issues. so i think the governors are focused on that with us, and i