politicsnation. tonight's lead, unfinished business. ♪ ♪ ♪ right now, some unfinished business is heaven over washington as a drones for thanksgiving. congress haven't passed a short term government funding bill, just days before last night's deadline, a version the shutdown. but leaving president biden's request for emergency aid to israel unfulfilled. six weeks into its war against hamas. the president firing back in a washington post editorial late this afternoon. meanwhile, even republicans appear to be losing patience with alabama gop senator tommy tuberville's blockade of hundreds of top ranking military nominees. some submitting that may actually join democrats to confirm the picks in one swoop, ahead of the christmas break. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand joined us tonight, with her views on things from the senate armed services committee. that's in just a minute. and later, the family of dexter wade is preparing to give him a proper funeral, almost nine months after he was struck by a police of a search car and buried without notice in an unmarked grave with his identification still on him. i'll be in jackson, mississippi on monday to deliver wades eulogy ahead of the national action network civil trips -- civil rights attorney representing the wade family, ben crump, joins me later as a cold for a federal investigation growth letter. joining me now is senator kirsten gillibrand, democrat of new york. my good senator, my friend. let me go right to it. first of all, always great to have you with us. and i want to start at six weeks into israel hamas war and the emergency aid package to israel that has yet to pass congress. not even dealing with the casualties on the other side. even after the senate has passed the house stop kept spending bill this week before adjourning for thanksgiving. house republicans want to separate israel aid from ukraine. late this afternoon, the washington post published an op-ed from president biden explicitly lincoln pete wars and israel and ukraine, occupant that u.s. must lead in the fight to preserve democracy. what's been done to address this pressing, pressing issue right now? >> our goal right now is to make sure that ukraine has the aid they need to defend itself, and it's real has the eight it needs to defend itself from hamas. these are hugely important priorities for a national security and long term well-being of the enough states, both israel and ukraine our staunch allies of the united states. ukraine's trying to push back russia and russia cannot win that war. that will destabilize the entire world order if they do. and israel needs support because it has, potentially, three fronts. they have hamas running terrorist missions into israel. they have decapitated children. they have taken hostages of children and older people. they're unwilling to negotiate and bring the hostages home. and so we have to make sure they can defeat terrorism within their borders. and it's hard. defeating terrorism is hard. we are going to work with them to help them do what they can to defeat hamas and protect as many innocent palestinians as possible. and to prevent the bloodshed hamas is closing by using people as human shields. >> i'm glad you said it. we are concerned. you know, i came out early against what happened in israel but also don't want to say the same and gaza. we want to deal with what is, in my opinion, egregious on either side. whether your palestinian or israeli, i should say. we have seen a surge of antisemitic and islamophobia incidents since the war in israel began. this week, companies including ivm, apple, and comcast, the parent company of nbc universal, suspended advertising on elon musk's x platform, after studies found their ads were being placed next to content or hitler and the nazis. you've spoken about the need for more social media regulation. what should be done in your view? >> i just want to share your concern in the growing violence across this country. the rising antisemitism on college campuses as well. a lot of jewish students feel attacked, marginalized, and unable to protect themselves. we have seen a rise and anti islamic hate for years, especially during the trump administration. and that continued. >> he had the muslim ban. >> with had the muslim ban, that child murdered. so you've seen the rise in violence over a long period of time. but really, acutely right now there is enormously intense antisemitism on college campuses and communities. we're also seeing antisemitic attacks worldwide. we're seeing swastikas placed on flags, on buildings. it's very, very worrisome. and so one of the problems we have is that social media platforms are so easily used by our adversaries. they're used by china, but russia, by iran to spread hate and misinformation. a report which i have not had verified yet, but i've seen reporting that shows up to 70% of the traffic on social media, particularly tiktok, instagram, our being fed by our adversaries. and it's misinforming the national narrative about lots at stake and what's happening. and we should all be gravely concerned. we need oversight and accountability of these platforms. i have legislation to create a data protection agency, to put a definition of what a prophecy harm's, and give this agency the authority to make sure that platforms aren't using your personal information to use against children, who are going down rabbit holes and becoming mick or heaven challenges with their self esteem or young men go up to rabbit holes to become shooters and these extraordinarily high increase in gun crimes. this is real and these social media platforms have to be held accountable. and yes, they always say, we are not in charge of the content. you know what? if your platforms being used to harm kids or to misinform our nation, on an issue as important as how we fight against hamas and terrorism and how we protect innocent israelis and innocent palestinians, that's a problem. so they do need to be brought to bear and we should be having hearings and we should actually be passing legislation to protect our children. >> you sit on these an armed services committee, we are frustration is building over alabama senator tommy tuberville's refusal to confirm hundreds, literally hundreds, ofigh-ranking military nominees. some senate republicans saying that may break ranks and vote with democrats to bring those nominations to the floor and one bogey call before christmas. tuberville doesn't think it will happen. do you, senator? >> i'm hopeful. we know have republicans taking a leadership stand on this issue. both senator joni ernst, senator dan sullivan, both are on the armed services committee and have seen in realtime how this has harmed our military readiness. when you can't replace commanders all across the globe, sit for retirement or set to take on another command, you aren't able to maintain that chain of command and military greatness for conflicts across the globe. it's very destabilizing for our national security, especially when i have two wars going on that we have direct and forests. and we cannot turn up a lot of to what's happening around the globe. so they were trying to hold senator tomorrow accountable. we have tried to call for unanimous consent of these nominations over and over again, through the wee hours of the night, many of my colleagues have done it. hopefully they'll reach a resolution. eight or we have a rules change that says you cannot hold up nominations in this way, or some other mechanism to allow all these nominations to go through. >> before you go, an issue that both of a concerned about. three years ago, virginia became the 38th andinal state getting to ratify the equal rights amendment, establishment that equality of rights under the lookout based not on the basis of sex. despite meeting the requirements, they ar a is yet to be officially recognized and ratified as the 28th amendment to the u.s. constitution. tell us about your joint resolution with missouri congresswoman cori bush to change that immediately. we are out of time, but i have to ask about. >> we have done the two things you have to pass a two thirds were defecation and all the states and three quarters of the house and senate. they've both been done. well the constitution requires no is the archivists sign and publish it. during the trump administration, right after 2020, when virginia was the lost state to ratify, they issued an office of legal counsels memorandum saying, no, you can't do it. there is a timeline. in the preface and material before the law which, as any lawyer knows, preamble's -- profit route language, it's not just positive. it doesn't count. and in fact, the law that was ratified all the states didn't have the timeline and. it so that office of legal counsel memo should be withdrawn by the biden white house. they should issue a new memorandum of their office of legal counsel and the president should direct the archivist to shine and publish it. with so this bible the requirements. it doesn't matter how long it takes. it's not even conferences purview to put a time limit on it. that not provided by article five in the competition. so we are ready to go. and michael on the president. michael on the archivist. sign and publish and will have an equal rights amendment. which has been successfully used in red states already to restore republican freedoms, restore bodily autonomy, and restore a quote army -- autonomy and the states. >> i know as though that was it. but i need to ask you one more question. this week, your state's governor kathy hochul signed clean slate legislation, select the criminal records of new yorkers have served your time for less serious crimes and are staying above. trouble yes that, that you called for the defector reclassify marijuana as a schedule three substance. move that wi reduce the number of drug related convictions that is disproportionately target communities of color. tilt a little about's efforts to reform our justice system, making it more fair without sacrificing public safety. >> on the cannabis legislation, we are using cannabis all across the country for medical use, now. it's one of the best drugs you can take for ptsd, for koepka, for people undergoing cancer treatments. for anxiety. and if it's a schedule three drug, it allows drug companies to research it, study it, to create pills, create drugs, to actually do the work that we want drug companies to be doing to make sure this is available for medical use and is regulated properly. it also allows all businesses we created in new york to not be taxed at a higher rate. there are text absolutely because it's a schedule one substances still. the fact it's schedule one means it also can't be offered to veterans at the va's because it's a federal crime. it considered and illicit drug. so we need to de-schedule it entirely, which is my first choice. because it should be entirely available to everyone for all uses. but if the president isn't ready to do, that he should at least direct his dea to schedule it as three, where it should be. that's where other medicines are scheduled at. that the simple answer. it's going to address the businesses struggling in new york, and it's going to begin to address the -- would need a safe banking act -- and when it exits them to the markets. if we do those things, we would have your play for our businesses in new york who are selling cannabis and her trying to go up against illicit businesses. it's hard. the other issue that, lull our governor just signed, it's a very thoughtful law. it is, is if you've done your time and you stay clean for, hears that you deserve to be able to get an apartment. that you should be able to hold a job. be eligible for a job. and we know, that if you're working you are not likely to be a recidivist. so if you want to make our communities safer, and mentor criminals don't commit another crime, make sure they can get a job. make sure they can get housing. >> we'll have to leave it there. thank you, new york senator kirsten gillibrand. let's continue our discussion of criminal justice, that lawyer michael the attorney general for black america. ben crump, you just heard senator gillibrand talk about clean slate laws and some long overdue changes of marijuana regulations. what kind of reforms would these have on inequities you see every day in our justice system? >> reverend al, if we can get that law passed and states across america, especially states like florida, where you and i had to go thoughtful and 81 year old black woman who was convicted felon, who they came and arrested at 3:00 in the morning because she had exercised her constitutional right to vote. it's almost as if once you have this brand, this solid letter of being a convicted felon, this disproportionately affects communities of color. it's almost as if they were trying to treat you like a second class citizen. so i applaud governor hochul and the state of new york have said we see the best in you. we won't keep dwelling on when you made your worst mistake. and that is what we need to do, all over america. >> attorney crump, this week, independent autopsy was conducted for dexter wade, the black man who was struck and killed by an off-duty jackson, mississippi police officer. and was buried without his family's knowledge. the autopsy found, and you are behind this, and you have been on the show with us. the autopsy found wade had completely run over, it was completely run over by a vehicle. his left leg had been amputated and he had identifying items and his pocket at the time of death. and my capacity as president of the national action network, i'll be delivering the eulogy for dexter on monday in mississippi, a lot with you and the call for justice. what are your thoughts about this latest development and the case? i remember, we were told he had a prescription of medicine in his pocket. now we find from the autopsy, he actually had state i.d., credit cards in his front pocket. >> reverend al, this underscores the fact that as miss bennison said when she came on your show, and she thank you profoundly for breaking attention to this. because for almost seven months, her son was missing, she was just by herself. saying, where is my son? what happened to him? and what we have found out now, we had to exhume him, and we have the contents of his clothes still in the bag they put in the whole, behind the jail. were they put unknown people. they have known from day one, they knew who he was. he had a state issued drivers permit. they had his address, where he lived with his mother. so if that wanted to notify her, they simply only had to look at the permit and go to the house, and say we regret to inform you but one of our officers killed your son. and in fact, ran him over. and he's dead. they didn't do that, reverend al sharpton. they dropped him in the back of the jail, and the paupers graveyard. 672, reverend al. that means there is 672 author on identified black people in jackson, mississippi. it's catching the attention of america. people are saying, one, what did you notify this young man's mother. is it because you had killed who were brought up? she was the person burning a wrongful death lawsuit. so it begs the question, was this a cover-up as miss bennison has said from day one and that's what we need you, reverend al, and that national action network and everyone to call on the federal department of justice. because without that, she does not believe she is going to get any justice or accountability. >> and they had no point and for the mother, even though that young man had i.d. on him and a policeman, off-duty, but a policeman was the driver of the car. that never informed that mother and the communities saying, because she had this lawsuit about her brother being killed by police, -- is that the reason -- we are going to deal with that -- also this week, the federal trial of brett hankinson. a former louisville, kentucky police tective hurricane bullets through breonna taylor's apartment during her fatal 2020 raid ended a mistrial. the jury could not reach a animus verdict on civil rights charges against him. federal charges. do you think the prosecutor said decide to return this case? >> i certainly hope so, the cars it would speak to the value of black women and american society. as we know, breonna taylor, huawei for four months just to get people to recognize her life mattered, to say her name. for nobody to be held accountable for this innocent black woman being killed in her own apartment, it begs the question, where can our children be safe? not even and the sanctity of her own apartment. but christine court, hit of the civil rights department and this department of justice under the biden administration has done more to fight for social justice than any other administration that i have ever known. and if there would be a second prosecution, to talk about justice and accountability for breonna taylor, it will be done by this administration. and i have to say this, mentor. the fact that you have a black person on that jury. that excessive fights how important it is to serve on jury duty. i mean, if that young male would not have been there, i don't know if we would have been a hung jury. it might have been an outright acquittal. and that's why we have got to keep preaching and saying, when you get that jury notice, you might be the juror for trayvon martin. you might be the juror four michael brown, for george floyd, for breonna taylor -- and so many others. we've got to encourage people and communities of color to serve on jury duty. >> they must serve on jury duty and that must register to vote at a can even get a jury notice. that's among the things we must keep pushing. attorney general of black america, benjamin crump. were both on our way to mississippi and thanks for coming on the show tonight. and this week's gotcha, i have an urgent warning for republicans. time is running out for avoiding a makeup meltdown. but first my colleague richard lui with today's top news stories. >> good afternoon. we start with patients and medical staff leaving the al-shifa hospital in gaza today. there have been conflict reports from health officials and the israeli defense force regarding an evacuation order. the idf denied it tried to first patients and medical staff to evacuate. there does authorities, meanwhile, saying the death toll in the first 12,000. more than 1.6 million people are displaced. there are 239 people still being held hostage in gaza, as well. and a spacex star ship launched in texas this morning. it right into trouble about eight minutes into the flight. the faa is investigating why operatives intentionally blew up the spacecraft over the ocean. space x called this a record launch and as success as a 4 to 3 raptor engines ignited and it raged by 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