presidential nomination in a city that he reportedly told house republicans was horrible. this weekend the biden campaign are seizing on trump's harsh words. while trump's campaign and his allies are doing all they can to down play, deny or justify his comments, falling back on racist lies about crime and voter in a city led by a black mayor. joining me now the mayor of milwaukee, wisconsin, cavalier johnson, a democrat. thank you for being with us tonight. i know that you are a democrat and you as a democrat still deeply involved in bringing the republican national convention to milwaukee. now exactly one month away. so how did it feel to hear the presumptive gop nominee had reportedly told house republicans that your city was horrible just two days ago. of course trump is now denying this happened but which kind of conference with what he and other republicans in the meeting have said since but still what are your thoughts on this? >> well, thank you reverand sharpton. look, when i heard the news and i started hearing some of the republicans who were in the room talk about what happened. some said that he was talking about crime. some said he was talking about election integrity, just the city. some said it didn't happen. seems like they were just kind of twisting themselves trying to figure out what it was that the former president was talking about as it relates to milwaukee. i will tell you this. that republican national committee itself, we work very closely over the course of the last two years. they have been great to work with. this is another example though of donald trump being an outlier in the republican party. the republicans in the rnc visited milwaukee many times. they found the city to be a splendid wonderful city, so much so that they are hosting the 2024 republican national convention here. i think that when they get on the ground they will will see how great of a city it is. they will go back home and start telling the positive story about milwaukee. >> well in fact i have been to your city many times. it is a great city. in fact i will be there the eve before the republican convention, key noting for some faith leaders and civil rights leaders in milwaukee. it is a great city. whether it's baltimore, washington, atlanta or new york donald trump like many conservatives has consistently barbed cities led by black mayors. in the case of milwaukee republicans who were at the meeting swear he was talking about violent crime and voter fraud yet milwaukee police have said that crime, specifically homicide is way down in the city this year while the fbi just this week confirmed the historic drop in crime nationwide and of course with regards to the 2020 election no fraud was found so what is the point of these attacks mr. mayor, no matter how they say he was talking about it. it just isn't true. >> again this is not something that is surprising. donald trump saying something that is not fully true. in milwaukee i'm proud of the fact that over the course of the last two years, the two years i have been near we have been working to increase safety in the community with the focus on two things. accountability and prevention. that's worked as we sought to make sure we tariff crime numbers down in the city. working in conjunction with the milwaukee police department, working in conjunction with our office of community wellness and safety, working in conjunction with the private sector, growing jobs and nonprofit organizations so that young people have opportunities here in milwaukee. you are right, reverand sharpton. whether it's chicago, washington d.c., whether it's new york city, or now milwaukee, right? these things. these cities and places have something in common and it's certain you have leadership that is diverse but these are big diverse places where people from different backgrounds and number of places and diversity come together and call home. i think that's what the former president seems to be targeting. >> and i might add you may not have the problem because he is going to be sentenced before the convention and if the judge decides to put him in jail or give him a home confinement he may not make the city at all. trump will visit the neighboring city of racine, wisconsin next week as his allies rush to deny or down play his comments or offer justification for them. what impact do you anticipate this will have on the convention? >> i think that trump's comments about milwaukee and calling a horrible city -- look, this is the most diverse place in the state of wisconsin. the former president is trying to make inroad was african americans. guess what? the vast majority of african americans in the state of wisconsin live right here in the city of milwaukee. it's not even just african americans. there are tens of thousands, literally tens of thousands of republicans who call the city of milwaukee home who are raising their kids here, helping bring up their grandkids, helping connect the community. tens of thousands and wisconsin is a state where elections on a statewide basis are decided on a razor's edge so to insult the city that is hosting your national convention with groups ru trying to make inroads in and groups like republicans who you lost many of to ambassador hailey i don't think it's a smart political strategy. >> now mayor, before you go and i appreciate your time. donald trump is in neighboring state of michigan today. his campaign is in -- in its view there aggressively supporting black -- courting black voters. here he just moments ago holding a round table in a black church in detroit but later this evening he is also addressing a conservative concert known to attract white supremacistst will be laughable were it not for months of polls showing diminished black support for president biden or showing trump having made inroads in to the black voters which could be -- could hurt biden in some swing states like michigan. are you corn certained that -- that could happen with milwaukee's black voters? >> well. i will tell you this. every single vote counts. president biden understands that. that's why he himself, the vice president, kamal, harris have been here time and time again asking for the vote showing african americans here in the city and the state the positive things that have come out of their administration for black people here in milwaukee and across wisconsin. i will tell you what. just a couple weeks ago i had the opportunity to go out to this community festival in milwaukee and i engaged with black men there. i was hearing this noise about donald trump trying to get support from black men. i asked those black men, randomly. the election is coming up. are you voting? each of them said yes. each said they are voting for biden. one of them had a conversation with me that was very striking said in 1619 slavery started in the united states. that was the original sin against black people. donald trump talks about being a dicatator and black people laid the foundation for the white house and the capitol. we respect going to go from slavery to dictatarship unon the backs of black people in the united states. >> that was a young weissman that told you that. thank you for being with us mayor of milwaukee. back to washington now and to the senate. joining me now is vermont democratic senator peter welch. thank you for joining us tonight, senator. >> you thank you. >> you sit on the judiciary committee. let's start with the rulings from the supreme court. one overturning a ban on bump stocks put in place after the 2017 las vegas massacre and and the other determining anti abortion doctors do not have legal standing to sue access over abortion pills. what are your take aways these rulings? >> well i'm delighted obviously that people continue to have access -- in the short term any way to that pill. keep in mind they didn't make a decision that said the doctor who are suing didn't have standing but that is good news for the short term. >> it means that it can be introduced by people that they do determine have standing. >> that's exactly right. they did not make a decision that people have a right to access the pill. they said that the folk who sued didn't have the legal authority or standing to make the argument. so this will come back with other plaintiffs to be sure. the bump stock decision really kind of shows how crack pot the court is. this was a trump era regulation that was put in place after the horrible shooting in las vegas. the biggest mass shooting ever. what it said is that if you put a bump stock which is a device on the semi automatic weapon so that it would become an automatic weapon, that is you pull the trigger once and it just fires until it ran out of ammunition that -- that was illegal. the court found that regulation illegal. what they said was that since the gun itself was semi automatic even though the bump stock made it automatic they -- that the regulation couldn't apply. the other three judges made the common sense decision and that is if you turn a semi automatic weapon into an automatic weapon then its subject to the ban on automatic weapons. so, this was just another indication of kind of the rigidity of the majority of the supreme court. they turned over a regulation that was enacted during the trump administration. >> now your committee has been lookinga the ethics of the high court this week as a result of subpoenas issued by you and your colleagues we learned about undisclosed private jet travel taken by justice clarence thomas paid for by a republican billionaire. talk a bit about the importance of these revelations and whether we can expect to find out more in the future. >> i bet we will find out a lot more in the future. what we are finding out is that justice thomas took yacht vacations in the pacific, took private jet flights to and from wherever he was going. he didn't report those and initially the view was that they don't have to report. in the supreme court they are the only nine justices of the 850 justices that we have in the united states that really have been on -- unrequired. they don't have to report these gifts that they get. now what ru seeing with the pressure from the judiciary committee is that they are starting to disclose these trips. thomas didn't disclose the extraordinarily expensive trips. so, the real issue here is the court is eroding it's own credibility. my view is the justice has to make certain that the court is beyond question as to its ethics. he isn't doing the job. you have the information about alito, his private trip up to alaska to go fishing. private plane. his excuse is that if he wasn't in that seat it would have been empty. what's so shocking to me is when i talked to vermonters and i asked if there should be disclosure they look at me and say are you serious? how can they do that? why is that legal? i think vermonters got it right. the justices should not be taking these trips being disclosed or not. >> now this week we also learned about secret recordings. you mentioned justice alito, we learned about secret recordings of justice alito questioning whether compromise between the left and the right is possible in our country. the audio was posted online by liberal film maker who said she recorded the conversation at the supreme court historical society's dinner last week. nbc news has not heard the entire recording and the court has declined to comment. the revelation follows stories about controversial flags flown at the alito home and heated political arguments between his wife and neighbors. so far chief justice roberts has refused to meet with you and your colleagues about any of this. i must ask you, is there anything that can be done to hold justices accountable or are they just above this kind of ethical guideline that applies to other public servants? >> they are make themselves above it. they have a lot of independence. they have independence when this comes to deciding cases. we cannot interfere at all. when it comes to having expectations that they have a code of ethics that applies to them as it does to all the other justices we do have authority. the investigation is revealing thing that really quite shocking to the american people about the conduct of a couple of the justices and there is a lot of dismay that's chief justice is failing to act. is he very timid about enforcing the standards that would restore some confidence in the court. the bottom line in term of our ability in congress we have the legal authority, the constitutional authority but it's an 11-10 split and we have the opposition of our republican colleagues. they view any question about disclosure on the free trips as judicial interference. it's not. it's interference with misconduct. it's not interference or involvement in the decision that the court makes. so we are going to keep pushing and my hope is that at some point some of our republican colleagues who share our goal of having an independent judiciary that's respected will join us. >> i want to end on climate issues. extreme flooding is causing major problems for portions of the southern florida area after some areas saw nearly two feet of rain. florida governor ron desantis toured the area yesterday but defended his recent move to scrap the state's climate change goals saying that energy policy must be driven by affordability and reliability and not a climate ideal ogc n contrast your home state of vermont also suffered catastrophic flooding last year and just this month enacted the first state law requiring fossil fuel firms to pay for damage caused by climate change. talk about why people in your state decided to take that move as opposed to what states like florida are doing. >> there's two reasons. number one there's no state, no people that are more concerned about affordability than vermonters. we read the joint economic report that said because of the floods that's caused us about $400,000 the last couple of years as a nation. we know that we -- the storms have continued to come and we want to have resilencx built back better to with stand it. secondly, we do believe that these storms are caused by climate change and by the way we want to hold the energy companies like exxon that was aware of what was happening with the carbon emissions but concealed it accountable. the governor is like one of the great minds of the 17th century when it comes to assessing why the floods are coming fast and furious and it's regrettable because what we thinks thinks is a affordability just means more floods and more suffering for those who have businesses and homes. >> thank you senator wells for being with us tonight. after the break former president donald trump can't help himself. sabotaging his own african american voter outreach by hurling insults at another city with a huge black population. i will share my thoughts on the brewing controversy in tonight's got cha. all in one. to those with migraine, i see you. for the acute treatment of migraine with or without aura and the preventive treatment of episodic migraine in adults. don't take if allergic to nurtec odt. allergic reactions can occur, even days after using. most common side effects were nausea, indigestion, and stomach pain. it's time we all shine. talk to a healthcare provider about nurtec odt from pfizer. so rich. so indulgent. it's indulgent moisture body wash for soft, smooth skin. bye-bye dry. hello glow! in just 14 days. indulge with olay body wash. at bombas, we're obsessed with socks. tees. and underwear. because your basic things should be your best things. one purchased equals one donated. visit bombas.com and get 20% off your first order. ♪♪ imagine checking your own heart with medical precision from anywhere. introducing kardiamobile 6l, the fda-cleared ekg that provides six-times more heart data than any smartwatch. and it detects three of the most common arrhythmias in just 30 seconds, including atrial fibrillation, bradycardia and tachycardia. check your heart with the most advanced personal ekg outside the hospital. get one for dad this father's day at kardia.com or amazon. -remember when i said we need to screen for colon cancer? 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