Senate minority and Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer tomorrow, setting off the countdown until Donald Trumps second impeachment trial begins in two weeks. The timing could give President Biden some latitude in this pivotal first month of his tenure. The nation can only hope it will be enough, because right now, nearly 16 million americans are unemployed, and 17 million children are going hungry. And the pandemic surge continues alongside the logistical hurdles of getting the vaccine to communities that need it most, and by that, yes, im referring to the black community, which has been disproportionately ravaged by covid for the last year. And yet, still managed to hand joe biden his campaign breakthrough, but not in iowa or new hampshire. But starting with black democrats in South Carolina and ending in georgia, where years of organizing by black women gave mr. Biden an earthshattering wind and a democratic Senate Majority to shore it up. And as the nation girds for the next impeachment trial, remember, the tide breaking vote will come from a black woman just inches from the oval office, for now. Joining me now is the chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, representative joyce beatty of ohio. Thank you for being with us, madam chairperson. Thank you so much, reverend al, for having me. Its always good to be with you. Now, i want to give you some time to talk about the Congressional Black Caucus priorities in the new congress. But if you know like i do, protecting voter access for people of color is one of those priorities, and im sure you know it better than me, as the chair person. We knew after georgia that republicans would return to the drawing board as far as Voter Suppression tactics. And you have this from politico today. Saying state level gops are looking at new voter restrictions specifically in georgia where republicans want to attack the absentee voting that largely handed the state to joe biden and gave those senate races to democrats. Now, as republicans push for these new restrictions, how will the cbc push back . Well, thank you for that. Certainly, we wealize that after all of the work that many of our partners and advocated, including the National Action network, worked with us to fight against Voter Suppression, so as we look at legislation, as we work with our state legislatures, you know that they do the reapportionment and redistricting in the general assemblies across the state. So were going to be strong with forming partnerships now. Its one of our top priorities. When we look at many of the things in the john lewis Voting Rights act, when we look at other legislation that were going to be actively participating in. We have also forged our own domestic policy leadership team, and thats at the top of it, as we develop policies and as we develop internal and external partners to help us in this fight. We saw what happened in georgia when we band together, and we fought together. We had a victory, so were ready for a win. I had your predecessor with me here last night, former chair of the cbc, Cedric Richmond. Hes now Senior Adviser in the biden white house. I want to play a little bit of what he had to say about the challenges of not only getting the vaccine to the black community but getting around decades of distrust in medicine in those communities. Take a listen. I wanted to answer the questions that i hear when i go to the barber shop, the distrust, it dates back to the tuskegee experiment. I just want all of the population, especially populations that have a distrust for government, to understand that were serious about this. Were telling them the truth. And that this is the best way to not only protect themselves but to protect their parents, their grandparents, and get us out of this slump of an economy that were in and get kids back to school. And beat this. So your reaction to that . Because i think that you and i both know there are many that are skeptical, particularly in the black community, given the history about the vaccine, and on the other hand, theres not been an equal distribution of the vaccine to those in the black community that want to take it. We are hearing all kinds of problems and stories about that all over the country. Well, i agree with everything that former congressman Cedric Richmond and my dear friend said. We must speak truth to power. We know what happened in the Tuskegee Syphilis experiment. We know that we are affected disproportionately and the disparities and mistrust, so one of the things were calling for is more education and awareness in those barbershops and beauty shop neighborhoods we talked about. But its across the board. Im very fortunate that our National News today, dr. Roberts, our africanamerican sister, who speaks the same language, said to us we have to educate better. We have to set examples. Because we also know that we dont have enough doses of the vaccine in many of our communities. Were not in all of the clinical trials. So we have to be out there in full force, so were calling on our divine nine groups, were calling on hbc graduates, to get out and educate. Thats one track, reverend al. On the other track, we have to be strong and forceful and demanding that some of the covid19 dollars come back into our communities where we can give moneys to radio stations, to black tv stations, so they can put the message out for our communities. In line with that, i also had dr. Anthony fauci here on the show last night. And i ran this alarming statistic by him that nbc picked up from the Kaiser Foundation this week. Finding that of about 3 of americans that have been vaccinated, black americans are significantly behind. And many cases, two to three times less likely to be vaccinated compared to white residents. Thats from 16 states that have released racial data on the vaccines distribution. Whats your reaction to that . Its the same on disparities. We always run short when it comes to black americans or black communities. And thats where were going to be more forceful as were looking at whats happening. When we look at how states ohio, arizona, california, so we have written to dr. Fauci already. Our second Vice President , congresswoman brenda lyons from michigan, this week we will be putting together a panel of black physicians and scientists speaking directly to our communities, because its all about education awareness. Its putting an investment in our communities and making sure that when you talk about essential workers, those over 75 years of age and 80, who look like you are in those numbers to get the vaccine. So your priority is dealing with voting and dealing with the vaccine as well as education. Im out of time, but what are the other priorities that you are looking to lead the cbc in . Let me quickly say, obviously, covid19, economics. 41 of black businesses are in turmoil, and also the injustices were facing. Well still be pushing the George Floyd Justice in policing act, education, and cleaning up our environment. The environmental justice. So we have a full plan. I want to come back, reverend al, so we can roll it out for you. All right, you definitely will be coming back, and were definitely looking forward to that rollout. Congresswoman joyce beatty, thank you for your time tonight, madam chairlady. Joining me now, let me come home to new york. Hes the democratic congressman, freshman congressman, jamal bowman. Thank you for being with us, congressman, and certainly thank you for being available to us any time we call. The first piece of legislation that you introduced was the coup act. Creating a National Commission to investigate the events at the capitol on january 6th. Now, why is this bill so important . And do you think about the reports that the fbi is considering not charging some of the insurrectionists, what do you think about that . Its unacceptable. Anyone who stepped foot in the capitol must be charged. This is an act of war. This was an act of war waged against the American People and against the United States congress. Not having a judicial system thats prepared to deal with the 800 indictments that will come is unacceptable. We need to make sure the resources are available to hold the people accountable who Enter Congress on this horrible, horrible day. And we introduced the coup act because we finally need to take a thorough look at Capitol Police and the potential connection between Capitol Police and White Nationalist groups and individuals. And were not just looking at Capitol Police. Were looking at the fbi, were looking at the department of homeland security. And were looking at the secret service. And since we have introduced a bill, reports have come out that White Nationalists are a part of our law enforcement. Both locally and nationally. And theyre a part of our military industrial complex. So this is unacceptable. The response during the insurrection was unacceptable, both prior to and during. We had intelligence that an attack may take place. We did not share that intelligence. We werent prepared, and thank god the results werent more dire. So the coup act is absolutely necessary in this moment. Now, were you also looking to whether or not members of congress or senior staff helped two of them, some of the insurrectionists, possibly, the day before the january 6th march and insurrection took place . Absolutely. So im a cosponsor of my colleague cori bushs bill, which is looking at who was responsible from the republican side of the aisle in aiding and abetting some of the insurrectionists. We know that some of our colleagues were tweeting, live tweeting the attack, things like today is 1776. Live tweeting the fact that Speaker Pelosi was ushered off the house floor and into hiding. When you see that type of behavior, as well as republicans who continue to push back against the Electoral College results, even after the insurrection, we must investigate, we must look at who in Congress Might have been involved and they must be held accountable. Some people, congressman, are calling you the first male member of the squad. And another congressional freshman, cori bush, recently appeared together in a magazine photo with the four original members who were elected in 2018. How can the growing number of young lawmakers of color make an impact on congress in the next coming years . Well, i think we have already made an impact. If it wasnt for the original squad, i probably would have not run for office in the first place. You know, this was the first time in my life that i saw members of congress leading and speaking truth to power on the issues that matter most to me. So the impact has already been made. Its continuing to grow. The squad is just not six people in congress. The squad is the entire nation who are inspired by the work that we do each and every day. So its already in effect. And were already working with our colleagues and the Biden Administration to make sure that President Biden has a diverse cabinet, has a progressive cabinet, and thats why im supporting ms. Garandaron to be the next comptroller, its a position that deals with wealth and equality in the country, and her scholarship in this area is just profound. Lets hope we can get her appointed in the next several days. Thats a very important position that you made this nomination for. Thank you for being with us, congressman jamaal bowman, and thank you again for always being available. Coming up, the brief pitiful history of the socalled 1776 project. And the republicans who embraced it. But first, my colleague richard lui with todays other top news stories. A ver good day to you. Some of the stories were watching. Confirmed cases of covid19 in the u. S. Have now surpassed 25 million. The death toll is now over 419,000. The Biden Administration today announcing new travel restrictions as a result for noncitizens who recently went to south africa. Also reinstating bans on travel from the uk, ireland, and most of europe that the Trump Administration recently lifted. 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The times project drew upon a considerable amount of actual Historical Research to point out that while our founders wrote soaring proclamations about freedom and equality, they also held other human beings in bondage, and that the birth of our country was inextricably linked to the institution of slavery. While most reasonable americans can accept the early american leaders could be both geniuses and hypocrites, some conservatives wanted history to be more black and white, well, maybe just white. So President Trump commissioned his own study to dispute the very concept of racism in america. And im sure you can imagine it didnt go well. Gallingly released on Martin Luther king day, the socalled report was a mess from top to bottom. And didnt even include one single historian among his authors. A 40page screed riddled with bad faith arguments and large parts of it were literally cut and pasted from contributors early work without any citation. Its hard to imagine anyone thought an effort this lazy was going to change the course of the Historical Research, but it certainly reflected the attitudes of the Trump Administration. In a farewell tweet last week, former secretary of state mike pompeo claimed that, quote, wokism, multiculturalism, all the isms, they are not who america is, end of quote. Not exactly i have a dream. So the 1776 commission was born on a day meant to honor dr. King, at the behest of a man who 12 days earlier had encouraged a violent insurrection to overturn the votes of millions of africanamericans and died unceremoniously just two days later, when joe biden was sworn in as president and the commissions report was removed from the white house website. Participants in the project say its findings will live on servers provided by the conservative heritage foundation. But you can be quite sure that when mlk day rolls around next year, no one, not even republicans, will be quoting from the 1776 commission on its anniversary. Already, it has been relegated to the dust bin of history. But you can bet those former Trump Supporters will once again be quoting dr. King. This monday, while republicans who supported the 1776 commission were tweeting out empty platitudes about Martin Luther king jr. , his daughter, reverend bernice, took them all to task, reminding them, quote, many who quote him now and evoke him to deter justice today would likely hate the authentic king. Thats a historical truth that cannot be denied. I gotcha. I gotcha oh, oh, oh, ozempic® announcer onceweekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. A majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. Heres your a1c. Oh my a1c is under 7 announcer and you may lose weight. 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