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Blunt, a retired senator, who says this is now baked in to the american medical system. >> and peter baker, we have not yet heard from president biden. we expect to hear him weigh in on this when he signs the juneteenth bill around 3:30 eastern. they brought in mira tanden, made her an advisor to the president. her portfolio was based on all kinds of contingencies based on how the court would rule on this. right now this is a battle they don't have to fight. >> exactly, you can take that off the list. the flip side is it empowers or emboldens the list to say, okay, since we're no longer on def...

Wilson center, author of "insanity defense." congresswoman, good to see you. thank you so much for being here. what is your takeaway from how everything unfolded yesterday? do you think that there were any concrete accomplishments here from this meeting? or now that we've sort of seen how it played out, do you think it was ill advised? >> let's say first that biden is confronting a hard national security problem, which is our nuanced or need for a nuanced relationship with russia. and i think he did very well. let's also, i think, admit that for those who questioned his mental acuity and vigor...

In a rare sight of bipartisanship last night the house voted overwhelmingly in support of the juneteenth bill. the president will sign it into law this afternoon just days ahead of june 19. when more than 250,000 black slaves in texas were informed had been freed by the emancipation proclamation. speaker pelosi and the members of the black caucus celebrate the black caucus bill this morning. sheila jackson lee the sponsor of the legislation in the house. congresswoman, you gambled this overwhelmingly partisan vote in the house last night. the vote was 415 to 14. talk a little bit about the s...

Continue to keep going. they are still exchanging language and looking at different pay force. this is still early. let's just see what the final proposals look like and the house and senate can make a decision. >> i want to ask you about what we just saw. joe biden signing the juneteenth bill into law. 14 republican house members voted against the bill, which the president just signed. you see it right here in this video. have you talked with any of them, any of those republicans? >> i have not, but i did read some of their rationales and i believe those republicans should be ashamed of thems...

Welcome and that means we are all at the table to get this done along with many other social justice bills. erin, i think we're moving in the right direction and today in the juneteenth bill it says we opened the door. we can work together and we can be unified and voting is about freedom, as well. >> congresswoman, i appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> multiple shootings in arizona tonight. we have the very latest as the united states grapples with the spike in gun violence. i want to talk to a woman whose sister, a grocery store cashier was killed after she asked ...