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Sort of any number of people depending on what they decide would only have an incidental federal budgetary impact, the issue gets set aside. >> once again, mark morial, what about voting rights? you've met with senator manchin and he's facing problems among republican opponents in the senate? >> at least he would go for the talking filibuster. either him chasing his vote or securing ten poets for the pockage. i'm not so sure if everything in it shows us what we have to do. >> at the end of the day failure for democracy is not an option. >> ashley, is the white house as committed to that as it ...

Agenda. democracy and voting and the attack on voting. the great alarm we now have given a very, very regressive supreme court decision which narrowed the application of the voting rights act. also the violence issue in communities and the view to balance justice and public safety in communities so we will have quite a bit on the agenda. we want to hear from the president. we want to share our perspectives with the president but we are in a state of emergency when it comes to democracy in this country. as well as policing. joe biden and kamala harris and i think the american people want to see...

From, full, the president through the rescue plan. we need some of that money to be focused on putting young people, teenagers, young adults to work in jobs. let's do something that says to young people, here is a way for you to participate in the economy. the money is there, the will and the intention has to be there. i think it's a short-term thing, not a short-term thing but an intervention that has proven to get results in the past. we need an effort to do that. got to make an effort on every front and build trust in communities as well. >> marc morial, thank you very much for being on the...

We give more than money why this is marketing, mentorship. black owned businesses need solutions. they need to recover from the global pandemic, retool and taking money for training and build resilience to preserve them, protect them and provide the needed support to expand and grow. >> i won't put you on the spot to question whether they can serve coke or not, sir. mark, one of the key pieces of that we have talked about is ppp loans that saved businesses but victoria's was denied. how's this different from white owned businesses? >> this is i think what is important. i think that all busines...

Welcome back. as the country e merges from the pandemic, we are learning that black-owned businesses were twice as likely to close due to the economic downturn. the national urban league has teamed up with pepsi to provide a possible solution for some of the businesses that may be struggling. joining me now from victoria's kitchen in philadelphia. the president of the national urban league mark morial and c.d. glen from the pepsico foundation. it's great to have both of you. mark, of course, welcome back. >> can you explain this new program -- >> of course. can you explain this new program and...