they complemented the congressional black caucus for its role in all of this. they are eager to see karen bass 's george floyd justice in policing act passed and signed the president -- signed by the president into law. all of them, rodney and terrance the brothers, bridget, their sister, we all know ketta, a force of nature within the family. but gianna, his doctor, for gianna to see this justice on behalf of her father -- gianna, his daughter, for gianna to see this justice on behalf of her father, this dignity, grace and fruitfulness. so -- and prayerfulness. so we thank god. we thank jesus. they are people of faith, they conveyed that to me on the phone, but they have conveyed it all along. so it will be eight weeks, from what the judge said, until we know the sentencing. but that is part of the justice of it all as well. mr. clyburn has been a solid, steady force for all of us here, because this was traumatic. my granddaughter who just turned 12, she said, why is it taking so long? we all saw it on tv, we saw it happen. and thank god that jerry validated -

carla hayden, and a director of the congressional budget office. thank you for joining us here today to testify. the roles the all play are critical important to making sure congress can serve the american people well. your agencies help congress in our basic responsibility on behalf of our constituents. let me think the women and men of your agencies. the past year has been difficult from the pandemic to the genuine six attack -- january 6 attack. unanticipated enhancements, ppe, cleaning and security courses. because the senate and the house continue to meet, the heavy workloads of crs and the cbo have met congressional requests to inform legislative responding to the pandemic. the library has delayed the construction of a needed storage module in fort meade so we could use the $40 million to cover emergency campus security and covid-19 courses. i would like to thank the gao for letting elizabeth fields come and testify before the armed services committee on tuesday. another example of your contribution to our efforts. as i said, these challenges

>> good morning and welcome to the unveiling of the 2021 congressional "pig book". washington has managed to spend more than $5.7 trillion on covid relief. president biden is proposing $2.25 billion infrastructure plan and $1.5 trillion for a partial budget for fiscal year 2022. taxpayers like would like everybody to slow down take a look at what is being spent and not being spent to determine what is getting to them. is it being spent efficiently or effective way or not but instead the appropriations committee and the house republicans congress restored the most corrupt costly and equitable practice in history, earmarks. the 2021 congressional "pig book" has 281 earmarks an increase of or% from 2020 and cause 16.80 yen dollars for 5.7% more than a $15.9 billion in fiscal year 2020. the cost of fiscal year 2021 earmarks is higher than the $16.5 billion in year 2020 -- 2010 excuse me the last report we earmarks moratorium would set. the house appropriations committee chair said to patrick leahy we reach their agreement citizens against government waste made them both

seats and why they haven't lost any congressional seats either? >> thanks for that line of questioning. and again, i'll pass this over to our demographics experts. >> in terms of whether -- why a state has not gained or lost a seat, it all depends on population distribution for any given centennial census. so if the population in relation proportional relation to the other state hasn't changed, then they won't gain or lose a seat. >> thanks for that, kristin. operator, do we have the next caller? >> hi, with politico, your line is open. >> hi, with illinois playbook and politico. can you talk a little about the inmigration, out migration of illinois and how close from losing a second seat. is there a chance for block by block information is released earlier than september? >> thanks for that line of questioning and we'll take it back to our demographic experts for explanation, albeit be mindful that the set of data that we've released is only down to the state level as far as the geography is considered and more details to follow as we continue to

on behalf of the 56 members of the congressional black caucus, former chairs of the congressional black caucus, madam secretary, marcia fudge, secretary of housing, cedric richmond, special advisor to the president of the united states, and vice president kamala harris. it is my great honor to represent the c.b.c. members to say goodbye to our friend and brother, congressman alcee hastings. patricia, alcee, or jody, as he referred to you, chelsea, zola, the staff members, the divine nine, kappa alpha cy, alcee considered you part of his tribe. know that alcee would not want today to be full of remembrances of sadness. so patricia, we say to you, thank you. thank you for sharing him with us, he loved you dearly. each c.b.c. member here today had a special relationship with alcee. whether it was giving advice, mentoring, holding a hand, putting you in your place, or setting you straight in kind words or few of his choice words, he loved his c.b.c. family. rarely missed a meeting. had his own seat. same place every week. and when he spoke, we listened and followed. alcee was a gifted legis

they have to readjust those congressional lines. you can gain or lose a cso party, even if you are not gaining or losing a congressional district. the good news for democrats, they have more control over the process than they did in 2010, the last time the lines were drawn. the bad news for democrats, good news for republicans, republicans still control more than twice as many congressional district lines. they have total control for drawing that many more lines. that is likely to help, especially in places that are fast-growing, texas, north carolina, but also in places like georgia, where democrats have made really big gains in these last two years, but republicans control the entire line drawing process. what you may see there is democrats actually winning two senate seats, but in the next election, they may lose a congressional district. judy: so much depends on who controls these state legislatures. stay with us. we are now going to bring in someone you know very well. let's pivot from talking about what is coming down the line

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state center adding in total for congressional seat. the new number of congressional seats for each state will take effect in time for the midterms of 2022 elections. a lot to digest a lot to work through. no, definitely will have an effect on the election. back to you guys. thank you. can. >> now another big milestone today in santa clara county as the sharks. welcome fans back to if the senate it's exciting to start out the team allowing just 500 fans. but hey, they're real people inside a building from 4 sports reporter kylen mills outside the tank. >> kyla. we have to keep meeting like this. another big event with fans. >> i'm happy if we get to meet like this grandson eyes because that means that things are getting back to normal and more and more live sporting events are going on with fans in the stands today will mark the first indoor sporting event with fans if santa clara county. we just had the first couple of sharks fans show up here. s a p senator actually off to the side of the building going through covid testing protocols

host: does this impact the 2022 election cycle for congressional seats? guest: much more deeply than the states gain and lose seats. they are required to redraw their political boundaries. there are going to be new lines in four states. six states have at-large members are they don't draw a district lines. the other 44 states will get together and draw new maps. that will matter over the long run. the numbers we got yesterday were statewide numbers. we know who will gain a seat. we don't yet know the data that will tell us where those seats actually go and how the balance of power shifts. it is going to shift and not just in the state for gain or lose seats. host: how many states have required an independent commission or source to do their legislatures? guest: i should've counted before we went on air. the number has grown in recent years. new mexico just past an advisory council that will create this and they would could tinker with the legislature if they want. that was the big trend of redistributing in the last decade. they want to create as many of

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overnight, the number of congressional representatives grew by 40. the number was so much larger than anticipated, they had to add on to independence hall to house the new lawmakers. the first census was a critical step to build the foundation of our democracy. it continues to be a cornerstone of our growing nation. through war, times of great social and technological change, and during a global pandemic, our nation has taken the census every 10 years as directed by our constitution. the census is a massive operation that takes years to plan and it takes a community to see it come to fruition. in addition to the dedicated staff, we had the support of hundreds of thousands of national and local partners and we had the help of our respondents, who spent a few minutes completing the form. the count began in january 2020 in an alaskan village. we counted the first person in the 2020 census there. march 12, 2020, invitations to respond to the census began to arrive in mailboxes across the country. less than one week later, states across the nation began i

both members of the congressional black caucus. oh, how great it was to watch congresswoman sheila jackson lee and congressman alcee hastings take on an issue and mentor someone like me. it gives me great pleasure to turn the microphone over, madam speaker, to congresswoman sheila jackson lee, who will manage the rest of the hour. ms. jackson lee: madam chair, i thank you so very much for yielding tonight. and i thank you for establishing the uniqueness of this special order. it's a special, special order in tribute and in remembrance of alcee lamar hastings, tireless fighter for justice and equality, dean of the florida congressional delegation, former united states district court judge, first african-american elected to congress from florida since reconstruction, vice chair of the committee on rules, and former member of the intelligence committee, chairman of the helsinki commission, member of congress for 28 years, mentor, beloved colleague, and dear friend. so tonight, with humility, gratitude, and a broken heart, i rise to an

the vice chair of the congressional black caucus. and congressman beatty, what was the agenda for this first congressional black caucus meeting with the president and vice president? >> well first of all, lawrence, thank you so much for having us. we are very clear agenda. we wanted to share with president biden, our 101st objectives. our goals, we wanted to make it clear we were talking about people. and that included the vaccination, voting rights, civil rights, jobs, the economy. and we also wanted to talk about the criminal justice system and what's happening with far too many of our young, black men especially, being killed. so we had a full agenda saying, here are our goals and objectives. one of them was to meet with the president. and to clearly set an ongoing dialog with him. he was very supportive of this. he's been very supportive of our issues. so we want to make sure his committee sat down with him to develop a plan. and we shared a dozen of our top priorities with him. very clear. we had some deliverables that we wanted

when this congressional seat flipped to democrat, i was approached about running for this congressional seat, and made that decision back in 2019, and here we are today. host: and you mentioned talking to your daughters about running as a woman and the meaning of that. you yourself are part of a whole class of republican women, the freshman class, one of the largest in republican history. guest: it was really exciting. we now have 31 republican women serving. 20 of them are from the freshman class. it was a really great year for republican women. i also think the freshman class is such a diverse class. it is a reflection of america, and it is a great class to be part of. host: and correct me if i am wrong, you're the first iranian american serving in congress. guest: that is correct. i did not know that until after i was elected. my father immigrated, but i consider myself an american. i've never been, do not speak the language. for me, i'm just an og. host: do you think that gives you a perspective, filtering through your father's views? guest: it really does my father left, and there

>> the south bronx is the poorest congressional district in america. i'm optimistic about our ability to confront these challenges because a democratic president and a democratic house and a democratic senate represents to me historic opportunity to govern as boldly in the 21st century if dr did. >> reporter: a historic opportunity for a groundbreaking congressman. torres is the first openly gay afro-latino member of congress, joining ten lgbtq members, the highest ever in a congressional class. >> a wise person once said if you don't have a seat at the table, then you're probably on the menu. and with elected officials like me, lgbtq people of color finally have a seat at one of the most powerful tables, the united states congress. >> reporter: joining torres at that most powerful table are 124 people of color. 120 women, 30 of those republicans, a record-breaking high for the party, making the 117th congress the most diverse in history. at long last, the congressional class that is reflective of the nation it serves. >> hi, my name is young kim. >> i

so we should see a fairly even split in the congressional delegation. but of course, that won't happen if republicans have their way. >> let me switch gears for a moment if i can, sir. during president biden's joint address to congress, he highlighted his goal of guaranteeing paid family and medical leave. as i mentioned, you were the first member of congress to take paternity leave when your first son was born back in 2019. and it's quite remarkable. the u.s. is one of a few countries without national paid leave. what do you want to see president biden's plan and are any republicans going to get onboard, you think? >> i certainly hope so. we're only major country in the world who doesn't have paid family leave. this is an idea whose time was come. i didn't know that i was the first member of congress to ever take paternity leave back in 2015. i'm actually still on my paternity leave right now, as we speak. we have still not been a month with our second child. but every american should have the chance to do what i've done and spend some time with their

and follow our congressional coverage anytime at www.c-span.org for listen on the free c-span radio app. >> next come a conversation with house majority whip james clyburn. it includes his involvement in the civil rights movement and the recent senate elections in georgia and the senate the buster. this event was held by videoconference and hosted by american university. >> our mission at the center is to strengthen the democratic square so he could not be more honored to be joined by someone who has been strengthening that square for several decades. whether you want to call him a kingmaker washington whisper or something else, congressman clyburn showed his last year that his voice might be the most influential one in the entire democratic party. when he talks, people listen. that explains why we are all here tonight. i probably don't have to offer a more formal introduction than that i will do so anyway. congressman clyburn has represented south carolina's six congressional district since 1993. he has been elected chairman of the congressional black caucus and vice chairman and later

so everything's up in the air right now to the new number of congressional seats for each state will take effect for the 2022 elections. >> and 7 states are set to lose a seat in the u.s. house of representatives, including new york. and just to put into perspective just how important it is to get an accurate count. the census bureau did say today that if new york had 89 more people. they would have actually gained a seat live in washington. i'm anna wiernicki. back to you. thank you, anna. >> the department of justice is investigating another police department over a deadly shooting. this time the louisville police department in kentucky over the death of breonna taylor. >> 26 year. taylor was shot and killed in her apartment back in march of last year. police had entered her apartment on walk warrant and exchanged gunfire with taylor's boyfriend who saw the officers were intruders. the department of justice plans to see if there's any pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful police procedures in louisville. kentucky jury indicted. one of the officers. brett hankison for

she's the former chairwoman of the congressional black caucus who reintroduced the george floyd justice in policing act. congresswoman, let me go right to it. you heard as did i, president biden's remark on the chauvin verdict in which he called systematic racism a, quote, stain on the nation. i want to play some of what your congressional colleague, republican senator lindsey graham, had to say about president biden's response this morning with fox news. please take a listen. >> we just elected a two-term african-american president. our systems are not racist. america is not a racist country. this attack on police and policing -- reform the police. call them racists, no. >> a mouthful. your thoughts, congresswoman? >> first of all, we know that systemic racism exists. i'm not sure why senator graham said that. one of the most challenging things about our country is that it's extremely difficult to deal with the problem if you refuse to admit that the problem exists. you can look at each of our systems, education, health care, the environment, housing, go down the line and you can find

that was originally from congressionally directed spending. and in vermont, congressionally directed spending has helped build affordable housing, rehabilitated our downtowns, promoted community and economic development from one end of our state to the other. now, for those who think this may be a new concept, let me talk about things that happened admittedly a while before i came to the senate. congress passed the first bill containing an earmark in 1790, 231 years ago. that was the cape henry lighthouse. it guided boats to safety for almost 1 should years. it stands today -- for almost 100 years. it stands today. it's been listed on the u.s. national register of historic places. it was designated as a national historic landmark. it's a destination for tourists still today, and it came about as an earmark in 1790. not a bad investment. now, many of my colleagues on the other side is of the aisle have pointed to congressionally directed spending as the cause of our country's increasing national debt. that's not the case. you those d those proj

watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span2, and follow our congressional coverage any time c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span shop.org is c-span's new online store. though there today to order a copy of the congressional directory, a compact spiral-bound book with contact information for every member of congress, including bios and committee assignments. also contact information for state governors and the biden administration cabinet. order your copy at c-span shop.org. every purchase support c-span's nonprofit operation. >> first lady jill biden and announced her efforts in the joining forces initiative, a program for military families she started with then first lady michelle obama during the obama administration. this event was held by video conference with military families around the world. >> hi, everybody. >> hi, dr. bright m. dr. biden: are you ready to get started? >> i am. >> hello. dr. biden: poor katie is already nervous enough. >> go ahead and start. ryan: hello, my name is ryan. i am a student living overseas in germany. ea

after he had become secretary of state, congressional republican hostility to him increased. when he unsuccessfully sought to dominate the administration. he presumed interference in military operations and his conduct of foreign affairs, reportedly -- did not sit where with republicans in congress and especially in the senate. william pit today, and an unsung hero in the history of the senate expressed the opinion of many of his colleagues on both sides of the aisle when he wrote a friend at this time. he said was a poor creature. utterly selfish. we're beginning to distract him. although unfair in his characterization of sewer, as well as his colleagues they come to believe the worst, secretary of state. historians have used to tell the story of the senate republican caucus in december, 1862, to get rid of him and reshape the cabinet from the radical perspective. they have dismissed congressional concerns as a plot of the radicals to control of the president. according to this narrative, radicals were encouraged by the underhanded complaints of secretary treasury simon be c

that the two new congressional seats will go to republicans. gerrymandering is no longer a enough for republicans to win elections. so, the texas legislature has introduced legislations that according to the new york times, quote, would make texas one of the hardest states in the country to cast a ballot in. republicans want to ban 24-hour voting in texas, which is how many working people voted in the last election in texas. the state's biggest county use 24-hour voting for a single day, just a single day, on the thursday before the election. the new york times describes some of the middle of the night voters as, fast food workers, nurses, construction, workers night owls, and other and late shift workers. texas republicans do not want those people to vote again, because they might vote for democrats. some of the restrictions on texas voting put posed by the legislator were put only in counties with populations of more than 1 million. that means of course, the big cities of texas. the places where democrats live. texas-based companies, such as

and new congressional district to reflect the new number of congress persons against any constitutional personges such as one one vote. in recent years there is been increasingly vocal calls too restrict gerrymandering with the intentional drying of districts to benefit one political party over another. many critics have taken such claims to thehe federal courts challenging the constitutionality of redistricting efforts. recently however the united states supreme court the challenges of gerrymandering cannot be fought in federal court but states have considered or instituted non- partisan proposals to limit the practice. hr one easily pass for the house is eager to mandate reforms nationwide but the 2020 census complete remains to be seen what effect these changes will have. the expert panelist is ready to discuss the timely topic of the past present and future. during the talk if anyone has a question for the panel please submit that through the zoom q&a function and the automator will do their best to answer these questions. that i'm honored to introduce our moderator professor of law

congressman clyburn has represented south carolina's six congressional district since 1993. he has been elected chairman of the congressional black caucus and vice chairman and later chairman of the house democratic caucus. this is his second stint as majority whip. he previously served in that role from 2007-2011 and has served as assistant democratic leader from 2011-2019. congressman clyburn also serves as the chairman of the house elect subcommittee on the coronavirus crisis. he is also the chairman of the rural broadband task force and democratic face working group. -- faith working group. as a national leader, he has championed rule and economic development and many of his initiatives have become law. his efforts have restored scores of historic buildings, sites on the campuses of historically black colleges and universities . his legislation has created a south carolina national heritage corridor and the cultural heritage corridor. it elevated the congaree national monument to a national park, and established a reconstruction national monument in south carolina's low

go there today to order a copy of the congressional directory a compact, spiral bound book with contact information for every member of congress, including bios and committee assignments. also contact information for state governors and the biden administration cabinet. order your copy at c-spanshop.org. every purchase helps support c-span's nonprofit operation. >>> well, the history of gaming in nevada, you could say, in a sense, begins primarily in reno. the northern part of the state was predominant up in the 1950s. you have to remember that las vegas wasn't incorporated until 1905, so actually, there was very little gaming in the southern part of the state initially. and the gaming in the northern part of the state continued to develop primarily along a lot of the cities or towns that were along the railroad lines in the state. or in mining camps as they developed, such as virginia city or manhattan, various towns in the state of nevada. and the gaming continued to operate in nevada until 1910 when there was a strong social movement that actually won a referendum in the state and th

which states are gaining a congressional seat. bottom line basically is that democratic-leaning states thought they were going lose a ton of states and republican states thought they were going to gain a ton of seats which would give the republicans a big boost in terms of trying to take back control of the u.s. congress. but when the numbers came out today, the swings were less dramatic than people expected. a lot of blue states sighs of relief today they thought it could be much worse from the numbers. but because this census was -- i mean it's always interesting. happens every ten years, right? because of where we are in american history right now, though, even things that happen every ten years like this have this extra weirdness and does this countness to them, right? because the census was carried out as the constitution orders in the year 2020, the thing that we have to contend with newly about this year's census data is that this census was carried out by the trump administration. and they got weird about it. the trump adm

when you look at the congressional record because of what's repealed. however, the actual act itself in terms of name still is on the congressional marker. >> and speaking -- >> but kind of curious stuff that i sent you, and make you go through? >> the biggest thing was working through the full three information, the list based upon chinese sounding names, and trying to figure out if robert elie from virginia, and robert elite from california were chinese or english ancestry. and there is only a couple other names where the european name and chinese last name are the same. and that meant going in, searching, finding the person, and doing a genealogical search on them to find out who their parents were. >> the research aspect of this book was huge. they were very fortunate to have teams of young people who are paid, everybody was paid, no one worked for free. so, who helped support and research this effort we. >> it must have been especially challenging, because like a lot of immigrants, chinese americans did change their names sometimes willingly out of

the chief congressional correspondent for the washington examiner, good monday morning thank you for being with us. >> good morning. let's first talk about the senate today taking up hate crimes aged at asian-american and pacific islander's but with the final bill expected on the floor later this week. what would it do? >> it could change because i think there may be amendments. it would dedicate somebody at the justice department to oversee and ensure that hate crimes aimed at asian americans are followed closely in mitigated. it seems straightforward enough for there's been hate crimes against asian americans in the wake of the coronavirus. typical congresses caught up in politics for the republicans would like to amend the bill to broaden its does not appear to be strictly tied to coronavirus. they would like a more broad hate crimes inserted in the bill. because of that fight there is a slowdown process right now. the leaders are working on a deal on amendments. both sides seem to believe that by this week they will be able to passs something, probably a little bit broader than w

districts so that the two new congressional seats will go to republicans. but gerrymandering is no longer enough for republicans to win elections. and so, the texas legislature has introduced legislation that, according to "the new york times," quote, would make texas one of the hardest states in the country to cast a ballot in. republicans want to ban 24-hour voting, in texas, which is how many working people voted in the last election, in texas. the state's biggest county used 24-hour voting for a single day, just a single day, on the thursday before the election. "the new york times" described some of the middle-of-the-night voters as fast-food workers, nurses, construction workers, night owls, and other-late-shift workers. texas republicans do not want those people to vote, again, because they might vote for democrats. some of the restrictions on texas voting proposed by the legislature would apply only in counties with populations of more than 1 million. that means, of course, the big cities of texas. the places, where democrats live. texas-based compa

about half the states in the country allow this at the congressional level. after rucho, there is no reason for illinois not to join 59% democrats in chicago with 49% republicans 200 miles away in peoria. that would be a perfect district under rucho. fourth is really redistricting -- is re-redistricting, redistricting more than once per decade. if a party sees a district slipping away, it doesn't have to let that happen now. the party can just redraw the district to make it safer. and the party can do this not just once, but as often as it likes, even right before the election if the party wants to. that's the brave new world we are living in now that the supreme court has ruled on gerrymandering and i think everyone, liberal or conservative, should see it as an awful new world in which we find ourselves. i will leave it there for now. >> thanks. >> thank you to the federal society for organizing this and to all of you for joining me on this call. it's a great discussion. now, gerrymandering, partisan gerrymandering, goes back to our nation's founding. the te

and then speak to the congressional authority. our beloved departed member of this body, congressman john lewis, wrote in his final s is -- his final essay that the mockers he is not a state, it is an act. implicit in this important ideas the recognition that democracies are fragile and require constant care. we know this, and seemingly every day we are reminded why. democracy presents candidates to paths for electoral success. both with deep historical roots. candidates can choose mobilization, doing the hard work of building support for their offer of service and leadership through active engagement and advancement of popular policies while working to enhance mobilization. in contrast, others can take a different approach and try to demobilize. they can try to impose barriers. i think of these alternate paths as democracy's high road and democracy's low road. turnout in the last election. we heard about the extraordinaryturnout in the last election. 43 states and legislatures have introduced over 250 bills. as we know, because t

i recognized this pattern i immediately took it up to my congressional representative and worked with the research team in kabul. i personally worked on 25 cases i know there were more that the visa team found today all children have been added to the cases in all families that were separated have been reunited. this this one here shows you how important it is to have a system that actually works because if not for me staying awake all night every night most nights when may not have seen us sick a man that is little is it or huge cheer him on that we don't have to imagine the was because that all some people who have been left behind in iraq quite know how and we spoke to a translator in iraq and this is what that translates to told us we are changing the way he sounds an officer changing the way he looks take a look. i'm speaking on the whole feel like he said i was here if you're safe or just going on all of the procedures all the employees think paul but he's said that we have been facing a deluge to ensure players like our names list to play right yes he took us so we are expectin

--dole to examine the upcoming congressional redistricting cycle. they also explore the history of gerrymandering and the role of independent commissions. this is one hour. >> i think we are all set to go. good afternoon. i am an executive board member of the chicago lawyers chapter of the federalist society. i appreciate you joining us. election law has been front of mind and our conscience over the past years. the presidential election in 2016 was followed by legal challenges. 2020 brought even more challenges to election integrity laws because of 29 -- covid-19. then disputes over vote totals, machines, and calls not to certify. these occupy hours of news media. many landed in the courts. various protesters disputed certification efforts. much more directly in the hall of congress back in january. luckily, these more incendiary fights over our election processes have largely subsided. they have subsided just in time for us to begin the hotly contested process of redistricting. every 10 years upon completion of the senses, the states we apportion

we will go to congressional correspondent jacqui heinrich who is simply reaction from the right tonight. actually, good morning, jackie. you've been pulling some long hours today. >> it has been a long one. south carolina senator tim scott to come the senate's only black republican spoke openly about how racism has affected his life. at talking about being pulled over without cause or followed while he shopping. but he leaned into democrats for using race as a political weapon to shut down debate and sell every issue the way only one side wants it. >> from colleges to corporations to our culture, people are making money and gaining power by pretending we haven't made any progress at all. by doubling down on the divisions we've worked so hard to heal. the same filibuster that

seats, and those congressional seats being drawn by republicans. so the state legislatures draw the seats and those are controlled by republicans in many of these states. >> carol you're seeing trends of people moving now we're getting all of this talk about tax hikes , particularly lately. the capital gains rate. you talk about places like new york and california, those rates are going to be top rates 50 nearly 60%. carol, is this trend going to accelerate? in other words, is hal going to need a bigger door because more and more people from where you are for instance in chicago are going to be heading his way? >> yeah, i think they are two separate issues. on the tax hike front, i'm a little bit skeptical. i've been saying that the headline may come out very high but some of the devil in the details things may actually benefit the states where you have big democratic leadership, something like restoring the salt deduction, which has been a huge issue in places like illinois and new york, so that's one issue, but on the other issue is kristin was e

we want to bring in nina turner, democrat running in a special congressional election in ohio's 11th district also the former co-chair of bernie sanders 2020 presidential campaign. so nice to see you. look, they try, president biden tried for legislative fix to the minimum wage raising to $15. senate parliamentarian wouldn't let it happen. this is what he can do by executive order right now. is it enough? >> john, i'm glad -- good morning. i'm certainly glad to see the president using the power of executive order. it's good. it's a great start. we got to continue to push. we got to make sure that it is done legislatively. as we know that $15 an hour is the floor. it is certainly not the ceiling and so many people are suffering. as we have seen with the pandemic, the essential workers and what they have done to steady this community, steady this nation, has been nothing short of a miracle. so we got to make sure that people are not living in

and on capitol hill the chair of the congressional black caucus, the democratic congresswoman, joyce beatty from ohio, with these words. >> let me just say this is on behalf of the congressional black caucus. we come today as a group, 56 strong. our message today is this verdict, we certainly agree with. guilty on all charges. but we want our message to be very clear that this is just the first step. we know clearly that justice has been delayed. so when we come today we will continue to say, all of the names. we will fight continuously for all of those who died or have been injured senselessly by law enforcement. we know that there are still the mothers, the families, the children who are sheding -- shedding tears today because a verdict will not bring back their family member. while we grieve today, there's so much emotion that we have collected and gathered as members of the congressional black caucus. and that is why i have asked all of the members to come and our members will afterwards give you their statement. but for our statement of the congressional black caucus, we thought