please chief shields was previously the chief in atlanta. they give for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> i have no easy questions for you and we will start with crime being up in louisville but crime was up in atlanta where you worked for 25 years. crime is up in virtually every big city. shootings that handle sides are up. -- homicides are up. they rose in louisville last year and they are on the rise now. the total last year was 170. why is this happening? we used to see these stats going down year over year. what started to change in 202021 -- 2020 and continued into 2021? >> you're asking the right question, because what is different? when i look at louisville, it's similar to atlanta and georgia and that is in the southern states where you have very lax gun laws, it doesn't lend itself to a high proliferation of illegal weapons on the street. you lay on top of that there is a post-covid component to it. individuals who are marginalized are for the set on the sides we talk about young people. when you have young people without

after the mass shooting in atlanta, the vice president and i went down to atlanta to meet with asian americans. it was a raw and emotional visit. we heard about the pain, the fear, the anger, and all that existed in the community. they felt visible. -- invisible. not seen. too many asian americans have been waking up this morning this past year genuinely fearing for their safety. just opening the door and walking down the street. and safety for their loved ones. the moms and dads who cannot let their kids out the door to go to school without worrying they will be attacked, blamed, scapegoated, harassed during the pandemic. living in fear for their lives just walking down the street. grandparents afraid to leave their homes even to get vaccinated for fear of being attacked. small business owners targeted and gunned down, students worried about two things: covid-19 and being bullied. documented incidents of hate against asian americans has seen a shocking spike. let alone the ones that have never been reported. gutwrenching attacks on some of the most vulnerable people in our nation th

just days after the mass shooting in atlanta, the vice president harris and i went down to atlanta to meet with asian americans. and the community across georgia. it was a raw and emotional visit we had. we heard about their pain, their fear, anger. and all that existed in the community and the feelings were about those feelings that they felt invisible. not seen. we heard how too many asian americans have been waking up each morning this past year genuinely, genuinely fearing for their safety. just opening the door and walking down the street. and safety for the loved ones. the moms and dads when they let their kids out the door to go to school were worried. attacked, blamed, scapegoated, harassed during this pandemic. living in fear for their lives, as i said, just walking down the street. grandparents afraid to leave their homes, even to get vaccinated, for fear of being attacked. small business owners targeted and gunned down. students worried about two things. covid-19 and being bullied. documented incidents of hate against asian americans has seen a shocking spike, as the vice p

ossoff: hello, atlanta. forever i love atlanta. give it up again for my brother, the reverend raphael warnock. [cheers and applause] georgia, it all comes down to this. tomorrow is election day. on eyes of the nation are georgia right now. on eyes of the world are georgia right now. georgia. power, we make history. now, i want you to say it with me now. save vote. -- say vote. say vote. say vote. tomorrow, we make history. and think about how far we have come, atlanta. think about how far we have come in the great state of georgia. think about how far we have come in the american south. is the most competitive battleground state in the united states. you did that. you did that. [cheers and applause] two runoffting elections for the united states senate to determine control of the united states senate. your standardbearers are the young jewish son of an immigrant and a pastor who holds dr. the church.t at think about how far we have come, atlanta. think about how far we have come. -- we are running against are running against like,

the asian-american community in georgia, following the mass shooting here in atlanta. it was a raw and powerful meeting in a very emotional moment and some criticized me for speaking out nationally about that hate crime. some criticized me for saying how ugly and sinister it was. since then, because of the two senators you sent, among others, the united states senate passed the covid-19 hate crimes act to protect asian americans and pacific islanders from the vicious hate crimes we have seen too often and too long. it passed 94-to-1. don't tell me we can't make progress. it's the first step, and we have a lot more to do. that's right. if we are to truly heal the soul of america, we need to project that sacred right and protect it to vote. in this state of dr. king and john lewis, you know how precious and precarious the right to vote is. in november and again in january, your vote changed the world. instead of celebrating that, it is being attacked. more people voted for president in 2020 than any time in american history ever. and they did it in the middle of a pandem

said to -- we have had many recent mass shootings, two particularly that are horrific in boulder and atlanta. getting anything through congress is, i would say impossible. host: for all of these debates in washington, follow the reporting of linda feldman by going to c >> tuesday, president biden signed into law the ppp extension act of 2021. watch live coverage at 2:00 p.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> c-span's washington journal, every day we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and discuss policy issues that impact you. tuesday morning, diana pursed stock rock, former deputy assistant transportation secretary for research and technology in the trump administration, and joseph kane from the brookings institution. also, issues related to the 2020 tax filing season including distribution of stimulus payment. watch "washington journal," live at 7:00 eastern tuesday morning, and join with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. >> state and local officials testify on how they are handling domestic terrori

from atlanta, here is terry. caller: good morning. how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i voted absentee both times, in the general election and for the special runoff. and i have a few health challenges. i tried not to expose myself to any potential illnesses. themy problem is with negative ads that i have seen. i am really quite fed up with that. -- it is like you cannot turn the tv on without seeing something negative and hearing negative things from people. i know the majority of the things being said are not true. the candidates them and makes them look like edited -- 80 its. diots. i watch you every day. sometimes i tape the show and watch it if i'm not up that early. a lot of people calling in on both sides, it seems like you 45 or against 45 and you are for 46 or 846. the negative comments from people calling in a lot of times are joe biden has not done anything, donald trump, best president we have ever had, but i am not sure these people are getting their sources -- their news from credible sources. they are getting opinionated news and repeating some o

centers for disease and control in atlanta. the cdc represents the best of this nation. brilliant minds and a strong commitment to public service. we came here to thank them for all the work they do and especially the work they have done over the course of this pandemic. we owe them and their families our gratitude. we want to convey to them the commitment to give them everything they need to get it done, free of politics and guided by science. because of them, we are making real progress. we just met my goal of 100 million shots before my first 100 days in office. we did it in about 60 days. we are not stopping now. the american rescue funds more vaccines, more vaccination centers, and more increases in investment. it will help us accelerate our nationwide effort to reopen school safely. last week i directed all states, tribes, and territories to make all of those eligible to be vaccinated low -- no later than may 1. while this is a time of optimism, it is not a time for relaxation. i need all americans to keep doing their par

with leaders in the aftermath of the shootings in the atlanta area and visited the c.d.c. earlier today getting an update on covid-19 issues and the fight against covid-19 and here at emory university to talk about the recent shootings and other issues. the president and vice president are participating in listening sessions at the university. and the president should be coming out to speak shortly. we will will have live coverage. and representative bobby scott. mr. scott: they do much better in schools. their access to school nutrition is there because they have access to the schools meals. and the social skills you develop cannot be developed if you are sitting at home and identifying mental health problems can't be done and child abuse cannot be done. the children need to be in schools and things that need to be done according to the c.d.c. mr. scott: we have the resoarses to make it possible and put a lot of money in education and it's also to catch up for loft learning. that means probably summer schools or longer day. a lot of children have been out of school for a

with georgia asian american leaders in the aftermath of the shootings in the atlanta area. particularly of the asian women in that area. the president and vice president also toured the c.d.c. and got an update on the fight against covid-19 and here we'll hear from the president at emory university in atlanta, was set to get under way about 20 minutes ago. we'll have it live for you when it starts here on c-span. while we wait for that, we'll show you some more from "washington journal," a conversation on the biden administration energy policies. >> one of the headlines yesterday, challenges galore await deb haaland. explain what some of those challenges are. guest: deb haaland comes into department of interior with very much different agenda from the trump administration. she's going to be looking at restoring national monuments, how far does the biden administration go on this pause >> you have stated that you oppose all fossil fuel infrastructure. if confirmed, president biden is likely to ask you specifically whether he should extend the ban on oil, coal ol cold waters.

this is the georgia world congress center in atlanta. our coverage just getting underway. >> you been watching live coverage of wsb tv in atlanta on c-span as the results come in for the georgia u.s. senate runoff elections between republican senator david perdue and democrat jon ossoff, and kelly loeffler and democrat raphael warnock. we will return to the broadcast shortly. >> c-span's washington journal. every day, we take your calls live on the air on the news of the day, and we discuss policy issues that impact you. coming up wednesday morning, a discussion on the results of the georgia u.s. runoff elections. with adam van brimmer from the savannah morning news. then we talk about what is expected during the joint session of congress, as they tally the electoral college votes in the 2020 presidential election, with bloomberg news' daniel gladly, american enterprise institute resident scholar john fortier, congressman hank johnson, and congressman mark wayne mullen. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern wednesday mor

jonathan: let's talk about the shootings in atlanta. the tragic shootings in atlanta. prosecuting hate crimes requires law enforcement to find proof that the incidents are racially motivated. do you believe there is proof to pursue hate crimes for the shootings in atlanta? rep. chu: let's look at what the shooter did, this 21-year-old white male picked a business for his first victim called "young's asian massage" and shot four victims there, then drove 27 miles to a location with two asian spa businesses side-by-side and then shot into those businesses. he had lots of choices along the way, if the issue was sex addiction. but no, he specifically chose three asian businesses, where clearly, if he shot into them, he would kill asian women. i think that there has to be as many resources as possible to prove a hate crime. actually, whether law enforcement uses those resources to the greatest degree possible to look for those clues that would support a hate crime statute and charge depends on the level of commitment of law enforcement to it. that is why we are pushing for

vice president harris is, as i speak, in atlanta, getting the word out about the vaccinations. yesterday, i signed a bill into law a federal holiday -- making juneteenth a federal holiday. folks across the country will be canvassing and hosting events to encourage families, friends, and neighbors to get vaccinated. the more we close the racial gap in vaccination rates, the more lives we will save. as our vaccination is saving tens of thousands of lives with that count growing each day, it is also allowing millions of americans to get back to leading their lives. grandparents are hugging their kids. kids are back to school and getting ready for the summer. people are going out to restaurants and traveling. businesses are reopening. folks are heading into a very different summer compared to last year. a great summer. a summer of joy. as i beginning, i will -- as i promised you from the beginning, i will always give it to you straight. the truth is, deaths and hospitalizations are drastically down in places where people are getting vaccinated. cases and hospitalizations are not go

tomorrow, the vice president will be in atlanta on a bus tour helping to spread the word like all of you have been doing on life-saving vaccines. tomorrow will be on the bus tour to spread the word like you have been doing on life-saving vaccines and people will be hosting events in their communities going door-to-door encouraging vaccinations. we have built it since day one, but we have more work to close the vaccination rates. the more we can do that, the more we can save lives. today is the 6th anniversary at mother emmanuel church until south carolina. the killer, motivated by hate intending to start a war and he joined his victims in a bible study class and he took their lives in the house of worship, to root out hate. hate only hides. it never fully goes away, it hides and when you breathe oxygen under that rock, it comes out. and that's what we must understand that juneteenth represents not only the commemoration to end slavery more than 150 years ago but the ongoing work to bring true equity and racial justice and american society, which we can do. in short. this day doesn't

do you take a lot of atlanta in your district? comm. hausmann: yes, sir, atlanta is in our county. president biden: fire away, the floor is yours. comm. hausmann: mr. president, first of all it's an honor to serve the citizens of fulton county but it is a true honor to be here with you today as we have this important conversation about the future and improving our nation's infrastructure. thank you for having me. i am coming from the state of georgia, which prides itself on being the number one state in the nation for new business . along with it comes heavy traffic and congestion. for counties across the country generally, this is an important conversation as we are tasked with directly supporting 70% of -- 78% of the public transit system across the united states. so this money in new investments is greatly appreciated and will be very impactful to the services we provide in the public transit arena. counties invest over $23 billion each year in the operation, maintenance, and construction of transit utilities and mass transit systems, including subways, surface rails, and buses.

do you take a lot of atlanta in your district? comm. hausmann: yes, sir, atlanta is in our county. president biden: fire away, the floor is yours. comm. hausmann: mr. president, first of all it's an honor to serve the citizens of fulton county but it is a true honor to be here with you today as we have this important conversation about the future and improving our nation's infrastructure. thank you for having me. i am coming from the state of georgia, which prides itself on being the number one state in the nation for new business . along with it comes heavy traffic and congestion. for counties across the country generally, this is an important conversation as we are tasked with directly supporting 70% of -- 78% of the public transit system across the united states. so this money in new investments is greatly appreciated and will be very impactful to the services we provide in the public transit arena. counties invest over $23 billion each year in the operation, maintenance, and construction of transit utilities and mass transit systems, including subways, surface rails, and buses.

when the asian-american community in atlanta asked me, what are you going to do about it? the next time i go back to atlanta, i want to tell them, we did everything we could at this moment to fight for justice and equality, and allow youth to feel safe here in your own country. that is what this is about. if we deliver anything less than that, we will have failed this moment in time. i ask everyone to think about it, whatever disagreements you have or mms you want to make, make them, but let us not fail to deliver something here that can move our country forward. with that i am grateful for the opportunity to speak along such distinguished colleagues. thank you, everyone. sen. schumer: the speaker and i will have to leave soon because of the memorial service. we will take questions on this subject first. reporter: can you give us the timeline for how you plan to do this? sen. schumer: yes, the bill is on the floor now. we will move a motion to proceed. we are waiting for our republican colleagues to tell us what their plans are. they are having their lunch today, and we ho

sort of why atlanta? why now? >> first of all, atlanta is near and dear to my heart. i lived there for four years. i went to morehouse college and it's just a wonderful place. my -- i have family that lives in atlanta as well. for microsoft, when you think about this, the higher education institutions that you have in atlanta from georgia tech to georgia state to the historically black colleges and universities, clark, atlanta university, spellman college, moorhouse college, right there you have these great higher education system there the quality of living is a great place, it's attractive, the diversity of the economy and the different businesses that you have there, large and small. when you put all of that together with, you know, the rich fabric and the diversity that you have in the city of atlanta, why not atlanta is the question. so for us, as we look to grow, we announced that we are going to have two buildings in the atlantic station, atlantic yards there, we'll be hiring 2,500 people. we've purchased some property in the hills where we will look to investi

the atlanta journal-constitution's greg bluestein is joining us from atlanta. you are watching and listening to c-span's "washington journal. " we will be back in a moment. ♪ >> the senate returns today at 3:00 p.m. eastern to continue work on the nomination of deputy transportation secretary. the number two post under pete buttigieg. later in the week, senators will begin working on more nominations, including wendy sherman to be deputy secretary of state, and gary gensler to chair the securities and exchange commission. the house returns tuesday at 7:00 eastern for allegedly do business and will vote to postpone a 2% across-the-board cuts all medicare payments until the end of the year. during the week, the house will debate house will debate equal pay for women legislation, as well as a bill on workplace violence against health-care and social services workers. watch live coverage of the house on c-span, the senate on c-span two, and follow congressional coverage anytime at c-span.org or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> today, house republican confe

tomorrow, the vice president will be in atlanta on a bus tour helping to spread the word like all of you have been doing on life-saving vaccines. and across the country tomorrow including here in washington, people will be canvassing in their communities and going door-to-door promoting vaccinations. -- encouraging vaccinations. we have built it since day one, but we have more work to close the vaccination rates. the more we can do that, the more we can save lives. today also marks the sixth anniversary of the tragic deaths at mother emanuel church in charleston, south carolina. the killer, motivated by hate , intending to start a race war in south carolina. he joined his victims in a bible study class and he took his lives their lives in the house of worship. it is a reminder that our work to root out hate never ends, because hate only hides. it never fully goes away, it hides. and when you breathe oxygen under that rock, it comes out. and that's what we must understand, that juneteenth represents not only the commemoration to end slavery more than 150 years ago, but the ongoing wor

the honorable tee shot lance bottoms is the mayor of atlanta, and launched her one atlanta vision for an herbal city that -- for an affordable city. she has committed the nation's 10th largest economy to transition to 100% clean energy by 2035. -- the honorable keisha lance-bottoms. mayor rhodes-conway is cofounder of an organization that works to coordinate river-related programs and policies and work with federal agencies that have river responsibilities. she has developed regional positions to advocate the state's collective interests before congress and federal agencies and facilitates an austere's interagency coordination, cooperation, and communication. without objection, with the witnesses' opening statements will be made part of the record. with that, mayor garcetti, you are recognized for five minutes. welcome. mayor garcetti: thank you so much. it is an honor to be with you. last time i was with you was pre-pandemic. it is great to be with my sister mayors lance-bottoms and rose-conway -- rhodes-conway. i know mike levin, too, is part of this committee. california strong. th

sports brought atlanta so much. as voting laws change, it is time to take something away you can read more of that "the washington post." angela from virginia, a republican, your turn. caller: yeah. first of all, your little history lesson that you just did, it was a bunch of nonsense because this is all the democrats ever do is use black people and history for their corrupt laws. now hr-1, you couple that with that $1.9 trillion that they passed which we know is going to fortify the democrats election and every place in this country. we know that. we're not dumb. and then you pull out this dumb history, well, the history isn't dumb you pull out history, 40, 50, 60 years ago. what in the world does that have to do with black people having an i.d. card and going to vote? and i'm sick of white people pretending that black people are so ignorant that if we can't vote on sunday, then we can't figure out how to vote. democrats, historically have always tried to use the backs of black people to make sure that they maintai

in atlanta, it is virginia, democratic caller. itler: i wanted to say that has been very tiresome, listening to all the rhetoric. with all the elections. our elected officials, whether you be democrat or republican, is to uphold the constitution and represent the people. there is no such thing as red and blue. we have people. whoever we elect, that job is to represent republicans, democrats, independents, whoever. we go into office, we want to represent individuals. the president don't vote to send people to congress or even the president. the people does that and they need to be reminded that they are there to represent us as a on thend get that focus purpose of what they go there for. we have a pandemic. people are dying. we are not addressing the real issues. we need people that are going to get back to the business of the people and not themselves. thank you. host: virginia in georgia. that line for georgia residents, (202) 748-8003. we are talking about the senate runoff elections happening in georgia. (202) 748-8000 for demo

these things are borne out of experiences we all endured in 199 in atlanta, the bombing there. it was realizeds that there was a gap between federal, states, and local when it came to securities planning and crisis response. in an effort to remedy that, there was a bit of legislation and we've ended up with this for about 22 years now. the three agencies that take the lead here, fema, f.b.i. and secret service and as he mentioned, the secret service is man dated to serve as the lead for execution, planning and development. i think the general public is familiar with our policies when it comes to foreign policies but with the n.s.e., wear talking about ensuring the security of everyone. just want to make sure the general public is aware of that. the three lead agencies get together well before the event takes place. we begin preparing for the next one once one ends. that includes getting ready for the next inaugural. it's fair to say we've been talking and thinking about this inaugural for more than three years now. last may, the committees got together and formed a unified comm

atlanta fed president has to be ratified by the gourd -- board of governors. every five years, they review the presidents and ratify or approve that the atlanta fed, this board felt this is the person that should lead this institution. there are these controls that make it such where even though the reserve banks are private, they go up to a reporting structure at the federal government level and i think that is interesting. it is dizzying but that is how the federal reserve operates. pedro: you can find the reporting work of our guest at finance.yahoo.com. thank you for joining us. hope you will come back. brian: thank you, pedro. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> watch the days biggest political events live or on-demand anytime or anywhere on our new app. c-span now. this into c-span radio app and discover new podcasts for free. download c-span now today. ♪ >> coming up tonight on c-span, the hou

in atlanta, georgia, we saw them jerked out of suitcases under tables and a lady kept running the same paper through the machine over and over again. we start with our own eyes, it was no hollywood script. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] >> all of this available at

department of justice to address this issue long before atlanta, we had known that this is been a challenge, really exacerbated by some of the language of a previous administration and unfortunately, last year the total was something like 3700 acts of violence against the aapi community, that would be more than 10 day. san francisco takes great pride in representing aapi communities and we see firsthand the risks that are there and that is something we are all very proud of. we are very pleased this week that we were able to pass legislation, much of it coming from the judiciary committee, deserve some credit. some of the women -- first we had the ar -- first we had the passing of the e.r.a.. the barrier is not in the constitution, it was put in by the congress, congress can take it out. we had the violence against women act, this reauthorization anyway that is stronger, listening to some of our friends in indian country have suffered so much from the injustice -- and no recourse, that was the other day, yesterday, we had two bills that i'm so excited about, the dreamers act. you may recall

slavitt: let's go to q and a. >> great, first question, sam with wvab atlanta. sam: thank you for taking my question. i am wondering if you can share more details on the mass vaccination site y'all will be setting up in atlanta. i have been covering the active mass vaccination effort from the county health department there and i have heard from people in some parts of the south side of atlanta that mercedes-benz is a hard place for them to reach. is there going to be further outreach to make sure people have access to this and not just that it is set up? mr. slavitt: thank you for the question. i cannot give you the specifics, will be glad to follow-up up with you. i will say with all of our mass vaccination sites efforts, the first week, we really see a lot of adjusting to the needs of the local community including how appointments are reserved, including whether there are mobile vans and clinics that need to be set up. including transportation issues and arranging transportation. you may be aware that uber and lyft have donated millions of rides, so we are goi

president and vice president went to atlanta and engaged with asian american leaders. additionally white house officials in the office of public engagement, the office of governmental affairs and general policy council convened roundtables and listening sessions to discuss this issue. following up with the following up with leaders. also combating the asian violence is among the department's highest priorities , taking a look at ways to reinvigorate the department of hate crimes and prevention initiatives to identify ways that we can expand data collection and reporting. combating anti-asian violence is among the department's highest priorities, and they are taking a fresh look at ways to reinvigorate the initiative to identify ways we can improve and expand reporting. additionally, the department of health and human services hosted a conversation with asian american leaders to discuss equity in the nation's covid-19 response, and announced combating xenophobia as one of the top priorities of the equity task force. and last friday, the national day of action and healin

on both cases, aubery in atlanta and the other one, they were both being attacked by individuals who had no respect for the fact that they were holding a gun. i am not into anybody being shot or killed, but you would think anybody with common sense would not try to go after somebody if holding a gun and try to take the gun from them. where is the responsibility to those who are invading the space of the person with the gun? the gun was there for the reason that maybe they couldn't defend themselves against the crowd or against a bigger person or against a violent individual. so, i think people should realize that all are not able to defend themselves with just their hands. if you have the right to bear arms, you have the right to defend yourself. i wish everybody the best to lost anybody. i feel for everybody who was injured, but common sense has to prevail. host: let's go to sandy, calling from ohio on the republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. i kind of agree with the guy that just spoke, but the woman who called in, she is just repeating democrat talking points. kyle

georgia. -- murdered in atlanta, georgia. thank you. i would like to remind members we have established the email address and list dedicated to circulating exhibits, motions or other materials members may want to offer as part of our hearing today. if you would like to submit those materials, the site is judiciarydocs@mail.house.gov. i ask consent -- sharing no objection, i welcome them to our subcommittee. i want to ask all members, those in person and remotely, to mute your microphones when you are not speaking. this will help prevent feedback, nickel issues, and unmute yourself when you are recognized. i will recognize myself earn opening statement. while there are still many details to be learned about tuesday's horrific shootings in atlanta, left left eight people did, six reportedly of asian descent, one thing is certain. for many asian americans tuesday's shocking events felt like the inevitable culmination of a year which there were nearly 3800 reported incidents of anti-asian hate incidents that grew increasingly mor