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Welcome to politicsnation. Were just days away from a major Court Decision on obamacare. And republicans have taken a stunning position on it. They want the Supreme Court to take away insurance from millions of americans. They wont do anything about it and then theyll blame the president. Just ask paul ryan. Whatever the Supreme Court decides later this month, i think the lesson is absolutely clear. Obamacare is just flat busted. It just doesnt work. And no fix can change that fact. Were not talking about a ding or a dent or a fender bender or a flat tire the whole law is a lemon. The answer is to repeal and replace this law with patientcentered reforms. If the court rules against the administration, millions of people will be stuck with a governmentdesigned Health Insurance that they cannot afford. Lets be clear. Theyre arguing for the Supreme Court that because the language said states rather than federal government, that they should therefore take away insurance in 34 states. That will affect 6. 4 Million People that now have insurance under obamacare. 6. 4 Million People in these 34 states will lose their insurance. Now, it also includes paul ryans state of wisconsin. In his state, 166,142 people will lose their subsidy in wisconsin. Average tax credit per enrollment, 315 a month, gone. Playing politics on a word game. And they have the audacity to say, oh we have a plan b, but were not going to tell you until we take away your insurance. Because we are playing politics while were dealing with peoples lives. We must see the gravity of this. 6. 4 Million People 34 states, you petitioned the Supreme Court, and you tell these 6. 4 Million People, well tell you what will happen to you, if we win, and were going to blame it on the president , who provided you insurance in the first place. This is blatant and this in my opinion, is reprehensible. Paul ryan says about this when people, in their understandable fear say, well whats going to happen if the Supreme Court does what you guys asked to do . Listen to what he says. We do have an alternative. I dont think its going to be the next couple days more like the next couple weeks. Well have a lot more on that later. Well have a lot more on that later . People will no longer be dealt with in terms of their subsidies, their preexisting conditions. Well have more on that later. Lets go talk about it. Lets bring in congressman lloyd dogget. He was in that house hearing today and Jonathan Capehart. Good evening, gentlemen. Good to be with you, reverend. Congressman, it amazes me that you would have men elected to office that would say with a straight face that we will tell you what plan b will be after you lose your insurance, that we and our colleagues on the right, have petitioned the Supreme Court for. And mind you, were going to blame it on the president who provided this. Were going to remove it on a word game and well tell you later what well do if you lose your insurance. Thats so very true reverend al. What theyre doing is picking out four words, established by the state, that appear two places in a 900page bill and asking the court to disregard all of the history about our efforts. Why in the world the congress would want to discriminate against some states and their uninsured over others it makes no sense at all. And what we have is really a historic moment where chairman paul ryan is saying to the Supreme Court, please deny 52 million a month in federal tax relief to the people of wisconsin because i have such an ideological commitment to destroy this president and his health care plan. He joined with two senators from texas, cruz and karnen where they proposed to take away 206 million every month from texas families over 800,000 texans would lose that tax credit that they need in order to have Health Security. And to call it a lemon, my goodness, for some of these families this is the first time theyve ever had Health Security because of preexisting conditions. Absolutely. Perhaps a child born with a disability. A family that has had cancer they have some security now and these republicans are begging the Supreme Court to take that security away and deny their families tax relief its just so wrong. And then to have almost four years and offer nothing but platitudes and attacks and 58 attempts to repeal this act, they dont have an alternative to obamacare. But congressman, thats my point. Not only do they not have a plan b, if they had a way to insure those americans, they had five years to present it rather than obamacare. Absolutely. They never presented an alternative plan. They fought the president s plan that went through and is working, and now they tell us well talk to you later about a plan b, if they succeed with the word game before the rightwing Supreme Court. Jonathan, its not only ryan look at what senator mcconnell said when he was asked what are we going to do to the millions of people that could be with no insurance if you succeed in the Supreme Court. Listen to what he said. Well depending on what the Supreme Court decides, well have a proposal that protects the American People from a very bad law. I think we have to see what the Supreme Court decides before we announce a proposal to deal with it. Well have to wait. Well get to that later. I mean this is a callous disregard for how serious this is to 6. 4 Million People. Youre talking about Peoples Health and its not as though if the Supreme Court invalidates the exchanges and the Health Care Law is gutted and all these people are thrown off their Health Insurance, that the republicans just can walk in and in a matter of days or weeks, put in an alternative that would then get those folks their insurance back. Thats not the way governing works. Thats not the way any of this works. If the Supreme Court does what the republicans have been trying to do for the last five years and guts obamacare, youre going to have millions of people 6. 4 Million People as youve been saying, since the top of the show, will be without health care, and there will be no alternative on the horizon, for months. The way things go in washington and in the capital and the congressman can talk about this better than any of us right now, nothing will get done. Nothing. And thats the fear. Let me tell you, its not even political wise. Its a moral outrage. This this is a moral argument to me. But even on the politics side you have seven gop senators who are up for reelection in 2016, who are in states that could lose these subsidies. These are states that elected president obama. 2. 3 Million People in those states could lose insurance. So youve got gop senators that are up for reelection next year that have 2. 3 million together people in their states that could lose insurance and theyre in states that the president won. How could they sit by silently and allow their own party to put their politics in terms of their careers and their positions in jeopardy like this . This is crazy. It really is amazing. And of course some of those states have the power to act on their own. Pennsylvania, for example, it can solve its own problem, by simply creating a state exchange. And i think some of these republican senators who hopefully are going to be displaced in this next election some of those senators want to have their cake and eat it too. Theyd like to keep obamacare in effect through the 2016 election year, so those families wont feel the immediate pain while at the same time claiming that the Supreme Court is throwing out obamacare. So they want to delay the pain and make the claim to their rightwing constituency that they prevented obamacare. Hopefully the Supreme Court will come along and do the right thing and preserve Health Care Security. We need to be ready to act. Ill have a bill to file the day any bad decision comes down that would simply eliminate those four words and preserve protection for everyone. And we need to stand by the president on this issue. So you would have a bill ready right away that would eliminate those words and continue to do what obamacare presently does. So youre not saying that youll have a plan later if they lose or by and by when the morning comes, as we used to sing in church, youll be ready right there specifically with a bill that would deal with this problem . Absolutely. All we need to do is take out those four words. I dont think the court will rule against obamacare, but if it does simply removing four words in two places in a 900page bill, that solves the problem. We dont need hearings or investigation. Just preserve the Health Care Security that so many families across america are counting on. Jonathan, are they on the right so captured so intimidated by the far right, the tea party, that they would risk seven senators seats and risk 6. 4 Million Peoples insurance, because they want to make a point against this president . Have we come to this . I was about to ask, is that a rhetorical question rev . Theyve within at this for five years. They would love to have the Supreme Court throw out obamacare. Losing six or seven senate seats, look this is a group of folks who think in the shortterm. Saving six or seven senate seats is a longterm situation. And theyre thinking that way, they would do themselves they would do their party, and they would do their country a favor by presenting an alternative in case the Supreme Court does their bidding. If they have an alternative. Right. In five years, they havent shown an alternative. And that i think is the problem. And were talking about a decision congressman, this month. The Supreme Court is coming back any day now. This is imminent. Not something farfetched. You know this can go either way, and this is frightening for those people that are sitting there that has the threat of their insurance, some of them, for the first time in life being taken away from them. Congressman lloyd dogget and Jonathan Capehart thank you both for your time tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Coming up, the fight for 15 an hour as the minimum wage. One of americas largest cities just took a huge step and your city could be next. Also president obama moving forward with plans to expand his legacy and it could be the summers big political fight with republicans. Plus the first ladys powerful speech to High School Grads in her hometown of chicago. And the kid president is trying to help other kids get enough to eat. Let me get out my chalk board. Here. So, we got a problem, people. 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Waiter vo in the nation, we know how it feels when you arent treated like a priority. We do things differently. Well take care of it. Vo we put members first. Join the nation. Thank you. Nationwide is on your side if you truly believe you can work full time and support a family on less than 15,000 a year, try it. [ applause ] if not, vote to give millions of the hardest working people in america a raise. The president is right. Try it. I cant count the amount of people that have come up to me around the country and said, reverend al i live on the minimum wage i cant survive. I cant keep going like this. This is real life. And for people to act like they are being extreme, try living on what they have to live on 15,000 a year or less. Its amazing that people could be so insensitive. Listen to the real people out there fighting for higher wages. I work an entire day of work and its enough to pay for one can of formula for my son. Mothers that are paying bills with this, utility bails and making a way for their children and we need a living wage. If the wage goes up i can provide better for my family. Ill do whatever it takes. Its a push weve seen all over the country. Workers rallying calling for a raise. One central front in this fight has been los angeles. And today, history. The Los Angeles City Council Voted to raise the minimum wage to 15 an hour. Its going to directly impact thousands of lives. Im in the business of helping people and i believe this helps people. People who are poor in this city dont get their fair share. We can increase the minimum wage and lift those families out of poverty. Los angeles is now the largest city in the country with a 15 minimum wage. Could it be a turning point . Joining me now is herb wesson president of the Los Angeles City council. He presided over todays vote in the council, which passed 121. Thank you for being here councilman. Reverend its my honor to spend some quality time with you, to celebrate. And it is a celebration for working people. Its a historic moment in the fight for higher wages. Whats your reaction . Well in the line of work that im in and my colleagues every now and then you have an opportunity to change the world. Today we took advantage of that opportunity. We believe that the winds in this country blow from the west to the east and that the action that we took today will have a Ripple Effect where it just wont lift out of poverty, the 800,000 people we have here in los angeles, but we think this will have an effect throughout the country, changing the lives of millions of working people. And were proud to have done that today. We made history. That sounds very poetic, the winds blow from the west to the east. And i hope it proves true. What will this raise mean to the workers of los angeles, councilman . Obviously, it will mean a lot. It will take average yearly income of 15,000 and double it increase it to about 30 31,000. Thats a significant increase but i would still find it challenging to live on 31,000 a year. So this is for us reverend this is the beginning. We are now going to be looking at ways to provide aid and assistance to our businesses. Its important for us that we recognize that Business Needs labor, and labor needs business. So now we need to do something to give a shot in the arm to our businesses, to ensure that this works. Because the better it works here, i think that it will give the confidence and the courage to other areas throughout the country to do what we believe is the right thing. When you say businesses, some would say, what is the down side of giving a heightened minimum wage in this case 15 an hour the chamber of commerce let me play for you what they had to say. The Los Angeles Chamber of commerce. A year from now, a hotel worker lost his job. A Garment Industry worker lost their job. And a dry cleaner picked up stakes and moved into a neighboring city that doesnt have these wage regulations. Now, that was at one of your meetings. Whats your response to that . Yeah and that was my good friend Ruben Gonzalez who made that statement. Businesses are concerned, and we understand that. Thats why we had a ninemonth process to try to address this. And thats one of the reasons why you will see us trying to assist businesses to ensure that they can continue. I dont believe that thats whats going to happen. Weve had reports from three different economic analysis. Weve had two oversight groups that reviewed what were trying to do. The key for us now, is just to try to find the balance. So the things that the chamber are concerned about are the very things that were concerned about as well. We think that we have a plan thats going to address their concerns and were again, confident. You dont get a 121 vote or if every member of the council was there today, it would have been a 141 vote. You dont get that unless theres a high Comfort Level among the other 14 members of the council. I was proud to be a part of it. I was proud to keep this on the rails, if you will. Well you did that and its a big day, and it could lead to huge days all over the country. Councilman, thank you so much for your time and congratulations again. Its my pleasure. Coming up 20 million lower income kids get free school lunches. So what happens in the summer . We need to get on this issue. The kid president is taking action. Plus jeb bush has some explaining to do. A comment he made in 1995 on single mothers, and shaming, is getting a lot of attention. You pay your Auto Insurance premium every month on the dot. Youre like the poster child for paying on time. And then one day you tap the bumper of a station wagon. No big deal. Until your Insurance Company jacks up your rates. You freak out. 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The Obama Administration is gearing up for a big push on Climate Change over the next few months with plans to limit emissions from planes and trucks, cut Greenhouse Gases and crack down on power plants. Its an extension of the president s focus on equality and fairness. Because the environment is a civil rights issue. Its about social justice. Think about it. If a company is dumping some chemicals into a river, will they do it near a wealthy country club . Or will they do it near a poor neighborhood where the people dont have a voice . The headlines tell the story. Poor americans face more toxic exposure. Climate change affects poor neighborhoods the most. Pollution is segregated too. In fact, People Living in poor urban areas are at risk for higher rates of cancer asthma and heart attacks because in part, theyre more likely to be exposed to harmful air and water. This is not just an issue for our children or our grandchildren. Its something we should be focused on right now. Joining me now is bob dean at the Natural Resources Defense Council and carter Economic Development expert and public radio host from the south bronx. Thank you both for being here. Thank you. Bob, let me go to you first. How important are these actions from the Obama Administration the ones theyre taking now . Well reverend this is about doing our part to protect future generations and ourselves across this country, from the dangers of Climate Change. This president has done more to accomplish that than any leader at any time anywhere on the face of the planet. Were cleaning up our dirty power plants and our trucks and our airplanes. Were building right here in this country, the next generation of energyefficient cars, homes, and workplaces. Were getting more power from the wind and the sun. Were driving American Innovation creating millions of american jobs and striking a blow against a central environmental challenge of our time. The president knows we can do this. Hes not listening to people who say we cant. He believes in the power of american promise and hes not going to let anybody turn him around. Thats what president ial leadership is all about. A lot of people dont think of the environment as a social justice issue, but it is right . I absolutely agree. The bottom line is if by chance all those environmentally burdened facilities had been located near wealthy people, we would have had solutions a long time ago. But the leadership the president is showing on this right now and also create the opportunities to create economic incentives that could support the development of looking at those communities where those facilities are and coming up with alternatives that also are marketbased, that provide great opportunities in Renewable Energy and other kind of projects like that, than what we have is a way to bring people along through job creation wealth creation. Were seeing issues on the local news all the time. Watch this. Persistent complaints about a toxic dust that blows off of those big piles you see behind me there. It would be like black dust. So we have to clean that so we keep our windows closed. An ongoing study of 600 children living in upper manhattan, details the impact pollution can have on a childs developing brain. Children who live in this neighborhood are twice as likely as the state average to go to the hospital for asthma. In these homes, have an abandoned Chemical Plant in the backyard. Residents say its a hard to breathe. A lot of people sick in this neighborhood. Everybody, the ambulance been to just about everybody on this street. Environmental problems disproportionately effect lowincome americans. How do we fix it . One of the main ways to do it is to create Economic Opportunities to counteract that with the kind of technological advances in all sorts of different types of Energy Efficiency all the techniques associated with that. We absolutely can have the opportunity to make this work now what the president is saying with this plan creating more opportunities for states to actually decide how they want to support innovation in Energy Reduction and things of that nature we can actually say, these are jobs creators. This is how we can do this. It might be sort of difficult in places where theres Energy Extraction like coal and oil, but in plenty of other states around this country, we can see an opportunity in particular to help poorer americans, see that there is a clear path between environmental stability and their economic wellbeing. Let me go back to you, bob. The epa was created ironically, by president nixon. But now republicans are known as the antienvironment party. Even Lindsey Graham thinks that needs to change. Watch this. Heres a question to ask everybody running as a republican. Whats the environmental policy of the Republican Party . When i ask that question, i get a blank stare. If im president of the united states, well address Climate Change in a business friendly way. I do believe Climate Change is real. This should be a bipartisan issue, but why is there so much pushback from the right . Well reverend it has been in the past a bipartisan issue, but the environmental safe guards that we depend on to protect air, water, wildlife, and lands were passed by huge majority of republicans and democrats alike. Whats happened in the past two years, reverend, the fossil fuel industry has spent more than 720 million supporting its allies and its agenda in congress. The plan is simple put polluter profits first and put the rest of us at risk. The president is not letting them get away with it. He has a vision for a cleaner, more sustainable america for all of us and he has a plan he recognizes opportunity to advance that vision and were making enormous progress. The president is going to restore pollution protections for streams and wetlands that end up in our water supply. 80 of the voters overall support it. That includes 94 of democrats, 75 of independents and even 68 of republicans. Bob, is washington lagging behind the rest of the country on this issue . The Republican Leadership in congress is lagging way behind reverend. This is Drinking Water that affects one out of every three americans. The new epa rule would protect, tens of millions of acres of wetland, two million miles of streams, thats where the Drinking Water is coming from. Instead Republican Leaders in congress are standing up for big industry, big polluters, big acculture, they need to be standing up instead for the people of america who depend on safe Drinking Water everywhere. Majora . And i bet if we can connect with regular americans, with the fact that cleaner water is often dependent on restoring the retlands where its naturally filtered through those are jobs. This is how we get regular americans, not the policy wonky people, but regular folks to see that the environment is something that affects them. It affects them in their pocket book, in their lungs. And thats how we can make regular americans think about environment in a different way. Well this is a social justice issue, a civil rights issue, and were going to stay on it. Bob deans, and Majora Carter thank you both for your time tonight. Still ahead, the first ladys emotional speech to the High School Classmates two years after of hidia pendleton after her tragic shooting. And how kid president is raising an issue affecting millions of americans this summer. Thats ahead. If you have moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis like me. And youre talking to a rheumatologist about a biologic this is humira. This is humira helping to relieve my pain and protect my joints from further damage. This is humira helping me reach for more. 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Do you know during the school year let me show you home kids have their lunches in the school year at school . 21. 5 million children eat every day, their lunch at school. Now, in the summer when we see the summer come on and schools on vacation it reduces down to 2. 7 million children. So the Summer Meal Program is 2. 7 million from the over 21 million. That gives you a difference in the summer of 18. 8 million children that are not getting summer meals. The kid president and internet star took this issue on on the internet, to really try to do something about it to bring awareness to it. And i think that it is applaudable and something that we all need to get behind. Let me show you what the kid president had to say. So we got a problem, people. The problem is there are kids in america who dont know when their next meal is coming. Especially when its summertime. Schools out. They dont know when. Thats just not okay. We got to do something about it. And thats why im talking to you right now. I need your help. And he not only needs your help. These 18. 8 million kids need all of our help. Do you realize, some of them thats the only balanced meal they get in a day . For the summer its over. We cant be that heartless in this country. Lets talk to joel berg about it because its really a problem. Joel, these are startling figures when you see them right on the screen and you realize were not talking about just a few here and there that could be easily dealt with in some city or village. Absolutely reverend al. 16 million American Children live in households that cant afford enough food. 16 million . Yes. Theyre not starving every night the way they would in somalia or north korea, but theyre choosing between food and rent getting less healthy foods, missmiss missing meals. But as you pointed out, 80 of the kids who get school lunch year round do not get summer meals. You know, the programs to feed kids in the summer keep kids healthy, as you say, 16 million in the land of the free and home of the brave, are not getting the right kind of meal. It brings parents relief when they get these meals in school. Listen to this. I go to work i said im not going to rely on food stamps to feed my son. But maybe he only eight twice a day. Sometimes on the weekend once. I think its pretty good. The kids seem to enjoy it ask its an easy meal for me. The parents anywhere a simple way to budget their financial situation a little bit better. So this is reallylife people on the ground and saying they need the help and that their childrens nutrition, the future of our country, is really being dealt with here. Yeah thank goodness theres a federal program, the Summer Meals Program that provides meals for kids funded by the federal government. And any site that provides meals, any kid under 18 can show up. The problem is but that safety net is under attack by the rightwing. Its under attack overall. Snap is particularly controversial, but there steams to be a broader consensus, that child nutrition programs need support and theres a bipartisan bill in congress that even a conservative congressman from alaska alaska, is supporting ways to ease access to these meals. So im hopeful this is one issue we can find bipartisan consensus over. And some people are stepping up but we need a whole lot more. The kid president even interviewed another kid who is doing his part to help out. Listen to this. For my sons birthday i wish that i could give food and not presents. And after that i started doing food drives. Since then ive collected 15,000 pounds of food and 18,000. Wow. Wow, that is beautiful. Thank you. Thats a kid. People need to get involved in this, joel. Pushing their legislators, pushing whatever. Tell us how people can be helpful. Two ways. They can go to our website, www. Hunger volunteer. Org and find out how to volunteer to increase participation in summer meal sites. Also if theyre hungry who know people who are hungry call 18663hungry and get the information about the summer meals breakfast and lunch sites closest to them. Joel berg thank you for your time tonight. Thank you. Coming up First Lady Michelle Obama delivers an emotional graduation speech in her hometown of chicago. vo you can pass down a subaru forester. dad shes all yours. vo but you get to keep the memories. Love. Its what makes a subaru a subaru. Straight ahead, First Lady Michelle Obama goes home to the south side of chicago and talks personally to students about the struggles she went through. Thats next. I was born and raised here on the south side in south shore, and i am who i am today because of this community. I know the struggles many of you face, but more importantly, i also know the strengths of this community. Now i use this. 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Last night, she went home to chicagos south side giving the commencement address to King College Prep high school where all 177 graduates from have been accepted to college. It was personal and moving. It would have been Hadiya Pendletons graduation. Two years ago, she was fatally shot days after marching in president obamas inaugural parade. The school left an empty chair for hadiya draped in purple her favorite color. Her family was also presented with a cap and gown and class ring, the first lady talked about the violence students have had to deal with in chicago. If hadiyas friends and family could survive the heartbreak and pain if they can find organizations to honor her unfulfilled dreams if they can inspire folks across this country to wear orange in protest to gun violence then i know you all can live your life with the same determination and joy that hadiya lived her life. I know you all can dig deep and keep on fighting to fulfill your own dreams. The first lady added, growing up wasnt easy talking about her own south side struggles. I was born and raised here on the south side in south shore, and i am who i am today because of this community. I know the struggles many of you face, how you walk the long way home to avoid the gangs, how you fight to concentrate on your homework when theres too much noise at home how you keep it together when your families are having hard times making ends meet. But more importantly, i also know the strengths of this community. And im here tonight because i want people across this country to know that story. The real story of the south side. The story of that quiet majority of good folks, families like mine and young people like all of you, who face real challenges, but make good choices every single day. Yes, we need to have legislations about guns. Yes, we need to have better communitypolice relations, but we also must instill in young people, a sense of hope a sense of selfesteem, a sense of they dont have to succumb to the temptations of violence and decadence in our community. And when a first lady when anyone that can come out of the environment and say, im a living example of what you could be that hope will get us to where we need to go. Thanks for watching. Im al sharpton. Hardball starts right now. No escape. Lets play hardball. Good evening, im Chris Matthews in washington. This war we know is bad. Usually the bugles are blowing and the crowd is cheering yet here we go back into iraq knowing how little hope there is lacking any faith in our side. How can president obama sound the trumpet for a war thats already lost . And the story i love how two bad guys got through thick