headlines catches lots of attention. one republican group says the florida governor is dabbling in outright homophobia. plus mike pence pleads innocent in the court of public opinion. the former vice president denies he was part of a newly revealed pressure campaign to get arizona s governor to overturn the 2020 election. and repairs required. the treasury secretary heads to china this week with tense moments between taiwan and beijing. i m dana bash. let s go inn inside politics. up first, is this the conversation the desantis campaign really wanted to have? today they re stuck trying to explain what his campaign s intent really was when his warroom tweeted out a video, a one-minute-plus collage of headlines that begins with slamming donald trump for his past support of lgbtq rights. i will do everything in my power to protect our lgbtq citizens. if caitlyn jenner were to walk into trump tower and want to use the bathroom, you would be fine with her using any bathro
Celebration for freedom. Now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. In 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its Breaking Point over slavery and statehood, and The Civil War began. On january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of The Civil War, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. The proclamation also granted black men access into a struggling union army. By the end of the war, more than 200,000 black soldiers, known as the United States colored troops, had enlisted, becoming instrumental to the unions victory. The civil war officially ended in april of 1865, but it wasnt until june 19th of that year, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that thousands of colored troops arrived in galveston texas, to read general or
celebration for freedom. now, a national holiday, juneteenth is the direct result of centuries of resistance and revolution by black people leading a fight for their liberation. in 1861, tension between the north and the south reached its breaking point over slavery and statehood, and the civil war began. on january 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of the civil war, president abraham lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation, declaring that all people held as slaves within the confederate controlled states were now free. the proclamation also granted black men access into a struggling union army. by the end of the war, more than 200,000 black soldiers, known as the united states colored troops, had enlisted, becoming instrumental to the union s victory. the civil war officially ended in april of 1865, but it wasn t until june 19th of that year, two years after the emancipation proclamation, that thousands of colored troops arrived in galveston texas, to rea
another week of shows. we re so grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. hi, nicolle. welcome to the booet. joe biden just sat down for an msnbc exclusive. they just if he in the tapes. what you re seeing just happened. and you will only hear this exclusive on msnbc tonight, including starting this hour when stephanie joins us live with the first excerpt. there is no bigger inview in american government or politics. and we and stephanie have you covered with that coming up. i also have more on the expanding scandals, swirling around clarence thomas and his controversial activist wife. new evidence about her secret payments provided from a republican kecked insider. so we re going to get into that and what has become basically a pile of questions for not only clarence thomas but his colleagues on the court. what are they going to do about it. we ll get into that later tonight. it is one of those very newsy fridays. from the supreme court all the way over to the
to come. it happens every five or six generations. nothing gives me greater confidence in the future than knowing canada and the united states stand together still. today i d like to speak a little bit about the future for a minute. a future that is ours to seize. you know, i get criticized sometimes for saying that i used to always barack president obama used to kid me because i d say to him in our private meetings, country is never more optimistic than its president or its leaders. well, i have never been more optimistic about the prospects i mean this from the bottom of my heart the future build around our shared responsibilities, prosperity, shared values. it s a future built on shared prosperity. canada and the united states anchor the more competitive prosperous and resilient economic region in the world. that s just a fact. [applause] our supply chains are secure and reliable from end to end because we re creating value at every step here in north america. we r