will fix it. we ll put that forward so you can see that. but while we re looking at that, how do we put 7 million more people out on the street? and we re telling states, release the money and then use the money to make sure you people put in place to answer the phones. because people are reaching out for applications and nobody is answering the phone or it s an hour and a half wait. nobody is there to tell them how they need to apply or what that process is like. we need to step up or move out of the way. last question to you, congressman bush, since taking to the steps of the capitol, have you heard or talked to speaker pelosi? i have not. i have not talked to the speaker, but i have talked to many of my congress members, some will be joining me out here today, and i have talked to chairwoman maxine waters who is in support. i just saw a tweet from my good chairman from the judiciary
she s calling out her own colleagues there. reporter: yes, because ultimately that actual vote never took place in a forum in which those lawmakers, those democratic lawmakers would have to put their names next to that vote to extend the moratorium. it could impact more than 3.6 million american renters. you saw congresswoman corey bush joined us by alexandria ocasio-cortez up at the capitol just after the house was called into recess there without putting those democratic lawmakers on the records. there was some discontent as shared by as well congresswoman maxine waters. speaker pelosi didn t put up to a vote because there were some democratic lawmakers that were not ready to vote yes. today it expires and there are millions of american renters who owe payments on their rent at a
i ve done that. i ve been in a position to where there was no amount of blankets that i could put on my body or cover my children with that i felt would keep us warm enough. like when it gets too cold, it is too cold. when it s too hot, it s too hot. there s no amount of wind that s going to help you in those moments. and it s not okay, it s not okay any day, first of all. basic rights, basic humanity. but also right now, we are in the middle of a daily global pandemic. and rising gun violence. i keep hearing the gun violence, covid-19, wear masks, vaccinate. you know what? let s keep people in their homes because that should not be negotiated. people have to have a place to go. what is wrong? what is wrong with people who have a home? what is wrong with those same people doing the work to make sure that the people that live in their districts have a home? you know, congresswoman bush,
(man) no listings in 2178! repeat: no listings in 2178! (brad) with the possible exception of the year 2178. you re sure. (man) okay, i ll double check. (brad) apartments-dot-com. the most popular place to find a place. millions of americans are facing eviction after house democrats failed to push through a last-minute extension of a federal more for yaum that expires at midnight. missouri congresswoman corey bush sleeping outside in protest. tweeting moments ago we could have extended it yesterday. we slept at the capitol last night to ask them to come back and do their jobs. today is their last chance. we re still here. nbc s vaughn hillyard is in atlanta with more.
now. we have a wonderful group of people out here putting the pressure on the nation s conscience and giving, i believe, president biden and vice president harris the support they need to make the great civil rights laws of our time, indeed, the law of the land. we re going to have to leave it there. thank you very much. in the next hour as the eviction freeze expires for millions, congressman corey bush slept outside the capitol to stop the moratorium. as simone biles withdraws from more olympic events, we ll discuss the backlash she s received from some on the right. that and much more coming up on the saturday show. it s the easiest because it s the cheesiest.