what do you make of this the fact you saw donald trump, the first time back in don august, not say a peep in fact, he actually pleaded the fifth over 400 times now, he is seem to be a chatty cathy. what is the difference here? a couple of things have changed since he took the fift back last summer and now one very important change is that he has declared his candidacy for president. when you do that and then yo go and you claim the fifth a he did last time over 400 times, that is not a particularly goo look for a presidentia candidate. another thing that is change i that that was a deposition tha was taken before the charges were actually filed. after that, we fought charge were filed and the forme president now knows, as thos lawyers, exactly what th contours of that complete look like they may feel more comfortable in preparing him to answer questions in the deposition. there s also been an entir file of the trump organization
certain elected officeholder and this country 900, 900 proposes to suppres black history, to surprise and censor books over 500 proposals to if you will suppress the vote and states across the nation simply since 2020. you and i stood together wit the president and with his administration last fall wit the united we stand summit that was one thing that we called for, post the tragedy i buffalo. but more must be done. we cannot see this simply as a show, it is not show it is not something to observe this is something that i seeping into the political dna and too many states across the nation we need courageous, resistance on a political level and als on avery essence o
so i don t see this as something that will suddenly shift the gears. but is that a concern? absolutely that is absolutely right. i don t think it is ever kin of a major revelation or shocking that there are spying going on everybody knows that right but what about kind of the revelation with some of thes classified documents that were leaked about the inner thinkin of the united states right the what if scenarios that w are learning about what if, how do we get israe involved right in providin weapons to ukraine what if this happens what if that happens i believe at one point in th classified documents, they wan to go to presidential ends h was assassinated what if vladimir putin died? how do we walk through, that right? the thinking of how the u.s. operates, is that worrisome to you? gives the world kind of a look inside the oval office, inside of the rooms right it absolutely does and that ought to concern us. and if you look at the entir package of what has gone out
affect family stability an also just make sure they kno we are able to have those wh serve without having to worr about having their basic needs met. all right thank you for being with us this evening congresswoman strickland of washington s that, no earlier this week at the national convention i had chance to interview a number o cabinet members of the biden administration one of them, secretary o transportation pete buttigieg. i sat down with the secretary, and started by asking him wher our country stands in light of recent hate crimes against black and lgbtq communities. well i think we are at vulnerable moment fo vulnerable people. we have to concern ourselves not just with the injustic that can come to people for an institution but also the way i is randomized and the way that there have been hate crimes, the way that there have been
and seeking to do a good job and the charge that i ve got there is never been a better time to work in transportation because of the funds that we have also, there is really been a shall enjoying a time. we have seen the mos disruptions coming in ou transportation system sinc 9/11 most of them partly or totally related to covid affecting everything fro container ship, supply chain to airline cancellations i have my hands full, i know the most important thing is to do a good job for the country, for the administration right now. and then we will see all, right thank you so muc for taking on politicsnation all right coming up in this week gotcha, my message for the gop when it comes to gun control read the room. and later, a new report abou the state of black america warns of specific threats by right wing extremism but first my colleague richard lui with today s top new