for juneteenth celebrations across the country days after it was made a federal holiday. on thursday, president biden signed the federal designation into law. by making juneteenth a federal holiday, all americans can feel the power of this day and learn from our history and celebrate progress and grapple with the distance we ve come. but the distance we have to travel. if you re not familiar with juneteenth, don t panic. we ll explain it further to you in a minute. but the bill to make it a federal holiday passed with overwhelming support. 14 republican lawmakers voted against it in the house. the signing caps off a busy week in congress, a compromise from senator joe manchin to protect voting rights gained the support of stacey abrams, but now it could be in trouble, at least based on what senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said. a revised version produced by
fbi is following up. juneteenth is a remarkably important day in history. monday will be an important day, it is not in our history, but it will be, child tax credit enhancements are going into effect. it is proposed that this tax credit will take half of children in america out of poverty. it is an embarrassment to discuss how many children are in poverty, deep poverty or food insecure. but a bunch of things are happening. they are making it a monthly pavement as opposed to a tax credit. you still have on go online or have a bank account and that is problematic for some of poorest people in this country. but it does appear that we have a logistical problem but we re making progress toward the alleviation of child pofr city poverty in america. and thank you so much for bringing that up. it is so important and the child tax credit is something that has had bipartisan support. the economists say this could be
when the weather gets colder and dryer because it turns to mist better then. thank you for helping us clear it up. dr. bedelia, boston center for emerging infectious diseases, policy and research. still ahead, my conversation with a group of locals in a mississippi town where a tweet caused a flurry of controversy for graduating teens. plus, jena griswold, staving off a sham audit in her state. that and more coming up. another hour of velshi starts now. good morning. i m ali velshi. it is saturday, june 19th, juneteenth. the very first federally recognized observance of this holiday. on this day in 1865, more that
time for schumer to do what is necessary, to put this into perspective. and that is forget about change the rules if you will, when it comes to constitutional issues. if you want the filibuster issues of legislation, how high to build a wall, whether or not the wall ought to be built, those are not constitutional issues, filibuster them all you want. when it comes to my right to vote as a citizen of the united states, it should not be subjected to the filibuster of any one person. i want to ask you about a tweet you sent in celebration of juneteenth. i think that it is very relevant with respect to the attacks that are going on in teaching chris cal race theory. you said america is not great because it is more enlightened but because it can repair its faults. we should not be ashamed of or hide from our past.
the 14 who voted against it are those who scream most loudly about cancel culture and juneteenth is the ultimate response to cancel culture. we have canceled hundreds of years of black history in this country. and symbols are important, holidays are important. and it is really important that we recognize juneteenth. i m so thrilled because i have a day full of activities here in the district, different juneteenth celebrations in different communities, and i was so happy to be able to come back from d.c. this weekend and say hey, we actually got something good done in d.c. and it is a federal holiday. representative scanlan, i appreciate your patience with us. appreciate your time this morning. she is from pennsylvania s fifth district. still to come, as the republican push for more ninja style audits continue, colorado