former congresswoman comstock, it is a privilege to talk to you both. olivia is sticking around. president biden is set to cap off a weekend of commemoration in tulsa, oklahoma, to mark 100 years since one of the most heinous attacks on black americans in this country s history. the government warned that the weekend could be a target for white supremacists. vladimir putin upping the stakes for the face to face meeting next month with president biden. with this latest escalation means. later white house chief of staff klain will join us on all of the above. plus, the progress that s been made in fighting the pandemic that allows us to go out and enjoy the holiday weekend. all those stories and more when we continue after a quick break. ok everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy.
later caused covid-19 to take herman kaine from us because they famously did not socially distance. now this president going to salute and commemorate those that sur vooied in tulsa and those that died in the worst race riot in history. that wiped out the richest community of blacks in the history of the country at that time so the difference between a year ago and now and the difference between how one deals with racism and the policies around racism, president biden is going a week after meeting with george floyd s family and i spoke with him at length on the phone about some of the kind of legislation we need. you couldn t have a more clear contrast between presidents and presidency than if you gauge last june and this june in terms
suppression bills racing through mostly republican-controlled legislatures, do you toss around getting involved, getting more involved? well, i think, you know, we re going to have more to say about that in the weeks ahead. i think that the president certainly is concerned about that. he s spoken to it many times. i think you ll hear him speak to it again next week in tulsa. and i think we know the dnc is launching a big effort. we know there are progressive legal groups that are fighting these laws, so this is definitely you know, it s a very important issue for us and defending the democracy, defending the right to vote is a fundamental thing that we are fighting for at the white house. do you plan to announce a policy, or do you plan to announce sort of pushing for support of the federal legislation that would actually go a long way toward undoing all of these bills? can you tell us what bucket it is in? yeah, well, no, the president s spoken quite
when you deal with people that want to see the families of police victims treated humanely and ignore the police killings by a mob you have to wonder where the moral come pass is. the political compass is dialed in with what they now see as a part of the coalition they can t defend and i was chilled to see this homeland security warning today. that these one of the events canceled. the commemoration of the massacre in tulsa is a possible target but when you see a party failing to do anything about the conduct on 1/6 i guess they feel emboldened. do you expect more warnings like the one we got today? i do. i m grateful that we have leadership in place in the
of where a president deals with tulsa, oklahoma. it was mentioned on the occasion that president biden met with the floyd family there s a cultural backlash around not reeducating people but looking clearly at the most heinous racial violence which is obviously where tulsa stands in the history books. president biden seems undeterred and maybe unaware of what is going on. what do you make of sort of his leadership on the issues and where would you like to see him spend more attention and time? i think that his leadership has shown so far a sensitivity and a hands on kind of approach. i think that what we would like to see is to move forward in a way where we understand he wants to reach out.