Shortly in the Georgia Election interference case. Never before has a former american president faced a criminal indictment. Yet, now trump faces the possibility of defending himself in four separate cases. As he campaigns to reclaim the white house in 2024 Trump Supporters seem unfazed they showed up in fourth this weekend at the Iowa State Fair to cheer on their guy and to heckle the most popular opponent Florida Governor ron desantis. The fate of the nation will be decided by how the rest of america responds to this truly unprecedented State Of Affairs as Vice President Kamala Harris put in an exclusive interview on this program, just last night, democracy is at stake now. Joining me now to talk about it all it is congressman Colin Outspread of texas Congressman Allred is also running for the u. S. Senate in the Lone Star State hoping to replace republican senator ted cruz. Congressman, thank you for joining us. Thank you brad, meet rev. Lets start with possibly the luminous indictm
president biden tonight is managing a high stakes military operation in the mid east, and a reelection fight here at home. national security adviser jake sullivan returning to the region while wanting additional strikes against iran-backed forces could come at anytime. on the political front, biden scored a resounding primary victory in south carolina, with 96% of the vote. we will speak with palm meadows, state congressman jim clyburn in just a moment about the first official democratic contest of the season. but as biden shifts his focus to the next primary state of a new nbc news poll out today showed biden s approval rating nationally is not a new law. and americans say they on issues like immigration and the economy. one silver lining in the numbers, he holds on to a slim lead and a hypothetical former president should be convicted of a crime. south carolina congressman jim clyburn. thank you for joining us. , before we get into politics, with the retaliatory strikes
politicsnation. tonight s lead, tipping point. strong winds are blowing in donald trump s world. and then appear this week, that at least one of the investigations are circling trump has reached a critical mass. that of course being new york attorney general tish james s probe of trump illustrate business. lodging at a minimal that trump s old evaluation of his properties constituted a massive decades-long fraud. not denied that defined his organization. of course, the revelations were met mostly with silence from congressional republicans. as a house gop was more concern this week for the unveiling of 2023 agenda ahead of midterm elections in just six weeks. that agenda on surprisingly focused on crime and the border. both issues providing a backdrop for the ongoing drama over the falls relocation of hispanic migrants to liberal cities by red state republicans. one of those cities being the one i am reporting to you from. new york city. and in a few moments, i will talk
react to that? well reverend sharpton, i do want to make the distinction. so, we have our fearless thunk fund, which is our investment vehicle. so we ve invested over 26 point $5 million, and more than 40 companies, founded by women of color. so, that is inclusive of black women, hispanic women, asian women, all women of color. we also have our fearless foundation, and that s where we do our grant programs, and do a lot of educational programs, quite frankly, for small businesses that aren t ready to be backed by a venture capital fund. what i would tell you is, there are tremendous disparities in the venture capital space. in 2022, more than 288 billion dollars was deployed in veasey funding, in less than 0.4% of that went to women of color. less than 0.4? less than 0.4.
your firm, and not your much larger collaborator. they re going after your, not the companies that work with you. well here s what i would just tell you, reverend sharpton. while we can t comment on the case, this case is so much bigger than us. as you stated so eloquently earlier, vellum started with higher education, and is now attacking . but quite frankly, he is attacking all of our economic freedom, and that s going to include minority suppliers, it s going to include corporations. anything related to diversity, equity, and inclusion is under attack right now. well, let me make it clear. and i m saying this as i ve said at when i talked to you. this case, if it goes the way bloom, who did succeed in the supreme court, could and diversity programs, minority business programs. i mean, this case is much bigger than just you guys. this is to really make it a