in every corner of the country. and this documentary depicts some that are rarely seen. appreciate it. it is a fabulous docu series, really powerfully done. thank you for putting it together and thank you for talking to us. >> thank you, joshua. before we move on, i have some news about this program. an expansion. that is our mission here after all. "the week" is adding a night on the streaming service peacock starting this friday march 5th. you can join us at 7:00 p.m. eastern on the choice. expanding to the choice also gives us more time to dig into the stories that matter most. now, we'll still be here for you on msnbc saturday nights from 8:00 to 10:00 eastern just like we are now. tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. we are on sundays at 9:00 eastern. so stick with us here on msnbc, and sign up for peacock for free at peacocktv.com or download it from the app store. it is the top of the hour, and very good to be with you tonight. a third covid vaccine is on the way. today the fda authorized the johnson & johnson vaccine for emergency use. and in the wee hours of the morning, the house passed president biden's $1.9 trillion covid relief bill. it advanced without any gop votes. what does that say about bipartisanship? and how much does that really matter? from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." ♪♪ we got a packed hour ahead, including our conversation with award winning film maker with a new initiative to increase representation in hollywood behind the camera and we'll get her advice for companies struggling to become more inclusive. you will definitely want to take notes on that. but first more vaccines are on the way. nearly four million doses of johnson & johnson's one shot vaccine are ready to go. those shipments are expected to start moving early next week. 20 million more doses could come by the end of march. as for that long-awaited covid relief bill, it includes dlekt payments of 1,400. $400 unemployment bonus. and billions of dollars for vaccine distribution. the house bill also included raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. though, that increase seems unlikely to survive in the senate. for more on all this, let's bring in our panel, donna edwards, a former democratic congresswoman from maryland. she is a contributing columnist to "the washington post" and an msnbc political analyst. and david jolly. no longer affiliated with the gop, the executive chairman of the serve america movement and an msnbc contributor. donna, let me start with you. president biden has been calling for unity, for bipartisanship. so far the first movement of this bill has moved through the house without any republican support. i don't know that that's a surprise. what does the prospect look like right now for bipartisanship with this bill? >> well, i think on the house side, one, it's no surprise. and, two, it doesn't matter because it was the right thing to do. as it moves into the senate, i'm not really sure what support it will have from the republican side of the aisle. what i do know is that the things that are in this bill from the covid -- direct covid relief payments for state and local governments, the stimulus payments to american families, increasing the child tax credits, i think that senators on both sides of the aisle will be hard pressed to deny their constituents the benefit of this american rescue plan. and, so, i would urge, you know, republicans to get onboard because the people in their districts, in their states are already onboard with this plan. >> what do you make of the minimum wage aspect of this plan? the senate parliamentarian said it cannot be included in the senate version because it doesn't fit under the requirements for a bill that's taken up through reconciliation. that's the process that allows the democrats to pass this with a simple majority, include of the filibuster proof 60 vote majority. what do you make of that apparently having to be stripped out of the bill? >> well, it's still in the bill that's coming over from the house. look, i have been really thinking about this, and particularly the objections from the senators from wisconsin -- i mean, from west virginia and arizona. arizona's minimum wage is actually already at a place where it won't be raised under this bill in the first year. in west virginia, it would only mean a .75 cent an hour increase in the wage. i don't really understand the argument. and i think senators are going to have to really consider whether they want to continue to allow taxpayers to subsidize businesses who aren't paying fair wages to their workers or whether they will get onboard with something that is universally supported across the board by workers all across this country. and, you know, in my experience, the parliamentarian is advisory to the senate under the senate rules. the senate has control over its own rules, and it can figure it out. >> by the way, it's worth noting, since you mentioned west virginia and arizona, according to the department of labor, the minimum wage in west virginia is $8.75 per hour. the minimum wage in arizona is $12.15 per hour. five states do not require a minimum wage, alabama, louisiana, mississippi, south carolina and tennessee. david jolly, i think we've got you on the line now. with regards to the -- the congresswoman said the support for this is rather strong. i mean, there was a "politico" poll out this week that showed 76% approval for the bill, including 60% among republicans. 89% among democrats. it feels like in this case by partship, or the lack of bipartisanship doesn't mean the lack of support or interest. it means the lack of political benefit, that it's not good for the partisanship of bipartisanship, and that's why it's not moving forward in this way. am i being too cynical, or does that kind of sum it up? hey, david, can you hear us? all right. let me put that question to donna. what about that in terms of it just not having enough political benefit and/or cover for both parties to consider it politically advantageous to pass, even though majorities of the american people apparently want this? >> well, i mean, i think that you have hit it right on cue. this is widely supported, as you demonstrated by americans all across the country, whether they identify as republicans or democrats. i think republicans, particularly in the senate and certainly in the house, have decided that this is going to be their line in the sand with joe biden as he embarks on his presidency. i think they've got it all wrong. when they go back home, they're going to have to answer to their constituents, who will know that they voted against providing $1,400 checks to them, against increases in the child tax credit, against raising the minimum wage, against aid to state and local governments so they could pay teachers and enft officers. this is a really strong plan rescue us from the problems that we have had with covid and unemployment. and i don't think it's justifiable for republicans to oppose what republicans and democrats in households across the country support. >> david jolly, i think we've got you on the line now. can you hear me? maybe not. one of us has not paid our come cost bill. sorry about that. donna, let's you and me continue, which would be weird if it was me because "30 rock." senator josh hawley announced support for raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour on billion dollar companies. i wonder what your sense is that this might happen another way. some companies are already making this increase. costco announced this week that it was going to raise its minimum wage for workers to $16 an hour. the ceo of comcast -- of costco testified at a congressional hearing not too long ago that a lot of its workers are paid upwards of $25 an hour, not out of altruism but because it's good corporate policy. are we looking at this the wrong way? is doing this through brute force the least likely way to make it happen? >> the problem is there are plenty of companies that will do that. but if you look across the country, there are something like almost 40 million workers who work at that low wage, and they're receiving all kinds of federal and other benefits because their employers do not pay them a minimum wage. they live below the federal poverty line. they are struggling to take care of themselves and their children. and, so, we can't just sort of leave it to chance that some businesses will decide to pay a living page and other businesses will not. it has to be the part of the federal government. the minimum wage hasn't been increased in more than a decade. tipped workers wages haven't been increased since 1991, which is also included in that -- in that bill. so i just don't think we can leave it to the whims and the decisions of the corporate board rooms about whether workers will receive a wage that allows them to take care of themselves and their families. >> former maryland congresswoman donna edwards. apologies for our connection issues, but i appreciate you being with us tonight. thanks. >> thank you. >> we'd love to hear from you, too, about the covid package, specifically those $1,400 stimulus checks? 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>> well, you know, it's a very insular process. and it's not much different than the rest of life. you kind of gravitate to people that you know. and, so, the idea here is that we need to push ourselves as an industry to know more kinds and cultures of people. you know, that idea of kind of just stick with what you know and who you know is why we're in a place right now in our industry where the numbers in terms of inclusion and, you know, diversity of gender, of culture, of race, of identity in all kinds of ways, age, is so limited in the film and television work that we're seeing. it is because of this kind of -- kind of cool girls, cool kids club that's really hard to get into. what we want to do is open that up a little bit. and we have invited everyone who works in town, all the studios and networks to join us. remarkably, they have all come onboard. >> talk about what that commitment means. does that mean if a movie studio is trying to crew a movie that they have agreed to use array crew first or fill a certain percentage of the job? >> no mandates. i'm a producer. i talk to producers, people who produce film and television around town to say, do you believe in inclusion onset? do you believe that everyone has a place onset? invariably everyone is saying yes. so what's stopping you? what are the barriers? and what is the reason why so many people believe in it and, yet, it's not happening for decades and decades. what can we do? is there a tool? is there a platform? and really what we hear is that it's a fast process when you are crewing up. you got to grab people. you got to get them in. you got to get making the show. what we have heard is we just need quick -- the opportunity to search quickly for people who are qualified so that we can interview them and just see if we could get them into the job. it was that search area that people were having a hard time with. so there is no demands. it is saying, look, if you believe in this and you are having difficulty doing it, this is a place that will launch over 3,000 qualified, verified folks of color, women, older, they're all here. so now you just search them at your fingertips. now will you hire them? and that's the place where array crew lives. >> this is basically an online -- i have seen it described as an online database of people who put their credentials, their credits, projects they worked on and then it is kind of a one stop shop for producers and studios. is that it? >> yeah, with over 500 sub categories. this is about the people that are in that scroll that you walk out on back when we were in the movies. all of those people are crew. that's hundreds and hundreds of jobs, a bunch of different categories that different people do on the set. this is really for those folks to be seen by the people who hire them. and, you know, the goal is just to, you know, we've got this whole way that crew members sign up. totally for free. and then there is a whole back end that really helps producers find people, navigate and it's just about making it easier. it is kind of like a match maker. that's what we're trying to be. >> one of the things i think about when i look over the span of my career is the way that i got in the door. and it feels like part of the genius of array crew as we kind of watch it roll out, is that this seems like it is designed to help people who have like a toe in the door get their whole foot in the door so they can start to get onset, begin to make connections, begin to be in the industry and get those credits under their belt and then once you're in, all kinds of doors open. but getting in and getting in farther, that seems to be the hard part, at least to ascending in the career. >> it is a part of it. but that's not all that array crew is all about. one of the things that's interesting, when you hear about something like this, you think about the training layer, the emerging layer of crew members or personnel or professionals of any kind. what our challenges in our industry is that this is deeply systemic and it involves black people and women, brown people, asian people, you know, people with disabilities, people who may be older, across the spectrum. this isn't just about, hey, let's get some young whipper snappers in there. this is, you know, 10-year, 15-year vets who find it difficult to be seen and to be known by certain producers, certain studios, certain productions because they're not in the inside of the conversation. because that conversation is so insular. so i think, you know, for us, all of us, it is incumbent upon us when we think about inclusion, we don't always go to that first get your foot in the door layer. we know that it's a deeply systemic issue that affects the whole life cycle of a professional in so many industries. so that's what array crew is just -- this is one part of addressing an overall systemic issue. and one part that we found is let's just connect people and then there is, you know, a myriad of other things that need to be focussed on by all kinds of folks in our industry. the first step is awareness. do you know that these people are here? they are here. you can access them now. what do you do? >> in terms of the insularity, ava, where do you think the solution is? or what does the solution look like? like we've had the conversation about the oscars, the whole oscars so white campaign, which forced the academy to acknowledge things people have known for a while. there is some reporting that has shown there are no african members of the hfpa that vote to give out those awards. there have been all kinds of studies in terms of the number of womens that are directing major projects and people of color and so on. the percentage of episodes directed by women in the 2019 season grew from 31% to 34%. still not on par with the population, but more than it was. what is the goal as you would put it? i think a lot of companies struggle to say, how do we know when we've hit it? how do we know when we've got the balance right? what do you think the balance should be? >> for race? just matching the population? >> yeah, absolutely. i think it is a good place to start. reflect the real world. there is no real world. there is no part of the world that's all white men and one person that's different. that's not the real world. but, yet, that is how so many industries function. and, so, as a starting shot, why don't we just reflect the real world and i think it's a good place to be in. i think there should be television shows that feature native americans because they exist in the real world but they don't exist on television at all. i think there should be shows about people who can't hear and their real lives as full people with agency and romance and love. like there is so many people in the world, and, yet, our purview, our scope is so limited that when it comes to film and television. it is a mighty industry with the ability to make people fly and create new planets and we can't figure out how to, you know, get different kinds of people on the tube. so i think, you know, the basics is let's just reflect what's really going on, and i think it is a good place to start. >> before i let you go, for people who work in a variety of industries, and you have projects in a variety of different arenas, i think the number one concern that businesses, managers, executives have is not knowing where to begin and not wanting to screw it up. right? i don't want to say something wrong. i don't want to do something wrong. i don't want to offend employees who are trying to get me to see something outside my purview and i'm just scared. i'm just scared to screw this up. before i let you go, for people in positions of authority who are just scared to start. they want to start, but they're afraid to start the wrong way, what would you say to them? >> i have no sympathy for it. right? put your head up. put your big girl and boy pants on and go out there and do what you need to do. the other side of it is people who are deeply affected, who are hurting in ways that are physical, that are mental, that are emotional, that are professional. scared? scared to do the right thing? figure it out. no handholding, no patting you on the back. get in there, if you are a hiring manager, you are in a position of power, figure it out. it is not that difficult. all the hand holing and woe is me and clutching of pearls and tears, it is just a little much. so that's how i feel about it. >> the website is arraycrew.com. ava duvernay, fabulous. >> #getoverit. how about that? 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it's a fair question. how do we answer it? joining us now is julian marcus, an infectious disease epidemiologist and associate professor at harvard medical school. good evening. >> thanks for answering me. >> how would you answer that question? what do you think a proper messaging strategy would be with regards to your behavior after you get fully vaccinated? >> well, i think we have been hearing a lot about the imperfections of these vaccines. but i want to be clear that they are pretty close to perfect, as close as we're going to get. and just to put this in perspective, at the beginning of this pandemic, we thought maybe within 18 months we would be one vaccine 80% effective. here we are within a year with vaccines that are phenomenal at preventing disease. particularly the most severe outcome, hospitalization and death. not only that, we're starting to see accumulating evidence that the vaccines will help prevent transmission to the people around who are vaccinated. there is uncertainty how much they will do that, but we know they will to some extent. caution is warranted over these next few months, but i think these vaccines are something to be celebrated. >> ity it is also important and correct me if i'm got this wrong, if you vaccinate yourself, it doesn't mean you can't still carry it to somebody else. that's the point of continuing to take all these precautions, right, so you don't become not at personal risk but remain at risk to others. >> that's right. that's the point of those precautions. but, again, the vaccines do reduce transmission to some extent, but we're still seeing how much. we can make a distinction here between public and private settings. not everyone has had a chance to be vaccinated and it is really difficult to tell, impossible to tell in public settings who has been vaccinated and who is still vulnerable. what we need is nuanced guidance from the cdc that people can use to make informed decisions in their personal lives. vaccines offer a true reduction in risk not only to those vaccinated but to some extent to those around them. those that have been suffering for isolation over the last year need to understand what these vaccines might mean for their own decision-making in their life. >> elaborate on that because i hear so many people who i think would rather have some guidance that lacks nuance. they would rather have people to bar from ava duvernay just #getoverit and stop being difficult because people are dying and we have to get out of the house sooner or later. why not say, look, people are dying. this is a pandemic. if you want it over it, wear a mask, socially distance and get tested. kaboom. why not make it that blunt? >> people know that when they are getting a vaccine that's highly effective, their risk/benefit calculation is changing. when what they hear from public health officials is nothing changes for you, some of that trust will be lost. we need to meet the public where they are and give them a nuanced message they can handle. people can understand the distinction between maintaining cautions in public settings and making small changes in their behaviors. we will hear that guidance from the cdc any day now. >> talk to the public health professionals in terms of where the best opportunity is for regaining and improving trust among the communities that they serve. are there one or two things that you see that we know work in terms of breaking through some of these messaging challenging with people who may be uneasy about getting vaccinated? >> i think the fundamental thing that public health professionals need to do to maintain trust is listen to people and understand where they're coming from and make sure that those concerns are incorporated into our messaging. so instead of dismissing people's concerns, we need to hear where they are, engage with them and message accordingly. and then people here messaging with compassion and also policies that are designed based on compassion. so i think that's the best way to sustain trust, is community engagement, listening to people and meeting them where they are. >> and with regards to the time line for this vaccination effort for all of the efforts that we're taking right now, how long do you think we're talking about? do you think that this year, if we get this messaging right, if we hit all these notes we're supposed to it, that we could have anything resembling a normal life some time in 2021 or are we realistically looking at 2022? >> i don't like to make predictions here, but i have a lot of hope we will be getting back to some semblance of our lives well within the year. we will see a huge increase in supply, and i hope that, you know, we're going to see even a much better summer than we did last year. >> i know we got to let you go, but i'm looking at the nih statement about this. speaking of messaging, here is part of the quote from dr. anthony fauci. the vaccine was 100% effective in protecting against death from the disease everywhere it was tested. 100% effective in protecting against death everywhere it was tested. if that's not a message you can hang your hat on, i don't know what is. dr. marcus, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me. we know you may have lots of questions about how to get the vaccine. so our parent company has a new website for you. plan your vaccine has what you need to know about getting vaccinated, including if you have high risk health conditions or if you are an essential worker. find it online at planyourvaccine.com. a door to door buddy program helping seniors in the d.c. area get vaccinated. still ahead. stay close. >> we cannot idly standby and not do this. oman) yes. 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>> get your vaccine. i have been talking to family and friends constantly, and most of my siblings have gotten their first vaccine. and some people are not. i was speaking to a neighbor earlier. two of my neighbors have gotten theirs. and i said, whoo hoo. good for you guys. we cannot idly standby and not do this. >> a large percentage of the illness and most of the deaths have been east of the river in southeast washington, d.c. certainly if you think about it, the responsible thing is for most of the vaccines for us to focus east of the river when we're convincing people that this is the thing to do. >> okay. i have a 12:45. >> when you guys walk up to a door and someone says they haven't gotten vaccinated. what do you tell them then? >> we say this is your lucky day because we will sign you up for a vaccine. and should they say i don't know and they are a little hesitant, that's a great opportunity for us to begin to educate them about the process. we're their senior vaccine buddy. 24 hours before their appointment, we're calling them like, hey, remember i knocked on your door. you have an upcoming appointment just to calm their nerves and make sure they remember all the necessary documentation and clothing requirements. >> all right. take care. >> i would say for everyone that needs to take it, it's better to be safe than sorry. >> have you been telling friends and family about this? >> i have been calling. i got two of my brothers. one the 23rd. the other took his first yesterday. they go next month, the 23rd and 24. >> not only did i have grandparents but i have a lot of elders in my family. so my friends have elders in their family, too. just by hearing their frustration in their voice and the pain of them not being able to navigate the technology and stuff like that, so by me being there to assist them, you know, it just gives them so much joy. not only that, it gives them joy. it gives me joy. >> that's vaughn hilliard in southeast washington, d.c. up next, diversity, equity and collusion. is it more than a corporate catch phrase? we'll explain before we go. remember, if you can't stop to watch "the week," you can listen on the go. listen commercial free with tune in premium. go to tunein.com/msnbc 2021. you can also listen live on sirius xm, channel 118. ♪ hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid ♪ ♪ and all that glitters is gold ♪ get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. ♪ ♪ (kids talking) pnc bank believes that if an app with any handcrafted burger. can help you track your pizza... come on cody, where are you buddy? 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well, for starters it's a conscious effort. a new report from the consulting firm mckenzie excels advancement among black prochgsle the they say with meaningful effort african-americans could be represented in every level level of corporate america in 25 years. but under the status quo that will take nearly 100 years. a century. no wonder more companies are focusing on diversity, equity and inclusion, or d.e.i. they might sound like three ways of saying the thiem thing. but there is more to it. now everyone defines the terms differently. but in essence diversity is increasing the presence of all kind of people. equity ensures fair opportunities and treatment by dealing with biases and discrimination. and inclusion is ha conscious effort to proactively welcome different kinds of people. dr. robert sellers the chief diversity officer at the university of michigan puts it this way. diversity, everyone is invited to the party. equity, everyone can add to the play list. and inclusion, everyone gets to dance. the issue is often who throws the party. one of hollywood's biggest bashes, the golden globes is responding to criticism ahead of the tomorrow gala. the hollywood foreign press association awards the golden globes. yesterday it released a statement acknowledging the need for more black members. the association says it will put a marine in place asap. los angeles times investigation revealed the group has no black members, zero. but on monday ava duvernay quoted reveals, as in people are acting like this isn't widely known, for years? 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