no trickle-down effect here. just the increase to the child tax credit alone will lift millions of children out of poverty and cut the child poverty rate nearly in half. because of this bill, some experts expect the economy to grow by more than 6% this year and add 7 million jobs, a level of growth, quite frankly, we've not seen since the 1980s and it will boost the income of the poorest americans by an average 206%. given all that, it's important to remember that zero republicans reported this legislation. that's not stopping them from attempted to take credit. >> senate republicans led the bipartisan cares alkt that got us through the last year. the american people have built a parade marching toward victory. democrats want to sprint in front of the parade and claim credit. >> it's remarkable legislation. unfortunately republicans, as i say, you know, vote no and take the dough. you see already some of them claiming this is a good thing, this is a good thing, but they couldn't give it a vote. anyway, enough of them. >> enough of them. joining me now is massachusetts congresswoman and member of the house oversight committe ayanna pressley. when can the rest of the american people expect to see this money? >> as early as this weekend. i mean the important thing to recognize here is for those who have been having sleepless nights, worrying about how they will pay for housing, medication, diapers, groceries, for businesses who may have worried they'll be visibly shuttered, help is on the way. this is a massive step forward proerks providing critical relief to millions of families and workers who have been crushed by this pandemic. and i want to acknowledge this is the biggest congressional caucus in the history of caucus and we secured major wins in. this every relief package to date has not done right by our immigrant neighbors and that mixed status families can be eligible. more work to be done there. this is a good step, a massive step forward. we also expanded availability for adult dependents. we had not done enough by the disability community. this is also a massive step forward and the massive child tax credit which will cut child poverty in half. i represent one of the districts that's the most undercounted in the century. it's definitely going to have a huge impact. and critical funding for housing, utilities, but if we really want to rescue america, we've got much more work do, which is why i'm going to continue to fight for a $15 million wage. we know it would lift people out of poverty, increase the salary of 32 million workers, and i'm going to fight for paid leave and survival checks for the duration of this crisis and the cancellation of student debt. it's a step massively forward to get schools safely reopened, support our businesses and families hurting. >> there's confusion on where this money is going. i want you to take a listen to minority leader kevin mccarthy and where the money is going. >> your mon is going to illegal immigrants' health care and also to san francisco where your money will be spent giving alcohol and marijuana to the homeless. that is what that bill is doing. >> if you could just explain. go ahead, congresswoman, please. >> there's no confusion. what that is what our gop colleagues are so very good at doing, spearheading campaigns na result in big lies. i remain focused and my democratic colleagues on centering needs on everyone who calls this country home. we're making massive infusions to our states and municipalities. many governors feel like they're going it alone. we're finally giving them the need that our colleagues have affronted and deterred. i represent the district with the largest density of community health centers in the country. we're giving them much needed funds. and there was a bill i introduced that was included this the package as well, and that's a $5 billion bill to support those experiencing homelessness. so this is a relief package to vice president harris's point that is leading with empathy. our gop colleagues have contempt for working families, they have contempt for every person who calls this country home. we're leading with empathy and being responsive to their needs. >> you brought up homelessness. i know a lot of people are breathing somewhat of a sigh of relief after this bill, but there are so many people across the country who are waiting to exhale. for people behind on their rent, mortgage, does this bill do anything for them? >> certainly. going to give them direct relief with these $400 stimulus checks. again, i'm going to continue to fight for $2,000 or recurring payments during the duration of this crisis and the cancellation of the rent and mortage so they don't have a big balloon payment at the end of the month. this should give them peace of mind and more relief. >> that's all right. i know you're a co-sponsor with the written cancellation act with omar. senator johnson made completely asinine comments and i want you to listen to this. >> i made the comment on january 6th i never felt threatened, and i didn't. mainly the reason i didn't is i knew the thousands of people who were marching the capitol were trying to pressure people like me to vote the way they wanted me to vote. i know they're the people who love their country, truly love law enforcement, and would never do anything to break the law. had the tables been turned -- and this could get me in trouble -- and president trump had won and they were antifa members, i might have been a little concerned. >> congresswoman, your thoughts. >> wow, stunning. actually the tables have been turned. black lives matter did protest paisley at the united states capitol and they did not cause trauma, injury, loss of life or maim u.s. capitol police officers in the quay these so-called patriots did. they proved, this violent mob of white supremacists that white supremacy is a threat to every american life and to our democracy. it's unfortunate that our gop colleagues dishonored their oath, those 43 senators, by not impeaching donald trump to hold him accountable and also to bar him from running for public office in the future, but our work and investigations continue. anyone who perpetuated that big lie in causing that insurrection and disrupting the transfer of power, anyone, anyone who makes excuses for them, they are traitors. that is nothing short of treasonous behavior. damning commentary, but certainly not surprising. >> not surprising indeed. thank you so much, congresswoman ayanna pressley, for joining us. i want to bring in a member of the ways & means committee, earl blumenauer. i want to talk about covid relief and what it does for servers across the country. so let me ask you. i know this is something you championed in the bill. how much of this money is going direct throw the pockets of serves, bus boys, hosts, and hostesses at restaurants. >> it's a great question and one of the areas that the motivated action is we've had 2 million people who work in the restaurants who make this work who have been out of a job. first and foremost, the bill will put $1,400 in the pockets of the overwhelming majority of them, well over 90%. the resources, the $28.6 billion will be focused primarily at the beginning on the smaller entities, be able to help people get back to work. the work force is one of the largest portions of their expenses, and they'll be able to use these, bring these men and women back. they are overwhelmingly women and people of color who are the lifeblood of these restaurants in the neighborhood. >> business owners have a little more latitude here, so i'll ask again. is there some sort of constraint that this money has to go toward the workers or, you know, is it work that they have a little more leeway to make repairs or keep them afloat while we're in the grips of this pandemic? >> these are very complex small businesses, and unlike the other entity. payroll represents a much smaller percentage of their operating pots, but they'll be able to have the resources to bring them back and there will be a job going forward. without this such support, it would go with the other bill. >> since december 1st, over 210 restaurants have closed. not a single republican voted for this bill. i want to read senator wicker's tweet, who has been taking credit for the restaurant bill that he voted against where he's championing saying the independent restaurant operators have won $28.6 billion worth of targeted relief, and yet he vote ed no. what are your comments on this? >> we saw it with the american recovery act. but we focused on being able to provide this assistance. we're working now with my democratic colleagues across the country to work to make sure that the benefits happen for the smaller restaurants, not the big chains. in fact, we've set aside $5 billion for restaurants that are owned by women, veterans, and people of color at the smaller -- the least profitable, to be able to have them get their footing and to side step this notion that they somehow deserve credit because they weren't there. this should have gotten bipartisan support, but we're going to watch this pattern continue. nothing is more blatant than somebody who voted against it trying to gain credit. >> thank you so much, congressman, for championing this bill and being on with us. for you at home, if you can afford to go out and eat, take care of those servers. it's been a hard year. thank you so much for joining us, congressman. don't go anywhere. coming up, seeking justice for breonna taylor one year later and an update on the derek chauvin trial. keep it right here on "cross connection." on "cross connection." get 5 boneless wings for $1 with any handcrafted burger. only at applebee's. visible is wireless that doesn't play games. no surprise fees, legit unlimited data for as little as $25 a month. and the best part, it's powered by verizon. but it gets crazier. bring a friend every month and get every month for $5. which is why i brought them. two $5-a-months right here. hey. hey. plus the players of my squad. hey. what's up? 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in your conversation with her, what does justice look like for her? >> thank you, tiffany. and thank you for continuing to keep this story at the forefront. a year ago today no one knew who breonna taylor and what her mother tiana told me is the officers took her life. you have attorney general merrick garland who was sworn in this week. i asked if she wanted the justice department to look into her daughter's case and she said definitely without hesitation because she felt like, you know, the city of louisville, the state of kentucky did not rae respond to what happened to her daughter in terms of holding those officers accountable. she continues to push from a criminal liability standpoint to other legal avenues. ben crump, the family attorney said he's absolutely interested in exploring further criminal responsibility for those officers. he said what happened to breonna taylor was a clear breach of her constitutional rights. >> you know if the biden administration or anyone at the doj has been responsive to this request for them to pursue justice on her behalf? >> when i reached out to the justice department, they did not respond to me on whether they plan to look into this. what we know is that for at least the last administration, that cases like these were not really taken up by the justice department. they were at least in some cases investigated under the obama justice department when we saw kind of the black lives matter emerged. there were families like breonna taylor's family who did seek redress from the justice department and they would at least look into those cases, so that's what tameka palmer is hoping for at the very least for her daughter because she's feeling like justice has not been done in her daughter's case and it's not just about the financial settlement the family got. responsibility from a legal criminal standpoint is what she's going after. >> it's a brand-new day at the department of justice. merrick garland is now the attorney general. kristin clark, vanita gupta right now are still in front of the senate and trying to be confirmed as members of the doj. so it's very difficult to know right now if they'll do that. for the past four years, we've had a department of justice who's been out to lunch on these types of cases. they play a special role, there are federal statutes that have clearly been in violation. no one can do the job they do, particularly when it comes to those consent decrees and following up on the police departments and making sure they put into place measures that police certain communities better. as we know there are other communities that never have these problems in terms of policing and skpe excessive force. it's important to point out killings of black people is not only a problem. excessive policing and other things are important as well. the federal government plays a big role in these kinds of cases when they step in and file a lawsuit when there are the facts to do that. they always follow the facts. >> i want to stick with you, midwin, because daniel cameron is in an elected position. i think it's important to remember the role prosecutors play in these cases, but i want to switch gears and move to the derek chauvin trial. we now have an idea what jury selection looks like. so far it's not a very diverse journey. based on what you know, what does that say about jury selection and what impact will this have on potential justice in this case? >> right. race plays a crucial role in this case, there's no denying it. derek chauvin is white, george floyd is black. he ought to be tried by a jury of his peers. the prosecutor and the defense have gone through what a lot of people are now being able to watch called voir dire, which is where they basically ask perspective jurors, potential jurors, whether or not they believe they can be fair, whether or not they think they can sit through an entire trial and not form an opinion, come to a decision until its conclusion. but also they want to make sure anybody hasn't made up their mind right up front. what the prosecutors and the defense attorneys use are called preemptive strikes. so they basically can strike a juror they don't like for any reason. the defense has 15 chances. the prosecutors have nine. however, if they believe a juror has been struck for race reasons, then they can do a batson challenge, which is basically where they're saying, listen, you're striking this juror because they're for race or gender, and so far there have been about two or three, and the judge has made a determination that that juror was struck for race-neutral reasons. i'm optimistic. i always try to be ultimately optimistic when it comes to these cases. right now we have seven, a couple more to go as well as two to four alternates. >> we at the "cross connection" will stay on top of this case and certainly msnbc will be bringing you the latest as the headlines continue to develop. errin haines, don't go go anywhere, and midwin charles, thanks for providing your great legal expertise. coming up, the race to vaccinate all americans. does everyone want the shots and more importantly, do they have access to them? 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