Along the same lines when i was reading the initial eyewitness accounts yesterday, before we really knew the full scale of what had happened. People talked about finding the ways to the staff areas of the floor, off the floor, people running through the stock areas and jumping off the Loading Docks to try to get away yesterday, and reading those eyewitness accounts yesterday, i realized, i worked stocking shelves. I have been in those sorts of places in stores. But in a panic, would i know to do that . Would i have my wits about me . We shouldnt have to think about these things in civilian life. That is how we have to live as americans. In part because our political system is broken. Yeah, we have to think about all the Different Things wherever we go, and the list of places we have to worry about expands. It constantly expands. Yeah. Indeed. Thanks. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Well, american mass murder came to the Grocery Store yesterday. And now we know, when we enter Grocery Store in america, we have to be alert of every route of escape. We have to go to a Grocery Store the way kids go to school in this country. After they have been trained on what to do when mass murder comes to their Elementary School or to their high school. Colorado taught us to worry about our schools 20 years ago when 13 people were killed in Columbine High School in littleton, colorado. Colorado taught us how to worry about Escape Routes in Movie Theaters when 12 people were murdered in a Movie Theater in aurora eight years ago and now Grocery Stores. We have also of course in the meantime learned about churches. Our first guest tonight knows what its like. He knows what the families and the loved ones of the people murdered in colorado yesterday are going through, what they went through last night. What theyre going through today, what they will go through tomorrow. He knows what the day after is like. He knows what the year after is like and what eight years after is like. His son was murdered in that Movie Theater in aurora, colorado, and he is now a member of the State Legislature trying to reduce gun violence. But he faces opposition from a Political Party that does everything it possibly can to make sure that american mass murderers are the very best equipped mass murderers in the world. He was nice. That is how karina keo remembers 20yearold denny stong. On facebook, he wrote, i am a Grocery Store worker. The friend says, he was a kind soul. With a funny sense of Human Interunique interests. He was the youngest person murdered in the king soopers Grocery Store yesterday. Store yesterday. Neven stanisic, son of refugees and came to the United States in the 1990s. Was in the store yesterday to repair a starbucks machine. He was just finished with the job, and sitting in the drivers seat when he was shot dead. Friends think he might have been the first victim. Rikki olds was a 35yearold manager at king soopers. Her uncle bob described the agony last night. We had to wait and agonize over her fate for several hours after calls to the Police Department and every local hospital and the coroners office, we finally received a call back from the coroners office. Rikkis aunt, on facebook, the lord Got A Beautiful Angel yesterday at the hands of a monster. Tralono bartkowiak went to king soopers to pick up a prescription. She was 49 years old. Friends say she was the kindest and sweetest lady. Her brother says his sister was just a beam of light. Teri leiker worked at the job for 30 years and on facebook, she said her job was her favorite thing to do. Her friend wrote, teri was the most selfless, innocent, amazing person i ever had the pleasure to meeting. The fact that a man decided to take away so much from so many in a matter of seconds angers me. If you dont think we need gun reform, youre wrong. We cant go to Movie Theaters without fear. We cant go to School Without fear. Now add going to the Grocery Store to that list. Teri leiker was 51 years old. Suzanne fountain was 59 years old and worked to help people deal with medicare. She was an accomplished actor with credits in a number of regional theaters. And they found her utterly compelling in the role of laura in the glass menagerie. A colorado plate play right paid her an ultimate compliment. She was very, very talented, and very smart, a pro, the real deal. She had the combination of smart talented. A person you can be locked in a Rehearsal Hall with for 30 days. Kevin mahoney was 61 years old. Kevins daughter, erica mahoney, said that she was, quote, my hero. On twitter, erica said, my dad represents all things love. Im so thankful he could walk me down the aisle last summer. I am now pregnant. I know he wants me to be strong for his granddaughter. Lynn murray was a former Photo Director for magazines including cosmopolitan and glamour. She moved to boulder with her husband and two children in 2002. Her husband wants her to be remembered as this amazing, amazing comet, spending 62 years flying across the sky. Jody waters was 65 years old. She was the kind of person everyone knew. A friend said she was super engaging, dynamic, and beautiful. Eric talley was 40 years old and working in Information Technology when he decided to join the Boulder Police force 11 years ago. He was the first Boulder Police officer to arrive at the scene of the shooting yesterday. I feel numb. And its Heart Breaking. Its Heart Breaking to talk to victims. Their families. You know, its tragic. This officer had seven children. Ages 5 to 18. I just had that officers whole family in my office two weeks ago to give him an award. I can tell you he is a very kind man, and he didnt have to go in policing. He had a profession before this. But he felt a higher calling. And he loved this community. And hes everything that policing deserves and needs. He carried about this community. He cared about boulder Police Department. He cared about his family. And he was willing to die to protect others. Today, the president of the United States said this about the heroism of officer eric talley. He thought he would be coming home to his family and seven children. But in the moment the act came, officer talley did not hesitate in his duty, making the ultimate sacrifice in his effort to save lives. That is a definition of an american hero. Joining us now, Colorado State representative tom sullivan whose son was killed in the aurora Movie Theater in 2012. Thank you very much for joining us. You are now a representative in the colorado legislature, so i will be calling you representative sullivan. Tell us what the families are going through tonight. The day after, the night after. Well, youre starting to make the arrangements. Family now that the names are gone out, you dont have to announce what happened to anybody. Everybody else is going to know. Youre going to find out who wants to come to town. Youre starting to look for what kind of service youre going to have. Youre figuring out funeral arrangements. You have to get time off work. You have to let others know. And youve got to come up with capsulized twominute quotes about what the last 27 years of your sons life has meant to you. Because thats what youre going to get asked a lot about. I heard you say today that you dont know when you get that call, when you get that word, that your son has been killed, your Family Member has been murdered this way, you dont know that the news media is going to be asking, others will ask to you, what is the last thing you said to him . You dont know you have to memorize that . Thats right. Especially with your children. You expect them to be around all the time. So you dont you dont think that you have to remember the last time that you saw him and the last time they wore something. You dont have you dont think you have to remember to keep that extra that text message they sent you or to keep that Phone Message that they left on your phone, to say they cant make it over tonight or something. Because, you know, you might not ever get another one. Also, joining the discussion tonight, Diana Degette of colorado, the prime sponsor in the last congress to ban the sale of high magazines. You represent the district that includes Columbine High School. You have been through all the mass murders in colorado in the last 20 years. So its degette, lawrence, but good to be with you. And im particularly honored to be with my cherished friend tom sullivan, who i think is an american hero. Every time Something Like this happens, youre right. Columbine was my district, and i was in congress when it happened. And every time it happened and colorado has had a disproportionate amount of it. Every time it happens, tom sullivan and hundred of others in colorado are retraumatized. Its just a tragedy that happens over and over. And representative sullivan, the killing of your son is what moved you in politics, isnt it . Yeah, i had no aspirations to do this. But when that happened, and i went to washington, i testified, i tried to talk to people. They werent taking my calls. They werent doing things that i thought needed to happen. It became very apparent to me that i needed to get on the inside. I needed to be a part of that, that was actually writing the legislation and fighting for the victims of gun violence. Congresswoman degette, you have signed on to the job where you must never give up and you must never entertain thoughts of giving up. People watching over the last 20 years, do not know how you keep trying to advance this cause. We have to. We have to for toms son, for the ten people who perished yesterday. We have to keep it up. And the American Public is with us. The two bills the u. S. House passed last week, just on Background Checks, not radical bills. The two bills are in the senate now. Maybe we can pass the bills but as the president said today, we have to be bold. We have to do much more. We have to ban Assault Weapons like the one that was used yesterday. Like the one that was used in the aurora shooting, and we have to ban high capacity magazines. Theres a lot we can do, and i do believe the nra is losing power in washington but not quickly enough. Ten more people were killed yesterday, and eight more in atlanta last week. Representative sullivan, the city of boulder had banned the kind of Assault Weapon that was brought in the supermarket yesterday, and large capacity magazines. But a judge had blocked that that ban, there by allowing in the last week, at least one of the weapons to be purchased by the person who went in the supermarket yesterday. Yeah, thats right. That is why we were incumbent on getting help from a federal level. We have already passed Background Checks in the state of colorado. We already passed high capacity magazine limits. We need help from the federal government do things like banning Assault Rifles and other types of things. 90 of the American Public is behind Background Checks but the last time it was brought to a vote, we could only get 56 of the sitting senators to be able to vote for it. And thats wrong. Theyre not listening to the public. Congresswoman degette, its not going to get through the United States senate if the Filibuster Rules remain in place. I think its becoming more and more clear about many of the issues. And certainly the founders did not intend for 60 to be the new 50. Every single bill, the republicans are blocking. So i think its a growing understanding were going to have to have some kind of filibuster reform in washington. But even then, the families in colorado and other states have to keep up the wonderful work they have done. The sandy hook families, to let everyone know its so important. It cant just stop with Background Checks. We have to reform the system. And even if we banned Assault Rifles in the state of colorado, someone can just go over the state lines and buy one and bring it here and shoot people in a Grocery Store in boulder. So that is why you really to have a national law. We had laws like this before and they worked. Congresswoman Diana Degette, thank you, and tom sullivan, thank you very much for joining us tonight, and representative sullivan, we are very, very sorry for your loss. Thank you. Thank you so much. Thank you. And coming up, its as if americas mass murderers have the very best lobbyists in government. Because the federal government continues to make sure that americas mass murderers get whatever they want, whatever they want. Thats next. What you need . Just get a quote at libertymutual. Com. Really . Ill check that out. Oh yeah. I think i might get a quote. 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Try our new gummies for 30 days and see the difference. The United States senate, i hope some are listening, should immediately pass the bill to close loopholes in the background check system. These are bills that receive votes from both republicans and democrats in the house. This is not, should not be a partisan issue. This an american issue. It will save lives, american lives. And we have to act. We should also ban Assault Weapons in the process. Joining us now, Claire Mccaskill from missouri, and Eugene Robinson from the Washington Post. Both msnbc political analysts. Senator mccaskill, tell us what its like in the senate, the day after one of those mass murders, when you have one of the parties in the senate seemingly determined to make sure that american mass murders continue to always be the best equipped Mass Hurd Murderers in the world. There is always, after one of the tragedies, a Sinking Sensation that somehow we are missing the fact we are the only country in the world where this is happening. The idea is, if all have guns, were going to be safer. No, were not. Especially high capacity magazines and magazines that are designed to kill many, many people in the flash of an eye. So it is and by the way, we came very close to meaningful Gun Safety Legislation with a bipat san bill. We came within a few votes after sandy hook and we didnt get there. The nra was at its apex of power, and i think dianas right. The nra is on the ropes right now, and we have the ability to forcing the republicans to vote against bills that 90 of americans want. That is what we should be doing, and to drive the message home, the republicans are carrying water for the gun lobby and not for americans who want to shop in a Grocery Store without fear. Gene robinson, this is a country where it is easier to get a gun than it is to register to vote or vote. You have to wait longer in a voting line in georgia than you do to buy a gun in georgia. This is the country where it is easier to get a drivers license than to to get a gun. And so, those comparisons seem to mean nothing to republicans. They mean absolutely nothing to republicans. It is absurd. So people they will divert and distract, and they dont actually want to talk about mental health. But lets talk about other things. This is other than the guns. It does not happen all the time. In germany or italy, or any where in the world. The insane number of guns and kinds of guns that are circulating, and in private hands in the United States. A wash in guns and nobody even tries to keep track of them, and we sell them like candy. It is it is obscene, yet, you and i had the conversation before. We had the conversation several times before. And thats what is so frustrating. Because, you know, i think in deep in her hearts, we know keep in our hearts, we know how its going to come out. Those who are there now its worse than it was a few years ago when we almost got reasonable legislation. The Republican Senate is worse now, and more beholden to single issue republican primary voters whom they are afraid of, afraid to rile. And so, i think they will potentially move less now than they would have a few years ago. Its really depressing. I want to turn to the big roadblock in the senate. The Senate Filibuster rules. But lets squeeze in a break right here. We will pick it up with the Filibuster Rules after this break. Can actually attract pet hair . With Bounce Pet Hair lint guard, your clothes can repel pet hair. Look how the shirt on the left attracts pet hair like a magnet pet hair is no match for bounce. With bounce, you can love your pets, and lint roll less. Needles. Essential for pine trees, but maybe not for people with certain inflammatory conditions. 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Simi two branches of our family split apart. David but now, ancestry helped connect us to our ancestors and each other. Michael find their stories. Gigi at ancestry. The video we are about to show you comes with this footnote. Mitch mcconnell is not a historian. Can you argue that the filibuster is not rooted in racism . Are you concerned about the perception if its used against advancing certainly the Public Perception is that republicans with going to use the tool to make it harder for black people to vote. Actually, it has not racial history at all. None. So theres no dispute among historians about that. Back with us, former senator Claire Mccaskill and Eugene Robinson, and no racial history at all. The firl buster record, 24 hours and 18 minutes set by Strom Thurman to try to stop and failing to stop the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and we can go on and on. Strom thurman is laughing that absurdness. It does have a racist history. Look, Claire Made A difference, and im not fan of it, and especially now with the senate is just a small less efficient version of the horse. Were going on party lines and minority doesnt try to meet the majority halfway. So i would be potentially content if democrats just got rid of it at the minimum. They need to modify the Filibuster Rules and make them talk and make them into 41 votes on the floor and hold up legislation for Something Like that. Somethings going to happen. This is a ridiculous situation. Claire, the sounds like what were hearing from Chuck Schumer is they are going to go to the senate floor with something. It might be hr1, the Voting Rights bill. It would be one of the gun safety bills. Go to the senate floor, get rejected on a vote by the republicans, then go back into conference with all the democrats and say we cant allow this to happen. We have to make our move and pull that threshold from 60 votes down from 51. Well, here is what they should start by doing, and that is forcing votes on Public Policy that is wildly popular in this country. Whether it is of gun safety or minimum wage or the reimportation of prescription drugs. There is a lost list. Tee up the votes, get those votes first, but let me tell you where it cannot end. You taught me about politics. Politics is not checkers. Politics is chess. And what people have to remember, there has to be a plan here. Joe manchin is never going to be beat by a progressor candidate. Hes in a state that donald trump won by 40 points. He is an aberration in West Virginia today. So we only have 50 votes. If joe manchin decides to walk to the other side of the aisle, Mitch Mcconnell is back in charge. We have to win more seats in 2022. So what we cant do in this process is start a civil war in the democratic party. Because if we do, then we see wisconsin and pennsylvania and North Carolina all slip from our grasp and were in a situation that if something happens with joe manchin or if he doesnt run again, any of the other democrats that are in republican states, then were back with Mitch Mcconnell calling the shots and we cant force votes. And so there needs to be a plan here, and its not we can flip joe manchin. We remember when there was a 50 50 senate, and from vermont, jim jeffers walked across the aisle and in one day, the entire place just flipped. Thats right. And mcconnell, they switched name plates and that is not what democrats want to see. So claire is right. No, there cannot be the a civil war. The democrats have to move forward together, and maybe they have to move forward in steps. I think maybe Voting Rights is the in which you can get democrats to move forward in steps and you can bring along joe manchin. Gene robinson and Claire Mccaskill, thank you both for joining the discussion tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Well, is it a crisis if it happens every day . And i mean, every day of your life. People have been crossing the southern board illegally by the millions and hundreds of thousands every year for most of our lives. Why do some people suddenly think thats a crisis . Thats next. We look up to our heroes. Idolizing them. Mimicking their every move. And if she counts on the advanced hydration of pedialyte when it matters most. So do we. Hydrate like our heroes. Its a wishlist on wheels. A choice that requires no explanation. Its where safe and daring seamlessly intersect. Its understated, yet overdelivers. It is truly the mercedesbenz of sports sedans. Lease the 2021 c 300 sedan for just 449 a month at your local mercedesbenz dealer. So you want to make the best burger ever . Then make it that means cooking day and night until you get. ding . You got paid that means. 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I never wondered how the navajo people thought about that, or the sioux. This land was made for you and me. When i was a kid, i never wondered how the mexican people thought about that song since california was once mexico, and woody guthries gulf stream waters . We purchased louisiana in 1803 from the people who stole it from the tribes who were there before them. So no, the land was not made for you and me. But by the time woody guthry started singing the song, by world war ii, fact and fiction in mythology. It was not made for you and me, and we had to seize it. The Southern Border is 109 years old in its current form because arizona and new mexico did not become states until 1912, so their Southern Borders did not become the Southern Borders of america until 1912. The Rio Grande River was not the Southern Border of the state of texas until 1848 when we seized land from mexico in war. All of the current Southern Border was taken by force from mexico in war. And borders established by the See Zur Of Land by war are the borders that have had problems in history. To put it mildly. And when you seize the most valuable land in a country, you will cause a permanent, massive economic dislocation in that country, and thats what we did to mexico. The most valuable land in the world ever permanently seized in war is california. If california were a country, it would be the fifth largest economy in the world. Fifth richest economy in the world. California is rich in agricultural resources, manufacturing, international trade. The discovery of gold brought california its first Big Surge Of Fortune Seekers and they continued to come to california to pursue their dreams and pursue gold trophies awarded by the movie business which chose to locate in a place called los angeles by the settlers. The movie business is in los angeles because of the 12 month of year sunshine they needed for sunshine, and california had every exterior they wanted an aim a camera at. From snow peaks to deserts and beautiful beaches so imagine if california were still a part of mexico. Imagine how much stronger mexicos economy would be and how many of us would be trying to get into california. Hopeful immigrants have been coming to the Southern Border ever since we seized the land to create it. They know their ancestors lived on this land not too long ago. And when they come to a place named new mexico, they are told this is not mexico anymore and they are not welcome here. They never stopped coming. Since we created our current Southern Border. They have been coming and crossing the Southern Border legally and illegally and helping to feed the country and working in the agricultural fields that used to belong to mexico, and they have done that work without thanks and without adequate pay, and they have kept this kungt fed and they have delivered so much food in the marketplace. And california feeds more countries than just the United States, and our government has always told them not to come. Always. There are few words that Headline Writers like better than crisis. If someone is a situation or a continuing problem or a multidecade problem, it will appear deep inside the newspaper at all. But if something is a crisis, it gets page one. And so the news media now along with the Republican Party want you to believe there is a crisis on the Southern Border that wasnt there last year or the year before. Or for all of your lifetime. He works of the Southern Border. Tongkai wong is author of the politics of immigration, partisanship, change and the American National identity. In the Washington Post today, he writes, the customs and Border Patrol has recorded a 278 increase in migrants apprehended from january to february 2021. News outlets, pundits and politicians have been calling it a surge and a crisis. The cbps numbers reveal that undocumented immigration is seasonal, shifting upwards this time of year, during fiscal year 2019, under the trump administration, total apprehensions increased 31 during the same period, a bigger jump than were seeing now. What were seeing in other words isnt a surge or crisis. But a predictable seasonal shift. As the word crisis was repeated in News Coverage of the Southern Border in the 1990s, Democrat Bill clinton did not just increase the Border Patrol. He doubled it. And that did not stop people from coming. And then the next president , a republican, doubled the Border Patrol again from 9,801 in 2001 to 17,499 in 2008, and that did not stop people from coming, and then president Obama Took Office and kept increasing the Border Patrol to 21,344. And now for tonights trick question. Which president was the only one since 1993 to reduce the number of Border Patrol officers . Answer, donald trump. From the peak number of officers set by president obama, the number in the Trump Presidency dropped to 19,437 and every one of the years when the Border Patrol was doubling and doubling again, and increasing, every one of the years, people kept coming to our Southern Border seeking entry, legally and illegally. The permanent fact that people tried to cross that border illegally has sometimes been called a crisis and sometimes not. If the measure of president ial success at the Southern Border is stopping and quickly dispatching back into mexico, everyone who tries to cross that border illegally, every american president has failed since the current version of our Southern Border was accomplished in 1912. Every president has failed if that is the standard. Managing a border established by land seized in war is always difficult. Permanently difficult, and some people will occasionally call it a crisis, even though what they are calls a crisis is happening every day of their lives. In the white house, what makes policy on the Southern Border endlessly challenging is the attempt to combine enforcement with compassion and humanity. That is what joe biden is trying to do. For years, the trump policy was to combine enforcement with cruelty. Republicans believe that compassion creates a crisis for this country but cruelty does not. A senior senator from texas criticized biden for the humane treatment of immigrants, republicans oppose humane treatment. They believe humane treatment of immigrants is a crisis. And that is the real crisis we are now confronted with as a country. The moral crisis of a Political Party that represents a sizable minority of americans now stands in opposition to humane treatment. The Republican Party position is to oppose compassion and humanity, and that is a crisis. The worst governing regimes in the History Of The World have been opponents of humane treatment. The worst of the worst. The situation at the Southern Border is permanent. The challenges are permanent and complex. There will never be a president in your lifetime who doesnt face the challenge of how to combine enforcement with compassion and humanity, especially when it comes to children at our Southern Borders. If we have more president s like trump, they will eliminate compassion and humanity, and president s like joe biden will be locked in a permanent struggle every day trying to combine enforcement with compassion and humanity, especially when it comes to children at the Southern Border. The situation at the Southern Border will sometimes be called a crisis and sometimes not, but the problem will never be solved. It can only be managed with varying degrees of success because the current Southern Border was not drawn on the earth by god, and this land was not made for you and me. Limu emu doug hey limu [ squawks ] how great is it that we get to tell everybody how Liberty Mutual customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need . I mean it. Oh, sorry. [ laughter ] woops [ laughter ] good evening meow nope. Oh. What . Im an emu ah ha ha. No, buddy buddy, its a filter only pay for what you need. Liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty tonight. 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So youre all streaming on every device in the house, what . that was a foul. Its march. And youre definitely not watching basketball. No, no. Im definitely not watching basketball. Right. horn blaring President Biden chose to celebrate the 11th Anniversary of president obamas signing of the Affordable Care act in ohio today. On this anniversary, we should remember just how close we have come to losing that act we fought so hard for. We have to duty not to just protect it but make it better and keep becoming a nation where health care is a right for all, not a privilege for a few. President biden explained the new American Rescue plan strengths the Affordable Care act in ways and through the Affordable Care act. For millions out of work and have no coverage, thanks to the law, there is an obama care plan that most folks can get with zero dollar premiums. 4 out of 5 americans shopping on the Obama Care Marketplace can get Quality Health care with a premium of 10 a month or less. Joining us now, democratic congresswoman joyce beatty from ohio, who was with President Biden today in ohio. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. The president doesnt come to your district every day. But today was the day for you. What was it like to have the president there . And was it helpful for people to learn what the new benefits are in the Affordable Care act . Well, first of all, lawrence, thank you. Yes. It was great to have the president here today. Because as you know, we are in the pandemic with covid19. So to be able to say that shem here, and to say what he is doing not only in the nation, but here in ohio in my district to make sure some 20,000 people understood they can get their insurance for zero cost. And it opened the doors for some, almost 100,000 people, to be able to be insured. It takes us back to the 11 years ago, and the ohio state university, where i was, and where he was today, witnessing 26yearolds being told they can stay on their parents insurance and to have health care insurance, and those who have preexisting conditions. So it was a great thing then, a big deal then, and today it was equally as much a big deal. What are the other elements of the American Rescue plan that you believe are important to your constituents in ohio . I think its very important when we talk about the vaccine, that it mitigates the coronavirus that we are making sure that people get a shot in their arm to stay healthy. 529,000 people had died. We know that people need dollars in their pockets. To be able to give the 1400 makes a difference to those individuals. Dollars for Small Businesses. 41 of africanamerican businesses had closed because of the coronavirus. So it was important. When we think about housing, having a roof over your head. We were so pleased we were able to put billions of billions of dollars in there for homeless individuals, rental, to make sure that people are not evicted, and also for mortgages, so people can stay in their homes. And then the child tax child credit. The earned income tax credit. It was just so much to make sure we can get to the other side of the pandemic, and still be able to have quality of life. Theres more than 11 billion in benefits for ohio, and the Republican Party chair says its about democratic its about saving democratic cities and bailing out blue states. Ohio is not yet a blue state for democrats. Well, i think thats ridiculous. When you look at the dollars that went to state and local government, what happens . It takes care of individuals. When you give individuals money, they put it back in the economy. Think about it. 60 of the American People wanted those dollars. And they believed in it, and i am sure when you talk to constituents who are republican representatives, they will say it helped them. It benefited them. We cant deny were in the middle of a crisis. This pandemic not only affected us from the health care. It affected us economically and when we look at the social justices, whether that is environmental or housing. So it was very important for us to do what we did. It was right for all people. Congresswoman joyce beatty, thank you for joining us. A pleasure to be with you. Thank you so much. Enjoyed being here. The 11th hour with brian en. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. And good evening once again, day 63 of the Biden Administration in less than a week a Mass Shooting left another community in the country grieving and struggling to confront the reality of a staggering loss. 10 People Killed in boulder, colorado yesterday when a Gunman Police say was armed with a Semi Automatic long gun and a handgun walked into a Grocery Store yesterday and hoped fire. The suspect is charged with ten counts of first