zerlina maxwell in for lawrence o'donnell. >> such important breaking news about abortion. it reminds us how important it is to protect the federal bench. mitch mcconnell prioritized it and progressives should think about doing that. >> seriously. thanks, my friend. >> thank you. we're going to be talking to congressman barbara lee momentarily about that breaking news. but i want to begin tonight by talking where we're at. we're at an inflection point because donald trump might be gone, but the stress test he's putting our democratic system through is still very much in progress. and what we do right now in this moment will have a lasting impact on our democracy. and it will dictate whether our democracy survives. you think i'm being mellow dramatic? trust me, i'm not. ask yourself this question. when else in our history has one party been so concerned only about winning? and completely consumed with one single man's ego? so much so that they've been willing to lie, cheat, and steal just to stay in power? that's republican party in 2021. sure, politicians in both parties have been corrupt before, but never have we seen an entire political party bend to the corruption. so what we do now matters to our democracy in the long run. more specifically, what democrats do now matters. that's why it's so refreshing to see them stand up and have the power to stand up. today, the democratic effort to protect the rule of law landed on president biden himself. the biden white house formally blocked an absurd attempt by former president donald trump to who he would documents from depress about the january 6th attack. congress could soon have access to a trove of documents from the national archives and that's because there's a democrat in the white house. you better believe donald trump would have blocked those documents if he was still the president. it's only because democrats have the majority in the senate that we learned new details about trump's relentless and shameless crew said to bully the justice department into helping him overturn the 2020 election results. and it's only because democrats have a majority in the house that we just learned that trump lied to hide his corruption involving his hotel in washington, d.c. today democrats on the house oversight committee uncovered that while trump was in office, his hotel received $3.7 million in payments from foreign governments, which means donald trump possibly violated the law and illegal profited off of the presidency. in this moment the survival of our democracy depends on whether or not we hold officials to account for a corrupt and anti-democratic behavior. no one is above the law, not even former president. it would be awesome if members of both political parties wanted to do this. but aside from liz cheney and adam kinzinger, democrats are out here all by their selves. the rest of the republican party is either looking for another way of actively blocking attempts to save our democracy, like how donald trump directed former officials to not comply with subpoenas from the january 6th select committee, a request that steve bannon complied with. where's the gop outrage that subpoenas are being ignored? where is the gop outrage that their president was actively working to use the levers of government to overthrow the election that he lost? where's the gop outrage that a president might have illegally profited from the presidency? where is the gop that was all about law and order? let's remember that if we survive this moment and if our democracy survives, it's because democrats did the hard and necessary work to save it. and the republicans? forget good government. even basic democratic government does not seem to be a party priority after donald trump. leading off our discussion tonight is steve schmidt, former republican strategist, cofounder of the lincoln project. steve, the trump hotel story is really is canary in the coal mine. it's one of those stories that comes back around to the beginning, and you can't be a little pregnant and you can't be a little anti-democratic. there's no country on earth where a strongman or a dictator oversees a fair law-abiding society. so why don't republicans see how dangerous this is for all of us? >> well, i think that we crossed that bridge five years ago, zerlina. we have a republican party that by order of magnitude is more radical and more extreme than it was on the day of the insurrection. it bears mentioning in the hours afterwards, even kevin mccarthy expressed regret, condemned trump's actions, assigned blame to him. he wavered momentarily, but very quickly got his sturdy sea legs under him. and so whether it's the hundreds of pieces of legislation that seek to restrict voting rights, even more worrying than that, to nullify the results of valid elections at the whim of republican legislatures, all of this is aimed at the next election at this point, not last one. donald trump is the republican front-runner. he's the presumptive nominee of the party. we see the intimations of violence being mainstream to the party. when we look at all of it as we come to the year anniversary of joe biden being elected the 46th president of the united states, we have one of the two major political parties, the third oldest in the world that has given itself over completely to this autocratic project. and in doing so, has broken faith, broken the compact that we americans have had with each other since the beginning about how we share power. >> one of the things i've been thinking a lot about is, you know, we've been talking this year about the filibuster and senate tradition. but what about the tradition of our democratic system? what have republicans done to protect our democracy? they're standing in the way saying they care about the filibuster and senate tradition, but what about american tradition and our democracy? >> i think -- i think the question, zerlina, is what have the democrats done to harden the infrastructure of american democracy? it was self-evident that the filibuster was going to have to go when joe biden took the oath of office, at least as it pertained to all these voting rights bills being passed all over the country. on any one of a number of issues, what ethics laws have been hardened, which still been strengthened, confronted, dealt with? when you look at this honestly, republicans have had a very, very good year. they have been able to whitewash the insurrection. they have convinced 80% of the members of their party that the election was stolen and have turned a huge segment of the country against democracy, huge segment of the country is fully investigated in an autocratic movement, in a political extremism, and it has not been met. winston churchill before the second world war said this. he said the malice of the wicked was aided by the weakens of the virtuous. and at the end of the day, life isn't fair and it's not fair for the democratic party in this moment. they have to govern. they have a lot of responsibility, but there's no higher priority and responsibility than protecting democracy. and the reality is, after someone tells you who they are for the 10,000th time and shows you they're operating towards you with malice and bad intent, take them seriously. and the simple fact is the democratic party has been reluctant to exercise all of the tools in the kit, to exercise all of the power at its disposal, and the result of that is that this autocratic movement has gotten worse, not better, over the course of the last year when we would have hoped that in the shock of the aftermath of all of it that it would have receded. >> we'll see if democrats heed your message and certainly we'll see if manchin is listening to the words -- your words tonight. steve schmidt, thank you so much for joining us tonight. joining us now is democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. he served as house impeachment manager in the second impeachment trial of president trump, not to be confused with the first impeachment trial of president trump, and he's a member of the house intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman swalwell, do you agree the democrats need to use all the levers of power to do everything they can to protect our democracy? essentially, i think this moment is an inflection point, as i said in the open, and a stress test for the other branches of government. >> absolutely, zerlina. and right now we are squarely in extra innings. we thought -- i'll use that analogy as the giants are beating the dodgers right now here in the bay area. but we thought that the 2020 election would resolve this matchup between trumpism and democracy. instead, we are in extra innings and everything matters. making sure we protect access and voter rights at the polls, that matters. making sure we understand what happened on january 6th so that no candidate can ever aim a mob violently at the capitol, that matters. and those have to be the priority. i cannot stress enough to our president that getting the senate to break the filibuster to pass voting rights, we have to do that in extra innings. getting this january 6th commission to press these subpoenas, even if it means criminal contempt, we have to do that, because if we lose, we don't just lose an election, we lose everything. >> when you think about all of the different investigations that are out there, obviously we got new information today from the house oversight committee as well that found donald trump reported his hotel in downtown d.c. brought in $150 million in income while he served as president. but the hotel actually incurred more than $70 million in losses. and this was an issue that came up during the campaign in the beginning of his presidency in terms of potentially profiting off of the presidency. he also received in a postponement of payments from deutsche bank, a $170 million loan. what is wrong with this picture? this feels very much against what the founders had intended. >> that's right, zerlina, even though donald trump is no longer in office, corruption, sexism, racism, misogyny, they're still at play. yes, they were manifested in donald trump as president, but there will be more competent, corrupt, sexist, racist, misogynist president. if we didn't learn from what donald trump did, it'll be worse. going a long way to preventing what donald trump was able to do financially, benefiting from being president while he was in the oval office, having foreign actors stay at his hotels, so there's an urgency here. we can't just say, well, that's the past, we should move on, because a more corrupt, competent president could come into the oval office. >> what do you think your house colleagues on the republican side would say if president hillary clinton profited off the presidency in a hypothetical world? >> that's right. there would be endless hearings after hearings. we'd never stop hearing about it. and so that's why i think it's actually in republicans' interest to join us in making sure that we have more good government legislation in place. if they have any concerns about joe biden, i certainly don't. i think he's one of the most honest persons to be president. but if they want to hold him accountable, this is not aimed at donald trump anymore. it's aimed at the current occupant and future presidents, so join us and make it bipartisan in our interests to make sure you no longer have a corrupt president benefiting from the oval office, not only personally, financially, and politically, but what it means for their ability, as i said, to try and aim a mob at the capitol to hold on to power if they were to lose an election. >> to that point about the insurrection, the january 6th committee has sent out many subpoenas. steve bannon defying the subpoena. liz cheney and adam kinzinger are the two republicans on that committee, so it's bipartisan. what do americans need to know about the rationale behind steve bannon defying the subpoena and donald trump's efforts to use executive privilege in a moment where a bipartisan committee is trying to prevent another attack on the capitol? >> if he was innocent, he would cooperate. the reason he's not cooperating is because he does not have an innocent explanation for his conduct that day, plain and simple. it's a consciousness of guilt. and americans need to know that republicans have to own the two deadly lies they continue to spin, the lie that the election was stolen that continues to lead to political violence in this country, and the lies about the vaccines that make our children vulnerable to getting sick where 700,000 americans have died. two deadly lies are what the republicans must own, and that's what's at stake and it's on us to make sure americans know when they go to the ballot box next november that those two deadly lines, if we give them the right to govern, will continue to make us vulnerable at the ballot box where we could lose our democracy and at hospital beds where we could lose family members. >> congressman eric swalwell, thank you for joining us tonight on this friday night. enjoy the rest of the game. good luck. breaking news, texas extreme anti-abortion law is back in effect tonight after an appeals court stay. we'll have more on that after this break. liberty mutual. they customize my car insurance, we'll have more on that after this break. als court stay we'll have more on that after this break ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ shingles? 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>> first, we've got -- you know, make sure the senators understand they need to support the women's health protection act. and this involves, zerlina, political action, we hold members of congress, both house and senate, accountable to people who deserve to be able to exercise their constitutional rights. they're trying to turn the clocks back to the days that i know so well, that so many people know so well where women died. in fact, we have to move forward and make sure we hold elected officials accountable. in these states we need to elect members of state houses who are going to support reproductive freedom, and we need to make sure that those who don't are not re-elected. this boils down to a political struggle. we're in a war. this is a fight for our lives and our freedom. and they're playing with our lives. they're playing with our bodies. and i'm telling you, people are going to die if these states continue with what they're doing and if these courts continue making these decisions against people's reproductive freedom, their constitutional rights. it's a personal decision. as i said in my testimony, it's nobody's darn business what i do with my body. the only reason i came forward is i wanted people to understand what it was like before roe v. wade, and to know that i shouldn't even have to sit there and talk about it. nobody should've to do that. but i was compelled to do it because i'm sounding the alarm on what can happen. so many women died. that was the primary reason for the deaths of african-american women, septic abortions, during those days. this is a sad and dangerous moment, but it better compel us to engage in political action like we've never done before. >> before this breaking news, we had scheduled you to talk about the build back better agenda. and one of the things i think is related is one fact and one question, which is a majority of women who have abortions in this country already have children. one of the central components of the biden agenda is child care. child care is central to the biden agenda. talk about why it's so important for families to have affordable child care, especially since in texas and other places you don't have access to abortion that you may need because it's an economic consideration. >> sure. and then they try to deny us access to contraception also and family planning and comprehensive sexually education in our schools. what the heck do they want? this is crazy. it doesn't make any sense. and so we just got to make sure that as we move forward we insist that people are respected and that our rights are respected, and that election officials are not going to destroy our lives. that's what they're trying to do. when you look at our build back better, yes, child care, women want to work. black and brown women especially are disproportionately low-wage workers. child care is expensive. so why in the world those who are trying to stop our reproductive freedom and our rights and abortion, why are they now denying us access to good quality child care and trying to stop the build back better bill. they don't want us to have child care either. they don't want women to get back into the workforce. come on, this has got to go. this is an inflection moment. this is the time when when we to fight on all fronts for our rights on so many efforts. >> congresswoman barbara lee, it's been great to have you tonight. thank you so much for joining us. please stay safe. coming up, one democrat has an idea of how to beat back the trump insurrectionists. this ad is already a candidate for the best political ad of the 2020 campaign. we'll somehow it to you next. 2020 campaign. we'll somehow it to you next made food a mystery. everything felt like a “no.” we'll somehow it to you next. we'll somehow it to you next to know. with freestyle libre 14 day, now he knows how food affects his glucose. and he knows when to make different choices. take the mystery out of your glucose levels - and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for free. visit freestylelibre.us ♪♪ ♪ fixodent ultra dual power try it for free. visit freestylelibre.us provides you with an unbeatable hold and strong seal against food infiltrations. fixodent. and forget it. cough cough sneeze sneeze... 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what does a hayes pond response look like in today's very divided political climate? >> well, thank you, zerlina, for having me on your program tonight. first of all, let me say i'm the son of sharecroppers. i would be the first american indian elected to congressman of north carolina. let me tell you about the story of hayes pond. this story is about my community, a community that came together in 1958 to fight hatred and bigotry. and what we're seeing today is the same fight like on january 6th. the only difference is the insurrectionists were not wearing sheets. my representation will be about unifying our country against bigotry and hatred, and in my congressional district. my campaign will be about working and promoting working families and supporting businesses. >> in terms of the divided nation and the way hayes pond can be a lesson, i think one of the lessons is evolution and evolving on certain issues. you're running against republican representative dan bishop who sponsored this so-called bathroom bill back in 2016. that's the bill that prevented trans individuals from using the restroom of the gender that they identified with. you voted for that bill. this week you apologized for that vote. is that an example of the possibility of evolution on issues and why do you think that was important for you to do? >> well, you know, part of that evolution, zerlina, is that i voted to repeal that bill. you know, the hb2 bill after the fact, after i had cast that vote, i realized that it was hurtful, it was hurtful to the transgender community. and that is exactly why i worked hard to repeal hb2. i am an indigenous person. i'm an american indian. in my developmental years i confronted discrimination as a young man who enjoyed playing sports, baseball in particular. as i played and most of my teammates during that summer, i can remember it very vividly. they were caucasian, and what those young men did during that time -- and i was the only person of color on that team. they shielded me from discrimination. they protected me from discrimination coming out of the stands. and i will never forget that. it was as if there was just recently that those folks were screaming racist remarks to me, against me, and that's why i'm running for congress as someone who will unite and not divide. but, you know, of course i'm proud of where i'm at today on hb2. >> in terms of your particular race, your strict is actually a district that donald trump won. how do you think you can turn that around? what message are you going to bring to the campaign trail in 2022 that will attract that voter that came out in 2020 and supported donald trump? >> yes. thank you. that's a good question, zerlina. you know, one of the things i've been successful at -- i served in general assembly of north carolina. this is my sixth term. i'm able to get out and work in a primarily minority district. i was the only democrat from all the candidates, state, national, that was re-elected in my county. my message has always been that i will stand strong and listen to my constituents. and that has been my motto throughout my tenure in the north carolina general assembly. and i just want folks, whether it's the 9th congressional district or any district, to know i will be a representative of the people, and that's where our campaign is going to produce. i'm going to put ideas out there that i think are uniting our communities. for example, my opponent, if it's congressional district 9, did not support the -- legislation. one of the things that's important to my community and important to rural north carolina is broadband. he voted against that. so my message is going to be throughout the campaign is, i'm going to compare and contrast myself to what we can have as a congressional member to what we're getting right now, and that is not very much. and that will be my message throughout the campaign. i am very proud of that. >> i can't overstate the need for broadband expansion in rural areas. charles graham, thank you so much for being here tonight and please stay safe. coming up, senator chuck grassley is going to rally with donald trump tomorrow in iowa after putting his name on a republican report yesterday that made the claim donald trump did not exert improper influence over the justice department after the november election. how did the state that won barack obama's presidency become trump country? 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but voted overwhelmingly for donald trump in the last two election cycles? joining us now is former democratic congresswoman, abbey finkenauer, running for senate in iowa in 2024. -- 2022. republicans may have a favorable view of donald trump, but that doesn't mean they think he should run for president. my perchance that donald trump has a role in the direction of our country and party and some influence over the candidates, but i think it would be best for someone else to become the standard-bearer and that was mark lundberg a financial adviser and former republican chairman in northwest iowa's sioux county, one of the more conservative areas of the state. i mean, he was twice impeached. is he really, you know, a popular figure for president in iowa now? >> look, i watch him and i know that chuck grassley tomorrow is going to go stand on a stage with the former president. this guy, who told his supporters on january 6th to march to the capitol while they were wearing trump hats, trump t-shirts, and they beat our capitol police officers with trump flags and american flags. chuck grassley saw that. he saw that happen. our governor saw that happen. and now, tomorrow, they're going to stand on a stage with him and essentially endorse that behavior. it's despicable. it is not who we are. that is why this race is so dang important. i mean, i know iowa. i grew up here. i know what we did in 2018 when donald trump wasn't on the ballot the last time. we flipped two congressional seats. we had three out of the four congressional seats that went to democrats. three out of the six statewide races went to democrats, and the republicans in iowa know that they can't win without donald trump and love it or hate it, he's not on the ballot in 2022, and we're going to make sure that we win this thing. we need folks with us. please go to abbey finkenauer.com and join us. we need to hold these folks accountable. they know they know they're vulnerable and they're selling essentially democracy down the line because of the fact that they cannot stand up to donald trump. the lies that led to that day and now they're going to stand on stage next to him endorsing it. >> what do you think it is about the iowa voter that leads them into donald trump's camp twice? you grew up there. what happened between 2008 and 2016 and 2020? >> again, you know, 2020 was tough, but it was tough where her. in 2022 donald trump isn't on the ballot. in 2018 we flipped these seats. we were able to win in iowa as democrats, and we can do it again. these folks are my friends and my family in iowa. i know who we are. i'm somebody who grew up a daughter of a union pipe fitter welder. my mom was a public school employee. i'm a first-generation college grad, and i know what it's like to have people in washington, d.c., look down their nose at you and think they're better than you and they think they know the policy that's actually going to help move your life forward. i am fighting for those people in iowa. it is who i am. it is who i fight for, and it is how we're going to win in 2022 because chuck grassley has gone to washington, d.c., for nearly five decades and has become the washington politician that donald trump has told all his supporters to hate over these years. he is in the pocket of special interests like the pharmaceutical companies. as i was in washington, d.c., as a congresswoman passing historic prescription drug reform, chuck grassley was over in the u.s. senate stuffing it. this is the type of stuff where we can hold him accountable. we will win here, but we need folks with us as we do it. >> abbey finkenauer, candidate for the united states senate se the state of iowa, thank you so much for being here tonight. coming up, the vaccine for kids 5 to 12 could be available by halloween. but there's one thing doctors and parents should be doing right now before the shots are available. we'll talk about what that is, next. ble. we'll talk about what that is, next (man) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... ... i ignored them. but when the movements in my hands and feet started throwing me off at work... i finally had to say, 'it's not ok.' it was time to talk to my doctor about austedo. she said that austedo helps reduce td movements in adults... ...while i continue with most of my mental health medications. 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"the 11th hour with brian williams" starts right now. good evening once again. day 262 of the biden administration. there's more breaking news out of the state of texas on that state's restrictive abortion law. the u.s. 6th circuit court of appeals has temporarily reinstated the six-week abortion ban after a federal judge blocked the ban on wednesday. as the 5th circuit is known as one of the most conservative appeals courts in the country, the ruling means a ban on abortions after six weeks is now back in force. part of

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