zelenskyy at the leaders of g7. to discuss new sanctions on russia. and here in the u.s., congress is dirtying itself for votes on president biden's 30 through billion dollar aid request as early as this week. and for the escalating battle around abortion rights, after last week's week draft opinion potentially roe v. wade. senate democrats are preparing for this week to codify row that is unlikely to pass. as senate republicans led by minority leader mitch mcconnell say that a national abortion ban could be quote, possible. out in the streets protests continue across the country, nearly one week after the leak, civil rights activists like myself who are distressed by both the disproportionate impact on women of color and the legal battles that we know will follow this one. joining me now is congresswoman joyce beatty, democrat of ohio, chair of the congressional black caucus, congresswoman thank you for joining us tonight. i can only imagine tactically the position that you and your congressional black caucus colleagues find yourself, in knowing that roe v. wade is under threat, thinking about your black women constituents who already suffer from disproportionate deficit in reproductive care. while bearing the maternal mortality rate three times higher than their white counterparts according to the center for disease control. as chair of the cdc, would have the conversations been towards member been like this week, and have you heard from your constituents on this matter? >> well first of all reverend al, thank you for having me on, happy mother's day to all. and, yes we have been speaking out as members of the congressional black caucus male and female because we know this will have a devastating, disproportionate effect on women of color especially black women. in 23 some states are constituents are contacting us because if this is overturned it will be immediately ban abortions in 23 some states even including my state, of ohio, we are speaking out, we have a chair of the pro-choice caucus congresswoman ayanna pressley has joined with me and others. congressman brenda lawrence of the women's caucus, congresswoman barbara lee, and even our male members of the cdc, because this devastating effect people could be incarcerated, whether that's the doctor, the nurse in participating. we know that 56% of black people live in the south, so we know it will happen whether it is incarceration, the legal process, it will disproportionately affected black folks. >> now congresswoman, what's your response to the news this weekend that 19 democrats wrote a letter to speak speaker pelosi friday calling on her to hold a vote on legislation that would increase police funding to address rises and crime, given that we still don't have police reform legislation, isn't unrealistic that some black voters might ask why this instead of that, and do you anticipate president biden or democrats making another push behind priest reform before november? >> well, absolutely, i can certainly speak for the congressional black caucus and where i stand, we are not giving up on police reform, we need to make sure that we go back to the table and while i want to make it clear, the house did pass the george floyd justice and policing act, it did not get through the senate, to get through the presidents does, but we're not giving up. we have met as members of the congressional black caucus, as leaders in the democratic caucus with the president, the president has been very positive, and i'm very hopeful that he will step up with an executive order. >> and let me be clear, we're not saying to be anti police, were saying that we can do both and not one or, and certainly want to see police -- congresswoman >> absolutely, that's so important it's about making sure that we re-channel funds into our communities, that we set up neighborhood commissions, that we get mental health advisers, we also need to make sure that those bad police officers aren't rehired. we need to make sure that all of those points in the george floyd, justice in policing don't go forgotten. >> that's, right we're a few days from the second anniversary of george floyd's killing, and i've been to your district and with you as we have to do a eulogy there for ham for the shooting that down. let me ask you this, can you comment on the significance of joe jill biden's visit to ukraine today as you hear colleagues, presidents aide request for ukraine and its defense, in a defensive war with russia. what is your feeling about doctor biden's trip? >> i think dr. jill biden, send a strong logic when we look at the number of women, the number of children, it's unthinkable that russia would go into a medical center and now a school with so many people every day losing their lives, i think that it gives them hope anchorage that we're standing with them, i think this week will see more aid going, more sanctions because this is justin thank-able. i'm pleased that dr. biden was there. >> congresswoman, what other concerns you want to see president biden addressed by executive order if need be before november, i'm thinking about voting rights as well as reform? >> well, let me tell you that voting rights is at the top of the list, we have still been looking in the congressional black caucus just last week we had an executive meeting where we are looking at if we can even get preclearance for all 50 states and get that through the senate. we're gonna come out with that, we're not giving up on voting rights, it's at the top of our list, if we need to also look at what's student debt is looking at, we hear a lot from our constituents about that. we know there is legislation that's looking at providing financial assistance for those with student debt, we know the president has also talked about providing assistance for those. we have a full play, we are continuing doing this off year presidential election, many of our primaries are underway, i think the good thing is democrats understand that elections have consequences. >> let me ask you about one thing that is critical to me, as we look at this battle around women's right to choose, and whether this leaked opinion will lead to the supreme court in many ways debunking the row decision of 1973. this can potentially lead to a whole new model of states rights deciding basic rights for people, which could include lgbtq rights, civil rights, voting rights. are you concerned that we are now in a nation that is beginning to see forces try to lean us back to where the state right model with national government doesn't interfere and protect us against state's rights? >> oh absolutely i think it's so important to speak up to speed back, get people registered and vote we must put all of our energies and here because you're right, once we've opened up pandora's box with this, it will be other rights for women, civil rights in jews as you mention, interracial marriage rights, lgbtq q, we have a lot to lose, we recognize that, and that's why we're fighting to make sure that we vote, and we vote in those judicial races. it's so important we have a pipeline, that was very fortunate for us that we had justice ketanji brown jackson, so we're very pleased that we now have a black woman in the highest court in the nation. we can't stop there, she can't do it alone. >> all, right thank you congresswoman joyce -- of the congressional black caucus. now for a quick update on the war in ukraine, joining me now is nbc's jake great, he's in lviv, ukraine, jay, first lady dr. jill biden made a surprise mother's day to the southwestern part of ukraine, which has been under a cat for the last ten days. and she met with the ukrainian president, what is the reaction you're seeing from doctor biden's visit today? >> reverend sharpton, the first lady ukraine called the visit by dr. biden a courageous act noting that the area where they spent a little bit of time is an area that had suffered attacks over the last ten days on a regular basis. the first lady said that she had to be there on mother's day, said it was important that we show the world is in the united states's behalf and -- supports ukraine and also said the war as western i want to make sure she got that message across. the ground residents here in lviv say they are proud that the first lady made it there also very thankful a member of the city council here in lviv and she said that the american people have been a tremendous help in this effort. she also said that they along with the government will share with the victory that she believes will be coming soon overall, you can sense from people on the ground here in ukraine that they will really appreciative of the first lady dr. jill biden was on the ground, and ventured into ukraine, not to staying on the border, that was very important to them. >> -- russian troops continue to advance into ukraine ahead of their annual may 9th holiday commemorating the soviet victory against nazi germany, what more can you add to the russian victory getting reaction there in lviv? >> there's clear a lot of tension across ukraine right now, we're worried about what's gonna happen as we move into victory day, there's been air raid sirens across the country today including here in lviv earlier. quiet right now, just after midnight, but again there's a lot of people under concern that russian troops on the ground here are frantically trying to give vladimir putin something that he can claim as a triumph on this victory day, as you know it's a day every year where he likes to flex the military muscle -- i could also tell you that today in the town square today there was an exhibition honoring the fallen, not only soldiers, but also civilians who've died a result of the russian invasion. when asked about it, the residents here say that tomorrow brings nothing to celebrate, there is no victory. they will celebrate victory when they've expelled russia from the country, but they do more -- they say, this is a sad time for their country. >> all right, nbc's jake -- and ukraine, thank you for be giving us that update. coming up, a salute to women in our lives this mother's day. and later we'll speak with the reproductive justice activist about why the supreme court's draft opinion on roe threatens more than just abortion access. but first, my colleague richard -- with today's other op to's new stories. richard. >> we have a very good sunday, stories in washington at this hour gas prices in the u.s. closing in on a new high, according to aaa the average price for a gallon of regular is $4.32 just one penny shy of the record set on march 11th that's up 13 cents from just a week ago. experts say the warren ukraine and the impending summer travel season are fueling that's by. -- a record amount of bedding in yesterday's kentucky derby, they had 200 and $74 million were wagered on derby day, which ended with the second biggest upset in the derby's 148 year history, the winner rich strike faced eight and one odds, them are just among all 20 horses. more politics nation with our now sharpton after the short break. w sharpton after the short break. break. ♪ ♪ ♪i'm so defensive,♪ ♪i got bongos thumping in my chest♪ ♪and something tells me they don't beat me♪ ♪ ♪ ♪he'd better not take the ring from me.♪ do your eyes bother you? 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>> thank you so much for having me today. what's real about intersectionality and what is important about reproductive justice is that when we think about not just the right to have an abortion, but the ability to access an abortion. the ability for us to think about ways that our race is black folks and folks of color impact the ways that we make decisions in this country. the fact that we are working against a system of white supremacy and fighting for abortion access is deeply connected to this issue as well. so we cannot look at our lives or even think about our organizing from single lens. we have to think about the ways in which all of our identities, all of the systems of oppression that we unfortunately have to live under and navigate in this country, come together when making a very personal decision about whether or not to continue a pregnancy or not. reproductive justice is a movement that was started by black women, because they understood that it was important for black women's voices and folks of color to move our experiences and our needs to the center of the conversations around sexual health and reproductive health in this country. so it is so real right now, as we are fighting this fight. this is a draft that was leaked, and something that unfortunately we knew was coming, because our opposition has been working very hard over the past couple of decades to move us to this moment where roe v. wade is in peril. it is important for us when we think about this, again, especially with folks of color, that we see the fullness of which this really means for us right now when you think about the spike for abortion acts. we have to think about not only caught defying the rate for that, but also ensuring that we create all that is necessary for us to be able to access that. >> reverend forbes, yesterday had alexis mcgill johnson, president of planned parenthood, first black woman. we were talking about how opponents have used abortion rights to people that are religious, to support their argument. they've used religion for why should be illegal. and you report from the pew research shows that well three quarters of white evangelicals want to mostly ban abortion. less than a third of black protestants support similar restrictions, overall the study finds most americans support some exception to any abortion ban, such as cases of rape or incest. in the most recent data from the cdc in 2019, black women had the highest rate of abortion with 24 abortions per 1000, and black women are three times more likely to die from a pregnancy related cause than white women. how does race and religion influence someone's view of abortion? influence someone's view o ab ortion while quite frankly, race has played a part in, historic lever black women, around issues around reproductive justice. we know that during times of slavery, black women were mutilated, abused, in the name of learning about the women's reproductive system. and so, race and reproduction justice are intricately linked because from the time we were brought here, as slaves, we were poked on, pulled on, and our rights to bodily autonomy either didn't exist, or barely existed. so, racing abortion are intricately linked and we're seeing that play out right to this day. >> monica, the senate will vote the vote next week to codify roe v. wade, though the chances of it passing are very slim. how does your organization plan to continue to help women if the supreme court does move to and legal abortion protections? >> you know, what's interesting to me when i think about what's happening at the state level, at our state level away to the federal level right now, it's really, really hard to trust and to have respect for institutions right now that are constantly putting our lives and our abilities to make our own decisions about our bodies, putting those on the line every single day. we're seeing this from roe, for voting rights, lgbtq issues, it's just going across the board that we're having to fight to hold on to the very protections that we have fought so hard for so many decades ago. well we're gonna continue to do, is organize and mobilize our people around these issues, working from a state level all the way up to the federal level to ensure that people understand why it's important for them to be connected to this issue, understanding whether or not you are in line to do the work around voting rights are whether you're connected to economic justice, environmental justice, that this is a decision that we all need to be playing close attention to. we all need to be organizing around, we need to also move -- at the state capital in d.c. for juneteenth, or talk about bringing black bodies, black power together to ensure that black people have a voice an opportunity to talk about what's happening here and put our faces, our bodies on the line for this work. we know with our community are the most impacted by this, when we think about laws like roe being reversed, so we are moving people into direct action against -- national action for doing teens in d.c., or doing local actions every single day, at the state level we encourage people to be connected to their organizations on the ground in their state. but this is the time for all people to be directly connected to this issue, we need to talk about in our churches, talk about it in our families, talk about it across the board because our lives are at stake. >> reverend forums, we're at a time but i want to ask you this. do you feel that as we move towards dealing with this issue, that the intersectionality of it is important of getting not only women's groups, but lgbt groups, civil rights groups, and groups that deal with immigration across the board because if this is the case, if we do see the supreme court rule, this will then sand all rights potentially all rights back to the states to decide. and that's a threat to everyone, do you see it important enough that to all the different constituency groups that may be different, come together to stop it here otherwise i can come to every other area of concern for civil and human rights in this country going back to a states rights model? >> absolutely, listen, the issue at stake is justice. if we don't act, every single individual, act right now get out there in the streets and protest and fight for justice, you better believe, that if it goes back to states rights every single social justice issue will be at stake. it's an all hands on deck, it's sounding the alarm, we are in crisis now. >> all hands on deck, all feet on the ground, -- forbes, monica simpson thank you both for being with me. coming up, former new york city mayor bill de blasio knows a thing or two about political hardship, he joins us next with some advice for president biden and the democrats, ahead of the midterms. you are watching politics nation. you are watching politic nation welcome to allstate. where you can bundle home and auto insurance. right, frank? i saved 25%. booyah. and now you're relaxing! we're working from home. save up to 25% when you bundle home and auto with allstate. if you've been living with heart disease, reducing cholesterol can be hard, even when you're taking a statin and being active. but you can do hard. you lived through thirty-seven red-eye flights in a middle seat. eleven miracle diets... forty-two college campus tours... four overseas postings... one minor stroke... and four citywide blackouts... and now, with leqvio, you can lower your cholesterol, too. when taken with a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50% and keep it there with two doses a year. common side effects of leqvio were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath. with leqvio, lowering cholesterol becomes just one more thing life throws your way. ask your doctor if leqvio is right for you. lower. longer. leqvio. ♪ life can be a lot to handle. ♪ this magic moment ♪ but heinz knows there's plenty of magic in all that chaos. ♪ so different and so new ♪ ♪ was like any other... ♪ with inflation rising at home and war raging overseas democrats have been bracing for a difficult midterm election season. now all portions of a margin other divisive issue as a supreme court appears poised to overturn roe v. wade. it certainly does not help that president biden's approval rating continues, near the lowest levels -- but my next guest says that there is still time to turn it all around. joining me now former two term name or mayor of new york city bill de blasio, a democrats who piece in the atlantic magazine is titled joe biden can learn from my mistakes. mister mayor, good to have you here, you know out of everything your piece for the atlantic i was most struck by this line that quote, keeping things together even in the midst of a crisis isn't the same as moving things forward, it does not answer the public's yearning for a sense of direction, it certainly doesn't make the case for continued democratic control of congress, end quote, how does that -- communicator in this piece? >> yes, rev, when i want to say here is given how much people, this is been a tough few years. there is a lot of fear, a lot of confusion out there and in that context people don't need a good policy, it's not enough, they need to sense that we're getting somewhere, that we're gonna get out of this i think would i do sometimes i, mistook policy for popularity. i worked hard on the policies, but i didn't think enough about what i was doing to reassure people, to show them the way forward, to give them hope. when i see with joe biden is a man of great personal empathy and great policy intellect but a disconnect that reminds me a lot of what i did wrong. because i don't think he's speaking to the fullest of what people are going through right now, i don't think he's splitting to them at their kitchen table, i saw i think it was friday, in ohio, biden didn't event that was supposed to be about the economy. he spoke about a lot of different pieces, china and competition, technology, i was listening after widen nobody was talking about. he was on the tarmac on tuesday morning after the shock of the draft opinion on roe v. wade came out, he said a lot of very intelligent analytical things, he didn't say the one thing i think a lot of people wanted to hear, which is i will fight like hell to protect the women's right to choose. >> you know, it would really, really impressed me that you talk candidly about your popularity with new york voters diminished in your second term, you felt like you lost touch with voters in the street, and this is after you do what you did with stop-and-frisk, you did -- you did a lot of the policies things everybody wanted. and you won reelection by a huge margin but then your popularity waned and then for you to come out now and admit that, and say that, and say i made mistakes. president biden tries to -- pull numbers and you say learn from my mistakes. first of all i have a lot of respect for you admit for humid meeting your mistakes and then coming forth in such a public way. you were just mayor, what? six months ago? >> not even, and raab, thanks for that i felt moved to write the piece in the atlantic because i don't want to see joe biden continue to make that mistake. i think there's time to turn things around. we're a very dynamic moment, and the roe v. wade decision that's just thrown a huge strategic new angle into all of this, which i think will energize a lot of voters particular voters to come out. that's a new factor that i wish it didn't exist, but it does favor democrats and many ways i believe. when i was trying to say to joe biden's, just like during the campaign in 2020, he made some powerful adjustments, from early in his campaign which wasn't so strong to later, he made a lot of the right adjustments. he communicated much more clearly, he won back faith that may have been lost, i think it's time to do that, and then some. because in fact he is pointing us in the right direction, but i actually think the message does not meet the vision, for example he put forward a very bold plan to tax corporations of the wealthy. it's still one of things that animates people across the political corruption, they want to see that fairness, he talks about it in bits and pieces, he doesn't make it central driving theme. the kitchen table issues, the cost of living number one, i think too often he sounds a bit defeated instead of sounding confident. look, folks want a leader who's gonna be strong, and show empathy, that's that beautiful fdr -- >> and that they feel people. i member -- would always tell me reverend, people can fear you before the hero. let me ask you this though, in the article you lay out some key areas that you think democrats can win in november, prescription drugs, tax increases, corporations which you mentioned. we have democrats -- in the next minutes where does the abortion rights fight fit into the electoral strategery. >>. we have historically won as democrats -- right at the kitchen table on health care, on the most basic things, jobs, education. all the things that really come home to people. particularly the whole -- historically republicans were not believable in terms of helping working class people. democrats were. there's still truth and that and joe biden as a communicator, he can do that. he can connect the working class people across all ethnicities and say look i want tax corporations on the wealthy, lower your prescription drug costs, your insulin costs. he has real things you can put on the form. congress has to ask as well -- act as well. but the second punch is the question of abortion. now, you see, the militancy and extremism of the republican party, and now you see them snatching away women's rights. stealing rights away. one of the things we know that gets people going and gets them voting as when they feel something emotionally. voting is not an intellectual exercise. it's an emotional exercise. for millions and millions of american women, they will cup on tuesday morning. to hear that the rates were being stolen before their very eyes. i think that's truly -- or ever there was a voting issue? that's a voting issue. that's right think democrats bring out an energy we didn't have before. >> i need to ask you this. crime is rising all over the country, including new york, and while you were mayor, crime went down at the same time you brought -- you supported the stop-and-frisk movement when you were running. you did that when you were in. but no crime is rising. and your successes of having to deal with crime and deal with many of us that are still saying you cannot have police just go unchecked and not accounting. how do you get the ballots? how do you deal with rising crimes without going too far in terms of letting police feel that they can go back to the kind of street unit, giuliani style, in cities around the country? because it's not only new york. it's every major city we're seeing crime. >> such an important issue. do you remember i met so many people later on realize the crime bill was wrong? >> 94, yeah. >> remember in recent years? >> tens of thousands of people went to jail needlessly. for long periods of time. >> that was in response to a real serious challenge, but it was the wrong response, it turned out. and now you have people in recent years falling all over themselves saying they're wrong. let's not make that mistake again. we are going through something very difficult. there's a lot of pain and fear out there when it comes to crime. but as recently as 2019, we prove, not only because you get rid of the broken policy stop and frisk, we reduced arrest greatly. we reduced incarceration greatly. this was all done with absolute buying of the nypd. i remember bill bryan saying to me one-time, early in my administration, you cannot arrest your way out of problems. you need to bring the community into the solution with the police. we cannot lose that lesson. neighborhood policing, re-in storing that notion of bond between police and community, which certainly was hurt after the murder of george floyd, and it's been hurt during covid. getting past the dislocations of covid in general. focusing on things of the cure the violence movement and the great efforts like occupy the corners, that national action network i helped lead, that's the way forward. we actually had proven by 2019 that we had a lot of the key elements. let's not lose them and forget them. let's work our way back to them. that is when i say. >> before i let you go, your thoughts on the republican field and on the control by donald trump of the republican party. >> i would say he keeps proving, every time, i think, progressives and democrats and journalists who feel that way, say look, there is cracks in the armor. maybe he doesn't have the control. we keep getting evidence, yes he does. i think we should assume at this point of donald trump's party, but it is in many ways, not if you will, all that, because a lot of the candidates that he is backing are not electable and a lot of states, because they are just so extreme. i think the roe v. wade issue is not going to put even more of a point on that. a lot of those swing house districts? 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