word. tonight the biden campaign calls out trump's comments on race. new tensions with israel. the fallout from benjamin netanyahu video slamming the biden administration. louisiana has a new law. the 10 commandments must be posted in all school classrooms. the constitutional showdown on this wednesday night. good evening, once again. we are now 139 days away from the election. today marks 159 years since the last black slaves were given their freedom in texas. a day recognized as juneteenth and millions of americans from coast to coast celebrate. this is the fourth year that juneteenth has been designated a federal holiday. president biden signed into law in 2021. his campaign is out with a new powerful added. >> this juneteenth, we salute those who built this country. those who sacrificed, suffered, and refused to be defined by pain or silenced by oppression. we celebrate freedom. freedom to live, breathe, play, choose, marry, vote. with joe biden and kamala harris, we are ready to face the future together. we cannot stop now. >> what did donald trump do to celebrate this day that is so important to so many americans? the man himself did not do anything. he did make it lease 18 posts on true social today, not a single one mentioned the holiday. on juneteenth four years ago, he tried to hold a campaign rally in tulsa, oklahoma, with one of the worst -- according to reports at the time, he had no idea what juneteenth was. today a spokesperson did manage to put out a five line statement saying that freedom has always been the foundation of the republican party. this is referencing something you often hear from gop that they are the party of lincoln. yes. president lincoln was in fact a republican. but, abraham lincoln would not even recognize today's republican party. in fact, he might say the republicans in name only. let's get smart with the leadoff panel. it's an all-star group. nbc news correspondent who is covered all three donald trump campaigns. special correspondent from vanity fair . and my dear friend, simone sanders townsend. cohost of the nbc morning show, the weekend. simone, the trump campaign has been claiming lately they are having success winning over black voters. if that were the case, wouldn't juneteenth be a key day to make a big push for those votes? >> i think there is a fundamental misunderstanding. the trump campaign, what outreach is to black voters. gold sneakers, we have seen him claiming that him being 34 time convicted felon makes him palatable and interesting to black voters. not much policy. talking about the policy, black businesses and marking juneteenth. a percent to 10% of black voters usually have presidential election break for the republican candidate. the gop is claiming that they will win a majority of black votes. the gap is large and the work to close the gap seems nonexistent. >> dnc chair, jamie harris, said donald trump is a lot of things but certainly is not subtle. all of the cities he demonstrates -- denigrates has significant black populations. >> this is a mystery since 2016. he went to war with baltimore. this is his trope. he is trying to give people, white people, permission to vote for him. he is trying to say, i am not as racist as you think i am. that is really what this is about. >> some think he is that racist and they are down with her. >> yes, for sure. there is structures stuff going on. this man announced his presidency, that he was running, that mexicans were and some were very good people. this is where this comes from. >> his 2016 pitch, and tell your pitch to black voters was basically, what do you have to lose? give me a shot. he does not seem to be trying much harder than that at this point. you were on the trail with him, what is he doing? >> that message for him every year becomes more cemented. what do you have to lose? in 2020, he received the most black support for any republican nominee in decades fit for him that his affirmation that he was making progress. whether folks want to believe that is the case or not, donald trump created in his head that he is the best for everybody. referencing baltimore -- >> he is saying that you have stuff to be mad about, i am your guy. >> he made the case eight years ago and went on the attack against john, saying that atlanta is falling apart. to what extent is donald trump suffering the repercussions of comments like that? or does he feel like he can go into a place like the bronx and in his heart of hearts, if you believe if you articulate a message that you guys are doomed, you do not have great lives, because of the democrats -- for donald trump that is a much easier message to communicate than policy arguments. a lot of ways the democrats struggle to articulate because it is more complex than dts message. >> he goes to aggrieved communities and says, doesn't this suck? some go, yes, it does read he doesn't deliver a policy solution to not make it suck. i'm being very articulate up >> you are right. very little policy in his stuff. the republican party recently gave up policy in 2020 when they said they will not have a policy platform. there is little policy here. even republican policies on the large -- what are they? keep tax cuts for the wealthy. cut the corporate tax cut and possibly larger tariffs? this does not benefit anybody but the wealthy. >> chuck todd wrote today about trump amnesia. all sorts of voters have forgotten what his first term was like and they might not be afraid anymore of a second term. when you are on the trail with the campaign, do you pick up on that? >> it's not just donald trump. this is, wouldn't you like life to be like it was four or five years ago? voters articulate that message. a large number are echoing donald trump. there is a pre-pandemic and posted in life it take politics out of the equation, a lot of us have experiences outside of who is in the white house. that is what donald trump and his campaign are trying to bring folks minds back to. amnesia, politically, donald trump, there is a base support that he has been able to effectively galvanize through events since the january 6th attack. that is four indictments. different primaries when he went around the country. in ways he is unable to give folks fodder that extends beyond what has happened politically in terms of policy from the biden administration, to focus more on grievances toward him. the amnesia part becomes relevant because, for him, he is able to often times say to ignore what happened between 2017 and 2020. think about 2021 through 2024. >> how much should biden should be reminding voters about what life was like in the donald trump white house? >> there is a fine line to walk but they have to note. donald trump and a lot of republicans have spoken of, what about four years ago? wasn't like better than? we literally were in a pandemic and people rely -- were dying. donald trump stood before the american people and said to drink bleach to cure covid. all of these other drugs that were unproven. people believed him and listen to him and died because of that. yes, they need to remind the american people when he says it was great when i was president -- this thing over here that we lived through, i believe they have on the campaign trail, then talking about the future. housing. dealing directly with folks current economic conditions. housing is the biggest issue for people. the rent is too high. it is utterly out of reach to purchase a home for many people. even the thought of it because of interest rates. you have heard the biden/campaign out in communities. i'm not going to lie because i feel what they do on tv and the streets, when they talk to voters, they talk about specific issues. policies for that voters and businesses. what the administration has done, the gaps, what they would like to do. that is a message coupled with the organizing efforts that can move people to the polls. >> our own is reporting that the feds do not have a in place to alert voters about deep fakes or disinformation coming from inside the u.s. the fbi is not in the truth detection business. but, if they are not alerting people that the fake stuff is out there and influence -- influencing us, who will do it? >> you are correct. the folks at the justice department are hard-working patriots. they're putting their lives on the line. they have been doing the duty over a number of presidencies. there is a hesitancy to look as though they are in any way taking sides or laying favorites with the selection. because of who is on the ballot . when it comes to this information, it is real. if people are not being confronted with the facts, if there is not an active campaign to root out the operations, we will see things similar to what we have seen in every single election in the last two presidential elections. this information and disinformation has played a role. the new technology deep fakes, fbi and justice department have the ability to put together a task force. it is necessary. >> this is real and alarming. youtube is now a growing share of where americans get news. a new study out shows that it's algorithm prioritizes right- wing and christian content. does this show how little we understand about these mysterious algorithms and how they might be influencing us? >> yes. there is no algorithm and trust fancy. all of these companies are being asked to police themselves. you think elon musk will police his content? there is no evidence to support he has interest in what is real or fake. and facebook, all of these platforms are on the honor code. that is insane and i think there is a place for the doj to get more aggressive, to try to moderate content. also, to be some legislation from congress. >> youtube is nearly 10% of what we watch on tv. simone, how big of a deal is a? >> it is a huge deal and i wonder if youtube people knew about this and it is something they are tracking? i wonder if it's setting off fire alarms? youtube recognizes that the biggest opportunity for growth is in content creation. it's with the networks and news. people coming to the platform to find information. the stories like this are not helpful to the business bottom line. definitely called into question, what is going on? it might probe some committees to peel back layers trade we have seen what happens to the folks before committees. >> i'm not letting you leave until we talk about your home state of arizona. you know better than anyone, this week we have seen two key donald trump legal advisors , not campaign associates, plead, not guilty in the fake collector's case. >> epstein is still an advisor. for donald trump in the 2024 campaign, or outside of the campaign, coordinating legal counsel for various cases. epstein pleading not guilty rounds out all 18 individuals or codefendants from that indictment stemming from the attorney general's investigation into the fake collector scheme. the one interesting person, general malaise, also pled not guilty. after she pled not guilty to her georgia indictment, she was suspended, her law license in colorado. per her agreement she struck with the colorado court did she issued an apology like she did in georgia. saying that she regretted representing donald trump. ultimately she asked for an apology for the fraud conspiracy theories which she said she did not know the basis of. the question, whether the prosecutors will offer plea agreements from the attorney general's office. they could. will they begin to try to get cooperators like, ellis? 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(tony hawk) skating for over 45 years has taken a toll on my body. i take qunol turmeric because it helps with healthy joints and inflammation support. why qunol? it has superior absorption compared to regular turmeric. qunol. the brand i trust. i know a lot of voters are exhausted. do you know who else is exhausted? every single player at halftime of the super bowl. everyone of them are exhausted. what do they do? they go out there and they do it again. this is halftime in the biden versus trump contest for the future. there is a second-half coming up. yes, you have to play in both halves. we got an open border. it is completely open. >> they have ripped our border wide open. >> if you have people coming into your country flooding in, in record numbers, you need somebody at the border to say, stop. >> lies. we do not have open borders. donald trump is not the only republican spreading fear about immigration at the border. his allies are echoing the former president. there is a new report out that they are not talking about. it tells a different story about immigration and specifically about the economy. increase immigration to the u.s. is expected to drive economic growth, boost federal revenues and shrink deficits over the next decade. something republicans traditionally would like. let's discuss. here is victoria, dean of the clinton school. to miller, host of podcast and former communications director for jeb bush. immigration has become a lightning rod issue. americans across the political spectrum are angry about illegal immigration. should the biden campaign use this report to turn the conversation to emigration being good, but we have to fix it? >> stephanie, this report and hundreds of other reports -- last month the federal reserve bank of kansas city came out with pretty much an identical report. had it not been for immigration, we would not have seen a cooling down that we have seen within the economy. this is critical. to see that recovery and beyond that, take a step back and paint a demographic picture. since 1971, the u.s. fertility rate has been going down. it is currently at a record low. there was a slight up during the pandemic that we are back down. to the point we are not replacing ourselves. 1.6 replacement rate. you need, two. essentially every family needs two children to replace themselves. we are not doing that. what does that look like in our job market? what is a look like in terms of paying into social security, medicare, medicaid? what will it look like in terms of people who are taking care of us when we age and live really long? it is a whole different story. it's not one about, they are at the border. it's like, thank you. we need to incorporate you to bring new life and blood into our economy. two tim, is this an opportunity for democrats to shift the narrative on the issue, to make a case to expand legal immigration? >> democrats need to gain ground. it's more of a challenging issue for democrats because they have to have more nuanced messages. the republicans can say immigration is bad. migrants are violent. the border is open. the joe biden message of saying, we need reasonable restrictions at the border, we need to be decent to the dreamers who came to this country at age 3. not to put them in a camp like donald trump wants to. and legal immigration and loosening some of the rules at the border, helps the economy. some issues i think that i could change my view. others, no, it is you guys who have gone crazy. where is the chamber of commerce republicans? there were others that were like, we need immigrants to help our country grow. they are good for our country. they are good for the demographics. they are good for the economy. as victoria said, this is not the first study that demonstrated this. >> chamber of commerce. they know where the labor shortage resides. victoria, politico reported that there are some folks in the biden campaign that are hoping his new executive action to prevent deportation of spouses will help win over voters who hated donald trump's family separation policy. are there biden holdouts that are saying this is the thing i will turn out for? >> it's a lot simpler than that in terms of trying to tap into a raw emotion. i do not know if the biden campaign will be able to do that. you are at the border, i was at the border, seeing what happened was something that rips you inside. we might be able to replicate that feeling with throwback in separation. i'm not sure? i think it will be a difficult needle to thread. within that, coming back to the idea of family values. immigration is part of our american values. he needs the couch it within this frame and be able to harness those emotions of the separation. >> tim, i especially would like to give you hard questions at 11:27 at night to mess with you. a new topic, bob good, chair of the far right house freedom caucus, in a super tight race with challenger, john mcguire. backed by donald trump and kevin mccarthy. this race is still not called. i think it will end? >> it's only 10:27 in new orleans. i don't know if that is for sure? the more important thing, it is unbelievable that bob good is getting pushed out for only endorsing ron desantis. he is one of the most extreme tea party maga republicans out there. he is not being primary like a centrist. he is being primary for not being loyal enough to donald trump. we are in a cultish, crazy place. bob good came into congress, unlike the former congressman who officiated a wedding and he was attacked over this. now good is being pushed out for endorsing desantis. the party is getting crazier and crazy with these primary results rate of mcguire wins it will be the latest example of it. >> great to see you both. it's only 10:28. tim, you can still go out tonight. >> i might. tropic americans who do not like the separation of church and state got a big win in louisiana. that's just the beginning of a far right playbook if donald trump wins. breaking down project 2025 when we continue. insurance to allstate? 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