Known, these to always say to me, i made you. So we have cities each other about that. Like one, day im going to be teasing fabulous son. I came behind, you girl. I came behind you. He paved the way, rev. Thank, you ill be watching, take it away. Good evening and welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, grand juries and grand strategies. In the Trump Classified document case, they will meet this week. The procommittee took a firstever federal indictment of a former president. One who happens to be seeking to return to that office in 2024. Trump was one of the few republican president ial hopefuls not to appear at a Motorcycle ThemedCampaign Event in iowa this weekend. He will be jumping into the race officially this week, along with former new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. The number of republicans running continues to grow, even as the rnc adopts rules aimed at narrowing access to the primary debate stage. Meantime on the democratic side, President Biden this weekend is signing a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling as he celebrates strong tears on the economic front. 339,000 jobs added in may alone. The president hoping these achievements can strengthen the president s case for four more years in office. Were covering it all, with Senate Budget chairman Sheldon Whitehouse and Congressional Black Caucus member, Congressman Troy Cardy of louisiana. And later, as we said earlier this weekend, it marks the seven years since the death of the legendary muhammad ole. Collie ali is going to be with us, talking about how she is carrying on her fathers legacy of activism in the fight for Social Justice. Joining me now is senator Sheldon Whitehouse, democrat of rhode island, chair of the Senate Budget committee. Thank you for joining us tonight. A federal grand jury in the case, they will meet this weekend in washington. Prosecutors from Special Counsel david smith will be bringing them in with evidence and witnesses in the case theyve heard for months. But activity in the case had slowed down in recent weeks. Trump maintains that the investigation is politically motivated. Your thoughts on what this all could mean . I think the press prosecutor is a very talented individual. And hes going through all the right steps. Hes going through what i would call the final cleanup steps in an investigation, of going around, giving everybody up to maralago. Making sure hes pinned down. Their testimony closes off any escape hatches, and i think the recent revelation that there is a tape of trump talking about a document that he knows to be classified is a very significant turn of events because it blows up his defense, either that he declassified all the documents when he was president , so its a big deal . Or i thought they were declassified. Between the Debt Ceiling Deal and the job known as exceeding expectations, democrats would appear to be operating from a place of strength right now. How do you expect that to impact priorities across both chambers, going into the upcoming Election Year . I think if you look at the ceremony that joe biden had, he did not take a big victory lap. I think he understands that in the cage match of washington d. C. Politics, he gave the republicans one heck of a thrashing. But in the world of policy and the families, and of people going to work, there was nothing in that bill that was very good for anybody in america. But what he did do was he keyed us up for 2024 quite well by showing that the republicans were extremists, by putting the entire House Republican caucus on record. Voting for a bill that would cost 700,000 jobs and promote a recession, and being unwilling to change one crooked tax loophole in the tax code. They defended all of the junk in the tax code. So politically, it was a very smart move. I think it teens him up to move forward towards 24 pretty effectively. Talking about moving toward 24 effectively, between now and 2025, at least three sitting Senate Democrats will retire. Ben cardin, of delaware. And Diane Feinstein in california. And with those pending retirements, democrats have a rare trifecta of open seats in blue states, even more unusual is the fact that a black woman is a top contender in each field. Vice president harris was the last woman to serve in the senate. The Democratic Party is seeing new voters. With the future of the party in mind, should changing the fbi priority for the Democratic SenateCampaign Committee . The key priority is to make sure we win those three races, we ought to win them, they are good blue democrat states. But you can never be too sure, you want to make sure youve got the strongest candidate for the state. So i wish them all well, it looks like there is going to be a black woman member of congress right now. As the likely nominee for the Democratic Party in delaware, which is terrific. Theres a strong primary in california of really good candidates. And the field in maryland seems to still be shaping up. I think were going to have very strong candidates, all of them. It looks like at least one will be a black female candidate. Senator, we are approaching in three weeks the anniversary of the u. S. Supreme courts decision in the Dobbs Versus Jackson organization. That decision overturning roe v. Wade last june and with that the constitutional right to abortion in america. In the aftermath some reproductive rights activists and members of congress have called for a reform of the Supreme Court. I agree with that, expansion of its members to offset the current conservative majority, members for justices in february. Hank johnson reintroduce a bill to strengthen oversight of justices activities. Joe you see a link between the courts decision on dobbs, and the scandals motivating this Reform Portion . Which has generated support even among senate republicans. Sure. The bill that hank johnson and i have done is the most powerful and comprehensive judicial reform bill out there, and i think the conduct and behavior of the Supreme Court justices makes the case for it every single day. They connection to any Ethics Scandal and dobbs is pretty clear, if you go back to the story of Reverend Schenck and his Supreme Court plan to a wine and dine selected Supreme Court justices. Republican appointees, to get them to be bold and strong with respect to fighting Abortion Rights and in fact, it was an early decision called the hobby lobby case that related to contraception coverage. Reverend schenck, then a republican operatives, seems to have gotten advance notice of it, either directly or indirectly. So the millions of dollars that were spent whining and dining the judges, the efforts to influence them secretly, the leak of the decision. There is a big mess of Ethics Problems that surrounds these trajectory of the Dobbs Decision and the decision itself. All right. Thank you for being with us tonight, senator sheldon. The white house of rhode island. Joining me now is louisiana congressman troy carter, and thank you for being with us today. Lets start with this, President Biden signed the Debt Ceiling Bill yesterday, avoiding a default. You spent some time on the house floor, urging the republican colleagues to pass a deal. Are you happy with what congress in the white house settled on . First of all, thank you for the opportunity to be here with you. Just like we did three times under the trump administration, just like it was done three times the previous administrations. Without fanfare, without political jockeying. Unfortunately, we had to do all of that. And the American People were held hostage. The American People, with the full faith and credit of the United States was challenged for nothing more than pure politics. Having said that, shalanda young, the budget director. The president of the United States and his team did an incredible job of saving what could have been a catastrophic default on our country. Protecting americans, protecting our environmental gains, protecting the bipartisan infrastructure bill. Protecting medicaid, medicare, protecting environmental gains that were made in places where weve had historic deficiencies with environmental justice. So this is as much a win as you can possibly get in an exercise that should never ever have happened. Now that the Debt Ceiling Drama sorted out, speaking as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, what are your goals for the remainder of this legislative session . We have lots of work to do. And we still have to go through the appropriations process, even though the process has been settled. We avoided a catastrophic default, but we still have to go and dive into the numbers. We need to make sure that we minimize the pain that this senseless exercise may cause americans in the country. Also making sure that we continue to fight for Voting Rights. In 2023, he wouldnt think wed still be having this discussion. We will continue to fight to make sure African Americans are safe to drive freely without fear of being a brew used. We will continue to fight for the george floyd policing act. We will continue to fight to make sure people have access to the ballot box without any fear or danger, or without having to wonder if their votes are going to be properly counted. We are going to fight to get additional legislative seats in my home state of louisiana, where the numbers suggested we should have had to African Americans in the state. I am the sole democrat, and we deserve to. Clearly there should be two seats in louisiana and that is the case. Switching gears on thursday, Vice PresidentKamala Harris announced the Biden Administration is developing a rule to tackle racial bias in home evaluation. It is part of an ongoing effort by the white house to make homeownership easier for African Americans and other communities of color. It has come at a time when the administration has reported that elevating the Vice President s profile as a way to show americans of leadership above the 2024 election. Are you encouraged by these efforts . Im encouraged by all of the work for Vice President. I think shes done an incredible job, i think there are incidents out there that cause people to view her efforts in a lens that is unfair. But i will tell you that our Vice President has done a phenomenal job. She has been a great part of america. And these are efforts that she is taking to address those disparities in our community. We know the disproportionately, racism in Financial Systems are real. We see them every day, and the prophesy that our Vice President is tackling yet another substantive issue to address the racism, the financial disparities and the need for our community to have strong leadership for a black female who happens to be an outstanding Vice President. This is something well very proud of. When you look at the data, black Home Ownership is actually gone down since the 63 margin on washington. And its a very important, what shes announced this week. Before i let you go, i noticed a report this week that your neighboring state of mississippi still has 32 School Districts under federal desegregation orders, according to the department of justice. Doj Officials Say they are still fighting the Supreme Court ruling. Well some of your colleagues are complaining about socalled critical race theory, which isnt even taught in elementary or high schools. Yet they continue to turn a blind eye to real life evidence of discrimination. Reaction, congressman . Its ridiculous. Its absolutely ridiculous and unacceptable. The reality is that here we are, nearly 70 years to the day of brown versus education. Brown versus the board of education. Nearly seven, eight years to the day. We see ourselves in a situation where we are still dealing with a level of discrimination and hate speech. Across our country we see it, and 32 cases where discrimination is still an issue. Unacceptable while we attempt to turn the clock back on history, and things that we know to have happened, like slavery. You may not like the effects of having to seal your forefathers did, but you have to recognize that it happened. And we need to make sure that it never happens again. Here we are nearly 70 years later, brown v. Board of education something that was a Historic Landmark Case in mississippi. Yet we are still battling to enforce it. And you accept how i feel, sir . Embarrassed, disrespected, and outraged. We look at the level of faith that are maga republicans often try to pass forward. Republicans and democrats alike, if you love our country, you love fairness and justice. He should be equally as angered by the practices that we see. And we should all act out, thats what we will do to make sure the Congressional Black Caucus is front and center, providing resources and listening to support of people all over the world, to be part of the change we desperately need in america. And confident that we will get it. Thank, you as always. For joining us again. Coming up with anti lgbtq discrimination on the rise this year, it is more important than ever to rise up in support of pride. Later, the daughter of mohammed allin joins me to talk about her work to help those wrongfully convicted. But first, my colleague richard lui with todays other top news stories. Thank, you arrive. Good to see. 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