attack. get off! take that off! prosecutors say the man you see in the red jacket is a former marine and former new york city police officer. he is part of the violent mob rushing police officers and tackling them to the ground. so why are republicans still trying to pretend the rioters weren t a threat? plus, the supreme court upholding obama care for the third time protecting health care for millions of americans. and president joe biden signing a bill making juneteenth a federal holiday to commemorate the end of slavery in the united states. let s get to one of the people in the room today when the president signed the bill making juneteenth a federal holiday. that is congressman collin allred of texas. he joins me now. congressman, good evening and thank you. that is a big smile you have there. good to see you. you re from texas where juneteenth got its start. you stood there in the white house, a house built by slaves, where the first black female vp spoke before t
but the core is intact and will remain intact. david, do you think this leads to expansion? well, i think that is going to be the next battle. clearly, there is an appetite among democrats to expand coverage to strengthen the affordable care act. those of us involved back in the day recognized then this was not the panacea and that there were gaps that needed to be filled. i think there will be future battles over this. anderson, you know, i think the real battle over the affordable care act ended the day that john mccain came out on the floor of the senate and turned his thumb down and denied donald trump his dream of destroying the affordable care act. in 2018 this was an albatross around the necks of republicans who were seen as wanting to do away with a lot of what protected people with pre-existing conditions, protected women, protected older people being discriminated against in the health care system. it really hurt them. it wasn t really an issue in the 2020 campa
it is a good day. we made progress today. embrace that. thank you for watching. it s good to share it with you. the big show, don lemon tonight, big star, d lemon, right now. how are we going to celebrate juneteenth? when there is progress, we should celebrate. oh, we ll figure it out, this weekend. but i am just going to celebrate by honoring the people who came before me. i try to celebrate it, every day, by honoring the people who came before me. who fought for me to be able to sit in this seat, every night. to be able to speak, with authority. to be able to give my point of view, not opinion, there s a difference. opinion is not based in fact. a point of view is based in fact and in truth. and it is my particular lens, through which i am speaking, as a black man in america, who happens to be gay. and i have the incredible opportunity to have this platform to to speak, directly, not only to the american people but, to the world. to more than 200 countries around the
including our special guest tonight 94-year-old opal lee, the grandmother of juneteenth. she ll be first to tell you it was a lot of people not just me. but, boy oh, boy what a journey of pain and purpose she has had to very much help this country get to today. so today when it was signed, standing ovations. hugs from the president. all kinds of shout outs at the white house. prepare yourself to be inspired. a rare opportunity to be with a civil rights icon in the midst of their work. people are now getting their arms around what juneteenth means. what it will mean for them when it comes on the 19th and to be honest we re not all on the same page about tomorrow or where we need to be as a country. now, a little bit of faqs. juneteenth short for june 19th, 1865. why then? that is when lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation. no. it was 1863. this was more than two years later. why? slaves were kept in servitude. that is what the civil war was about. they rejected it even
through which i am speaking, as a black man in america, who happens to be gay. and i have the incredible opportunity to have this platform to to speak directly, not only to the american people but, to the world. to more than 200 countries around the world. so that s how i try to honor evhonor, every single day, the enslaved people who were my ancestors. so there you go. part of the learning curve there. enslaved, not slaves. enslaved, you re right. and our friends, on the left, have to, on a day like today, not chase after enslaved, versus slaves. don t play pc with terms. recognize who the allies are, who we re in favor of today, who sees it as the right kind of history, and who doesn t? is that an issue? enslaved versus slave? yes. fight the big fights. you want to win the big fights, fight the big fights. i don t really see you know, when people say i like to say survivor, instead of victim. i get that, but that s me. i just said, enslaved, because it was