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everyone is having a minimal meal a day if any. >> reporter: the u.n. says more than 630,000 palestinians have been forced to flee from rafah, since israel intensified military operations in the city a week ago. despite warnings from president biden of the risk of civilian casualties. israel's defense minister said more troops are heading into rafah, and that they're, quote, wearing hamas down. the u.s. military expects to deliver about 90 trucks of aid per day from the pier, with the number growing to 150 as operations move forward. >> richard engel, thank you for that. that's going to do it for us this busy week. have a wonderful weekend, thank you for joining us. i'll see you back here monday. you can catch our show online, around the clock, on youtube, and other platforms. i'm ana cabrera, reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now.

good morning, it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, and 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. former president donald trump's new york hush money trial is off today, as the former president attends his youngest son's high school graduation in florida. the day off comes after former trump lawyer and fixer michael cohen spent another day on the stand being cross-examined by trump attorney todd blanche. blanche may have been able to poke a hole in cohen's credibility as a witness, during questioning about a phone call from october 2016. more now from nbc news senior legal correspondent laura jarrett. laura? >> good morning to you. michael cohen has been nearly unflappable on the witness stand as the defense tries to show this jury that he has changed his story about things big and small. the word lie used more than 50 times in court just yesterday. the jury may not remember every single defense attack line, but they only need one person not to

buy his story. this morning, donald trump's hush money cover-up trial inching towards a final conclusion, after a bruising cross examination of his former fixer, michael cohen. the defense team trying to portray the state's key witness as a serial liar, someone who misled congress, prosecutors, a federal judge, and now, this jury. trump attorney todd blanche digging into a piece of cohen's testimony from earlier this week, where he said he informed mr. trump by phone in october 2016 that his payoff of stormy daniels would soon be handled. cohen originally told the jury he called mr. trump's bodyguard, keith schiller, who passed the phone to the former president. blanche raising his voice thursday saying, that was a lie. the jury then shown never before seen text messages, suggesting a completely different explanation for the october call, that schiller was helping cohen cope with a teenage prankster at the same time, blanche returning to

a log showing the call in question lasted less than two minutes. cohen appearing caught off guard, saying, i believe i also spoke to president trump and told him everything regarding the stormy daniels matter. blanche, shooting back, we are not asking what you believe. this jury does not want to hear what you think happened. cohen then later saying, i don't recall telephone calls on a specific date going back to 2016. >> fascinating day. >> reporter: nearly all the cross exam this week focused on cohen's credibility as he is the one who paid stormy daniels $130,000 on the eve of the 2016 election. and the only witness who has testified, the former president directed cohen to do it to protect the campaign, which mr. trump denies. cohen's motive for lying about that now, according to the defense, payback. his own words on podcast episodes played for the jury. >> revenge is a dish best served cold and you better believe i

want this man to go down and rot inside for what he did to me and my family. >> now, these lawyers are not done with cohen yet. he'll be back on the stand on monday for more cross examination and prosecution will be able to redirect and clear up anything he said. back to you. >> laura, jarrett, thank you very much. with us, barbara mcquaid, law professor and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, law professor at the university of alabama, both are msnbc legal analysts. also with us, nbc anchor katy tur who was in the courtroom for yesterday's cross examination. let me start with you, katy, what was it like in there? >> that mea culpa podcast moment, that was a striking moment because up until then,

the jury had just been hearing michael cohen's direct testimony and i have to say, i know michael cohen really well, a lot of reporters do, he's -- i think anybody who watches television probably knows michael cohen well, he's got a very big personality, he's loud, he's -- can be abrasive and inside the courtroom, he was very subdued, he was very calm, serene, almost had a hang dog quality to him. maybe not serene, deflated is the way i would describe him, answering todd blanche's questions with yes, sir, no, sir, that's correct for the most part. then there was that moment where todd blanche and the defense played that podcast, that mea culpa podcast and you heard michael cohen's voice yelling and saying how much he would love to see donald trump behind bars, and the contrast between michael cohen on the stand and that podcast was so striking that that was a moment that the jury really did react. now, did they react because they don't believe cohen or did they react just because of the

incredible difference between what he was like in testimony, what he's like in his podcast, that's unclear. for the most part, as i was watching the jury, i had my eyes pretty heavily on them during much of the time i was in the courtroom, they were paying attention. they were following todd blanche, going back and forth between him and michael cohen, they almost didn't look at donald trump whatsoever, i saw one or two glances toward donald trump as he was sitting on the defense at the defense table, but mostly they were paying attention closely to the testimony, very stone-faced, really couldn't read any reaction on their face, besides that moment of the podcast, there was one other moment and that was when todd blanche before lunch broke when he got up there and he was building toward michael cohen having a faulty memory, about an essential phone call that he says he had between donald trump in late october where he told them the stormy daniels matter was resolved, it was closed, he had dealt with it, he testified

to this when the prosecution was on direct, and he was emphatic, he had no wavering whatsoever, todd blanche was able to point out that during the time that he -- during the surrounding time of that phone call, he was having an issue with a 14-year-old boy who was harassing him, and he was sending text messages to keith schiller, and they tried to point out that michael cohen didn't actually remember the conversation that he had with donald trump because he didn't have a conversation with donald trump, he had a conversation with keith schiller, schiller never passed the phone to donald trump and the whole conversation was about this 14-year-old boy. and cohen on the witness stand admitted that it could have been also about the 14-year-old boy, still said he believes he spoke with donald trump, but there was wavering in his memory there and that was a moment as todd blanche raised his voice for the first time and said that was a lie, almost in a hollywood depiction of a gotcha moment in court, that was when the jurors

really reacted. i saw smiles on faces, i saw eyebrows raised, but, again, what are they reacting to? are they reacting to todd blanche suddenly raising his voice and getting theatrical or are they reacting to michael cohen's wavering memory? >> yeah, and, joyce, you know, one is struck by -- this has become such a big issue, the case is not about michael cohen, though michael cohen plays a key part in it. what kind of impact do you think this 2016 october call could have on the entire case? >> so, this case is a lot easier for prosecutors to win if the jury believes michael cohen. and juries will, i think, accept allegations that witnesses have lied in the past, but that they had a moment in their lives where they're now on a better track and they're committed to telling the jury the truth. if the defense version of this story holds that michael cohen

lied to the jury about this call, the prosecution is in trouble. but there are a lot of other possible explanations here, cohen gave a plausible one on the witness stand, saying, well, it is possible that i talked to schiller first, but then he passed the phone to trump. prosecutors will do redirect to clean this up and clarify the situation. they'll very likely argue that if cohen was making a story up, he would have just picked one of any number of phone calls he placed directly to trump. there would have been no need to peg the story of this particular call to a phone call that was placed first to keith schiller, the bodyguard. so those sorts of arguments and those sorts of clarifications can come together to resurrect the credibility of a witness who stumbles on cross examination. >> so, barbara, what is the responsibility of cleanup, right, for the prosecution on this specific issue because it seems as though cohen is the

one, the only one so far we have been seeing on the stand that ties donald trump directly to knowledge, intent and everything else on this. >> yes, so, i think the prosecution has to think about how to portray this. this is much ado about nothing. this is exactly what the prosecution expected would happen with a witness like michael cohen. it is likely the reason the feds walked away from it. whenever you use a cooperator who has baggage, this is what cross examination looks like. so, there is no surprise here, but, you know, a jury who has never seen this before, maybe they fall for it when someone like todd blanche starts raising his voice and claiming he's lying. these are all the same tricks you see all the time by defense attorneys. so, if you're the prosecution, do you sort of validate this moment by trying to clean it up on redirect or just let it go and then in closing argument argue both of these things are completely plausibly true. he called them about the 14-year-old boy, while he's there, he says you're with the

boss, put me on with him, hey, boss, i took care of that thing. that he caught him in a lie is rather ridiculous. if the prosecution is concerned, they would raise this again, ask michael cohen, now, they say that you're talking about a 14-year-old boy. is that right? yeah. we talk about anything else, yes. we also talked -- i informed mr. trump that the deal was taken care of. so i think this is something that they can address either in redirect or in closing. i think for people who have never seen this before, it seems like an exciting moment because the rest has been so dull. but, to me, this is just the way defense attorneys sometimes tried to make a mountain out of a mole hill. >> the fact that the call was 90 seconds long does, you know, there needs to be some explanation, right how something like that could happen in 90 seconds. >> hey, boss, it is taken care of, what did that take, five seconds? >> there you go.

katy, what do we know about what the defense case could look like? >> the defense has not committed to calling any witnesses. once the prosecution rests and we'll see if they have anything else other than michael cohen, they could potentially call somebody else to close their case. but if they do rest, the defense is going to have an opportunity to tell the judge whether they do plan on calling a witness, whether that might be, i don't know, one of the attorneys that michael cohen almost worked with, like mr. costello, or do they plan on calling keith schiller, the body man, since he's been the center of so much of this testimony that now is conflicting, or do they decide to call donald trump himself? they have not said what they plan on doing. we will get an answer, though, sooner than later as it is pretty apparent that the prosecution is close to finishing. >> yeah, and meanwhile, there has been no real focus on -- from the defense on the documents, documents that have been presented in a very

consistent fashion for weeks now. but that has been totally ignored by the defense. barbara, what are you looking for on monday? >> well, i think we're going to get some additional cross examination and some rebuttal by the prosecution and it will be interesting to see how much time the prosecution spends on rebuttal. sometimes to me a real power move in court was to stand up and say the government has no questions for this witness. mr. cohen, it says to the jury, i don't think they laid a finger on him. i think there is some things they ought to talk about here. probably this phone call issue to clean that up as joyce said and i think the other one i would talk about, they tried to make much of the idea that he lied to a judge when he pleaded guilty to tax fraud, when, in fact, he thinks that he did not. i think there is a plausible story there where he says that he does not dispute the facts, he just thinks that it was a wrongful decision by the prosecution to prosecute him for a crime instead of giving him a pass or dealing with it civilly

or letting him pay back the money. i think that's another area i would probably cover with him on cross. and i guess we'll see whether the defense is going to put on any case at all. in most cases that i have ever tried, the defense actually puts on no case and they rely solely on the government's failure to prove their case through cross examination and closing argument. >> barbara mcquaid, joyce vance, katy tur, thank you so much. appreciate it. up next, breaking overnight, dangerous storms hit south, killing at least four people and the threat is not over. overseas, aid trucks packed with supplies are now rolling off the new u.s. built floating pier in gaza. and later, the biden campaign's push to win over black voters. we're back in 90 seconds. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. ds you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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guad venegas is in houston this morning. what are you seeing there? >> reporter: jose, we're seeing the damage that was caused by the wind. there is a press conference taking place at this moment with the harris county judge, talking about the assessment that is happening all around the county, and the one thing she mentioned, jose, is that authorities here were surprised by the wind. we have seen parts of downtown affected with the windows blown out and a lot of buildings like the one you just showed, and then, of course, you can see the building behind me, this club downtown where the whole side of the building was blown out. we're talking about a structure made from bricks. and then there is damage to the power infrastructure, all across the area, power lines are down, utility poles are down, there is towers that have also been knocked over, hundreds of thousands of individuals here, customers woke up without power. and then there is debris all across the roads and neighborhoods. the mayor in houston asked people to stay at home. he also asked business owners to

give the employees the day off because it was just too dangerous to go outside. so it was really the wind that caused all of this damage. earlier today, we're driving around the east part of houston, and we saw a shop where the owner was telling us that the employees were inside when the storm hit, and talk about what it was like when they heard the wind hit the building. this is the owner speaking. >> i got a phone call that said that the sign had come down. i asked for them to go take this pictures and i said, that's not the sign. that's the building came down. they said it was the wind was very, very strong. it was loud. it was very -- they were scared. >> reporter: fortunately for everyone, it was the top side of that building that fell over, but the inside was okay. that street had damage all up and down. there was a gas station where the canopy just fell apart. there was a car shop where they

were trying to assess the damage. and assessing the damage, jose, is going to take a long time. the county judge is speaking about this, she says it is going to be more than days, perhaps weeks to be able to restore all of the broken infrastructure, she also wants people to be patient because of the damage to the power infrastructure. it is going to take days. and right now, authorities cannot tell us the number of injured and dead. they believe they still have more assessing around the county. as they do what they can, one, to restore the power and clean up all the debris. you can see behind me, the power of this storm, and what this wind caused, jose. >> guad venegas in houston, thank you very much. coming up, new developments from israel about its intensified assault on the city of rafah. plus, new reporting about how donald trump's allies are drawing up a purported plan for a major immigration crackdown should trump win.

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it's a beautiful... ...day to fly. wooooo! 24 hour past the hour. we have breaking news out of israel. to jerusalem and raf sanchez is with us. raf, what is it? >> reporter: in the last couple of minutes, the idf chief spokesman announced the israeli military recovered the bodies of three hostages from the rafah

area of southern gaza. we believe all three of these hostages were young people, who were killed on october 7th at that nova music festival in the south of israel, just a couple of miles from the gaza border. their bodies were being held by hamas inside of gaza for these seven months and israeli military says they have now recovered them. now, these are the first bodies of hostages to be found by the israeli military during this week and a half long operation inside of rafah. at every stage throughout this war, we have seen the israeli military searching for both living hostages, but also bodies, we have seen them dig up palestinian graveyards, looking for the possibility that the bodies of hostages might be among the dead palestinian civilians killed during this war. in just the last couple of minutes, the israeli military says it recovered the bodies of

three hostages from southern gaza. jose? >> i know this is actually happening as we speak, that the israeli officials are giving this information out. i'm wondering, they're confirming that they're recovering bodies, not hostages alive. there were some hostages that were taken from that nova music festival on the 7th of october that were alive. and that were taken into gaza alive, including young women who on camera were seen saying don't take me, we don't know if any of these people are the ones that they have identified? >> reporter: jose, we don't know the exact full profile of the three hostages whose bodies were recovered. none of them, just glancing at the names, appear to be american hostages. we know that there was a young

american, hersh goldberg who was at that festival, he was taken alive for some 200 days. his parents really did not know if their son was still living inside of gaza. he suffered a grievous injury on october 7th. you'll remember his left arm was blown off by a hamas grenade and then just about two weeks ago, hamas put out a video where goldberg pollin is seen speaking to the camera, referencing the passover holiday. his family taking that as proof of life. we do not know at this point his fate, but just looking at this, immediate information coming from the israeli military, he is not one of the three bodies recovered today in southern gaza. jose? >> reporter: and, raf, important to kind of mention that these bodies were recovered in rafah, meanwhile what do we know about operations by the israeli military inside rafah? >> reporter: so, jose, this

operation keeps getting bigger and bigger. it began more than ten days ago. it was presented to the world as a limited tactical operation in southern gaza. but every day since then it has got larger and there is now more than 600,000 palestinian civilians who have been displaced by the fighting. now, president biden's red line has been that he opposes an all-out israeli ground assault on the city of rafah, and it is not really clear, jose, at what point this ever expanding israeli military operation in eastern rafah transfers over into an all-out ground assault. the white house hasn't made a clear distinction on that. that is the state of play in southern gaza right now. in northern gaza, there is continued fighting, but also a key development that u.s. military temporary pier announced by president biden two months ago at his state of the union address is now

operational. and the first aid trucks have rolled off of it earlier this morning, a quick reminder, jose, the pier operated by the military is some three miles off the coast of gaza. the aid is brought to that pier from cyprus. it is off loaded and then it is taken by smaller u.s. military ships to the actual beach where it is unloaded and it is handed over to the world food programme, who are responsible for distributing it to the people in northern gaza, who so desperately need it. many of whom are now in full blown famine. so, there are u.s. service personnel on that temporary pier. there are u.s. service personnel on the smaller boats bringing the aid to the coast. there are no american boots on the ground in gaza, according to the pentagon. but secretary of defense lloyd austin acknowledged this is a war zone, those american service personnel on the pier are within range of the fighting in gaza.

and that there are u.s. men and women in uniform potentially in harm's way now. jose? >> raf sanchez in jerusalem, thank so very much, appreciate it. joining us now is ambassador pincus, always a pleasure to see you. thank you for injure time. just want to start with your reaction to this breaking news of the bodies of three hostages recovered. >> three that have been recorded. there could be more. and the question, jose, is whether or not these were individuals who were murdered on october 7th or indeed hostages who either died or murdered or were murdered in captivity. i don't know. i honestly don't know. it will take a day or two before we can ascertain that. >> it is so -- just thinking, there were people taken alive

from that concert. young people who had gone to spend the entire day and night dancing, celebrating peace, and, you know, taken and actually filmed, taken, many of them alive. and so, just, you know, i think it is always important to put a context on everything. and let's see who these three are, or as you say, ambassador, it could be more. but i know that, ambassador, kind of broadening out our conversation, i know you've been critical of prime minister netanyahu. when it comes to rafah, what do you think his objectives are and what are the objectives that you think should be? >> his objectives in rafah, i know it sounds critical and spiteful, but his -- everything he does is subject to one interest and one interest only and that is his political survival. and his political survival

according to him mandates the prolonging or lengthening of the war. there is really no, you know, discernible, attainable political goal in going into rafah. killing and destroying hamas anytime, anywhere, but you're not going to do that by going to rafah. now, if, indeed, jose, hamas is a center of military gravity was in the south of gaza, in rafah, as prime minister netanyahu has been saying for the last few weeks, why the hell did you not start the war in the south and occupy the north as you can see on the map that you're putting on right now on the screen. number one. number two, destroying hamas, annihilating, eradicating is a worthy cause. but it is not attainable if it is not done politically and diplomatically. you're not going to do this militarily unless, and i

emphasize, unless israel occupies the gaza strip indefinitely, since israel is saying it doesn't intend to do that, hence the u.s. is imploring israel not to do that. since israel has repeatedly declined to present any post war framework or even entertain american ideas on a post war so-called day after scenario, then my short answer to you would be i don't know what he's doing in rafah. because if this is about occupying the southern tip of gaza, you're going to be in charge, you're going to be responsible, de facto, for a million and a half -- is that a smart war objective? i don't think. >> ambassador, just -- if you would speak to me about -- struck by what you said, you said that netanyahu's principle

objectives on this war are political? >> yes. >> personal? >> yes, absolutely. look, ever since 6:30 a.m. on saturday, october 7th, 2023, he's been doing nothing but trying to extricate himself from this debacle, shedding responsibility, refusing to be held accountable, just thinking, maneuvering, manipulating from his own coalition members up to and including president joe biden, just to avoid being answerable and accountable to israel, meaning to avoid an inquiry commission, getting most importantly to avoid mass demonstrations. you have to understand, the war is not popular. people hate hamas. people are still livid, angry, devastated, shocked, humiliated even by hamas, and rightly so.

the war is just a war as any in history. but, but, 75% think he should resign, 70% of israelis in a poll i saw today, 70% think an election should be held immediately, over 70%, i forget the exact figure, over 70% think he is responsible and he should be held accountable and he's trying to run away from this. he's trying to get himself out of this. and, you know, there is a line of questioning about how his policies led to october 7th, and there was an intelligence failure and question, there was a military failure, there is no doubt about that. but he's the prime minister. but then there is a second line of questioning on the prosecution and the management of the war. and this is probably the source of contention between him and the american demonstration.

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40 past the hour. let's look at the 2024 campaign right now as we're expecting the president of the united states to speak any minute now, when the president does speak, we will, of course, go to that. i want to meanwhile talk about while former president trump is out of court today, he's going to be back on the campaign trail. he is now at his son's graduation. later, trump will head to an event in minnesota tonight, a state he believes he can flip red this november. as i said, soon, the president will be delivering remarks on the 70th anniversary of the landmark supreme court decision brown vs. the board of education. the president will speak at the national museum of african american history and culture in washington. it comes as the biden campaign is working to shore up support from black voters. joining us now, symone sanders

townsend, co-host of "the weekend" on msnbc, previously served as chief spokesperson for vice president harris and brendan buck, former press secretary to former house speaker john boehner and paul ryan. he is also an msnbc political analyst. so, symone and brendan, the president is going to speak at any minute. i want to begin our conversation by apologizing to you both when i interrupt you. symone, black voters were pivotal to president biden in 2020 they're possibly more important this time around. what are the stakes here for him? >> to say they're extremely high, joe biden's coalition was not the obama coalition, it wasn't the clinton coalition, it was a uniquely biden coalition and included base democratic voters, substantial amount of black voters, latino voters and aapi voters, young people and also a number of independents and some republican voters.

joe biden, though, i see he's about to speak, cannot be successful without black voters and i think the campaign realizes that given their investment. >> all right, so that's -- is that -- that's not him live. i want to -- let's just be clear. >> oh, okay. >> he's about to speak, so, brendan, meanwhile, one of the top issues on voters' minds is immigration. a new quinnipiac poll finds immigration is the most urgent concern for voters. the economy comes in second. how is it that immigration is defined and debated in so many different plateaus than the reality of it. in other words, how important is this going to be for november and how the word immigration is defined, politically? >> yeah, it is one of those interesting issues where as you alluded, each party looks at this very, very differently. and for republicans, this has always been a law and order

issue, economic issue, there has been a disconnect the way democratic elected officials see it compared to how republican voters see it. and for republicans, it is obviously a -- always been a base motivated get out the vote issue. the problem for democrats now is that this is not just a republican issue. there are a lot of independents and even democrats who see that there is a significant challenge with what is taking place at the border and how it is feeding into economic uncertainty in cities everywhere across america. it is a situation that people see as completely out of hand. but there is always a problem for democrats where they struggle sometimes to be able to -- >> brendan, sorry, man, i apologize. let's go right to the president of the united states. >> that's not hyperbole. i'm not exaggerating. not only did it change the united states, it changed our role in the world, in a fundamental way. i know there is a lot more to do. president johnson, that introduction, thank you for your

leadership. most importantly, for the naacp. with all of you here at the national museum of african american history and culture, remember we're trying to get this built for years, pretty neat, isn't it? by the way, i want to thank the staff who runs this place. you do an incredible job. together the naacp and this museum are monuments to the power of black history. and black history is american history. it is an important thing to continue. we have a whole group of people out there trying to rewrite history, trying to erase history. it is a tribute to heroes, known and unknown, who pursued our nation's north star. we're unique among all nations in the world and i mean that. every other nation is based on ethnicity, based on religion and other things, but we're the only one based on an idea. we hold these truths to be

self-evident, all men are created equal and certain inalienable rights and should treated equal throughout their whole lives. before we lived up to that idea to state the obvious, but we never walked away -- because of so many of you in this room and so many more. 70 years ago, the supreme court ruled in brown versus the board of education, a prayer was answered, and a long struggle for freedom. yesterday, i welcomed the family of -- in the landmark case to the white house, to the oval office, their office. once upon a time they're excluded from certain classrooms. but 70 years later, they're inside the most important room of all, the oval office, where they belong. let me remind you, that once upon a time, it wasn't that long ago, all the progress we made is

still have more to do and there is still groups that are trying to erase it. you know, one of the cases that led to the landmark decision was my home state of delaware. black mother from delaware joined by parents and other students in a town i moved to when we -- work ran out in scranton, pennsylvania, moved back in third grade, moved here in -- to delaware in third grade. they wanted a simple proposition. they wanted their kids to change school and be treated with dignity and respect. they asked a man who i looked up to and really admired and helped me out as a young public defender, louis l. reddy. think about that. here is the first man, this guy was brilliant. he didn't get admitted until after the '50s in delaware, to the -- i mean, well, he enlisted a young jewish lawyer named jack greenburg to help him devise a

legal strategy to get rid of racial segregation in delaware schools. and in 1952 in delaware for the first time in our country's history, and -- any delawareans here today? all right. first time ever, segregated white public schools ordered to admit black children. reddy's argument laid the legal framework for brown versus the board. his story, the timeless truth about america, when we make real the promise of america for all americans, the nation changes for the better, everything from the economy to everything grows, everything grows. after brown versus board decision, schools were integrated, much too slowly. graduation rates increased significantly. the brown decision proves a certain idea, we learn better

when we learn together. that's why my administration increasing funding for schools to bring together students from different backgrounds. my department of education is investing $300 million including another 20 million announced today to support the diversity in our schools. we're also -- we're also funding efforts to increase diversity in teaching professions. as the president said, black students, young black -- react to black teachers. black students who have black teachers are significantly more likely to graduate from high school. and enroll in college. it makes a difference, and it matters. my department of education provided additional almost half a billion dollars, $450 million to ensure teachers in our school reflected diversity in our country. we're just getting started. this money is going to go toward training the next generation of teachers at hbcu, tribal

colleges and minority serving institutions. by the way, not because i'm married to one, but we need to give teachers a raise. i mean it. another lesson from brown is that every child deserves the quality education. how can we -- simple terms -- how can we have the strongest economy in the world without the best education in the world? and it is not possible. it taps into the full talents of our entire nation. the answer starts with childhood, early childhood education. because of the nation's legacy of discrimination and black children starting school with an average of seven months behind their white peers in reading. but one year of universal high quality pre-k could eliminate 98% of that gap. just one year. children going to preschool are nearly 50% more likely to finish high school and go on to earn a two or four-year degree, na matter their background.

that's why my administration is working to support black children. as soon as i came to office, i signed the american rescue plan. i'm going to be political and say this, because we're having problems. not one republican voted for it. not one. the american rescue plan expanded childcare tax credits to deliver monthly checks to working families. that cut black child poverty in half. [ applause ] republicans let it expire. i'm going to keep fighting to re-establish it. we're going to get it re-established. [ applause ] i want to keep fighting to make sure preschool is universal for every 3 and 4-year-old in america. it's not hard. instead of giving multibillion dollar breaks to the wealthy, let's make them pay their fair share. i will slow up for one second

here. ad lib a little here. i will get in trouble for keeping you longer. we have 1,000 billionaires in america. i'm a capitalist. make all that money, fine. just pay your fair share. [ applause ] here is the deal. you know what the federal tax rate is for a billionaire in america? 8.3%. if we raised it to 25%, we would raise 400 billion dollars over ten years. that could pay for this, cut the deficit and do so much more. just pay your fair share. it's not only good for children, it's good for the country when we have early education. it grows the economy. we're working to for every child no matter their zip code has access to quality education in k through 12. the american rescue plan delivered $130 billion to american schools. the most ever in funding public education in our nation's history.

we added another -- [ applause ] $202 billion annually. these dollars help for things like tutoring, paying teachers what they deserve, providing more advanced case work and course work as well. college degrees are still a ticket to the middle class. that ticket is too expensive. too many young people, black students, are dealing with unsustainable debt in exchange for a college degree. that's why my administration is taking the most significant action notwithstanding the stream court trying to stop me to provide student debt relief. i've been able to relieve $160 billion in student debt, for over 4.5 million americans. including a significant number of black borrowers. they can start a family, buy a

home, save their their children's school, give back to their community. it increased the pell grant by $900. the largest increase in a decade. it matters. over 60% of black students rely on pell grants to go to college. something i'm proud of, we are making historic invests in historic black colleges and universities. [ applause ] i'm from delaware. so i go along with delaware state being the best. kamila says it's howard. i'm going now -- i'm going sunday to make a speech at that other place, moorehouse. i got more moorehouse men in my administration than moorehouse.

regardless of loyalty, it's clear, they are vital to our nation's progress. i mean it. it's not hyperbole. they are responsible for 40% of black engineers in america, 50% of black teachers, 70% of all black doctors and dentists, 80% of all black judges. by the way, i put more on the bench than anybody ever has. [ cheers and applause ] 100% of black vice presidents. [ cheers and applause ] you got it. they don't have endowments like other college and universities that are able to fund research labs and so much more. kamila and i made a commitment

to lift them up. we are keeping that commitment. today i'm proud to announce, as was mentioned earlier, that we have invested over $16 billion. the most ever of any administration with a combination of almost all administrations. [ applause ] this investment has helped from build student housing to study climate science, create health research labs, prepare black students for industries of the future. they don't have the endowments to do it themselves. let's be clear, i know real power when i see it. later today in the oval office, i will meet with the presidents of the divine nine. [ cheers and applause ] you think i'm kidding, don't you? i'm proud that we are the first -- you got it.

i can tell there's -- anyway. for the first administration to have a working group from the divine nine in the white house. i asked them to do that from the beginning. we know 70 years after brown versus board, there's some forces trying to deny freedom of opportunity for all americans. a few minutes ago, i talked with some of the little rock nine who were determined to integrate a public school in little rock, arkansas, 67 years ago. i would like to recognize them for their courage. if they can, if you are able, please rise so we can all see you. [ cheers and applause ] thank god eisenhower was president. thank god we had someone who stood up. little rock nine were met with

violence. today, the resistance comes in other insidious forms. an extreme movement led by my predecessor and miss maga republican allies backed by an extreme supreme court. they are going after diversity, equity and inclusion all across america. they want a country for some, not for all. let's not kid ourselves, this is the god's truth what i'm saying. my predecessor and extreme maga friends are responsible for taking away other freedoms from the freedom to vote to the freedom to choose. i have always believed that the promise of america is big enough for everyone to succeed. i mean that. everyone to succeed. [ applause ] that's what brown is all about. that's what we're all about. that's what america is about. let me close with this. on sunday, i'm attending the

commencement at moorehouse college. moorehouse was founded after our nation's civil war to help prepare black americans who were enslaved to enter the ministry, earn an education and usher them from slavery to freedom. the founders understood something fundamental. education is linked to freedom. to be free means to have something no one can take away from you. that's the power of an education. that's why the brown decision to commemorate today is so important. the work of building democracy is a possibility of a democracy worthy of our dreams, starts with opening the doors of opportunity for everyone, without exception. we can do it. we just have to remember who we are. we are the united states of america. there's nothing beyond our capacity when we decide to work together. may god bless you all and thank

you all for all the bravery you have demonstrated over the years and may god protect our troops. thank you, thank you, thank you. proud to be here. thank you. >> president biden in washington, d.c. i want to bring back simone sanders townsend. this is a powerful speech today on an important day. >> on a very important day. i don't think it should be lost what the president has said and highlighted about historically black colleges and universities who the majority of which started in the immediate aftermath of the emancipation proclamation. hbcus have played a critical role in black economic mobility. 50% i believe of teachers come from hbcus. 70% of doctors and dentists, 80% of

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