ALL OF THAT TONIGHT ON POLITICS NATION. >>> JOINING ME NOW IS CONGRESSMAN STEPHEN, A DEMOCRAT AND CHAIR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. DONALD TRUMP HAS CAST HIMSELF AS THE LAW AND ORDER CANDIDATE IN 2016 AND HE'S CARRIED THAT MESSAGE INTO HIS 2024 CAMPAIGN, EVEN AS HE FACES MULTIPLE FELONY CRIMINAL TRIALS. ONE OF WHICH, JUST HANDED DOWN A 34 COUNT GUILTY VERDICT, YET EVERY TIME THE LAW HAS BEEN APPLIED TO HIM, HE HAS RAILED AGAINST IT, AS A RIGGED OR WITCHHUNT, OR EVIDENCE OF A TWO- TIER JUSTICE SYSTEM. NOW HE AND HIS ALLIES ARE TRYING TO USE HIS FELONY CONVICTIONS TO ENDEAR HIMSELF TO BLACK VOTERS. TAKE A LISTEN TO ERIC TRUMP THIS MORNING. >> HE'S THE VICTIM THAT OFTEN TIMES, SOME IN THEIR COMMUNITIES WERE AND YOU CAN SEE THEM SWAYING. LOOK AT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN VOTE SWINGING OVER TO DONALD TRUMP. >> WHEN I HEAR THAT, I AM OFFENDED, AND NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF PLAYING INTO AN UNFAIR STEREOTYPE, HE HAS NEVER TAKEN THAT POSITION IN NEW YORK. AS HE IS, HE IN FACT THE ONLY TIME HE TOOK A POSITION ON A CASE, HE CALLED FOR THE DEATH PENALTY OF THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, ONE OF THEM WAS ON THE SHOW LAST NIGHT AND CALLED FOR THEM TO HAVE THE DEATH PENALTY. ARE YOU OFFENDED, AND MEMBERS OF THE BLACK CAUCUS, THAT HE WOULD APPEAL TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY USING THIS STEREOTYPE? >> YES, AND DONALD TRUMP IS ANYTHING BUT LAW AND ORDER. HE IS A DIRECT THREAT TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, TO BLACK AMERICA, SPECIFICALLY. BY CONTRAST, PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS ARE FOCUSED ON DELIVERING FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SADLY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO ACCEPT THE RESULTS OF 12 JURORS. THESE ARE U.S. CITIZENS, WHO ARE DOING THEIR DUTY, TO PARTICIPATE IN A FAIR AND IMPARTIAL TRIAL. THEY ARE THE ONES WHO MADE THIS RULING, AND WHO CONVICTED HIM ON THE 34 COUNTS, NOT PRESIDENT BIDEN, NOT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. BUT A JURY OF HIS PEERS. >> AND MOST OF THE WITNESSES WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD WORKED FOR DONALD TRUMP. BUT LET'S STAY WITH BLACK VOTERS FOR A WHILE. YOU JOINED PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS LAST WEEK IN PHILADELPHIA, AT THE 2024 CAMPAIGN EVENT, TARGETING BLACK VOTERS. THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN HAS AGGRESSIVELY TRIED TO SHORE UP BLACK SUPPORT AHEAD OF NOVEMBER AND SAY WHAT THEY HAVE DONE FOR BLACKS, BECAUSE A LOT OF BLACKS SAY, WHAT HAVE WE GOT DONE QUITE THAT IS WHAT TRUMP IS PUSHING OUT. HIS POLLS HAVE SHOWN TRUMP LEADING IN SEVERAL SWING STATES, BUT THAT SUPPORT COULD BE VITAL FOR BIDEN'S SUCCESS. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, SHOULD BE THE MESSAGE TO BLACK VOTERS OR VOTERS IN GENERAL. I KNOW THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING BARBERSHOP TOWN HALLS. WHAT SHOULD THE MESSAGE BE TO BLACKS, WHO ARE STILL ON THE FENCE ABOUT SUPPORTING PRESIDENT BIDEN QUICK >> LOOK, YOU HAVE A CLEAR CONTRAST BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHO CARES ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, OR FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO ONLY CARES ABOUT HIMSELF. UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN AND VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS WE HAVE SEEN RECORD UNEMPLOYMENT FOR BLACK AMERICA. WE HAVE SEEN THE LIFTING OF 50% OF CHILDREN OUT OF POVERTY, TO THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. THE CHECK SO MANY BLACK PEOPLE TALK ABOUT RECEIVING, THAT CHECK WAS PASSED BY DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS, LED BY THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS. WE HAVE SEEN 16 MILLION NEW BUSINESSES STARTED. A HISTORIC NUMBER, A NUMBER OF BLACK OWNED BUSINESSES STARTED IN 30 YEARS, THE LARGEST NUMBER LED BY BLACK WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS. NOW GOING FORWARD, IT ABSOLUTELY HAS TO BE CENTERED ON BLACK ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND WEALTH. THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO MY CONSTITUENTS ABOUT AT A BARBERSHOP TALK IN MY DISTRICT. I HAD ABOUT 60 BLACK MEN, TALKING ABOUT ISSUES THAT MATTER TO THEM MOST. HOW WE IMPROVE HOMEOWNERSHIP, ACCESS TO CAPITAL FOR BLACK HOME -- OWNED BUSINESSES. HOW WE APPROVE OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SKILLS TRAINING AND APPRENTICESHIPS FOR YOUNG MEN WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED OR OUT OF SCHOOL. THOSE ARE THE ISSUES BLACK MAN, PARTICULARLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT, HOW WE CAN BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST TEAR THEM DOWN. HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, NOT JUST TEAR THEM APART. THAT IS THE MESSAGE I THINK WILL HELP US WIN THIS NOVEMBER. >> AND THAT BARBERSHOP DISCUSSION, WERE ANY OF THE BLACKMAN SAYING THEY WERE FOR DONALD TRUMP. >> YOU KNOW WHAT, IN A TWO-HOUR CONVERSATION WITH NEARLY 60 BLACK MAN DONALD TRUMP'S NAME WAS NOT MENTIONED ONCE. YOU KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED? HOW WE CAN IMPROVE HOMEOWNERSHIP. RIGHT NOW IN BLACK AMERICA, 44% OF US OWN HOMES COMPARED TO 72% OF WHITE AMERICANS. THEY WANT TO SEE POLICIES THAT CENTER IMPROVING LIVES OF BLACK AMERICA AND OUR STAKE IN IT. WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE ALWAYS HELPED TO SAVE OUR DEMOCRACY. LACK WOMEN AND BLACK MEN AND WE ARE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN THIS NOVEMBER, BY RE-ELECTING VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS PLANNING TO ISSUE AN EXECUTIVE ORDER THIS WEEK, TO CURB MIGRANT CROSSINGS AT THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER. AFTER ALL BOOK ONE SENATE REPUBLICAN VOTED LAST MONTH TO FILIBUSTER, ALBERT ONE VOTED TO FILIBUSTER THE BIPARTISAN ORDER BILL AND DONALD TRUMP'S REQUEST. SO THE BORDER CRISIS WOULD REMAIN A POLITICAL ISSUE FOR HIS CAMPAIGN, WAS DONALD TRUMP'S INTENT. THAT FOLLOWS THE DEMISE OF A BORDER BILL THAT WAS PAINSTAKINGLY NEGOTIATED BY SENATE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHICH REPUBLICANS KILLED BEFORE THE VOTE COULD EVEN BEHELD. AGAIN, AT THE REQUEST OF DONALD TRUMP. YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS ACTION THAT BIDEN IS TAKING TO DEAL WITH THE BORDER CRISIS? >> LOOK, WE HAVE A REAL ISSUE AT THE BORDER. WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT. A GROUP OF MEMBERS WHO JOINED AN ORGANIZATION CALLED DEMOCRATS FOR BORDER SECURITY, IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE FENTANYL CRISIS. ILLEGAL FENTANYL DRUGS COMING THROUGH THE BORDER, NOT ONLY BY MIGRANTS, BUT CITIZENS. THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. SO I AM PLEASED THE PRESIDENT IS TAKING THESE STEPS. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE A BALANCED APPROACH THAT INCLUDES WORK PERMITS, FOR SPOUSES, FROM MIXED STATUS FAMILIES, AS WELL AS FOR DREAMERS, THOSE WHO HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE DOCTOR PROGRAM, SO THEY CAN HAVE PROTECTIONS THAT THEY NEED. BUT TO IGNORE THE PROBLEM LIKE REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WANT TO DO, SPEAKER JOHNSON COULD HAVE BROUGHT THE SENATE BILL TO THE FLOOR, BUT THEY DON'T WANT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THEY WANT TO HAVE A POLITICAL ISSUE AND THEY WANT TO CURRY FAVOR WITH DONALD TRUMP MORE THAN SOLVE A PROBLEM FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> THEY DON'T EVEN TALK ABOUT HAITI, SEDAN OR ANY OF THE OTHER REAL, REAL PROBLEMS AROUND THE WORLD, THAT NEEDS HUMANITARIAN AID. BUT LET ME GO TO YESTERDAY, ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ACCEPTED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS INVITATION TO ADDRESS BOTH CHAMBERS AT THE U.S. CAPITOL, NO DATE HAS BEEN SET. AT THE INVITE COMES AS POLITICAL DIVISIONS CONTINUE TO DEEPEN IN THE U.S., OVER ISRAEL'S WAR IN GAZA. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN LAID OUT HIS PUZZLE FOR A CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, INCLUDING HOSTAGE AND PRISONER RELEASED ON BOTH SIDES, AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GAZA. NOW I HAVE BEEN OPENLY CRITICAL OF NETANYAHU, WHAT I BELIEVE IS IN IS TO STATE SOLUTION BUT WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO NETANYAHU COMING TO WASHINGTON AND THE PRESIDENT'S ACTION ON GAZA WHILE TRUMP AND REPUBLICANS JUST TALK? >> FIRST, I COMMEND PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR LAYING OUT THE THREE PHASED APPROACH TOWARD PEACE IN THE ANNE ELISE AND TO ENSURE THAT FIRST, WE GET HOSTAGES OUT, THAT WEEK END AND HAVE A PERMANENT CEASE-FIRE. THAT WE SEARCH -- SURGE HUMANITARIAN AID TO INNOCENT PALESTINIANS IN GAZA. THOSE ARE THE STEPS THAT WILL ACHIEVE PEACE. LONG-LASTING PEACE, SO WE CAN WORK TOWARD THAT TWO STATE SOLUTION. BUT I FIND IT IRONIC, THAT SPEAKER JOHNSON FOUND TIME TO INVITE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, WHEN JUST LAST WEEK, WE HAD PRESIDENT FROM KENYA. >> -- >> HE REFUSED TO ALLOW A HEAD OF STATE FROM AFRICA TO ADDRESS A JOINT STATE OF CONGRESS. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST IN 20 YEARS. HE CAN MAKE TIME FOR THIS BUT HE COULDN'T MAKE TIME FOR AN IMPORTANT ALLY, FOR US. I SUPPORT OUR LEADERSHIP'S DECISION TO BRING HIM, BUT I HOLD NETANYAHU ACCOUNTABLE FOR HOW WE WORK TOWARD PEACE. >> HE SEEMS HE DOESN'T WANT TO WORK TOWARD PEACE BECAUSE OF HIS LEGAL PROBLEMS. HE IS SIMILAR TO DONALD TRUMP THERE. THAT THE PRESIDENT OF KENYA WAS HEAR -- HERE FOR FOUR DAYS. WE WERE AT A STATE DINNER TOGETHER AND CLEARLY HE COULD HAVE ADDRESSED THE CONGRESS. JOHNSON, REALLY WOULDN'T BACK THAT. HE BLOCKED THAT. >> AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT COUNTRY, ON THE CONTINENT HELPING US FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, PUSHING BACK ON CHINA, AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE ON THE CONTINENT. IT WAS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY. I COMMEND LEADER JEFFRIES, AS WELL AS PRESIDENT BIDEN FOR EXTENDING TH
