the other part of the big picture is a major political party is setting up to install that man a second time as president after he loses an elek. that is the big story. media coverage should be organized around that. everything else are basically footnotes to support that big story. we know that's the big story. it's as clear as day. >> tim snyder, many thanks. appreciate your analysis as ever. ahead, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, gop extremism reaching a new low with fresh comments on covid from out of touch senator ron johnson. my 60-second rant on that coming up. first how do you navigate a country so consumed with erasing our history? pulitzer prize winning journalist and creator of the 1619 project nikole hannah-jones joins me right after the break. first, steve romo is here with the headlines. hey, steven. >> many thanks. let's get you caught up. desperate search and rescue efforts are under way this evening as a catastrophic chain of tornadoes swept through the