politicsnation. tonight s illiad, up in the air. right now, many americans have their eyes on the skies. watching for more than just a super bowl flyover. president biden ordered the u.s. military to shoot down another unidentified object over the great lakes today. according to a congressional source briefed on the matter, and to u.s. officials. it s the fourth high altitude object shot down in north america, airspace, over the past week. in just a minute, i will talk to a member of the house foreign affairs committee about the latest developments. and as possible foreign threats loom, culture wars are raging at home. i m headed to florida this week, as international action joins in demonstrations against governor ron desantis to suppress african american studies in the sunshine state schools. i will be talking to a leading scholar at the center of the ongoing debate, just ahead. and later, a big game and a major milestone for the nfl. two black quarterbacks will go head to
got. i hope they take a second look at are cautious about doing something a stupid as going after president trump. tonight, chuck rosenberg on the former presidents attempts to medicine vested gaiters. plus, jamie raskin on liz cheney, the next january 6th hearings, and the committees discussions with mike pence. everyone has information has an obligation to step forward. so i would hope that he will do that. plus, new sense of hope in the post roe backlash in michigan. and what you really need to understand about this week s depraved election fraud stunt in florida. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. nearly two weeks out from the fbi search of the ex presidents florida home. donald trump excuses keep getting worse they keep changing, and they keep getting worse. he is now threatening to take steps that could further inflame tensions and outright endanger fbi agents. now at first, trump tried to push nonsense conspiracy theories ab
registering to vote and casting a ballot. and the supreme court hood directly impact the african american community. which makes up 12% of the country s general population, but accounts for 40% of those who are voting. the parts of the statistic is in 2018, florida voters approved amendment for, which restores voting rights to most people with felony convictions, who have completed their sentence. a year later, governor ron desantis signed a bill requiring people with felony convictions to pay all fines, fees, and restitutions so seated with her sentence before they can register to vote. roughly 700,000 people were no longer eligible to vote. most people should not be denied their right to vote in
of arresting 20 individuals across the state for voter fraud. [applause] they did not get their rights restored, and yet they went ahead and voted anyways. that is against the law, another gonna pay the price for it. this is a third degree felony in the state of florida. they could face a 5000 dollar fine and up to five years in prison for illegally voting in our elections. look at that tough guy. look at tough guy ron desantis with all the cops find him. he s gonna hunt down those felons that voted and throw them in jail for five years. desantis pointed at least 20 people were convicted of murder or felonies crimes that were excluded from amendment for, to be clear. but you can pretty easily imagine it might not be clear who s eligible to have the rights restored after the republican governor the state created this convoluted and callous process totally against the will of voters. of course, when he s doing here is making an example of these