brand-new hour here on cnn newsroom. i m victor blackwell. good to have you on. we re on the eve of another hearing on the capitol insurrection this time tomorrow, the committee investigating january 6th plans to focus on former president trump s efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election. georgia elections officials brad raffensperger and gabe sterling are expected to testify about that pressure campaign. along with arizona house speaker rusty bowers. the committee is also promising to reveal new evidence that shows trump s involvement in the scheme to overturn biden s win in battleground states. we ll show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme. we ll also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to either call legislators back into session or decertify the results for joe biden. cnn
up early on way too early. morning joe starts right now. relief. excitement. joy. i m very proud of our fellow kansans. we were telling people in neighboring states that their rights were no longer intact. they had to flee their states to get care. the cards were set against us from the start. as a husband i do not look forward to trusting the legislature to protect the rights of my wife. we re avoiding a huge horror that would have come to kansas. one of the things i heard, you may be against abortion for yourself, but you can t be against it and make it for someone else. this is my life on the line, too, is this my right. tonight, we get to say to kansans, you can still get care here, you re still recognized and make your own medical decisions. reaction from kansas last night, as voters turned out in high numbers to protect abortion rights in that conservative state. it was the country s first best of the issue since the supreme court overturned roe v.
whirlwind visit to taiwan, meeting earlier today with the island s democratically elected president, in defiance of provocative live fire drills from china s military. and also this hour we ll talk to kentucky governor andy beshear about the search and rescue efforts as the death count rises from this week s historic floods. i ll speak to senator kirsten gillibrand about the passage of new medical benefits for burn pit victims finally. and we are on sinema watch, waiting for that 50th democratic senator to signal whether or not she will support the democrats new compromise bill to cut prescription drug costs and combat climate change. but we begin with politics. joining us now, nbc s dasha burns in kansas. nbc s vaughn hillyard in aarizona. and nbc s yamiche alcindor in st. louis. the dream team. dasha, first to you. this amazing turnout. the defeat of the amendment, the kansas state constitution. it s now becoming a rallying cry for democrats and abortion rights supporters
states where abortion is not legal because of the overturning of roe v. wade, and to see if they can travel to states where those services are legal, and to have an ability to transfer the kinds of benefits that include transportation in certain circumstances, and the medical care to allow those women to have access to abortion. to look at how could that be done under the law. so this is really the president signing an order that directs hhs to set up a program to do that. so with the stroke of the pen that the president did in just the last half-hour or so, there isn t a new power that is immediately granted. but it sets in motion. also, tells of medical provider to be reminded that they are bound by federal law in certain cases, not state law, when there are instances to make certain there s no discrimination against patients. so it could be life of the mother in certain instances, ways that they can set up rules where even in a dire case, they actually would convene provid
this is ingraham angle from w washington tonight . ouwhich do you think is unraveling faster? the biden white house or the january 6th committee now for over a year, democrats suggested that congressional republicans had led groups of visitors gvi on so-called recon missions on the capitol on january 5th. 2020 one remember that the implication was obviousmp that republicans elected officials were in on the plot. they were insurrectionist themselves. yes, well, the smears all began just one week after january 6th .h. i was reallyy shocked when i got into the house office building. and saw these groups inside there would be no tours allowed, even tours given by members. and so the only reason you d have a visitor is on official business to see these groups around the capitol complex is really striking, okay, that mikey shirrel needs tomi be thrown out of office. jersey, save yourself the charge then gain momentum around one particular congressman, georgia s barry loudermilk.