vote with their wallets. democrats are arguing that if democracy doesn t hold, nothing else matters. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real life consequences. it s not some abstract political science question. we are all affected. and we take this for granted, and we can t. so, who s right? we ve got reporters in some of the most closely contested states in the country. plus ukrainians now bracing for the unthinkable, a possible nuclear attack by russia. and if that wasn t bad enough, vladimir putin now appears to be joining forces with another one of the most dangerous men in the world, kim jong-un. and finally, anyone who s tried to cram themselves into an airplane seat knows they can be unbelievably cramped and uncomfortable. but could they also be dangerous? what the faa and lawmakers are doing to change things. that s later in the show. but we start with president biden and his decision to focus his formedable bully pulpit, a prime-time spe
and the president himself that family separation is over. that he, in fact, ended it. well, we learned last night thanks to the aclu that is not at all the case. family separation is not only stipulate happening, it is widespread and systematic. according to new court documents filed by the aclu, june 2018 through june 2019, the government separated more than 900 children from their families including numerous babies and toddlers. the documents showed the government continued to take children from their family members using criminal history, no matter how minor, or unilateral judgments that a pasht is unfit as their stated cause. the trump administration continued to do this for over a year after the president signed an executive order saying that he ended family separations. from the filing, quote, one parent was separated from their child based on a 27-year-old drug possession conviction. another father was separated from his three young daughters because he has hiv. one mother had h
possessions and will be transferred to new cells while jail officials determine if they should be reclassified as higher security level inmates. drop your stuff right there. turn your pockets inside out. hands behind your back, palms touching. separate your feet. do you have any more pills on you or in you? no. why are you on my floor? i was passing bread and milk. passing bread and milk? yes, ma am. was there any pills in those bread and milk? no, there wasn t. the deputies are lying? that was a question. no. are my deputies lying? no, i m not saying they re lying. i don t know what was it. okay. turn around. go inside the cell and have a seat. drug problems led to donald stokes in jail as well. he violated his probation on a drug possession conviction, and now is only two days away from his release.
drug possession conviction, and now is only two days away from his release. in the meantime, he holds a job delivering meals and clothing to other inmates. we re going to be doing that shortly here. we get to go pick up all the clothing, and every one of these guys comes down, and we hand it back and forth through that slot. so at no time do we get actual personal contact with these guys. some of them are looking upward to 10, 15 years each for the most random thing, you know, and knowing that i m getting out in two days doesn t make me the most popular guy. stokes has mixed feelings about his upcoming release. well, it s, oddly enough, a little intimidating. when i was taken into custody, i had just checked into a motel room. 20 minutes later i walked out to my car to go get a cell phone charger, and there was a gun pressed against my head.
been directed to gather their possessions and will be transferred to new cells while jail officials determine if they should be reclassified as higher security level inmates. drop your stuff right there. turn your pockets inside out. hands behind your back, palms touching. separate your feet. do you have any more pills on you or in you? no. why are you on my floor? i was passing bread and milk. passing bread and milk? yes, ma am. was there any pills in those bread and milk? no, there wasn t. the deputies are lying? that was a question. no. are my deputies lying? no, i m not saying they re lying. i don t know what was it. okay. turn around. go inside the cell and have a seat. drug problems led to donald stokes in jail as well. he violated his probation on a drug possession conviction, and