spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it we re going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, they re going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered house republicans. i ll talk to her later in the show. and in the wake of tyre nichols killing in memphis, another push for real reform. my congress fell just short of making history with the george floyd justice and policing act, and why you shouldn t believe the reason you re hearing from so many republicans who want to sound reasonable, but who will not support that bill. then, the crucial advancement separating post roe america from pre roe america s medication abortion. the abortion pill.
block representatives adam schiff to eric swalwell from returning to their post on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken californian democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought retribution against ilhan omen, the congresswoman, saying remarks she said in the past which he publicly apologized in 2019. two congressional terms ago. this is the first time republicans have been back in power in the house. on thursday, all but one republican members voted to remove omar from her seat on the foreign affairs committee. that s not even a half of it. in addition to keeping members of committees, republicans created the so-called select subcommittee on the weaponization of the federal government. which will be shared by ohio representative jim jordan. jordan has repeatedly compared his subcommittee to the church committee. one of the most respected and effective channels in congress
going to pick things up from here. i ll see you next weekend, two to 4 pm eastern on msnbc, thank you for watching. on msn bc, than you for and good afternoon, d hello to all of you. i am katie phang, in for simone sanders thompson at this hour, president biden is in selma, alabama. we are looking at live pictures right now, he will be speaking any moment now, marking the anniversary of bloody sunday. a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement that led to landmark voting rights protections. president biden will be calling for expanding voting access. and it has been a busy weekend for republicans, former president trump brings up a mug a coronation speaking to an adoring crowd at cpac, while other gop presidential hopefuls plot their future at a separate meeting. what that all means for 2024. plus, a special simone spotlight. simon spoke with the sensational r&b group, the ladies have been giving us great music for more than three decades. and they may have something new
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the country, specifically, gender roles. today in tennessee the republican governor billy see signed two controversial new laws. one bans gender affirming care for minors and the other restricts drag shows in the state. let s bring in former democratic congressman ron derrick jones and patrick is here and doug high. guys, let s start with the decision to ban any sort of doctors medical care for anyone under 18 who is looking who believes they are trans and is looking for any sort of medical treatment be it pharmaceutical, consultation or anything like that. doug, i believe you are comfortable with this new law in tennessee. yeah, i think one we have to treat people with dignity and respect and certainly what we ve learned over not just the past three or four years but 20 years, people that feel this way, are this way and have gone through this process quite often go through a very painful life and process. we don t want that. but there are differences between people who a