peers, is here to discuss the most famous role in american theater. would it were a black salesman trying to navigate in a white capitalist world? welcome to the show. i m mehdi hassan. we start with that big news from the january six committee. they have finally issued subpoenas to their house republican colleagues, including the top house republican, kevin mccarthy. you know, the one who said he would urge donald trump to step down because of his role in inciting the riot, but then fell in line and has worked to undermine the 16 investigation, ever since. he s being subpoenaed. subpoenas also went out to alabama congressman moe brooks, who urged rally goers on 16 to kick it as, just hours before the riot began. and to jim jordan, who had a ten minute phone call with president trump on the morning of january the 6th. also on the subpoena list, scott perry of pennsylvania, and andy biggs of arizona. now, it s hard to imagine that any of these people of comply with the
cities have city attorneys which are on affiliated with my office. the handle misdemeanors. the state of l.a., when the butte city salute going to be contrary, people handle their own misdemeanors. so that is every month and that is why we did it. thank you for explaining that. we will have to leave it. there l.a. county district attorney george gaston. thank you for your time. up next, after an activist wendell peters joins us to talk about with the u.s. looks like to him now from the outside looking in, after lifting up barr broad playing the role of election that he is now getting the chance to bring to broadway. much to discuss with him, stay with us. im, stay with us.
family as black. and all the other characters as white. earlier this month, the producers announced that the show will be coming to broadway next season, with pure surprisingly role that he calls, the american hamlets. a homecoming that will be. and wendell pierce, actor and activist, joins me now. thank you so much for coming on the show. it is a real pleasure to have you on the show. the pleasure is mine. it isn t, honor. really i m a big fan of the show. your voice. and the truth that you put out there. that was just so moving. the homecoming is very special for me. it is very special and we are so pleased for you when we are so places you could join us. it is a great moments. sorry to get more somber and more emotional. but we are nearing the second anniversary of george floyd s death. it was such a watershed moment for a lot of americans, especially black americans. it was a real awakening for a lot of americans, especially white americans. do you think it has changed america
melvin. thank you for watching. coming up on the median show, big news, the 16 committee goes after key witnesses to the capitol riot, including house republican leader kevin mccarthy. finally. plus, well a sign of freedom of choice act. you mean, we could ve codify d roe v. wade more than a decade ago? we ll discuss why that didn t happen with former senator barbara also, amid rising crime, l.a. county prosecutor joins me to talk about the effort to remove him from office. activist and actor, wendell
she sir from 1993 to 2017 and spearheaded efforts to codify roe v. wade. we also have a lawyer, feminist an activist, terry o neil. she s the former president of now, the national organization for women. thank you both for joining me. you were there in the senate in 2009, championing abortion rights. obama comes to office, promising to codify roe, in his first in office, it doesn t happen on his first day, or any day, and here we are today in 2022 plan catch-up, dealing with the filibuster. why didn t happened back then? we did not have the votes, and i might remind you of something that you may forgotten, because, believe me, we all want to forget the great recession, we were losing hundreds of thousands of jobs. everything was falling apart. it s just like everything else. the fact is, we never had 60 votes. we didn t have 60 votes then,