second hearing on the january 6th insurrection. the select committee has planned six more hearings this month to present itself preliminary f findings and they say their por they insist they will present evidence this month proving the deadly riot on january 6th was the culmination of an elaborate plan to overturn the election. since the first hearing on thursday, trump and his supporters have been pushing back among the emerging narrative. we have more on it from jessica snyder. it s now effectively a riot. reporter: tonight the impact being felt from the first hearing as they set the stage for what s to come. some republicans are looking to discredit the findings. while the former president is reacting to this stunning allegation. you were aware of the rioters chants, hang mike pence, the former president said maybe the fans have the right idea. trump responded i never said hang mike pence. it s a made up story or fake news. the committee s first hearing focused o
senator ole sherr over the last week s decision, and while this ruling has potentially brightened house democrats, 2024 prospects by forcing other states to withdraw their maps to my knowledge summit democrats do not have any plans to take up a voting rights fight in 2024, can you tell me if i m wrong about that? first, let me just say that i agree with you. what the supreme court did is what they had to do. they upheld the law. we cannot forget that this is a supreme court that has been systematically overriding voting rights laws. what we re trying to do is get back to even. i think what is important to recognize, the impact of their decisions while they allow these unfair racial gerrymandering districts to stand in 2022, it had a direct impact on the elections that put speaker mccarthy and the speaker s job.
i will be involved, tell us about it. thank you, reverend al. and with the work of the national action network and other civil rights organizations, the congressional black caucus is convening a national summit on democracy and race this week in d.c. it. is to focus on the fundamental issues of voting rights, affirmative action, as well as the expulsion of the two young man from tennessee and the actions to have gerrymandering districts in carolina, among others. but we re not going to only have a summit. we re going to focus on the launch of a summer of action across the country. where we go into communities, to listen directly to our constituents and to mobilize and have a message to ensure that our rights are not in danger. that we work to defend our rights. i know it will help to culminate at the 60th anniversary on the march on
it was not having gerrymandering districts, it was putting twice before the voters and it was ensuring that we had a vision where there is an opportunity for every person. that is really what people should demand of their leaders. i got to ask you about the gerrymandering thing, because that seems crucial to how democrats have actually won adequate representation. you look at neighboring wisconsin, where the republicans have gerrymanders those maps of just a breathtaking degree, and it really feels like an anti-democratic force. should all democrats effectively embrace independent commissions to draw congressional district lines at this point? is that what needs to happen? i mean i know that in the past democrats have done their own share of gerrymandering, but the sort of modern era of gerrymandering, which is effectively anti-democratic force, that s under the ages of republican legislators. do democrats owe the american people in the pageant redistricting commissions across the
to the people that you serve. when justice ginsburg passed and we saw amy cohen barrett on the horizon, we got serious about what tools could i use to preserve a woman s right to make her own decisions around her body. in michigan, we were poised to go from being a proud pro choice state to a state that would go back 91 years making is a felony, no exceptions. so i use every tool in my tool box, because of that, it empowered this initiative to a matter of constitution, which was critical in this election that just happened a week ago. now, in michigan, we have enshrined these rights into our state constitution. so this shows, i think, if we are eager to jump into the fray and unapologetic about living our values, focusing on solving problems, that is how we create a path that others can find themselves on. i think this was really important and this election. it was not having gerrymandering districts, it was putting twice before the voters and it was ensuring that we had a vision where