Conversation with gun safety activist david hogg. A caught up with him on the mall, to discuss the plague of gun violence ands latest chapter on right here on nbc. The last few weeks have been historic, unprecedented and yes at times pretty alarming. Former President Donald Trump is under an avalanche of legal trouble. And remember those, cases are not just about the criminal conduct of one man. They are about the future of our democracy, our very way of life. The stakes for this country cannot be higher in this moment, and the question who is leading the country impacts every single issue cared about. So we will continue to talk about those cases through every twist and turn. Believe me i believe the former president under multiple indictments is enough to shake the confidence of anyone. But today were gonna change things up a little bit. Partly because i was recent alarm that when i saw that 30 of voters think were in danger of failing as a nation. Failing. So want to spend the show
politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
meetings, and the ballot box. communities nationwide are reckoning with big questions about parental rights, k to 12 classrooms, and what children are taught in schools. and virginia governor glenn yang comes made education the centerpiece of his consecutive all campaign. and his agenda. and tonight, our audience is made up of parents, teachers, and students from across the commonwealth of virginia. we ll have a chance to directly question governor youngkin about these issues. that impact children s futures. so, let s get right to. it please welcome glenn youngkin. [applause] how are you? good to see. oh how are you? thank you, thank. you have a seat sir if you. will good education is the key issue for you, perhaps more so than any other governor in the country. you ran your campaign on it, you wish you first executive order on it. why, why is this issue your main focus? first of, all jake, i want to say thank you. thank you to cnn for hosting tonight. and i want to t
think that this incident has been largely memorable, and underneath the pile of the insane number of scandals and legal perils, but at the time, finding it very persuasive account. he denied, it but having it in front of a court and jury where it is factually litigated would be something else. after all this time, and all those allegations. i think one would say justice may finally the wheels of justice may actually be turning. i think we ve said that to each other multiple nights, but it could be happening here. thank you, chris. and thank you to you at home for joining us, a big show tonight, the one and only trevor noah will join me live on set in just a moment, which is great, i m glad he s here tonight because there is something happening in this final stretch of the midterms that i want to talk to him about. something i think he can help us wrap our heads around. let s start with the great state of indiana. every ten years, there s a census. the last census in 2020
w audio of what republican lawmakers were saying just day after. i want you to hear kevin mccarthy describing what happened and how he called the then president to tell him to call off the eye rioter. on the phone call to the president telling him what was going on. asking him to tell these people to stop, to make a video and go out. i was very intense and very loud about it. he did put a tweet out and later a video out. i told him i didn t like the video out later. the second day i wish the video was first. what they are saying then and what they are saying now. then it goes onto kevin mccarthy calls for a bipartisan to investigate the circumstances around the attack and to insist we cannot just sweep this under the rug. we cannot just sweep this under the rug, he says. this is from arkansas congressman french hill pleading with his fellow republicans to get the then president to do the right thing. all of you have such a great, wonderful, warm relationship with dona