house of representatives who have jumped into our present day and we believe into ou history in a way that we haven t seen, as he pointed out, since martin luther king was 2 years old, when he came to prominence as a civil rights leader it is what feels like a terrible moment for the country, but out of it there are thes absolute lightning sparks of hope in the form of those thre lawmakers who have bee unbelievably strong an principled, and just brilliantly the struggle, if you will a reason for hope in the darkness, i guess. one of those sparks of hope representative justin joins us gonna join us tonight. and so very glad to have reverend warnock kind of leading into that. yes, what a ticket. thank, you alex on this day, this very day, 60 years ago, the reverend dr martin luther king junior wa arrested along with 55 other and was jailed and birmingham, alabama. the notorious segregationist will conor ordered the arres of dr. martin luther king on april 12th, 1963, fo
that it should not polic itself and no one should polic the supreme court. leaving supreme unpoliced fo 234 years as its power gre exponentially led it to become according to jamelle bouie, magnet for corruption an influence peddling and it has allowed clarenc thomas, quote, to treat hi seat on the court, ostensibly public trust, like a winning lottery ticket to redeem wit the nearest friendly billionaire who happens to hav a collection of nazi paraphernalia and hitler elate souvenirs. jamelle bouie goes on to say in his new york times column corruption is much more than a cartoonish quid pro quo wher cash changes hands and the state is used for private gain corruption more often than not looks like an ordinary relationship, even a
justin jones expulsion the same thing happened toda in memphis, with representativ pearson, but he will not b sworn in as a member of th house until tomorrow the movement lives or die in memphis and here is a hollow place in this sacred place, we are showing the united states of america and the republicans in tennessee that the movement is still alive. hurray. we need to lift up thes amazing voices of these youn people we need a multi generational multi racial organizatio that s gonna seek legislature. something changes and easy. something is changing in our state that s going to restor democracy and get rid of these forces that are trying to keep taking backward. something is changing after the local vote b officials in memphis t
lives in children the state, the lives of our community members, over the campaign donations of the nra and the tennessee firearms association i really hope and believe that the government wants to be a good faith partner but, i know that they are extreme forces even within this body, lik speaker cameron sykes, tryin to obstruct meaningful legislation. their solution is to militariz our schools, to have mor police, more laws. one member said if we could pu a tank outside the schools, it will do that but who wants to live in a society like that? dr. king said i want to societ that is at peace with itself that s what we re fighting for so the governor s executiv order is a step forward but no enough we need universal background checks, a ban on assault weapons, like air fifteens, an we need safe towards laws. so much more that we can do in our over the government will step into the moment of courag and conscience and act for the people of our state. the speaker of the house, who we s
much for enlightening us onc again. thank you so much for havin me coming up, senate democrats got the news they have bee hoping for today when anothe democratic senator in a very important swing state, difficult state for democrat to win, announced that she wil run for reelection senator tammy baldwin of the importance winds swing state o wisconsin will join us next. a beach house, a treehouse, honestly i don t care find the perfect vacation rental for you booking.com, booking. yeah.