Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from
Illinois for illinois governor Bruce Rauners third state of the state address joining at the General Assembly at the state capital. Today i rise to open for taking a moment for officer from the blooming dadale Police Department who passed away on january 19th just 27 years old this officer had only been on the Department Less than a year, had already received a lifesaving award and was labelled as a shining star. This man took the solemn oath of protecting our communities and saving lives today hes being laid to rest and i would ask that we keep his family and all of our Law Enforcement community in our thoughts and prayers, for they do a nearly impossible job. And unpoapologetically to his family, thank you for sharing him, please remember that that man touched many lives in a short period as an officer. Changed many lives. We very a very difficult job, and i would hope that this body could understand we dont do it for thanks, we dont do it for any type of gratitude, we do it because
Whose political life is based on the principle of whatever keeps him in office. And now, facing increasingly gloomy reelection prospects in his contest with joe biden, he has just over three months, 100 days, to do even a symbolic about face. Or far more likely, the president will just continue to burn the house down. Biden Campaign Senior adviser Karine Jeanpierre joins me later to talk about how her candidates surge in the polls plays into the president s strategy. And psychology. Because there is no reason to believe that this surreal topdown violence by the state will abate. If anything, it will aim for more conspicuous and darker skinned targets. If only for the president s reelection ads. For the last two months, its been portland, and last night, violence erupted as police and black lives matter protesters in several cities clashed over the president ial dragnet, and of course, the lingering anger over various police shootings. But the president s white well of racism has always
And tonights lead, republicans still havent learned a thing. Voters have sent the right wing a message. Theyre sick of the partys hostility towards women, minorities, and the lbgt community. But so is the republican establishment. Today the New York Times reports the gop is trying to limit the clout of the far right of the party. So now lets see how this latest rebranding is going. Today the senate voted on the employment nondiscrimination act. A bill that would protect gays from being fired due to sexual orientati orientation. And it passed. The yeas are 64. The nays are 32. The bill as amended is passed. Wait a second. 32 votes against it . Who are those 32 votes . Oh, thats right. 32 senate republicans. They actually voted that its okay for people to be fired because theyre gay. That included all the gop hopefuls for 2016. Senator ted cruz, senator marco rubio, senator rand paul. In this country it is against the law to fire people for the color of their skin or for their gender or
Since president obama came into office, key stocks have soared more than 7,000 points. Theyre up 90 . And today we got another strong jobs report. 200,000 jobs were created in october. That makes 44 consecutive months of private sector job growth. A remarkable turnaround from the bush recession. And the president did it all with republicans trying to block him every step of the way. Even shutting down the government. Today he went to the port of new orleans and called out the gop for trying to put the brakes on the economy. Some folks in washington tried to shut down the government and default on americas obligations for the first time in 200 years. Its like the gears of our economy, every time they are just about to take off, suddenly somebody taps the brakes saying not so fast. Republicans keep tapping the brakes and theyre doing their best to hurt the very people who need help the most. Heres how the latest round of cuts to food stamps are affecting people all around the country. 11