i understand. it does. but we have so much to get to. and this incredibly tragic news out of highland park, illinois. we learned more about the victims. a toddler is without both of his parents this morning after reportedly being rescued from beneath his father s body. meanwhile the suspect is formally charged and due in court today as new information about his past raises questions about how he was able to legally purchase firearms. and new developments in the criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 election in georgia. as senator lindsey graham and donald trump s former lawyer rudy giuliani get hit with subpoenas. and the date has been set for the next hearing into the january 6 attack on the capitol. we ll have the latest on all of that. but first, willie, so much, so much tragedy over the july 4th weekend. yeah. and we ve got new details this morning, mika. the suspect in the july 4th massacre in highland park, illinois, a fourth of july parade has
talked about what has been thus far but also talked what is to come. what is to come. here s the quote, clark decided - it s like a movie. you know, like mussolini or something. yeah. sort of like al haig. no disrespect. you got to know whether you re a utility, infielder or cleanup like the justice department. he decided they re going to take over the justice department. they re going to wipe out everything. and trump. they call in rosen is it donahue yeah. some of these characters, like him and the other guy who said i don t want to hear two words out of you. we always talk about who should play these characters in the movie? who do you think? these guys should play the characters in the movie. listen to this, clark, i ve done a lot of very complicated environmental litigation, sir. donoghue, that s right, you re an environmental office, how about you go back to your office and we ll call you when there s an oil spill. makes a good point. b
yes. it s in response to a question around white supremacists and the proud boys. yeah. when we think about stop the steal? what are we talking about? atlanta, milwaukee, detroit. they re talking about particular voters, right when we thank you about richard pappas analysis of most of the folks who participated in january 6 insurrection. most came from districts that biden won but districts that are changing demographically. so the feeling of replacement is at the bottom or underneath it. i m trying to sell the story of how race shadows the current crisis. and you and meachem were perfect to put your minds to this. who do you wish would listen to this? actually all americans, really. i really think those in attendance, those folks who aren t locked in their positions. those folks who haven t settled who are really concerned about the state and the policy to
your new project. you ve teamed up, i have to question this. you ve teamed up with meachem, okay. how do we keep this thing alive? what is it? one of the thing, it s calls history is us. it s in some ways an extension of our conversation. until my latest book begin again trying to give an account of our current moment. i was really struck at this moment after january 6 when senator ted cruz invoked the presidential election of 1876. uh-huh. as a framework for resolving the conflicts around the 2020 election. so, what we do in this six-part podcast series, we go all the way back to radical reconstruction. and we tell a story about race and how race has shaped our journey to now. i like it. and in some ways, mika, i would say this, there s an untold of the january 6th story. remember when donald trump said stand back and stand by.
understand this motel in history because we re in that battleground clearly. and this podcast is our intent, through the conversations that we ve been having over the so many years, this battle, even our conversations, joe, as we try to tell a thicker story about how race shadows so much of what we do today. i was going to say eddie s been a great guest on meachem s podcasts have have been phenomenal. you re taking on a long space of time here, a long scope. so what is the story you tell over all of these centuries, really? i tell the story that ready cal reconstruction didn t end, it was killed. i talk about the way in which we turned our backs on the idea of a racial democracy and when we have black men voting not black victim, these black men voting after the 15th amendment. oh, we have to talk about