this country. something is desperately wrong, we all need to weigh in and make sure that whatever that is, that we fix it. starting in the classroom. i was gonna say this, the stakes couldn t be higher for democracy come this november. former center and vascular carroll moseley-braun, thank you so much, i appreciate your time and insight as always. thank. you the first public hearing from january six committing are almost year we re gonna break down what you should expect but first richard louis is here with the headlines. hey ayman, good to you some of the stories we re watching ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy, made his first trip outside of the kyiv region since the start of the war. he visited troops on the ground in kharkiv today after confirming that his forces are facing an incredibly difficult situation in the donbas region. the first pacific hurricane in 2020 due, hurricane agatha, is gaining strength as it heads towards mexico s southern coast. experts predict
january six committee will hold its first of six public hearings to disclose what they ve learned about the capitol insurrection after conducting more than 1000 interviews and reviewing almost 136,000 documents. the committee faces an electorate that is starkly divided over the gravity of our nation s darkest moment. so, how could the committee best communicate its findings the american pierre. six hearings is it really enough? joining me now is my sunday night panel former democratic congresswoman, debbie debbie mucarsel-powell, and advocacy where that saving lives from gun violence and danielle moodie, host the podcast woke a half and co-host of democracy and neil stanage thank you so much you ve taken part in congressional hearings before let s be honest, some of them can be a little less than fascinating. what should the committee do to make sure they have the
ignored the law and refused to cooperate with a congressional investigation? because i can t think of anything that undermines the house, the members of the house now abiding by subpoena from the house? exactly. the house of representatives has an oversight charge on all of these items and a court with a judge that was appointed by donald trump actually throughout this lawsuit by the republican national committee by saying they had no basis for conducting the investigation or to subpoena these members. i think that it is very, very crucial to ensure that we use all the powers that the house has, which we have not in the past. we have if contempt of court in the house of representatives, which it s not been used in a century. i think this is a moment in time where we need to use all of our tools to ensure that we don t lose our democracy. i think that most americans are still living under this bubble that america is somehow immune to these attacks and our democracy. republicans, the
about the mission of the national council of an republicans who i would like to believe believe in inflection integrity. first off, thank you for having me here today. the commission on and election integrity is a bipartisan effort, there s republicans and democrats. and we all care about our democracy, and preserving the right of the people to choose our leadership, to vote and have those votes counted, and that is really what s at issue right now. i would point out that, can join biden run for president, and when he won around the country saying that there was an existential threat to our democracy? well he s right. because quite frankly the existential threat is the threat to our democracy existing is right in front of us. you ve got people who are getting information from bizarre sources, who embrace bizarre theories, conspiracy
garland who has traded solely and going after people who defy congressional subpoenas? we need to have collective action by all democrats, but the language that they re using, we re referring to this group as ultra maga, which for them as a compliment. they want to be ultra maga, but they are a party that supports white supremacy and they are a party that supports misogyny and patriarchy so just tell the truth about the fact that they want to overturn roe v. wade and there will be no exceptions whatsoever for abortion. tell the truth about what they are doing to target trans and lgbtq s in this country. tell the truth about why they are trying to suppress the vote of black people and enforce this idea that we should live under threat in this country by police. there are so many things, so many ways that this group, the democratic establishment can tell the truth and forcefully. these are not their friends from across the aisle. these are people who want to overthrow our democracy and