i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. i want to take you back to june 2020. to the supreme court had just overturned roe v. wade, striking down the constitutional right to an abortion in this country. the decision immediately left millions of americans without access to reproductive rights or reproductive care. in states where that care was protected, millions more wondered if it was just a matter of time until a federal ban would go into effect. some republicans feared and electoral disaster in the coming months were quick to throw cold water on that theory, claiming the court s decision would simply send the issue back to the states. effectively these gop lawmakers had a national ban on abortion, that would never happen here. is republican senator lindsey graham of south carolina, just last month. i ve been consistent. i think states should decide the issue of marriage and states should decide the issue of abortion. i have respect for south carolina. south carolina vote
failed. it felt because he sensed maga extremist groups to school boards all across the state of florida, to bring hate, to scream, to yell at our board members, to try to infiltrate and put these weird indoctrination, ideologies, into our school board system, because he is scared, he is scared of differences, of being inclusive, of being tolerant, of showing people empathy. and he is the wrong leader. he is not appropriate for the state, or for any place in, you know, in my mind, my opinion. and people have to be able to see that, these wargames, these mind games where that he is playing, where he s trying to, you know, psychologically create fear in communities, it s not okay. and that we are better than that, and that s why, you know, people have to be really informed about who they are voting for in november. we ll see how that plays out. karla hernandez, you lieutenant governor candidate for the great state of florida, thank you so much this evening. i greatly apprecia
msnbc films documentary, modern america. michelle, which have you with us. so teaneck was deeply impacted by philippe pannell s shooting in the 90s. some of us may not even remember it. but has the town forgotten about this? or is this still on the hearts and minds on the residents there today? well, what is really interesting is that, you know, and they recently, after the george floyd killing, tried to put up some black lives matter movement north murals. and many of the people who are fighting for these murals have never heard the name, philip pannell. and that just goes to so to show that, now, his name was not on the minds of the people of america. it was really swept under the rug, his story. tell me about what drew you to this story, and how you, or