Against the for the people act, and i will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster. And with that, the signals he s been sending out have a much more definitive tone, let s say. One influential house member says this places the future of our democracy at risk. You are talking about destroying the democratic principles upon which this country is based. It may disproportionately hurt me and my children and grandchildren today. But let me tell you, it will hurt this entire country going forward. Remember, republicans in over a dozen states are actively trying to restrict voting rights. And some senate democrats have been lobbying manchin in person with that in mind. We got to make sure the people have their voice. Unfortunately, we re living in a moment in which there s one party that has decided that rather than adjust their message, they want to shift and distort the playing field. Nbc news, among others, reporting that naacp president derek johnson is expected to meet with senat
Voting legislation will destroy the already weakening binds of our democracy and for that reason i will vote against the for the people act. Furthermore, i will not vote to weaken or eliminate the filibuster. And with that, the various signals that mentions been sending out all along about both of those issues now at a much more definitive tone let s say. One influential house member warns mentions opposition to the voting rights legislation places the future of our democracy at risk. You are talking about destroying democratic principles upon which this country is based. Me and my children and grandchildren today, but let me tell you that if you re hurt this entire country going forward. Republicans in over a dozen states are actively trying to restrict voting rights and some senate democrats have been lobbying mansion in person with that in mind. We gotta make sure that the people have their voice and their own democracy unfortunately we re living in a moment in which there is one pa
Quote, an fbi memo on january 5th warning of people traveling to washington for war, never made it way to top official. Rightwing extremist groups had been posting online. Armed with weapons. Quote, if they don t show up, we enter capitol as the third continental congress, quote, bring guns, it s now or never. The washington post adding this, the u. S. Capitol police had specific intelligence that supporters of president trump planned to mount an armed invasion, but a series of omissions and miscommunications kept that information from reaching frontline officers targeted. By capitol police officers themselves. A case being made by officer sicknick s loved ones about the brutality suffered tess hands of the expresident s supporters. The objects thrown at you will varied in size, some were frozen cans and bottling, rebar from the construction, bricks, liquids, pepper spray, bear spray, sticks of various width, pipes and bats. Another officer tells the committee, quote, we were not infor
The gop is about to do what former president trump wants them to do, remove cheney from her leadership position. Her offense is telling the truth and unlike many of her colleagues, refusing to peddle trump s big lie that the election was stolen. On the house floor last night, she said that silence is not an option. Every one of us who has sworn the oath must act to prevent the unraveling of our democracy. Remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. I will not participate in that. I will not sit back and watch in silence while others lead our party down a path that abandons the rule of law and joins the former president s crusade to undermine our democracy. By the way, the guy sitting next to brianna there, that was a standin. We ll talk to him in just a moment. Cheney s likely replacement, new york congresswoman elise stefanik has been blessed by both trump and kevin mccarthy but there s pushback from party conservatives not happy with her more moderate voting record. Lau
Gop representatives matt gaetz and marjorie taylor greene holding a protrump pep rally in florida tonight as house republicans prepare to strip liz cheney of her number three leadership post for standing up to trump and calling out his big lie of election fraud. A grim note on the jobs front. The u. S. Economy adding only 266,000 jobs in april when economists and the white house were expecting that number to be around 1 million. So what does it mean for the economy? also tonight, derek chauvin and three other exminneapolis police officers indicted on federal charges of violating george floyd s civil rights. Chauvin was convicted of floyd s murder in minnesota state court last month. I want to bring in now cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser and brendan buck, the former top aide to paul ryan and john boehner. Good evening to both of you. Susan, matt gaetz, marjorie taylor greene telling their supporters that they want to hear what they want to hear tonight. Watch this. All right. I