bipartisan consensus the language in the report had to be carefully crafted, that meant not specifically referring to the attack as an insurrection. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell refusing to call january 6th an insurrection. would you define the events of january 6 as an insurrection? look, i have said a lot about that already. i said it on january 6th. i said it again february 13th. i ve covered that comprehensively and i really don t think there s anything i can add. reporter: leading democrats to once again push for an independent bipartisan commission that republicans voted down a week ago. if anything, the joint report by the homeland security and rules committees has strengthened the argument for an independent commission on january the 6th. reporter: and despite the democratic calls for another independent bipartisan commission to look into january 6th, republicans aren t budging. mcconnell saying today that he believes this report issued by the senate in addi
white anglo majority that is seeing its power waning, and very much so in 2020 with the presidential election results, and the rising ground communities of color who have organized around and really mobilized a lot of new voters in the state. there s also a lot of inroads being made by independents and people who are more moderate who are kind of sick of this extreme politics from the republican party. so i see all of that, alicia, as really a last-ditch effort for control here in every which way, be it election results, be it abortion laws or other types of restrictive laws. this is exactly why i m obsessed with arizona because, as you said, i think it is a microcosm of what is happening or could happen in the rest of the country. melissa, when it comes to banning abortion and restricting ballot access, republicans have
university, and he is an msnbc contributor. 20 state attorney s general have sent a letter opposing critical race theory in schools. the meaning of the term shifts depending on who is talking about it. i would love to start with a definition and why you believe republicans are taking aim at this now. it is funny, because i really am curious about how familiar any of these individuals actually are with critical race theory. the kind of working definition of it is that, you know, critical race theory is a legal theory that came out of the 1990s as people were watching the erosion of the part one advances in civil rights and anti-discrimination laws of the 1950s and 1960s, and began a critique of where things had gone wrong. really, came to the conclusion that there were elements of white supremacy and racism that were hard wired into structures, that had mutated in ways that made it remain viable to
ballots in fulton county, home to atlanta, based on a lawsuit filed by an election integrity advocate well-known to be obsessed with debunked claims that are touted by trump. and then there s arizona where even republicans who supported the cyber ninja s recount in maricopa county just want it to end, especially after the hill reported how claims of errors from the auditors, from the auditors, were actually errors made by the auditors. now it turns out advocates who want to overturn roe see the gop s attacks on voting rights as an open door. they re now funding anti-voting efforts in the name of election integrity because, as the guardian reports anti-abortion groups are beginning to see trimming the electorate as essential to achieve their goals. just this week the governor of texas signed what is commonly known as a heartbeat bill, banning abortions after six weeks, which is before most people know they re pregnant. it is a big deal considering the
rate. i don t know what the rack rate is, but the federal government sets limits on how much federal employees can spend on hotel rooms. it is county by county so it goes up in rich places. in palm beach county it is $205. this is nearly double what the normal limit is but trump can get away with it because the secret service is allowed to pay whatever rate they need to to be near the people they protect. he is exploiting the loophole. thank you for spending time with us. next, republicans rejected the latest offer so what is next for the biden infrastructure plan? . plus, devaluing homes in black neighborhoods. if there was any doubt it is happening, one homeowner s story will shock you. ll shock you mornings were made for better things than rheumatoid arthritis. when considering another treatment ask about xeljanz,