was not rightly approved it would be ludicrous if it wasn t so serious. former house speaker nancy pelosi calls out the courts and lawmakers in the legal fight over the abortion pill her comments came just before the supreme court delayed its decision on the medication we ll break down what s next in that case. elsewhere on capitol hill kevin mccarthy finally releases the republican plan to address the debt ceiling we ll take you through the house speaker s proposal just ahead. plus yet another shocking act of gun violence in america this time in maine where a man just released from prison went on a deadly shooting spree good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, april 20th i m jonathan lemire. thanks so much for starting your day with us. we ll begin with this headline the supreme court has delayed making a decision on the abortion pill mifepristone by extending a temporary block on a lower court ruling until this friday that means the drug will co
but housing, they really need to build a lot more housing in that state. yes. and given where they are it s complicated. yes. thanks to you at home for being here tonight. tonight we start with merrick garland. it s no surprise that republicans are not fans of the attorney general. ever since he arrived at the justice department, republicans have repeatedly accused garland of weaponizing the doj and going after trump. here he is in 2021 where the republican senators had their say about garland s memo on protecting school board members. just to be clear, yes, that was a memo of protecting school board members. take a listen. i ll leave it at this, general garland. you have weaponized the fbi and the department of justice. it is wrong, it is unprecedented to this history in our country, and i call on you to resign. thank god you re not on the supreme court. you should resign as a disgraced judge. then in august of this year when the fbi executed a search warra
for many americans, mount rushmore is one of the country s most patriotic and awe-inspiring symbols, like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock t-shirt, yee-ha. but for others, it s a reminder that this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it s become the epicenter in a battle over who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land currently known as the united states of america. i m letting you go first because i m a gentleman. but really, it s because i m afraid. and these two have a lot to say about all of it. this is nick tilson of and krystal two bulls of the northern cheyenne and lakota. she is also a military veteran. we met at the entrance of mount rushmore park there with the ndn collective, an indigenous nonprofit fighting to get indigenous lands back into indigenous hands. our people this
folks. the indigenous people of this land who want their land back. whose land? our land. whose land? our land! reporter: if many americans, mount mushmore is one of america s most awe inspiring symbols. like a giant apple pie wrapped in a kid rock tee shirt. but for others, it s a reminder this country was intended to be whites only. as we talk about the removal of controversial monuments and statues, mount rushmore is a part of that. located in the black hills of western south dakota, it has become an epicenter in the battle of who are the rightful inhabitants and caretakers of the land known as the united states of america. i m letting you go first. reporter: these two have a lot to say about it. this is nick tilson and crystal two bulls. she is also a military veteran. we met at the entrance of mount rushmore park. an indigenous run non-profit fighting to get indigenous lands back into indigenous hands. our people call this a sacred site that they blew up
we ll get the details from carole lending one of the reporters who broke that story an expert legal guidance on what it all means. but first, let s remember how we got here. today washington for only the second time a federal judge sentence a january 6th rioter to more than five years in prison. 63 months, it is tied for the longest sentence ever imposed on a participant in the capitol attack. and it s not hard to see. why in screenshots take it from officers body cams in january six, the sky is seen swinging a pull out of police officers so hard it snaps into on the officers riot shield. so the new guy finds another pull and start swinging that one at officers. the officer he hit with the first poll, the one he hit so hard that it stepped into, that was capitol police sergeant alkaline o connell. he gave emotional testimony about the horror that day before the january six investigation. today he sent his at that rioters hearing, saying he suffered mental and physical inju