stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment remov
rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, to the extent permitted by the constitution of the united s
the fbi. all i say is never again. but guess what? it is again and again and again. the threat level against the jewish community is historic. hate once limited to extremists, fanatics. jews will not replace us! now mainstream. this is a plague. there is no question that anti-semitism is being normalized. on city streets, online. we ve seen people livestream their actual attacks. this is disgusting. on college campuses, in politics. it s become a political prop for people on both the right and the left. how did we get here and how do we stop it? they need to be disrupted today. whenever challenged with darkness and evil we will fight back with light. this is a cnn special report. rising hate: anti-semitism in america. january 15th, 2022 was a bitter cold day in colleyville, texas. it was in the 30s in texas. doesn t usually get that cold. so when a visitor knocked on the door of congregation beth israel, rabbi charlie citron walker didn t t
biden aides and allies have been talking up key parts of the plan including prescription drugs, taxes and energy. lowering prescription drug costs is one piece. we can bring down costs burdening households like description drugs. pharmaceutical prices which will help health care and lowering the rate. long overdue tax reform. the parks repeal, not the full repeal, but the partial repeal of the trump tax cuts which would take some demand out of the economy. lowering utility costs by providing tax incensetives. the way in which we can assure reasonable energy expenses for households is to move to renewables to address climate change. freeing up fossil fuels in various ways in the short run, and making, with government support, the ultimate pivot to renewables. joining us now from washington, d.c., cnn white house correspondent john harwood. john, happy monday. good to see you here. it looks like a new coat of paint perhaps on some key elements of build back be
in the federal gas tax. he is aiming for a decision this week as americans are clamoring for relief from record prices at the pump. and u.s. airlines are trying to untangle a holiday-weekend mess due to thousands of cancelled flights. with staffing shortages, and bad weather causing chaos. will air travel be a nightmare all summer? we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states, and around the world, i m wolf blitzer. yo you re in the situation room. aides say the january 6th slektd committee plans to reveal new information about the origins and the scope of former-president trump s direct efforts to pressure state officials to overturn the 2020 presidential election, including his role in a fake electoral scheme. cnn yes jessica schneider has more on what to expect tomorrow. reporter: the january 6th committee getting ready to shift its focus to trump s role in a scheme to submit fake electoral, all in a bid to overturn the 2020 election. they will call three r