that was the scene in kansas after resounding victory for abortion rights at the polls. kansans voted overwhelmingly to protect the right to an abortion in the constitution. not only was the result surprising in a state s conservative as kansas but, the margin wasn t even close. kansas voters rejected the anti-abortion measure by nearly 20 points and what s remarkable about the outcome is that kansas republicans did everything they possibly could to stack the deck in their favor. for starters, they scheduled the vote during a typically low turnout august primary instead of during the general election in november, because yesterday s primary focused mostly republican candidates running against each other and would presumably attract mostly republican voters. they made the language of the ballot measures so dense and confusing that the normal person would be hard-pressed to decipher at first glance what s a yes or a no vote even meant. republican groups even blasted out a barra
knew made it happen. organizers, door knocker s, people powered politics. my very first job in politics was as a field organizer in virginia for barack obama in 2008. i learn more from politics in that one single job than any other job i ve ever had. that s why in order to be a good organizer you have to know the policy backwards and forwards, and you have to know the talking points as well as the defenses. and you apply that knowledge to the very most important skill talking to people. you have to be able to have a conversation with another human being. imagine that. truly a lost art. my first guest tonight will be too young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gates all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we ll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who s been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all pote
Donald trumps life as a businessman. From apartments rented to foreign didnts with state Department Authorization to a liquor billal maralago. And how hes responding to joe biden bidens. Id be happy if it were joe, sleepy joe. It is still unclear how much all this is going to be about policy versus personality. What a freaking clown car i found myself in, right . Im over here working around the clock to give you free college. Oh, look in there. Beto odork did parquer in a starbucks. Judge judy playing flute and speaking clingon. Im not supposed to say this as a democrat, but speak english. Frick. Former chair of the National Bar Association pac, tina greer, political of science from for fordham university, and Vice President of campaigns at the center for american progress. We begin this morning with north korea. The country testfiring a number of tactical guided shortrange weapons on saturday. President trump continuing to downplay that provocation. Anything in this very interesting w
that does it for us tonight. we ll see again tomorrow. but now it s time for the last word. selina maxwell in for lawrence tonight. good evening. good evening thank you so much ali. tonight, i am hopeful. american democracy is very much still alive. you know, we focus so much on the threats to our democracy and they are very real and very very serious. but last night, kansas showed us the antidote. voting, organizing, knocking on doors and working the pavement to create change. reporting under victory for the pro choice side in kansas last night on this very hour i was thinking about all the people i don t know personally but who i
there is no lack of resolve, however. but, maybe they are using a lack of muscle tone. even as asian pastor, and social worker, who s a bit flabby, as well. then, he started to question himself. he would ask, when do i explore? what is not me? when do i randomly say hello to someone who is not me? but what do i say to somebody who is not me? the occasional progress in the last two years, but today, the opportunity might be to build on the occasional. to move past a transactional. with this coming months, and a year, with one that is building new muscle tone. that s what we have today, i m richard louis, selina maxwell picks up our news coverage, just after a short break. ormance. more brain performance? yes, please! neuriva. think bigger.