we have justin jones fro tennessee, and i ve got maxwel frost on here. it s interesting to me, becaus a man of a certain age, to hav these young people, who are th civil rights fighters of our time, it s amazing to watch. and such a contrast wit what we are led to believe about government, and it s antipathy towards the people and if there is reason for optimism in this moment, it you didn t guess on your show. the really, it is and there s people who don t believe in the way things work or the way things are an prepared to challenge, it an say there s a different wa going forward, i m excited for it will be a great show iconoclasts, we ll be watching ali. before we get to, that we v got some breaking news though. donald trump has lost anothe legal battle tonight, a federal appeals court rejected his attempt t block his former vice presiden mike pence, from testifying in front of the jacks mitt federa grand jury, investigatin trump s role in overturning th 2020 elect
if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
the state supreme court. and yesterday, the tennessee three faced expulsion votes fo daring to demand action afte six more children and school staff were shot to death wit an assault rifle at th nashville elementary schoo last week. a political debacle that turne into a fire storm last night after the nearly all white republican super majority vote to expel the two black lawmakers, but not the white lawmaker both president biden and forme president obama spoke out afte the traumatic speeches by stat representatives justin jones and justin pearson today, vice president harris flew international to respon to the ongoing protests agains gun violence and the expulsion of the black representatives that is where we had planned t start tonight. and we will have much more o tennessee coming up. but just after 5 pm texas time a trump-appointed federal judg ruled to suspend the fda s approval of the abortion pil mifepristone, siding wit anti-abortion groups in a case that could end up
that turned into a fire stor last night, after the nearly all white republican super majority voted to expel the tw black lawmakers but not th white lawmaker, both president biden and former president obama spoke out after th dramatic speeches, by stat representatives, justin jones, and just in person today, vice president harris flew into nashville to respond to the ongoing protests agains gun violence and the expulsion of the black representatives that is where we had planned t start tonight. and we will have much more o tennessee coming up. but just after 5 pm texas time a trump-appointed federal judg ruled to suspend the fda s approval of the abortion pil mifepristone, siding wit anti-abortion groups in a case that could end up up and acces to medication abortion in al 50 states. that s right in all of 50 states, even in states where abortion is legal the ruling will not go int effect for seven days. and just in the last hour, the justice department filed notic that it wo
constitutional right t abortion was eliminated in thi country nearly a year ago. a federal judge in texas las night issued a sweeping ruling to reverse the food and s 23 year old approval of a key abortion drug, the rulin orders the fda to hold thi medication from pharmacy shelves in every state regardless of whether or not abortion is legal in tha state. u.s. district judge matthew ha put a seven-day hold on hi willing to give the government the opportunity to repeal it the justice department did fil a notice of appeal last night. let me tell you what is at stake here the drug in question is one of a standard two drug regiment commonly prescribed by doctors for medication abortion across the country. medication abortions account for more than half of al abortions in the united states according to the good doctor institute. and this was approved by the fda in 2000 is one the mos heavily studied and scrutinize drugs on the market. studies show that it is safe than penicillin,