spy balloon making its way across the continental united states, then the diplomatic fallout trailing behind. it we re going to go right to beijing for the latest. plus, if republicans find use their house majority to target democrats and the biden administration with bogus, politically motivated investigation, they re going to have to get through veteran trump impeachment manager, stacey plaskett, first. she was just named the top democrat on a key panel created by the newly empowered house republicans. i ll talk to her later in the show. and in the wake of tyre nichols killing in memphis, another push for real reform. my congress fell just short of making history with the george floyd justice and policing act, and why you shouldn t believe the reason you re hearing from so many republicans who want to sound reasonable, but who will not support that bill. then, the crucial advancement separating post roe america from pre roe america s medication abortion. the abortion pill.
from the white house. when biden was asked if he supports the george floyd justice in policing act, he says, i. do i think we should do it, right now. we should have done it before. so, why didn t we do it before? in 2020 the, black lives matter movement saw unprecedented momentum and prolong the energy that made it one of the largest movements in american history, if not the largest. the movement began soon after the equivalent of george zimmerman, who in 2012, shot and killed and unpack armed trayvon martin, who was 17 years old. after the on camera death of george floyd at the hands of police, between 15 and 25 million americans participated in protests during the summer months of 2020. while people were still marching that year, the house first introduced the george floyd justice in policing act, which would be the most significant policing reform proposal in decades. it passed the house in 2020, but it was squashed before it reached the senate. a new iteration of that bill passed