it through enforcement, professor american history at yale university, and steven levitskiy is a professor of history at harvard university. two days before judge michael luttig got a phone call that may have changed the course of history for this nation. then, a capitol police officer who risked his life on january six is hoping to serve his country to different way, this time as an elected official. plus i will talk to california colorado secretary of state janet griswold on the heels of the decision to see whether trump is eligible to be on the stage primary ballot. another hour of velshi starts right now. good morning, it s saturday december the six. i m ali velshi. it s been three years since that mob attacked the united states capitol as part of donald trump s desperate attempt to cling to power after losing the 2020 presidential election. that attack lasted only a few hours, but the long shadow of the violent insurrection continues to loom large over american dem
day weekend to all of the moms who are here. [applause] and especially our amazing first lady, christian cooper, who is here with us today. [applause] along with one of my amazing daughters, hillary, who is here today. [applause] and i know my mom, the best public school teacher in the history of north carolina mom is looking down on us and smiling today. i know that she is. [applause] let s be clear, this bill has nothing to do with making women safer, and everything to do with banning abortion. [applause] there is a reason why the north carolina medical society, the ob/gyn society, the north carolina academy of family physicians all oppose this bill. [applause] how about leave the medicine to the doctors? and the decisions to the women? [applause] now we ve heard republican legislators claiming this bill is a mainstream compromise. [crowd chanting] let me tell you what, mainstream bills don t get rid in secret. kept under lock and key, introduced in the dark of night, kept
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they get signed into law, and the senate has to pass it, we have issues to deal with, but the president has said, he will sign it, we have to put this into federal law. otherwise, we will be fighting the same battle in another 50 years. you are the best person to have with me as we cover this, thank you for being with us, the democratic representative barbara lee in california, we do not plan to, have i m glad you re here, thank you so much. thank you so, much this being with. you joining me is michael steele, the former chairman of the national committee, the former governor of maryland, the host of the michael steele podcast, the msnbc analyst, he was in for me last week and when i was not, here i m grateful for them, also zach beecher, senior correspondent for vox. and whittling populism. gentlemen, good to see you. and also, not exactly the conversation i was planning to have a few, but michael, you are irrelevant guest to have on the topic, i spoke to state senator sandy sou