Menendez, this hour, the plot thickens. New evidence revealing even more bad actors in the lead up to the january six riot. As this committee cares to take their work public. Also ahead, Breaking News from ukraine, evacuations from civilians in mariupol as russia ramps up its attacks on donbas. Where is the Fight Go Next . Actress Angelina Jolie hits the ground on ukraine would have the United Nations new reporting on what the hollywood icon is there for. Vigilante nation, oklahoma becoming texas two point oh, passing its own abortion ban. Plus, the gop weaponizing immigration, the new memo from republicans laying out how the party plans these lies about immigrants to defeat democrats. This is american voices. We begin tonight with the investigation into last years authentic coup. There are new signs that the effort to subvert democracy infiltrated nearly every avenue of american politics. Today, Representatives Matt Gates and Marjorie Taylor greene, were out in ohio, Backings Trump se
Making its way across the country. there are at least 30 other anti-abortion bills that are specifically copycats of the texas law, according to scholars that we interviewed. california governor said he would use the same mechanism and abortion laws to fight the gun epidemic. will kind of words that the texas law open for our bigger legal system? this is the very interesting thing about the loophole. both republicans and democrats can use it. it is a loophole that can be used anywhere. it is divided democratic norms as we know it, defied the role of government and citizens have, the five the notion that we have with civil lawsuits. alicia, if you take the step back and see the map of culture wars that we are all in the middle of, you see the anti-trans bills, anti crt, anti abortion, anti gun legislation, where many of these policies have in common is that they re putting a lot of power in ordinary citizens.
This is why it s a danger, be, this is why it happened. it goes to show why there are a lot of americans that want to know about it. what is most concerning to me is about what happened that day, it was bad. but what were the conditions that led to this, and how do we fix this? because i don t think we have. joe, which gaps do you hope these hearings will begin to fill in for people, whether they ve been paying close attention or not, need to understand it in broader context? actually, alicia, that is a great question. there are two different kinds of gaps. one of them is gaps of american people knowledge. even if you follow things closely, it has dribbled out overtime. seeing it packaged in a chronological sequence that makes a compelling case, that is very important. it can make a big difference in our understanding of how close we came to losing democracy. the other gap is, congress can
A controlled burn in 2017 prevented what would likely cost them their land. we spent all those years trying to keep fire away. you are going to burn, and you can have a choice, you want to control it, or do you want to be controlled, that is the reality. which is why they are investing in prevention, a price easier to pay before then after disaster strikes. mcgill almaguer, nbc news, oregon. that is it for this hour of american voices, i am alicia menendez i, will see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place, richard picks up our coverage after a short break. richard picks up ou interstate, they ve got us covered. coverage after a short break we hit the bike trails every weekend grow all my own vegetables shingles doesn t care.
To our prewar selves. our identities have to be rebuilt. i m not sure who i will be when i start sifting through the rubble. anesthetist that s to join me from los angeles. she s the author of brushes putin s playground and a lecturer at tell me more about how this idea is impacting you and other russian americans. alicia, this war has been completely devastating for me, the last two months as i wrote my piece, it feels like i am sleepwalking. it is devastating on many levels. first of all, you are shocked that the atrocity of such level can actually happen in the 21st century. then you go down a little bit and realize that atrocity is really engineered by the people with whom you share a language, and in my case, years of shared