pr stunt? let s get started. all right our top story tonight voting rights. with republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote. senate democrats introduced new federal voting rights legislation this week. but its chances of passage remain dim. as roadblocks continue to play the upper chamber. that s inside democratic senator amy klobuchar, from highlighting the importance of the legislation this morning, in an apparent strike here on msnbc, watch. our job is senators right now, yes we have a lot to. do economically. but it is the oath we take. to protect and defend the constitution of the united states. we need federal voting rights to do that. all right so klobuchar is one of the sponsors for the freedom to vote act. let s take a look at what s in this new bill. automatic voted registration, an online registration, making election day a holiday, uniform early voting, and perhaps most importantly, a provision that will prevent state election sub
days before keefe was attacked, it looked remarkably relaxed. even the vladimir putin had hugh kept saying it was a military exercise. most ukrainians believed his lie. maybe it was easier to accept them the truth. the collective sentiment was that the storm would pass. that putin was bluffing. no one seemed overly concerned about the americans urgent warnings that russia was about to strike. and then, in a moment, life suddenly changed. any future plans ukrainians had were gone. there are only priorities now. the most crazy when you hear children screaming, mother screaming. it s so crazy. you could see that man holding his baby that he is not crushed by this crowd. the train has opened, there is not room for everyone, clearly. no one wants to miss the strain. people are hugging, saying goodbye. and not sure if they will ever come back to this place. ukrainians had to evacuate. or fight. russia was trying to overthrow ukraine inner rapid blitzkrieg. for putin, ukrain
resigned from congress by the end of october. after years at the center of republican politics, house speaker john boehner step down in 2015. since then, he has mostly been absent from public life, with the exception of calling senator ted cruz, who suffer in the flesh. last week, and one of his peers interview since leaving office, speaker boehner talked to vice founder shane smith about the race for president and where politics had from here. there you go. this is the coolest why no burner ever. i do not remember the last time i didn t interview with the class of one. [laughs] cool. cool. in 2015, the speaker the house, john boehner, retired. being speaker the house is a stressful job in the best of times, but there was other stressors of the job that maybe pushed john boehner closer to a red wine and cigarette filled retirement at an accelerated pace. john boehner resigned from congress in the middle of a projected leadership struggle and republican politics. the mos
anniversary of trump s inauguration and the historic women s march. we will hear from the pioneering women s rights attorney gloria allred, who represents survivors of sexual assault and is a survivor herself. plus, actresses jane fonda and tessa thompson. all three spoke here at a rally in park city. then we look at the new documentary rbg about the life of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. , we urge the court abolitionist and advocate of the global rights for men and women who said i ask no favor for my sex. ask amy: we will speak to the julie cohen and betsy west, and democracy now! speaks with ruth bader ginsburg. all of that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. lawmakers are on capitol hill today amid the third day of a partial government shutdown. hundreds of thousands of so-called non-essential government workers are furloughed, meaning they are barred from working and won t be paid d
hello. the former doctor of the usa gymnastics team, larry nassar, has been sentenced to 175 years in prison for sexually abusing young female athletes. more than 150 women filed personal statements against him during the seven day hearing. thejudge said he would die injail, and dismissed his apology to his victims as insincere . our correspondent, rajini vaidynathan, has been following the court hearing in michigan. the tables have turned, larry. we are here, we have our voices and we are not going anywhere. the amount of physical, mental and emotional trauma this man has forced upon me is immeasurable. over the last seven days, their voices and their stories have become hard to ignore. i have just signed your death warrant. during the hearing, thejudge invited other women who had been abused to come forward. what started as ten convictions turned into an outpouring of testimony. today she did not hold back when delivering her verdict. your decision to assault was precise,