good evening. i m mehdi hasan. we talk a lot on this show about democracy being in peril, and after the week we ve just had, make no mistake, american democracy is certainly in grave danger. but sometimes it feels like we re talking about all of this in an abstract way. so let s talk about specifics tonight. let s look at arizona, a swing state that helped joe biden win the presidency. a state that democrats hadn t won at the presidential level since 1996. a state that in 2020 got two democratic senators for the first time since 1952. so how have arizona s republicans responded to these democratic victories? by trying to make it harder to vote, of course. meet gop state senator kelly townsend, who as chair of the senate committee on government, has broad discretion over which bills get to advance out of that committee and which get to die a slow and painful death. she s behind four of the more than two dozen bills that arizona lawmakers have submitted to make significant chan
department. tonight, a new do not travel warning is in effect for ukraine. ordering nonessential staff and family of american personnel to leave the country. we are going to dig into the tensions of eastern europe and how they are preparing if russia does in fact invade. and then in a likely new poll shows us just how many americans believe there is a threat to democracy. congressional progressive caucus chair congresswoman pramila jayapal, is here to discuss it. more and today we learned the investigation for the january six has asked former fbi to explain why we are investigating former president trump. and how it s vital to the future of our democracy. i am ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. yeldin let s get downhill, divisive, negative, struggling, lost and back. those are the top answers americans gave when they were asked, where is america today? this shouldn t be surprising. just take a look at this number. a striking 76% of americans believe there is a threat to demo
to fix the nfl playoffs so the biggest pop star in the world can pop up on the jumbotron in the super bowl to hypnotize her 11-year-old fans into voting for joe biden. that is some whacky stuff. but maga world continues to melt down over taylor swift and travis kelcekelce s relationshi we ll have more on that. this cannot be real. taylor swift, you know, this is what i heard from the bozos back in was it 20 today, of today, oh, we ll stop watching the nfl. i heard that. heard top republican operatives when i say top, top republican operatives say we re running against the nfl. we re running against, you know, colin kaepernick, we re running against black lives matter, we re running against never kneeling for the flag. we re running against all of that. you know, the nfl is left wing. they are this or that, the other about and we re never going to football again. that is what i heard from a lot of people. and republicans hate the nfl now. hates them. it is over. they
he has no intent to follow through. i spent my last 25 years in public service of one kind or another. at the end of another term i would be in my mid 80s. frankly, it is time for a new generation of leaders. otherwise we get what we have now, which is a witch, in many ways, has become kind of absurd. president biden s son hunter was indicted on federal gun charges today. ironically, this is one of the crime the president s sons committed that you can t tie back to the president. i have turned up with no evidence, none. that he did anything wrong. tonight, for the first time in our history, we will strike all three of the big three at once. hey there, it is the end of the week and that means it s time for our nightcap. our week in review when we break down the biggest stories of the week and look at where things are headed next. so let s get right to it with our crew, msnbc correspondent and host of the into america podcast. my old friend van white, chief wa
it s memorial day, monday, may 27th, and this is fox & friends. tragedy in los angeles as a general hospital actor is shot and killed by armed robbers. joey: plus deadly tornadoes bring devastation and destruction to america s heartland and millions are still under severe warning as memorial day travelers prepare to hit the road. lawrence: billie ray cyrus helps us honor the fall within a special performance called some gave all. the second hour of fox & friends starts right now and, remember, mornings are better with friends. rachel: there you go rain or shine, our military performs for us. and that, of course, is the navy band northeast ceremonial band performing on fox square in honor of memorial day. we are so happy to have them and so happy to have you, joey, of course, thank you for your service and lawrence, as usual hello, everybody. joey: whatever it is sitting in that seat will got it for two days i don t know what it is. rachel: i m so