rhetoric is escalating ahead of the midterms. we ll tell you about an alarming spike in talk of civil war online. and by some republican lawmakers. and later? our reveal of the day s biggest mystery. why conservatives are suddenly freaking out over scooby-doo. and frankly? why i m not surprised. all of that in more is coming up. and, a good saturday morning to you. i am katie fang. breaking overnight! vladimir putin s military facing yet another critical setback on the battlefield. a massive explosion causing major damage to a bridge connecting crimea to russia. part of the bridge collapsed into the sea, compromising the main supply route for the russian military. and it happened one day after putin s 70th birthday. we ve got kyle perry, he is live now in kyiv. cal, good morning. what can you tell us? he catie good morning. it s hard to understate what a moment this is and how important this bridges to russia s military effort. we ve been talking so much about the ukrainian
able to achieve without also acknowledging the cataclysmic situation american women find themselves in today. one that threatens to wipe away many of the advancements we re supposedly celebrating. let s start with the unemployment crisis. the latest jobs report reveals that overall unemployment rate ticked down slightly to 6.2%. that number doesn t tell the whole story. for example, since the pandemic hit, the retail sector has lost nearly 363,000 jobs, 98% of which belong to women. pandemic related job losses are hitting women of color especially hard. we talk about that a lot. compared to this time last year, total employment for white women is down just over 5%. for black and latino women, that rate is nearly double. a bunch of factors continue to contribute to the disproportional impact on women of color, including an overrepresentation in industries that have been hit hardest such as hospitality and leisure. in addition, the coronavirus crisis is forcing an impossible ch
state in charge of upcoming elections. i think it is imperative people really turn out in november of 2022. we do not get the election right and then 2024 is looking abysmal. we have to make sure people in charge of protecting our elections are in those offices and are not trying to uphold the whims and wishes of donald trump and the far extremists who are republicans, right now. this election is not a drill. democracy is something that needs to be worked on on a daily basis by all of us. we cannot advocate it to those who want to push back and take away policy and rights, or, a vast majority of americans. christina, i want to apologize that i misspoke earlier. the name of your book is black ethics, i urge everyone to go check out the book. i want to say thank you for being here this morning. it is good to see you, as always. always great to be here. coming up, fans cheer as
trial, i don t believe i had a right to. i didn t even have a right to be in the same room with you. i am so sorry that i hurt you so badly. joining me now is my panel, jess morales rocketto, director of moon shot strategies, katie phang, host of a new shot show right here on msnbc. we ll talk about that later in the hour, katie. so excited, it starts on april 9th and christina greer, professor at fordham university and author of black ethics, katie, i want to kick this off with you. from a legal perspective, do you think the sentencing was fair? it s a tough question, tiffany, because the law provided the judge with a discretion to be able to make that downward departure. i will say this, you know, the criminal justice system, it has many components to it but the two primary ones is rehabilitation and the
society. if hustling is the central motif of american society, both the bad kind, the scoff laws, those who were on the take, and the good kind, those who are the go-getters, those who understand they have to make their way by their hard work, that s where we are. that s where the american people are, and i think any politician love to understand what jay-z , that man from brooklyn, has mastered. that you got to gird up your lion loins, connect with other people, and then do the right thing in american society. if politicians were more like jay-z in that regard, i think we d have a better chance to see something good happening in this american political season. dr. michael eric dyson, thank you very much. the book is jay-z: made in america. coming up, as american shoppers head out to stores to buy gifts for the holidays, they may feel some sticker shock due to president trump s war on christmas. i ll explain next.