now, according to the trump campaign s assis claims, dominion voting election company worked with a an election firm smartmatic, george soros and the government to steal the election from donald trump. of course, none that is even true. days before the infamous press conference, probably airing the baseless claims and there are internal records that prove it. there s the details from the new york times reporting, quote, according to emails contained in the court documents, zack parkinson, then the campaign director s director of communications reached out to subordinates in november 13th asking them to debunk several matters concerning dominion. the next day, it shows mr. parkinson got a copy of a memo, cobbled together by his staff which largely appeared to be news articles. and the times has a list of rebutted allegations, photo, that dominion did not use voting technology that dominion had no ties to venezuela or mr. soros. and there s no evidence that dominion leaders
kabul airport. afghan families desperate to escape the taliban s fanatical rule. they ll run behind you with the ak 47. and boom, boom, boom. our country is right now is finished. no more afghanistan. after 20 years of fighting. the united states military has begun strikes. the taliban will pay a price. and tens of thousands of of a began and american lives lost. we try not to think about it, because when you think about it, then i get like this. the united states became the latest super power to suffer defeat in afghanistan. we have defeated britishers, and now americans. and a generation of afghans who grew up knowing freedom saw their dreams denied. the taliban reimposed strict islamic law. i came here on this last trip less than two weeks ago, and afghanistan was a republic, backed by the united states. now it s an islamic emirate, run by the taliban. it did not have to be this way. the united states war in afghanistan started a lot earlier th
children, perhaps close to halloween. next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. the new york times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious delta variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. it s coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new school year. doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the washington post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to ration care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. the state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that
our thanks. your rewards. as we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. joe manchin says he wants a spending bill not too big. in moments, how the poor people s campaign is putting pressure on the west virginia senator. plus, a humanitarian crisis in del rio, texas. new developments about how the biden administration is responding. and the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. this is american voices. we begin this hour in texas where the state s ultra-conservative legislature kicks off a new special session tomorrow. this time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. they are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. the texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. this is a process known
slowly but surely the 1970s are disappearing. the 1980s will be upon us. what a decade it is coming up. happy new year. as you begin the 80s in the television world the landscape was in the evening 9 out of 10 people were watching only one of three networks. social critics are mystified by its success. what is it? it s television prime time potboiler, dallas. it ll ruin our family name. i assure you a thought like that never crossed my mind. brother or no brother, whatever it takes i ll stop you from destroying in oil. dallas literally captivated america for 13 years. dallas is a television show which in some ways is rooted in the 1970s and one of the crazy things that emerges is this character, jr ewing as a pop fe phenomenon. he was such a delicious villain, everyone was completely enamored by this character. at this point so many people were watching television that you could do something so unexpected that it would become news overnight. who s the