This is american voices. Dangerous lies about the 2020 election threaten to reshape america s political landscape and are paving a path to attacks on our democracy. For evidence, look no further than texas. Some texas state democrats are now in washington, d. C. , working to prevent republicans from passing a restrictive voting bill. And in a long shot bid to get them back, the texas house speaker, a republican, put a jet on standby offering those democrats a free ride home. As you can guess, they said thanks but no thanks. There is that socalled audit in arizona s maricopa county, continuing with no end in sight. Only four singular cases were found in arizona. And two men were planning to blow up the democratic headquarters in california. One message wrote, after the 20th we go to war. Their hope, according to the reporting, was to inflame tensions over election integrity. The washington post posted excerpts of a new book titled i alone can fix it. Through their sources they detail tr
We re going to talk to folks about that just ahead as we check that out. For months and months, a lot of our fellow americans, millions and millions of them, have been inundated with ceaseless, destructive, toxic propaganda, from donald trump chief among them. About election fraud, misc and miscounting, and it has led to enterprises that you ve seen across the country. Most notably, the preposterous brought it going on in arizona. All of that propaganda has had the intended effect on his target populous. 86% of republicans see by mail increases voter fraud. 79% are not confident in the national vote count. Perhaps most alarming is the number at the bottom. 46% of republicans that think state legislatures should override their states popular vote. Today, we have an actual example in the news of a colossal election administration screw up in the bluest of blue areas. In the democratic primary in the very democratic city of new york city, involving the mayoral race. You should know, the b
Analyze it and talk to people about it. I m not sure i can make that decision. But when you look at the video and you look at in an instant the officer probably doesn t know that the kid is 13, right? not what he s chasing him. Not what he s chasing him. And there was no description of the kids who were this, the 21yearold and this kid. It was just that they saw them at the scene and had been identified as a shooting and then they ran, so they chased him. One kid was detained at the scene and we saw what happened with this one. Now, look, it s important that you point out that not all shootings are the same. No. They re all tragic. They all sicken you. And they sicken the people involved in the shootings also. This officer was there. He had to administer aid at the scene. He was visibly distressed. He had to get help himself afterwards. So there is agony on many sides after these events. But this is not derek chauvin and this is not no. Analysis at this point. We don t know if there is
themselves. and one of the world s biggest bands k pop s blackpink urge their fans to take action on climate change after being inspired by a david attenborough documentary. and the pop superstar lady gaga offers a $500,000 reward to get her two french bulldogs back after a gunman shoots her dog walker and steals the animals. hello and welcome. joe biden has held his first phone conversation with king salman of saudi arabia since taking office in january. saudi arabia has long been a vital us ally in the middle east but the us president vowed to reset relations with the gulf nation, with an emphasis on human rights and the rule of law. the conversation comes ahead of ahead of the public release of a much anticipated declassified us intelligence report about the murder of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul in 2018. the report is expected to say the murder was likely ordered by the saudi crown prince, mohammed bin salman. joseph westphal was the united states am
president biden will meet with democrats on capitol hill this afternoon trying to get moderates on board with blowing up the senate rule book, the nuclear option. it would clear a path for democrats to federalize u.s. elections. bill: the president s big speech on that topic is being slammed by republicans. a few democrats chiming in, too. minority leader mitch mcconnell went to the floor of the senate with a stem winder of a speech and let it fly. this president said we should see each other not as adversaries but as neighbors. yesterday he called millions of americans his domestic enemies. the president s rant rant yesterday was incoherent, incorrect, and beneath his office. i did not recognize the man at the podium yesterday. dana: senator tom cotton had a memorable floor speech of his own. we ll talk to him in a moment. let s go to jackie heinrich at the white house as they wake to the number of 33% approval. good morning. senate democrats getting their first me