partially correct. if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invadingef ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less aboute nato and somehow starti this war s would make that happ, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine there were 30 i countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country. and now as of tonight we know that sweden is going to join natoat as well. sweden said months ago that they wanted to join, but this is something that really until today looked like it couldn t happen and that s because for a new country to join nato, it has to be a unanimous decision. all the nato countries have to agree with h the decision, if o country doesn t agree it doesn t happen. and inre the case of sweden it s an original nato it was a nato w member, a single nato country,in turkey, that said no. they saidid finland was okay
putin felt like he had to invade ukraine because he felt very shy about nato. the nato alliance just had too many countries in it, too many countries that were too close to russia, and that all just gave putin this terrible feeling about nato being too close, and so therefore, he had to invade ukraine. i don t actually think that s it. i don t think we know all of the reasons he does what he does, who knows what s going on in his little short dictator heart of hearts. but if, in fact, the apologists are at least partially correct, if, in fact, putin was hoping that one of the effects of him invading ukraine would be a brush back to nato, that he would be able to worry less about nato, and somehow starting this war would make that happen, sorry. when putin invaded ukraine, there were 30 countries in nato. now there are about to be 32. finland was the 31st country to join in april. that gave russia 800 more miles of border directly with a nato country, and now as of tonight, we
lawmakers, all democrats targeted by the gop supermajority for their loud but peaceful protest on the house floor. there in nashville. they were demanding gun reform after the nashville school shooting that left six people dead, three adults and 39 year old children. two expelled lawmakers. jones and justin pearson are black. laurie johnson, who is white, kept her seat by a single vote. jones and pearson have called for protesters to return to the capital tomorrow, when the house is back in session, so let s go to nashville right now, and cnn s isabelle rose salas. isabel i guess. first of all, if you can tell us do we expect those protests and materialized ? might they be as big as we were seeing? at the end of last week as they were huge, and the nashville city council doesn t appear they have the votes to get jones back in the statehouse. jim the passions don t seem to be tampering down . we are expecting a day of action is what has been organized on social media with folk
that horror in american history gave the american people a first look at the brutality the community long faced. police and anti gay protesters seen beating fellow americans for refusing to leave a bar. the only safe haven they had at the time to be themselves. to celebrate who they love, and how they identify. and while, yes, times have changed. acceptance is more widespread and same sex marriages law of the land, many here are thinking how roe v. wade was once a law of the land to. now, torn apart by the supreme court. which has led to today s pride mark taking on a more significant meaning. given the uncertain meaning for same sex marriage, gay rights, trans rights. we are going to cover all of those angles and more across the next two hours. we want to begin with what is next for this country. as we are now in day two of a post roe america. demonstrations, ongoing. protesters demanding action to protect, reproductive rights for all. lawmakers, including my next guest. hea
the 16 committee, hinting at criminal acts by the former president and his posse. mark garland says no one including trump is about the law. well, is he about to prove it? this is american voices. we begin this hour with the misogynistic politics of the republican party. well, sexism is nothing new in american politics. the lasting effect of trumpism continues to fuel absurd attacks against women. this weekend, in a conference for young conservatives, florida congressman matt gates called abortion rights protesters, disgusting, and unattractive. and said, quote, nobody wants to impregnate them. now, it s not surprising and matt gates said this. he has said something like this before. he will likely do it again. and what i generally don t like to reward the congressman from florida with the attention he clearly so desperately craves, which was striking to me was the cheers from a crowd that reports to be the youthful future of the gop. this behavior, a move right out o