this hour, the hypocrisy of the republican party laid bare this week. fighting to limit voting access and the constitutional right to an abortion all while complaining their rights are violated by biden s vaccine mandate. dnc chair is going to tell us how the party plans to fight back. plus, the changing face of terror since 9/11. is america ready for the next threat, which could be just days away? plus, congressman jones on the climate and racial justice and why it is the same fight and reality tv meets reality on the ground. so many activists aren t exactly thrilled with a new star studded show. this is american voices. show this is american voices. welcome to this hour of american voices. beginning this hour talking about the unmitigated hypocrisy coming from many on the right. around big notions of freedom to now follow the public headlines during a pandemic on one hand. on the other, work overtime to rob their constituents of that same freedom to do what they want with
anti-maskers are teaming up with the proud boys to threaten school boards over mask mandates. while one school board meeting in north carolina was so chaotic, attendees attempted to overthrow the officials and install themselves as a new board. there s also something else that s happening right now about 3,000 miles away from the u.s. in brazil. stay with me because there is a connection. today is brazil s independence day. tens of thousands of demonstrators came out in support of their president, jair bolsonaro. bolsonaro won a closely watched presidential election in 2018 and his victory signalled the country s shift to the far right. he has praised the country s history of military dictatorship and has advocated torture. he was able to win the presidency by tapping into the resentments held by the while upper and upper upper middle classes in a country that like the u.s. is rife with anti-blackness and racism. during the pandemic, bolsonaro downplayed covid despite getting
pay attention to local evacuation warnings and forecasts. heed these warnings, it is a big storm. that s going to do it for us for now. now jonathan capehart good evening jonathan, it s a big night already. it is rachel, you ve covered a lot of big news. but i have to say i couldn t get ready for tonight s show, listening to you breaking down how people couldn t trust the cdc but fully taking recommendations medications to take ivermectin. what is it, ivermectin? ivermectin. it does nothing for covid, it can prevent worms in your cow. it is turning into an epidemic of misuse, that is turning out to be dangerous. it is insane. right. and at a time when hospital beds are filling up with covid patients and not having enough hospital beds, for people who don t have covid. we are going to be talking about a lot of this on the sunday show on sunday. but we have to get to the breaking news, rachel, thank you very much. thank you. and tonight we begin with breaking ne
the attack killed 110 afghan civilians and by some counts systems 20. the u.s. troops are still in danger warns the pentagon. later i ll speak with democratic congresswoman ill ilhan omar. preparations are under way to mark the anniversary of the 1963 march on washington. demonstrators in cities across the country gather to urge congress to enact federal protections for voters by passing federal voting rights legislation. 58 years ago today over 200,000 people took part in the march on washington for jobs and freedom in the nation s capitol. notably during the even, civil rights icon dr. martin luther king junior delivered his famous i have a dream speech. my poor little children, we ll one day live in a nation where they will not be color of their skin but by the content of their character. i have a dream today. the march was successful in pressuring president john f. kennedy s administration to dmvr strong civil rights protections at the federal level. clearly these kin
insurrection attempt, was a real plan, how do we even translate that, how do we sit around and wait a year for inspector general s report about the fight that donald trump was calling up people and saying flip this election for me? exactly. i appreciate the balance that she s talking about that when you re talking about people having committed crimes in the political context, in this case overthrowing the government, and keeping somebody in power, we don t criminalized politics. you can commit a crime in a political context, but it has to be approached so much that if you get voted out of office you end up in jail, that has to only happen if you are definitely a crook committing crimes while you are a politician. and so there is a balance that has to be found, but merrick garland has a justice department where all of these former high ranking officials may have participated in very serious crimes, and the justice department has to self police its own officials in a way to