as a writer, she taught me to defy genere boundaries and surrender to my obsessive passions. we remember both vicente fernandez and anne rice for their countless contributions. a brand-new hour of american voices begins right now. tonight, 48 hours since deadly tornadoes ripped across half a dozen states and the damage remains unimaginable, as the death toll continues to rise. at this hour, a total of 48 are confirmed dead. that number expected to rise, especially in kentucky, where the governor believes his state s death toll alone could exceed 100. homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas was there today assessing damage. we ve lost fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and others. but as the governor so poignantly and powerfully stated, we will get through this. we will grieve together. but we will also recover together. we take you to kentucky in a few minutes for an update there. and breaking news from capitol hill. the committee investiga
through the area early saturday morning. many of those missing were at a candle factory that collapsed as they were working inside. at least six people were killed at an amazon distribution center in southern illinois. four states in all were devastated by the deadly twisters with more than a hundred people feared killed. more on this developing story ahead this hour. in washington, d.c., the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has released its full mark meadows contempt report 24 hours ahead of tomorrow s vote by the committee. we only started digging through all 51 pages but among other things it says meadows exchanged messages with a member of congress in november, 2020, indicating potus meaning donald trump wants to chat with certain state legislators and on january 5th one day before the assault on the capitol mark meadows wrote in an e-mail that the national guard was on stand by to protect pro trump people. why the national guard was so slow to
Sunday. tonight on the mehdi hasan show democracy dies in plain sight. the latest on the trump gop rolling coup. professor tim snyder is here to explain. plus the assault on democracy doesn t stop at election sub version. free speech in the teaching of history in school is also under attack. creator of the 1619 project nikole hannah-jones joins me to discuss. and one small starbucks in buffalo is making national headlines after becoming the first such store to unionize. i ll talk with the leader of starbucks workers united about the symbolic victory for labor at a time when workers across the country are expressing frustration with wages and working conditions. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. before we get started on those stories tonight it s been another day of search and rescue in western kentucky where dozens are feared dead after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped