voting rights restrictions enacted over the course of this year in republican-controlled states, all these laws coast to coast making it harder to vote, easier for republicans to control elections and their outcomes. one of the most insidious such laws was passed by republicans in georgia. there s a reason there was a big national controversy this year over the voting rights restrictions passed in georgia. in that big new package of restrictive voting laws that they passed in that state, republicans included a new mechanism that allows republicans to take over all the local elections boards that actually control how elections are run in georgia. and how election results are counted. this is something we ve been covering as it has happened, as it has rolled out across that state. and the effect thus far is stark. because when republicans take for themselves the power to remake all the county election boards in a state, what that looks like in practice, democrats, particularly
to control elections and their outcomes. one of the most insidious such laws was passed by republicans in georgia. there s a reason there was a big national controversy this year over the voting rights restrictions passed in georgia. in that big new package of restrictive voting laws that they passed in that state, republicans included a new mechanism that allows republicans to take over all the local elections boards that actually control how elections are run in georgia. and how election results are counted. this is something we ve been covering as it has happened, as it has rolled out across that state. and the effect thus far is stark. because when republicans take for themselves the power to remake all the county election boards in a state, what that looks like in practice, democrats, particularly black democrats, getting thrown out, getting purged off of county elections boards, and them getting replaced with white republicans. what does that look like in terms of the e
has already tasked with giving a response to a state of the union during the trump years. she is already credited as the organizer and political talent who more than anybody else was responsible for having turned georgia blue. stacey abrams has just announced that she is officially in the running to become the next governor of georgia. that again would make her the first female governor of georgia, the first black woman ever elected governor of a u.s. state, stacey abrams will be joining us here live for an exclusive interview tonight. i am really looking forward to that conversation. if you ve been watching the news unfold over the course of the day today it s been a little bit like watching a snowball running down hill getting bigger and bigger. when we went to bed last night there was one known case of the omicron variant in the united states. a person in california who had recently traveled to south africa. south africa is where the variant is thought to have originated
afriiseaas the omicron variant was anywhere, it was likely going to be everywhere very quickly and we should. expect to be able to keep this new variant out. well, sure enough, we went to bed with there being one case in the united states. by the end of the day today it is no longer just the one case in california. it s the case in california, a case in minnesota, a case in colorado. tonight the governor of new york kathy hochul announced there are five known cases in new york. probably since i have been th talking, that list is out of date. there will undoubtedly be more. just like they said it would be. its is definitely here, essentially instantly.ll and depending on how it competes with the delta strain, which is dominant in the united states right now, it may well be that omicron takes over and becomes our new dominant coronavirus tht variant. how will it be different than delta? i mean, we ll learn the answers to all of these things soon enough.a?we dr. fauci told chris
famous advice, sometimes we will speak softly and carry a large javelin because we re sending a lot of those in as well. and announcing how he plans to streamline red tape to keep his praumps of p promise. i m announcing a program, unite for ukraine, a new program to enable ukrainians to come directly from europe to the united states. it will provide an expedeiate channel for secure legal migration for ukrainians who have a u.s. sponsor, such as a family or an ngo. and the president challenged vladimir putin s claim today that his troops now control the strategic port city of mariupol, where ukrainian fighters and some of their families have been barricaded for weeks in a steel plant. it s questionable weather he does control mariupol. there is no evidence yet that mariupol is completely fallen. in kyiv today, president zelenskyy told reporters that while russia does control a major part of mariupol, ukrainian troops are still defending some of their strong holds