Welcome to The Beat weekend. I am ari melber. We begin with these vows, and sometimes confessions about the extreme agenda of the modern right, and we are not just talking about policy extremism, on taxes or education, but rather, how maga forces are openly plotting what independent reports call and a revenge administration. The last New America Will Have No Written Constitution. Some will say that i am advocating christian nationalism, and so i do. This is an approach on display at a national conservatism gathering, which i will get into with you tonight. This matters because voters are not only going to decide whether they truly want four more years of Donald Trump, but what more trump actually means. This is, i will tell you up top, a story about Donald Trumps positions. He is one of the people running for president. You know that. Its a story about his allies, and like anything in politics, it operates, it exists within these times, this current mood in politics. Something that Nic
This morning Joe Manchin made news on Election Reform that could mean the end of an voting Rights Bill. Senator manchin wrote that Hell Vote against the for the people act. However, he added that he does support the John Lewis Voting Rights Act. He also made clear hell not support abolishing the filibuster. The senator appeared on Fox News to explain his objection to the for the people act. I think its wrong piece of legislation to bring our country together. I think it would divide us further. What is the difference . Take a look. We broke it down into Bullet Points for you. The for the people act is pretty wideranging. It would ban partisan Jerry Mandering and standardize Voting Procedures across the country. The John Lewis Voting Rights Act is more narrowly focused. It would require states with a history of racial discrimination to get Permission Or Preclearance before they change their election laws. If it came down to a filibuster, 60 senators would have to agree on holding a vote
Meet with a group to look for Common Ground. Biden has held recent conversations with capito describing last weeks meeting as warm and friendly. Capito saying afterwards that she was encouraged. There are signs as relates to another of bidens top priorities, Police Reform. The Wall Street Journal reports there appears to be bipartisan agreement on several pieces of Police Reform legislation including limiting the transfer of some military equipment to departments, banning the use of chokeholds except in lifethreatening situations and some changes to noknock warrants. However, this is the major gop which remains engulfed over Trumpism And Fealty to the big election lie. Joining me now is eugene scott. Eugene, good morning to you. The biden administration is trying to negotiate with republicans on a couple of different fronts. We talked about policing, on this Infrastructure Bill but this is a party, a conservative party, that is trying to push a lifelong conservative out of leadership f
Hopes to accomplish. It may be the wildest Qanon Conspiracy Theory weve ever heard and a former Trump Official Push for a former investigation of it. Well explain. Plus, some folks are just learning about Tulsa Race massacre. Where else dont we know about Americas History and how will we learn it . From nbc News World Headquarters in New York im Joshua Johnson. Welcome to the week. So i dont know if you see it this way but i think Joe Manchin might be the most powerful senator in washington right now. This morning, he made news on Election Reform that could mean The End of one Voting Rights bill. In an oped for the Charleston Gazette males, Senator Manchin wrote that he will vote against the for the people act, however he added that he does support the John Lewis for voting Rights Act. He also made clear that he will not support abolishing the filibuster. The senator appeared on Fox News to explain his objection to the for the people act. I think its the wrong piece of legislation to b
john: but first, president biden s sweeping vaccine and mask mandates and the mounting legal challenges against them. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, good to be spending a friday afternoon with you. sandra: we made it, happy friday to you, john. sandra smith in new york. supreme court hearing a two-fold argument. at issue, whether the federal government can force large private companies to either fully vaccinate their workers or subject their staff to weekly tests and mask wearing on the job. justices will look at whether healthcare workers at federally funded facilities must be vaccinated. a decision could come in days and could effect nearly 100 million americans. john: more on that. owner of a louisiana grocery store chain part of the coalition challenging the private business mandate, sandra. sandra: first to david is outside the supreme court to begin the hour. how are the justices leaning? at this point it appears to be a mixed bag. a little bit too ea