and tell them to do whatever it takes to pass the for the people act. the for the people act was defeated in the senate and is effectively doa. so the best action is to pass legislation championed by late georgia congresswoman john lewis who spoke at the original march on washington nearly six decades ago. if they can t do the right thing, they should at least do something for self-preservation. clearly, the people want to vote. and the way they want to do it is without impediments. these restrictions are for that. that s why martin and andrea king and i are calling and the lewis family are calling for people to pass the john lewis act federal. the backdrop of all of this is the filibuster. if democrats can t find a way to kill it or to modify it, passing any kind of voting rights legislation will remain nothing more than a dream. joining me now to discuss, judith brown dianis and dean obeidallah, msnbc daily columnist and host of sirius xm s the dean obeidallah show. j
trump s political agenda. this crisis grew because the person in charge of containing it was more concerned with playing politics. more than a year since he was voted out of office, we are still dealing with the fallout. here recently reported since may, people living in pro-trump counties have been three times as likely to die from covid-19 as those that live in areas that went for now president biden, drawing a direct line between the words and actions and the demonization of vaccination efforts of a huge portion of the right. that is a problem again. this new variant begins to take hold, doctors expressing concern about the potential to completely overwhelm our healthcare system. what i see is perhaps one of the most challenging moments we ve had yet in the pandemic. i am concerned because this is a variant, omicron, that has more than 50 mutations compared to the original virus from wuhan. it feels leak we have been climbing through the mud trying to get ourselves o
menendez, one year after the first covid vaccine started, we are forced to review our plans. the politicization of this virus, now we are learning just how far the former president went to deliberately downplay the deadly pandemic. the house elect subcommittee out with a new stunning report that the trump white house repeatedly overruled public held effort and guidance by the nation experts and silenced officials in order to promote then prth president trump s political agenda. this crisis grew because the person in charge of containing it was more concerned with playing politics. more than a year since he was voted out of office, we are still dealing with the fallout. here recently reported since may, people living in pro-trump counties have been three times as likely to die from covid-19 as those that live in areas that went for now president biden, drawing a direct line between the words and actions and the demonization of vaccination efforts of a huge portion of the right
inside the suspect s long island home. here are tonight s headlines. the suspect s wife files for divorce as investigators say she inadvertently helped with his arrest. didn t get a whole lot of sleep, as we were worried that our investigation was going to come to light. norah: hospitals face an influx of patients as the heat wave expands. tonight, how to keep your home cool. the breaking news, a driver allegedly hits pedestrians here in washington, d.c. we have the details. strike averted on broadway, but actors and writers remain on strike. how it is hurting the livelihoods of people beyond tinseltown. all the work that i used to do is gone because none of that can exist without s.a.g. actors and wga scripts. one lucky southern california powerball player is a billion dollars richer. the winning ticket was sold at a convenience store in downtown los angeles. we are standing here today wondering if the person who bought the ticket even realize
pronunciation of desantis last name to desantis zeroing in on trump only serving a single term. when i heard desanctus go out and talk about eight years, we need eight years. you don t need eight years, you need six months. we can turn this thing around so quickly. if you need eight years, who the hell wants to wait eight years? you don t need eight years. i ll have it turned around and i think flow turned around. i said to tame the deep state you need two terms. he s not going to be able to nix the deep state in six months. he had four years, he didn t make a dent in it, give me a break. while a lot of attention is on the front-runners, the gop field is getting bigger. remember, mike pence, chris christie are set to jump in next week. how could this steady stream of entries shake things up and how much do the polls even matter this early in the game? joining me now in south carolina, dasha burns, vaughn hillyard and also politico white house correspondent eugene danie