or digging into the scathing report, the pattern-or-practice investigation launched after george floyd staff. we re talking to minnesota s attorney general keith ellison, about the serious systemic problems and how they plan to get a handle on. them and there s a lot to talk about about the republican presidential primary, the 2024 is also could be a crucial test for state races. specifically, gubernatorial races in states like north carolina. we re gonna dig into what s at stake at some governors have been critical to putting coming through republican state legislatures. class, more of our journey to juneteenth special. at the national we re gonna look at how black americans learned of their freedom way back when in 1865. leading to the holiday will all be celebrating tomorrow. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. it s no secret that systemic change in police in america is long overdue. the fight and police misconduct is now a centuries long st
probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presidential p
and good day. i m andrea mitchell in washington continuing right now on msnbc, reports, a powerful reminder of our nation s painful history as americans across the nation celebrate juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in america. we ll take a look at the history of this holiday and how president biden is making a new push to engage black voters this year. a critical part of his base with a campaign co-chair south carolina congressman james clyburn. plus, a primary nail biter in virginia today, can the chair of the house freedom caucus hold onto his seat or will his trump-backed republican opponent emerge victorious? right now the results are too close to call. and we re on a severe watch across the eastern part and midwest of the country, the first tropical storm headed for texas as more than 7 million people from michigan to maine are sweltering under extreme temperatures. we ve got the latest on the forecast. we begin with the biden campaign s push to engage
seeded states are now free. confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that the north s slave rebellion. that moment it becomes a war to abolish slavery. and there occurs the greatest battle of the war at getties berg on july 1st, 2nd and 3 in 1963. pennsylvania is as far as the north confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cutoff the northern states and new england from the mississippi river which would have been a huge disaster. the stakes were extremely high. a first day attack by the con federal army sends the union army fleeing through town and then up into the heights. and then robert lee leads a massive charge against the open field. he gets charged with union artillery raining down on the con federal side. so it was really a slaughter house. three days of fighting, three days of horrific casualties in
seceded states are now free. confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that as a symbol of the north s complicit in slave rebellion. at that moment, the war becomes a war to abolish slavery. there occurs the greatest battle of the war at gettysburg on july 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863. pennsylvania is as far north as the confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cut off the northern states and new england from the mississippi river, which would have been a huge disaster. the stakes were extremely high. a first-day attack by the confederate army sends the union army fleeing through town and up into the heights. and then robert e. lee leads a massive charge across an open field. pickets charge. the union artillery raining down on the confederate side. so it was really a slaughterhouse. three days of fighting, three da