insurrection. the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol will be in order. without objection, the chair has authorized to declare the committee in races at any point. pursuant to house deposition authority deposition the chair announces the committees approval to announce the good afternoon. in our previous hearings, the select committee showed that then president trump applied pressure at every level of government. of local election workers, up to his own vice president. opened hoping public servants would give into that pressure and help him steal an election he actually lost. today, we will tell the story of how the pressure campaign also targeted the federal agency, charged with enforcement of our laws, the department of justice. we have already covered part of mr. trump s effort. we heard from attorney general bill barr, tell the story and the committee about the baseless claims mr. trump wanted the justice departm
weeks off a supreme court decision to point the nation down an onshore path. among them, millions of wisdom now subject to the courts decision, overturning roe v. wade. many having already watched trigger bans on abortion taking effect in their states, while conservative lawmakers dream up cartoonish methods to keep women from freeing to blue states where abortion is still legal. president biden must not only preside over the scales, but use it to drive voters to the polls, leading up to a midterm elections in november. of course, national abortion fight is far from his only domestic challenge, as this july 4th weekend has been curtailed by the same record inflation and rising gasoline prices that have tended the presidents approval numbers for months now. i would be lying if i said our democracy was not in peril this independence day, and i want patronizing with the easy prescription of vote harder. because, marginalized communities will tell you, it s not that simple. and s
That does it for me. thanks for watching. i ll see you back here next weekend at 5 pm eastern. american voices with alicia menendez will return next weekend. instead, we will re-air one of the january 6th hearings on trump allies, who requested pardons before and after the