rights. currently under historic peril from republican state lawmakers and, to that end, garland will be doubling the size of the doj s voting rights division in the next month. more eyes to monitor the growing number of false election audits spawned by the big lie, and more hands on deck to push back against the mountain of state-level voter suppression that has originated since donald trump s defeat. this as hope for democrats signature voter protection bills shrink by the day, and not entirely because of expected sabotage by republicans, but also the inflexibility and cowardace of senate democrats. also the conference of nations is facing a growing call them to to ditch negotiations over his infrastructure plans as the gop makes it clear the only thing they want fixed are elections they lose in. we start the show today with congresswoman pramila jayapal, democrat of washington state. congresswoman jayapal, i have to get your response to attorney general garland s dramati
that biden is declining trump s request to withhold records from the january 6th committee. nbc obtained a letter saying, quote, an assertion of executive privilege is not in the best interests of the united states. trump is now formally exerting executive privilege over the documents. biden is expected to reject it setting up what could be a legal showdown. trump could sue biden or congress or both and try to keep those records hidden. remember, trump and his allies tried to bury this probe and the question is why? why are they hiding from fact finding if they didn t do anything wrong? after he told them to defy the speems, it appears one lawyer is listening. steve bannon saying he won t comply with the request. his lawyer writing, we must semitrump s direction and honor his invocation of executive privilege. committee responding, they will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. bannon calling the committee a, quote, charade today. the democra
it wouldn t all be so galling to the civil rights community if those negotiations hadn t stretched out over most of this year, demanding so much political oxygen, while at the same time the most concerted federal effort we ve ever seen to reform policing effectively died this week as our most cynical selves knew that it would. as you can tell, we have a heavy show tonight, but it s still not as heavy as my heart and mind because two days ago i returned from del rio, texas, where i went as head of national action network to protest the jim crow treatment and forced return of thousands of mostly haitian migrants to their suffering nation one week after these images dislocated america, conjuring not only slavery, of course, but the violent insensitivity of the previous administration that this current one was supposed to stamp out. my message is not to the man with the whip, but to the man with the pen, because it is the president who claimed to have black america s back on elec
no donald trump, but plenty of fireworks at the first republican debate. i m the only person on the stage who isn t bought and paid for. now is not the time for on-the-job training. we don t need to bring in a rookie. with the front-runner s legal peril hanging over everything, can any of his rivals break through? republican candidate vivek ramaswamy is here. plus, burning down the house. with president biden s poll numbers stagnant, his one-time competitor heads to a key state with a warning. democrats must reject the corporate wing of the party. i ll speak with senator bernie sanders in moments. and still dreaming. 60 years later, martin luther king jr. s vision for america is still very much a work in prog progress. let s not give up, let s not give in. dr. king s son and family joins me to discuss what still needs to be done to make his dream a reality. hello. i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is waking up to tragedy, again. auth
greatness and charity for all. the reverend al sharpton from the national action network held the breakfast this morning. tom perez and american federation of teachers president randi weingarten were among the speakers. good morning, everyone. good morning. may i ask that you take your seats so that we may begin. again, good morning. i am jennifer jones austin, i am a board member for the national action network, and i run a policy and advocacy organization, anti-property policy navigation organization based in new york city. every year on mlk day we gather to remember dr. king s legacy, and to reflect and refocus on the work that we all, we all are doing to keep his dream alive and make it live here in america. in 1991, the national action network was founded in the spirit and tradition of dr. king. years, 26ince, 26 years plus, this civil rights organization superbly led by its haser reverend sharpton, been a preeminent leader in the fight for civil rights. again, i welc