a tool that protects the democracy of the nation. growing fears over the unchecked republican radicalization against american democracy and why president biden s direct shot at manchin and sinema is a big deal and protest organizers making the pilgrimage to mar-a-lago and my exclusive interview on president biden s new vaccination push and our responsibility to vaccinate the world. all in starts right now. graduation season is over in phoenix, arizona. guess what they are back up to. veterans memorial coliseum june 20th and 21st recounting ballots from last year s elections. republicans in the arizona state senate subpoenaed those ballots in december. maricopa is the diverse home of the state s capitol that flipped for democrats in november and state republicans targeted maricopa county for this equal parts clownish undertaking. there is an entire ecosystem drawings it energy and it is growing and it is spreading. if you have never seen into the world of modern republican p
gillian: tensions on the rise of a shooting of an ohio teenager wielding a knife. we re getting video of that incident captured on a neighbor s home security camera. the neighbor said the officer did what he thought was best. we have garrett tenney live from chicago with all the breaking details. hi, garrett. gillian, good morning to you. we re also learning what may have sparked the fight that ended with ma khia bryant going after other girls with a knife and shot by police. her foster mom said the fight that you see happening in the driveway started over an argument about an unmade bed and a messy house. the woman says two of her former foster children came to her house tuesday to celebrate her birthday and after they got there they told ma khia to clean up the house because mom doesn t like it dirty. witnesses say that argument until ma khia charged the two other girls with a knife. we have video from a neighbor across the street saying more people could have died if t
house democratic whip james clyburn joins me in moments. culture wars. a conservative republican governor says his party has gone too far. that is a product of the cultural war in america. and faces blowback from former president trump and his followers. as trump dominates a major republican gathering, what does the party stand for now? arkansas s republican governor asa hutchinson ahead. hello, i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of our union is as divided as ever. former president trump is back. he s about the same. his speech at a republican national retreat with donors and party leaders last night at mar-a-lago, he called mitch mcconnell a quote dumb son of a bitch, unquote, for opposing trump s election lie and upholding democracy. former president trump went after his vice president, mike pence, according to a source in the room for certifying the election results on january 6th. not surprisingly, trump did not say a word to condemn the violent insurr
election fraud as she tries to maneuver her way into leadership which is expected to oust liz cheney next wednesday. and building on the big lie, signing into law a controversial bill, putting restrictions on mail-in voting and the use of drop boxes. texas poised to do the same at any moment. opponents of these new laws say they are denied to denial ballot access of people of color, especially black americans. in a few minutes we ll talk about the state of blacks america and my new documentary film with spike lee. so joining me now, former obama senior adviser david axelrod. it s so good to have you here. good to see you. as you look at what s going on with the republican party, even with what you went through during the obama administration, even with what we watched go down over the last four years, and a half, could you imagine would it get to this point? there are so many things i couldn t have imagined over the last several months. in some ways, this was predictabl
tonight gop congresswoman elise stefanik doubling down on trump s big lie of election fraud as she tries to maneuver her way into the house gop leadership, which is expected to oust liz cheney from her number three post next wednesday. and florida s gop governor building on the big lie, signing into law a controversial bill putting restrictions on mail-in voting and the use of drop boxes. texas poised to do the same at any moment. opponents of these new laws say that they are designed to deny ballot access to people of color, especially black americans. in just a few minutes, i m going to talk about the state of black america and my new upcoming documentary film with filmmaker spike lee. joining me now, former obama senior adviser david accixelrod. thanks for joining us this evening. good to see you, don. as you look at what s going on with the republican party, even what you went through during the obama administration, even what we all watched go down over the past