americans. as unemployment benefits pushed through the pandemic expire today. 7.5 million people are said to lose their jobless benefits today. 3 million are using a 300 dollar state boost to their benefits. labor secretary marty walsh today, saying states can choose to use other funds, to extend those benefits. we ve allowed the actually using rescue plan money. to extend the unemployment benefits in their state. if they need to. the rate is different all across the country, so really it is about how we continue to get the economy back and running. meanwhile millions still struggled to find work in the middle of the delta variant surge. many will soon be facing the reality of losing their, housing is the supreme court struck down biden s eviction moratorium extension. let s talk about this. joining me now former clinton labor secretary an offer of the assistant who rigged. it how we fix it. maria, founder of footsore media, her memoir was once i was. you and the politi
administration, as we head into the final months of 2021. reproductive freedom advocates, of women s health care workers, are grappling. with how to protect women in the wake of the supreme courts audacious refusal, to block a lot, that all but bans abortion in america s second largest state. late on friday, a texas judge granted a restraining order. blocking the states largest anti abortion group, that would be texas right to life. from using the abortion ban to sue planned parenthood. but it s new york times reported, the orders reaches narrow, and it is set to expire on september 17th. that is 11 days from today. it s a very small in very temporary, victory as abortion advocates assess their limited options, to fight back against the ban. one of the most effective strategies, will no doubt be public opinion. and ads like this one from bestselling author and activist don winds. lower likely a preview of what s to come in terms of motivating women, and democratic voters to a
draconian new voting restrictions. at least for now. they could have gone anywhere outside of texas. they chose to come to washington d.c. specifically to ask for federal help. to ask for new federal protections that could set a floor on voting rights that no state that s the idea behind the for the people act. the for the people act is busy not passing the united states senate right now basically because of one democratic senator named joe manchin. the texas democrats have met with him directly. they have met with other senators as well. they ve met with white house officials up to and including the vice president, kamala harris. these texas democrats are away from their families and away from their jobs and businesses. away from beloved they re likely to be staying away for weeks to continue to press this case and to make sure that there s no quorum at home. like i said, they are literally facing arrests when they do go back to texas. and now six of these texas democrat
meadows now suing the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the capital. ohio congressman jim jordan joins us to discuss. if you are seeing higher prices when you go online to shop, you are not alone. online inflation now at a record high. we will crunch the numbers on what you can expect on everything from closed to tools to sporting goods paid weekend tonight with the end of the trial jussie smollett found guilty of staging the hate crime attack against himself. matt finn has the latest tonight from chicago. good evening. shannon, this marks a major closing chapter in the jussie smollett saga that has dragged out for years. the actor found guilty on 5 of 6 charges of lying to police about the january 2019 incident which jury ruled was a hoax. he was charged with six low level felony count of lying to police including various charges of battery because he was injured because he is a black gay men and aggravated battery because he told police his attackers
us trump was illegitimate and to uphold the democratic norms and then said to bring compassion these democrats look at them now their agenda importing policy failing in the humanitarian crisis multiplying. it is all falling apart incompetent, illegitimate and inhuman. the exact opposite of everything they pretended to be. everything they touch turns to crap. trump handed them the strong a vaccine in record time they screwed up with their boosters and their ideas about protecting the already vaccinating. he handed them low tax less regulation progrowth now look on runaway inflation and fill vacancies in the collapsing recovery and the most egregious carrier of them all, afghanistan. invited had the nerve to spin that as a win at the un general assembly this week. as a close the spirit of relentless war, opening a new era of relentless diplomacy of using the power of our development aid to invest in new ways of lifting people up around the world. a renewing and defending demo