this is american voices. as the battle of control of congress heats up before the 2024 election, republicans are showing us how they plan to governor govern if they win. case in point, they re attacking civil rights under the guise of military readiness. on thursday, the house passed a new defense spending bill, going after anything they deem as quote, woke. republican amendments to the bill include ending diversity training, limiting health care for trans service members, that bill would also rollback a pentagon policy covering travel expenses for military members. who must now travel out of state for abortion access, following the overturn of roe v. wade. this legislation made possible by a far-right faction of the house that demanded these controversial amendments to negotiations with house speaker kevin mccarthy. and this week could be a preview of the battle over government spending this fall. the new york times writes quote, mccarthy s to the right is a gambl
the legislation is a culture war battle plan, including limits to abortion access and strange under care and eliminating old diversity, equity and inclusion offices at the pentagon. and when it comes to the culture wars, some folks just cannot help saying the quiet part out loud. and it has nothing to do with whether not colored people or black people or anybody can serve, okay? it has nothing to do with mister speaker. any of that stuff. what in the bowl, connor? arizona congressman eli crane s descriptor was stricken from the congressional record and he did ask for his remark to be amended to people of color, climbing in a later statement that he quote misspoke. but his comments came at the tail end of an impassioned speech detailing how diversity efforts weekend the military. the house and the eight will be dead on arrival and aligns in the senate, where democrats hold the majority. that means whatever comes out of the senate will have to be hashed out in a confe
conservative summit in iowa, with one notable exception. front runner donald trump missing in action. why he skipped it, and whether it helps his competitors who want to win over evangelical voters. plus, hollywood on strike. why screen actors are joining rioters on the picket line. how long might it take for the industry to get back up again? and when might you start to notice that your favorite shows and new movies won t be there? i ve charles coleman junior. we have a lot to talk about. republicans are drafting u.s. service members into their culture wars. the national defense authorization act, or ndaa is a yearly defense spending bill passed by congress. for decades, its passage has been bipartisan, and mostly routine. it includes military pay raises, and says defense policies among other things. but on friday, the ndaa only narrowly made it through the house after a laundry list of controversial amendments were added. instead of helping us target our adversaries
the chairman is a demon. who walks among. us predator that ruined families. a mild mannered architect now under arrest for several murders, and may in fact be linked to many more. the serial killer cold case that is in new york, they were finally able to crack. breaking news out of israel, prime minister bibi netanyahu rushed to the hospital. in the midst of massive protests against his government. we are live in tel aviv. we also have new reporting on efforts by donald trump to get georgia supreme court to step in and stop an investigation into election interference, also this hour, i talked to him on the ground right after the uvalde massacre. texas state senator has announced he is running to take the u.s. senate seat from ted cruz. i will talk to him live today. all of that and a latest on the actor, strike grinding hollywood to start, doll live report on that ahead as well. we start with the extreme weather across the country, impacting millions of americans right
just wrapped up major winds at home and abroad. plus, the gop has just six months to take out trump before the primaries begin. can anybody in the primary field grow a backbone and take him on? i m michael steele, in for ayman. let s get started. the smoking gun and house republicans investigation into the biden family appears to be nothing but smoke and mirrors. gal left, a key witness in the gop s probe and the co-head of an energy think tank has repeatedly accused president biden and his family of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from china. this week, in a stunning case of irony, he found himself at the center of criminal investigations. according to a newly unsealed federal indictment, luft has been charged with arms trafficking, sanctions violations, and wait for, acting as an unregistered agent for china. that s right, the man whose house republicans hope would bring down the so-called biden crime family, and expose their parents shady dealings with china, has