we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we ll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they re gaslighting women about what s at stake in the midterms and tonight s democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases against election workers. we begin tonight with the midterm elections. now just 19 days away. but here s the thi
It was mamie till mobley s decision to publish the excruciating images of her son s battered disfigured body and her decision to hold an open casket funeral that helped galvanize the montgomery bus boycotts. it was used, 1963, the date of the march on washington. to this date, not a single person has been held accountable for emmett till s murder. viewers were spared the gruesome violence. what we see is the story of a mom who loved her carefree, outgoing boy. the task of bringing till to life was left to 14-year-old jalyn hall who had only learned of emmett s story when he was 12 or 13, and jalyn hall joins me now. you re only 15 now. to me, you re still a little kid. how are you? i m good. i m good. you know, my eyes might be a little glassy, a little red
Little glassy, right now because it brings me to tears even thinking about this. and where we ve come, i m just so excited to be a part of it. listen, i have to tell you, i had a hard time reading through that script. i m not keeping it real. there s something about emmett till s story that just does make me cry, it was the way you portrayed it really is what brought it home. he was so joyful and you portrayed him as such a fun, happy boy, he reminded me of my kids. yes. how did you approach doing a story that is so tragic, what was your approach to it? and what did you know about emmett till going into your addition? yeah, so, as far as information-wise, i didn t know everything. i didn t know in such detail. i really only knew the tragic events that happened to him. and i was kind of told to me as a cautionary tale, a means to prevent something like that