Cast ballots, deciding whether their democratic Governor Gavin Newsom should stay or go. If he is voted out, theres a chance a republican could take over. Last night, newsom called him the biggest political gun he could, President Biden, to make sure he doesnt lose his seat. Watch this. Im not sure you know it, but if you didnt know it, you should. The eyes of the nation, this is not hyperbole, the eyes of the nation are on california. The decision youre going to make doesnt just have huge impact on california, it will reverberate around the nation and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world. Nbcs Jacob Soboroff from california. Tell us where things stand. Reporter steph, stakes couldnt be higher. The president of the United States was on long beach. I was there with him and Governor Newsom as they made the case not only for vaccine mandates, mask mandates that have been pretty popular here in california but also talking about different crises that face california, whether wildfire
Some of the most violent rioters. They included those who directly attacked law enforcement. These new images are disturbing and leave no questions about what officer were facing that day. [ bleep ]. Chill, bro. Chill, [ bleep ]. This is our house. [ bleep ]. The Justice Department also released new footage from inside the capitol. The rioters can be seen trying to force their way into the senate chambers and taunting those officers who were trying to keep them out. More than 500 rioters have been arrested in connection with what was essentially a failed attempt to keep President Biden from taking office. Late today, the winner of Novembers Election issued a statement. It read in part, quote, this was not dissent, this was disorder. It posed a crisis and a test of whether our democracy could survive. A sad reminder that theres nothing guaranteed about our democracy. This past weekend, the man who lost Novembers Election continued to push the very lies that fueled the January 6th insurr
That cost her Leadership Position and addressing trumpisms impact on her party. Also ahead, new reporting showing a trend we rarely hear about. Brutality by police against latinos. And with cyberattacks on the rise against american companies, President Obamas former advisor Ben Rhodes joins us with how Team Biden should fight back. This this is American Voices. Thanks for joining us this here. Breaking news from North Carolina where Donald Trump is late to his own party. A speech before the states Republican Party bound to fuel fire to the states using his Big Lie to roll back your Voting Rights. Trump was set to be speaking now, but the venue says he is late. We will keep an eye on whatever comes of his speech in greenville to a crowd of 1,500 people. A smaller venue for a president obsessed with crowd size. Not his outrage over losing a legitimate election, but if he may give it another go in 2024 as republicans use his Big Lie to pass Voter Restrictions across this country. Republic
Federal holiday to further the liberal agenda about critical race theory. His Colleague Representative Ralph norman who voted against it said are we going to do one for the nativeamerican indians . Where does it stop . Reporter for the record its a day to celebrate the emancipation of enslaved people in the u. S. Perhaps what they should be pondering is why did it take 156 years to make it a national holiday . Coming in at number 4, 21 house republicans, some of them said they didnt like the Word Insurrection in the legislation, but apparently there wasnt a dictionary nearby. Insurrection described as a violent up rising against an authority or government. Sound familiar . Just this week one of the rioters was charged with bringing a gun onto capitol grounds. This is the same guy who according to what his family told the fbi said hed kill them if they turned him in. Coming in at number 3, freshman republican Andrew Cline who already downplayed the whole thing, conceding there was an un
Document outlining the agreements made between the leaders is expected to be released around Midday Today Hour time. China is expected to be the main focus of the communique, however there remains disagreement amongst the leaders about how far it should go in pushing back and on countering chinas growing influence and power. The White House is calling bidens proposed plan to counter china, build back better for the world or b3w, which as The New York Times notes is a play on chinas bli, the Belt And Road initiative. Biden and his fellow leaders enjoyed a Beach Barbecue which as you can see is lovely, but before that was a day of sessions and meetings, including with french million emmanuel macron. He had a unique relationship with our former president which included a lot of brew ha ha, and endlessly long and awkward handshakes. Macrons meeting with biden was a lot more subdued. We have to deal with this pandemic, covid19, we have to face a lot of challenges, a lot of crises, Climate C