or digging into the scathing report, the pattern-or-practice investigation launched after george floyd staff. we re talking to minnesota s attorney general keith ellison, about the serious systemic problems and how they plan to get a handle on. them and there s a lot to talk about about the republican presidential primary, the 2024 is also could be a crucial test for state races. specifically, gubernatorial races in states like north carolina. we re gonna dig into what s at stake at some governors have been critical to putting coming through republican state legislatures. class, more of our journey to juneteenth special. at the national we re gonna look at how black americans learned of their freedom way back when in 1865. leading to the holiday will all be celebrating tomorrow. i m symone sanders townsend, and i have something to say. it s no secret that systemic change in police in america is long overdue. the fight and police misconduct is now a centuries long st
tennessee house republican expelled to black democrats fo protesting gun deaths as the governor promises to pardo nine who kill the black live protest are. in the exonerated five crimina defendants from. a closer look at the gop - is providing yacht trips t justice thomas and his artifac collection that evening if you ve been watching this show since we launched over tw years ago, you know the core enterprise of this program has been to sound the alarm on the threats to american democracy. and to underscore had the gran old republican party constitutes the greatest threa of all this week, we ve got fou stories illustrate exactly that, indeed, we are sadly spoiled for choice let s start in tennessee where it man accused of molestin multiple young girls was ouste from the state legislature wait, no he wasn t back in 2019, after thos allegations came to light, the republican s the point to lead the education subcommittee this week, the tennessee gop expelled to like democrats fr
appointed judge who will make that call. plus, trump s legal liability. simultaneous investigations are underway from january 6th to georgia. what poses the most peril for the former president? also, rudy giuliani s role in january 6th should come as no surprise to those of you who remember the new york police riots. we ll talk about rudy event than in rudy now. i ve ever jury guesses comedy paves the way for others to follow. this is american voices. erican voices. we begin this hour and texas. a judge will hand down a ruling that could affect the future of abortion access across the country. it could affect laws that protect reproductive freedom. it comes down to one man, a judge with a long history of antiabortion beliefs. judge matthew because merrick has, quote, the opportunity to impose the most far-reaching limit on abortion access since the supreme court overturned roe. he will soon rule on a lawsuit seeking to revoke u.s. government approval of mifepristone, a ke
which turned out to be not be bad idea i mean, yeah, really. there are good investment you will see in this job? you have to cover a lot of the person who sometimes you get little moments of levity. when someone told me on my staff that steve bannon ha been apprehended by postal service inspectors on the yach of a chinese billionaire i connecticut, i was like, okay. this is one of the good stories. yes you enjoy that, all the way home, my friend. thank you at-home for joinin us this hour in december it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc disregard of plaintiff parental rights in this case in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with
and they voted to pass the legislation, 38 to 26. once the bill s side, minnesot will join states lik california and colorado in providing free meals to kids so, she won that, senator. and on that note, i wish you all a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late i will see you at the end of tomorrow in december, it was about parental rights. a federal judge in texas ruled that a grant program designe to provide birth control t kids from low income familie was unconstitutional because that program violated parental rights the judge wrote, the court finds no compelling government interest justifies dependenc defendants disregard o plaintiffs parental rights i this case. in november, it was abou discrimination on the basis of sex. that same federal judge signed with lawyers associated with former president trump advisor stephen miller the judge decided that obamacare and title ix ruling agains discrimination