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stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment ....
rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, to the extent permitted by the constitution of the un ....
joins me on that. and then senator chris murphy, on a big step forward for gun safety. this is the most significant anti gun violence bill that congress has voted on in 30 years. all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. the story of the january six committee hearing so far has been, well, a lot of things. but a story about human beings facing high stakes, ethical task. very high stakes test. and how they respond to being squeezed, and pressured by the most powerful man on earth. we saw that on stark display yesterday. we saw her testimony from three republicans who hold key positions of power in their home state. those three men, all conservatives, all voted for donald trump, resisted pressure from the ex president and his allies to help overturn the 2020 election. some of the most compelling testimony came from a man name rusty bowers who is this sitting arizona speaker of the house. arizona, of course one of the few state that decided t ....
probe into january 6th is tying the various strings of evidence about what happened that day into a narrative about a coordinated assault on our democracy. after dual hearings this week, by the house select committee investigating the insurrection, we continue to learn more about the shocking efforts of private minute trump supporters to undermine the 2020 election results. under increasing scrutiny is conservative activist ginni thomas, wife of supreme court justice clarence thomas, who has signaled that she will testify before the house select committee investigating january 6th. after the committee revealed, it had obtained text messages from that day, between mrs. thomas and former trump lawyer john eastman. who himself is now at the center of the investigation. as further details emerged this week of just how hard he leaned on vice president mike pence to resist certifying the 2020 election, exhausting every option to keep trump in power while requesting a presiden ....
only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that? two britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have appeared in court in territory held by pro russian rebels. a man left paralysed by the manchester arena bomb attack is fulfilling a dream to climb mount kilimanjaro, using a specially adapted wheelchair. tens of thousands of workers are to stage the biggest rail strike in decades later this month, bringing major disruption to travel across britain. the mass walk out over pay and pensions will take place on the 21st, 23rd and 25thjune. more than 40,000 staff from network rail and 13 train operators are expected to take part. it s also the same week as several large sporting and music events including glastonbury. here s the latest from our transport correspondent, katy austin. the wheels are in motion for the biggest rail strike the country has seen in decades. it s a shame because, obviously, the rail fares are quite expensive as the ....