frenzy is on their way across the country, i am following the very latest development in texas where they re inching closer to approving new maps that could determine the partisan makeup of that state for the next decade. we re going to have more on that in just a moment. but first, to truly understand this capes up this moment. you are really going to have to go back to 2013. not too long ago. that s when the supreme court in a five court decision, gutted the voting rights act. striking down a key section of that 1965 law. known as the preclearance requirement, it required certain states with the history of voter suppression, to get federal approval before implementing changes in their electoral policy. including redistricting. now the point was to ensure that these changes did not discriminate against protected minorities, before they became laws in their states. chief justice, who authored that majority opinion, declare that the requirement was no longer needed because quo
intrigued trump, who asked the director of national intelligence, john ratcliffe to look into it. now it all adds fuel to the fire of what we already know about our former president. he was upset with conspiracy theories and was willing to use any means necessary to keep power within his grip. we know this. trump idolized authoritarianism. and he was obsessed with status. you remember when the former president visited france for the bastille day, in the parade. he was so enamored by the festivities that he decided he wanted to hold one for himself in washington. trump demanded the pentagon get to work in organizing and military show force, and advisers worked overtime to try and tell trump that this was not a good idea. he estimated price tag for getting tanks rolled down pennsylvania avenue just to appease the president, $90 million. luckily for american taxpayers in the streets of d.c.. that plan was shelved. it s just one of the laundry list of confounding experiences th
so by now you have probably heard it a dozen times. this week on capitol hill will be a make or break test for president biden s agenda. congress is working to pass a $3.5 trillion reconciliation package and a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, all while trying to avoid a government shutdown and a debt crisis. and just in the last few hours the timeline on that agenda has actually gotten a little bit clearer. now, in a new letter to colleagues released tonight, speaker pelosi announced a vote on the bipartisan infrastructure bill is now slated for thursday. debate on that is set to begin tomorrow morning. in a letter on friday, though, speaker nancy pelosi described the next few times as a time of great intensity. here is what pelosi had to say this morning about that bipartisan infrastructure bill which was originally scheduled to be voted on before. are you confident these progressive members will vote yes even though she says no? let me just say we re going to pass the b
it s good to see you thank you as always. we ll see you throughout the week. take my friend. it is can the democrats actually pull this off, we re gonna break down what to watch out for with our sunday night all-star panel. then with politics primarily field by divisive cultural issues in this country, we re gonna take a look at how the american cultural war, has changed over the past 30 years with calm this podcast and offered and savage. plus a new bombshell report from yahoo news. on a light cia kidnap weekly weeks julia hassan. we re going to speak to one of the journalist behind this new explosive reporting. i m aiming let s get started. we heard a dozen times this week on capitol hill will be a make-or-break test for president biden s agenda, congress is working to pass a 3.5 trillion dollar reconciliation package any one trillion dollar infrastructure bill, all while trying to avoid a government shutdown any debt crisis. and just in the last few hours the timeline on t
election case will successfully have his charges moved to federal court. that said to be the subject of an evidentiary hearing at ten, am eastern tomorrow morning. meadows requested hinges on the so-called federal law removal statute, which allows federal officials charged with crimes to transfer a state case to federal court. only if they can prove that the alleged criminal behavior was carried out as part of their official duties. in order to prove that, many legal experts say meadows will need to take the stand. fulton county district attorney fani willis who is fighting to keep the case within her county has already subpoenaed to witnesses to testify on monday. that is secretary of state brad raffensperger and his chief investigator francis watson. it sets the scene for a dramatic day in court, which politicos kyle cheney has dubbed a, quote many trial. the second key answer that we should have as soon as tomorrow when we could expect to see donald trump on trial in the f