through the area early saturday morning. many of those missing were at a candle factory that collapsed as they were working inside. at least six people were killed at an amazon distribution center in southern illinois. four states in all were devastated by the deadly twisters with more than a hundred people feared killed. more on this developing story ahead this hour. in washington, d.c., the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has released its full mark meadows contempt report 24 hours ahead of tomorrow s vote by the committee. we only started digging through all 51 pages but among other things it says meadows exchanged messages with a member of congress in november, 2020, indicating potus meaning donald trump wants to chat with certain state legislators and on january 5th one day before the assault on the capitol mark meadows wrote in an e-mail that the national guard was on stand by to protect pro trump people. why the national guard was so slow to
Sunday. tonight on the mehdi hasan show democracy dies in plain sight. the latest on the trump gop rolling coup. professor tim snyder is here to explain. plus the assault on democracy doesn t stop at election sub version. free speech in the teaching of history in school is also under attack. creator of the 1619 project nikole hannah-jones joins me to discuss. and one small starbucks in buffalo is making national headlines after becoming the first such store to unionize. i ll talk with the leader of starbucks workers united about the symbolic victory for labor at a time when workers across the country are expressing frustration with wages and working conditions. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. before we get started on those stories tonight it s been another day of search and rescue in western kentucky where dozens are feared dead after a series of powerful tornadoes ripped
The other part of the big picture is a major political party is setting up to install that man a second time as president after he loses an elek. that is the big story. media coverage should be organized around that. everything else are basically footnotes to support that big story. we know that s the big story. it s as clear as day. tim snyder, many thanks. appreciate your analysis as ever. ahead, just when you thought it couldn t get any worse, gop extremism reaching a new low with fresh comments on covid from out of touch senator ron johnson. my 60-second rant on that coming up. first how do you navigate a country so consumed with erasing our history? pulitzer prize winning journalist and creator of the 1619 project nikole hannah-jones joins me right after the break. first, steve romo is here with the headlines. hey, steven. many thanks. let s get you caught up. desperate search and rescue efforts are under way this evening as a catastrophic chain of tornadoes swept through
Released the brains behind it pulitzer prize winning author nikole hannah-jones has become something of a bogey man for the american right enduring relentless attacks and smears and abuse so i am delighted to have the woman herself nikole hannah-jones on the program tonight. her new book is called the 1619 project a new origin story an expansion of her groundbreaking work that first appeared in the times and is now available as a picture book for kids called the 1619 project born on the water. thanks so much for joining me tonight. i ve been waiting to have this conversation with you. let me just begin. can i ask you what i recently asked congresswoman ilhan omar when she came on the show because i feel you and her are enduring a similar set of attacks based on your race and gender. how are you coping with this all with the relentless focus on you from the right? how are you? well, one, thank you for asking that and for your