With the people being persecuted so unfairly, adding quote, in addition to everything else, it has proven conclusively that we are a twotiered system of justice. Whatever that means. And in the end, however, just till will justice will prevail. On that last point, he might be right. Justice may well prevail in these cases. Seven of the january defendants are being sentenced. Yesterday a california woman was sentenced to probation but not before she told the court the insurrection was a quote unique experience and she had never been to a similar event. Oh, due say. A shocking confession came days after the fourth person affiliated with the far right group the oathkeepers pleaded guilty relating to january 6th. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and other charges. So let s go live now, to the nation s capitol and this rally in support of the insurrectionists, allison barber is at the rally and let s start with you. What is the situation right now? what is it like right now? what are you exp
U. S. Capitol police say the force is closely monitoring plans for gathering september 18th. Associated press say sources show extremist groups plan to attend the rally, designed to demand justice for the hundreds of people charged in connection with january s insurrection. The associated press adds that discussions are under way about whether to reinstall the fence put up around the capitol after the riot, and politico reports that new court filing shows prosecutors who reviewed body cam footage concluded the rioters committed more than 1,000 assaults on federal officers. In texas, ban on abortion after six weeks is raising fears about the future of roe v. Wade. New measure is strictest state level abortion ban that went into effect after the supreme court did not act on a request to block it. Private individuals can sue anyone who performs an abortion or helps a woman obtain one. White house wasted no time in voicing objections to the ban. This extreme texas law blatantly violates th
Governor ron desantis just signed a new executive order, banning schools in the state from requiring students to wear masks as they head back to the classroom. This follows outrage at school board meetings across the country. Parents in broward county, florida, pushed back against mask mandates at schools this week. My daughter didn t get to see her teacher smile. My daughter didn t get to see her friends faces unless they were sitting at lunch. We the parent, the taxpayers alone, have the authority to decide for our children, not you, not the cdc. I don t want to wear it because i can t breathe. It s not just florida. Republican leaders at the state and local level across the country have banned schools for mask mandates. Even in congress, house republicans are pushing back against speaker pelosi pelosi s new mask mandate. And that s not all the resistance to science we are seeing from the republican party. This week, texas senator ted cruz attacked the cdc s credibility for deliveri
Reimposing a mask mandate, the hypertransmissible delta variant now dominant in the u. S. Is tearing through vulnerable community, in what cdc director dr. Rochelle walensky today called a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Cases across the country are well off of their highs, but they have nearly doubled from last week alone. If you look at the data from over the past two weeks, at least 41 states and washington, d. C. Are seeing increases, with at least ten of them doubling their numbers in that time. Vaccine administration has slowed to a crawl, as the white house battles a pandemic of misinformation. Here s the u. S. Surgeon general on msnbc this morning. Twothirds of people who are unvaccinated right now, who are saying they either believe common myths about covid19 or believe those myths might be true. A year ago, we didn t have a vaccine, mika, we were seeing people die and we didn t snow how to stop that. Now we do know how to stop it and it breaks my heart that we can t get accurat
Good to have you with us. In just a matter of hours, u. S. President biden will sit down with senate democrats hoping to win over skeptical lawmakers when it comes to spending trillion. Late tuesday democrats agreed on a $3. 5 trillion budget resolution, but the plan would go beyond traditional infrastructure and tackle other key items such as medicare. Every major program that president biden has asked us for is funded in a robust way. And in addition we are making some additions to that. Most important something that senator sanders has led and convinced america is so important, which is robust expansion of medicare. We are very proud of this plan, we know we have a long road to go, but we ll get it done for the sake of making average americans lives a whole lot better. It is unclear if the proposal will earn support from moderates. Schumer has promised the legislation eventually will have the 50 votes it needs to pass the senate. The infrastructure agreement followed a fiery speech