Eyes. Its the story of rapid action with ongoing consequences. The desperation in afghanistan today, the withdrawal of american troops, the return to power of the taliban, it all began with a decision immediately after the 9 11 attacks to respond with war. Well show you through the lens of the Nbc News archives how america went from a quiet week in September 2001 to a Military Footing that would last for 20 years. Along the way, well hear from a veteran of afghanistan and iraq, now Congressman Jason Crow and well ask him the question that used to be almost taboo. Was the decision to invade afghanistan made in too much haste . Did we rush into war . Our story begins on september 10, 2001. When President George W. Bush used his Fighting Words for an altogether peaceful cause against a very different enemy. There are too many of our Kids In America who cant read today. Maybe not in this school, but around the nation there is just too many. And now its time to wage war on illiteracy for th
Pr stunt . Lets get started. All right our top Story Tonight Voting rights. With republicans doubling down on their attempt to restrict the right to vote. Senate democrats introduced new federal voting Rights Legislation this week. But its chances of passage remain dim. As roadblocks continue to play the upper chamber. Thats inside democratic senator amy klobuchar, from highlighting the importance of the legislation this morning, in an apparent strike here On Msnbc, watch. Our job is senators right now, yes we have a lot to. Do economically. But it is the oath we take. To protect and defend the constitution of the united states. We need federal Voting Rights to do that. All right so klobuchar is one of the sponsors for the freedom to vote act. Lets Take A Look at whats in this new bill. Automatic voted registration, an online registration, making Election Day a holiday, uniform early voting, and perhaps most importantly, a provision that will prevent state election subversion. One form
Come out with a decision in the middle of the night saying, we don t believe in row, we won t abide by it and we are overturning it. but that would take courage and candor, and that is something that this majority lacks. so instead, the court waits 24 hours after the law has already taken effect and then issues this one paragraph order, saying, essentially, nothing. oh, these brilliant texas conservatives have trick the supreme court and there is nothing we can do about it. that is so obviously ally and i think it s an insult to the american people. yeah, and there definitely a few more cases that are making their way to the courts that are going to be closely watched. daniel, quick question. democrats, they ve provides many solutions to this problem, some expanding the court, for example. others said ad term limits so these appointments are not for life. where do you see these proposals going, can they come fast enough, are they likely to die? you know, what i love? i d love for t
The supreme court, joined back to all of the presidents. even president roosevelt wanted to back the court. why? because he felt the judges were to republican. he was like, i want judges that are more democratic. i want more of. them this is how the court has been forever, they always say are not partisan but for the most, part we see that there is a lot to the accusation there, as far as the media goes, we are judging the record. we read the decision. we network what they say both have promised that they would judge everything individually and not and then we watched them walk back from their conclusions all the. time yeah, i was going to say, glittery formally present trump that he wanted pro-life judges on the bench. i mean, he is saying the quiet part out loud. so when you then say these judges, are they partisan or not, it just, you know, kind of scratches ones head. mark, i know that your report on the court has polarization and politicization got worse in the last few year
i absolutely think it has gotten worse. and a big part of that is that the court has lurched far to the right. we now have a six three conservative super majority that has been willing not only to drag the law to the right, but to do so in very alarming underhanded, and anti-transparent ways. the conservative majority s abuse of these shadow dockets to overhaul the law in a direction that the republican party prefers, has been raising alarm bells all across the legal profession for years. finally, i think regular people are starting to see what is happening here. but when the supreme court can overturn roe v. wade, effectively, in the middle of the night in a one paragraph order, with virtually no reasoning, we know there is a problem and it s not the media. doing our best to figure out what this opaque cryptic single paragraph, ending a woman s right to choose could possibly mean. so, i think that amy coney barrett and clarence thomas