Republican from Blue State maryland, and andy beshear, the democratic governor of red state kentucky. Plus the newly elevated fight over abortion. Texas enacts the most restrictive Abortion Law in the country, dismaying Abortion Rights advocates. As a matter of reality, Roe Versus Wade is a dead letter in texas today. The Supreme Court lets the Law Stand for now, cheering Abortion Opponents. A child is a child. This person is a person. My guests this morning, former democratic senator Claire Mccaskill of missouri and former republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock of virginia. Also, longterm Power Outages in louisiana. Record Rainfall And Flooding in the northeast. What Hurricane Ida tells us about the threat of Climate Change. Joining me for insight and analysis, yamiche alcindor, the moderator of Washington Week, Washington Post contributing columnist, matt bai, betsy Woodruff Swan of politico, and republican strategist brendan buck. Welcome to sunday. Its Meet The Press. Announcer
Politicsnation with Al Sharpton. Before we begin tonight, i jUst want to thank yoU, the aUdience, who has followed me throUghoUt the years, and the different time slots. YoU stayed with me. I assUre yoU that every One Of Us here at politicsnation strives to bring yoU the most profoUnd insight that we can. Of coUrse, it starts with oUr gUests. As always, we have a stellar groUp of voices tonight, the right voices, to articUlate where oUr cUrrent political life affects Us all, yet Understanding that the black commUnity remains the epicenter of oUr nations oldest and most recent traUmas, case in Point T Covid 19 pandemic, which continUes to generate disparate oUtcome for black people, even amid the plagUe that no socializing american can escape this Labor Day Weekend as the biden administration finds itself beset with a crisis of every kind, the backlash of the covid sUrge and afghanistans collapse reflected in president Bidens Approval ratings while his SignatUre InfrastrUctUre Plan is i
and right this minute the nation remains under a singular terror warning from within our own borders because of what happened at the capitol. and yet some republicans are crying that it s merely prejudice from the biden administration. the implosion of the gop and we ll assess the damage tonight and meanwhile at the end of this first week joe biden continues to add to his mostly remedial slate of executive actions and what isn t aimed at undoing the damage of the last four years is focus squarely on containing the pandemic. and it s there that president biden s promise to the black community will be immediately tested as the challenges of a national vaccine rollout becomes more visible by the day. there s already some evidence black and brown communities may not be receiving the shots at the same rates as their white counterparts. and with 2020 election in the rear view, black voters are expecting to see their faith in democrats rewarded after making several historic possible