Its proposal to incorporate the controversial 1619 project into the countrys Public School curriculum. Hello and welcome to America Reports first hour, im john roberts. Sandra smith is off today, welcoming gillian. Gillian its great to see you in person which we havent been able to do main covid. John its great to be here in the studio with you. Gillian of the 1619 project, we will get into that reframes u. S. History and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell as well as 37 other republicans say it puts illinformed advocacy ahead of the historical accuracy. John a letter to bidens Education Secretary, goes further of the 1619 project, we will get arguing that americans do not want to pay for this divisive education. If chad pergram into that reframes u. S. History begins our day live on capitol hill with more on all of this. The Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell was going after the Biden Administration, republicans are mad about incorporating the 1619 project into what is taught i
And the crowd is ordered to be impressed join us next week when the president will attempt to drink a glass of water with one hand. Scuba divers will be standing by to fish his head out of the cup. Announcer its a late show with Stephen Colbert tonights rainbow correction. Plus stephen welcomes John Dickerson, and musical guest black pumas, featuring jon batiste and stay homin. And now, live on tape from a safe distance, its Stephen Colbert stephen hows it going . Good. Stephen good. Got the hair. Too much of it at this point. Coming dangerously dose to don, jr. Up here. Days it too much product to hold it in geek. Let me cut it. Stephen i offered, i said, would you cut my hair, and you said i dont dare cut your hair. Well, i dont. But what could be worse . What could be worse . Thank you. Thats enough. Welcome to a late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. I dont know if youve noticed, but were living through some extremely dark times. If god submitted the year 2020 to black mirror the
Sounding alarms over an authoritarian Republican Party. Plus, brandy with new reporting on how january 6th extremism is being felt on the local level across the country. And what were learning from the chaos of another backtoschool moment in year three of the pandemic. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, and happy new year to you all. As we enter this new year and brace for the anniversary of january 6th, now one of the most ig no minius dates in American History, The Future Of American Democracy still hangs in the balance, resting on a knifes edge and one of the most important roles that the Bipartisan Committee investigating the insurrection is taking on, aside from factfinding, which is important, is just the simple act of reminding the country what was true in the moments while the attack unfolded and in the moments afterwards, which is that what happened was horrific and extremely existentially dangerous to the countrys democratic present and futur
If we tell little children of color they are inherently victims. Neither is good. The Battle Hitting parents the light is shining. All of you must go and well take back our schools. Against school Board Members. Im a public official so i guess im open prey. What do you think debate about Critical Race Theory is really about . Control, control over what can and cannot be taught. Its even become a political weapon. Virginia parents have a right to make decisions on their childrens education. Thats the virginia i grew up in. Terry mcauliffe wants to change that. This morning, well look at the fight over how children should learn about americas troubled racial history, how the crt debate has divided one community, and ill talk to Nikole Hannahjones who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work on the 1619 project about race in america. Welcome to sunday and a Special Edition of Meet The Press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is a Special
Is facing a tougher than expected race. Your party spent months trying to negotiate the centerpiece of your domestic legislative agenda. Why should the world believe that when you say america is back that it is . Because the way they reacted. You were here. They wanted to know what our views were. We helped lead what happened here. I didnt run to determine how well im going to do in the polls. I ran to make sure that i followed through on what i said i would do as president of the United States. Martha rough patch to be sure for President Biden when you look at polls like these. These are brand new numbers that we just got from marist today. Democrats and democratleaning independents were asked, do you think that democrats have a better chance of winning the presidency in 2024 if joe biden is the partys nominee or if Somebody Else . 44 said someone else. 36 said joe biden. 20 say they are not sure if they want it to be the current president or another nominee for the democratic nominee