tonight president biden s message to the republican governors criticizing his sweeping new vaccine mandates and threatening to sue to block them, and i quote, have at it. and as the delta variant spreads like wildfire, tonight big developments on mask mandates in schools in two states where the virus is surging. plus california s recall election hasn t even happened yet, and right-wing media is already spreading lies about the state s democratic governor, gavin newsom s potential to beat back the recall. also ahead, my interview with a prominent professor and commentator on race, telling me what he got wrong about the state of race in america after living through the trump era. you don t want to miss that interview. i want to bring in cnn global affairs analyst susan glasser, and national correspondent philip bump. one day i will see you in person in studio, hopefully soon. and the reason why i haven t seen you is because of this. so, susan, president biden has a messag
town hall with five g.o.p. governors who each put their constituents needs and freedoms above all else. tonight we are going to bring you some highlights from that. but first, we are winning. that s the focus of tonight s first angle. the fact is democrats got way too cocky over the past year and especially since biden stumbled into the white house. i think they thought that beating trump meant that they had a mandate to radically remake the u.s., that the red states would suddenly just bow down to the gloom gang and sign on to all manner of nonsense. but texas, florida, south dakota, iowa, tennessee, and so many others, they are leading the way now to a brighter more hopeful future democrats can ever offer. whether the issue is school curricula or girls sports, covid mandates or ballot integrity measures, taxes, they are passing smart legislation. they are running strong candidates and in some cases, when they need to, they are filing lawsuits. all with a very confident fo
why red states are fighting back. i was lucky enough to host a townhall with five gop governors who each with their constituents needs and freedoms above all else. tonight we bring you highlights from that but first we re winning, that is the focus of tonight s first angle. democrats got too cockier the past year and especially since biden stumbled into the white house. i think they thought beating trump meant they had a mandate to radically remake the us so red states would bow down to the gloom gang and sign on to south dakota, iowa, tennessee and so many others leading the way to a brighter more hopeful future than the democrats can offer whether it is school curricula or girl sports, covid mandates or ballot integrity measures, taxes. passing smart legislation. there running strong candidates and in some cases filing lawsuits all with a very confident forward-looking posture. of the week in the washington post reveal their worry about democrats chances in 2022. a growin
you may not be able to watch this. but we are actually blind to have been we need to see. the problem is not just being black in america. the problem is also about where you are when you are black in america. lost in the next, next, next impulse of the media and the outrage and pain cycles of parents devastated and retraumatized as loved ones are judged out of political convenience, is the reality that this all happens because of the presence and absence of rules that make systems in places that guarantee the outcomes we all say we hate. prove it. okay. louisiana. green s situation. there is new video. we re showing it to you. but it was hidden for years. why? racism. go deeper. the rules allowed the cops to conspire to lie. yeah, like you said, race. no, it s not that simple. and it doesn t have to be that simple because you won t change it by just saying they re racist. all we get when you say that is people say, no, they re not, you don t like cops. we can too better. and
it s easier for christians who have that belief system to make that jump over and believe in that world view. reporter: pastors are sounding the alarm. but other pastors are preaching conspiracy theories from the pulpit. when patriots took back key branches of the u.s. government in 2016, the light was turned on to the vast corruption network that had infiltrated into the highest positions of power across every state. there is a demonic hedge of protection around joe biden. joe biden is a fake president! reporter: have you had conversations with any of your flock who have bought into qanon? i ve tried to talk with some of them about some of the issues. but it doesn t go far very. reporter: they don t want to hear it? a lot of times they re not really open to hearing my side of things or explanations. reporter: qanon ties in with what is known as christian nationalism. the term christian nationalism in and of itself is ironic because there s nothing christi