Good morning. It s saturday, july 31st. I m ali velshi. A number of stunning new revelations about the twice impeached expresident. Apparently his efforts to overturn the election results of 2020 were greater than we knew. Just 11 days before a violent mob of supporters would attack our nation s capitol, the expresident appears to have attempted a coup of his own. In brandnew reporting from the new york times, notes from top doj officials reveal that the former president pressed the justice department and the attorney general himself to declare the election results corrupt. Even though there was no evidence to support that claim. According to notes taken by the former acting deputy attorney general, the expresident directed him and the former acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, to just say that the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and to congressional allies. Leave the rest to me. For the first time we re starting to uncover specific details about the former president
The senate rules committee will hold a hearing tomorrow in atlanta to hear from state residents, including senator raphael warnock, on how the state s socalled election integrity law has affected access to the ballot in the peach state. We re fortunate to have the perfect guest of this story tonight. Joining me now is senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota. She s also chairwoman of the rules and administrative and administration committee. Senator klobuchar, we truly appreciate you being with us as always. I know you were with stacey abrams earlier today at a roundtable of voting rights in georgia. I know you went to get the word at ebenezer baptist church from reverend warnock before that. But of course, you ll be hearing from him again tomorrow, along with other georgia residents and experts in a rare senate rules committee hearing in atlanta on the voting restrictions recently enacted in that state. I was chair of the rules committee. What has happened in georgia for you to ho
Republican negotiator of the deal, senator rob portman, who joins me exclusively, next. Plus on the road. Democrats go local to promote voting rights. There are many routes to success here. But roadblocks remain in the senate. So, how will anything change? i ll speak to the committee chair holding that hearing, senator amy klobuchar, ahead. Hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is seeing red. Coronavirus cases are surging across the country once again, as the highly contagious delta variant spreads. All 50 states and washington, d. C. Are now seeing a rise in cases. That s the first time that has happened since january. As many of us know by now, the covid vaccines are extraordinarily effective at preventing serious disease and 99% of those who are now dying of covid are unvaccinated. This new wave did not have to happen. The united states is a country where the vaccine is readily available and free, yet less than half of the u. S. Population is fully vaccinat
Pride that americans should have in the long history of civil disobedience that this country has seen, that south africa saw, the country of my ancestry, india, saw under mahatma gandhi. This does work. Joyce beatty was here last night after her arrest yesterday. La to sha brown will join us. She was with her at the senate office building yesterday, and it s been a fascinating week with the texas democrats and with just the very, very high level of attention now that voting rights has in washington this week. As it should be, sir. Have a great show and we ll see you soon. Thank you, ali. Viewer note. What was happening at the beginning of this tv show is that i was trying to deal with my allergy eyes and that kleenex that quickly disappeared from your screen. Tonight we have a strange twist in the texas democrats go to washington story. One of the people the texas democrats went to washington to speak to has now gone to texas. One of the most important meetings that the texas democrats
Vaccinated individuals infected with delta may be able to transmit the virus as easily as those who are unvaccinated. Vaccinated people infected with delta have measurable viral loads similar to those who are unvaccinated and infected with the variant. This afternoon, president biden took a much more aggressive stance in facing the escalating covid virus and resistance to vaccines. This is an american tragedy. People will die who don t have to die. If you re out there, unvaccinated, you don t have to die. The administration is now confronted with the reality that its work to stop the spread of covid could potentially face a major setback. Today the president acknowledged that threat and took the first step toward imposing tough new regulations that will affect millions. It s time to impose requirements on key groups. Every federal government employee will be asked to attest to their vaccination status. Anyone who does not attest or is not vaccinated will be required to mask no matter w