And this man has an extraordinary knowledge of the capital itself the grounds of the capital the stories behind the development of the capital and more importantly what the capital means as a symbol of american democracy with all of challenges so we decided that during the time that people were working from home that the capital was still very much the symbol of democracy nightly on the news. You hear what the congress is doing or trying to do and so we thought the way to kind of bring it to you is to do a little bit of sort of virtual tours of the grounds themselves. How did the capital become where it is . How did the design happen . How did the grounds happen . Which is what todays conversation is frederick Law Olmstead really is the father of american Landscape Architecture probably internationally the father of Landscape Architecture and he was the principal person who helped to design the grounds of the capital. And so i will now turn the show over to Steve Steve has a excellent
Polices own Intelligence Division was aware of the threat but didnt even tell their own officers, who were reporting for duty that very day. During the insurrection, more than a third of the Capitol Police difficult disturbance units didnt have the right protective gear, leaving so many of them to fight armed protesters in their regular uniforms. Communication basically unexisted. And was officer says, i was horrified that no Deputy Chief or above was on the radio or helping us. For hours the screams on the radio were horrific and sights unimaginable. And this shows just a small piece of what happened in total that day. There are still tons of questions about what led to the insurrection, pieces that were never even examined. I want to bring in nbcs Ken Dilanian. He covers intelligence in national security. Garrett haake on Capitol Hill. He was reporting that day. Retired Army Lieutenant general russel honore, he conducted a Security Reviewp on the Capitol Complex after the January Att
draconian voting restrictions. texas just advanced a bill that among other things would make it a felony, you heard that right, a felony for an official to give a voter an absentee ballot application if they didn t request one. as of march 24th they ve introduced 360 voter restriction bills in 47 states. in many states these restrictions will specifically be hard on black voters. look, i want to make this clear. this is not just in response to the 2020 election and the big lie. the voting rights of black americans have been under attack since the 15th amendment was passed, even if lawmakers don t explicitly spell it out, we see you. jamel boulie of the new york times wrote this about the jim crow era. there was no statute that said black people cannot vote. instead, southern lawmakers spun a web of restrictions and regulations meant to catch most blacks as well as many whites and keep them out of the electorate. and in a throwback to that time a writer for the conservative
now affecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a colorblind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the court s first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a question today at the white house. you ll see the moment. terry moran at the court. mary bruce in the studio with me. and rachel scott on how this immediately becomes an issue in the race for president. also tonight, more than 130 million americans under air quality alerts tonight. millions more suffering from that intense heat growing more deadly today. the smoke from the canadian wildfires now blanketing 23 states, from wisconsin to the northeast. washington, d.c. and detroit with the worst air quality in t
amendment. now effecting millions of students and colleges across the country. justice clarence thomas, who has acknowledged affirmative action helped him, against the policy now, describing a color blind constitution. justice ketanji brown jackson, the court s first black woman justice, calling the decision, quote, a tragedy for us all. saying deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life. tonight, president biden, again saying this is not a normal court, when asked a question today at the white house. you ll see the moment. terry moran at the court. mary bruce in the studio with me. and rachel scott on how this immediatelying bes an issue in the race for president. also tonight, more than 130 million americans under air quality alerts tonight. millions more suffering from that intense heat. growing more deadly today. the smoke from the canadian wildfires now blanketing 23 states, from wisconsin to the northeast. washington, d.c. and detroit with the worst air