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this is the work of a humane investigation into the tragedy that has befallen tragedy as peopleno who dubbed themselves truther but in reality do not acknowledge the truth, try to change a narrative of events and that it actually occurred and have further pain on those of expense too much. also examines how misinformation conspiracy theories and the people who promote such things, after sandy hook have emboldened groups to reject the facts and existence of white supremacy, covid masking and vaccinations in the validity of our elections. elizabeth williamson is a future writer and former editorial board member for the new york times and she is privacy written for the washington post and wall street journal. she will be joined in the conversation i wouldn t care swisher. now please join me in welcoming elizabeth williamson and care swisher. [applause] work afterwards. you have to clean up. that s my favorite part of this that introduction. so elizabeth, and i ve bee ....
also on the ballot today, reproductive rights in kansas. a referendum there would strip women of their rights to choose unless enough people vote no. and we all know speaker nancy pelosi is a bad ass. she arrived in taiwan today even though china is furious about the trip. plus, trevor reed the former marine who spent three years behind bars in russia and is now speaking out for the release of brittney griner and paul whelan. he joins me right here tonight. we begin with a huge night of primaries in some key battleground states. voters in five states are casting their ballots setting up critical showdowns for this november, and the stakes could not be higher. the choices voters make could very well determine whether or not this country remains a democracy, and that claim is not made hyperbolically. we saw how our democracy was pushed to the brink in 2020 with the twice-impeached former president pushing the lie that the election he lost was rigged. of course it wasn ....
deal in the senate could be reached this week. we ll ask senator amy klobuchar about the possible agreement when she joins us live in just a moment. but we begin with the former head of the proud boys, enrique taria, has been indicted on seditious conspiracy. the ten-counts indictment which adds to previous conspiracy charges accused him of and others to direct, mobilize and lead the january 6 insurrection and to oppose the peaceful transfer of presidential power by force. the new charges each carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. tarrio is one of a hand full of january 6 defendants to face conspiracy charges. one the others is the head of the oath keepers. his name is stuart rhodes. he met on the january 5th to discuss january 6. this is documentary as it took place in a parking garage near the capitol used against one of the january 6 participants and was released at the request of nbc news. both that video and the meeting likely are to be a big part of the ....
about the ongoing effort to overthrow the last one, well, this is news you want to know about. politico reports there are tapes, video recordings of republicans meeting with grass roots activists to do something that cuts against how elections are supposed to work here. they re supposed to be nonpartisan at the machinery side. the plan, however, is to install these partisan and party trained volunteers who can challenge voters at places where democrats tend to vote, what they call democratic majority polling places and connect those workers to lawyers, and have a network of party friendly district attorneys. now, if you take them at their word, those attorneys are supposed to be nonpartisan prosecutors who decide who s arrested or goes to jail. they shouldn t be involved in something that s quarterbacked bipartisan operatives. now, we don t know yet which d.a. s would actually get involved in this. it s important journalistically and otherwise to understand what is leak ....
campaign can do to win back those votes. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, september 8th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the latest out of fulton county, georgia. we ve learned that former president donald trump might try to move his pending election interference trial out-of-state court and into a federal one. in a court filing yesterday trump s attorneys formally notified the judge of the possible effort to make that move explaining that any decision must be filed within 30 days of trump s arraignment. that would give the former president until the end of the month to decide how to proceed. now, trump s former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, has already pushed to try to move his case to federal court and had a hearing on the matter last week. the judge is expected to make a ruling on the meadows request in the near future. meanwhile, fulton county d.a. fani willis is accu ....