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all right. so tonight, we begin with that assault on american democracy. it s both a physical assault but it s also a legislative one that s playing out behind the scenes. today, around 400 protestors rallied in washington, d.c. in support of the january 6th insurrectionists who engaged in that physical assault on the capitol. now, it was less than the 700 or so expected by the department of homeland security. but the danger is not the protest, itself. it s the attempt to rewrite history, and what actually happened on that day and every day since. let s remember exactly what that assault was about back on january 6th. supporters of former-president donald trump ransacked the capitol, and they did it with one clear objective. they wanted to stop congress certifying the election of joe biden. and they actually succeeded, if only for a few hours as, of course, everyone remembers. congress had to be rushed to safety until security could be restored. now, on that day of the ....
you, as well. here we go. i m ayman mohyeldin. all right. so tonight, we begin with that assault on american democracy. it s both a physical assault but it s also a legislative one that s playing out behind the scenes. today, around 400 protestors rallied in washington, d.c. in support of the january 6th insurrectionists who engaged in that physical assault on the capitol. now, it was less than the 700 or so expected by the department of homeland security. but the danger is not the protest, itself. it s the attempt to rewrite history, and what actually happened on that day and every day since. let s remember exactly what that assault was about back on january 6th. supporters of former-president donald trump ransacked the capitol, and they did it with one clear objective. they wanted to stop congress certifying the election of joe biden. and they actually succeeded, if only for a few hours as, of course, everyone remembers. congress had to be rushed to safety until sec ....
ways. we just seem to have lost the ability to dialogue and to reason, and to do it in a way that s respectful and thoughtful, inside of politics. on monday, the democrats plan to pay for the $3.5 trillion infrastructure bill that came into focus. the house ways and means committee announced tax hikes that would amount to nearly $2.1 trillion in increased revenues. but left unscathed, the vast fortunes of the megarich, like mark zuckerberg and elon musk. perhaps that s why congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez struck such a chord with the fashion statement heard round the world at one of the most opulent events of the year. and to aoc s credit, just a few days later, president biden seemed to echo her sentiments. people with tens of millions of dollars. they play by a different set of rules. where is it written with all the tax breaks in the american tax code go to corporations at the very top. i think it s enough. i m tired of it. meanwhile, as democrats plow fu ....
that the senate s stalled police reform bill may finally start to move. the key player in all of these senate negotiations continuing to be west virginia senator joe manchin. who along with senator amy klobuchar and other senate democrats is pushing what they hope is a voting rights bill that can attract republican support. who at the very least, withstand their sabotage. all of that tonight on politics nation. along with a special treat, as we take an intimate look at the greatest. filmmaker ken burns joins us tonight to share his new film on the life, strife, and legacy of mohammad ali five years after the death of the people s champ. but first, politics. joining me now, senator amy klobuchar, democrat of minnesota, and chair of the senate rules committee. senator klobuchar, getting right to why we wanted you with us tonight, what is the status of negotiations on this compromised voting rights bill, the freedom to vote act. you know we ve rallied, marched, been invo ....
capitol hill. and by that i m referring to the so-called justice for j6 rally where hundreds of protesters advocated without irony that the thugs who desecrated our national state house in the world s view should not face their deserved prosecution for attacking police officers or destroying the definition of public property. because they were victims then and now, political prisoners. as always, we have a lot of news to cover tonight, but i need you to know why today s rally disgusted me to no end. in the last decades where we ve marched and protested, just take the last few years when we protested, whether it was around george floyd s murder last year in minneapolis or michael brown s killing by a policeman in ferguson, missouri, and some were out looting and destroying protocol. we denounced it. we never protested that they were prosecuted for looting or destroying property or somehow political prisoners. we said that is not what we re about. if we had imagine if n ....