dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican party s race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that state s republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues from across the aisle. justin pierson, justin jones, and gloria johnson. their crime? protesting the epidemic of gun violence. in the days after a deadly mass shooting at a nashville elementary school. it is the stuff of third world tin pot dictatorships. no offense to them. apparently, the use of a bull horn without being recognized to speak is for republicans in tennessee an adequate enough reason to override the will of the voters and forcibly strip those lawmakers of their positions and d
recuse herself from donald trump s classified documents case despite recommendations to do so from two other federal judges. and democrats are targeting a 150-year-old law in their latest effort to protect reproductive rights nationwide. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this friday. thank god, friday. june 21st. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. for the first time in months president biden has overtaken donald trump in national polling averages. according to the poll aggregate site, 538, biden took a 0.8% lead in the race yesterday. that is the first time biden has led at least since march, which is as far back as the website s tracker goes. the change comes after a series of recent polls showed biden narrowly ahead of trump though all the results were within the margin of error. there s new audio now of donald trump admitting he lost the 2020 election and then quickly reverting back to the big lie. comes from research from the new book apprenti
Our look at the day at westminster. Our top stories the Foreign Secretary says all british Passport Holders will be able to travel to the United States, despite President Trumps travel ban. This Executive Order will make no difference to any british passport holder, irrespective of their country of birth or whether they hold another passport. But despite borisjohnson describing the policy as wrong, Opposition Mps say hes not going far enough reacting to the policy. This order was signed on Holocaust Memorial day. For the sake of history, for heavens sake, have the guts to speak out. Also tonight concerns the closure Ofjobcentre Plus buildings may not take into account local issues. Can my honourable friend assure me that those who have put forward the proposals have indeed visited places such as the Calder Valley to understand the demographics and geography, or have theyjust sat in their offices in whitehall using google maps . The Foreign Secretary has told the commons that President
dishonor. as republicans in that state would have you believe. what we are watching play out in the state of tennessee right now is really about a gross abuse of power. it is about anti-democratic hysteria. and above all else, it represents a new low that may soon be bested but at least as of today, it represents a new low in the republican party s race to the bottom. as we sit here today, a super majority of that state s republican lawmakers are poised to expel three of their colleagues from across the aisle. justin pierson, justin jones, and gloria johnson. their crime? protesting the epidemic of gun violence. in the days after a deadly mass shooting at a nashville elementary school. it is the stuff of third world tin pot dictatorships. no offense to them. apparently, the use of a bull horn without being recognized to speak is for republicans in
this morning he tweeted that what democrats are doing b.s. instead he didn t say b.s., he used the whole word. your thought on what s going on. stephanie are thinking that this feels like a shift. well, the simple fact is that these rantings are not the words of the leader of a democracy. when you are being criticized, let alone, when you re being called out for wrong doing. responding by describing somebody who is calling you out or disagreeing as being disloyal to the country because they re being critical of you, this is the stuff of tin pot dictatorships, not the presidency. it s sad, not just for the president, for the presidency itself, the country. remember, this is the president of the united states. your life and mine depend on the wisdom and judgment of the president of the united states and these rants are a bad sign for all of us. you actually have a personal experience with that because when you say that a lot of people, maybe even some of our