republican from blue state maryland, and andy beshear, the democratic governor of red state kentucky. plus the newly elevated fight over abortion. texas enacts the most restrictive abortion law in the country, dismaying abortion rights advocates. as a matter of reality, roe versus wade is a dead letter in texas today. the supreme court lets the law stand for now, cheering abortion opponents. a child is a child. this person is a person. my guests this morning, former democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri and former republican congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. also, long-term power outages in louisiana. record rainfall and flooding in the northeast. what hurricane ida tells us about the threat of climate change. joining me for insight and analysis, yamiche alcindor, the moderator of washington week, washington post contributing columnist, matt bai, betsy woodruff swan of politico, and republican strategist brendan buck. welcome to sunday. it s
twilight zone, why we re still going over wearing masks and having safe schools for our kids. it s bananas. this morning i ll talk to two governors trying to bridge that divide. larry hogan, the republican governor of maryland, and andy beshear, the democratic governor of red state kentucky. plus, the newly elevated fight over abortion. texas enacts the most restrictive abortion law in the country, dismaying abortion rights advocates. as a matter of reality, roe v. wade is a dead mother in texas today. and the supreme court lets the law stand for now. a child is a child. this person is a person. my guests this morning, former democratic senator claire mccaskill of missouri and former republican congresswoman barbara comstock of virginia. also, long term power outages in louisiana. record rainfall and flooding in the northeast. what hurricane ida tells us about the threat of climate change. joining me for insight and analysis ariamec alcindor, washington post c
too great for democrats. this afternoon what the path forward looks like for the party after losses in virginia and beyond. sources telling nbc news the internal blame game is real. city lawmakers reeling, pushing for something concrete to take home to voters with developments coming in on that social safety net package floating around the house, which just got put back into that bill and whether that makes it easier or harder to pass. we are here juggling a lot of pieces of news on this afternoon. i m hallie jackson in washington along with our nbc news team, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki as mentioned, posted up at the big board. political editor mark murray is here with the key take aways, what this means politically going forward for democrats. new reaction from both sides of pennsylvania avenue, lyanne caldwell is on capitol hill looks like in a basement. monica alba is at the white house. we just learned we expect to hear from president biden hims
facts and lived experience to prove it. this is american voices. we begin with the future of american democracy and why the threat against it today is all but new. in fact, a key sign came several years ago when this group of torch-bearing neo-nazis and white supremacists marched through charlottesville, virginia, to protest the removal of confederate statues. the year was 2017. the president was donald trump. until that moment, many americans believed these people you re seeing only existed in the shadows of society, not on the streets out in the open, loud and proud. you know what happened next? counterprotests ensued. that anger led to violence and an avowed neo-nazi plowed his car into heather heyer. hate that was on display again this week during opening statements in the federal civil trial against organizers of that unite the right rally. don t forget trump s response in 2017 that there were, quote, fine people on both sides. if charlottesville happened today, would
through charlottesville, virginia, to protest the removal of confederate statues. the year was 2017. the president was donald trump. until that moment, many americans believed these people you re seeing only existed in the shadows of society, not on the streets out in the open, loud and proud. you know what happened next? counterprotests ensued. that earning a led to violence and avowed neo-nazis plowed his car into heather heyer. hate that was on display again this week during opening statements in the federal civil trial against organizers of that unite the right rally. don t forget trump s response in 2017 that there were, quote, fine people on boat sides. if charlottesville happened today, would we, the american people, be as shocked now as we were then? for the past four years, far-right violence has become more widespread in part because that same frustration and hate has been harnessed to help the gop hold on to power. if that was not true, would ted cruz have gotten a