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this hour, honoring the legacy of dr. martin luther king jr. fight for voting rights in washington and state capitals throughout the country, where does it go from here. also, follow the money. new details about the billionaires behind the brain trust. plus hopeful signs the omicron variant may have crested. but that doesn t mean america s hospitals are out of the woods. and from box office hit to owning the internet, the magic of disney s encanto. imagine today, 296 days before november s midterm election we re actually having a conversation about expanding ballot access. tomorrow, martin luther king jr. day, the family will lead a march for voting rights in washington. they want congress to pass the freedom to vote act that would make election day a federal holiday and expand mail-in voting and early access to the polls. this legislation would truly double down on our democracy. but instead, republican-led states want to make it harder to vote. 19 states hav ....
acts and freedom act to the senate floor this tuesday. this comes on the heels of the president s from into georgia where he wrote about their long-time destruction of voting rights. but the speech as you all will remember was notably not attended by several prominent civil rights groups, which has sparked debate on the best strategy and tactics to employ even if you are on the same side of the divide. with that s at odds how to proceed and republicans united to dismantle democracy, what itself the plan to make sure that the very voters who delivered joe biden into power in 2020 can help his party maintain control of congress this year? joining me now, darren johnson, president and ceo of the naacp and executive director of black voters matter cliff allright and angela wrie. we should note, cliff and angela are actually in phoenix where voting rights activists are holding a rally today, which is dr. martin luther king s actual birthday. there is new reporting out this m ....
good evening. thanks very much. what a wonderful tribute to bishop tutu. your fabulous pod cast, all the episodes are out. you worked on it for a year. and i m just wondering, it dove tails nicely with the start of the show. that is, has the radicalization that you have been reporting on for the last year, do you think things have gotten more radical? first of all, thank you so much. that s a great question. i think we heard from earlier saying that radicalization is trending up in the country. everyone should be concerned about what is happening in various corners of the just not the dark web. but happening in plain sight. when you see politicians and others perpetuating the big lie. using that to stoke division and violence in the country. i think it s something we should be concerned of and echoed by officials in law enforcement as well. the fbi director and others warning congress about online radicalization. thank you very much. and tonight, we begin with the ....
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