democrats who brought their fight to washington will tell us exactly what they want from congress. and days after being arrested at a voting rights protest, congresswoman joyce beatty, chair of the congressional black caucus, is here to tell us about the good trouble she got into. i m jonathan capehart, and this is the sunday show . this sunday, texas house democrats are still here in washington, denying the republicans back home the quorum they need to pass yet another slew of voting restrictions and begging congress to act to protect the access to the ballot in the lone star state and beyond. complicating matters? three of the texans all fully vaccinated, have tested positive for covid and are quarantining. one state representative, seal i can t israel, has no regrets, noting in a statement, quote, i hope this intense highlights the sacrifices we re willing to make for the cause of democracy. earlier i spoke with house majority whip james clyburn of south carol
we re live from afghanistan. and a new warning that america could lose its perfect credit rating because of political polarization and the on going assault on democracy. good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is wednesday, july 14th. u.s. democracy in peril this morning, and that is according to the american president. president biden is sounding the alarm on voting rights and efforts by republicans across the country to restrict them. we re facing the most significant test of our democracy since the civil war. it s not hyperbole, since the civil war. confederates back then never breached the capitol, as insurrectionists did on january 6th. i m not saying this to alarm you. i m saying this because you should be alarmed. the president also blasting restrictive voting laws enacted in state after state describing them as 21st century jim crow and pushing for federal voting rights legislation. also, he s calling out those who
statement that senator ben sasse of nebraska made about why he voted to convict. and he said, if we were talking about a democratic president, most republicans and most democrats would simply swap sides, tribalism is a hell of a drug. but our oath to the constitution means we are constrained to the facts. should mean. should mean. right, should mean. he said we are can you imagine a more a more important reason why one should put tribalism aside. this case was fundamentally about a sitting president being accused of inciting an insurrection to stop the transfer of power from him to someone else. that is at the core of democracy. and yet the tribalism is still there. and it hasn t been resolved. in fact, maybe it has even been exacerbated by this trial. you heard in donald trump s statement or, you know, donald trump put out a statement today that basically says, this is just beginning for me. i m not going anywhere. he is not going anywhere. and he is going to use
the new cdc alert just issued from coast-to-coast on mystery illness in children. cases now spreading to 19 states. we re working as hard as we can to find the answers to this. just ahead the signs and symptoms doctors and parents need to look out for. eye-opener. expert dr. joseph fair, who believes he contracted covid through his eyes is revealing about how the virus is transmitted. the reality is should everyone be wearing goggles? the new warning that much celebrated rapid testing at hospitals and the white house is delivering inaccurate results. wet weekend. storms spread heavy rain and potential flooding from texas all the way to maine. down south the coastline will begin to experience what could become the first named storm of the hurricane season. al has got the very latest. all that plus moving picture. keith urban turns a drive-in movie theater in tennessee into a one-of-a-kind stage show for health care workers. god bless health care workers. he
who was in the room with trump as the attack unfolded on capitol hill. this comes amid a battle over documents and the release of documents from the trump white house. overnight, the ex-president filing an emergency request to block the national archives from giving the 1/6 records. the judge wasted no time shooting down donald trump s request in just hours calling it quote, premature. the final decision by the same judge on trump s records is due any day now. that decision and the decision by doj as to whether or not to prosecute steve bannon for defieing a congressional subpoena from the select committee will have huge consequences for the committee s investigation and frankly, the rule of law in this country moving forward. the january 6 select committee closing in on the roles of donald trump s inner circle is where we start this hour. joyce vance is here. former u.s. attorney, now professor at the university of alabama school of law. also, washington post congressional