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Ahead must include signing into law strong voting rights legislation. let us not gloss over the fact that in the year since this deadly attack we have all had to do our jobs and be human. we have done that in the face of the denials of truth and rewriting of history from the very colleagues who were running for their own lives that day. so i am once again reminded that being human is a courageous act. it means you are willing to fight for the things that are the hardest to even be disappointed o...

Ukraine, somebody standing behind the television camera during the main evening news broadcast with that sign. she had obviously taken great care to prepare including the message that is illegal now talking about a war in ukraine as per the last couple of weeks since russia changed the law and cracked down on freedom of speech. this is an extraordinarily courageous act by a journalist which could cost her 15 years of her life. >> for russians, the pressure is piling on. markets -- stock markets ...

0 american. its not just words like "democracy" and "liberty." more than that is because an idea embedded in the constitution of the united states, the idea that everyone in america no matter how powerful is supposed to play by the same rules. and every american election is an opportunity to show that, to show what it means. unlike in many other countries our winners dont assume absolute power to do whatever they may want. our losers understand that their rights are preserved. they accept defeat...

I mean, your scrubs and vaccine card are now being donated to the smithsonian. you were honored at the white house a little while back. what has all of this meant to you personally? >> its so surreal. i cant believe that, you know, my courageous act just going in to get myself protected because i believe that it was the right thing to do, you know, has gone on to be this historic moment. im very, very honored to hold this place in history. >> and did i read correctly that you -- that when you we...

A gun and pull the trigger in the blink of an eye, and in multiple rounds. what students need to know, if somebody thinks theyre going to bring a gun to school, says theyre going to bring a gun to school, you can see the bulge under their shirt, you need to alert the school resource officer or a teacher, thats a courageous act, because even though they may not have come to school intending to commit a mass shooting, they can get in a fight and pull out the gun and start shooting, which is what p...

Herrin for center for reproductive rights. mark i want to kind of understand the legal challenges ahead at this point if he has any for dr. braid. >> sure. so theres several cases pending right now. theres the federal lawsuit thats currently pending in court of appeals where the supreme court denied an injunction. justice department filed a lawsuit but this law is in effect for two weeks. over 85% of patients in texas are toned away from exercising the constitutional rights and travel hundreds o...

Its like frankenstein and the monster chasing him to the north pole, and theyre running as fast as they can. but they know this is what the party is. the party is -- the biggest influence of the republican party, is no e flekted official. it is fox news, and owned and news max. they are the biggest influentials of the republican party. there are very few servant leaders anymore in the republican party. there are very few servant leaders. and the idea we are giving courage to the 35 who voted for...

Those are the biggest influentials of the republican party today. there is not a single -- or i should say, there is very few servant leaders anymore of the republican party. very few servant leaders. the idea that we are giving courage to the 35 who voted for a bipartisan commission, our standard for courage has been lessened over the. years that is a courageous act to vote for a bipartisan commission related to an insurrection at the capitol. >> yeah, right there with you. okay jason, that nic...

Publicity-wise to be anonymous at first, right? >> random house kept dropping the printing week after week, i was told it was hard to sell a book without an author. but then it exploded like a bomb. >> is it getting more attention because the author is anonymous than it would if it was an undersecretary of something speaking out against trump? >> of course thats part of it. i think you also have the track record of the column a year ago, which i thought was a courageous act, and an act i assume ...

Tomorrow if jeff flake had not done what he did. he may yet be confirmed. i think the odds still favor brett kavanaugh being confirmed, but this investigation will take place and the only reason its taking place is because jeff flake stepped up. it was a courageous act. it was an important act. and it would show that my criticism of him was wrong. >> what do you think, phil? >> i disagree. i dont have any sympathy. we went into this and both sides, senator feinstein gets an allegation t senates ...