and officials feel we can be a resurgence. plus, actress america ferreira on what it s gonna take to get the vital latina vote. this is american voices! we begin this hour with new allegations against republican georgia senate candidate. herschel walker. the new york times spoke with the woman that claims walker played with the abortion he told walker that they would have another abortion two months later. she says she reveals. and that resulted in them and in their relationship. she also says, quote, as a father, he has that nothing and he does exactly what the courts and that is it. he has to be held responsible, just like the rest of us. if you re gonna run for office, you need to own your life. the daily beast first reported that walker allegedly paid for his ex girlfriend s abortion in 2009 and msnbc news has not gotten anything from that report again. but walker has denied the
was a decision i had to make twice, about my future and a potential child s future. i was able to make it both times. herschel was able to have a say. the fact that he now thinks it s okay to just take that away, i just can t understand. that decision walker made is not available to millions of americans today. it will be taken away from millions more if walker and the republican party get their way. joining me now, someone who has central in tracking the story of abortion rights in the post roe era. jessica, columnist aunt all in her head. jessica, first, i wanted to get your reaction to watching this play out on one screen. documenting, as you have been doing on your substack, which has been indispensable, the daily beat of stories of what it means, tangibly, to have in post roe america. it s been really fascinating. i think it s probably been less shocking to me than other people because i feel like i
what it is violence. first, we need to join together to make sure that drug dealers or punish swiftly, surely, and severely. in line what the president is calling for, we need to halt every drug user accountable. if there is no drug users, their new appetite for drugs, to be no market for them. wildes, right? biden came to his prime position quite slowly, gradually over the decades as and importantly, as the politics around drugs have changed. according to gallup polling, the percentage of americans who think marijuana you should be legal has exploded from 23% back in the mid 80s to 68% as of 2021. so, with just over a month ago for the midterms joe biden has achieved the rare s thing in politics, a win-win. it s good for people, good on americans, good policy, and good politics. policy, an good politics. with the right balance of risk and reward.
enormously consequential announcement issuing the largest federal pardon in more than 40 years. as i said went when i ran for president, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana. first, i m announcing federal offenses. for the simple possession of marijuana. for thousands of people convicted for marijuana possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result of the conviction. my pardon will remove this burden. the pardon will affect over 600 none of whom are currently in prison. the president called on governors to make similar actions for state offenses. last time we saw anything like this was back in 1977 when jimmy carter pardoned vietnam war draft dodgers. in addition to the pardon, president biden announced a review into how marijuana classified by the federal government which helps
the secret service deleted their text messages on january 5th and sixth. the chief watchdog of the department of homeland security scrapped investigation to recover them. we got explosive testimony from the seditious conspiracy trial members of the far-right oath keepers militia. in the months leading up to the insurrection, the group s founder, stewart rhodes the third, had contact with a member of the secret service. tonight, this ukraine service responded to the testimony releasing this statement. get this, they don t appear to deny the allegations. they have been in contact with the oath keepers in the past and that it s not uncommon for groups to contact them about security restrictions for events. i m joined now by someone who was in the courtroom today for the oath keepers trial, rachel minor. she s a legal affairs reporter for the washington post. rachel, thank you for joining us. first, give us context for this testimony today about this connection between roads and the secr