they ll go back to this rue cause of a minority acting a though they are the majority and being allowed to do so because systems are in place t make it so and i was gonna say, th scary thing is is you know tennessee was the one that cam to the surface this week, but have no doubt, that if thi opportunity presented itself another state legislators, republican-controlled stat legislators, it would happen there as well. great to see you as always m friend, great show, enjoy th rest of your evening off good evening to you, welcome t ayman tonight, the week donald trump looks small. sitting in a courtroom, no bluster, no bravado, it is the moment that changed everything for trump. our experts are going to explain the charges, the political stakes, and what comes next then, a trump appointed judg tries to end medicatio abortion in america. but an obama appointee effectively blocks that ruling where do things stand now? we ll speak with democrati congresswoman barbara lee. sitti
senator catherine cortez masto described that texas rulin with a word i cannot say o television and that exclusive interview i coming up first. plus, what is next for justi j. pearson one of the tennessee three who captivity the country this week i will ask him when he joins m in just a few minutes. meanwhile, after donald trump arraignment in new york, republican stepped up thei calls to defund the fbi into the doj. i will explain all the reasons why the gop is anything but th party of law and order and later, what was th governor of california doing i alabama? i traveled to montgomery for a wide-ranging conversation with governor gavin newsom. i asked him about gun reform abortion rights, the trump indictment and of course his favorite foil, ron desantis. i try not to be alarmists on this show, but every now and then there is good reason to b alarmed. on friday night there was a ne assault on women s rights in this country because a federal judge in amarillo, texas, issued
have the authority over the fd that they just asserted. and i do believe it creates crisis should the supreme court d that it would essentially institute a national abortion baton. plus, as donald trump s nimble sort of republicans i the wake of his indictment, ro desantis plotting in florida o how to take him down new reporting on the florida governor s plan to beat th former president and that s coming up the majority of members of the nashville metropolitan council tell nbc news that they will vote to reinstate expelled state representative justi jones to the tennessee legislature. after he and colleague, justin pierson of memphis, were expelled for protesting on the chamber floor against gu violence that bill could come as earl as tomorrow. and both ousted lawmaker say that they vowed to return to the state legislature. and d.c. s kathy park joins me now the latest kathy, what s next yeah, you were out there as well last week when all of thi kind of came into light. r
if there is anything tha recent events in tennessee and other states have taught us, i should be that state legislatures are critical fo our democracy. i mean, it is where america policy is made and if we don t know who you re stat representatives are, you shoul get to know them because the are determining the future state houses create policies whose impact can reach beyond state lines and influenc entire regions, affectin peoples pocketbooks, education s abilities to make decisions about their own bodies and virtually every facet of lif you can think of beyond laws alone, how you state legislature s run has direct impact on you as well i mean, look at tennessee. more than 136,000 tennesseeans woke up on friday morning with a no representation in their own state house. that s because the republica majority expelled of the two youngest black male legislators, representatives justin pearson and justin jones, saying the violated house decorum rules all for demanding tha
thanks for watching. i will see you back here nex weekend at 5 pm eastern. american voices with a latiu undoes starts right now on msnbc. thank you reverend sharpton and happy easter to you. hello very one i am alicia menendez tonight, we are barrelin towards one of the mos consequential weeks fo abortion rights from the fal of roe v. wade the government has less than a week to intervene after trum appointed and i abortion federal suspended fda approval of suppressed own, in this country. the justice department immediately filed an appea today. health and human services said all options are on th table to keep this medicatio available for the millions who need it. well, they certainly have access today and we intend to do everything to make sure it is available t them not just in a week, but moving forward. we have already filed an appea of this court s ruling one judge in one court and one state 50s approval process for saf and effective medications. we have to s