wade has reignited the fight for abortion rights. in states like michigan, pennsylvania and wisconsin, access to basic essential reproductive health care might be determined by who is elected as governor or attorney general, and whether or not they will enforce abortion bans. and if republicans take control of congress, that leaves room for the possibility that they will begin working towards a national abortion ban. a goal that was planned even before roe is overturned. the assault on personal freedoms also extends to the lgbtq community. in recent, years republican leaders have been exploiting anti lgbtq sentiment for their political benefit. republican state legislatures are on track to introduce a record number of anti-lgbtq bills in 2022. so far this year, 13 states have already passed such laws. additionally, supreme justice clarence thomas is alarming opinion in the dobbs decision last month prompted congress to take up new legislation to protect same-sex marriage. int
per perhaps marjorie taylor greene. what should happened to them? should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? well, i guess that s a decision for colleagues, right? i mean, my job is to put evidence out there. as i said at the end of that, it s like, i only know of one reason to seek a pardon. because you re worried that you re guilty, that you committed a crime. this is something they have to answer to their constituents. you know, i can t enforce rules of the house or do certain things unilaterally. but i think the bigger point is, listen, america, do you really want your members of congress out there trying to bend or break the law so that they can maintain political power? that is like, anafma to everything we ever learned in history class whether you re in third grade or whether you re a senior. and that s got to stop. it s interesting because you had three trump loyalists, rose and donahue and engel, testifying today. these ar
attempt to overturn a free and fair election. we saw stunning new images of officers desperately calling for backup as they were attacked by the rioters. there were also several new revelations from members of trump s inner circle in their testimony. his former attorney general bill barr detailed how he told the president his election fraud claims were b.s. trump s own daughter, ivanka trump, testifying that when she heard that she believed barr, and the committee vice chair, republican liz cheney revealed that multiple republican congressmen including scott perry sought presidential pardons for their roles in trying to overturn the election. cheney had a stark warning for members of her party. tonight i say this to my republican colleagues who are defending the indefensible. there will come a day when donald trump is gone, but your dishonor will remain. capitol hill police officers who were attacked, wounded by the rioters watched the proceedings in distress, some you ca
Thank you so much for tuning in. I wish you all a good night. My friend ari is next. And remember, you can watch the night cap most fridays and saturdays. 11 00 p. M. Eastern right here on msnbc. But for now, im signing off. From all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. Ill see you at the end of monday. Hello and welcome to our special. New york versus donald trump. Im ari and we have break downs on this entire rivetting week of testimony including fridays emotional moments for a long time trump aid open hicks on the stand. This really showed how prosecutors are proving up this case. Putting forward Stormy Daniels and Karen Mcdougals lawyer up. And a very damning story that will come from Michael Cohen. Corroborating all of that, with what we have told you about. The receipts, the checks, the contracts. And then, ending this week with a rare view inside Donald Trumps uppermost senior aides and brain trusts. Hope hicks taking the stand friday an
Hello and welcome to our special, new york versus donald trump. We have breakdowns on this entire riveting week of testimony including fridays emotional moment for longtime trump aid, hope hicks on the stand. This is one of those weeks that showed how prosecutors are proving on this case, putting forward Stormy Daniels. Called to confirm a very damning story that we have heard will come from Michael Cohen. They have done it this way to confirm it from the jury. Then, corroborating all that is what we told you about, the receipt of checks, the contract send then, ending this week with a rearview inside Donald Trumps uppermost senior aide and brain trust, longtime trump eight Hope Hicks Taking The Stand Friday and taking jurors and the rest of us into the secret meeting discussions as the access Hollywood Tape broke as trump and the aides assessed its damage. Hope hicks, you see there with donald trump. That is a coveted post in any campaign, especially in his, someone who is up on this