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hour. the announcement comes after five hearings this month that were chock full of really juicy, previously unknown details and lots and lots of brand new evidence on the lengths that trump and trump officials and trump advisors and trump allies went to try and secure a second trump term illegally. the committees chairman, bennie thompson had said more hearings were set for next month as the committee absorbs a mountain of new information from documents from the trump white house and ...

entertainment industry and beyond. we have a powerhouse of folks here to help hash it all out with a new hour of american voices, live from pride begins now. we begin this hour honoring how far we have come in the 50 years since the stonewall riots here in this neighborhood. those riots opened the countrys eyes to the demonization of gay people. it was at stonewall in 1969 that far goers refused to -- orders to leave their only safe haven in the city. the refusal led to them being beat...

began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus -- , which on thursday, limited the epas abi...

we will put into context just how devastating it was for certain rights, some of which originated with thomas jefferson. and later, florida schools rolling out lgbtq restrictions as the states dont say gay law takes effect. its impact already being felt. all of, that and more is coming up. and theyre good saturday morning to. you i am katie phang. if you are one of the millions of people flying or hitting the roads this holiday weekend, pack your patience. sky high gas prices, canceled...

a ton of hearsay -- >> it seemed like an audition tape that wasnt going well for her. >> she is an extremely junior low level aid, i dont think i ever had a conversation with her. >> the woman is living in fantasy land. she is a social climber. some whack job can say the stuff and get away with it, i hardly knew her. >> good morning, a disorderly july the 2nd, i am ali velshi. welcome to a special hour of velshi where we will dive into a close look at the week from the january six comm...

millions of american women, no longer have the constitutional right to an abortion that has been their right for decades now and nearly half of all states women will soon find themselves without any access to an abortion, a 6-3 decision handed down in dobbs versus jackson womens health upholds mississippis ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in a 5-4 majority went further completely striking down roe versus wade, written by justice samuel alito, it is similar to the draft opi...

will it work? israels government collapses. what does that mean for the country, the region, and for bb netanyahu? finally, a seismic shift in french politics. president macrons centrist party loses its parliamentary majority but the far right and left make electoral gains. why is this happening? just who are these voters embracing the extremes? first, here is my take. american democracy has been under stress for sometime now. trust in its institutions is near the lowest on record. whe...

intended to intimidate lawmakers. >> if we have to, were going to go to homes and let them know what we think about them. >> there were multiple protests. i dont remember the exact number, three at least outside either my district office or my home. youre correct. my then 15-year-old son was home by himself for the first one. all of my personal information was online. it was my personal email, my personal cell phone, my home phone number. in fact, we had to disconnect our home phone fo...

as the crowd size swelled and tempered flared. police say demonstrators were refusing to follow orders to stay off the road and several tried to interfere when an arrest was made. and in oregon pepper spray was used to disperse dozens of people. ten were arrested. in rhode island a fight broke out among protesters. police say off duty -- an off duty officer and state senate candidate punched his political rival, jennifer rork. she says it happened as she attempted to deescalate the s...

just -- its a tense moment. were on the outside of the main protest here. as you can see, there is a small group of people protesting who are in support of the supreme court decision. and what were seeing is really a conversation, passionate conversations taking place. both sides arguing, and, in fact, there was a larger group out here getting in an argument a few minutes ago at one point someone swiped a megaphone from the other crowd and they were given a verbal warning from the d.c....