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forces in america. from the voting rights crackdowns and assorted government plots, to the big lie attacks on election results that can stoke actual insurrections. we know the u.s. has faced many different types of crises before, but this era has been a perfect storm of right wing demagogues, weaponized propaganda from the internet to the fox news defamation we covered, and this is key, the perfect storm includes a high powered, elite driven effort to main streak attacks on democracy and try to write them into our rules. and that part of the effort is not, let's be clear, criminal ac...

night that the president and first lady will head to puerto rico last night which was rocked by hurricane fiona -- 25 deaths in puerto rico have been connected to the storms. reuters reports that as of friday, 230,000 homes and businesses remain without power. fiona bore down five days after the anniversary of hurricane maria, which wreaked major havoc on the island before moving up the east coast. after puerto rico, the first couple will head to florida to examine the damage caused by hurricane ian. with wind speeds that top 155 miles per hour, tens of thousands of buildings were le...

Alabama. it's called melvin mill again. it also concerned, allegedly, gerrymandered maps. it involves the voting rights app and whether or not this app can -- have their votes deliberately diluted in congressional map drawing. tell me how these are connected and the influence you think they'll have. >> well the voting rights cases very important. as you say, the question is whether, an alabama court will have -- alabama had to draw a second majority district in which african americans voted the majority, without violate the voting rights act. his star claim before the court is that the voting ...

Hochul and other legislative leaders will appeal this, right, jonathan? >> that's right. what's really interesting is that the new york voters earlier said they didn't want anymore gerrymandering. they created a commission so they could have a non-political, fair district map. the democratic legislature essentially rigged that process as well guaranteeing it would fail and the map drawing would come back to them. so this is the frustration of new york voters to say they don't want any more of this. they want to have fair elections. >> sandra: this is going to have big implications which has ha...

The once-in-a-decade redistricting cycle is in full swing, and wilder than ever. The maps that emerge in the coming months will shape the balance of power in Washington for years to come.