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as we near the end of the year, there s a lot on my mind. as usual, most of it having to do with politics. i wonder, for instance, if the democratic party has learned any of the correct lessons from the midterms. a lot more congressman, pat ryan about, it just ahead. and it won t be long until the russian invasion of ukraine reaches the one year mark. we ll ukraine be able to keep forcing russia back? what do the off-ramps for peace look like now? plus, from abortion rights to protests in iran, some of the biggest and most impactful social movements this year have is often the case been led by women. that s all coming up in the special year end addition of the program, so let s start the show. welcome to the show, what a year it has been. fighting in ukraine, the overturning of roe v. wade, the continuing covid crisis. but of course, the biggest story on the show, was the battle to save american democracy. ahead of the midterms, the issue was front and center, thanks to ....
whether we will ever have a seat at the table. truly profound question. karoun, thanks so much for time tonight. that is it for american voices. i m alicia mendes, as we continue to follow this breaking story, and this press conference. 100 over two hello mehdi. hello, alicia. horrific day of breaking news. the worst kind of breaking news. we are now waiting for police press conference on the shooting in california. that is gonna be a very important press conference. it s good beaver in portland press conference, a lot of big questions still outstanding. mehdi, of course, this question of public safety. you heard representative shoe saying she had people come up to her all day saying, can i send my kids to school? then i go to another event that is planned. trying to reassure them. and then of course questions about motives i what is driving the suspect to commit this horrific. act and this a lot we don t know, mehdi, about the victims. we know there are ten peo ....
countries have all kinds of problems similar to the u.s.. but, it s one of the things, mehdi, in the conference it out to me it gets to the heart of what you re saying is what the. , sheriffs ed. the status quo is not working. he said that california has some of the toughest colors in the country. country, but that the status quo was simply not working and i think that really cuts to the heart of the situation. yeah, as we have ayman, it s important to note that they re, time and time again saying there is no longer on his a threat at this conversations but we fall short every time. the time and we keep suspect connected to seeing more and more this mass shooting has mass been shootings. we are identified, as going to continue the 72-year-old conversation, thank you so-year-old huu can tran much for all of, your coverage. over the so i want to past come our. we want to continue backtrack a bit. and talk about that right now by how we got to this going point. they back ....
tonight at least. and get on you for spending on time talking about that. enjoy the rest of your evening, and thank you for joining us at home. coming up on ayman dangers, now reporting that at people were sent to defend the extension and did not act on warnings of violence before that day. plus, election deniers want to watch you view vote. i ll be joined by arizona secretary democratic head of state nominee to get his reaction. and to me too, five years later. an important conversation with the women who helped launch a global movement. activist charade up furch joins me live in the studio. i m ayman let s get started. this week, we learned that the people we trust to keep our nations safe failed on gender the sixth. it seems that some of them wanted to fail. thanks to emails newly-made public through the freedom of information act, we now know that a week after the capitol attack, a senior fbi official was warned that a, quote, sizeable percent of the employe ....
we ll see how they react and see how that plays out. mehdi, great show, enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up on ayman, republican lawsuits designed to make it harder for you to vote. we ll discuss the anti-democratic actions with wisconsin attorney general josh kaul, new details on paul pelosi. reporting that zip ties were found at the scene. and the gop threat that media isn t covering, republicans are recruiting a new generation of young, far-right activists. how democrats need to fight back. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all, right tonight, as of tonight, 22 million ballots have been cast across the country. early voting is now in full swing, so too are the legal challenges according to nbc news, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year, largely by republicans, targeting rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration, the counting of miss mark absentee ballots, access for partisan poll watchers ....