good evening, and welcome to "politicsnation." before we begin tonight, i want to start off with breaking news and extend my concerns and condolences after last night's severe weather in kentucky and surrounding states. left thousands homeless and killed dozens of people. kentucky alone is grieving the loss of more than 70 people, and

the death toll is expected to rise as rescue efforts continue. president biden says he is in touch with state leaders and directing emergency resources to the region. >> jill and i pray -- and i sincerely mean this -- pray for those who lost loved ones and for those who are uncertain of the fate of their loved ones. the debris you see scattered all over the hurricane's path, they lost their homes, they lost their businesses, it's a tragedy. it's a tragedy. and we still don't know how many lives are lost or the full extent of the damage. but i want to emphasize what i told all the governors. the federal government will do everything it can possibly do to help. >> we're keeping an eye on this tragedy and will keep you updated during the hour. but first, fighting words.

right now the prime political battles of what will soon be 2022 all seem to have converged in texas. and this weekend the supreme court set the stage for perhaps the most controversial of those conflicts over abortion rights, ruling that challenges can proceed to texas's near-total ban on abortion. but for now, it remains law, guaranteeing that next year's midterm elections will take place in the shadow of an abortion battle 50 decades in the making. and of course, a voting rights fight going back to jim crow, where, again, the lone star state has been confronted by the biden administration. the department of justice announcing its second suit against texas in as many months,

this one over the state's republican-drawn voting maps which the justice department contends were drawn expressly to prune minority representation. and guess what, it's true. and my next guest is in the cross-hairs, and what's happening in texas is not just an assault on the black and brown residents, but also their representatives. we must now fight for their voters and their borders. joining me me congresswoman sheila jackson lee, democrat of texas. thank you for joining us, congresswoman. the week began with the department of justice suing your state over its voting maps, which we'll get to, because the week ended, of course, with the u.s. supreme court allowing texas's six-week abortion ban to remain in effect. but also allowing abortion providers in your state to legally challenge the ban,

setting the stage for a protracted fight in the lower courts as midterm elections loom. what impact has this law had on the women in your houston district, and as a democrat, do you see this issue driving women democrats of either gender to the poll? >> reverend, thank you so much for having me. if you would just allow me as well to join you with my deepest sympathy and concern for the people in kentucky, as a member of congress to join in and say every resource will be utilized to help them. but there is an explosive catastrophe in texas. it is a tragedy of catastrophic proportions, and, frankly, reverend, it is a disgrace to the constitution and the law of the land. the law of the land is roe v. wade. it is precedence. and tragically, we're allowing the trickery of state legislators to abuse women in

their most difficult time. women with their faith leader, their family, and their health provider should be the ones that make decisions about the next steps for them during a pregnancy. what has happened in the supreme court, the court that was bought by donald trump, the conservative lopsided 6-3 court, that court that should be expanded, is that they ignored something that is sacred for those of us who are lawyers. we're taught in first-year law school that precedence is standing as law of the land. it is to be respected under the 9th amendment, roe v. wade became precedent. and two of the juryists that were asked, kavanaugh and judge amy barrett, indicated that they believed in precedent. isn't it a shame? so what has happened in texas? women are fleeing, but poor women cannot flee.

and california now is trying to devise a fund that poor women can come and seek medical help. >> wow. >> women are being stalked because of the bounty law. we're going to fight, and, yes, they will be voting for themselves, and they will vote democratic in 2022. >> now, congresswoman, your state is popular with merrick garland's justice department, the second of two doj lawsuits against texas came down this week. this one citing the recent republican-drawn voting maps and contending that they dilute black and latino representation across the state. at the same time, garland also called on congress to restore the justice department's authority to command pre-clearance for electoral changes to certain jurisdictions. now, that would be passing the

john lewis protection advancement act. i mean, this is beyond just a black voting rights issue or brown issue. we're talking about the basic part that this country must do to preserve its democracy. what effect would that have on texans, americans, as we prepare to go to the polls next year? >> i think what is most tragic, reverend, is that we were not able, the many new faces that came to the united states house of representatives in particular, or the senate's and state legislature, were not able to to be beaten at the ballot box. our republican friends took to writing people out, took to the most insulting form of disrespect, which is to write you o to ignore you. they did that in texas where 95% of the growth was hispanic, african-american, and asian. not one seat gained.

both seats that were drafted and drawn and approved by the governor of the state of texas were seats that would elect anglo persons. everyone has a right to choose a person of their choice, but they have denied that to african-americans, hispanics, and asians as well. and the freedom to vote act and the important fire fighting, stop the fire, john robert lewis bill could have been the source of support. in fact, thank you to attorney general garland. they're using what we call section 2. that means they have to come in when the house is on fire. if we had had the proceed clearance and vote for that bill that is now stuck in the senate, we would not have had any of this -- >> and that pre-clearance was taken up by this court when they dealt with the shelby versus holder. but congresswoman, i wanted to leave you time for a topic i know you're passionate about in

light of the that shooting in oxford, michigan. you sponsored legislation specifically to enhance gun safety, specifically with regards to the storage of firearms. what can you tell us about this bill, the kimberly varn act? >> people are hurting, reverend. thank you so very much. the prosecutor arrested the parents. what is so shocking for those who lost their precious children is that these parents bought a gun and then presented the gun in a nonsafe place. they say it was in a drawer. someone said it was somewhere else, but it was accessible to this 15-year-old that obviously had challenges. my bill says enough is enough, that it is required by gun sellers to have the words "gun storage saves lives, tax credits will be given to those who have guns and sell storage devices,

and as well, penalties will occur if you do not store your gun and someone loses their life. you know, in the second amendment, it is never written in the right to hold a gun or to have a gun, that you can be unsafe with a gun, or your gun or usage that have gun is protected turned second amendment. it was wrong what happened in oakland county in the oxford school. now there are four dead precious children, only because of the parents. >> very sad, tragic, horrific, and should be dealt with. thank you, representative jackson lee. we're continuing to monitor the aftermath of the deadly tornadoes that tore across the midwest last night. in kentucky alone, the governor fears the death toll may be over 100 people. we'll bring you the latest in just a moment and throughout the evening here on msnbc.

but first, i want to bring in political analyst and former republican congressman david jolly, and founder of woke af nation and cohost of the podcast "democracy-ish" danielle moody. we mentioned the supreme court and the battle over abortion taking place right now. it is worth noting three of the conservative members of that court, gorsuch, kavanaugh, and barrett were all appointed by president trump and are all under the age of 60. with such a young group of justices, granted a job for life, there is a possibility that the court will remain conservative majority for a long chunk of our lives. is it time, danielle, for term limits? >> absolutely, reverend. i mean, here's the thing that people don't understand is that

we have lost the courts for generations. when you talk about the ages, when you talk about the fact how important elections are -- and the things is democrats, frankly, don't talk enough about the courts when we're in midterm elections headed into presidential elections. it's something that we don't pay attention to. and guess what? republicans have been paying attention to it since the passage of roe v. wade and the civil rights act. every single policy that has given people equity in this country, has given people access has come through the courts, and republicans have known that. and that's why they had this plan for 40 years. >> david, there are calls for republican congresswoman lauren boebert to be removed from her committee assignments after her anti-muslim comments about democratic congresswoman ilhan omar. the resolution to remove boebert was sponsored by congresswoman ayanna pressley and co-sponsored by several progressives,

including pramila jayapal and, of course, aoc. meanwhile on tuesday, boebert tweeted a photo of her and her young sons holding guns in front of a christmas tree just a week after four kids were shot dead in a school in michigan. i just finished speaking with congresswoman jackson lee about it. to be insensitive and malicious is one thing. what do you see happening here, david? >> look, on the photo it is cruel and it speaks to the heart of the congresswoman and the american people can judge her for that. in terms of her islamphobic rhetoric, it is not hard to pass a condemnation within the hours recognizing that islamophobia is not only anti-muslim, it's anti-american and antithetical.

it is right for the house to pass some type of censure. as democrats go down this road as they approach some of these republican members of congress and their violations of ethics and bringing ill repute on the house, kevin mccarthy has already said during a floor speech we're going to do the same thing to you, and they will. republicans will do this. condemnation, absolutely. whether or not to remove her from a committee, i think speaker pelosi has to make a judgment call in that regard. >> danielle, i have to bring this up. vice president kamala harris this week met with a group of black women from a coalition focused on civil rights issues, melanie campbell, ebony riley among others. the meeting was a space for black female leaders to talk to the vp, not just about voting

rights, but about other issues that impact black women nationwide. what do you think she could be doing to support the black community more? she's been given a lot of negative publicity, negative articles, many of us feel unfair. what do you think she could be doing more? >> you know, reverend, i want to say this, is that i appreciate the fact that the vice president met with black women leaders. we have to understand that black women are the base of the democratic party. and so while i appreciate the fact that the vice president is meeting with these leaders, the entire administration, including the president of the united states needs to be meeting with this leaders. it is not the sole responsibility of vice president kamala harris because she is a woman of color to be uplifting women of color when women of color have uplifted them to the white house. that's how they got there in 2020. it is the administration in its entirety's responsibility alone

to get at the issues that affect black people across this country, particularly black women that vote for them 99% of the time. >> david, new york's attorney general wants donald trump to sit for a deposition on january 7th, part of a civil fraud investigation into whether the trump organization purposely altered the valuation of their properties. trump's lawyers are pushing back and his spokesperson says the investigation is a witch hunt and a political persecution. what do you see happening here? >> yeah. this is a common opportunity for fraud among people like donald trump. you undervalue assets when you're paying taxes and you're obligated to pay revenue on them. you overvalue them in terms of the marketplace and the sale point. and so the new york state attorney general is saying, look, that is fraud, that is outright flawed. as you pointed out, rev, it's a civil case. very importantly, the manhattan

district attorney cy vance has a criminal case. so the question is, if tish james can get donald trump under oath on this fraud claim, even though it's civil, that creates a record that cy vance might use in the criminal space and go after donald trump on the same type of fraud but with criminal implications. >> david jolly and danielle moody, thank you for coming to "politicsnation." coming up, one of the former president's best people is taking another step to prove his loyalty. probably a step in the wrong direction. later, trump's next coup has already begun, january 6th was just practice. is the gop in a much better position to subvert the next election? i'll have a guest who thinks so. but first, my colleague steven romo with an update on today's top stories. steven? >> yeah, rev.

thanks, right now we are watching the latest developments from those deadly tornadoes that swept across the central u.s. last night. more than 100 people are feared dead as search and rescue efforts continue across six states right now. in kentucky at least four tornadoes reportedly touched down. the national weather service estimates one of them had winds of 150 miles per hour. more than 70 people were killed. the town of mayfield was virtually destroyed. rescue efforts are still under way at a flattened candle factory in that town where 110 people had to shelter in place when that tornado hit. governor andy beshear fears dozens of workers may have been killed at that factory and the death toll is expected to rise. >> the devastation is unlike anything i have seen in my life, and i have trouble putting it into words. when it was safe to travel this morning, i flew to mayfield. my first stop was that candle

factory. 110 people working in it at the time the storm hit. they rescued 40. there's at least 15 feet of metal with cars on top of it, barrels of corrosive materials that are there. it will be a miracle if anybody else is found alive. >> this deadly weather was so wind up, it strechlz from arkansas, mississippi, missouri are, tennessee, kentucky and illinois last night. in edwardsville, illinois, two deaths have been reported at an amazon warehouse after a direct impact from a tornado there caused one of the walls of the building to collapse. also caused all that roof damage there you see. 30 workers managed to escape on their own. three others have been rescued from that building so far. in arkansas, at least one person was killed at a nursing home with the roof collapsed during the storms.

at least five otherwise were injured and that building was steroid. just moments ago president biden sent his condolences to the victims of those tornadoes and pledged to help the states affected. >> we're going to get through this. we're going to get through this together and the federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times where we're not democrats or republicans. we're all americans. we stand together as the united states of america. so i say to all the victims, you're in our prayers and all those first responders and emergency personnel and everyone helping our fellow americans, that this is the right thing to do at the right time and we're going to get through this. >> it may not be over yet. an estimated 12 million people are still at risk in the southeast for severe weather. high wind alerts in place for cities across the mid-atlantic and northeast. more "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton coming up after this break.

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gotcha. we returned to the swamp to congratulate one of its most emblematic residents, california congressman devin nunes, top republican on the house intelligence committee and perhaps donald trump's biggest congressional cheerleader for the last five years. he announced this week he would be leaving his nominal public service job to become the chief executive officer of the trump media and technology group. and what is this semiserious collection of words, you ask? well, on paper it will be a social media company reflecting the maga point of view, freed of the constraints of twitter and

other outlets that have muzzled our last president since the insurrection. capable supposedly of going toe to toe with big streaming studios like netflix in terms of production value. like you, i can only wonder what an ardent dairy farmer who sued the fake twitter account of a cow knows about running entertainment and technology company, especially one with the ambitious target of amassing more than 80 million followers and $3 billion in profit in just the next four years? but our questions may have to wait, because apparently both the securities and exchange commission and the financial industry regulatory authority have their own, with the s.e.c. filing a report this week confirming their investigation at the same time nunes was breaking his big news, and that

report revealed inquiries into the special purpose acquisition company digital world, which has received multiple inquiries from both regulators since the october announcement that it would be acquiring trump media. it told regulators it had no pairing in mind when it was formed. "the new york times" finding that the shell company's chief executive had been talking with trump about the potential deal as early as march. then there's the question of exactly who are the unnamed investors that put up $1 billion into this venture. according to a recent trump media press release, but among those we do know of who invested when the company announced it would go public, are wall street firms that cashed in when stock

prices jumped and cashed out just as quick, leaving behind sensible retail investors, like congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, who, like many, have yet to cash out of this venture, has already lost money and is poised to continue to do so. century if federal regulators should find, like trump university, trump foundation, trump casinos, and trump steaks, there's something rigged or overcooked. but to you, mr. nunes, let's go back to you because there is something tragic in how fitting your next post is not just yourself, but the party at this point, in which republican lawmakers now have requirement options than many of the constituents they represent. either take the old-school route and become a lobbyist, or work for trump's pre-presidential

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the january 6th insurrection and donald trump's coup attempt was unprecedented, and ultimately unsuccessful. but over the past year there has been a concerted and meticulous effort to make sure he does succeed next time. in an expansive piece in "the atlantic," staff writer barton gelman lays out the groundwork that republicans have done to

ensure they take power next election whether americans vote for them or not. and he joins me now. let's start with the main point of the article, mr. gelman. i mean, one of new york's mega -- most influential pastors called me and told me you have to read the whole article. and i did. you say it plainly. january 6th was just practice. i'm quoting you. you say trump's next coup has already begun. just explain what you mean there. >> what i am is that trump and his allies have identified every obstacle they had to trump's attempt to overthrow the last election and have gone about methodically rooting out those obstacles. so if it was an official who refused to go along with the demand to change the count , that official has been hounded

out of office or opposed for re-election, or they've changed through a so that official no longer has any power over elections. and this is the this has gone on systematically all over the country. >> i'm disturbed that it seems like democrats don't see the urgency of what we're talking about. we're talking about absolutely changing the whole democratic structure of this country, or at least what it touted. the justice department is suing both texas and georgia, arguing new restrictive voting measures it says target black and hispanic voters. however, we know voter suppression is just one strategy to subvert the election. as you point out, more than a dozen states have new laws moving authority over elections from government and career officials to legislatures. can you explain how this strategy will help republicans seize power? >> well, it's a little bit like

changing referees in the game and putting in a referee that works for you when you're about to play the game. it's one thing to suppress the vote and to reduce the number of people on the other side who get to vote, and that's the traditional republican vote suppression method. this is even more dangerous because it affects who counts the vote. and you have -- let's just take one example, the state of georgia. brad raffensperger, the secretary of state, refused to certify that trump won the election when biden actually won it. what's happened, trump has endorsed someone to run against him. the state legislature has censured him. state legislature has removed him from being a voting member on the board of elections so even though he wins an election, he won't have power to certify

or decertify an election next time. and they changed the rules so that the legislature can fire county election authorities if they're not counting the votes the way they like. >> which is to nullify the votes. that is nullification. now, one of the most interesting parts of your piece centers around who the insurrectionists are, those people you call foot soldiers. tell us briefly about the demographics of that group and how gop leaders using these people to further their goals. >> what's different about this group is it's the first time in 100 years that we've had a large mass political movement of people who are prepared to use violence who are in the middle class, or in the middle years of their lives, who are in the upper side of income and education in this country. there's been some fascinating work done at the university of chicago where they traced back

the insurgents, the ones arrested and charged with crimes on january 6th. and it turns out that they are most likely to come from counties in which the fraction of white people in the population has diminished. if white people are on the decline in a county, that county was much more likely to send an insurgent to washington. >> i want to finish with what you wrote toward the end of your piece. you say, quote, there is a clear and present danger that american democracy will not withstand the destructive forces that are now converging upon it. our two-party system has only one party left that is willing to lose an election. the other is willing to win at the cost of breaking things that a democracy cannot live without. what do we need to do to save democracy? what can the current administration do?

>> well, first and foremost is to treat this situation as an emergency. this is not normal times. the whole point of norm-breaking is that it is abnormal, that you can't respond in normal ways. joe biden gave a speech in which he said election subversion is the greatest threat to our democracy since the civil war. that implies that he should be acting with comparable urgency and he's not. >> thank you for joining me tonight. up next, colleges and universities around the country are being forced to acknowledge their part in america's ugly history of slavery. it's all thanks in large part to student activists like these. they're fighting for recognition and reparations at georgetown university. we'll talk to them in a moment. but first, steven romo joins us again with another update on the

deadly weather in the midwest. steven? >> thanks, rev. those updates continue to pour in. multiple tornadoes with paths hundreds of miles long spread across six states late last night, causing mass devastation and killing at least 70 people. in kentucky, 11 counties sent ambulances to the city of mayfield after a tornado flattened a candle factory there with 100 people reportedly inside at the time. many of those workers are still unaccounted for. rescue efforts are ongoing. in arkansas, at least two deaths have been confirmed. at least three people were killed in northwestern tennessee. and at least one person was killed when a tornado hit an amazon warehouse in edwardsville, illinois. we'll bring you updates on the rescue and recovery efforts throughout the night here on msnbc. now more "politicsnation" with reverend al sharpton coming up. >>thank you for that update.

now the story out of georgetown university in washington, d.c., where students are pressing the school to move faster to help the descendants of 272 enslaved people who were sold to louisiana plantations by the school to pay its debts in the 19th century. the university promised to start funding community projects two years ago after a student resembled and protest called for reparations. but students say nothing has happened since. is georgetown university breaking its promises to the descendant community? joining me now is nile blass, the student body president at georgetown university, and julia thomas, a current student at georgetown university and a descendant. julia, i want to start with you. you are a descendant of mr. sam harris and ms. betsy ware harris

who were trafficked and sold as slaves in 1838 by georgetown university. now you're a student at the school. tell us about it. >> so it's definitely an interesting experience, but i think mainly i feel a sense of pride and purpose, and that purpose being to honor the lives and legacy of the g 2 72 and the other enslaved individuals and advocating for reparations for the descendants and i'm honored to be here today and to be able to do that. >> now, in october of 2019, the university said it would commit at least $400,000 annually to fund community-based projects to support descendant communities. you pointed out that many students assumed that would start happening immediately. but the university says the reconciliation fund effort was delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, and that it has been

helping descendants, and that reconciliation fund will begin considering grant proposals this spring, even though they didn't specify how exactly the funds would be allocated. is that enough to get this started? >> no. i think that when you're dealing with a debt and a labor that was free to the university that built its endowment that we have specific details for, it's not enough to be vague and inconsistent in the payment of it. even in the georgetown context, we're portraying it as a charity or something being done for a privileged few. in reality this is the debt owed to build an constitution for centuries. so that's not enough. i think we deserve more clarity. when you speak to descendants, not just julia, but others, there's a lack of clarity there. and i think if georgetown were delayed as a result of the pandemic, that's something that should've been clearly and disintegrately articulated for it student body and the community at large, and it wasn't. the failure of communication is

the responsibility of the georgetown community to reconcile or try to view charitably. they said nothing, so we interpret that as nothing. until we see something, real economic contribution, then we kind of have to continue considering it zeroing julia, you only discovered your ancestors had been sold by the university in 2016. you told "the washington post" that you wished your family had known about it sooner before your grandfather died. in coming to georgetown university, tell us more about this specific purpose you feel. >> so my grandfather was a very family-oriented man. he was very proud of his family. and it saddens me he never got to know where he truly came from. so my true purpose is to honor his legacy and to fight for our family and to fight for the rest of the defendants to get what is owed to us, which is reparations from georgetown university.

>> now, your class of 2022 is now the only group of students to have directly witnessed that original organizing for reparative justice. do you feel it's now a new level of urgency. >> i think i do. when we're dealing with college settings, there's a convenience in the four-year cycle. even if there's a lot of work that comes with activism or social issues f people graduate out and there's no institutional knowledge passed down to previous classes, there's a lesser push because you're not building off a foundation. this year working with julia and the other members of the class of 2022, it's our last time to articulate that promise. when we're talking about georgetown university as a case study for dealing with injustice in general, if a predominantly white institution includes the descendants in leadership positions, deal with their history, then the rest of the country can. and so in being that example,

especially in the racially tensioned country that we are now, we have now or never, and i don't think that in graduating in six months, if this doesn't happen, i view that as failure of my leadership and georgetown's leadership. >> julia, are you in touch with any other school or university on this topic? >> i'm not. i've been working with nile and other students on this topic heavily, but i haven't heard from any other university on this topic. >> now, this money is being raised through fundraising, not from student fees like students wanted. why is that? >> i think it's because georgetown and other institutions like it -- even talking about the terminology of reparations, it's complicated and it's unfortunately. when we're talking about the history of the united states in general it makes people unfortunately. but when we look to the student body and the people who originally crafted the referendum, it's one thing i reference, that this is not charity. this isn't if you went for a community that isn't inherently owed something. these individuals and their

labor, both social, cultural, and economic, contributed to a university that now brings in millions of dollars to fund itself and its auxiliary institutions. it's not acceptable to view that as a favor and not a commitment to pay something that is owed. >> julia, what else can georgetown do apart from this money? what else can they do? >> well, i would like the university to start having open and honest conversations with more descendants. georgetown communicates with about ten descendants. we know there are thousands of defendants. there's actually groups of hundreds of defendants who have filed and elected their community leaders -- those leaders have reached out to georgetown and georgetown refuses to engage in conversation with those leaders. i don't feel comfortable moving forward on any action with georgetown until they bring more descendants to the table. >> we're going to keep in touch and watch where this goes.

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and i was just trying to have him talk to me and just kept saying daunte, like just say something. please, like just talk to me. >> that was daunte wright's girlfriend, aliana albic payton, calling how she tried to save his life after he was shot during a traffic stop. this wednesday the trial of kim potter got underway in minnesota. potter a 26 year police veteran shot and killed a 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop in the minneapolis suburb of brooklyn center. she faces two felony counts of first and second degree manslaughter. this week jurors heard from daunte wright's mother. they also heard from police officers and the defense who claims kim potter meant to fire her taser instead of her gun. i remember that we were

listening to summations in the trial of derek chauvin in the murder trial of george floyd when we got word that a young 20-year-old had been killed by a police officer just ten miles away, brooklyn center just ten miles away from that courthouse. and i remember saying you would think on a day we're summing up arguments in a trial that had went all over the world about police brutality, police would have been on their best behavior, and then how does a 26-year veteran, i wanted to know, mistaken the size, weight, and color of a gun for what they thought was a taser, this young man unarmed, this young man dead. i was asked by the family to come, and i did. i mourned with the family, and i did preach the eulogy at daunte's funeral, and i pledged to stay with that family who i

prayed with on the first day of the trial. all they want, all the people in brooklyn center want, and all i am praying for is justice. whatever is fair and just, let it be, but let it be fair and just. but let me say that even with all else that is going on, i'll fight around voting rights, and i'll fight around dealing with the questions that continue to arise. we cannot put on the back burner police reform. there must be accountability for police in this country. and if no one else is going to keep saying it, i'm going to say, yes, we must protect the right to vote, and yes, citizens have the right to expect these protect and serve us to protect and serve us and not keep coming with situations that are unexplainable. and seemingly happens

disproportionately in black and brown communities. so with all going on, we all keep our eyes in brooklyn center to see what happens in the case of daunte wright. we'll be right back. backjust like the d women who wear it on their uniforms and the country it represents. they're all only meant to move one direction which is why we fly it this way on the flanks of the all-new grand wagoneer. moving boldly and unstoppably forward.

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that does it for me. thanks for watching. i'll see you back here tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern for another

live hour of "politics nation." alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now. >> thank you so much, reverend sharpton, hello, everyone, i'm alicia menendez. at this moment, huge swaths of the american south and midwest are in tatters and many dozens feared dead after an outbreak of tornados overnight. six states, arkansas, missouri, mississippi, tennessee, illinois and kentucky all hammered. in one case, a tornado is believed to have touched down for 250 straight miles across four states. if true, that would be a record breaker. a survey of the damage absolutely heartbreaking, and a reminder of the devastation such storms can bring, especially when they strike in the middle of the night and darkness makes it hard to see an approaching funnel cloud this the sky. in kentucky, more than 70 are feared dead. the state is now under a state of emergency with federal assistance on the way. stories emerging like the candle