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lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and caree

that was evan lambert reporting for us tonight. multiple fire crews in california are now headed to the island to help out. >> so far, 11 members of california's urban search and rescue task force have been deployed included in that team or for members of the oakland fire department. and lawrence is here now to talk about the conditions. they're still fighting those fires in addition to trying to find people who might be trapped too right. sadly have how's the weather, the wind affecting on things? things improved quite a bit. in fact, they actually had a couple of scattered showers there today. so not enough to put out a new flames, but >> weather conditions improving got some gus y spots out there. there's no getting around that. you see door here. you see the center of it has weakened a little bit moving further away now from the hawaiian island chain. so less of an effect. but you can still see the winds still kicking up around that area. and in fact, they're all pointing toward the hurricane. you can see that right now. see so

now, lambert is a fairly -- not a very well known figure, but she is tied to someone who is under -- an unnamed co-conspirator in the jack smith indictment. she is very -- works closely with trump lawyer sidney powell. cnn identified powell as an unnamed co-conspirator in the jack smith investigation. these are two separate investigations. a state-level probe in michigan and the federal probe. there is interesting areas of overlap. lambert was involved in georgia, someone who helped powell pay people to go to a rural georgia county and analyze voting machines there, too. so, you know, multi-state effort that is part of the state-level investigations as jack smith is, you know, files his indictment against donald trump as part of the la f >> to be clear. you mentioned the difference between the michigan case and jack smith's case. this is different from the michigan fake electors scheme, right? >> it is. that's also a separate investigation at the state level in michigan, overseen by the attorney general dana nessel there. and unlike jack smith's indictment, which focuses on the peopl

michael lambert, chief librarian, give it up for michael lambert. ivan, from the airport. representatives from bank of america, our police department, and i want to give-i always forget to do this, so bear with me hopefully a bit this morning on the way to afternoon. i want to give a special special shout out. i are was looking at his name and hoping he was going to come, give a special shout out for alvin woo from jcyc. you should be excited because that is who is cutting the checks. alvin, you got to stand up and take more applause then that. when this program started a few years back, mayor breed was like, i want to get to develop a program that gets to all, and she's like, where can we go, who can i partner with in community that has the capacity, infrastructure, the willingness and the experience to do that work and jcyc came to mind. alvin along with john osake said we don't want to do another program that celebrates the summer or repeats what is done before. they want it to be very intentional about the programming and as many will be able to attest to, we had bumps

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we'll get the latest now from our correspondent evan lambert. >> we haven't had a fatality like thisce i me. statehood began so statehood began in in 59, we lost 61 people in 19, tsunami that came in the middle of the night. this fire came in the middle of the night people in maui are going to feel an emotional governor assessing the loss of life on maui. >> deadly and devastating wildfires kicked up from hurricane high winds tuesday and wednesday. >> catching many of the 164,000 people who live on the hawaiian island off guard. residents and tourists rushed to escape the flames and smoke that overtook the land often nowhere to go. but the very water that surrounds the island, which sits only 48 miles long and 26 miles wide. if anybody's it's time to go fires on front street at the worst of it. some like charter boat crew member dustin johnson tried desperately to save lives. was the >> and it is for >> got to know when you write others helping any way they can like this woman who's made a spreadsheet of the missing to help family and friends in their search. i really hope that it ca

evan lambert, news nation. >> coming up soon, millions of borrowers will be on the hook for student loan payments again. but the biden administration says that they have a new plan to bring down the monthly costs. we have details on that. but first, the fda making moves to protect newborns from what this means for new moms. after the break. for your health, the food and drug administration has approved pfizer's new vaccine to protect newborns against rsv. it's actually given to expecting mothers during the 3rd trimester and it gives protection to the baby up to 6 months. pfizer says the shot is more than 80% effective at preventing severe cases. there's already an antibody shot that can be given to infants and the elderly health officials have been warning of a possible triple demic this fall with rsv covid and the flu. but for the first time ever there are planned vaccines against all 3 respiratory viruses. this year's flu vaccine has been updated to closely match the flu viruses that were emerging at the end of last season. and so far it seems to be successful while covid cases are goi

well, that was evan lambert reporting. from a study nasa has done. >> later on this month. well, happening today, robert horry lanes is expected to be sentenced for shooting hip-hop star megan, the stallion in the seat after a party of kylie jenner's hole, prosecutors are seeking 13 year prison sentence. he also faces potential deportation to his native country of canada. meanwhile, lane's attorneys are asking the judge to put him on probation. the jury convicted lanes in december of 3 felony counts, including assault with a semiautomatic firearm. the shooting happened 3 years ago during an argument in the hollywood hills, lane's maintains his innocence claiming he was completely robbed of a fair trial. now, elon musk says his potential in-person fight with mark zuckerberg would be streamed on the social media site x formally known as twitter. the 2 tech billionaires appear at least over social media to agree to a cage match in june. zuckerberg is trained in mixed martial arts us it's he has no training other than lifting

hal lambert pleased with the results, big backer of the florida governor, joins us now.survived, maybe then some. what do you make of it in. >> he had a fantastic night. he got up on stage, and for the first time millions of americans were actually able to hear him talk about his record. all those people on that stage, they talk about revolutions they want to lead, he's already led it this florida. he's already done the things people say they're going to do. he's already done the school choice in florida. for illegals, the the illegals are leaving the to the state because they can't work there the because of e-verify. he supported the police there. remember, he paid for police being run out of blue states to come to florida. he's done all the things that people are talking about they're going to do. and i'll give you a little tip here, neil, you know, he came across as humble, and he came across as respectful because that's the way he is. in fact, in debate prep they've had to kind of work with him to talk about what he's done, to talk about what he does because it's not

now, you may not have heard of michael milken of the investment banking firm of drexel burnham lambert. he brought respectability to low-rated junk bonds and then used the money to finance corporate raids and takeovers. without mike milken t. boone pickens couldn't have raided gulf, unocal, and phillips petroleum. pickens: the gulf deal was the first time i saw milken. he said, "if you really want to take over gulf, it's gonna cost you $13 billion." [ laughing ] and i said, "yeah, i get it." and he said, "i can get the $13 billion." palmer: he's the guy that t. boone pickens goes to, and most people haven't heard of him. well, that's just the way he likes it. he doesn't care about publicity. he doesn't care about pride. all he cares about is making money, doing deals, and having power. burrough: he was this shadowy howard hughes-like figure that those of us even in the press never saw, you just heard [whispering] "it's milken." but, you know, it was milken's genius -- and i think that is the correct word -- that created an entire market and fueled this takeover phenomena. reich: we rom

so they decided to keep it under wraps for many years. >> was evan lambert reporting for us. we're also expecting a report from a study that nasa has done well, expect that to be released later this month. >> it's 8.22. and coming up on the kron 4 morning news. >> 2 cases of legionnaires disease where the people died and the last place that they went before they had symptoms was a business richmond. we're going to tell you what you need to look out for the potential fight. cage fight between elon musk and mark zuckerberg. seems like there might be a little bit of a wrinkle. we're going to tell you who is checking out their bad back. david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association. as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading s

lambert has close ties to another lawyer sidney powell, and she is tied to the alleged conspiracy totime when all of the suits that trump was filing, because they didn't have any proof to back up what they were saying. and with these efforts that continued after january 6th, the prosecutors are saying that she and several others tried to gain access and seize the machines in the state to produce the evidence that followed. lambert is the third person charged, and this is still going on in the state level and overlap of the federal investigation as we see trump heading to the courthouse in d.c. >> okay. thank you, zach cohen. now, my panel is back. and jennifer rogers, it is coincidence that it happens on this day, but it is just going to show that you have now three charged in michigan in the effort to seize and control voting machines. michigan and the former president's claim of the big detroit vote drop is a big part of the indictment. >> yes, and all of the fake electors charged, and maybe charges coming in georgia around all of the interference with the election there, and so yo

lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and caree

so they decided to keep it under wraps for many years. >> that was evan lambert reporting. we are also expecting a report from a study nasa has done later this month. >> and that the italian family festa in san jose politicians in the south bay. >> got into a friendly competition to see who could stop the most grape juice. san jose mayor matt mahan edged out his competition. you can see that there and namely he was up against santa clara mayor lisa gilmore and mayor carmen of milpitas. the festival also included a pizza dough demonstration was chef john d'ambrosio of george owes italian food. sounds like a fun tasty time. well, earlier this week, nasa completed its first recovery test for the crewed artemis 2 mission off the coast of san diego. sarah leg. re reports. >> it's a mission complete off the coast of san diego. and the very first recovery test of an and crew aboard this mock-up of the orion capsule for artemis 2, we have never done crew training. >> and now we have developed this caught up. so the past few years have never been able to really tested until now usin

let's talk to our culture reporter guy lambert. just talk us through the findings. is, on average, a decline in consumption of broadcast tv. amongst the public, that is. like you say, it is 83%, down to 79. it is only four points, but it might not seem that significant, but in that number, there are more significant full. tv amongst the public, for example, it was two hours and 59 minutes. now it is two hours 38. is 20 minutes per day less, a 12% drop. the most interesting figures amongst us are at both ends of age spectrum. it is properly not surprising to see that teenagers, and young adults are consuming last broadcast tv, and are moving over to streaming services, but since 2014, that drop has been at 73%, quite significant. at the other end of the over 65. a more traditional demographic, more faithful to public service broadcasters, but year on year, we have seen a 10% in their watching of tv. streaming services seem to be the answer of why people are moving away from broadcast tv, 59% of households are now subscribed to netflix and disney plus, they have also

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party and people across this country are two things, the republican party, kevin saxton and william lambert, ready to fight back against the national rifle association, the tennessee farmers association, they are quite literally profiting off the violence and harm that is happening in our communities. the other thing i believe that has been recognised across our state, country in the world as we are losing our democracy, and when democracies are in peril, the reality is the communities that suffer the most are black, indigenous communities, colour and people who have made socio—economically depressed, socio—economically depressed, so everybody has to pay attention as to what is happening in the state legislatures because the erosion of democracy has implications for the united states of america but also other countries across the world. , ., ,, . ., world. there is a special legislative _ world. there is a special legislative question - world. there is a special legislative question by l world. there is a special. legislative question by the republican governor in your state but have they s

and so we're going to continue to demand that the republican party that cameron sexton and william lambert are safer. justin, what do you think democrats nationally can learn from what you have done there in tennessee? yeah, i think they can learn that people power movements work and that we have to be proximate to the communities that are suffering and to the people who are experiencing harm and lift up their voices and raise up their voices to create change and that there is no part of our country that can be left behind. whether you're in the reddest states or the reddest communities, there are people there who deserve and who need justice. and we've got to be a party that elevates those voices. and justin, you and your colleagues saw a big boost in fundraising after the international and national coverage, as they mentioned. do you plan to run for congress or senate? i plan to serve district 86 as a state representative as long as they'll re—elect me. all right, justinj pearson, thank you so much forjoining us. really great to have you back on the show. thanks for having me back. let's

michael lambert, chief librarian, give it up for michael lambert. ivan, from the airport. representatives from bank of america, our police department, and i want to give-i always forget to do this, so bear with me hopefully a bit this morning on the way to afternoon. i want to give a special special shout out. i are was looking at his name and hoping he was going to come, give a special shout out for alvin woo from jcyc. you should be excited because that is who is cutting the checks. alvin, you got to stand up and take more applause then that. when this program started a few years back, mayor breed was like, i want to get to develop a program that gets to all, and she's like, where can we go, who can i partner with in community that has the capacity, infrastructure, the willingness and the experience to do that work and jcyc came to mind. alvin along with john osake said we don't want to do another program that celebrates the summer or repeats what is done before. they want it to be very intentional about the programming and as many will be able to attest to, we had bumps

stuart: i want you to listen to what republican mega donor how lambert had to say about attacks on desantis. role that take. >> what we had, let's be fair about this, is a mass amount of media attacking the governor because they view him as the biggest threat to president biden and donald trump's campaign attacking governor desantis and the other campaigns which i'm not worried about the polls. i'm not worried about the polls. we are focused on the message and getting out in front of voters in the early states, the message to do it and not distracted by lawsuit s and indictments and problems that will cost millions going forward. stuart: is the santos the biggest threat to president biden and that's why the media is going after him? >> i think so. donald trump is formidable. i'm not trying to say anything negative about where donald trump is. to be that far in front is a good thing but ron desantis has a good record, showed success. he checks all the boxes. that is what is exciting about him and he's got a good money position too. he is able to raise money. he's in a good position. the poll

lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you.d to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and careers. we h

attorney stefanie lambert pleaded not guilty thursday to four criminal charges, including "undue possessiona voting machine" and conspiracy. in sudan, the united nations warns of violence between the army and the rival paramilitary rapid support forces has displaced nearly 4 million people since fighting broke out in april. nearly one million of those displaced have left sudan to seek refuge in other countries. of those who remain, more than 6 million, or around 13% of sudan's population are listed as one step away from famine. doctors report 70% of sudan's hospitals are not functioning. and on thursday, amnesty international warned extensive war crimes are being committed by all of sudan's warring parties, with civilians killed in both deliberate and indiscriminate attacks, and women and girls subjected to sexual violence. this is amnesty international's regional director for east africa, sarah jackson. >> the conflict in sudan is not getting even merely the kind of attention that the conflict in ukraine has. the humanitarian response has not been to the same level as well. nor has been th

how lambert wrote it and republicans are on the a losing path for 2024 and he knows how it can turn things around. that's next. ♪ i got into debt in college, and no matter how much i paid, it followed me everywhere. so i consolidated it into a low-rate personal loan from sofi. get a personal loan with low low fixed rates, and borrow up to $100k. sofi get your money right. stuart: chris christie pulling ahead -- of ron desantis. what's going on here? >> these pools move around and it's a two person race and the internal polling shows vast majority of current trump supporters, 80+% second choice is desantis. either trump loses support or he's not. if he does, it's all going to desantis for the most part. that's why this is headed. stuart: are you pinning your hopes on new hampshire and iowa that trump loses badly there and your guy comes up? >> well, he has a great shot of winning both. i think he wins iowa certainly, which will change the outcome and new hampshire but, no, he's got the resources and the gandler game and infrastructure to take this deep into super tuesday and then after supe

>> well, because, stuart i first worked -- 1982 for the famous or infamous drechsel burnham lambert andforth across the pond for all my working years and all my politic careers was with american companies and i look for america for shared culture and you're leaders of the western world and if america falls, we all fall. it matters for a whole host of regions. stuart: nigel, what's your role in milwaukee because that's where you are now. >> yeah. well these days i'm out of politics and left the european parliament and i'm transmitting back into the uk what's going on in america, and i'm in my ways sending it back as a warning. stuart: well, just tell them all how it is for real, okay. nigel, it's always a pleasure to have you on the show. great to see you. see you again soon, i do hope. >> thank you. stuart: yes, sir. going to change the subject completely or mostly. megan rapinoe responding to critics of the u.s. women's world cup soccer team. what's donald trump got to do with this? lauren: everything. he slammed rapinoe when she missed the penalty kick that caused the u.s. to crash ou

lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and caree

cheryl: miranda lambert got a lot of grief because she was yelling at a girl doing a selfie.for you, could you not take a selfie at the same time. >> why are you concerning yourself with what's in the front row. people are going to talk. it goes back to t idea of wheres decorum. i was thinking about this. when did we start at weddings, funerals, others, please silence your cell phones. it's simple things we've taken for granted in our society. cheryl: actually i did see barbie yesterday. in an actual theater. yeah, there's a huge announcement that comes in the theater, turn off your cell phone, put your text messageing down, stop take video of it. the girl in front of me was taking a video of the movie. coming up, the migrant crisis surging in the big apple with no end in sight. fox business' madison alworth is live in new york city with more. madison, good morning. >> good morning, cheryl. yeah, when it comes to the migrant crisis in new york we reached an untenable situation, unfortunate timing, there's a truck behind me now. after the break you'll see the line. hundreds of

pro trump lawyers,phanie lambert is facing for state level charges.didate who lost his b to be state attorney general, and former gop representative dare rendon. they are botraigned on multiple charges stemming from an ongoing investigation focusing on attempts by trump supporters to reach voting machines in michigan. let's talk about the prosecutor -- in the state of michigan the election code is relatively clear as it relates to who can possess or obtain possession of voting machines, and obviously you are innocent until proven guilty, but i have to say that the michigan state police and the attorney investigators did a thorough job in providing me with a lot of material to sift through, but ultimately we felt very comfortable in presenting this to the grand jury and ultimately they had a decision as to the charging. >> give a sense about the why, where they trying to -- where they are trying to do anything nefarious? >> well, you know, the y aspect i think will come out as we get to the court hearings and trial, but clearly there was an attempt, an

we've got congressman french hill, also hall lambert, he was a trump donor and now supporting governortes coming up on fox news later this week. we've got a hot show. we're staying on all the fighting going on in dc and the corruption scandals as well. i'm liz macdonald, thanks for watching "the evening edit" on fox business. now time to tune into the bottom line. stick around ♪ dagen: good evening. >> welcome to the bottom line. >> let's get right to this. biden hitting paws on his lake tahoe vacation to visi

saw republicans saying that they are tired of the extremism from people like cameron sexton william lambertt of committee. what we saw was just so insulting to a grieving community, florence, it was pain and trauma, compounding itself because many of these mothers went before committee. they put their hearts on that and they spoke to these members and shared one of the worst days of their lives, their children were being terrorized by a mass shooter. republican colleagues chose to ignore, them chose to silence them. chose to turn their backs on these mothers, and these community members. and shut down the session and always saw the session was a tax on the first amendment, attacks on the -- about silencing horses. there was no focus on stopping mass shootings, no vote on stopping gun violence that has terrorized our communities and taken the lives of four tennesseeans a day. it was horrible. and it requires us to go back now and say that when we come back in january, we must keep up the pressure. we must continue disrupt, because democracy requires disruption. and that these mothers needs p

. >> well, that's taylor lambert who facilitates jobs for all types of people including mary knight whotually walking the picket lines to support the acting community. >> for mary knight, life imitates art. this is mary working as an actor in amazon cease life as a virgo portraying person on strike. these days mary is walking ticket line for real. in solidarity with other sag-aftra actors who are on strike. >> i have been a sag member for 24 years. i was super excited to get my sag card in 1999. you are so good. >> for her, the benefits of the union go beyond the basics. >> you know, when you keep going to these auditions or you keep going to, you know, you work on set and you meet a community of people who spend time with them. >> one of their biggest concerns is ai and the consequences it could have in the industry. >> taking this opportunity and changing it into ai is really a challenging thing for all actors. taking away their livelihood. their health care. opportunities for residuals. opportunities for their retirement fund. it's awful. >> it's not just a concern for union actors.

republicans saying that they are tired of the extremism from people like cameron sexton and william lamberteader, who refused to hear their cries, who had others dragged out of committees. what we saw was just so insulting to a grieving community, lawrence. it was pain and trauma compounding its self because many of these mothers went before the committee and put their hearts on that -- they spoke to these members and shared one of the worst days to this life, when their kids were being carried by a mass shooter, and my republican colleagues chose to ignore them, chose to silence them, chose to turn their backs on these mothers and the community members. and they shutdown session. all we sought this session was attacks on the first amendment, attacks on the senate, silencing, voices there was no voices on stopping mass shootings, votes on stopping gun violence that is terrorizing communities and taking the lives of tennesseeans. it was horrible and it requires as to go back now and say, when we come back in january, we must keep up the pressure, we must continue to disrupt because democracy

well, that's taylor lambert who facilitates jobs for all types of people in the industry including marys the picket line not just for better pay but to support the acting community. >> for mary knight, life imitates art. this is mary working as an actor in amazon's 'life as a virgo," portraying a person on strike. these days mary is walking the picket line for real. in solidarity with other sag-aftra actors who are on strike. >> i have been a s.a.g. member for 24 years. i was super excited to get my s.a.g. card in 1999. you are so good. >> for her, the benefits of the union go beyond the basics. >> you know, when you keep going to these auditions or you keep going to, you know, you work on set and you meet a community of people and spend time with them. >> one of their biggest concerns is ai and the consequences it could have in the industry. >> taking this opportunity and changing it into ai is really a challenging thing for all actors. taking away their livelihood. their health care. opportunities for residuals. opportunities for their retirement fund. it's awful. >> it's not just a c

lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have books going virtual. have we recovered? >> yes, we are on our way. our staff stepped up big time during the pandemic to respond to the health emergency. since last may, we have been able to steadily increase in person access to library facilities. currently we are at 95% of our precovid hours of operation. in the coming weeks we are going to fully restore all of our hours. we have four branches that we are going to bring back to seven day service. they are currently operating at 5 days a week and we are going to go to every tag line and i know all the foot traffic has not returned to san francisco, but our library is seeing a resurgence coming back. >> can we talk about programs after covid? >> absolutely, that is part and parcel of our mission. we were doing that work precovid and certainly the library stepped up during the pandemic. we doubled our level of programming for personal finance, small business help, jobs and caree

the national rifle association and the republican party in tennessee, the speaker -- leader william lambertrtache, and more pain. and we know that having more villains in our school house doors are not going to be a resolution, making sure school houses never become places where we have people perpetuating acts of violence with ar-15s and weapons of war. it is how we act and we can do more than just offer thoughts and prayers. we have a responsibility to use the power of legislation to prevent these massive atrocities and every day gun violence that happens in our community that, in fact, my own class -- from happening. >> representative pierson, i think part of the reason that what happened to you and what happened to your two fellow state lawmakers grabbed national attention. it was the fact that we are in a moment where our democracy feels very much in peril. and so, the fact that there was an attack on democracy interstate, that you had tennessee republicans effectively nullifying the voices of your constituents when they expelled you in april, this week's election, it felt, watching it

lambert, welcome to the show. >> thank you. i'm glad to be here. >> i know it's been difficult to have