we will speak with ari berman of mother jones. then as the rollout of johnson & johnson vaccines begin today, we look at the racial vaccination gap. black americans are not only twice as likely to die of covid-19 as white americans, but also dying at rates similar to those of white americans who are 10 years older. we will speak with dr. oni blackstone about her call to lower the age cutoff for vaccine eligibility for black americans. then "as the pandemic raged, abortion access arly flickered out." >> abortion access was an a crisis before the pandemic had. what we have seen over the past year is the collision of a deadly pandemic with many years worth of state laws aimed at making access to abortion as difficult as possible. so the covid pandemiin many ways has offered as a preview of what it will be like when the supreme court overturns roe v. wade. amy: we will speak to investigative journalist amy littlefield. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. go

tonight, ari berman, senior reporter at mother jones. somebody whose reporting is absolutely great on this issue. ari, thank you for being with us tonight. i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, rachel. >> since these bills, these measures have been pending in georgia, we've been covering all along the effort in georgia to try to organize against it and fight against it. well, tonight, that includes some very dramatic footage of a member of the georgia legislature being arrested at the governor's door when she was trying to be allowed into the signing ceremony where governor kemp was signing this thing. we've got that footage for you ahead. it will curl your hair. the fight against what just happened tonight in georgia has always taken a turn tonight, we have breaking news on that next. in terms of a legal fight over what happened. lots more to come tonight. this is a big deal. stay with us. i'm so lucky to get him back. your heart isn't just yours. protect it with bayer aspirin. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an

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goal achieved i'm so happy i can tell my house mother jones say that i got perfect scores for voting old way i feel i've proved myself in a small way it feels like i'm saying test me test me test me let me pass the bill. while voting polls are on the verge of going mainstream in china most people in the country keep a low profile due to conservative social norms but for a while voting has provided a sense of freedom and creative expression. i think i can dance for the rest of my life i can probably dance wacking and folk in old ways. until i'm 60 or 70 it's already become a part of my life so even when i go to the toilet or drink water every day or those i don't walk normally but in a vogue in kalak style not really. from its beginnings voting has had a radical sensibility people here hope it's growing popularity will tell its subversive and liberating edge. gowalla so how much is identity intrinsic to an artist's work that's the question that's come up over and over as publishers in various countries grapple with translating the hill we climb a poem recited by american poet amanda g

i am care about their senior editor at mother jones.e you can all relate i am reeling from the last week of news. as we watched in horror as our democracy came under attack, it was easy to forget the coronavirus is still raging with 4000 new cases every day. but these two events are related in one really important way. the people who stormed the capitol live in an alternate reality. their beliefs are reinforced

i am care about their senior editor at mother jones. i'm sure you can all relate i am reeling from the last week of news. as we watched in horror as our democracy came under attack, it was easy to forget the coronavirus is still raging with 4000 new cases every day. but these two events are related in one really important way. the people who stormed the capitol live in an alternate reality. their beliefs are reinforced by dangerous conspiracy theories shared in online communities. that same dynamic the online spread of misinformation has worsen the pandemic. so how do we stem the tide of dangerous rumors? i guess today, doctor seaman yasmin has a lot about that question. doctor gassman as a professor population health at stanford university but she previously served in the epidemic intelligence service at the cdc investigating infectious disease outbreaks. but her brilliance does not stop there. doctor yasmin as it ma award-winning turtles whose awards focus on the spread of medical misinformation her new book is called viral bs medical

senior reporter for mother jones. i want to start with you representative thomas because you were seen in that video too. i'm going to play it while i ask you a question here. you're seen in the t video yelling al the officers who arrested representative park cannon. she's charged with a felony for trying to enter the governor's office. have you spoken with representative cannon? how is she? >> yes, i have spoken with her and she's taking time right now to be with her family and to be honest, get ready for monday. we're back at it again on monday fighting these egregious laws. she is taking the time to kind of get herself together and be ready to fight on monday. >> representative thomas republicans put in place. this is like a 95 page bill. you can't give people water. standing in line we'll make it impossible to vote. you'll be thirsty for eight or ten hours. it seems like suppression. have republicans articulated how they justify making it legal to give people food or water for standing in line? >> when we were deb

. >> mother jones magazine doctor seema gassman discusses the misinformation about public health and medicine paired here's a portion of that program. >> a couple of years ago there's a measles outbreak in eastern europe i think in romania. at the time the world health organization had tweeted something like worst measles outbreak in decades, and this part of europe, don't worry we are disseminating pamphlets. something along those lines. and like are you kidding me? these movements of anti- vaccine messages and has agencies that disseminate and pamphlets, they are sending a video's mother crying to the camera and telling you because she is convinced her 3-year-old became autistic after getting the mmr vaccine. you tell me the video like that that some person telling the story about a child crying, super emotional that does not meet people where they are. they trained and medicine and medical school for this is around the world we have evidence-based medicine. we do not practice evidence-based communication even though we know communication is a make or break when it comes to an indi

. >> i have got here report that maybe you've seen for "mother jones" magazine.mazon is becoming of prime revolving door destination in washington. it extensively details the extent to which the company has established this revolving door by doing thingsme like hiring 27 government officials over the last 10 years on top of $20 million amazon spent on lobbying activities just in 2020. you have never been employed by amazon. >> i'd like to know what you: think about this revolving door that "mother jones" and others have reported on in our government between these megacorporations. you think is a problem and doesn't have a negative impact on public policy? >> when i left public service previously i had the opportunity to go into the private sector on nonprofit on behalf of this region and as i understand it up biden of has a strong and robust standard by whichus is going to hold all the appointees to regarding both conduct whileas n office.we >> you do think the revolving door is a problem having a revolving door between major corporations and you said a second ag

goal achieved i'm so happy i can tell my house mother jones say that i got perfect scores for voting old way i feel i've proved myself in a small way it feels like i'm saying test me test me test me let me pass the bill. while voting balls are on the verge of going mainstream in china most people in the country keep a low profile due to conservative social norms but for a while while voting has provided a sense of freedom and creative expression. i think i can dance for the rest of my life i can probably dance wacking and folk in old ways. until i'm 60 or 70 it's already become a part of my life so even when i go to the toilet or drink water every day or those i don't walk normally but in a vogue in kalak style not really. from its beginnings voting has had a radical sensibility people here hope it's growing popularity will tell its subversive and liberating it. gowalla so how much is identity intrinsic to an artist's work that's the question that's come up over and over as publishers in various countries grapple with translating the hill we climb the poem recited by american poet am

tonight, ari berman, senior reporter at mother jones. ari, thank you for being with us tonight, i really appreciate it. >> thank you so much, rachel. >>> since -- since these -- these bills, these measures, have been pending in georgia. we have been covering, all along, the effort in georgia to try to organize against it and fight against it. well, tonight, that includes some very dramatic footage of a member of the georgia legislature being arrested at the governor's door, when she was trying to be allowed into the signing ceremony where governor kemp was signing this thing. we have got that footage for you, ahead. it will curl your hair. the fight against what just happened tonight, in georgia, has also taken a turn, tonight. we have got breaking news on that, next. in terms of a legal fight over what happened. lots more to come tonight. this is a big deal. stay with us. stay with us terest. and winning. but now, the for the people act stands on the brink of becoming law. ensuring accurate elections. iron-clad ethics rules to crack dow

as mother jones notes, these laws are georgia's most restrictive voting laws since the jim crow era.hed in today saying in a statement as our state legislators seek to turn back the clock through legislation that will restrict access to voting for many georgians, i am disheartened, saddened and angry. it's not just georgia racing this disenfranchise americans and on monday, a republican-backed bill, less than a week agoago, the disgrac twice-impeached florida man to push suppression has a plan to undermine it and is making voter suppression his brand. the daily beast reports the formy president has made it clear that he wants election crackdowns to emerge as one of the defining legacy of his post-presidency. and from his home base in florida he's told advisers he wants to help rally support for state gop voting restrictions because, of course, joining me now is latasha brown. donald trump, the former president appears to want his legacy to look like george wallace before he had a change of heart, he wants to be jesse helms and not jimmy carter who is known for building houses for the

senior reporter at mother jones and the author of give us the ballot the modern struggle for voting rights, broad question, we'll talk about the supreme court. the bigger issue is all the state legislatures trying to pass new laws on voting and voting access. the basic question is, why now all of a sudden? >> hi, john. well, thank you for having me and good to see you again. i think why now because we're seeing the weaponization of trump's big lie all around the country republicans are pointing to the fact that so many of their voters believe the election was stolen as a reason to cut back on voting. so, for two months trump said the election was stolen. and afterwards now we are seeing republicans in state after state including all of these key swing states like georgia and arizona rush to restrict access to the ballot. they are not just targeting mail voting, which is trump has largely decried they're also targeting early voting and other methods that are perceived to affect democrats. this is the biggest assault on voting rights we have seen in decades. the numbers are stunning. 250 res

for more i'm joined by ari berman, senior reporter with "mother jones."peful that this 6-3 majority will keep the voting rights act in place. are you as pessimistic as i am? is the voting rights act about to be eliminated? >> it's hard to be optimistic about the voting rights act with this court that already gutted the voting rights act. i'm not sure they're going to go so far, joy, to say the voting rights act is completely eliminated. but they might just interpret it in such a restrictive way that it will be functionally eliminated or reduced to so little protection for minority voters that they can't really look to the courts for relief anymore. the fact that republicans are challenging the voting rights act at the very moment that they're trying to pass all of these new voter suppression laws that very likely violate the voting rights act just shows how big of a threat to democracy we see right now from the republican party. >> yeah, while claiming that their strategy for 2022 is to run women and people of color for election. here's former georgia --

hawley: i'd like to know, what do you think about this revolving door that mother jones and others have reported on in our government between these megacorporations? do you think that's a problem, do you think it has a negative impact on our public policy? mr. miller: i haven't seen the specifics of that report. when i left public service previously, i had the opportunity to go in the private sector and chose to help run a nonprofit on behalf of this region. as i understand it, the biden administration has a very strong and robust standard by which it's going to hold all its appointees to regarding both conduct while in office, as well as after. mr. hawley: so you think the revolving door, that that is a problem, having a revolving door between these major corporations, as you said a second ago you thought had too much power, and government officials, that that's a problem? mr. miller: i think it's appropriate for the administration to take clear and consistent guidelines to its appointees so that there's trust in government. mr. hawley: could you pull the microphone just a little close

. >> joining me now is la tasha brown, co-founder of black voters matter, ari berman for mother jones and the democratic lieutenant governor of the great state of michigan, garland gilcrest. thank you all. ari, i'm going to start wide and start with you. have a listen to what senator cruz had to say about hr-1. >> this bill is the single most dangerous bill this committee has ever considered. this bill is designed to corrupt the election process permanently, and it is a brazen and shameless power grab by democrats. they do this by instituting a bill that will promote widespread fraud and illegal voting. >> okay. so ari, i wanted to play that and get the conversation going about hr-1. the for the people act. one, respond to senator cruz, but more specifically in your answer, talk about how hr-1 could impact what just happened in georgia, vis-a-vis, the voting rights law there. >> well, the amazing thing, jonathan, is that senator cruz is accusing democrats of doing the very things that republicans are doing. >> exactly. >> it's republicans that are doing the massive power grabs right n

from "mother jones," at the time avaaz completed its report, the organization found that 118 of theseve and continued promoting violence to a combined following of nearly 27 million. a spokesperson for facebook disputed the report's methodology and claimed facebook has done more than any other internet company to combat harmful content. joining us now is clint watts, distinguished research fellow at the foreign policy research institute and nick thompson, ceo of "the atlantic." clint, let me start with you. is it possible -- i mean, the landscape of misinformation is so vast, is it possible to actually stop the proliferation of misinformation on the internet, and what role does facebook play at this point in time? >> there's a couple challenges. one, no one imagined what it would be like for everybody to be their own printing press, and that's essentially what people have the ability to do right now. they can make content faster than anybody could police it. second dimension of this is no one is in agreement about what should be policed. if you went to capitol hill today, one politica

i don't care about mother jones or other places i haven't seen anything from. are the influencer with great power comes great responsibility. >> that was tobey mcguire's uncle. the late great cliff robertson, i believe. the other one i use, it is embarrassing it is from joc ewing that's a good one. i loved him. joc. jim davis. i loved him. he's gone, too not bad. you know i have a problem. i don't think you have enough tremble in your whistle. thank you, ylan. >>> coming up. >> interesting stuff >> it is coming up, futures are in the green. it's early we will talk technical about some of the big high flyers and names we talk about all the time what do they look like on the chart? >>> checking the shares of gamestop the stock jumped 52% yesterday no apparent news the day after it dropped l again in the pre-market we'lbe right back. ♪ i'm so glad i ♪ ♪ found you ♪ >> announcer: this cnbc program is sponsored by baird. visit bairddifference.com only from kohler. you can try to predict the future or you can create it. we're driving it. everywhere. we emit optimism,

jones's mother liz owns the bar.hey say this year has been tough. >> didn't know never been inside the outside and nothing the outside only and in a final indoor. again, i guess has been they say opening at 50% capacity for march madness will help and they're grateful their customers are coming brian boucher went to the university of illinois. he says it's year. least jones says the bar has been busy with sports fans like boucher all day. >> and people are following the rules. so happy to be out in very respectful about wearing mask following the rules because everybody wants to get better. you know, nobody wants to see it go back. >> today. the bar opened at 09:00am that was so people can watch the early games will be doing that again. tomorrow. >> it's good to see everybody having a good time and kind of get back to that prepandemic feel and i you probably want to get back inside the bar because you have a you have a horse in this race right. >> i do. and they're playing right now. i'm rooting for syracuse. i have

the extra money a lifeline for single mother of two, jones.a medical social worker in south florida, jones says it's been a struggle to make ends meet. >> it was a huge financial strain because you go from having two household incomes and taking care of two children together to being the sole provider. >> reporter: starting in july the irs will start distributing the expanded child tax credit in monthly payments. that means an extra $550 per month for her. >> that would be a huge help for my household right now. >> reporter: now the expanded credit only lasts for a year under the current law setting up what could be another big debate here in washington about making it permanent. dan? >> so many debates in washington these days. elizabeth, before we let you go, just want to officially welcome you to the weekend "gma" family. we're delighted to have you. we spoke on the phone before your debut, and i told you what i'll say again, which is it's all good, but you just have to be careful of whit. >> yeah. >> you always warn people about whit. >> e

jones's mother liz owns the bar. they say this year has been tough. >> didn't know whether ever been inside the outside and outside only and in a final indoor. again, i guess has been they say opening at 50% capacity for march madness will help and they're grateful their customers are coming back. >> brian boucher went to the university of illinois. he says it's least jones says the bar has been busy with sports fans like boucher all day and people are following the rules. so happy to be out in a very respectful about wearing mask following the rules because everybody wants to get better. you know, nobody wants to see it go back to the bar opened earlier this morning because there were early games. they say they plan to continue doing that as long as there are early games in san mateo county amanda hari kron 4 news outrage over a viral video has sparked change at the nc double a tournament facilities in las vegas. >> oregon, ducks basketball player sedona prince shared this video on social media. it shows a sprawling

friends say kelly jones was the mother of two. she grew up in sonoma county and still has family in the area. the man the driver was gunning for suffereda leg injury. but heather he will be okay. still no word on what the two were even fighting about. s o unfortunate, deb. any update on where that suspect suspect might be? we're investigators are focusing their search. they are checking homeless encampments around the county. they have outreach teams that no those areas well. and they have detectives on the case as well following up on any other leads. yeah but we'll see if he's apprehended soon. all right. deborah villalon reporting live for us tonight, deb. thank you. ah, woman from san jose is now facing a hate crime charge after authorities say she attacked and then made racial remarks toward two workers at a mcdonald's in mountain view. it happened last saturday after 40 year old alina jenkins was repeatedly asked to leave the restaurant because she refused to wear a mask, according to cynical they're a county d. a jeff rosen

jones's mother liz owns the bar. >> they say this year has been tough. >> didn't know whether never beenthing like this out there only take out only to incite the back outside and nothing outside only and in a final indoor. again, i guess has been they say opening at 50% capacity for march madness will help and they're grateful their customers are coming brian boucher went to the university of illinois. he says it's year. i think please jones says the bar has been busy with sports fans like boxer all day. >> and people are following the rules so happy to be out in very respectful about wearing mask following the rules because everybody wants it to get better. you know, nobody wants to see it go back to the bar opened earlier this morning because there were early games. they say they plan to continue doing that as long as there are early games in san mateo county amanda hari kron 4 news. >> and still ahead in sports know steph curry for the warriors last night. but the dogs rallied to win in memphis. kate rooney has all the highlights of that spring training action to. we've got training

jones grew up in sonoma county and had been homeless for several years. despite her struggles, friends want her remembered as a loving daughter, sister and mother of two in santa rosa deborah villalon. ktvu fox two news, the man charged in the mass shooting in boulder, colorado, is set to appear in court tomorrow. tonight more than 500 people gathered for a vigil for the 10 people who were gunned down at a grocery store on monday. three of the victims worked at the store. one of them was ricky old. she was only 25 today, or uncle said that she was the light of their family already showed up at the house. we never knew what color hair was gonna be. we never knew what new tattoo she may have. but that was ricky. her uncle says that she hoped to become a store manager. one day she died while trying to lock the doors of the supermarket after hearing gunfire in the parking lot, a new u. s a today ipsos poll finds that 65% of americans support stronger gun laws, but there is a huge disparity, depending on republican or democrat. 90% of democrats back tougher restrictions on lee 35% of republicans that's way down from two years ago in the sample found that 54%

jones, thank you. >>> happening in louisville, kentucky. a memorial for breonna taylor. the young black woman shot and killed by police in her apartment one year ago today. taylor's mother files complaints against six louisville police officers in connection with her daughter's death. jason carroll is at the event in louisville. jason. >> reporter: the rally is about to get under way in a few moments from now. just a little earlier this morning, i had an opportunity to speak with tameka palmer. breonna taylor's mother. i asked her what she will be saying to the crowd when she takes the stage behind me a few moments from now. she said she will speak from the heart. she will do what she can to honor her daughter. there have been changes in louisville since breonna taylor's death. banned no-knock warrants. body cameras are mandatory for police officers. none of the officers directly involved with that raid have been charged with breonna taylor's death. that is why the protest and marching continues. one of the men out here leading a number of the protests is pastor timothy finley. you will speak to the crowd in a few moments. tell us what you plan to say. >> this is not ju

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jones, a true community giant. the rest i submit and passover to commissioner safai. >> i agree with all the remarks made by president walton. she was the motherlative aid and my office is greatly impacted with the loss of yolanda as has the community and black community of san francisco in particular. and i'd like to president walton, yolanda assisted several individuals from my district in their families with gainful employment in particular in our unions here in san francisco and she was a small business adviser to so many young entrepreneurs and she was not selfish with her knowledge. she shared and wanted to see other people in her community prosper. i think as we celebrate in life and legacy of yolanda we continue to work with our mayor, board president and our entire board to strengthen the resources and support a lotted to black-owned small businesses. i think it couldn't more and mayor and and so many different. in addition nearly 80%, let me say this again, 80% of the individuals yolanda hired were formally incarcerated. she gave people real opportunities to turn their lives around and truly believe in the second chance. she was a co