to go with the audit on the statehouse side. it was a small sub committee of senate that thisd this. i wish there was more republicans. but i tell you, it is dangerous. in arizona, we have more than 25 years of voting by mail. something that has been very secure, something started by the arizona republican legislature to make sure that older citizens had an easier time vote. it was actually to the detriment of latino voters on election day. what happened over the last ten years, you know, with a lot of work from organizations and congress and politicians, we signed up more than a million latinos to start voting by mail, and that's what you started seeing is latinos working within the system, the system that was designed essentially to help first older anglo voters and started voting overwhelmingly, turned the state blue. look what happens after that. as soon as the at democrats start turning blue and start voting by mail, all of a sudden republicans want to get rid of vote by mail -- they introduced bills to do that -- they're t

county and six councilman so the district was seven times bigger than a house member in the state statehouseee times bigger than the state senator. i represented a middle-class district and working-class district into there was one very wealthy neighborhood. i got a call one night and the woman said to me, not the same persuasion i was politically, called me and said there's a dead dog on my lawn. and i said yes ma'am. have you called the county and she said yes, they are not here and i said well i will get them in the morning. she said i want it removed now. i pay your salary. [laughter] so i went over. i picked it up. she said i want it out of my front yard. i put it on her doorstep. [laughter] so a note from personal experience how hard your job is, people on the phone or not afraid to use that phone. i used to give out my phone number. can't do that anymore. they won't even allow me to have a phone anymore. i also know that you work often on the basis of what other people when they've lost faith, tthey have faith and lose faith in government and you are there representing the front lines

statehouses across the country are continuing to pass this legislation seeking redress in the form of federal regulation. justice department action which is not really available as an avenue. with merrick garland there now, you have lawmakers and voters who wanted voter protection looking to take action. yamiche: i want to ask you about the cdc and the mask mandates. why are we seeing democratic governors, some vulnerable governors who are running for reelection, are changing their tune in getting behind lifting these mask requirements? >> it is fascinating. i think all of us, we know our own exhaustion levels personally. i know it is something at cbs we have seen. we have heard this sense of depression and frustration and anger. whether it is state, local, or federal governnt did we are in the third year of this pandemic. as we know, let's be honest, public policy is always a balance of politics with science. it is never clearly one or the other. it has not been in this pandemic to date. when it comes to masking, i think it is interesting, you had the state of pennsylvania lift asked

this debate after the statehouse education committee aprived hb 5037 which says in part a school district not encourage classroom discussion about sexual orientation it's labeled the don't say gay bill by opponents. >> the underlying problem is that students aren't feeling safe at school they aren't feeling comfortable at school. >> and, you know, we need to have those honest conversations about lgbtq history, about black history and about the root causes of discrimination and prejudice. >> reporter: the education committee's republican chair, defending his vote you're allowing parents to sue a school district over their student fopotentially feeling uncomfort about the idea of sexual orientation being discussed. that's the bill what you voted yes on says. >> right >> reporter: you're saying you're looking to outlaw the conversation from school administrators and teachers. well, yeah, but we're talking about sexual orientation but you're looking to outlaw sexual orientation and gender identity >> we're not outlawing sexual orientation. >> reporter: you're not outlawing -- >> i would love

. >>> they said they are exempt from a new statehouses law. of the wealthiest towns in the bay is giving his own take on the problem. his stern warningd ll he make i? he may one athlete's last-second scramble to compete. >>> right now seeing sunshine, 67 degrees in san jose and that might be one of the collar temperatures we see in the week ahead. we will talk about some record-breaking warm temperatures headed our way when we come back. >>> ahead for us, our live report from beijing as team usa athletes find a place on the medals stand. plus, an olympic skier's comeback from a near sfat al crash and the parents cheering on athletes from afar. those stories and more "nightly news." mmm. hey jack, how'd you get this spicy cluck sandwich to have the perfect amount of spice? i call it, jack's spice squad. who's in the squad? [whispering] it's me. my new spicy cluck sandwich combo. it's my best chicken ever. >>> an update today to a story we brought you last week. the state's attorney general is firing back at the town of woodside over housing law

it looks like he's running for the statehouse of representatives.ging the t-shirt look. dump the tie. i said i'm going on with dan. can i wear this? she said he wears a t-shirt. dan: you are foretbrind this point on as a friend from putting a tie on for this segment. i want you on for a t-shirt relaxed and ready to roll. youtube. it's getting worse. here is the youtube ceo calling for more censorship and for the government to outslaw harmful speech. soap we enforce those laws. that hasn't been the controversial part. what has been the controversial part is when there is content that would be deemed harmful but yet is not [inaudible] >> can it get any worse massive companies working with a powerful government. >> they are begging for legislation to restrict free speech. they would rather work with the communist chinese because at least then they know challenging difficult tough speech would be managed and regulated by the government and they could play within those confines and share willing its to whoever they want. she said it. we want legislation.

i want to be clear that on the ground we are winning in statehouses, boardrooms and courtrooms and school boards and city councils. that is how activism works. >> from my perspective so much depends on what happens in the courts over the next year or so. we talked about the new york attorney general's investigation and litigation with the nra. it is a serious threat to the nra's existence was probable or not it is a possibility worth taking seriously. there is a chance the nra could get dissolved in a court order because of what the new york attorney general identified as tens of millions of dollars from the spending and misconduct. that is something we can't ignore. that is a possibility. i will be watching closely. how that plays out. that has a lot of impact on the state of gun policy in this country. >> we have more of a comment than a question. i fear as long as the nra clings to gun rights as opposed to gun safety it will have a long life and not let responsible gun members take it over. wikipedia i love shannon's thoughts on this. there are a number of pivot points that are importa

. >> maine governor janet mills delivered the 2022 state of the state address from the statehouse . she talked about the state's handling of the covid-19 pandemic and called for investments in childcare and healthcare. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you all. thank you so much. thank you. >> thank you. thank you. senator jackson, speaker. chief justice stansfield secretary bellows. attorney general fry. treasurer , treasurer norton, distinguished members of the 130th legislature. distinct mayors and honored guests it's good to be back . tonight is the first time in two years we've been together in this chamber . i'm here to continue the story i shared with them. a story about the promise of our states and progress we have made to reach our peoples full potential. as we emerged from the early dark days of january , with the waxing moon sheds light on a dramatic midwest landscape. it is good to put time to take stock to reflect our common history, our community progress and our communal teaching. to assess the state of the state. we entered some difficult and dang

before the statehouse he served on the board of supervisors for 16 years. the primary scheduled for june 7. >> a new. it introduces the first in the nation measure late last night -- month requiring all gun owners. funds will go to nonprofits and by reducing gun violence. the ordinance will go into effect on august 8. so far the national association for gun rights has found a lawsuit against the city claiming the new rule was unconstitutional. >> the decision tonight whether to close, merge or shrink a dozen open schools to close a budget gap. a small group of parents with children at the mlg school said they are keeping their kids out of school to protest. parents hope this move gets the attention of admin straight is because the absences will cost the district state funding. it is not slated to close although six through eighth grades would move to another school. >> i am upset that they are trying to close all the schools. we are trying to make oakland great. why are they going against us. >> the printable did not return our call for, the. this is one of

the way to go after that was to fight them on several levels legislatively, we work in statehouses and at the capitol to either be back bad legislation or support good. electorally get involved in every single looked oriole to elect candidates, culturally we need influencers and corporate leaders to be a part of our coalition. but also through litigation. more and more the gun safety movement is going after n the na trying to expose their agenda. something that kept very close to the best for so long. you can even see what's happening the nra is possibly paying gun extremist to write briefs without disclosing the funding they have t received. again at the end of the day it's about making sure the nra has the answer for where they are behaving at the so-called nonprofit. ask a nether question was was there anything that you uncovered in your investigation is truly shocking to you even after reporting on the nra for years? >> the nra with such a black box. when i started reporting on this project there were a lot of surprising things. i approach this thinking they were an effective organ

voting rights legislation should get lower and lower, because we know that republican-controlled statehouses are going to continue to pass these voter suppression bills, all on the back of past lies. we're already seeing some of the damage done, where mail-in ballots are being rejected in some counties at 40% rates. we know those counties and those rejections are going to negatively hard rural voters, disabled voters, older voters, and the impact will be felt. i hope this congress is able to take up some type of federal legislation, some provisions to start to dismantle the voter suppression tactics. >> juanita tolliver and susan del precio, thank you. >>> as president biden weighs his future pick for the supreme court, we're looking back at the trailablazing black women who showed up and showed how important diversity on the bench is. >>> would-be black business owners say they're being shut out of the growing marijuana industry. why the issue seems to persist. that's later on "politics nation." first richard has today's top news stories. >> rev, good saturday to you. president joe biden wa

you mentioned what statehouse, state media is spinning this.hat do russian people think -- do they have any other information sources outside of that that they can look at and go, hang on, maybe it is our leader leading us down this path rather than aggression from outside? >> this is a very big test for that. four out of five russians, their primary source of news is state television. state television is pretending the war isn't happening. they're not calling it a war. they're saying this is a special military operation in donbas, ukraine, where there was previously a burning war going on for eight years. they are not being shown any destruction in cities like kyiv and kharkiv. they show them running in the center of kyiv like it's all peaceful. obviously there is a lot of unfiltered information on russian media, telegram. they have done a lot to try to stop it coming through. this will be the opportunity for them to demonstrate how much they learned from china and other countries and how capable they are of censoring the internet because this

the display of the ten commandments in texas statehouse, he wrote opinion striking down display of the 10 commandments in kentucky. the difference was in texas the display had been there for 40 years. what is it going to say to the people who lived with that display and saw it as part of the landscape and the secular aspect of their everyday life as part of the engagement with going about their daily business, to intervene, to take it down. he wanted to pay attention to the signal to send to the people that it affects. we want to leave room for people to express religion, atheism, agnosticism, to never feel as though we are intervening. he felt that is what it is about. there is not one outcome to guarantee that every time, to express the underlying value in the kind of judging sets an example for other judges to follow. >> the structure of the conversation is such, justice breyer and his work in particular, let's bring it up to the present day were the immediate future. olatunde served on the senate judiciary committee, sat on judicial nomination hearings, walk us through the nominati

and when we sat down to do an interview right outside his office in the statehouse, the governor madey somewhat unique especially for this part of the country. >> we're going to have, many some cases, ten times the surplus that we normally would have because we're the only state in the northeast that's growing both economyically and with population base. but you do it by controlling your costs, being efficient and being able to cut taxes and say it isn't government that a comes first, it's the individual. >> reporter: it's the individual. you know, sununu was saying he has conferrings, ashley, with other covers and they'll say where do you get the revenue i from if you keep cutting taxes. he obviously makes those arguments that we were talking about related to growth. and to be fair though, new hampshire does have a relatively high property tax. only new jersey and illinois have higher property taxes, so that balances it out a little bit. but you put this whole program together and look at it in the big picture, you talk to people, it seems to be working economically for them at least

are calling for people to get out on saturday, february that, in front of their federal building, statehousess of the congressional representatives, or anywhere to say no to this escalation. and we say every day should be a day of action, calling and writing your congressional representatives and the white house. that is the only way they're going to hear that the american people do not want a war with russia, and we have to be recognize this moment in history as one where we need the voice of the american people -- not a peace movement, the american people in general because we are all against going to war. juan: i wanted to ask you, we have been hearing now for weeks the same story repeated on almost every newscast, 100,000 russian troops on ukrainian border. no one talks about the fact there are 320,000 american troops still in europe. 30 years after the collapse of the soviet bloc. and those trips are somehow not considered a problem or a threat. who are they therefore, those 320,000 troops? >> that is right. i think this is a moment to educate the erican people about all of the bases the

real-life consequences of the politics inside these statehouses are scarce water, dry lands and peopled farmed it, my son farms it. i'm very involved with it out here. to lose our land would be very painful. >> jake, bradley's spokeswoman avoided cnn's questions about the timeline of ooents for when she received the draft bill, introduced it and received political donations. as for the natural gas lobby, a spokesperson acknowledged that the audio does sound like the group was directly lobbying state governments to enact these laws. despite that, they maintain they are not directly lobbying for these specific pieces of l legislation. we reached out to the lawmakers but no response at this point. >> i'm sure it's just a coincidence. rene marsh, thank you so much. >>> it's a family affair. a judge rules that donald trump and some of his adult children will have to sit down and answer questions under oath about their money. stay with us. they were the first to be verified by usp, an i independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards. nature made. the e #1 pharmacist r

we are winning in statehouses and boardroomsand school boards and city councils . that's howactivism works . >> from my perspective so much depends on what happens in the courts over the next r year or so. we talked a little bit about the new york attorney general's investigation and litigation with the nra. it's a serious threat to the nra's very boexistence. there is no doubt about whether probable or not it is the possibility and it's something worth taking very seriously. there is a chance at the nra could get dissolved based on the court order the cause of what the new york attorney general has identified as tens of millions of dollars inspending and misconduct . that's something we just can't ignore. that is a possibility. so i'll be watching this very closely in court . and how that plays out because that's going to have a lot of impact on the state of gun policy. >> it's more of a commentthat question but i'd love thyour thoughts on . they say i fear as long as the nra clings to gun rights as opposed to gun safety it will have a long life unless responsible

all detailed in a gop-led statehouse investigation. . >> you will find there is no exoneration.ter in a way that i think would be shocking to the average person if they just read it. >> there were a lot of questions unanswered when he left. >> reporter: it has been a decade since the last gop nightmare when clare macaskill def defeated. >> there were controversies tod. >> i think that's absurd. >> what kind of impact will it have in the general election? >> i think it will be good for us. >> he's been on the phone with a number of these candidates. he called billy long. he was spotted in mar-a-lago. he met with donald trump jr. they are angling for the trump endorsement. it is unclear if the former president will get involved in this race. a number of them aligning themselves with the false notion that the 2020 election was stolen. only one would back down that idea when i presented it to them yesterday. that was david shaw who said he has not seen any evidence to suggest the election was stolen. just how badly do they want the trump endorsement? one candidate, billy long, pulle

he's the only republican in the wyoming statehouse who is publicly supporting cheney.ture and move into the state. what was your thought when you saw the three words legitimate political discourse describing the events of january 6th? >> well, good morning. you know, i think it's the same thing that many of us felt, the legitimate political discourse is clearly not what we saw on january 6th. what we saw was a riot and what we saw was a situation where five individuals ended up passing away because of the unpolitical discourse that was out there. it's a shame that we had to see that and i'm proud to stand behind liz cheney and the fact that he's willing to stand strong and find out what's happening with everything that happened. >> you're not just a republican in wyoming backing congresswoman cheney, you've been vocal about it as well. you're not shying away from it in any way. the state republican party has gone after the congresswoman to which she responded in a "new york times" interview that the state party leaders have abandoned the constitution. do you think that

. >>> and from the supreme court to columbus, jim is here to talk about his run for the ohio statehouse. >>> good evening. i'm medhi hasan. the house committee investigating the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol has interviewed hundreds of witnesses and issued dozens of subpoenas as it moves closer to former president donald trump's inner circle, seeking the cooperation and the testimony of people like trump's daughter and former white house senior advisor, ivanka trump, who has yet to even respond to the committee's request to speak with her. there's also trump's chief of staff in the west wing on january the 6th, mark meadows. how about conservative fire brand, congressman jim jordan. they want to know what jordan spoke about in his communications with trump on january the 6th. the committee also believes jordan has information about strategy meetings to overturn the election results. so that's that. and yet there's one name, one name already charged for his alleged role in the capitol insurrection that you may not have heard about yet. this man right here is ryan nichols of tyle

. >> reporter: for voters, that means there are currently no districts for 99 statehouses and 33 state the secretary of state issuing a warning as the clock ticks towards the may 3rd elections. >> with much to be done in preparation, we are dangerously close to possibly violating federal law. >> reporter: the democratic minority members on the panel say republicans are blocking fair maps and are trying to run out the map. republicans say it's impossible to meet the court's standards for fair maps. >> it's not surprising, and we suspected all along that this would be the strategy that they would use. >> reporter: the court had ruled the maps must reflect statewide voting preferences, roughly 54% republican representation and 46% for democrats. now the court must decide what to do about a commission in open defiance of their order. among the members of the ohio redistricting commission, remdesivir governor mike dewine. >> we have an obligation to follow the court order, whether we like it or not, whether we agree with it or not. >> reporter: and among the justices who will decide the con

. >>> and from the supreme court to columbus, jim is here to talk about his run for the ohio statehouse

from school boards to statehouses.tart of last year, more than half of all states have introduced bills banning the teaching of crt in public schools. political backlash from conservatives, who are casting frank conversations about race as divisive or anti-white. the newshour spoke to four high school students about their experiences learning about black history amid the restrictions and political pressure. tara: i'm tara grey, i'm 16 and -- >> elya vigilant, i have 15 years old, i go to arthur -- >> my name is jocelyn pritchard, -- >> miles coppage, i'm 17 and i -- >> wish people would stop viewing it as right or left or a political argument, instead of acknowledging it as history. >> what i know about it is from headlines and social media, about how kids should be taught, the way we frame things in our view regarding black black people have been treated throughout history. >> so it hasn't exactly been discussed in my school. the knowledge that i have about it is from kind of outside researchnd learning about it in th

and he allegedly took a picture of her with her pants down, allegations all detailed in a gop-led statehousewould be shocking to the average person if they just read it. >> there's a lot of questions left unanswered when he left. that's going to be his job in the campaign. >> reporter: it's been a decade since the last gop nightmare in missouri when democrat claire mccaskill defeated a republican engulfed in controversy. >> look, ten years ago, missouri lost a republican seat because of the controversies involving todd aiken. what about folks are saying this could be a repeat? >> i think that's absurd. >> reporter: but democrats like lucas koontz are hoping to take advantage. >> what kind of impact will that have in the general election here? >> i think it's going to be good for us. >> reporter: now, donald trump is still neutral in this race, but he has been actively following what's going on, talking to a number of the republican candidates, including billy long just this last week. and eric greitens himself has been seen at mar-a-lago in recent days. and how badly do these republican cand

. >> maine governor janet mills delivered the 2022 state of the state address from the statehouse . she talked about the state's handling of the covid-19 pandemic and called for investments in childcare and healthcare. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. [applause] thank you all. thank you so much. thank you.

tomorrow, jasmine crockett, the most liberal member of the statehouse of representatives in the lonece me. she's been progressive, just the 86-year-old version of a progressive. joining us now, cornell belcher, president of brilliant corners research. and republican strategist, mike murphy. cornell, starting with you, right now, do you take it for granted that the 30 retirements basically spell -- not certain doom, but make it very difficult for democrats to hold on to control of the house of representatives in november? >> yeah. but it's part of a pattern, you've seen this happen in off-years, both for democrats as well as republicans. it's not surprising that you have a large number of retirements. you saw a large number of republican retirements in the last off-year. but let's be clear, it's harder to defend an open seat than defend an incumbent seat. part of the good news for democrats, many of these seats, in fact i think most of these seats are quite frankly not seats that are safely or leaning democrat. that's of course because of the power of incumbency. but to your point abo