it's as clear as day. >> tim snyder, many thanks. appreciate your analysis as ever. >>> ahead, just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, gop extremism reaching a new low with fresh comments on covid from out of touch senator ron johnson. my 60-second rant on that coming up. >>> first how do you navigate a country so consumed with erasing our history? pulitzer prize winning journalist and creator of the 1619 project nikole hannah-jones joins me right after the break. first, steve romo is here with the headlines. hey, steven. >> many thanks. let's get you caught up. desperate search and rescue efforts are under way this evening as a catastrophic chain of tornadoes swept through the central u.s. late friday night. at least 48 people have been killed by the storms and the death toll is expected to rise in the coming days as crews sift through the rubble. >>> kentucky was particularly hard hit. governor andy brashear declared a state of emergency early saturday morning describing the disaster as the deadliest tornado event in the c

professor tim snyder is here to explain. >>> plus the assault on democracy doesn't stop at election sub9 project nikole hannah-jones joins me to discuss. >>> and one small starbucks in buffalo is making national headlines after becoming the first such store to unionize. i'll talk with the leader of starbucks workers united about the symbolic victory for labor at a time when workers across the country are expressing frustration with wages and working conditions. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. before we get started on those stories tonight it's been another day of search and rescue in western kentucky where dozens are feared dead after a series of powerful tornado r