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What the Senate vote reveals about the pro-Trump base
S2021 E45 - 4m 24s
While seven Republicans in the Senate crossed party lines to convict former President Trump, the majority of the party, including Leader McConnell who delivered a scathing rebuke of the former President and his role in the insurrection, voted to acquit him. Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins to discuss what the vote reveals about the party and its potential future.
Despite sanctions, Myanmar's generals launched a coup
S2021 E45 - 6m 24s
Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters continued to take to the streets across Myanmar despite the military crackdown. Earlier this week, the Biden administration approved sanctions against the country’s top ranking military generals. Francis Wade, journalist and author of “Myanmar’s Enemy Within: Buddhist Violence and the Making of a Muslim ‘Other’” joins for more.
Political hurdles loom for Dems and gun safety legislation
S2021 E45 - 5m 25s
The mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglass high school in Parkland, Florida galvanized the student-led movement, “March For Our Lives" and a dialogue on gun-safety. But federal political efforts for reform stalled. Today, President Biden called on Congress to “enact commonsense gun law reforms." Jennifer Mascia, news writer for the Trace, a non-profit newsroom focusing on gun violence, joins.
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