hello, new york. thank you for joining us live at town hall in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart. and admitted, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey. oh, stop. stop it. how are you? good. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i got some family here. so tonight, we re going to talk about democracy. and that word, we probably talk more about democracy in the last four, five years than i had in all of my time before that. like, even that as a topic seems weird. we all know, america is a democracy. there s a certain kind of history you re taught
expecting more protests to get underway a few hours from now. that sets the scene for our second hour, welcome back as america reports rolls on. i m john roberts, good to be with you today. gillian: good to be with you, john. interestingly, john, i have to tell you, the protests have spread here, too. covering the state department, walked out, was greeted by 100 protestors who were very rowdy, yelling as officials as they came out of the building, shame on you, even at the nation s capital. and students walked out of classrooms to show solidarity for palestinians. and anti-israel is spreading to others, and calling for a national day of walkouts and the white house is facing criticism from the other side that he is not curtailing hate speech. john: hillary vaughn with more there, but first alexis mcadams kicks things off live in new york city, quite a protest yesterday. hi, john, that s what we have seen. starts with a few dozen and then expands to hundreds and move a
that is tonight s hello, new york. thank you for joining us at townhall for this very special edition of why is this happening. he is talk, he is smart, please give a warm welcome to my colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey, oh, stop. how are you? good. thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me, so thank you. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight we are going to talk about democracy, and that word, we have probably talk more about democracy in the last four or five years that and all of my time as a journalist before that. even that as a topic seems a little weird. america is the democracy and there is a certain kind of history your talk that is a certain part of american civic culture, deeply, almost kind of civic religion which roughly goes to the following. the founders rebelled against t
Soa frost. So a wintry looking morning here and the fog will be loathe to clear in some places. In some spots it wont clear at all. Some Western Fringes seeing the best of the sunshine. More likely for Northern Ireland and scotland, a fine day. Away from the Western Highlands where there will abspot or two of drizzle. Chillier further south and where the fog lingers all day, we probably wont get above freezing. All the latest, including Weather Warnings which have just been issued, including Weather Warnings which havejust been issued, will including Weather Warnings which have just been issued, will be found online. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines at ii. 31pm voters in some parts of england are to be asked to provide proof of id before casting their ballots, as part of efforts to curb electoral fraud. Ministers have rejected criticism the plan is a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Russian Crash Investigators examine a Flight Data Recorder recovered from the black sea, to try to dis
Stop residents in carlisle are bracing themselves. Im thinking the worst really. The water has breached the citys Flood Defences. Ijust need to speak to this old couple. Weve got a drain in our back garden. Its coming up through the drain in our back garden rather quickly i dont want you to stand out in the cold. All right. Some people are grabbing what they can and leaving. Not much we can do really. Just get out. Methodist Ministerjohnny Gios captures life as a modern day noah on his phone. This is absolutely bonkers. The floodwater on Sandilands Road is three foot at least. Were at a house in Sandilands Road where were going carry two children to the church for safety. Are you ready, chris . This is the showing Community Coming together, isnt it . Yeah. Unbelievable. Never ever seen anything like this. Stay away from kendall, thats all i can say. 30 miles away sue cashmore has retreated upstairs. Well, here we are, a repeat of 2009. Just five foot of water in the house at the moment