a move that critics say is challenging america s commitment to the separation of church and state. barbara plett usher reports. in this divided nation, the christian right has found a new voice. this country belongs to god almighty. this is not a church service, hundreds of people are being baptised after a rally in pennsylvania, some overwhelmed by their experience of god. thousands have turned out because they believe their christian values are under attack, and that god belongs in government. you cannot separate god from politics, you cannot take him out of our government! these events tap into people s anger about covid the man himself dialled in while his son was on stage. we love you all and we are going to bring this country back because our country has never been in such bad shape. they are reframing the american conservative politics as spiritual warfare against a radical left. these people have travelled here from north carolina. they took awayjesus and everything s
streaming on peacock. alex wagner tonight starts right now with my friend, mehdi hassan, in four. alex good evening, and thank you, chris. and thanks to you at home for being with us. alex has the night off. here is a question for you, do you recognize this man. do you know who this guy is? the president bears responsibility from wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters, he should have immediately denounced the mob, when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action, on president trump. now, i know that visibly it s very clearly republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. but can you imagine which world which kevin mccarthy we need today, speaker mccarthy would openly blame donald trump for january the 6th? as hard as it is to believe, kevin mccarthy really did say those things about donald trump. exactly two years ago today. and he said on the occasion of donald trump s impeachment, his second impeachment for trying to overturn the election in
playing field that even with the quote, even after squandering all those even afte squandering all thos elon musk is still the second richest human being on the planet. and on that note, that does it for us tonight. rachel will be back on monday. alex will be back on tuesday, and my own show, here on msnbc, we ll be back on sunday night on 8 pm, but now it s time for the last word with ali velshi and lawrence o donnell. that was a segment after my own heart. what a world, right? a guy can lose 182 billion dollars, 182 billion dollars and just man in the world. i mean, that says it all. one doesn t need any more. with which tells you he had too much in the first place. no human being should have that much money even on paper. i am glad know about your segment about how folks are getting worried about the gas stoves in the culture wars and dr. seuss. and i remember donald knew trump talking about not enough water coming into the shower and asked to flush several times t
do you recognize this man. do you know who this guy is? the president bears responsibility from wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters, he should have immediately denounced the mob, when he saw what was unfolding. these facts require immediate action, on president trump. now, i know that visibly it s very clearly republican speaker of the house kevin mccarthy. but can you imagine which world which kevin mccarthy we need today, speaker mccarthy would openly blame donald trump for january the 6th? as hard as it is to believe, kevin mccarthy really did say those things about donald trump. exactly two years ago today. and he said on the occasion of donald trump s impeachment, his second impeachment for trying to overturn the election in 2020. he said it exactly to it s an odd mile stone to hit for our country, it s especially odd when the same kevin mccarthy who once blamed iran for january the six is now saying a speaker he d be willing to look into ways to expunge d
trump talked endlessly about what a great football player herschel walker was. and how he would be a great candidate and a great u.s. senator and, oh, hey, did i mention what a great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances that offense and would shake hands, and occasionally he would read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, quote, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. towards the end of last, year herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize electio