because of what immigration experts call a perfect storm of catastrophes, the pandemic, the ensuing recession, and the war in ukraine, which choked off grain exports, in other words, food. almost nowhere has been hit harder than latin america, pushing millions to flee in search of not just a better life, but life period. couple that with what smugglers are doing to take advantage, and a fire hose of misinformation on social media, telling people that now is the time to come. and you get what we are seeing right now, a crisis at the border, but not just the border in cities like el paso, interior cities, including new york, say they are at capacity. what exactly does that mean? what exactly is being done, and what exactly is being blocked by lawmakers who arguably benefit from using immigration as a campaign talking point? joining me now is nbc news homeland security correspondent julia ainsley who s in el paso, texas, for us. so julia, you know this story, this subject in and
republicans expelled to blac to democrats for protesting gu deaths as the texas governor promises to pardon the man o killing a black live protester. plus, a member of the centra part exonerated on crimina defendant donald trump and a closer look at the gop - providing three of trips t supreme court justice clarence thomas and his nazi artifact collection if you ve been watching this show since we launched over tw years ago, you know the core enterprise of this program has been to sound the alarm on the threats to american democracy. and to underscore had the gran old republican party constitutes the greatest threa of all this week, we ve got fou stories illustrate exactly that, indeed, we are sadly spoiled for choice let s start in tennessee where it man accused of molestin multiple young girls was ouste from the state legislature wait, no he wasn t back in 2019, after thos allegations came to light, the republican s the point to lead the education subcommittee this week, th
the morning it is sunda april 9th. donald trump s arraignment las tuesday was a singular momen in american history. never before has an american president been charged i connection with the crime. but the manhattan district attorney s criminal charge against trump barely scratch the surface of the legal troubles that he is facing it s not even the only pending case involving him in new york this week trump is expecte back in new york for a deposition related to a civi suit filed for the new yor state attorney general letitia james. last september, she filed a 25 dollar lawsuit against trump his three eldest - accusing them of fraudulen business practices 60 days from now, a trial is - in one of the two civi lawsuits filed against donal trump by the author an columnist e. jean carroll. a few years ago carole published a book in which sh accused trump of raping her in a dressing room in a luxur department store back in the mid 1990s. trump denied these accusations say they ve
politicsnation tonight s lead, a dangerou precedent. robert right now, the eyes o the nation are on tennessee, o the eve of a vote that may reinstate one of the two democrats expelled from thei seats in the state house las week and tomorrow, a county counselor in nashville wil vote on the next step for on of those vacancies a majority of its members on record saying they will vote t reinstate former state representative justin jones, along with justin pearson, was voted out by republica legislators for protesting gun violence on the state hous floor earlier this month the first time in tennesse history that house members hav been expelled for chamber rule violations we will hear from jones in jus a moment here. just as we heard last nigh from tennessee state representative - johnson, a white democrat wh narrowly escaped her own expulsion. and she pulled no punches in our assessment of why her tw male colleagues did not. of course, along with th racial overtones of thes exposu
greetings, everyone. you are watching symone, we ar following breaking news in the trump hush money case. this is a case involving storm daniels investigating by the grand jury in new york michael cohen tells msnbc an that he is been asked to b available as a rebuttal witnes tomorrow we will have more on who els could be talking in just a moment all of this comes after former president donald trump s claim that he will be arrested thi week there is zero evidence to back that up and he s also got thes calls for protests they are prompting a message for the manhattan da to hi staff. intimidation threats will no be tolerated we will talk about the forme presidents familiar tactic with congresswoman maxin waters plus, let s talk about menta health in policing in america, a quarter of people killed b police have mental illnesses why aren t we seeing major changes in how law enforcement handles calls for help i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. folks, we