reckless and inhumane. i expect you to feel what the nichols family feels. i expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights as our police officers have taken an oath to do the opposite of what transpired on the video. the memphis police chief warns the public ahead of today s release of body cam video in the death of tyre nichols, asking the community to protest peacefully. we ll have the latest in that extremely disturbing case. plus, it was supposed to be the investigation that would finally expose the deep state plot against donald trump, only it didn t find anything, and it cost taxpayers millions of dollars. we ll have more on that. and president joe biden slams house republicans for what he calls a maga economic plan. we ll play for you his comments on that and the overall health of the economy. we ll talk about it, as it comes as the president is considering a trip overseas to mark a year of war in eastern europe. good morning, and welcome to mo
game-changer announcement on student loan forgiveness a [inaudible] for millions of americans. plus, the big lie turned a big rift. how some are profiting off of disproven election fraud claims. goes beyond the former president. as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i m alicia menendez, in four stephanie ruhle. as if the current day controversies of the former president were not enough, we begin with new insight tonight into how donald trump may have avoided accountability in the investigation that consumed must of his presidency. late today, after a lengthy court fight, the justice department released a document related to the russia investigation. the memo was top secret and now we know why. former presidents attorney bill barr wanted to keep it a secret. in march 2019, bill barr told us before the mueller report was released, that the report had all but exonerated the former president. and therefore, there was no reason to charg
barr s defense of that decision. the memo contends, mueller s report did not establish a case to charge trump with obstruction, who failed to establish any underlying crime related to russian election interference. but, as nbc has reported, mueller s report actually did identify ten episodes that could be considered potential obstruction of justice. as one former mueller prosecutor points out, that is just one a couple of high-level justice department officials were worried about. two senior staff say to bill barr that the reason he should make the decision is because, if the memo comes out, it might be read to imply that the president committed obstruction. this memo makes it clear that the reason that bill barr did not ask robert mueller to simply come to a conclusion is because, as it says here, that report can be read to find that, indeed, he did commit obstruction. as for the ongoing investigations into the former president, tonight the justice department is facing a
are they have a big megaphone, and they use it. i mean, how do you plan to combat the likes of marjorie taylor greene and the crazies she may bring to the table, if i may, given her past statements and actions. i think it s fair to be worried. well, i think that it s really important for the democrats to draw a clear contrast between these fringe republicans with wild conspiracy theories and a sober, thoughtful, competent, fact-based group on the democratic side. we have a gate freshman class, a number of whom are on the committee with me, who are all really focused on making sure our government is operating correctly, efficiently, and mostly for working families and working people around the country. and we re ready. i m ready. this is, you know, a very
. flip flop fauci is on what feels like a never ending farewell tour with the media mob where he is now rewriting history, attacking critics and refusing to take any responsibility for his many failures. and by the way, his latest target seems to be elon musk y because he s now claiming that twitter is a cesspool of medicine information. no, it was a cesspool. and l.a. cleaning it out. take a look. how do you feel when someone with that big a megaphone labels you a criminal? well, to be honest with the andréa, i don t pay attention to that. i mean, yeah, he has a big megaphone, but i mean, the twitter sphere, as it is , has really gone berserk lately. it s got to become almost obsessive, full of misinformation. and with the rise of disinformation and misinformation, are we developing an antiscience?