Host good morning. It is friday, may 24, 2024. The house and the senate will meet for pro forma sessions to date and votes will not take place until after memorial day. We begin in the wake of yesterdays hearing with the leaders of rutgers university, ucla, northwestern. It was the third congressional hearing for College President s since campus protests corrupted early this spring. This morning we are asking if the wave of protests has changed your view of Higher Education. If they have, the number to call is 202 7488000. If they have not, 202 7488001 special line for College Students and administrators, 202 7488002. And you can send us a text. 202 7488003 is that number. Catch up with us on social media on x cspanwj and on facebook. Com cspan. Start calling in. Headlines from the hearing yesterday on capitol hill for the education and Workforce Committee in the house. This is the chronicle headline. Another hearing aimed at higher ed, College President s fight back. In this headline
Ways to make a look at casualties. How do they adjust it, whether its being used effectively or yeah, i understand. Its a good point. Just to clarify, general glenn is not there to direct the israelly military or tell them what to do. Hes there as an expert on urban combat. The considerations are how do you account for the civilian population in mitigating the casualties. At the end of the day, this is about saving lives and eliminating a terrorist threat. Thank you. Thank you. I want to pick up on the air Defense Systems being shipped to the region. Yesterday the Wall Street Journal reported that the u. S. Had asked israel to hold off on the Ground Offensive until the air defenses could get to the region. Is there any truth to that report . Yeah,s seen those reports. What i will tell you, id refer you to the israelis to talk about their operations, their time lines. Our focus is on ensuring that the Israeli Defense forces have what they need to defend the israeli people. As i mentione
and on that note, i wish you a very good and safe night. good to be back with you. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. today, in new york, don trump s eldest son, don jr., took the stand in a civil fraud case against the former president and his family and his business. down in d. c., and in florida, judges issuing orders in both of special counsel jack smith s criminal cases against donald trump, the d. c. case involving trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, and the florida case centered only former presidents unlawful retention of classified documents. so a flurry of legal action today from mr. trump. and i m gonna get some expert legal help breaking down all of that just a second. but perhaps the biggest legal news of today was this. the federal judge in charge of the mar-a-lago classified documents case, judge aileen cannon, who was of course appointed by presi
mass murder there, lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because of a school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he, of course, worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. he has remarkably deep and wise thoughts for someone so young on a host of really complicated and distressing topics. yes he s a unique voice. we re lucky to have him here tonight. thank you alex. i have no understanding. those were the under oath words of donald trump jr. today when his temporary job title was witness number 21. called to the witness stand by new york attorney general letitia james to testify against his father, donald trump jr. is a codefendant
children killed in the span of three weeks. we believe. it on that note, my friend, ayman, thank you for your time and thoughts and perspective on all this. evening.social now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. we re gonna be joined tonight by tennessee state representative justin pearson, who, as it happens, is a graduate of bowdoin college in maine. so he has been really struck by what happened in maine, and the mass murder there. lewiston, very close to bowdoin college. and he came to our attention because the school shooting in tennessee that he was trying to bring to the attention of the state legislature and that actually, as people recall, got him expelled. and he of course worked his way back in and got elected again, but he is here to consider what this means, what it feels like to him to have that hit close to his college all the way it hit close to home in tennessee. i m eager to hear on justin pearson on this. when