Military base. Disputes continued. At the United Nations and the international courts for many years. With me is our correspondent andrew harding, one of the few people that has been to the Chagos Islands. This is a long running story. Take us through the decision today. It story. Take us through the decision today. Decision today. It is an extraordinary decision today. It is an extraordinary story. I decision today. It is an | extraordinary story. As decision today. It is an extraordinary story. As you say, it has been in the courts for a long time. A dispute that has rumbled on in the background. Most people listening to the stand watching this will never have heard of the Chagos Islands. That they might have heard of Diego Garcia, the american Military Base which is really at the heart of the dispute and this breakthrough today. The mauritian government and the British Government are framing it like this, it is about military. In the Indian Ocean. Back when mauritius won its indepen
jim jordan and all of the republicans in that twitter hearing today. gerry connolly also there, he ll be joining us. and jamele bowie will be joining us. he s the new york times columnist who i don t just read, i read, i underline, i reread, i learned so much every time. i even want to have him here forever for so long, finally, tonight. we are so happy to see jamelle bouie on msnbc. i ll be watching that. and it does not surprise me that a freshman senator managed to embarrass jim jordan. and that s putting it mildly. the youngest member of the house of representatives. sorry, freshman congressman, maybe one day a freshman senator. who can know with maxwell frost? right. thank you, alex. i m a great show. thank you. the day after joe biden s state of the union address, which is by far the most clever state of the union address ever delivered. and if you predicted the oldest person to ever deliver a state of the union address would go off script extemporaneously
he s the new york times columnist who i don t just read, i read, i underline, i reread, i learned so much every time. i even want to have him here forever for so long, finally, tonight. we are so happy to see jamelle bouie on msnbc. i ll be watching that. and it does not surprise me that a freshman senator managed to embarrass jim jordan. and that s putting it mildly. the youngest member of the house of representatives. sorry, freshman congressman, maybe one day a freshman senator. who can know with maxwell frost? right. thank you, alex. have a great show. thank you. the day after joe biden s state of the union address, which is by far the most clever state of the union address ever delivered. and if you predicted the oldest person to ever deliver a state of the union address would go off script extemporaneously, hold the opposing party into that they will spend the year trying and failing to get out of, well, congratulations because none of the rest of us predi
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the likes of