hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york and we begin today as we have done so many times, too many times, on this show with a crisis that is uniquely ours, uniquely american. today our country witnessed the 129th mass shooting of this year alone, this one, like so many these days, took place at a school. three young students and three staff members were killed today. they were killed at covenant school a private school in nashville, tennessee, after a shooter walked in and opened fire. after law enforcement engaged with the suspect, the shooter was killed, according to law enforcement. the shooter was a 28-year-old woman. at this hour not much more is known about a potential motive but it is worth noting at the top here how rare this particular specific situation is involving the shooter. according secret service there were only five female shooters out of 173 attacks from 2016 to 2020. in washington, d.c., president joe biden has been made aware of the shooting called it s
good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
while this defendant may be unlike any other in american history, we arrived at this trial and ultimately, today, at this verdict in the same manner as every other case that comes through the court room doors. by following the facts and the law, and doing so without fear or favor. many voices out there, the only voice that matters is the voice of the jury and the jury has spoken. manhattan district attorney alvin bragg speaking yesterday following the historic conviction of former president donald trump on all 34 counts in the criminal hush money trial. trump becomes the first former u.s. president in american history to be convicted of a crime. the verdict was read around 5:00 p.m. in a new york city courtroom after the 12 jurors deliberated for roughly 9.5 hours, two days. each of the 34 felony counts associated with a falsified business records pertaining to trump s reimbursement of his former attorney and fixer, michael cohen, for a hush money payment to adult film ac
joining us see you in a news night with abby phillip starts right now donald trump s pulp fiction, that s tonight on these nine good evening. i m abby phillip flip in new york tonight. donald trump channels tarantino. it s almost like he sees himself as zeke el, the set on all sides by the tyranny of evil men but here s the thing about those enemies. there about as real as the samuel l. jackson character joules when field, meaning not at all. on the other hand, these biblical sounding promises of great revenge against their invisible enemies well, there s a lot to suggest that they could be taken seriously trump just hours ago, ranted about his trial where 12 jurors made him a convicted felon. he called it rigged, and that he made what you can only interpret as a threat to the courts that will decide the validity of his conviction we have to straighten out what s going on. are these sports. we got a rig deal go this whole country and we ve got to do it. and those appellate co