hello and welcome to inside politics. i m john king in washington. thank you for sharing you day with us. the biden 2024 plan takes shape. the president will tour through what he calls america reborn, circling infrastructure as a big selling point and the new republican majority as a big target. two cities, two grand juries, two giant legal developments in the investigations of donald trump. if manhattan, prosecutors now reportedly presenting evidence about hush money payments. in washington, two witnesses in the classified documents case have testified under oath. plus, two more memphis police officers out. three memphis emts dismissed. tyre nichols family asks why now, what took so long, and what else might the city be hiding. a first for us though, the president on the road today, celebrating a past achievement and using it to shape the politics of this year and next. this hour, the president in new york to showcase a revamp of the rail tunnel burrowing under the
mr. trump lashes out at journalist bob woodward with a $49 million lawsuit over audio book recordings of their interviews. george santos is responding to criticism over multiple lies about his resume and calls for help to step down in his district by agrees to step down from his committees. under pressure from community activists, the memphis police and first responders were continuing to clean house over the fatal beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols. a seventh memphis police officer has been relieved of duty. three emts have now been fired by the city s fire department after an internal investigation found out they violated protocols by failing to immediately treat nichols when they arrived at the scene. nbc news reached out to these three but has not heard back. more charges could be coming in addition to the murder charges against the five original officers. joining me now, priscilla thompson, danell hargin and former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade. priscilla, there hav
it s a poison. [ applause ] running through our it really is. running through our body politic. it s been allowed to fester and grow right in front of our eyes. no more. i mean, no more. we need to say as clearly and forcefully as we can that the ideology of white supremacy has no place in america. [ applause ] none. look, failure in saying that is going to complicity, silence is complicity. it s complicity. we cannot remain silent. i call all americans to reject the lie, and i condemn those who spread the lie for power, political gain, and for profit. [ applause ] president joe biden s clear eyed denunciation there of white supremacy as a poison marks a return to an issue that animated and inspired his run for the presidency, what he described at the time as a battle for the soul of america. but now the new york times reports, quote, the challenge for a president who came to office preaching unity may be how to take on those preaching hate, and in the wake of the mas
Maria good friday he morning thanks very much for joining us. Im maria bartiromo. I hope you are having a good friday morning it is friday, may 17, 8 00 a. M. On the east coast time for hot topic of the hour former President Trump socalled hush money trial entering final stretch defense prepares to resume crossex crossexamination. That is right maria 1k067ing crossexamination highlighted calling history of lying yesterday made the suggestion Michael Cohen continues to lie on the stand, right before the jury. Defense attorney todd blanche cross examined Michael Cohen about a phone call took place late october 2016 cohen testified he called trumps bodyguard schiller and trump about Stormy Daniels to temperature them the nondisclosure agreement deal was done on cross blanche used Text Messages to suggest cohen had been receiving harassing phone calls called schiller to discuss that that was a lie you were talking to mr. Schiller about the fact getting horaceing phone calls from 14yearold
Joining us. We have a lot of news to get to, so lets start with tonights top story. The oj miniseries is coming under fire as the victims families speak out to dr. Phil. Thf this was a major event in american history. This only happened because my brother was stabbed to death and nicole was nearly decapitated. We wouldnt be here if this never happened. They have never healed from these words. Its still very raw because have never gotten to the point of justice. Hes in jail, but hes never been held accountable for what he did to their loved ones. This is not drama. Two people brutally chopped up. Everybody pretty much saw my sisters body at the bottom of the shares covered with a white sheet. T showed rons body and dr. Phil, when i saw that, i was like that is just the epit me of shame onyou, those are the words don goldmans sister tanya said about the actors in the movie. Theyre very upset. Theyre very concerned about this because nobody involved be the series reached out to nib involv