racist if i just want someone who knows how to fly the damn plane, not someone who got in because they checked a couple boxes and maybe there s a big boy in the room to teach them how to do it in case something goes wrong. super genius, donald trump jr. with the republicans latest racist talking points about how diversity, equity, and inclusion is going to get us all killed on airplanes. wait a minute, i thought the real danger was critical race theory. also tonight, the shocking audio recording of trump ally roger stone calling for the assassination of two prominent democrats. plus, my conversation with charlamagne tha god, on why the mainstream media is so obsessed with him, and why president biden is struggling with black voters. but we begin tonight three days before the iowa caucuses. now, in normal times, i would be telling you to keep a close eye on iowa and then new hampshire because that is the usual like start to the election season. but these are not norma
Msnbc headquarters here at new york city. And we begin this evenings broadcast with major breaking international news. The u. S. Has carried out military strikes and syria today. Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syri by iranianbacked militia grps. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the context of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin night, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called th
Secretary of defense lloyd austin said President Biden ordered selfdefense drags onto facilities in Eastern Syria used by irans revolutionary guard. He added the strikes our response to attacks against u. S. Personnel in iraq and syria by iranianbacked militia groups. Joining me now on the phone to discuss, my colleague msnbc White House Correspondent peter alexander. Peter, what can you tell us about how biden order the strikes and why they were carried out today . Stephen, a first, i think we should put this in the contt of what weve been watching happen in the middle east. And as we heard from lloyd austin tonight, the u. S. Military action, these defensive strikes, if as you describe them, they do come amid the rising tensions in that region with the rising tension between israel and hamas, but also called these attacks and his words separate and distinct from the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. They said they do not represent anything in the u. S. Approach of the confli
prison and keeps from going broke. but lucky for trump, manipulating the legal system is something he has a lifetime of experience doing. as politico points out, he s mastered the ability to grind down the legal system to his advantage and now to his political advantage. quote, he has routinely turned what s obviously peril into what s actively fuel. effectively fuel. taki lg rosters of losses and willing them into somhing like wins. if not in a court of law, then in that of public opinion. it has worked and it continues to work. trump, after l, was at one of his weakest points politically until the first of his four arraignments last spring. ever since, his leg jeopardy and his politic viability have done little but go up together. deny, delay, and attack always ayhe victim, never stop undermining the system. he s not fighting the system. it seems sometimes so much as he s using it. he s fund-raising off it, he s
defendants, we haven t had that perspective on the court in many decades. since justice marshall was on the court. or justice cruger is someone who will have come from serving on a state supreme court. it s a california state supreme court, so when people are describing her as moderate, maybe it s moderate for the california supreme court, but i think it s actually the thing to do is look more deeply at their records, at their temperament. and look at the incredible perspectives that they would bring, that we don t have right now. leondra cooker was offered, i believe, to be made the solicitor general of the united states, and elected to stay on the california bench. what does that tell you about her? obviously, the solicitor general argues cases at the supreme court, which, as you pointed, out she had experience doing. she would have been a great solicitor general. she is also a great supreme