contacted by world leaders. my conversation with star wars star mark hamill, on his new role, helping ukraine. and rachel maddow on a forgotten streaming relevant part of american history. when we get to from that is a not see blot to distribute german government flop propaganda and the united states through the u.s. congress. that happened. when all in starts right now. good evening from washington, d.c.. i am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. there is always been a racist white supremacist fringe to the modern republican party. it hasn t always been overt, but it has reared it s head from time to time, going back decades. republican leaders, even presidents, have indulged it. for example, takes from the nixon era show the president engaging in blatant antisemitism. all of it which families are close, but there is this strange malignancy now that seems to creep among them. i don t know, the radicalism. the jews are born spies. you notice how many of them are? t
d.c., i m in for chris hayes. there has always been a racist white supremacist fringe the republican party. it hasn t always been overt, but it has reared it s head from time to time, going back decades. republican leaders, even presidents, have indulged it. for example, takes from the nixon era show the president engaging in blatant antisemitism. all of it which families are close, but there is this strange malignancy now that seems to creep among them. i don t know, the radicalism. the jews are born spies. you notice how many of them are? they re just in it up to their next. and ronald reagan, infamously popularized the racist trope of the welfare queen. in chicago, they found a woman who holds the record. she used 18 aims, 30 addresses, 15 telephone numbers to collect food stamps, social security, veterans benefits for for a nonexistent deceased veterans husbands, as well as welfare. her tax free cash income, alone, has been running $150,000 a year. george h. w. bu
remembering legendary actor james caan this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening, everyone a guilty plea today in a russian court from brittney griner, the american basketball star the biden administration says has been unlawfully held griner admitting to carrying vape cartridges containing cannabis oil into russia her lawyer saying she did so accidentally, hoping griner s contrition will lead to a lenient sentence. as it stands, a conviction carries a possible maximum sentence of ten years in prison. today s development also being seen in this country as potentially the first step in a delicate diplomatic dance to win her release in a prisoner swap. the wnba standout the wnba standout also receiving a letter today from president biden in response to her plea not to be forgotten. andrea mitchell has details. reporter: on just the second day of her trial, wnba superstar brittney griner, handcuffed and carrying a photo of her wife, cherelle, pleading guilt
Despite all of the evidence that was presented in this case, all these articles of impeachment were brought by republicans in the House Of Representatives. Remember, republicans dominate every level of government here in this state. Now here in the senate republican, senators siding with ken paxton to return him to office. In the chamber they are beginning to wrap things up. Obviously many senators will be asked to kind of defend these votes and explain exactly how all of this unfolded over the last day and a half. Yeah. And the music resumes. Ed lavandera in austin, thank you so much. Hello again, everyone, thank you so much for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. Were also following new developments in the historic autoworkers strike that is now in its second full day. Negotiators for the United Autoworkers Union and big three car makers are back at the bargaining table, and there are signs of possible progress. Cnns gabe cohen is at the Stellantis Plant in ohio where workers are pic
good morning from germany where we are waking up with the scotland fans ahead are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of are waking up with the scotland fans ahead of their second match in the european ahead of their second match in the european championship. will the scotland european championship. will the scotland party continue? we will find out scotland party continue? we will find out this morning. it s wednesday, the 19th ofjune. the latest inflation figures will be released this morning, giving an idea of the state of the economy before voters head to the polls in just over two weeks. analysts are expecting the figures for last month to show that inflation has fallen back to the bank of england s 2% target for the first time in nearly three years. our chief economics correspondent dharshini david has more. have you got food left or is it all gone? gary in sussex used to have seven butchers shops. now he has four. forced to make cuts as he s been caught bet