trump tower to rikers island, but the trump organization was sentenced today for felony tax fraud. manhattan d.a. alvin bragg joins me. plus, he needed help and was killed. those are the word of black lives matter cofounder patrice colors on the death of her cousin, keenan anderson. anderson went into cardiac arrest and died after being repeatedly tased by los angeles police. patrice colors joins me tonight. but we begin in september 1941. when a federal prosecutor named william power meloni on orders from the justice department was investigating the infiltration of nazis in the united states. a story that you probably never learned anything about in school. at the time, during the 1930s and 40s, there was a pretty darn massive far right movement literally supported by the hitler government in germany that was plotting violent attacks in the u.s. to overthrow the u.s. government and install hitler friendly fascism here. and in some cases, they went through with actual at
rights that you and i would never ever receive. also tonight, how families are coping in the grief-stricken community of uvalde, texas, as they accepted their kids back to school for the first time since the massacre at robb elementary. we begin tonight with the 1974 supreme court case that was credited with ending richard nixon s presidency. good evening. president nixon has not yet responded to the sledgehammer decision of the supreme court today which ruled that he must immediately turn over tapes of 64 presidential conversations. in a unanimous decision written by chief justice warren berger the court rejected 8-0 mr. nixon s claim of absolute privilege on those tapes. the case, united states versus nixon, was all about the watergate prosecutor s demand following a subpoena for those audio tapes of conversations recorded by nixon in the oval office. chief justice warren berger, who by the way was nominated by nixon wrote, we conclude that when the ground for asserting
tonight on the reidout i was in the vicinity of a conversation where i heard the president say something to the effect of you know, i think they have weapons. they re not here to hurt he. take the f-ing mags away. let my people in. they can march the capitol from here. remember that? tomorrow at the much anticipated likely final hearing, we are expecting to hear evidence that trump knew things could turn violent that day. also tonight with just four weeks to go until the midterms, stacy abrams is here on her very close race and her thoughts on the georgia senate race that could once again determine which party is in control. new report frg the washington post is shedding light on a lingering question surrounding the fbi east investigation into donald trump s hoarding of classified documents at mar-a-lago. who in trump s orbit has been cooperating with the doj? people familiar tell the post it was a trump employee at his florida golf resort who informed agents about
democracy by refusing to say whether they will accept election results they don t like. also tonight, what s next after a very bad week for trump with the special master telling his lawyers to put up or shut up and new york s attorney general exposing years of alleged fraud. and as kevin mccarthy makes his pitch for speaker, president biden reminds americans exactly what republicans want to take from you if they win. things like reproductive rights and social security. good evening, everyone. i m jason johnson in for joy reid. we begin tonight with the cancer that continues to rot what s left of the desiccated corpse of the republican party. moments from now, the former president will stand shoulder to shoulder with ted budd, north carolina s republican senate candidate. he refused to accept the results if he loses but voting to certify the 2020 election as a member of congress just hours after the attack on the capitol. and he s not the only one. from the carolinas to
Increasingly under scrutiny for his past statements on islam and other issues, Stephen Bannon whospower is writing within the new white house, Andrea Mitchell reports. Reporter hes at the president s side at nearly every photo op. Chief white house strategist steve bannon aside from the family, first among equals in President Trumps power circle. What bannon wants . Nothing short of a revolution. A Pop Lift Revolution in the united states. Republican in name but trump in style. Reporter his influence stretching from politics to foreign policy. Now on the National Security Council Principles committee. Hes got a tremendous understanding of the world and the geopolitical landscape. Surprisingly a retired
general who served both president bush and obama. How unusual is it that steve bannon has a seat at the table . I think its unprecedented. Bannon described as brilliant but his power alarming critics. His warning to the media to keep its mouth shut. That extreme vetting order. Listen to