politicsnation. tonight s lead, the after party. right now, i m back in new york after attending last night s white house correspondents dinner in washington. which may end up being a rare moment of levity in the next political year, because with president joe biden officially running for reelection and donald trump likely general election opponent, at least for now, an epic political battle lies ahead, leading up to november of 2024. biden cutting and confidence in last night s dinner must now reengage voters, many of whom appear to lack confidence in his candidacy, specifically black voters, who say the kind of post racial america promoted by the administration is increasingly out of reach, according to nbc news polling. can biden make the sale to finish the job? former obama press secretary robert gibbs joins me with his analysis of where the 2024 campaign already stands. and we have got some church on this politics nation sunday. mr. t.d. jakes joins me later in t
smashing car windows and destroying property in chicago. two teens were shot and the whole thing was organized on social media. police were outnumbered and only managed to make 15 arrests. a woman caught in the mayhem describing the scene after her car was attacked. i jump in my car. my husband go to the hospital. what did they do? because the guy in the f face. dana: democrats think it was just teens being teens, mayor brandon johnson condemning what happened but says it is not constructive to demonize youth and the outgoing mayor lori lightfoot said this. there are lots of opportunities to redirect young people to safe spaces. here is the thing, the mass majority of young people came downtown because it was great weather and an opportunity to enjoy the city, that is entirely appropriate. there were a few that came with different intention and they have and will be dealt with. i will not use your language, which i think is wrong, to say it is mayhem. dana: chic
reportedly got lost looking for the clinic. that s when they got caught in the crosshairs of a cartel shoot-out. authorities think that they were mistaken for a rival gang. mexico says one s suspect has been arrested and they are looking for others. responsible. the two americans who survived are finally back in the u.s. being treated at a texas hospital. republicans say it s a tipping point and it s time to take down the cartels. i want to introduce legislation to make certain mexican drug cartels foreign terrorist organizations and set the stage to use military force if necessary to protect america from being poisoned from things coming out of mexico. there is another hostage, the mexican government. being held hostage by tens of thousands of paramilitary members of terrorist organizations that effectively control mexico. greg: peter doocy pressing the white house on the cartel killings. cartels kill americans on the side of the border with drugs and other killing a
behind the security breach. the washington post reports the man is a low-level government employee. he worked in a military base and share the documents in a private chat group at videogame sites. biden insisted he is not concerned about the leaks u.s. military and intelligence documents. they are getting close to tracking down the leaker. could you give an update on the leak investigation for the leaked documents? i cannot right now. there is a fluegel full-blown investigation going on right now in the justice department. they are getting close. i don t have an answer. how concerned are you about the leak? are you concerned about the relationship? we ve got to move. i m not concerned. i am concerned that it happens, but there is nothing contemporaneous that i am aware of. while the president appears to be brushing off the leak, it has undermined ukraine s defense against russia. it has damaged relations with allies and exposed intelligent resources and further er
during these extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now hi, ari. thanks, nicolle welcome to the beat. i m ari melber we are tracking several stories, including maya wylie we begin with the escalating heat on defendant donald trump the nation watched as he came to new york for the first criminal arraignment of his life, a legal requirement, not a choice. trump had to sit in court for this unusually long i rainment which included a rare rebuke by the judge for threats he had been making. those threats part of a second civil case also filed this week by the d.a. dealing with the clash of some house republicans. here s the news right now. today donald trump is back in new york again and again under court order. these are not trips that he chose. they have been forced on him by the law and how often he is on allegedly, under the allegations, the wrong side of the law. if you re trying to keep track or it seems like this stuff is happening