watching. i am sam stein. katie fang will be back next week, do not worry, 7 am eastern. all will show online. though she is starting right now. ng right now. and good morning to you from beautiful detroit, michigan. it is sunday, october the 23rd. i m ali velshi, this is a very special edition of velshi across america. i am in belle isle state park in detroit, michigan, within 16 days until the most consequential midterm elections in recent memory. michigan is arguably the leading edge of a combustible trumpist, anti-democratic movement which includes fringe political figures, self styled militias and the potential for violence. i saw that with a group of michigan residents and voters from across the political spectrum to talk about this, plus women s reproductive rights, which is actually, literally on the ballot in michigan this year. and how they should think we can move forward as a country, full of people with different views, and the same set of facts. more of that c
about this cleans that whatever you ve been seeing and feeling about the crowds in london? it s hard to convey that. when i walk around here, people are singing and dancing in a pub. i don t care about the roe family. you hear them talking about their devotion to the queen and how upset they are about the debt. you can see both sides, if there is an america view that people here are crying into their earl grey tea in the morning, crying in their pipes in the pub, that s not a british characteristic after all, but there s not that much outward disdain for the monarch. this whole thing has been somber animated but has represented a major shift in day-to-day life. people here, they have a will affection for the queen, but they will not come out and show it and saw publicly. they had that long affection and it shows that her longevity in office, her ability to relax the monarch and the television cameras in, that has a major effect. this monarchy has done its best efforts
have a written statement in due course . attorneys for trump compared the documents to an overdue library book, marveling at how the records dispute that has suddenly been transformed into a criminal investigation. trump and his team tried all kinds of defenses, frump falsely saying the top secret documents were his, to then saying that he declassified them. in court today, the doj lawyers were blunt, saying he is no long for president, and because he s no longer the president, he had no right to those documents and that ends the analysis. but we might be seeing a lot more from the search. the judge saying she will unseal the detailed inventory list that was prepared by the doj. and prior to the hearing, trump out on right-wing media attacking the doj once again. they took documents and they put them all over the floor. then they deceptively put out that picture. a lot of people think when you walk into my office i have confidential documents or whatever it may be, classif
High of 500,000, which included access to a more exclusive gathering. The event was sold out and more than 5000 people came out to support the reelection effort. Donald trumps event was a more expensive affair. It was hosted by Hedge Fund Billionaire john paulson and his 110 million Oceanfront Home in palm beach, just a few minutes away from maralago. He got very rich off of the team big against subprime mortgages in 2007 at the height of the credit bubble. Trump was the main event a few allies and former primary opponents, tim scott, doug burgum offered remarks as well. Tickets started at 250,000 at the low end. At the high end, some attendees paid the maximum contribution of 814,000 which got them a seat at the trump table. According to a Trump Campaign in official, the fundraiser was attended by 117 guests at the event was closed to the press, but former President Trump did offer brief, seemingly enthusiastic on camera when he arrived at the mansion. It is a great honor to be hereor
who we are as a country. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lauren, good evening. caitlin is the reporter for the 80s on this particular story, which goes in and out of fashion for the right sometimes. it s the biggest story, and then sometimes, we forget for months. what your story tonight told us was that you might forget about this. this might not be the biggest thing on your agenda. you might be thinking about israel or ukraine or inflation or whatever it is. these people don t have places to sleep tonight. it s cold outside in your city. in new york city, around the roosevelt hotel down the street from where we work. we need to see them again. we have effectively it is a dehumanization of sorts. there are things that we talk about. they are pawns, as you describe. you re store humanize it and remind people, whatever you are doing, whatever your real passions are, whatever is important to you, there are many d