around the white house were temporarily closed and several buildings nearby were evacuated. thankfully no one was hurt. steve: that is crazy image. and you got it just as he was trying to get into the white house campus. ainsley: we were getting images in the middle of the night. weren t sure it was confirmed. saw reports it was confirmed. interesting way to get into the white house to take a huge truck there are barricades everywhere down there. you saw how it was stopped immediately. of course, you never know what s in a big truck like that. just think back to oklahoma city back in the day. pete: for sure. steve: welcome to our show this tuesday. pete is in. brian has the day off. pete: thanks for having me. steve: latest from the race for the white house, the rails for the presidency that is. a republican senator tim scott launched his 2024 presidential campaign yesterday in his hometown of north charleston, south carolina. ainsley: and he says he is the gu
saying in a new interview about his reelection campaign, concerns about his age, and where this debt ceiling standoff goes next. plus, you have to see this one to believe it, former president donald trump s video deposition in the defamation lawsuit against him. he defends he is access hollywood comments on even insults the attorney asking the questions. the impact the testimony could have on the jury as the civil trial comes to an end. we have a lot to talk about, so let s get started. we are going to dig into president biden s new interview with msnbc stephanie ruhle in just a few moments. but first, is the supreme court compromised? more stunning reports about conservative justice clarence thomas have many americans and democrats calling for greater oversight on the judicial body. we cited think statements that billionaire gop, harlan crow, paid for thomas s nephew to attend boarding school. that same day, the washington post detailed correspondents in 2012, between former
cheryl casone, brian kilmeade, and lisa boothe. deputy chief praising the brave police officers who stormed the bank immediately upon arrival. it is clear from the officer s response that they absolutely saved people s lives. this is a tragic event, but it was a heroic response of officers that made sure no more people were more seriously injured then what happened. emily: andy beshear fought back tears, speaking about two of his those friends who are among those killed. this is awful. i have a very close friend that did not make it today. and i have another close friend who did not either. one who is at the hospital that i hope is going to make it through. so when we talk about praying, i hope people will. for those that we are hoping can make it through the surgery is that they are going through, we ve got to do what we have done these last three years after everything. we ve got to wrap our arms around these families. emily: correspondent nate foy has the latest fo
tonight on the reidout last month, we learned about a justice who for years has accepted lavish trips and real estate purchases worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. from a billionaire with interests before the court. that justice failed to disclose these gifts. how low can the court go? how low indeed. the senate judiciary committee holds a hearing on the mounting scandals involving supreme court justices. committee member sheldon whitehouse joins me in a moment. also tonight, it felt like trump had 40 zillion hands. that was testimony today from jessica leads, who claims she was molested by donald trump on a flight. she joins me tonight. plus, some of your favorite tv shows are going dark as hollywood writers go on strike. tonight, a look at the important issues that led to the walkout. and we begin tonight with the united states supreme court. the nine individuals with lifetime appointments highest law giving body in the nation, who have the power to determ
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s