the first served in the early 19th century and left no likenesses behind. the second.is eliot spitzer. every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fund-raisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emails so many emails. but for all those little fish throwing $100 to their local race, it s the whales those campaign fund-raisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. and when they donate $25,000, $100,000, a million dollars, they want a favor.or 10. it should be obvious that s corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political deals toe the bribery line every single day. and we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois governor hadn t flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented audio recordings that shined a bright light on the inner w
have already shut down after running out of fuel and those still operating have been forced to stop all but emergency services. 0vernight, eight trucks carrying food, water and medicine crossed the rafah border from egypt into gaza but israel has banned fuel from entering the territory, saying hamas would use it for military purposes. these are the empty fuel pumps in southern gaza. an adviser to israel s prime minister has told the bbc there are hundreds of thousands of litres of fuel in the hands of hamas. the bbc has not been able to verify this. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk and other western governments. there are growing international calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting, to allow aid to reach gaza which continues to come under intense bombardment. the health ministry in the hamas controlled territory says more than 6,500 people have now been killed there 2,704 of them children. israel says more than 1,400 people were killed in t
the stand tomorrow. laney davis standing by for a preview. plus, andrew weisman watched the testimony this week and they will join me today. somehow a fictional cannibal was not the most interesting thing he said. biden spokesperson joins me with her reaction. later, my friend and colleague stops by to talk about his new book and how small acts of courage of the engines of dem being democracy. okay. the date was january 12th, 2018. this was the headline in the wall street journal. trump lawyer a raged $130,000 payment for adult-film star s silence. obviously that was a dpraby headline even by 2018 standards. there was a lot going on at the time. the big news that night was actually the sitting president of the united states saying something completely racist about african countries. but that story from the wall street journal, the one about the hush money for the porn star still broke through that night. quite a story today in the wall street journal. and i quote, trump
right-wingers in his own party. congressman james clyburn, assistant democratic leader, joins me live to discuss what s going on. fast truck. fulton county d.a. fani willis wants to set donald trump s georgia trial for august 5th, 2024. how that could shake up his bid for the white house, just three weeks after the republican convention. and exactly three months before election day. and, buyer you rustin. the march on washington finally gets his due, in the critically acclaimed movie, rustin. the star of the movie, colman domingo, joins me live to discuss his top score worthy performance. i m jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. s is the saturday show. this morning, the federal government is open, for now. late thursday night, president biden signed a short term funding bill into law just one day before the deadline. but the please, hold the applause. the stopgap law, with the laddered ctiing resolution, kicks the cado the road until next year. funding some fed
yesterday afternoon, this man, the speaker, mike johnson, unveiled his plan to fund the government s, which involves a novel and untested approach called a laontiing resolution, or see our. under this plan, funding for some service agencies, such as military a veterans programs, and the department of transportation and urban development, among, others will be extended a current levels until the first ne, ich is january 19th. meanwhile, funding will be extended until february the 2nd, a couple weeks later, for the rest of the government, including the department of state, just, as health and, human services. it ll be a clean bill. no other provisions will be attached. meaning it will not include funding for ukraine, for israel, or border security. these are the three main sticking points with divisions in congress recently. it didn t take long for republicans to once again come out against their own parties proposal. just minutes after johnson announced the latter rcr, at leas