i m ari melber. here is how you know we re in new territory in this year s midterm home stretch. look who it is. barack obama will be visiting, georgia, michigan, wisconsin, today adding nevada. the former president is the surrogate most in demand in his party right now, but there are other names who we know can galvanize crowds like this. you re looking at some of the large young and often diverse crowds that we saw gather for bernie sanders on his campaign trail. you see this is him out back on the presidential primary. i want to give you the context of why some democrats are excited about this announcement. when you look at crowds like that in so many parts of the country, bernie announced today he ll hit eight states for 19 events in this last stretch. the 81-year-old showing his stamina. meanwhile republicans siamak crow trends they think can matter far more than any surrogate or any big crowd. massive economic problems continue to top voters minds. forecasts favor repu
wonderful. like you i m dax in the hallways and he was one of the people that we met him i would say to him that he was in network news and he would hire me. a wonderful wonderful man and i miss him terribly. and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if he s at the justice department is going to indict him. or distract from the scene tonight. witness testimonies containing damning evidence of donald trump s conduct. as soon as the january six committee. could be released in the coming days. and witnessing the testimony. we continue to learn new details the blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six. trump asked for a white house staff. why does anybody need a pardon and he referred to just so they can go after them for little things. i think the former chief of staff the several white house staffers. as prior to leaving and he was one of them. if they re going to be staff pardons they will be included in that group. and interesting nugget and dece
at msnbc, he was a great friend. and like you said, he was one of those people, when you met him, you knew that he was destined for great things. i used to joke with him, to his face, i would say to him, dax, you are gonna be a network news president, and you are going to hire me, a wonderful, wonderful man and i miss him terribly. and he would love that made it on air so thank you for that if he s at the justice department is going to indict him. so what is donald trump thinking tonight as he waits to see if the justice department is going to indict him. witness testimonies containing damning evidence of donald trump s conduct. as soon as the january six committee. could be released in the coming days. legal experts are still analyzing the committee s 845-page report and witness testimony. we continue to learn new details the blanket pardon for everyone involved in january six. from the badge of transcripts released yesterday, we learned that donald trump floated the ide
as we sit down here like we do every single night to talk about the news of the day. it is always no holds barred. don t be offended because we have real conversations here that people have at home. and, it s not like you are offending me for saying something. we haven t done that for eight- and-a-half years. these are the folks i have gotten to know really well over the years and my first guest has become a good friend to me and i m so happy to have him on as my last first guest. he is a former metropolitan police officer who defended the united states capitol on january 6. this is his first interview for his new book. it is called hold the line. the insurrection and one cop s battle for america s soul. thank you for joining. how are you doing? thanks for having me. the last episode. i i know. the last episode. but this is not our last episode. but listen, i m going to get to the book and we will talk about our relationship and how how life has changed for you but i have
when one fundamental right is lost, that means all fundamental rights are at risk. i will speak to mr. obergefell in just a moment. some democrats are pressing the representatives to codify presidents like obergefell in the law. a move democrats failed to pursue with roe, so today, house nancy speaker, nancy pelosi, released a statement seemingly in response to those calls. she said, in part, in the wake of the supreme court s outrageous and heart wrenching decision of overturning roe versus wade, radical republicans have made clear that they are just setting their sights on other protections rooted in the constitutional right to privacy. house democrats are committed to standing against this ruthless assault on the rights of millions of lgbtq americans. but what that comment means and practice, well, that still remains to be seen. joining me now, jim obergefell himself. civil rights activists and current candidate for the ohio state hearts of representatives and the former