podcast. watch and listen for free wherever you get your podcast. you can also catch the velshi content on youtube. stay where you are. charles coleman picks up our coverage on the katie phang show. it starts right now. good afternoon, i m charles coleman junior in for my friend and colleague, katie phang. live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. and we have a lot to talk about. here is the week that was. let s start in florida where judge aileen cannon held a hearing yesterday. over donald trump s motion to dismiss is classified documents case. now his lawyers are arguing that special counsel jackson his appointment was unconstitutional. trump s legal team is going against president and arguing that a special counsel must be appointed by law and is subject to senate confirmation. judge cannon, however, appeared at least somewhat skeptical of trump s position, specifically taking issue with the notion that jack smith appointment was akin to a shadow government. while
a lot of american c and the manipulation, and that s starting the 2024 election. that s tonight on newsnight good evening. i m abby phillip in new york than november choice is between two old man. we know that, but tonight i want to talk about the joe biden that republicans want you to see and the pipeline of videos that aren t telling the full truth now those videos are probably right now clogging the public consciousness as american start to think about their votes the rnc wants to weaponize questions around biden s age and the follow-up to that question is, is he mentally fit enough to do the job again? it s a question that donald trump hopes is on voter s minds i think you should take a cognitive tests like i did, i took a cognitive test nih the latest video, shoving this question in voters faces, is this one from a star-studded fundraiser? a couple of days ago, president biden that for more president obama onstage waving to this crowd and then there s a six second pa
Being held in major metropolitan cities across iran today in an effort by progovernment and pro stablish and supporters to illustrate to antigovernment protesters that this government and this establishment does still enjoy political and public support by tens of thousands of people its an effort by the government to bookend what has been a week of violent and deadly protests that turned into what the government is calling riots now and just because these people are out in the street in support of the government it doesnt mean that they support all of the governments policies but what these people are trying to say to their own domestic audience as well as to people watching around the world is that any problems that iran has will be addressed through a stable system and change will come over time not through violence on the streets as far as antigovernment demonstrations go they have windows in size they become smaller and more short lived overnight there were smaller demonstrations b
Trumps press secretary came out swinging thursday saying americans are more concerned about policy then a new book on the white house i dont think they really care about some trash and author that no one has ever heard of until today or a fired employee wants to peddle earlier attorneys for the president sent a cease and desist letter to the publisher and author demanding the book not be released they also threaten former white house strategist steve bannon with legal action for telling author Michael Wolff that Donald Trump Jr was treasonous and unpatriotic for meeting with russians before the twenty sixteen president ial election after excerpts of the book were released wednesday and enraged President Trump said of bannon when he was fired he not only lost his job he lost his mind initially bannon fired off a tweet saying i wont speak about who lost their minds or ever had one but he later tweeted that the president was a great man that prompted President Trump to downplay the vitrio
Is happening in pennsylvania as a result of redistricting or the redrawing of voting districts. Fair districts pa says heres what can go wrong with redistricting. Legislators work with no oversight or standards for fairness. They can accept money from outside interests that target pennsylvania because of lax Campaign Finance laws. They redraw boundaries to keep their seats in office secure, resulting in voting districts that benefit the party, not the people. Groups like Fair Districts pa point to pennsylvanias 7th Congressional District. It includes parts of Montgomery County, chester county, and all the way into lancaster county. Heres how the district has changed over the past 60 years. It now has the nickname goofy kicking donald. Can you see it . Earlier this summer, the league of women voters sued to have pennsylvanias Congressional District map thrown out. The suit claims that the republicancontrolled state legislature redrew the boundaries to benefit the gop. Republicans called