ever happened in rwanda. tutsis had way too much money. they had way too much power. tutsis were way too privileged . they were greedy, they were bigoted. they were racists. they were dangerous. everything about tutsi ness was repulsive. for the most part, actual tutsis in rwanda ignored. all of this. hutu radio was not aimed at them. but then in july of 1994, just nine months after our tlm went on the air, a began in rwanda . more than half a million tutsis were murdered, in many cases by hutus whose rage had been stoked to violence by elm s broadcast. entire tutsi families were dragged from their homes and hacked to death with machetes. hundreds of thousands of women were. the world watched in horror as it happened, but did nothing to intervene. instead, our leaders told us at the time, the in rwanda would live forever as a lesson to the rest of us . about the capacity for evil that lurks inside every human heart and the dangers of reducing our neighbors to the sum total of
correspondent letting you know that the assault on paul pelosi in san francisco that you read about last week, that story was a whole lot stranger than you ever imagined. citing law enforcement sources with direct knowledge, it was paul pelosi who opened the door for police when they arrived. remember, authorities previously told us that the intruder, david depape, had broken into paul pelosi s bedroom on the third floor of the house and woken him up. yet somehow both pelosi and depape on the ground floor by the time police got there. moreover, pelosi and depape had been together in the house for at least a half hour, and yet strangely they both seemed fine. with police present, it was reported that paul pelosi, quote, did not immediately declare an emergency or leave his home, instead, quote, he walked back several feet toward the assailant and away from police. what? paul pelosi walked away from the police and toward david depape? what could possibly explain behavior like t
united states refused to accept the results of the 2020 election. he refuses to accept the will of the people. he refuses to accept the fact that he lost. he has abused his power and put the loyalty to himself before loyalty to the constitution. a typical year, we re often not faced with questions of whether the vote we cast will preserve democracy or put us at risk. but this year, we are. and the last standard bearer of the democratic party, president barack obama campaigning in arizona, the state that perhaps any other battleground state has been roiled by the big lay with election deniers on the republican side picked up on the same themes, laying out for his audience, the stakes in this election this way. i lost my first congressional race in the primary by 30 points. i got whooped. i was frustrated. that didn t feel good. you know what i didn t do? i didn t claim the election was rigged. i didn t spin conspiracy theories. i didn t instigate a mob to go up on and stor
pay, with the pay, with the benefit of pay for the benefit of hindsight., they were standby, of standby,. hey, standby. hey, standby. right. i got it. i got got it. okay, for the benefit ofin hindsight where i m sitting now, of course it was not the right decision. io the wrong decision is breaking tonight . hearts and uvalda s, texas breaking all over again as we get a clearer picture of what happened before and during the horrific massacre at a texas elementaryma school. a public safety official says a teacher propped open a locked door and later the commanding officer at the scene madean a series of tragic miscalculations even as desperate children called 911. one repeated and begged police to come help them. those revelations came on a stunning friday afternoon news briefing detailing a number of that are being seriously scrutinized tonight . let s bring in correspondent jeff paul with the very latest live from uvalda, texas tonight . hello, jeff. shannon, tonight lawrc
[ cheers and applause ] i grew up coming to this place so many times. And, this, tonight, is special. I thought about, when i was coming in backstage, ive been on this stage with Godfather Of Soul, james brown, who was like a father to me, and michael jackson, the list goes on. But, tonight, you will have Something Special at the apollo, because you will have two icons that are going to talk about their work, and talk about what they do in this country that is so needed at this time today could not be a better night at the apollo. This is not just a great show, tonight, this is history. So [ cheers and applause ] so, it is my honor and my pleasure that, i cant bring you tonight the Godfather Of Soul [ laughter ] but i bring you the godmother of woke [ cheers and applause ] Rachel Maddow. [ cheers and applause ] i got you on that one. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] wow, how are you doing . We love you, rachel. [ cheers and applause ] i am so nervous [ laugh