Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, along with alex wagner. And we are both here, for msnbcs special coverage of yet another primary night in america. This one in the electorally crucial state of michigan. And as of right now at this moment, eight pm eastern, polls have closed in nearly all counties across that state, other than a few in michigans upper peninsula, which will close in an hour from now. So were going to start getting results coming in, basically any second throughout the next hour. And of course, if we have that, weve got have Steve Kornacki here at the big board, ready to break down the numbers, as we have them in realtime. Along with our team of excellent reporters in michigan, to also give us the latest from there. Both the republican and democratic primaries are going on today, and the contests are interesting for a number of reasons. Not for the usual reason, which is suspense about who will win. Neither race is actually expected to be all that competitive,
Doesnt target minorities. The verdict, the colorado Movie Theater defendant learns his fate. The fate of john hoaments hoimsw it could change the debate in congress. One year ago, sunday, an unarmed black teenager named Michael Brown was shot and killed by a white Police Officer. It ignited a National Debate that continues today. Ferguson becomes the signal of that debate. And the mistrust between police and minorities across america. We take you back to the area it first started it will dee ann eastabrook is in ferguson. Diane. John, this is the weekend that is going to remember Michael Brown. In sunday people are going to gather in the neighborhood that Michael Brown was shot a year ago, they are going to observe a moment of silence at the time he was shot and they are going to march to a niche hig niche higha short way away. Tonight things are very calm in ferguson. So diane, what has changed in the last year . Reporter well, we have seen some change in the last year from a governme
Boy found dead in a courtyard, neighbors stunned. Sends a chill up my spine, thats awful. Police say it happened around 4 a. M. , the infant who lived with his family on the fourth floor of the building, here shaken. This woman says her friend told her someone in the building called 911 when she saw what listen. She was the one who called the cops and the cops asked her to do cpr and she said there was too much blood, she said i cant. Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death. Sources say the infants mother, father, and 4 other children were in the apartment when it happened. All are now being questioned by cops. Police sources tell us they are looking into the possibility that the infant was thrown from his fourth floor apartment window or perhaps accidentally dropped while someone was handling him. An awful accident. Thats just horrible, terrible. Police sources say the infant has blunt impact injuries that can be consistent with a fall. Everyone who was in the
And no more alarm clock. Congratulations on the clock. Great to have you here. Lets start with politics. Top republicans are continuing to pour in and out at this hour as the president elect is looking to shape that cabinet. This morning, one of the Top White House jobs said to be offered to retired general Michael Flynn. Do we know that for sure . Lets talk to chief washington correspondents james rosen. Hes the chief washington correspondent. If anyone would know, it would be the chief washington correspondent. Let me be chief with you. Yes, we know that. Multiple sources confirmed that president elect trump offered the position of White House National security adviser to retired general Michael Flynn. No word on whether he has accepted. In a book he published this year, the field of fight, he was fired where he never once received an audience with president obama because the generals assessment of the threat from isis and radical islam did not align with the optimistic view the whit
Reaction pretty much all negative for his comments about the mexican heritage of u. S. Governor of curiel. Some breaking news here. From our colleagues at Bloomberg Politics. The first report on a red hot Conference Call that trump held today with some of his top surrogates during which republican presumptive nominee had some pretty harsh words about his own Campaign Strategy in dealing with this criticism. Joining us now to talk more about that Conference Call and dynamics within the trump world is our colleague from washington jennifer jacobs. This was a call that trump got on himself. Tell us what the nature the call. Tell us some of the things trump said. He convened an emergency call to talk to his surrogates. Those people who speak for them. He wanted to instruct them on talking points what he thinks they should be saying. In this phone call according to the people who told us, there was no discussion of backing away from this or apologizing. It was all about counterpunching and