History should remember him as a ruthless but very effective king of judea. Who is the real king herod . The great ruler from history or the monster from the bible . And could this really be his tomb . 2007, the Hebrew University of jerusalem. Archaeologist cause a sensation when they reveal the discovery of. What could be the most important find in the middle east. What could be the tomb of an ancient king, herod. 8 feet long and made of pink limestone its beautifully carved and polished so meticulously it resembled marvel. Finding any kings tomb is big but the tomb of king herod the great, the most famous ruler of judea is winning the sweep stakes or lottery right there. Its immensely exciting. Its a connection to a man that was not only a legend of the bible but also a real and really important figure in ancient history. Historical texts tell us herod is one of the great kings of the ancient world. From 37 b. C. , he rules judea for 33 years. He was the most mag any acceptabili magn
50 years of experience in mainstream politics. Joining me now is alex, msnbc political reporter for south by southwest, and editorinchief for Politico Magazine and here on set, associate professor of Political Science at fordham, university. Stick around one minute. I want to go quickly to msnbcs reporter joining us by phone following the Bernie Sanders campaign in a snowy New Hampshire. Good to have you with us. Get first your take on some of these 2020 hopefuls, because most of them are actually at south by southwest but sanders in New Hampshire. What was the crux of his message . Why wasnt he one of the high profile speakers at south by southwest . Reporter exactly right. Were trekking through the snow with him. Here in New Hampshire, generally overall on the campaign trail, we talked how hes trying to weave in more of a personal narrative, show activism and the progressive causes he champions and also hearing the old staple from his out here on the campaign trail. Railing against i
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Communities. So less than three weeks after a mass shooting aimed directly at latinos and arguably fueled by trumps own words, were backed by policies of fear and cruelty from this administration. And back to where we started on gun control, which is nowhere. Led by a president who seems to be capitulating to the nra we learned as much about a phone call between trump and head of the nra, Wayne Lapierre, who said universal background checks are not not on the table, despite trumps public pledge right after these most recent shootings to finally take decisive action. Even if that meant breaking with the nra. Look, the nra has over the years taken a very, very tough stance on everything and i understand it. You know, its a slippery slope. They think you approve one thing and that leads to a lot of bad things. I dont agree with that. I think we can do meaningful, very meaningful background checks. This, of course, is not the first time trump made a promise on gun safety and turned around
He called political espionage. We are go to start with sarah and matthew. Sarah, the overstock Ceo Patrick Byrne made a series of extraordinary claims. Who is he talking about and what is he alleging . Well, sure. Don Patrick Byrne is eccentric and a controversial ceo and resigned today. Over the last couple of weeks he came out publicly saying he had a romantic relationship with maria butina spanning a number of years and he was providing the fbi information. Now he is taking it a step further saying he believes he was involved in something akin to political espionage and directed by people at the top levels of the fbi or giving the fbi instructions. He was directed to build this relationship and maintain the relationship with maria butina and directed to have romantic relationships with her and he dropped a lot of names over the course of his interview with chris cuomo accident j, james c. He played it a little bit coy but he said his relationship with maria butina spanning a number