hello, new york. thank you for joining us live at town hall in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart. and admitted, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey. oh, stop. stop it. how are you? good. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i got some family here. so tonight, we re going to talk about democracy. and that word, we probably talk more about democracy in the last four, five years than i had in all of my time before that. like, even that as a topic seems weird. we all know, america is a democracy. there s a certain kind of history you re taught
that is tonight s hello, new york. thank you for joining us at townhall for this very special edition of why is this happening. he is talk, he is smart, please give a warm welcome to my colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey, oh, stop. how are you? good. thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that is extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me, so thank you. it is amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i ve got some family here. so, tonight we are going to talk about democracy, and that word, we have probably talk more about democracy in the last four or five years that and all of my time as a journalist before that. even that as a topic seems a little weird. america is the democracy and there is a certain kind of history your talk that is a certain part of american civic culture, deeply, almost kind of civic religion which roughly goes to the following. the founders rebelled against t
I think what we need to focus on, whether it is black or white or or straight, making sure that we have Hate Crime Laws like this throughout the country, that protect people like this individual that was brutalized by those four maniacs. To be when i dont believe in hate crimes laws. I dont think we should prosecute people based on their thoughts. You dont think is a hate crime . Tucker i think hate is involved, im merely saying it is a separate category. Im also opposed to lying and downplaying something that is obvious. It is clear that this mans race and political position played a role. Absolutely. Tucker that is not all clear from the accounts that were prevalent today. The associated press, and the first account, didnt measure tl angles. I wonder why that was. I dont know. What i can say here, the charges came down from the prosecutor, the final arbiter, there is no arbiter of the case. People reporting the facts, which is, this individual was charged with a hate crime, this pros
Something is bogus in new york and its not the cops. Thats it for us tonight from washington. We are here every night at 8 00. The five is next. Dana hello, everyone. I am dana perino. With juan williams, jesse watters, greg gutfeld, and kimberly h guilfoyle. It is 9 00 in new york city and this is the five. Tonight, new reaction from President Trump with the firestorm surrounded around his son and russia. The president is telling reuters tonight he only learned about the controversial sitdown a couple of days ago and doesnt blame his son for having the meeting. Saying many people would have. Democrats want the treason charge, other people say thats nonsense. Theres been soop much overwrought claim. There are people talking about treason. I cant believe the New York Times had an oped yesterday in which treason was mentioned. People are saying it could be treason, which is facially absurd. It just doesnt rise to that level. Dana Corey Lewandowski thinks the white house needs to get much