Hi there, everyone. Its now 4 00 in new york. We have major developments both here in the u. S. And abroad. In just a few hours, President Joe Biden will deliver an address to the nation from the oval office about the hamas Terror Attacks in israel that killed more than 1,400 people as well as the ongoing war in ukraine. It is his second address from the oval office since becoming president , and it is part of his push for a 100 billion aid package. Well have much more on that later in the broadcast, but we begin with the dam breaking and perhaps the most criminal prosecution of the expresident s alleged criminal enterprise, that plot to overturn the 2020 election. This morning in a courthouse in atlanta, georgia, trumps attorney, peddler of the big lie and importantly trumps codefendant Sidney Powell pleaded guilty to six Misdemeanor Counts in that sprawling rico case brought by Fulton County District Attorney fani willis. Here is that moment. How do you plead to five counts of conspi
what do you make of that the degree to which this president, this administration, this party can see that through that political prism. it gives us a sense of how deep and historical this argument is. it s not about donald trump. the kind of argument that you this is the way to think about it, right. there s this, there has been this strategy to name it, is to somehow reproduce it. which then handcuffs those of us who bear the burden of it. so we can t call the country racist, because if we call the country racist, then we re going to activate the racism of the country. and so by virtue of that kind of conundrum, those who bear the burden of the country s racism somehow we don t have the language to name it. so what we re, what are we saying? that if you call an act racist, they re going to be people in the middle of the country who are going to say, oh, my god you called me racist, they re going to clutch their pearls and act in a way by supporting someone who is obviously racist.
and the nod. president trump read a denunciation of white supremacy this week in the diplomatic reception room at the white house and described himself to reporters as the least racist person in the world. and he accused democrats of playing politics. for them to throw out the race word. racist, racist. that s all they use to anybody, they call nancy pelosi a racist. she s not a racist. they call anybody a racist when they run out of cards. according to the anti-defamation league, over 70% of all extremist-related deaths in the past decade can be linked to right-wing extremists. white supremacists were responsible for the great majority of the killings last year. on thursday the fbi arrested a 23-year-old whoit man in las vegas, seen here patrolling the streets in 2016. he was allegedly planning attacks. he had scouted locations for
the issue and probably at least i m hoping, actually forcing change this time. finally. i mean we thought when sandy hook happened, that would force change. we thought when parkland, that would force change. but something feels different this time. i think a lot of that does have to do with the fact that democratic candidates are elevating this issue. but also talking about in a very frank manner. they re basically going out there to the american people and saying, how bizarre, how absurd is it we don t have background checks? how insane is it you can go out and buy an ak-47, i can do it when i ve shot twice in my life. they re elevating this argument. i think they are changing it. we re seeing this unification like we haven t seen, i think so far in this debate. i m hoping it will force real change this time. eddie, something that anne mentioned, the ability to use this to political ends, we ve talked about before about the ail compensation of being a racist. who one custom airily r
those are authoritarian impulses. what is your response? my response is that after i got back from the leave, i was assailed in a series of blistering emails. i was attacked roundly for nothing. i never spoke to any of thesetl people by name or directly at all and they started to attack me, calling me racist, sexist, misogynist, satan, short pants white boy, fragile white male, while saying that i was sexist, i was basically pelted with sexistte and racist epithets. tucker: [laughs] it is one thing to stand up and take a position that a lot of people disagree with, but to take u a position against everye you work around, it takes a e.ecial kind of courage. i admire that. i wanted to say that to you. good luck in your effort. thanks for having me, tucker. tucker: thanks. a gun-control group is using money on school shootings to