illuminating conversations with offers. two years of powerful books. two years of reading resistance, there are two major takeaways, the direct attempts to remove books from classrooms and libraries are not slowing down. second, a book could quite literally save a life. i could say more, but today i will let the literature speak for itself. there are two things that encapsulate that truth, quite like the cult classic, the perks of being a wall flower. the perks of being a wall tower follows 15 year old charlie as he navigates high school after a friend s devastating suicide and reckons with the life altering intergenerational trauma. with the help of sam, a magnetic high school senior with an undeserving reputation, and patrick, who is harboring a secret relationship with the quarterback of the football team, charlie finds his footing and finds himself. i began by asking about his frequent use of 90s references throughout the book, including the song asleep by the smiths. i
dealing with hamas, or getting the hostages home. what we are seeing now is not the best way to do that. ben rhodes, thank you for spending time with me tonight. that s our show for tonight. now the time is my last word with ali velshi. in for lawrence. i hope a lot of people listened to what been says. he s put a lot of thought into this. i want to continue this conversation in a little while with ayman criminal case of united states of america versus donald trump. the special counsel and his team are asking the supreme court to grant an expedited review of trump s claims that his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election fall within the, quote, outer perimeter, and quote, of his official duties as president, and he is therefore immune from prosecution. yesterday, trump filed at the supreme court urging them to stay away from the issue for now and let the d.c. appeals court ruled on it first. in an 11-page reply, trump s filing, smith tells the supreme co
we are very grateful. i will be back with you tomorrow. the beat with katy faang in for ari melber starts right now. hello. what a fantastic show. good to see you. thanks so much for everything. and welcome to the rest of you to the the beat. i m katy faang in for ari melber. breaking news on donald trump s coup charges and the united states supreme court. late today donald trump s lawyers urging the united states supreme court to delay hearing arguments on a monumental question, whether he has absuit immunity criminal prosecution from actions trying to overturn the 2020 election. the filing coming in response to special counsel jack smith who is urging the high court to fast track this case. today trump s lawyers telling the court it should wait until a lower court has ruled while questioning why smith wants to move so quickly. arguing that smith s proposal would lead to a, quote, radically compressed timetable, and that, quote, the special counsel identifies no dpelg re
so we re gonna move right to it. have a great show. thanks, alex. the breaking news of the night is that the colorado supreme court made 43 decision ruled that donald trump, quote, is disqualified from holding the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment of united states constitution because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the colorado secretary of state to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. neal katyal on andrew weissmann will join us to discuss that historic ruling later in the hour, but we begin tonight as we promised you a week ago, with the vice president of the united states and an exclusive interview. i met kamala harris when she was district journey of san francisco, and an actor friend who was wiser than most of us about politics or to be one day, would you like to meet the first black woman president? the next day i found myself in a gathering of lawyers in century city in lo
hiding on the ledge of a building. the gunman identified, a student at the university. what police say he did before targeting victims at school. tom soufi burridge in prague tonight. here in the u.s., the major storm hitting the west at this hour. heavy rain flooding, and possible landslides. rescuers pulling drivers from their cars. and following days of flooding in the northeast, crews now racing to clear rides as the holiday travel rush kicks into high gear. rob marciano standing by. the race for the white house. donald trump s republican rivals running out of time to cut into his massive lead before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley stepping up her attacks against the former president. ron desantis claiming trump s indictments have distorted the primary. jonathan karl reporting. the israel-hamas war. the u.n. warns the entire population of gaza is facing starvation. children lining up for soup, clutching pots and bowls. israel urged to agree to a new cease-fire to all