good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
Somber music [reporter 1] 20 year old swimming Star Brock Turner [reporter 2] the 19 year old former high school allamerican swimmer [reporter 3] the star swimmer at Stanford University [reporter 4] contender for the olympics [reporter 5] raping an unconscious woman [reporter 6] intoxicated and unconscious woman [reporter 7] passed out behind a dumpster [reporter 8] drunk behind a Stanford Dumpster somber music [chanel miller] your honor, if it is all right, i would like to address the defendant directly. You dont know me, but youve been inside me and thats why were here today. The victim made headlines by Releasing A Heart Wrenching letter detailing the rape and its aftermath. [reporter] its gotten over 15 million views on buzzfeed alone. You dont know me, but youve been inside me. And thats why were here today. I was found unconscious with my hair disheveled, long necklace wrapped around my neck. My bare skin and head had been rubbing against the ground behind a dumpster while an ere
rebuttal witness on monday now, this morning i receive a whole slew of phone calls, from journalists asking me i i m going to be back to th da s office tomorrow, as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing they re tomorrow whether it before the grand jury or it just to meet with them for a interview i m not sure but, ye i was asked to make myself available. the witness michael cohen s rebutting, nbc news ha confirmed that attorney, bob costello, who was once a legal adviser to michael cohen wil testify on monday before the grand jury looking into th 2016 hush money payments, made to adult them star, stormy daniels. trump s attorney is, asked the da for bob costello, t testify. late last night after trump surprise social media post predicted his tuesday arrest we learned that manhattan da alvin bragg, sent a message to his offices employee assuring, them that efforts to intimidate them would not be tolerated. it s not every day that such a important log
going out to these protests, it s a mix, but the vast majority are people who ar carrying israeli flags these are the vast majority, still support the israel military occupation, and whe the simple issue of raisin israeli apartheid is raised, they keep telling palestinians not to raise that issue. so, on the one hand, they ar asking for democracy on the other hand, they don see how for palestinians, this has been a dictatorship an will continue to be dictatorship, because that i what it is to live under israeli military rule. it means that you don t have the right to choose your own governments, to be able to decide your own future but instead, you are living unde the thumb of another government so, even if you look at th current composition of thi government, out of the - best set - out of the 120 members of th parliament, 110 of them suppor the occupation it s only ten, and those ten happen to be arab, that don support the occupation so, only those ten support you will wr
and guillotines, you all. that s what we re talking about. it will only happen if the voters allow him to do it. plus, nikki haley wants the gop nomination for president. if she can t take on her former bass does she have what it takes to be commander in chief? also tonight, the long reach of the big lie. colorado secretary of state jim griswold is here to talk about a brand new threat from election deniers. later, it s blacker all freedom week. how all of us can empower americans fastest-growing new group of entrepreneurs. this is american voices. hello, i m michael steele in for alicia menendez. we start a new hour of american voices, we have to talk about some new reporting that frankly sounds nuts. we must take it seriously. we know donald trump loves him some law and order. reporting in rolling stone says he wants to take things back to 17 and 92 if americans sent him back to the white house. in short, he wants to expand the federal death penalty according to three sourc