Good evening and welcome to the show. I am mehdi has on. There was a swastika emblazoned on the gun, and my talking about not see germany in 1933 . Sadly, no, i wish. We are talking about the United States of america in 2023. Just before three pm on saturday, a white man armed with an ar15 style rifle killed three black people out of Dollar General store in jacksonville, florida. At a press conference yesterday evening, Sheriff Dike Water said on equivocally, the massacre was a, quote, racially motivated attack and that the shooter left behind multiple diaries, Multiple Quote Unquote Manifestos riddled with rapid bigotry. Portions of the manifested detail the disgusting ideology of hate. The shooting was racially motivated, and he hated black people. Earlier today, Merrick Garland put out a statement that the Justice Department is investigating this attack is a hate crime and an act of racially motivated violent extremism. Adding that one of the Justice Departments first priorities upo
Frost is standing by with his reaction. And later, my wideranging conversations with New Hampshire governor chris sununu. I get his take on the first gop debate, and ask him where his party goes from here. So every once in a while, things happen in politics that sort of stop you dead in your tracks. Things you just know you are going to remember for a very long time. In 20 years of working in this world, ive seen a lot of them up close. But these moments do seem to be happening much more frequently now than i can remember. The word unprecedented has never been more precedent did. There are also times when the stop everything youre doing moments to stand, not because they do tell the whole story. And, there are times when you get more than one of them, in a single week. The story of this week, and the story of the Republican Party right now, can be told through two images, two singular moments in time. The first of course, is the release of the mugshot of former president donald trump.
Msnbc. that does it for me today, we ll be back here this next sunday on noon eastern. there is much more news coming up on msnbc. ming up on msnbc. tonight on the mehdi hassan show. a disgusting ideology of hate. that is how the jacksonville sheriff describe the beliefs of the man who killed three black people in florida yesterday. it is a far-right ideology that mainstream conservatives are far too quiet about. isn t it time for them to speak up? then, donald trump s long history of racism now coming to the big dose of irony, as a group of strong black women lead the way to a possible conviction. one of the many legal cases against him. plus, a big announcement from the biden administration coming this week, and how it might lower the cost of your prescriptions.