plus the police shooting of a black teen exploded the notion that one american town was a model of racial harmony. more than 30 years later, the town is still grappling with the legacy of that shooting and its aftermath. the killing of 16-year-old philip funnel is in new jersey is the subject of a new msnbc docuseries. i ll be joined by their mother and sister. we talk a lot about the fragile moment in american democracy, now with this year s crucial midterm elections fast protesting, we are watching a new to get into the pacific s and show you where, whom, how the most potent that s democracy in america are manifesting. first is arizona, home of the critical and say this high stakes political season. the secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate katie hobbs joins us in the next hour. velshi starts now. good morning to you it is sunday, september 18th. i m live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a city that, this week, is hosting president biden and sc
afternoon, i m diaz been vossoughian. , we have a lot of ground to cover in the two hours ahead. we are waiting for a response from the former president. and his legal team. now, that the january six committee has officially subpoenaed donald trump, there is also troubling new information about what was contained in some of those classified documents. taken from mar-a-lago. and then the supreme court now demanding a response from george a prosecutor after senator lindsey graham went all the way to the high court to avoid testifying alone testifying about election interference. a federal court putting a stop to president biden s college debt relief plan. after millions have already applied. but the white house is vowing to fight back. we are also following an alarming rising kids being hospitalized because they are having trouble breathing. and the wake of the uvalde shooting refuses to do anything to stop gun violence, sending out what they call, quote, safety creates, to
outlawing the bill borrows a page from texas, by putting enforcement in the page of individuals who can sue anyone who helps a person get an abortion. oklahoma is just the latest state to pass an abortion ban, ahead of the supreme court ruling that could strike down roe v. wade. the bands are getting more and more extreme. justifications by antiabortion activists are getting more unhinged. this leader open anti abortion group, who republican honors of congress called as an expert witness to testify under oath at a hearing this week. take a look. humans persons, from the earliest days poison in the womb and dismembered, torn, limb from limb. bodies thrown in medical waste bins, and in places like washington, d.c.. burned to power the lights of the city s homes and streets. she was serious. she said all that with a straight face. is this your queen? really? she said electricity in d.c. is powered by burning fetuses. she didn t present any evidence, because it s a complete
and the description of some of the detail here has me hooked. you were talking about obelisks. yes. and that is a very, very tall one. it is, it is. and this takes us to the god ra, the god of the sun, again, one of the most important gods. and that is how you see that pyramid shape at the end of the obelisks. that s your way to the sky, where you get tojoin god ra up in the sky and come back again. just the sheer feat of creating that high a structure. yes, of course. and then doing all the engravings on the side. is that appreciated enough? i don t think it is. we tend to appreciate the beauty but not the labour, not the hard work that went into bringing something like this, not only up, but the carving, the making, the carving of the actual stone to take the shape of an obelisk, and then moving it all the way to here. so it came from down the river, right. and what about this little step here?