today on inside politics, red, white, and blue political theater. republicans pound the pavement, put on their best every man polos, and look for votes between burgers, dogs, and fireworks. fourth of july provides a 2024 test, one donald trump bets he s fine just skipping. plus, a first amendment victory or a green light to conspiracy theorists? a judge calls a biden effort to stop disinformation from running wild orwellian while telling top biden officials to cut off contact with social media companies. and just in, cocaine at the white house. a positive lab test prompts an obvious question for the secret service, whose was it? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. up first, a white house crime scene. a source just confirmed to cnn that cocaine was discovered inside the west wing. i want to go straight to the white house and cnn s priscilla alvarez. what are you hearing from your sources on this? reporter: dane, a source familiar tells
good night and i am symone sanders townsend in for stephanie ruhle. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. the capital of the great state of mississippi is of course jackson. the airport in jackson, mississippi is called jackson medgar widely evers international airport. that airport in jackson is named after medgar evers, the civil rights leader. he was a decorated u.s. army veteran in world war ii. after he came home from the war, after the united states supreme court ruled on brown versus the board of education. in may 1954, segregation, racial segregation was of course supposed to end in american public schools. as you know, it did not. six months after brown v. board, the naacp named medgar evers its first ever field secretary in the state of mississippi. they named him field secretary in mississippi so he could lead their efforts in that state to organize against segregation, to organize for civil rights. and in 1
this is the entrance to the park where richard was killed. the gunman laid in white in the secluded dark place at night. one way or another, that s an execution. absolutely. they were a busy married couple, meeting up for a romantic valentines night rendezvous. but that night, someone had other plans. he s been shot? he s been shot! before she even arrived, her husband was there. i just see him laying on the ground. i couldn t think of a soul who would want to harm this man. then, someone let a secret slip. soon, people were questioning a suspect with the motive. he suddenly changed his look. and in fact, when he showed up that morning, he was fearless. there was only one problem, he had a rock solid alibi. where did that leave you? worried about my case. that is when the phone rang. a tip! a tire track! and a case one detective would never forget! there was a shot in the dark but i took it. hello and welcome to dateline. it was valentine s day
election in 2024. according to reporting s of republican party operatives this was a change where political, it includes a multi pawn strategy. first they have poll watchers to challenge voters on election day, then tracking objections on a special website so that maga lawmakers can intervene to try to block a vote counts and democratic or people of those of color. they are doing all this while crying about voter fraud on the other side. the rnc says that it is going to rectify and balance in favor of democratic election voters in a large urban areas. we hear you. we know it irvine. means do not be fooled. if you ve been paying attention we know this is coming. everyone who glanced preserve democracy should pay extra close attention. this plan to subvert the election should not come as an election surprise. they lost in 2020. they know the policies are trash. they know that they cannot win election on merits. it sure looks like this point it is going to cheat. they are going
The force be with you . Well see you back here next week hello everyone and welcome to the amanpour hour. Heres where were headed this week if universities really believe in free speech, are they missing the point of the Student Protests . I do question how much the University Administration understands the concept of free speech. Then the Renowned American Rabbi who went to the protests in search of a moral message thing that gives me hope is the people who walk inbetween the camps and say friends. We are not enemies, we are all human beings. Also, this, our antisocial media is tiktok, really a danger to democracy. But i wouldnt underestimate the Propaganda Angle here we got to stop playing the sucker plus, what will it take for america to reclaim its reputation as a beacon for democracy americans have lost the fundamental love of liberty. And from my archive, 21 years since bushs infamous Mission Accomplished speech, a warning from history about the day after in gaza and why a luxury