conservative viewpoints an telling lies to the american public tonight, former fox anchor, gretchen carlson, on what need to happen for change at he former network plus, another shady real estat deal at the supreme court, a the chief justice dismisse calls for oversight. then, riveting testimony fro the woman accusing donald trum of rape. but we learn from each - date on the witness stand. and congresswoman katie porter on the maga vote to slas funding for medicaid, veterans childcare, and more. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. tonight, the supreme court o the united states is under a cloud of scandal it all started earlier thi month with republican feel tha conservative justice, clarence thomas, was acceptin undisclosed gifts from right wing billionaire thomas accepted gifts includin luxury vacations worth literally hundreds of thousand of dollars, and this really, truly special painting from man named harlan crow, who has well, inter
the public reaction to the pardon but also to wha preceded net the supreme court going essentially up against nixon directly on things lik the white house tapes which le to his resignation was the public reacting to those things in a way that showed him sympathy or inclination towards one side o another in those previou fights the country - one month to nixon resigned in august of 1974 he d been quite popular. his parole rating has droppe about 20 or 25% people were so angry. thursday there s some people who think that nixon and for made a deal where nixon woul leave office and fort wort respond by giving him th presidency some people even think tha ford russo frayed of what nixo might have on him or be able t retaliate and other ways they did this out of fear of nixon and wanted to make sur that he did not have nixon as dangerous enemy may be the bottom line is not like very bad people to be president. and if you do, make sur there s a big legal proces we re seeing i
from s&p sea world headquarter here in new york welcome to alex witt reports we begin this hour outside a serving court in washingto d.c. there you see protesters gathering, it s happening today, over the next few days as th showdown over reproductive rights returns to the nation s highest court. mifepristone, the drug at th center of this legal battle, remains available to women across the u.s., at least unti wednesday, while the court way the latest gop led efforts t ban the drug a new reaction this hour t comments made at the nra convention, including donald trump s remarks that mas shootings are not a gu problem. here s what to advocates for reform told my colleague jonathan capehart. camilla congress, and to se the cowardice from my go colleagues is just gross everyone is too comfortable. we walk around with our suits, we talk to our donors, w raised all of this money, an then we go on banded kne pandering to the nra are you kidding me the united states o america s o
i m going to talk to ohi congress women chantal brown o the impact it has in her district plus, her thoughts on the gop wider culture war on the natio as president s pro campaig seat up on both sides of the political aisle this week. watch this i hope the next time ther is an indication, when you buy your heads in prayer, you se the blood on your hands. powerful worlds from the transgender lawmaker now being silenced by her colleagues later, the floor will be her here on msnbc. we are going to find out wha she is doing to protec transgender americans in her state. and, today, as i mentioned t this earth day as weather events become mor extreme each season, we ar gonna find out how this on community in florida is workin to bring a bit of harmony back to you mother nature we are gonna start with a temporary legal victory fo abortion rights activists afte the supreme court roe ruled to keep another persona on th market for now it is coming just two week after a trump appoin
street, and not just the ada street branch, i spent so many great hours. me too. my grandmother was librarian, books are important reading is a skill that yo want young children, and all children, to have. i mean, literally the dictionary definition of putting but - like so many public right now in america, it depends o what state you live in. so there is no threatening of libraries in massachusetts where i grew up, and there i also no threatening of abortio rights in massachusetts, w will have massachusetts ne attorney general join us tonight to talk about this massachusetts plan to continue to deliver abortion medication no matter what a federal judge in texas says. this is a fascinating plan they have i massachusetts. we will see how that will work fascinating and important especially at this hour. i wil be watching, lawrence. thank. thank you alex. than you. the breaking news legal new of the day s manhattan distric attorney alvin bragg takin legal action agai