a story about the power of kindness and on relenting courage in a time of war and it has been targeted for removal from school library shelves. the velshi banned book club convenes this morning with r. j. palacio author of the powerful graphic novel white bird. velshi starts now. good morning. i am ali velshi. it is saturday may 14th, day 80 of the invasion of ukraine and the war that is not going as putin planned or as anyone expected. the consequences of the war of choice on the neighbor, both intended and unintended, are now out in the open and on display for the world to see. there is a global economic toll and ramifications for the world food supply, ukraine being one of the largest producers of green in the world. we will dive into this later on in the show. other consequences are more direct and visual with ukraine being altered. entire cities, towns, villages, big and small, ruined and erased from the landscape. tens of thousands of people have been killed in th
Two quick things. I had so much fun with the joy read at the apollo theater. We were talking about her new book. We filmed that. This saturday, you can in c joy reed and Rachel Maddow live at the apollo. Is going to streamline peacock as well. If you want to see me live, there are a few tickets left for an event i am doing for my book prequel, this saturday night in kingston, new york. A few tickets are left in kingston, new york. It is time for the last word. Something to watch on a saturday night. Of course the breaking news is the celtics 1 out of two. I arranged with the nba commissioner to make sure the celtics are not playing after 10 00 pm on any night. People ask what we do with our political capitol. That is a noble use. Being the multitasker that i am, i was watching you and the celtics and i loved that you went into detail but i just cant get tired of reviewing the detail of who has not shown up for donald trump when he is begging them to show up at this trial and pretending
five news. that is right, you heard that correctly. one of the candidates did not even vote, so remember, we ve got to believe in yourself, if you want others to follow suit. it s confidence, not narcissism. because every single voter counts, and here is the thing, it might just come back to yours. and on that note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. ow i want to start off tonight with cynthia playboy magazine, just an article, so did not worry, this is still a family program. in 1990, donald trump did a sit-down interview with playboy. he teased a future in american politics. there is something he said back then that we all probably should have taken a bit more seriously. it was just a year after the chinese government used a massive amount of military force to violently crackdown on pro democracy student protesters who had been occupying tia
hi, everyone, it is 4:00 in new york, i m alicia menendez, in for nicolle wallace. it is a tried and true tactic of the donald trump playbook, turn anything into political score settling. today, lawyers for the ex-president filed a motion for a mistrial in the civil fraud case against him in new york that threatens to bring down the trump organization and tarnish his brand as a business mogul. in the motion, trump s team accused the judge and his staff of bias. the motion is filled to the brim with dramatic language, saying quote, only the grant of a mistrial can salvage what is left of the rule of law. trump s lawyers also took aim at the judge s law clerk, included photos of the clerk, as well as her campaign donation history in their public filing. that is even after the judge placed a limited gag order on donald trump that barred him from commenting on court staff. trump s lawyers were then prohibited from discussing the judge s communications with his staff. the length o
there was a scary moment on capitol hill at this afternoon when cops were called to a nearby park. witnesses said there was a man in an orange jumpsuit carrying a rifle. joining us now from washington s capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles. brian, what do we know happened? there is no doubt that it was a scary few moments here on capitol hill as capitol police officers from across the campus rushed to this scene where this man was discovered carrying what they described as a long gone. it was noted by a passerby who have been to inform capitol police. this is an area very close to the capital campus. it is a park which is situated in between union station, which is one of the main transportation hubs in washington, d.c., and the senate office buildings on the capital campus, so very close to the operations up here on capitol hill. when this man with the gun was discovered and capitol police were informed of it. they swarmed the area to subdue the man. we are told that th