receives also tie attorney general garland under oath, facing republican allegations of weaponizing the justice system of those inflammatory claims stand up against the actual facts. and as the president takes executive action on god documented migrants. a story you ll only see here how one man has taken the issue into his own hands. what he encounters in his knights on the border good evening. thanks for joining us. begin with breaking news request late today from the former president s legal team to lift the gag order. now that a jury has found him guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to keep word of its hush money payment to stormy daniels from reaching voters in the 2016 election? as you know, gag order or not, he s already said plenty about the judge. the judge s daughter, and witnesses in the case. now his lawyers are seeking free rein. cnn s kara canal is here with the tails also join his best-selling author and former federal prosecutors, je
insanity of mass and very corrupt mail-in voting, mail-in university so it s very, very bad. you automatically fraud. it s a disgrace surprise. that s a disgrace that piece. now, counting on and thank you for watching news night. laura coates live will start right now. the verdict may have been against donald trump, but some images gop are now trying to put attorney general merrick garland on a kind of trial. and we re just minutes away from the us mexico border, shutting down the new executive order from the president. but it s not all smooth sailing within his own party. you know that, right? plus a mysterious bribe in a federal fraud job, it sounds like it s trait at a hollywood $120,000 in cash left at a juror is home with a message acquit and get even more the store free tonight. and laura coates live it s been. nearly a week now since a jury of 12 quick and trump of 34 counts of falsifying business records. and from the looks of it, donald trump, so-called
going to lawsuit has been filed by a right-wing legal group that wants to kill the program in evanston, illinois reparations program, gibbs out $25,000 to black people who are our direct descendants of evanston residents from 1919 to 1969. and living in the city today, it was celebrated when evanston introduced this back in 2021. but judicial watch wants to end the program saying quote, remedying societal discrimination is not a compelling government so i ll interest basically it s not evenson job to fix america s past, but communities across the country are stepping into fulfill one of america s broken promises, compensation for centuries of unpaid labor by people against their will. of course, while under the ownership of others justice evening, the la daily news reported that the la county voted to explore reparations efforts, joining me now, robin ruth simmons, executive director of first repair, a non-profit supporting
reparations policy she was previously an alderman in evenson and helped to create the reparations program. they re also here, dr. sean ray, sociology professor at the university of maryland, and vice president of the american institutes for research. let me begin with you here. robin. so the reparations program in evanston, it is drawn hundreds of applications and applicants and the city is paid out understand, nearly 5 million. what kind of impact? act is this program having on the black community and evenson well, it has brought great hope that our city has said, we will take our first steps towards repair we have, as you mentioned, disbursed nearly $5 around $4.8 million to our elders and our direct descendants. and it has, first of all, brought tangible repair in the amount of $25,000 which in most cases have had a great value add with additional programs that have been added to the
and we are looking to fight this. we will fight it. other communities will fight it as well. well, the struggle will continue addressing all these issues and seeing how this definitely will play out in the long run. and i think both of you make such really salient points trying to talk about the context and the nuance of what it really at stake and the conversation is simply, i mean, it could never be held in a vacuum, but really important to consider each jurisdiction trying to find that particular way. robin r2 simmons, dr. roshan ray. thank you both so much thank you i want to thank you. all. of course, as well for watching this evening. anderson cooper 360 is coming up next tonight. i ll 360 breaking news. the former president launches new york gag order lifted the latest on why and what impact greater freedom to speak out could have on the sentence he