On this new our of ayman, politics and rhetoric go hand inhand. These days, so does the truth and misinformation. Tonight we clear out the lies being told about immigration and crime. Plus, the powerful payoff of loyalty. We read Between The Lines of the new position. Us says children dying from starvation in gaza is a warning like no other. The president and ceo joins us. Lets get started. We know that immigration has become one of the top issues of this years president ial race. According to a recent poll, it has emerged as the most important issue for the First Time Since 2019. More than half of those surveyed said quote large numbers of immigrants entering the United States illegally is a critical threat to us interests. In other words, theres a general sense of fear around immigrants right now. Polls like these show us there is a massive gap between perception and reality. Yes, you may feel unsafe, but the truth is very different. That gap is in great part due to decades of gop Fe
Justice department is taking this language from defended trump very seriously. The Special Counsel team cited trumps truth social post in an immediate and pressing requests for the judge to impose a protective order to prevent the former president from making public any Sensitive Information turned over by the prosecutors. From that request quote, such a restriction is particularly important in this case, because the defendant has previously issued public statements on social media regarding witnesses, judges, attorneys, and others associated with legal matters pending against him. End quote. In response, trumps Spokesperson Put out a statement, claiming the post is quote, the definition of political speech. End quote. The implication that it is protected by the First Amendment. The protective order that the quote is seeking, is in reference to trumps scheme to interfere with the 2020 election and that desperate temps to cling to power during the final weeks of his presidency. Its a ca
this means for special counsel jack smith s multiple investigations, and trump s third presidential bid. frightening future, the second year of a post-roe america looks worse than the first. we re going inside the all out episodes to keep the southeast swath of the country from turning into an abortion desert. all of this and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you i m katie phang. we begin with a major show of support from the white house on what could become a critical turning point in the war in ukraine. the biden administration defending their controversial decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine to help that country gain grounds against vladimir putin is now 500-day war on ukraine. cluster munitions, also known as cluster bombs, are banned in 120 countries due to the high risk of killing civilians. despite blowback from his own party and human rights groups president biden says he spoken to allies about the decision. it comes as he prepares
on the eve of the first anniversary of the dobbs decision overturning roe v. wade, conservatives like mike pence say they want to further crush reproductive rights. it will be pardon to say it was rigged with a trump friendly judge. what kinds of an edge do those two facts give the former president? good evening. i m ali velshi filling in for joy reid. we begin with post roe america. one year ago the supreme court ruled in dobbs v. america. the ruling overturned roe v. wade, the law of the land for 50 years, and remains as unpopular as ever. today major 2024 gop contenders shared the stage at the faith and freedom coalition conference to push more restrictions on abortion. thank god almighty for the dobbs decision. we are creating a culture of life in america. i will sign a federal law to restrict abortion as well as president of the united states. we must not rest and must not relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of american law in every state i
i wanted to do a few minutes on how your father invented the iowa caucus. and i wanted to hear all the bedtime stories he told you about going out to iowa in 1972 for george mcgovern, the first time any presidential candidate played attention to the iowa caucuses, and winning it and how he created political history with everyone wanted to follow in karl wagner s footsteps, managing a winning presidential the monster he helped create, in other words. [laughter] we were working monday night because of coral. he did that to us. he was looking down on us with a smile on his face, and also probably a frown. [laughter] brilliant, it was a brilliant move when he did it. and i m just sorry it has become an enduring phenomenon of this absurd thing. because all i knew was that carl was, hey, no one is paying attention to this thing. we can go out there and win it, and and then you re off to the races. only a son of eye what would come up with a plot like that. thank you c