new calls for police reform on every level in the wake of tyre nichols s death. is this finally the moment for congress to act? also ahead, extremism in america. feeding of the misinformation machine. from online conspiracies to trump s social media return, what could be done to combat a new wave of political violence? plus, trump is back on the trail on angrier than ever. what to expect from his 2024 campaign. and tonight, look at how communities across this country process the trauma of these moments. this is american voices. here we are again, nearly three years after the death of george floyd, americans once again trying to process yet another police killing caught on camera. this time, in memphis, tennessee. tyre nichols never made it home after memphis officers pulled him over three weeks ago. he was chasing the american dream, working to provide a better life for his son, who dreamed of one day turning his life for photography into a career, and watching launch
good evening, i m mehdi hasan. let us be clear what happened. a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation crisis, he entered into the white house with a mandate for the american people, a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with eight ambitious legislative agenda. but, a major obstacles hands in his way. a right wing, reactionary supreme court, with very little public legitimacy. sound familiar? this week, the supreme court wrapped up one of its most controversial terms in modern american history, scaling back decades of progress in the matter of near weeks. we ve actually been here before, following a landslide victory 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the progra
of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we ve actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr s victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program s popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation s highest court, over the years, fdr watched as the supreme court, led by a group
leadership elections. there was this push, and we always talked about new leadership. that falls right. i want you make of it. i want if this institution is even relevant beyond funding anymore. is that coming to me, felicia? yeah, so you, david. like, i wish our colleague michael steele was on. because i would say it doesn t have a lot of campaign impact. but it does have infrastructure impact. the rnc does. what i think was most telling coming out of the reelection of running mcdaniel s mcdaniel really is trump s ally and trump s pick. ron desantis came into the game late, about 40 hours out, and gave his imprint to her a fierce competitor, and lost that race, showing that at least within the rnc, it s still a trump on macdonnell loyalty, and it s not on turon desantis s touch, if you will. you had a great piece and vanity fair about another dynamic that s playing out on
we know it. for now, though, we still have a democratic president, and democratic, house and democratic senate. so, shouldn t they be doing everything in their power to save our democracy? to stop this rogue supreme court? joining me now is one of the democratic parties few outspoken court reformers, new york congressman mondale jones. congressman, welcome back to the show. the chair of the republican national committee, running mcdaniel s tweeted today, that if democrats expand their sentiment already, they will pack the court. make no mistake, she says. i wish that were true, i wish you were right. the great irony is, the leaders of your party are not advocating do that. they are silent on this issue, or have come out against it, even as this roker court overturns roe and tries to overturn democracy itself. i wish wrote to mcdaniel s were right. i wish you are right to. i wish more of my democratic colleagues have the political courage to meet this moment, many. you know that i int