rebalance and expand this road to supreme court? bus, when donald trump looks and amir, does he see richard nixon staring back at him? how one disgraced ex president pave the way for the latest disgraced ex president. msnbc exclusive tonight, the former prime minister of pakistan joins me to discuss human rights and democracy in his country and the case against him. why we in america should all care. good evening, i m mehdi hasan. perhaps the two most important weapons in american politics right now are not 435 and 500, the number of house members in congress. or 40 and 44, the pulling the embers for joe biden and donald trump respectively in the latest survey. but six and three, that is the ideological division on the highest court in the land. six conservative justices versus three liberal justices. it is how we all powell fruit supreme court cans to vote on a lot of the biggest issues that come before them. six against three, before we get those cases tonight, cases that h
advanced knowledge of yevgeny prigozhin s plans to revolt. he is suspected of helping plan the events of last weekend. officials say there are also signs of other russian generals may have supported the rebellion which raises questions about putin s support inside the top ranks. meanwhile vladimir putin is attempting to portray himself as retaining popular support. you can see him there greeting crowds in a rare public appearance wednesday. he flew to the majority muslim city to mark the holiday where he took a tour, kissed fans and posed for selfies. he is also expected to deliver remarks in about an hour. clare sebastian is live in london with more for us. reporter: this is sort of a pr tour. kremlin trying to reassert his authority. he made public remarks, he commemorated the air force pilots killed in prigozhin s armed rebellion. and today speaking at a tech digital conference. but the visit really unusual. this is un-putin-like behavior. having actual human contact, a
following this hour. extreme heat and storms threatening holiday celebrations from california to the east coast as more than 1,000 flight delays frustrate travelers trying to reach friends and family by the fourth of july. also this hour, vladimir putin looking to strengthen ties with china after the public embarrassment of last week s armed rebellion as president zelenskyy argues the pace of ukraine s counteroffensive is not meeting its hopes. more troops occupying the west bank as president netanyahu faces criticism from the united nations. we begin this hour with what s become a record setting run-up to independence day. from busy skies to hectic highways, nearly 51 million americans are expected to travel for july 4th. friday broke records as the single busiest day in tsa history. extreme weather could slow everything down with millions under severe weather alerts an concerns over strong thunderstorms in the mid-atlantic states and portions of the northern great pla
back their debt? president biden tweeting moments ago this, unthinkable. this fight isn t over. i ll have more to announce when i address the nation this afternoon. and on the final day of pride, the court backed a web designer opposed to same-sex marriage saying the business owner has a free speech right under the constitution s first amendment to refuse to endorse messages she disagrees with. lorie smith the graphic designer just celebrated her win in our last hour. this is a victory not just for me but for all of us. whether you share my beliefs or completely disagree with them, free speech is for everyone. but justice sotomayor in her dissent calls this ruling profoundly wrong and that today is a sad day in the lives of lgbt people. we re going to break down the massive legal and the political implications as well, by the way, for the court, congress, and the 2024 race for the presidency. we want to begin with the specifics of those two historic supreme court decisi