To donald trump and january 6th. Jasmine crockett joins me live on the site. Trump in court. What to look for as the first trial of a former president l heads to the jury next week, and why Special Counsel jack smith is taking bold new action in trumps classified documents case. And reality check. You believe trumps rally in the bronx was about reaching out to black and latino voters . I dont. I am jonathan capehart. This is the Saturday Show. For decades, democrats have tried and failed to make the court a voting issue for its base. Well maybe this Election Cycle they will succeed, because this week in washington we are seeing two very different visions for the american justice system. President biden reached a major milestone in his mission to diversify the federal courts. The Senate Confirmed his 200 and 201st judicial nominees, adding two more women of color to the bench. Biden has appointed more black and brown judges than any president in history. He thinks the senate in a statem
The arguments in this criminal trial of donald trump, the firstever for a first president. Michael cohen was on the stand. We saw the team both rest. And we saw the Defense Witnesses stumble. New ba grueling three days. The defense has called their first witness. After yesterdays fireworks. Tossed and his testimony was almost stricken from the record. The defense has rested its case after calling two witnesses. Donald trump did not testify in his own defense. That is how it went down. Michael cohens cross was not all smooth sailing. He was saying that he himself stole from the organization. Prosecutors got their turn with cohen on redirect where they basically said, were you too busy . And he said, he was not. The point was that it mattered and he got the confirmation and the prosecutors are going to continue to turn the jury. To look about wire we are hearing from you. Not because he is a model citizen, because he was the person that was picked to be involved in all this stuff. He is
Weekend. The sand in the surf of myrtle beach, south carolina. But to the south, there is a big problem. It is scorching dangerous heat. And, by the way, it is not even summer yet. Very good day to all of you. Welcome to alex witt reports. Another Record Number of americans on the roads in the sky for what is expected to be the busiest Memorial Day Travel weekend and two decades , so here is a look at how things are going out there in some busy spots. Things are moving on the i76 in philadelphia. If you could see it, you would see just how many cars are there. And a pretty packed shoreline on myrtle beach, south carolina. You are looking at umbrellas. Everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather today. But while many are enjoying the sunshine, Severe Weather could put some Holiday Plans at risk. Millions of Tornado Warnings and possibly damaging hail. We have got several correspondence in place covering all the angles of the story for you. We are joined by maura garrett. So, maura, this
Good evening, alex. Good evening. Okay. What would it look like if a republican president took office and then immediately set about replacing all the Career Officials with rightwing ideologues seeking to upend the way the federal Government Works . There has recently been a lot of speculation about just that kind of scenario. But we dont actually have to imagine because Something Like that has happened before. In july of 1981, here is the headline. Reagan, reversing many u. S. Policies. The New York Times reported the Reagan Administration has quietly set about accomplishing a sweeping reversal of policy and practice in the way the government deals with illness and individual citizens. Key cabinet and regulatory posts, the Reagan Administration, the reagan transformation amounts to a resolution of attitude involving the appointment of officials, who had in previous administrations my have been ruled out over concerns of lack of Conflict Of Interest or open hostility to the mission of
Another one. Is that a third home . Timeshare . Do we need to know about it . A timeshare, a third right wing flag . We will see. Checked the basements, check the attics. Thank you, my friend. This is an image from just outside the capital on january 6th. You can see a lot of trump 2020 flags, but these in the white flag there, on the left of your screen with the image of a pine tree on it. Do you see it . If you look closely, it says Appeal To Heaven on the top. Here is an image of another one of those flags being flown on january 6th, and here is another one. Multiple rioters waived that Appeal To Heaven flag as they descended on the capital that day. The flag itself dates back to the american revolution, but like the dentist and flag, also known as the dont tread on me flag, its Revolutionary War History has been reviewed by its contemporary significance. This has become the new banner for the christian fundamentalist wing of trumps stopped the steel movement, and that is thanks to