Time. In july, 1998, a delusional seriously mentally ill man walked through the Metal Detectors at the Capitol Building while he was carrying a loaded smith and wesson resolver. A u. S. Capitol Police Officer stopped the man when he set off the alarm and asked the man to go through again. The man turned without a word and shot officer chestnut in the head and killed him. The man then shot and wounded another Police Officer, officer douglas mcmillan, who then returned fire and hit the attacker. The attacker then shot and mortally wounded a u. S. Capitol police detective, detective john gibson, as he was telling members of congress and their staff to take cover. Detective gibson was killed by the atactor that day, in 1998, but before he died, he nevertheless was able to return fire as well, and that is apparently what took that gunman down sxended that oneman attack on the u. S. Capitol in the summer of 1998. The attacker, although he was shot by officers who returned fire, he survived.
Time. In july 1998 a delusional, seriously mentalally ill man walked through carrying a loaded. 38 caliber smith and wesson revolver. Jacob chestnut stopped the man and asked him to go through the metal detector. The man turned and shot the officer in the head and killed him and shot and Wounded Another Police officer. Officer Douglas Mcmillian who Returned Fire and hit the attacker. Shot and mortally wounded a u. S. Capitol police detective. John gibson. As gibson told members of congress and their staff to take cover. Detective gibson was killed by the attacker that day. But before he died he nevertheless was able to return fire as well and that is apparently what took the gunman down and ended that oneman attack on the u. S. Capitol in the summer of 1998. The attacker, although he was shot by officers that Returned Fire, he survived. A u. S. Senator, who was a Heart Surgeon was nearby when the Gun Fight Broke Out and may have saved the gunmans life after the shooting stop and accomp
Today were going to tell you about that, and if you cant win, change the rules. That is what republicans are doing to try and sway states in the 2024 election. Im ayman, lets get started. All right, mark your calendars. This week judge Tanya Chutkan set a date for trumps trial. We now know it will be monday march 4th, 2024. If that does sound familiar to you, thats probably because youre familiar with politics and it happens to be just one day before what is perhaps the most important day in any president ial primary season. Super tuesday. On march 5th, Republican Voters in over a dozen states are set to cast ballots for their 2024 pick. In total, youve got about one third of all delegates that will be up for grabs on super tuesday. Thats more than any other day on the primary calendar. Meaning the parties presumptive nominee could very well be decided right then and there, on that day. And since trumps lead over the republicans is growing, that means the disgraced ex president could o
it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
coming up this weekend, don trump s on the campaign trail as the 2024 republican front runner, but i wonder, he will be on trial. expected to take a stand in the civil fraud case in new york. first it seemed like the least of trump s legal worries, but this case has proven to be quite explosive. we have another hour of velshi right now. and good morning, it is sided eight of him to the fourth. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics with democracy hanging in the balance. donald trump on the campaign trail and on trial. on one side we have a disgraced twice impeached multiple indicted former president raging at the system at the walls close in on him. on the other, a seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a pretty good preview of what his return of power is going to look like. and the eyes of the maga base, trump