likely to die because of lack of access to reproductive health care, that disabled and transpeople are more likely to experience discrimination or outright violence, then that says a lot. it says something to me that the conversation is fixated on vice president stating her pronouns and mentioning what she s wearing instead of what disabled people came to the white house to talk about. the 19th interviewed you. did you get any other calls as this right wing viral thing went on? i did not. you know, the 19th, hired a disabled reporter. the person covered the story and that person is openly disabled. that representation matters. great point. lydia, thank you for coming on here and bringing that up. up next, the rise of a right
their financial relationship has not been answered in that article. they leaned into the affair side. they really did. then musk fans were trolling the journal. they had to defend their editor. an editor who wasn t involved in the story. alex jones, he s being sued, facing a $150 million pay-out. that s what the lawyers are asking for. give us an update on this trial. it s confusing legally. basically alex jones, his main company, has declared bankruptcy which will delay a trial to take place in connecticut. jury selection was due monday. it s going to delay that trial. the trial in texas where a jury is going to decide how much alex jones has to pay the families of sandy hook victims who sued him, that s still ongoing.
a lot of people think new york now is new york of 1975 with no-go areas and high murder rates when in fact it s one of the safest places in america, even after this rise in crime. it s still way, way less crime than there was in 1990. that s another area where media coverage matters so much. paul, thank you so much for coming on. thank you. coming up, the vice president wanted to celebrate the americans with disabilities act. why was all the media coverage about what she was wearing? i ll talk about a guest who was in the room that can tell us the real story.
harass and look at this event that was mocked by right wing media. there are new headlines about rupert murdoch snubbing donald trump and there s new headlines about the story about elon musk. joining us to make sense of it all tara pal mary, the senior correspondent at puck, oliver garsy and elizabeth mayo, former online communications director at the rnc. protesters are gathering at the steps of the u.s. capitol to advocate for legislation that s stalled in the senate. you see pictures of the protest under way on the steps of the capitol. they re advocating for the passage of legislation to provide funding for veterans who have suffered from toxic burn pits in iraq and other previous wars. this exposure bill was stalled the other day by republicans.
somewhat mute anyways because his attacker is not roaming the streets of new york. he s currently being detained on federal assault charges. goes without saying that attacking a city congressman is a crime, the federal government takes very seriously. but again the damage has been done. just an absolute perfect example of the way that we discuss, law and order, crime and justice in this country. because yes it was a serious crime. and it s also true that no longer sense, we have seen an increase in violence. right? we need answers to that problem. we need to talk about it and clear up in a rigorous faction. but on top of those real issues, zeldin was really attacked. we also have republican politicians, conservative propagandist, opportunistically attempting sometimes falls, other times disingenuous arguments against the small amounts of criminal justice reform that we do have in this country. which by the way folks, still the most heavily incarcerated country on earth. our job as jour