cue, becoming the second 16-seed team to beat a number 1 in march madness history. and we call this busting the brackets. what because ing this because, it takes everyone s bets and throws them rachel: where s pairleigh dickenson? will: right over the hudson river rachel: it s in new jersey? will: teaneck, new jersey. joey: congratulations to them. i don t know what the sportsmennalty is, but as a guy who s not necessarily a purdue fan p i thinkst the really cool. will: i m sorry, boilermakers, it stinks to be to the on the other side, but that s your cinderella story. we also had a 2 seed go down to a 15 just the other day. unfortunately, for the president of the united states, that 2 seed was his pick to inwith the national championship. we re off and running when it comes to march madness. meanwhile, here in the news cycle we have not a stunning upset e, but an upset nonetheless. matt taibbi continues his reporting on the twitter files. i don t know what number we re
manhattan courthouse yesterday pleading not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records that is typically a misdemeanor. alvin bragg s strategy for elevating those charges appears to be a stretch legally and the case may not make it to a full trial, even the liberal media are seriously questioning the strength of this case. watch. if i had to characterize it it s disappointment. in terms of a case this being brought against a former president, it s a little underwhelming. there is not more to it. this is even weaker than i feared it would be. and i think it s easily subject being dismissed or a quick acquittal to trump. the fact the in the law, what is the crime that prosecutors are alleging escalated this from a misdemeanor to a felony? if this is the only pebble that gets thrown at donald trump, it s a very small pebble. and i do think it could the backlash against this pebble might cow other people who might otherwise have been courageous enough t
supporters and threats against his enemies. i am your voice. i am your justice and retribution. crime and punishment. president biden ignites a firestorm inside his own party over violence in the big cities. the president believings in ma making sure the streets in america are safe. remembering bloody sunday in selma. as the nation grapples with how to reconcile its present and history. black history matters. welcome to inside politics sunday. i m abby phillip. donald trump offered a dark and ominous preview of his third presidential bid. at the conservative political action conference trump gave one of the darkest speeches of his political career. promised to reward the supporters and punish his foes. in 2016 i declared i am your voice. today i add i am your warrior, justice and for those who have been wronged and betrayed i am your retribution. i am your retribution. he described this next election in near apocalyptic terms. the sinister forces trying to
our politics nation. i will host keisha lance bottoms, senior white house adviser, as well as martin with the king the third, congresswoman terri sewell and the reverend jesse jackson. american voices with alicia menendez starts right now on msnbc. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i am alicia menendez. we begin this hour with breaking news, showing donald trump s stronghold on the republican party on full display at the conservative political action conference, also known as cpac. in the last hour, he won the cpac straw poll with 62% of the vote. florida governor ron desantis with only 20% of the vote. at this hour, trump speaking to the crowded cpac, who want former years of trump in the white house. we are not going to show you trump s comments live, but our producers are listening so you don t have to. you are welcome. for the past four years, trump s turned the must anticipated conservative conference into the trump show, focused on his divisive po
rahses says inaccuracies and lies when it comes to the this issue, and i don t know where to the even begin to answer this question because, again, it s been lies and lies and inaccuracy, and i m just not going to yet into it are from the here. maria: coming up, wisconsin senator ron johnson on questions over biden s influence peddling that will not go away. plus, former acting attorney general matt whitaker and constitutional law professor alan dershowitz on the efforts to take down donald rump there. whatever the case. then the disinformation campaign goes on. independent journalist matt taibbi on how the fbi and other government agencies helped keep biden s inconvenient truths out of the media. then the it has been three years since president obama told us exactly what he wanted after leaving office. i used to say, you know what, if i could make an arrangement where i had a stand-in, a frontman or frontwoman and hay had an earpiece in and i was just in my basement in m