charged in the january 6th attack on the capitol. how authorities tracked them down, and tonight images from inside the capitol, what they re seen doing. one allegedly posting, glad to be part of history. pierre thomas with late reporting. the weekend storm hitting the northeast. two storms combining. one from the rockies combining with one from the south. what will bring to new york, philadelphia, boston, and entire northeast. tonight, the new images in new york of alec baldwin seen for the first time since learning he ll be charged with involuntary manslaughter. what his legal team is saying tonight. the war in ukraine new images coming in. the horrific explosions in the east and what president zelenskyy is pleading for now. the u.s. defense secretary in germany, and why the germans so far are saying no. authorities on the death of an american in mexico. the husband found dead. the wife sleeping. and why the family isn t buying the explanation. also tonight the
american democracy. it exists to serve you. that s the know the only kind of democracy, there s also the soviet version of democracy, same word but very different definition. bowl has conviction took power by promising more democracy. the country that created the soviet union became the most impressive police state in human history. yet it was, you should know, a democracy. that s what they called it. east germany was a democracy, too, so was north vietnam, and ethiopia, and albania. democracies all. in his first speech as leader of north korea in 1946, kim i will sung talked about destruction of opposition to his rule, killing of political opponents as democratic reform. almost 80 years later, kim jong-un continues to run north korea as a democracy, a soviet style democracy. so again, they re using a very different definition of the word. in their version of democracy all decisions are made by a shadowy oligarchy. front by a strong man. the point isn t to find out what the p
plus the police shooting of a black teen exploded the notion that one american town was a model of racial harmony. more than 30 years later, the town is still grappling with the legacy of that shooting and its aftermath. the killing of 16-year-old philip funnel is in new jersey is the subject of a new msnbc docuseries. i ll be joined by their mother and sister. we talk a lot about the fragile moment in american democracy, now with this year s crucial midterm elections fast protesting, we are watching a new to get into the pacific s and show you where, whom, how the most potent that s democracy in america are manifesting. first is arizona, home of the critical and say this high stakes political season. the secretary of state and gubernatorial candidate katie hobbs joins us in the next hour. velshi starts now. good morning to you it is sunday, september 18th. i m live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. a city that, this week, is hosting president biden and sc
now it s an improper purpose based on what we heard from hershman saying the only thing i want to hear from you is orderly transition. if you don t do that, you re improperly there. you have a case, but there s still work to be done. cheney talked about the eastman memo, the notion of who was in the house? who was in the room where it happened to say this is what we re going to do. the conjuring moment of figuring out what to do next. i think that might be the piece that is most lacking, but this was a phenomenal stride toward supporting each of the elements. right. and the big lie is the first step to proving that criminal case, to prove that they knew it was a lie, and it was a lie and that they knew it was a lie. and then they vhave to connect t to what they did with it. i thought the last portion of the hearing was interesting, because we the end to forget about the grift. the quarter of a billion dollars they raised by lying to people about the election, and lying on m
Government and another partly run by supporters, shaped to execute his vision. There is understandably an urgent focus on that third branch. Today, even it is clearer than ever that the sanctity of our american judiciary and foundational role played in ensuring our freedoms is under the spotlight. This week flags flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito many homes, symbols also used by January 6th Insurrectionists called Into Question his ability to fairly and impartially rule on matters having to do with Donald Trumps attempted coup. Joining us now, House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and msnbc legal analyst Andrew Weissmann and the host of politicsnation president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton. Leader jefferies, thank you for being here. Spoke a moment with with senator whitehouse about Justice Samuel alito and these flags. He seems to think its pretty clear there needs to be a discussion about recusal for Justice Alito. Where do you stand . A circumst