i know it but i don t feel it. this has to be fiction. apparently it s a real story. we first covered this last month. we had michael schmidt here on the story to talk about. it pulitzer prize-winning, great reporter. we hadn t on early last month for a very strange story that he broke with some of his colleagues at the time. about a bizarre dirty trick that had been played against joe biden and the biden family in the last days of the presidential campaign in 2020. mr. schmidt and his colleagues at the time reported last month that the fbi had handed off search warrants, that they, november 5th last month as part of a federal criminal investigation into political opponents of president biden somehow stealing or otherwise obtaining the diary of president biden s daughter. and they had all of these
released the brains behind it pulitzer prize winning author nikole hannah-jones has become something of a bogey man for the american right enduring relentless attacks and smears and abuse so i am delighted to have the woman herself nikole hannah-jones on the program tonight. her new book is called the 1619 project a new origin story an expansion of her groundbreaking work that first appeared in the times and is now available as a picture book for kids called the 1619 project born on the water. thanks so much for joining me tonight. i ve been waiting to have this conversation with you. let me just begin. can i ask you what i recently asked congresswoman ilhan omar when she came on the show because i feel you and her are enduring a similar set of attacks based on your race and gender. how are you coping with this all with the relentless focus on you from the right? how are you? well, one, thank you for asking that and for your
improper. keep in mind today s hearing comes after a rather tumultuous summer for jeff sessions, one that saw a barrage of trump twitter attacks and an offer from sessions to resign. they are on a short break right now there in the hearing room. they will resume in a few minutes. for more on this i want to bring in john mclayoughlin, along wit pulitzer prize winning journalist charlie savage, washington correspondent for new york times and also msnbc contributor. charlie, start with you. democratic members were adamant about giving some answers from the attorney general today. did we learn anything new? where did his testimony leave us? i think there were no clear reflatio reflation revelations today. i think the biggest theme has been attorney general sessions continued aggressive use of his understanding of executive privilege to not answer