right now, our top story right here out of new york, alvin bragg is sweating even more than usual tonight. now, his pathetically weak case against former president trump has totally imploded. let s be very clear here, the case died this very week. it is very obvious, it is very clear, it s transparent, alvin bragg had every intention of indicting john all j trump this week, second day, grand jury proceedings canceled. telling reuters, it was former president donald trump that created false expectation of arrest. it was never actually going to happen according to bragg, it seems. really? after multiyear investigation, the formation of a grand jury, the da s meeting with law enforcement to create an impending arrest of a former president, and we re supposed to believe that somehow, donald trump created the false expectation of arrest. now the new york times, they reported, of course pulitzer prize reporting, they reported that criminal charges against trump were likely on mar
stereotypes in this attack. this isn t just a local story either. this speaks to the fear of asian americans nationwide and how they have been targeted especially since the start of the pandemic. we ve just learned that the president and the vice president will be traveling to atlanta tomorrow. they will be meeting with asian american leaders when they are there. let s start with natasha chen, she is joining us from cherokee county, georgia with the very latest. if we could just start with the latest on the case. why was this first court appearance canceled? reporter: yeah, we talked to the magistrate court clerk this morning and she said that the appearance was canceled at the request of the defendant s attorney and would not share any contact information for that attorney. right now we don t know when it will be rescheduled. and at this point, he is still being held in the cherokee county custody, this is one of two counties where he now faces a total of eight murder char
vanderbilt issued what are believed to be the first expulsions of student protesters related to demonstration stemming from the october 7th hamas attack on israel. from vanderbilt to nyu to columbia to the university of michigan to pomona, schools are saying, basically, look, this is not about free speech. you have a right to speak up. you have a right to demonstrate. what you don t have is a right to harass and disrupt. that s what s really been impeding these university s core mission, which is to educate your students. you can t have an environment that is constantly disrupted, where students are subject to harassment, with they re spin upon, yelled at, where graduation ceremonies, or like the incident i wrote about at my alma mater, the university of michigan, this honors convocation that was supposed to be this lovely, celebratory
peaceful protest. by the way, i wish i was in the studio with all of you tonight. remember what sheila did remember what sheila did with our justices, sean, calling for a whirl wind and the justices will pay the price. john roberts had to come out and defend the justice is its. maxine waters did, as a direct result maxine waters call are for violence, i got attacked at a movie theater. i got spit on, yelled at, i would not leave that movie and the police wanted us to go out the back door, we went out the front door. we cannot let them intimidate us nor act like them and behave like them. sean: jason. i served in congress, it was an honor and privilege to do so. going out and saying they should get up, get in our face, make it uncomfortablement rand paul came out of the white house and there was question about his safety with his wife walking out of that event. sean: after the rnc convention. all sorts of times they did
why it just erodes public confidence. steve: mr. kolb the new york most has a cover story today about how the commissioner of new york, mr. o neil, is resigning. and apparently he has privately been fuming about he said that criminal justice reform the criminal justice reforms that the city has done under mayor de blasio could actually unravel some of the gains they have made in keeping the streets safe. do you agree with that? absolutely. there s no doubt about it. all you have to do is just look at the recent stories. new york police officers having trash thrown on their cars. steve: terrible. cars spray painted, yelled at, can you, can cursed . spit upon. doused with fluids. it s a danger to public safety. it s lawlessness. have you seen the story about now the turnstile jumpers literally hundreds. protests in the streets: i think if i was a new york