center, minnesota. while less than 20 miles away, the defense has rested its case in the trial of derek chauvin for the killing of george floyd. jurors set to hear final arguments on monday. of course, we cannot call minnesota some kind of singular symbol of what s wrong, not when the entire nation is grappling with this problem. tonight, whether it s a development in an existing case or yet another nauseating video of a wholly unnecessary police killing, but this week, one video in particular outraged the nation. in just a minute i ll talk to the mayor of chicago whose police department is wrestling with perhaps the grimmest police encounter on film since the killing of george floyd. as the police shooting of 13-year-old adam toledo reescalates the past year s conversation around police reform, intersecting with this latest political battle over guns in america. of course in the background is the building struggle between a biden administration that is trying to reduce socia
A FEW friends abroad, mostly scholars and Philippine watchers, emailed me last week to ask: Are things there getting really bad? They were mainly referring to National Security Adviser Eduardo Año s screaming statement, bannered by several media outlets: Any secession move to be met with force.
All of the above is pretty problematic as well. all of the above is very bad. any of the above is a problem. any of the above is a problem. them meeting is a serious problem. mark halperin, where does all of this put us? yes, there s going to be people will be screeching about paris for a day. that s the reason why trump set this up, i m going to talk tomorrow at 3:00. let me get a jazz band. and then he goes in and blabbers about things that aren t true. then the ideological world is distracted and everybody is hyperbolic for 15 minutes and we re back to russia. there s no doubt if the white house is trying to get his footing back, they re looking to get russia out of the news. they feel it s a good day if they can do that. the congressional investigations will go forward and we ll see when comey testifies, that will be a big moment as we said before. but it s the independent counsel, like every president who has faced this kind of