when this story first made headlines last year it prompted a wave of criticism against nonpresident trump and even though the reports were unproven, the white house press corps did not hold back on our own kayleigh mcenany at the lectern. she told the new york times that their story was wrong and that she was hammered for it. watching and kayleigh, we will get your perspective on the other side. you go out of the loop by the intelligence community? as i noted there was not a consensus among the intelligence community. what is the president have to say to service members that are afraid that their loved ones may have been killed and connection to the bounty. to the president or the administration plan to make it very clear to the russian federation that there should not be bounties placed on the heads of american soldiers serving in afghanistan? to the president raise the issues on russian bounties on the lives of americans? speak of the reports of russian bounties o
dramatic reading of backstage events at that south carolina debate when jim clyburn convinced joe biden, as a candidate, to pledge that moment that he would appoint a black woman to the supreme court. and we just got confirmation from simone sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, don t do it. there is congressman and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, simone sanders and others were telling biden, no, don t do it. and then, at the debate, congressman clyburn goes to him at the commercial the and says you have to do it. and now we are living the history of the results. both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of his nomination. yes. and so, the story of that movie, where the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. in composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people i
moment that he would appoint a black woman to the supreme court. and we just got confirmation from simone sanders that, indeed, she and other biden advisers told him that day, during debate prep, no, don t do it. there is congressman clyburn and other members of the black caucus debate prep day, simone sanders and others were telling biden, no, don t do it. and then, at the debate, congressman clyburn goes to him at the commercial break and says, you have to do it. and now we are living the history of that. both in the fact of his presidency and in anticipation of this nomination. yes. and so, the story of that movie, the costar, clyburn, will be joining us to get his version of it. in composing my thoughts about this, leading into talking to clyburn tonight, i decided in the interest of time, to leave out the names of the people in the biden campaign staff who advised against this. so, you know, who wants to have that on them? and then i turn on the rachel maddow show
sarah vine, columnist with the daily mail, and ruth smeeth, former labour mp in stoke on trent. and on a busy night, we also have. amanda renteria, former adviser to hillary clinton. welcome to context. occasionally, there are two stories that collide and compete for our attention, and this is one of those nights, although strangely, there are obvious parallels between them. on this side, these are truly dark times for the prime minister, borisjohnson. today, one of the new intake of northern mps defected to the labour party, while one of his former brexit allies stabbed him in the front and called on him to resign. in washington things are not quite as serious forjoe biden, in washington, things are not quite as serious forjoe biden, but like the conservatives, the democrats are asking what their leader can do to stop the rot. in the senate the president s agenda is stalled, inflation is soaring, in the senate, the president s agenda is stalled, covid i9 still a problem, and
for desus & mero on showtime. i love the wave you put it grand juror article on huffpost, 74-year-old man blocks universal paid leave. how are women voters and all voters given the popularity of paid family leave going to respond to democrats dropping the ball on this issue that is so important to people? as i mentioned, 73% among women, 61% among men. yeah. i m already hearing a huge backlash. i m hearing activists in west virginia were planning to target joe manchin, we hear a lot about kirsten sinema and have been making this difficult for their caucus. this was manchin. so i think there s going to be a lot more pushback. i don t know if that s going to be enough to change joe manchin s mind. this is really popular across age groups, across parties. that doesn t just benefit women. this is paid family medical leave. this is if you have a child, if you have to deal with a loved one s military deployment, if you are sick or have to care for someone who is sick, basical