Now calls her party s quote, dangerous direction. Just days after being ousted from house leadership, cheney was on abc this morning likening her party s embrace of trump to a slide toward autocracy. Where does it say about the party choosing somebody to replace you who is effectively chosen by donald trump? i think it s dangerous. I think that we have to recognize how quickly things can unravel. We have to recognize what it means for the nation to have a former president who has not conceded. Meanwhile, that former president is throwing new conspiracies into the ether over that bogus 2020 recount that was just extended in arizona, claiming maricopa county officials deleted its elections database and threw out republican votes. Trump s statement so out there that maricopa county reporter steven rijker hit twitter to debunk it and called the former president, quote, unhinged. County reporter is in charge of public records, including voter registration, so he would know. He also called f
ahead. also in florida, we re learning new details about a shooting in jacksonville that left three people dead in what police are calling a racist attack. we ll bring you an update on the community and what comes next. and 60 years after martin luther king jr. delivered his famous i have a dream speech during the march on washington, we look at what his legacy means today. and we begin with two high stakes hearings underway right now that could potentially determine the course of two of the cases against former president donald trump. in atlanta, a federal judge is holding a hearing on a motion by former white house chief of staff mark meadows to remove his case from state court and send it to federal court. fulton county district attorney fani willis is expected to use this hearing to lay out some of her case against trump and his 18 co-defendants all accused of conspiring to overturn trump s 2020 election loss in georgia. she has subpoenaed key witnesses to test
tornado outbreak wreaking havoc across much of the midwest and south friday. there are now at least 50 preliminary tornado reports in seven states. at least 10 people have been killed and dozens of others are injured. most of the deaths are in arkansas, where the damage is catastrophic reports of at least a dozen tornadoes there. governor sarah huckabee sanders , declaring a state of emergency and activating the national guard. as the storms gutted entire communities. she s expected to give an update on the storm damage at any moment now and the hardest hit areas of arkansas. that was the town of when. we don t know what s left . all my neighbors house is about destroyed. my two boys are out now trying to help dig people out of their homes. little rock also bearing the brunt of these storms, the city s mayor, telling cnn today that entire neighborhoods were flattened. impact is devastating . i just came out of nowhere. clearly no, it was coming. everyone took cover, as relate
that special council jack smith is looking into trump s fund-raising off false voter fraud claims. as some of trump s codefendants may be getting ready to throw trump under the bus. plus, the extreme gerrymandered maps that helped republicans win the house are now rapidly getting struck down by the courts. alabama is just the latest state to feel the judge s wrath. good evening. i m jonathan capehart in for joy reid. we begin tonight with breaking news. the former national chairman of one of the most prominent neofascist white supremacist militia groups in the country is going to prison. henry enrika tarrio was sentenced just a short time ago to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. that is the longest sentence in any january 6th case so far. but notably less than the 33 years prosecutors were asking for. judge timothy kelly told the court, quote, i don t have any indication that he s remorseful for the actua
of ayman, dangerous words. donald trump s escalating attacks on the judges and prosecutors involve his criminal cases. plus, second term warning. and alarming new report about the no holds barred s legal minds trump once and his administration. and mac up max jansen s ties to the christian nationalist movement in this country. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. anytime that you are alone bait looking over your shoulder. that was just one of the threats fbi investigators say an alabama man left on the voice mail of fulton county district attorney fani willis on august 6th. days before she brought charges against donald trump and 18 of his associates for seeking to overturn the 2020 election. and there were many more direct willis and fulton county sheriff patrick labonte both were not going to repeat them here. this week, federal prosecutors announced after right hansen, the second is now facing two counts of transmitting and estate threats to injure willis and labonte.