horrifying footage at the open. now, i m supposed to warn you that this is disturbing and the language is profane, but truthfully, i think america should be much more concerned about the reality of what happened in the capitol than dirty words on tv. we need fresh patriots at the front! [ yelling ] [ screaming ] [ chanting: fight for trump ] the case laid out by the impeachment manager played in sharp contrast to the one presented by trump s legal team. let s just call that one meandering. even most republicans called it week, including senator bill cassidy who joined with democrats and five other republicans voting that, yes, in fact, the trial is constitutional. cnn has learned that mr. trump was fuming over his lawyers performance and quote, borderline screaming at the tv. the reviews from other republican senators were similar, words like unfocused, disorganized, awful, rambling, and rocky. not exactly what you want to hear if you are a member of the trump legal team
became one of the foot soldiers in one of the moment dangerous movements in america. i m ayman mohyeldin. let s get started.nt if you have been following the news at all this week you ve likely seen a lot of headlines like these. alarming updates about the spread, of the omicron variant of covid-19. cases detected in new york, d.c., california, georgia. headlines and breaking news flying so fast at you that it s enough to actually make you scared. now, listen. some scientists think that omicron may become the dominant strain of covid-19. so if a case of omicron hasn t been announced in your area yet, it s probably just a matter of time before it does. now, i m not trying to make light of the situation. it s just the truth. that s why i need everyone watching this program tonight to do two things for me. take a deep breath. pump the brakes a little bit. because even with all the scary news about omicron the basic message remains the same. wear masks in public, especially if yo
bluesman bb king would jam with an amateur guitarist and singer named lee atwater. king and isaac hayes were among the many artists who appeared on lee atwater s 1990 album red hot & blue but it was his day job where he made his mark as the dark soul of the modern republican party atwater was a preeminent political strategist who mastered and perfected the art of talking about race without talking about race. he did it in south carolina to a democratic congressional candidate named tom turnip seed. yes that was his real name. by having phony push pollsters call up voters, white suburban voters to inform them turnipseed was a member of the naacp. that was a bad thing in his view and that was supposed to be the point. it was the lynchman of the strategy known as the southern strategy that republicans would increase their support among white voters by appealing to racial resentment and suspicion toward african-americans but never do it directly or openly. that would lead to ba
good evening. i m mehdi hasan. since darkness fell an hour earlier today it seems appropriate this daylight standard evening to begin by playing the blues. upon occasion the late legendary bluesman bb king would jam with an amateur guitarist and singer named lee atwater. king and isaac hayes were among the many artists who appeared on lee atwater s 1990 album red hot & blue but it was his day job that the soul music hobbyist really made his mark as the dark soul of the modern republican party. atwater was a preeminent political strategist who mastered and perfected the art of talking about race without talking about race. he did it in south carolina to a democratic congressional candidate named tom turnip seed. yes, that was his real name. by having phony push pollsters call up voters, white suburban voters to inform them turnipseed was a member of the naacp. that was a bad thing in his view and that was supposed to be the point. it was the lynchman of the strategy known as
live from telemundo studios in miami, florida. here is the week that was. this morning in new york city, history in the making with jury selection beginning in the first criminal trial against donald trump. one juror who was dismissed described it as a surreal selection process. it is like, oh, this is just another guy and also he sees me talking about him, which is bizarre. my predecessor promised infrastructure week, after week, after week for four years, and never built a thing. nothing. is really forces striking back, targeting a military base near a nuclear plant. retaliation for s attack this weekend. that is more than 300 drones and missiles launched at israel. speaker mike johnson preparing to defy his most conservative house colleagues and called votes on a series of eight packages for israel, taiwan, and ukraine. this, despite worries that some may try to remove him from his speakership. i am not resigning and in my view, it is an absurd motion that someo