Been made illegal. And the latest from hawaii as the death toll continues to climb. And officials begin to ask if there was anything more they could have done to save at least some of those lives. But we begin tonight with a question that i will bet you have never thought of but that the latest Trump Indictment got me thinking about it. It is this. What is a gang . Really, what is it . And what pops into your head when you think of the word. Our friends at merriamwebster define it as a group working to unlawful or antisocial ends, especially a band of antisocant adolescents. There have been many definitions. In the early 1900s, they were rowdy kids. On tv, our gang, otherwise known as the little rascals, spanky, alfalfa, and the bunch. There were the sharks and jets in west side story for those of you who love musical. In the modern era, people probably think of the crips or bloods or ms13, but the gangs that were most famous and notorious were the Mafia Families of the 1940s through t
People. Black people were just so absent in Science Fiction, and its a blind spot. Black panther was a massive moment in our culture. They thought it was going to make 700 million. But it actually made 1. 3 billion. So, it had a business impact. It had a community impact. It opened up doors. It showed that these kinds of stories, looking at black speculative fiction, looking at black looking at horror was also highly profitable. Scifi is really a conversation about our humanity and mans relationship to technology and exploring other worlds. Its really exciting to know that more blackcentric Science Fiction is making its way onto the Television Screens finally. Black people have always loved Science Fiction and have always loved fantasy. We just didnt know it. When you think of how broad that landscape is, to not include every single individual that is participating in the world, then its a lie. We have millions and millions of stories that need to be told. And us getting our due is lit
mr. trump s fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicole wallace, chris haines, lawrence o donnell, already melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris area
the government that he wants donald trump arrested again. advised of his right, again. and booked, this time, on 37 federal felony counts. mr. trump was fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but for his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ali melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable,
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the