Rightwing politics. Theyre just back from a summit hosted by a crazed u. S. Congressman who said most immigrants are drug mules with cabs the size oficant lopes. We have two big stories for you tonight, the politics of nasty weather and nastier weather of republican primary politics. Parts of new england are buried in close to three feet of snow, with some of the heaviest snow late today. Authorities urged evacuations nearly several coastal areas. Wind gusts of 80 Miles Per Hour on nantucket. Seawalls have been breached up there, leaving coastal towns under seven feet of water and without power. And its not over yet. The storm had expectations in new england, but the big surprise as i suggested in the cold open s that it missed the main target in new york. Gathom was braced for up to three feet of snow but got only seven inches. Philadelphia braced for more than a foot but saw only a couple of inches. An official at the National Weather service apologized for those bad forecasts. Last
With great thanks to my and for filling in last week. Thank you for being here with us. Good night from nbc news headquarters in new york. Woodrow wilson was first elected president in 1912 when he ran for reelection in 1916, one of the animating issues of that campaign was world war i which was raging in europe and which wilson promised the United States would not join in 1916 he was barely rehe electricitied and the u. S. Went into the dechaired war on germany and wilson was not only facing the typical headwinds that a president s party faces in midterm elections, but he was also roundly dehe tested for world war i and other things. In 1918, Woodrow Wilsons party got beat. The republicans getting congress, that had far reaching consequences in all sorts of ways, bullt in the house it mea a gigantic and cons kwen tall promotion for Albert Johnson. Such a generic name. Actually hard to google. There was a another congressman named Albert Johnson who had nothing to do with him. A federa
Detested and so in those midterm elections, wood row wilsons party, the Democratic Party got walloped. Republicans took over control of the senate and they took over control of the house. The republicans Getting Congress that had farreaching consequences, but in the how is it meant a gigantic and very, very consequential promotion no this man. His name is Albert Johnson. Such a generic name. Its actually hard to google. There was another congressman from another state that had nothing to do with him. There was a federal judge. There was a famous canadian fugitive called the mad trapper of rat river who was called Albert Johnson. But he was a back bench judge from washington state, whose whole public profile has been built around the defense of the white race and the threat in a nonwhite immigrants posed to white civilization in the United States. Albert johnson at home in washington state, he ran a rablreducing antiimmigrant newspaper called the home defender. He bragged about being a