the year was 1990, republican incumbent of north carolina senator jesse helms was polling behind his black democratic challenger, a man named harvey gantt. it was a surprisingly competitive election, so home called in the political consultants who, in turn, helped the helms campaign figure out a way to fight back, and this is what they came up with, this ad. you needed that job, but they had to give it to a minority because of the racial quota. is that really fair? harvey gantt says it is. he supports the racial quota law, making the color of your skin more important in your qualifications. you will vote on this issue next tuesday, harvey gantt . that ad, with the white hands holding the rejection letter as the narrator intones you are a better candidate than the minority guy that they went with, can you steal the injustice of it all? that ad was exactly what senator jesse helms needed, he. term in the senate, 54 to 46%. that strategy worked. it worked well. making ga
and nato defence leaders meet to discuss ongoing support for ukraine, including a training timeline for the vital f16 fighterjets kyiv has been pleading for to help with their counteroffensive. but first, for the next half hour, we are going to focus in on a monumental day here in uk politics the release of the parliamentary report into borisjohnson. the report by the privileges committee found that the former prime minister deliberately and repeatedly misled mps about parties at 10 downing street when coronavirus lockdown measures were in place. the committee says it would have recommended suspending him as an mp for 90 days if he hadn t already stood down from the role after he saw the report last week. it also recommends the former pm should not get a pass which allows ex mps to access parliament after they leave. mrjohnson has admitted his statements about the parties misled parliament, but denied doing so intentionally or recklessly, saying, this is rubbish. this is a
endangering our democracy. plus, crickets from the republican field who should want to defeat donald trump. and fox news fires up the outrage machine over a human crisis invented by trump republicans. you can t survive with the money one makes even to have food. one day, one day we will be able to see each other again. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. last night, let s talk about last night. last night at this time, the man that led the insurrection against our democracy was spewing vile nonsense on another network. of course, i was here hosting this very television show, hopefully with many of you watching. i did not see the whole thing play out live. but i ve seen enough. i ve seen enough to have to have the same visceral reaction as many others. that it was disgraceful, despicable, gross. if you had that reaction as well, i will just say i think that is the correct response. i don t think you really need to second gues
the insurrection is broadcast live on national television. january 6th was just a dress rehearsal. this is a profoundly dangerous moment. tonight, blow back against the disgraced ex president and the people who thought putting him on tv was a good idea. to platform him is to participate, i think, in endangering our democracy. plus, crickets from the republican field who should want to defeat donald trump. and fox news fires up the outrage machine over a human crisis invented by trump republicans. you can t survive with the money one makes even to have food. one day, one day we will be able to see each other again. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. last night, let s talk about last night. last night at this time, the man that led the insurrection against our democracy was spewing viable nonsense on another network. of course, i was here hosting this very television show, hopefully with many of you watching. i did not
we ll analyze his budget and then we ll get to work on our budget. but unfortunately with the president being so far delayed, delays others in the process. speaker kevin mccarthy doesn t have a budget proposal ready, and according to him it s president biden s fault. this comes as the president is breaking with tradition and hitting the road to unveil his spending plan. also ahead, the ceo of norfolk southern will be on capitol hill today to testify before a senate panel. we ll have a preview of that hearing. plus we re going to get a live update from ukraine following a string of deadly missile strikes overnight. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this thursday, march 9th. thanks for starting your day with us. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has been hospitalized after falling at a washington, d.c. hotel last night. according fooa spokesperson mcconnell who is 81 years old tripped during a private dinner. he was admitted to the hospital where he s