america. then, why this so-called qanon shaman and the book thrown at him at his sentencing hearing today. plus, as rittenhouse deliberations continue, can we talk about this judge for a minute? what do they talk about? optics nowadays. is that the word for things? that was a bad optic, i thought. then surprising new job growth revisions. shipping containers finally moving out of ports. why there s genuine good news about america s booming economic recovery, when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. article one, section six of the u.s. constitution immunizes members of congress for the things they say on the house or the floor of the house or senate. quote, the senators and representatives for any speech or debate in either house shall not be questioned in any other place. they cannot be questioned in court or by the president, for example. that s called the speech and debate clause. and the founders included the speech and debate
dinners and other seated events was about 200 people. but that sunday, february 21st, 1965, there were double that number of people crowded into that room, a packed audience, 400 people in the room, all there to hear one of the towering and most controversial figures in american civil rights history. malcolm x had been the face and the world-famous voice of the nation of islam since not long after he joined the nation of islam in the early 1950s. but after more than a decade as a lightning rod in that specific cause, he had made an acrimonious split from the group. he had split from the nation of islam the year before he took the stage in that crowded ballroom in harlem in february 1965, but that day his wife was there to watch his speech. she was pregnant at the time with what would turn out to be their sixth daughter. three of their little girls were there that day too with their mom ready to watch their father speak, and as he took the stage and began to speak the assassin