married up, dude. i sure did. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. in the year 2000 george bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016 donald trump became the second. now, what made both of those victories even possible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000 it wasn t just the electoral college. it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remains staggering to this day. and even though al gore had won the popular vote by more than half a million votes, whether those 537 votes in florida did or did not get counted would decide the race. and after a flurry of legal challenges and appeals, that decision ended up in the hands of the supreme court. the supreme court hasn t been asked to decide the election, but their decision just might do just that.
democracy that nobody is above the law. and that applies to presidents too. this is the ultimate test by kevin, how committed you are to that principle. 7 to 2. lisa rubin, thank you very much. that is all in on this wednesday night. alex wagner tonight starts right now. good evening, alex. i m just waiting for the next kate shaw op-ed in the new york times. next kate shaw op-ed in she . she is probably better than beyond. thank you. thanks to you at home joining me this hour. in the year 2000, george w. bush became the first president in more than 100 years to win the presidency and lose the popular vote. in 2016, donald trump became the second. now, what made both the two responsible at the expense of the popular vote was the electoral college. but in 2000, it wasn t just that electoral college, it was also the supreme court. the 2000 election came down to the state of florida, the margin between al gore and george bush was 537 votes, a number that remai
anti-immigrant rhetoric causing reverberations today. the white house calling the comments, quote, fascist, after the former president said this in new hampshire saturday. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they ve poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just south america or the three or four countries we think about. but all over the world, they re coming into our country, from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. the biden campaign saying trump parroted adolf hitler. priscilla, let s begin with you. this is a strong rebuke from the white house. what else is president biden and the white house saying? it s a strong rebuke and it s in line with where they have been on the comments of making a stark contrast, as to the biden vision when it comes to immigration and that of his predecessor, former president donald trump. the white house released a statement this morning, and in
a 13-year-old in his history class in serbia. the first school shooting in that country s history. what the president of serbia is already proposing tonight. our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell in belgrade. here at home tonight the suspect accused of killing five neighbors including a mother and her nine-year-old son now captured. his partner arrested too. they say she helped him evade authorities and where he was hiding. former president trump ozzie attorney say he will not testify at the sex assault and defamation trial against him. instead today e. jean carroll s attorneys playing drum positive videotape deposition for the jurors. the parts they played and aaron katersky is at the courthouse. news tonight on tucker carlson the new york times obtaining a text message that network executives had apparently learned about. terry moran reporting tonight. convicted murderer alec murdoch sentenced to life for killing his wife and son. what he is now saying about t
unfolding in the banking sector has boosted the odds of a recession in the u.s. within the next year. but treasury secretary janet yellen is about to wrap up her senate testimony and she argued the fallout has been contained. i can reassure the members of the committee that our banking system is sound and that americans can feel confident that their deposits will be there when they need them. this week s actions demonstrate our resolute commitment to ensure that our financial system remains strong and that depositors savings remain safe. now, the market seemed skeptical until they got word that chase and morgan stanley are considering rescuing the struggling first republic bank. regional bank stocks are mixed, which is actually a major improvement from earlier today. elsewhere in the economy some promising new data on jobs and mortgage rates. we have cnn s matt egan, who s here once again to help make heads or tails of all of this for us. okay, matt, let s start here wit