away. and i think of the spike lee movie. you have the film cue and he is watching somebody move. and they are pulling him along in the streets as he s about to be assassinated. i think of all those different moments. you re right. not only was that the issue. today is also the day that thurgood marshall was sworn in as supreme court justice. an icon and role model like that. unbelievable. the echoes of history. have a great show. thank you so much. we re going to talk about that later. good evening, everyone. i m laura coates. frankly, there s one big headline after another tonight. we got the tale of two courtrooms. one s in fulton county, georgia, the other, washington, d.c. and here we are on this 60th anniversary of the march on washington, learning new details about the latest racially motivated shootings in jacksonville. we re going to step back tonight. we re going to examine all with professor michael eric dyson and get his take on the context. plus, we ll bring
to lead talks on how to stem the surge in illegal border crossings. those crossings reaching historic proportions with authorities routinely reporting 10,000 encounter a day. the influx is in border authorities, 10,000 in custody right now. so stretched are resources, customs and border patrol had to close two major railway crossings and other ports of entry so they can shuffle agents to busier points along the border. $43 billion in trailed a year are carried on those two rail lines alone. no telling how politically costly an extended closure could be. with congress on holiday, talks for a comprehensive border package have installed, and with them, hopes for ukraine and israel aid. republicans say funding for those embattled nations must be paired with measures to secure the u.s. mexico border. it s a quid pro quo triggering a backlash who fear an asylum and refugee crackdown could hurt the party among latino voters. joining us now, nbc news correspondent guad venegas who s
And enforce them and follow them. that s what the investigation has been about. making sure that the elected officials enforce and follow the laws on the books. that s the key to democracy. that s the marching orders of the head executive branch of government, right, to enforce the laws. march 4th is one of the many case he has, including civil. we ll talk about that. when you look at the references made to the prosecution. frankly, did i read he had about $7 million the was able to fund raise off of the indictments? off of the photograph. the photograph alone. that crazy photo. that s telling for me. is it you, as well, how this might impact how he continues with the defense? he s not saying, i department do it. he is saying, yeah, i did it. next? to the contrary, he s succeeding with his base. this is going to draw his base out to vote. in an election where turnout is going to matter a ton, he s getting his base out to vote