President lyndon b. Johnson signed the Voting Rights act into law. Removing legal barriers for black voters, johnson not only made a quality at the ballot box of reality for everyone but he also ensured this nations laws matched its revered ideals. And yeah, its over the ensuing indicates protections under the act have been chipped away. Most notably after the 2013 Supreme Court decision in shelby v. Holder which made it easier for states to pass restrictive voting laws. Still, the outcome of our elections and our democracy held firm. Until january six 2020 line. An angry red violent mob stormed the capitol driven by one terrified goal. Overturn a free and Fair Election. They were motivated by the lives of one. Dan donald j trump. The new twice impeached thrice indicted for now former president of the United States. That dark day expose just how fragile american democracy, our democracy, really is. But, trump is now finally facing accountability for trying to illegally stated. Power th
good evening. i m mehdi hasan. picture the scene. a cult leader gathers hi followers in waco, texas, as law enforcement closes in. described as a pathologica liar and comment, the cold later rails against th government, rages against th godless left, and depict himself as the chosen one. his disciples eat it up. they worship him they even vowed to give thei lives for him. now, am i describing david - the infamous leader who wa killed along with 75 of hi cold members in the fbi sieg of his waco compound in 1993 or, i might describing forme president donald trump because trump we ll be hosting his first mccartney of 2023 in waco, next weekend, on the 30t anniversary of the waco siege. and, while of course, trump is not accused of the kind of her horrific crimes and delusion that correct was, he is him choosing waco to host maga rally right now is just a little too on the nose for me. but, will he even be there i waco next saturday he doesn t seem to think so. the former pre
rebuttal witness on monday now, this morning i receive a whole slew of phone calls, from journalists asking me i i m going to be back to th da s office tomorrow, as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing they re tomorrow whether it before the grand jury or it just to meet with them for a interview i m not sure but, ye i was asked to make myself available. the witness michael cohen s rebutting, nbc news ha confirmed that attorney, bob costello, who was once a legal adviser to michael cohen wil testify on monday before the grand jury looking into th 2016 hush money payments, made to adult them star, stormy daniels. trump s attorney is, asked the da for bob costello, t testify. late last night after trump surprise social media post predicted his tuesday arrest we learned that manhattan da alvin bragg, sent a message to his offices employee assuring, them that efforts to intimidate them would not be tolerated. it s not every day that such a important log
from msnbc s headquarters here in new york. alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in texas. a man hunt intensifying at this hour for a gunman suspected of carrying out a deadly mass shooting against his neighbors. five people, including an eight-year-old were killed overnight in a home in cleveland. that is a city just north of houston. according to priscilla thompson, who is on the scene for us there. priscilla, welcome, what are you learning at this tragic hour? yeah,, alex police are now naming this murder in this case. identifying him as 38-year-old, francisco or up hazza. police say he is a mexican national and is being charged with five counts of murder and police say he is two miles from here and have established a perimeter and are using dogs and officers on horseback and drones that are working to track him in order to locate him. the sheriff is saying that he hopes to have the suspect in custody within the next couple of oropeza hours, and this informatio
the proud boys move to subpoena trump in their seditious conspiracy trial. tonight, congressman daniel goldman on the big moving pieces in the trump investigations. plus, we don t yet know at these three objects were. the president shares what he knows about the ufos america s shooting down. then what i am saying is, i don t kick sideways. and kicking forward. as trump s first challenger sidesteps trump, claire mccaskill and michael steele on the policy issues republican candidates cannot avoid. a federal ban on abortion. when you sign? that we need consensus on this. convinces on abortion? and what we know about john fetterman s health as the senator announces he is being treated for a clinical depression, when all in starts right now. good evening, everyone. from new york i m ayman mohyeldin in for chris hayes. there is a subpoena out for donald trump this evening. lawyers representing leaders of the right-wing group known as the proud boys, who are cu