my interview with ukraine s former president about what is going to take to end russia s brutal invasion of his country. why is florida governor ron desantis undermining covid ccination efforts again and endangering the lives of young children in the process? also, isn t it time for universal health care? good evening, i m mehdi hassan, what did the president know and what did he know that was the seminal question that drove the watergate hearings, amazingly current events make this weekend s anniversary since five burglars were caught trying to break into the headquarters at the watergate complex here in washington, d. c.. it makes that question as fresh and relevant as ever and if the arms of the senator beg the question about what nixon knew, was well nixon knew everything today he was implicated in it all, drawing parallels between the hearings and the january six public hearings that are now unfolding half a century over so far this select committees presenting compell
show, a government shutdown averted for now. the republican-led house is near disaster illustrates the dysfunction of our political system. isn t high time to try and fix it i will ask derek smallwell. plus how to dueling speeches from president biden and donald trump this week showed us exactly who they are and what s at stake in 2024. the gop s baseless impeachment hearing was so bad their star witness shut down their case against joe biden on day one. good evening, i m mehdi hassan. we did in fact end up dodging a government shutdown this week. it would have been the 22nd shutdown in less than 50 years. after house democrats and the non crazy wing of the house gop came together at almost a last-minute yesterday to pass a plan that keeps the government funded existing levels while adding and money for disaster relief in tokyo from ukraine. he might want to write the date november 17th and your calendars. that s when the majority, quote, unquote runs out again. we do this
hassan. if you want to understand the seriousness and brazenness of the republican party s long-standing and ongoing and dangerous assault on our democracy and the rule of law there is no better place to start than and wisconsin. for, many the badger state won by joe biden just by 20,000 votes in 2020 is ground zero for the attack on american democracy. on, thursday the wisconsin gop voted to remove the states cheap election official megan wolf from office. just months before its first presidential primary. wolf has long been the subject of various conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election. she became a prime target for election deniers who falsely claimed that she helped rig the vote in wisconsin. after state republicans fired her last, week wolf vowed to fight back telling a reporter she intends to continue to serve until the matter is resolved in court. during my 12 years working as a nonpartisan election official, i have learned that when politicians on either s
the way out. so there is some very important context to consider, when it comes to kevin mccarthy s pursuit of an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and that is, the 91 criminal counts, and for criminal trials facing the likely republican nominee for 2024. trials about paying hush money to a porn star, courting nuclear secrets, and trying to overturn an election. trials that will involve lots of hard evidence, lots of witnesses, and at least one case, a youtube live stream of the proceedings. that, will be the dominant storyline of this campaign, in part because donald trump refuses to talk about almost anything else. he has relentlessly attacked prosecutors in the justice system, in certain interviews on truth social, and on the campaign trail. and all along, jack smith has been listening, clearly. the special counsel is now seeking a gag order against trump, in his election interference case. so, if the judge issues that order, trump is going to have to resort
Msnbc. that does it for me today, we ll be back here this next sunday on noon eastern. there is much more news coming up on msnbc. ming up on msnbc. tonight on the mehdi hassan show. a disgusting ideology of hate. that is how the jacksonville sheriff describe the beliefs of the man who killed three black people in florida yesterday. it is a far-right ideology that mainstream conservatives are far too quiet about. isn t it time for them to speak up? then, donald trump s long history of racism now coming to the big dose of irony, as a group of strong black women lead the way to a possible conviction. one of the many legal cases against him. plus, a big announcement from the biden administration coming this week, and how it might lower the cost of your prescriptions.