Definitely couldn t wear the same pants that i wore the last time i talked him but apparently he s in a time warp in his pants. Yeah he s got the one pant so we are very used to that pants that he wears. But hey it s a remarkable semi predictable result in new mexico tonight but so far stronger than expected showing for the democrat at the end of our hour we will see exactly where the vote stands. And we re gonna do it without steve kornacki which means i might have to take my jacket off. I m not sure. We ll see how we do. Okay. If you stand up and take your jacket off i don t even want to be here for the ratings coming in tomorrow. It s gonna be very overwhelming. Yeah, okay you ve made me reconsider the whole thing. Okay, thank you rachel. Thank you lawrence. Thank you. Well in tulsa oklahoma today president biden described what he called a truly unprecedented assault on our democracy. And he was talking about voting rights when he said that. But he went to tulsa today to mark an ass
he is probing the night the trump aides and some outside allies tried to hatch a military coup plot. again, if those words sound disturbing to think about your own american government and not something happening in some other region, buckle up. your government is investigating this with an eye on indicting potentially the people who wanted to abuse your military to take away your vote. it s a big story. i know it s summer, i know it s friday, this is a big story. the night of december 18th in the oval office where some of the most extreme trump plotters were working on tactics that allegedly even rudy giuliani warned would land them all in prison. they wanted to have soldiers seize election machines. they wanted to install one of trump s political legal operatives to try to dictate unlawful orders, both pertaining to the justice department and the military. that would be sidney powell. she had been on the campaign side, more or less, meaning arguing in court or making motions
florida governor ron desantis in iowa yes today, not mentioning donald trump by name, but still taking a few swipes at him. i think he was. we will show you what else he had to say about the front runner in the race for the republican nomination. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, may 31st. good to have your with us, along with joe, willie, and me. member of the new york times let s show jonathan really quick. okay, go, go. okay. we done this before. can we stop for a second? tj, i am scratching my face. you want to go to me now? and also, this historic day leave him alone. let s do jenna. hold on. cover me for a second, tj. okay. oh, we ve got jen. see, she can t even mess up! now now. good morning. okay. is my collar straight? thank you. let s actually get to work. hold on. when we do get to work, it s going to be a lot of fun, because i m going to get the yankees in a second, but these republicans will donald trump
That they don t want to talk about skin color, trying to trick you and make it seem like they re the ones wanting to fight back against racism. but of course, if you re dealing with something that involves race, and you re whitewashing it or lying about it, then yes, you would be part of the problem. 1921, it was black residents of a greenwood neighborhood of tulsa, it was called by some black wall street, who were systematically targeted and murdered because of their race, by armed white supremacists. it was a horrific act of racially motivated violence. that s not walters, this person, that s not his comment on the controversy. here s what he said a few months ago. you know, i don t negotiate with the teachers union. they re a terrorist organization that has continued wow. members, members? that has continued to spread misinformation around the state and lie about our administrations. so we see you, we see the
But just because history is silent, it doesn t mean that it did not take place. while darkness can hide much, it erases nothing. it erases nothing. some injustices are so heinous, horrific, grievous, they can t be buried, no matter how hard people try. president biden in oklahoma two years ago, marking the 100th anniversary of the tulsa massacre. on this day in 1921, a mob terrorized the greenwood neighborhood of tulsa, a flourishing black business district, affectionately called black wall street. historians believe hundreds of people were killed and more than a thousand homes and businesses were burned. joining us now journalist victor luckerson, author of the book built from the fire the epic