Prime time weekend, lets get to this weeks top story. An epic meltdown from the Ex President this afternoon speaking with three journalists at the national association of black journalists in chicago. A conversation that imploded right before our very eyes. Right out of the gates. Trump breaking into a tirade against the moderator who asked him about his past comments on race. When he questioned Kamala Harriss racial identity. Take a look. Some of your own supporters including republicans on Capitol Hill Orhave labeled vic president , Lana Harris as a dei higher . Is that acceptable language do you . Will you tell those supporters to stop it . How do you define dei . Go ahead. Is that your definition . Would you give me a definition . E im asking you a question. Define it for me if you would. Do you only believe she is on the ticket because she is a black woman . I i have known her a long time indirectly. She was always of indian heritage and only promoting indian heritage. I did not k
It is the top of the hour. 6:00 pm eastern. It is an extraordinary political history. Joe biden, announcing he will no longer be the democratic presidential nominee and he strongly endorsed , the woman you see on the left, his vice president, kamala harris to be his successor. Saying in a statement, my very first decision as the party nominee was to pick kamala harris as my vice president. It has been the best decision i have made here today i want to offer my full support for kamala harris to be the nominee. Late this afternoon, kamala harris released a statement thanking president biden and notably saying, i am honored to have the endorsement and my intention is to earn and win the nomination. Vice president harris followed up with fundraising appeals stating, i will do everything in my power to unite the party and the nation to defeat donald trump and his extreme project 2025 agenda. If you are with me, and a donation now. Two people familiar tell nbc that biden asked to see poling
floyd was no longer showing any resistance. when mr. floyd was no longer offering up any resistance to the officers, they could have ended their restraint. that is a significant, albeit simple moment in the trial. sometimes what s simple is important because the jury can understand it and remember it. you have the actual police supervisor for the murder defendant condemning the officer, the defendant, on the stand. this came after paramedics testified that floyd seemed to be dead when they arrived on the scene. when i arrived on the scene, there were three police officers on the individual. i thought he was dead. i kind of looked for my partner and told him i think he s dead. i want to move this out of here. okay. and i will begin care in the back. in lay terms, i thought he was dead. again, simple, clear. sad and tragic as well. but important for the jury to hear this in plain english because it is all part of the prosecution s case here. we heard from the parame
big deal. sorry we re not sharing the screen more today. i want your thoughts before we pick it up. fantastic, elie is pulling outlookers now because merrick garland has done his job and i hope this is the beginning of more prosecutions like that. if you try to take over the country, you should be held accountable. i agree. i ll pick it up from here now. good evening to everyone at home. i m tiffany cross in for joy reid tonight and we begin with the contempt of congress in a major breaking story late today a federal grand jury handed down criminal charges against steven k. bannon, the long time trump confident under investigation for his involvement in january 6th. nbc news reports the 67-year-old is expected to surrenderer to law enforcement of monday and set to appear in court that afternoon. you guys remember last month bannon willfully defied a subpoena from the select committee for douments and testify refusing to show up on the day of his scheduled deposition and h
off each of the 37 felony counts. trump is facing them over his handling of classified materials. right now, officials in miami and the u.s. secret service are on alert for any threats of violence on tuesday and beyond. what gives me the most pratas is the truly bottomless devotion to trump zone by the nation s most powerful republican lawmakers this weekend men and women who insist that they are beholden to law and order yet they ve already deemed trump innocent of all charges before he s even been arraigned. as usual, they are vocal to the point of zealotry about defending a rich white republican male with a history of subverting the law. at best, they are silent about the death of unarmed black americans killed by police, even civilians, like the women accused of killing aj owens, a mother of four, a week ago in florida. i will go there tomorrow to deliver the eulogy. my thoughts on that later. , plus all the latest developments on the trump indictment. all of that is toni