supreme court weighs in. plus, harvard s first black president steps down amid allegations of plagiarism and disastrous congressal testimony. was race also a factor? an exchange system in the u.s. falls victim to an elaborate kidnapping plot. one that cost his family $80,000. tonight, a warning from the fbi that he is not alone. let s go outfront. outfront to benight, trump appeals. his legal team appealing the decision that keeps him off the ballot in maine saying the secretary of state there had no legal authority to remove him from the ballot, calling her a quite biased decision maker who should have recused herself and otherwised failed to provide lawful due process. trump s team is expected to appeal colorado s decision. he s expected to appeal that to the supreme court at any moment, following in the steps of colorado s gop. those decisions are based on section three of the 14th amendment which was passed after the civil war and says a person is ineligible to run
to earth cam, thousands of revellers are expecting a soggy countdown. we ll go live to the big apple later in the show. gillian: first to our top story this hour, the world is now mourning of loss of a historical religious figure. the vatican is announcing death of pope emeritus benedict xvi. and charles has more on his long lasting legacy. what a story he had. pope benedict xvi had an impact on catholics across the world in a position he never imagined himself in. for decades cardinal joseph ratsinger had been a key advisor to pope john paul ii, as a staunch conservative. and took the cardinals just two days to give the job to a german, scholarly man who didn t appear to want it. as pope benedict xvi, he rattled relativism, what might be true for someone, might not be true for someone else. and he will be remembered not only for his birthday celebration in the white house, a stop at ground zero and a mass in yankee stadium, but also, by the way in which he addressed the ca
as the party reels from a bruising week and falling poll numbers. king charles will now not be at next month s climate change conference in egypt following reports that prime minister liz truss advised him not to attend. one of the world s worst stadium disasters. at least 125 people have died in a stampede at an indonesian football match after police tear gassed pitch invaders. football is by far the number one sport in this country and everybody loves it in this country so it s very difficult to see a future without it. theyjust have to get to the bottom of what happened, it should be safe, and people have to come home from football. brazilians are voting in the first round of an election which has seen a bitter campaign between past and present presidents. and kenya s amos kipruto and ethiopia s yalemzerf yehualaw win their maiden london marathon titles with breakaway victories in the elite men s and women s races there were more than 41,000 registered runners. as th
Also, memorial day weekend, a lot of people people are going to honor Military Members who gave their lives in service, going to see how group of volunteers is going to honor the sacrifice of black veterans who service was nearly forgotten im looking forward to have a great show. Thank you very much. Lets do it right now. Lets start the show well first of all, it is may 25th, four years ago today george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. He was 46 years old. And if i now youve seen the video, then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his back and neck for more than nine minutes is fluid repeated . I cant breathe well, that video touched off something in this country. And the big cities across the us and Around The World Tens Of Thousands of people at a time demanded an end to Police Violence against black people even in small towns where there really arent many black people, people marched with signs that a firm black lives matter before i go any further, this narrative th
President ial immunity in another. Our favorite legal eagles were inside both rooms and will tell us the thing we need to know about whats next. With trump in court, joe biden is doing his best to get under his skin and it seems to be working. His former white house Chief Of Staff commented on the strategy. A little bit of everything with two of my favorite people. Okay, its safe to say, and im sure youre tracking it, there was a lot of legal news this week. In Downtown Manhattan there were hours of testimony about donald trump and the National Enquirer and how they worked together to kill stories that might hurt his chances in 2016. Here in washington, trumps lawyers were making that argument that killing your political rival would be fine for a president. Its a lot to take in. What happened this week matters. It should matter to you, and all of us and its important to talk about why, especially in moments when it feels like we are all drinking from a News Firehose. Lets start with th