literally on hold as they re going to be s senate majority leader chuck schumer was again forced to rescind a promise he and democrats could not keep because, in part, of other democrats unable to get two voting rights bills passed this week in advance of monday s observance of dr. martin luther king jr. s life. schumer now insists that the debate on those bills will begin the next day, and that democrats will be able to maneuver past a republican filibuster with a simple majority. of course, one wonders if democrat holdouts joe manchin and kyrsten sinema will take to the floor again as sinema did this week to tell black voters that, while she idolized the late john lewis, an all-out assault on the franchise was somehow easier to make peace with than even amending the filibuster to pass the legislation that bears lewis name. the vote is front and center on politicsnation tonight. we also have new details on just how much donald trump and house minority leader kevin mccarth
they are said to meet with new york leaders, the president is expected to roll out a strategy to stop the flow of illegal guns and support local law enforcement. is it too little too late? so far, homicides in major cities like atlanta, baltimore, milwaukee, in minneapolis our way up compared to the start of 2021 and a new york city although mergers murders are down robberies and carjackings have spikes. police reporting more than 1,000 robberies in the city this year alone. of course, the deaths of new york city cup jason rivera and mora reminded everyone how the men and women who keep us safe are putting their own lives at risk. far left democrats have made it clear where they use stand on the police. popped talking about the reproduction of our nypd budget and defunding the budget. not only do we need to defund, we need to dismantle and start anew. i support the defend defund movement because this is about the investment in our communities which have historically bee
alert. elite american commandos taking on isis near the border of syria. no american casualties in the two-hour raid. good to be with you on this friday eve. sandra: and big news day, indeed. aftermath of this raid shows heavy damage on a multi-story home. sources telling fox news abu ibrahim al-hashimi al-qurayshi blew himself up as special forces moved in. the terror leader killing his wife and several children in the attack. complete coverage begins now. florida congressman and former green beret with more on that in a moment. john: jennifer griffin at the pentagon with the latest from there. jennifer. john, i just came out of the pentagon press briefing, we learned the elite american commandos on the scene were able to collect d.n.a. and fingerprints identification of the head of isis that they killed overnight in the daring raid. they describe it as incredibly dangerous, and reminiscent of the osama bin laden raid. intelligence in early december. calculated effor
celebrating black history month in the us. every february the united states pays tribute to the legacy and contributions of black americans. from the fight for voting rights to the civil rights movement, which pushed for an end to discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex or national origin. black history month in the us is a tradition that began in 1926 as a week long celebration of black history and culture started by author and civil rights activist dr carter g woodson. 50 years later in 1976, gerald ford would become the first us president to formally recognize it as a month long celebration. calling on americans to seize the opportunity to honour the too often neglected accomplishments of black americans in every area of endeavour throughout our history. it wouldn t be until 90 years after the first black history week that the nation s first black president, barack obama, would commemorate black history month at the white house. from our earliest days, blac
but now there s news of this damning tape that s put more focus on a different jurisdiction on that federal probe in washington where trump was caught on tape admitting key parts of a crime, including stealing documents after leaving office. the tape is from after he was in the white house, 2021, and that s bad for him based on what he appears to admit, because prosecutors are already using it while gathering their grand jury testimony, and it s showing jurors how trump acknowledges and admits himself on the tape that he had classified materials. this is a total breakthrough in the evidence in this case. real talk some people might say, all right, ari we already know trump took the documents down to mar-a-lago and the feds seized them and took them back. didn t we know all that? yes, but in court to win a case like this, prosecutors must prove, one, the documents were classified. two, trump willfully took or directed action to take the documents. and three, he intended to kee