- -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world s first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the monster that he had unleashed. oppenheimer: if there is another world war. .this civilization may go under. kai bird: he became a political pariah. edward r. murrow: is it true that humans have already discovered a method of destroying humanity? (cameras clicking) else: and
and israel passes a key hurdle in the senate, as donald trump says he would let russia attack americas nato allies if they don t pay up. senator chris van hollen of the senate foreign relations committee joins me live to discuss that and much more. marriage equality milestone. california governor gavin newsom tells me about the moment he went rogue, 20 years ago tomorrow, when he was mayor of san francisco and issue the city s first of same-sex marriage licenses. and rethinking the working class. a closer look at why the phrase working class voters has become synonymous with the whites, and why black voters need to be included in this political conversation. but joins me live to discuss her powerful new book. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. given what is happening tonight, if you are watching right now, i just love you. we begin this sunday with the senate hard at work and making progress tonight. senators are scrambling to finish a 95 billion dollar
senator chris van hollen of the senate foreign relations committee joins me live to discuss that and much more. marriage equality milestone. california governor gavin newsom tells me about the moment he went rogue, 20 years ago tomorrow, when he was mayor of san francisco and issue the city s first of same-sex marriage licenses. and rethinking the working class. a closer look at why the phrase working class voters has become synonymous with the whites, and why black voters need to be included in this political conversation. acclaimed astoria blair karen kelly joins me to discuss her powerful new book. i am jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show. given what is happening tonight, if you are watching right now, i just love you. we begin this sunday with the senate hard at work and making progress tonight. senators are scrambling to finish a 95 billion dollar aid package for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the measure survived a key vote this afternoon after an impassioned
hello and welcome to this super bowl sunday edition of politicsnation. ahead of the big game tonight. our senate working overtime this weekend just cleared a major hurdle to getting a supplemental national security bill passed. after after a week of new republican engineer dysfunction in both chambers on border security, foreign aid and impeachment. or a push against the homeland security secretary mayorkas. that the house gop will repeat again this week with a razor- thin margin for defections. coaching this chaos from the sidelines of, course, is donald trump. in addition to pulling the gop s strings in congress, told our campaign rally last night in south carolina that he was okay with whatever to our nato allies if they refuse to pay up the alliance. my msnbc sister joy reid joins me with her reaction to the news from the hill. in the campaign cash rail. and i m proud to say her latest book on to civil rights movements on in uncertain titans. plus, you don t want
london. max foster has the day off. just ahead on cnn newsroom. we ve got good news, we ve reached a bipartisan budget agreement. we re ready to move to the full congress. this is a good strong bill. we ve had incident that is happen over and over again that heightens the sense of severe. president erdogan not unreasonably steps down from the position. he doesn t have to worry for the time being. . lives from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is monday, may 29th, 9:00 a.m. here in london. 4:00 a.m. in washington. why u.s. president joe biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are racing to sell their debt ceiling deal to congress. the tentative agreement would raise the debt limit for two years and avoid the possibility of a catastrophic default. and lawmakers are both sides of the aisle are expressing their concerns here s how the president and speaker defended their plan. they said they d only do it on the condition that it h