They marched with torches chanting jews will not replace us as they paraded tHrough the campus of the university of virginia. It was eerily reminiscent of the Torch Light rallies held At Nuremberg during the third reich. The following day they carried confederate flags and symbols of Nazi Genocide as they vowed to protect the statue of a treasonous confederate general and openly embraced Donald Trump as one of their own. In fact just months earlier, an organizer of the Unite The Right shouted hail trump, hail our people, and was greeted with nazi salutes and applause add a pro Trump Campaign rally. Another organizer was a member of the proud boys which would later lead the siege of the u. S. Capitol on January 6th. In other words, charlottesville, four years ago tonight, was a Tinder Box just waiting to ignite. Inevitably, it did. In fact we witnessed some of the violence live on this very network when one of our guests, reverend tracy blackman, was whisked away for her own safety. I w
Governments role in supporting role. The key step has come at a dramatic time. It was super early this morning in the senate, 4 00 a. M. Eastern time there in washington on this crucial Test Vote for the democrats, 3. 5 trillion safety net plan. Biden add the democrats winning the party line vote. On this vote, the yas are 50. The nahs are 49. And the concurrent resolution as amended is agreed to. [ applause ] you can hear the smattering of unusual applause on the senate floor. The mix there of people being obviously quite tired, having pulled basically an all nighter to 4 00 a. M. But also some jubilation from the democrats who carried the vote. It comes hours after the senate passed something we reported on yesterday that is a big deal that would be a multiweek story by itself, something that didnt happen in the past four years, despite much talk about it. Joe biden getting an Infrastructure Bill and getting it on a bipartisan basis. Today the president saying this. In the past 24 ho
Tell me @ari melber on social media or connect with me at arimelber.com. that does it for me. the reidout with joy reid starts now. i shall put in a vote for we shall overcome which seems like a strong contender. it s not final but that s my contender. have a good day. thank you very much. have a good night. good evening, everyone. we begin the reidout with a five-alarm warning this country somehow missed. four years ago tonight we got our first on-camera glimpse of the fascism right in front of us. on the evening of august 11th, 2017, a horde of young white supremacists, including neo-nazis, right wing militias and members of the ku klux klan descended on charlottesville, virginia, for an event they called unite the right.