tonight bringing us the context are amanda renteria, hillary clinton s former national political director and tom peck, political sketch writer at the independent. exactly 20 years ago today, us forces, with the uk and other allies, invaded iraq. the stated aim to rid the country s dictator saddam hussein of his weapons of mass destruction weapons that in the end were never found. it was part of the us s war on terror , started by president george w bush after the terrorist attacks of september 11th, 2001. let s remind ourselves those first moments of the war. on this day in 2003, the first raids were on the capital baghdad it was called shock and awe . it took the us just over a month to defeat iraqi forces and saddam hussain s regime collapsed. president bush declared iraq to be free. but rather than an end to conflict, it was the beginning of many years of bloodshed for iraq and the wider region. the failure to plan for the aftermath of the invasion led, in part, t
Too lona there? you might remember it wasn t too long ago there? you might remember it wasn t too long ago that there? you might remember it wasn t too long ago that the there? you might remember it wasn t too long ago that the united - there? you might remember it wasn t too long ago that the united states i too long ago that the united states was facing the same kind of rail strike was facing the same kind of rail strike. president biden came in, you so the strike. president biden came in, you so the secretary of labour come in to try so the secretary of labour come in to try and so the secretary of labour come in to try and strike a deal to stop there to try and strike a deal to stop there is to try and strike a deal to stop there is a to try and strike a deal to stop there is a real understanding that people there is a real understanding that people, hard working unions are having people, hard working unions are having a people, hard working unions are havin
Terms with all of the damage brought by january 6 and donald trump s time in power. like boris johnson it wasn t too long ago,tr that he was a figur of i ridicule, his political aspirations a joke. and then their respective political parties fell in line behind them. today, in the u.k., the conservative party has belatedly realized the mistake they made. we re still waiting on the republicans. joining us now is the pulitzer prize winning congressional reporter for the new york times and one of reporters whoco broke the news about pat cipollone reaching a deal toe testify before the januaryon 6 investigation. thank you forre being with us tonight. we appreciate your time. thanks for having me. good evening. good evening to you.ni let s talk about pat cipollone s interview tomorrow. it is one of these characters, we saidin his name and talked s much about himer in the last we ornd so, that it may be useful remind us why he is such an important witness right in this moment. well
0 you both for coming on, appreciate it. that is all in on this thursday night msnbc prime starts now with ali veteran good evening ali. ht msnbc prime starts now with ali vetera joining us this hour. he was fired from his very first job for lying. it was his first job as a newspaperjo reporter in london, and he got caught making up quotes. but a more right wing newspaper didn t see that as disqualifying so they stacked him up and sent him to brussels to cover the headquarters of the european union. once there he spent the early 1990ars doing what he did best. he made things up. filed reports about how the autocratic foreignersad running thefi eu were making hair-brain rules about what the u.k. could and couldn t do. thingsai like the shape of britain s strawberries. and how british cheese could be made. and making good old-fashioned english fishermen wear hair nets. there was an even entire column about the eu making condoms too small.um none of this were true but he thought it was