i think this is an activist court. getting rid of roe v wade was an incredible thing for pro-life. simply because people disagree with an opinion is not a basis for questioning the legitimacy of the court. is the u.s. senate confirmation process to blame for polarizing the entire judicial branch? what you want to do is destroy this guy s life, hold this seat open and hope you win in 2020. donald trump, mitch mcconnell and their republican buddies are shoving aside the wishes of the american people in order to steal the supreme court seat. is the court now out of sync with the american public? a court that s already pretty illegitimate is going to be in full crisis mode. and now new questions of ethical standards. have the justices damaged the court s reputation further by failing to disclose financial relationships and gifts from wealthy donors? the perception of the american people is important to me. the highest court in the land should not have the lo
lots of questions to answer, so let s get started. breaking news, another texas tragedy. a shooter opens fire at a packed outlet mall killing eight people and wounding seven others including a fire the year old child. before the shooter is taken down by police. . what we are learning with the latest mass shooting in america, ahead on the live report plus, the trump tape. the jury and the civil rape independent defamation case gets a look at former trump s deposition. the twice impeached now index president is facing a deadline. plus, trump s defense of him that infamous hollywood comment and later. scotus scandal. collin crow picking up the tuition talk for the justices grand. new ethics concern which the court needs to address a little later. all of this and more is coming up. so, for the third time in just over one week, the country is waking up to yet another mass shooting the latest happening at a packed outlet mall in dallas yesterday afternoon we know at least nine peop
have actually had an abortion. thanks so much for coming on. thanks, chris. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight gens right now. good evening, alex. it s such an essential conversation you re having, chris. there s been a flood this evening with major developments related to the mar-a-lago classified documents investigation, and there s brand new reporting regarding financial payments made not to clarence but ginni thomas, the wife of the supreme court justice already under fire. and we re going to get to all of that today. but first there is this. do you remember during the peak of the pandemic when people would bank pots and pans from their windows and cheer for essential workers every night at 7:00 p.m.? this is kind of like that but only for maga die hard. since august almost nightly trump supporters have met outside the d.c. jail, and at 9:00 p.m. the january 6th defendants inside the jail, they flicker their lights on and off, and that s
that case in just a moment. also on capitol hill republicans and democrats are sticking to their demands on the debt ceiling despite a fast approaching deadline. we ll look at the fall back options being discussed at the white house. and the latest from donald trump s civil rape trial as jurors yesterday watched more of the former president s video deposition. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, may 5th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. we ll begin with the scramble to avoid a first ever government default. with the clock ticking both republicans and democrats are still refusing to budge when it comes to debt ceiling negotiations. according to new reporting in the wall street journal the white house is weighing potential fall back options. people familiar with the matter tell the newspaper administration officials and lawmakers are considering alternatives like a short-term increase in the borrowing limit that would buy them time to f
electors that have immunity, there is also apparently a ninth elector whose identity remains unknown that has a plea deal, or an immunity deal. and the identity of that person is going to be, i think, of great interest to all of us. there are a limited numbers of suspects, but we are going to be talking about who it could be, what the implications could be. for not just the other electors, who don t have deals. but also for people in trump s orbit including rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. a classic whodunnit, i m going to go watch. have a great weekend. thanks to you at home for joining us. earlier this year, we learned about the republican party of georgia had paid more than $200,000 in legal fees to lawyers defending the fake republican electors. the trump supporters who cause played as electoral college electors in the 2020 election. tonight, we got news that 200 grand does not seem like money well spent. tonight s news started with the washington post reporting that