for now, i handed over to mehdi hasan. hey, mehdi. san. >> hi, alicia, great on, i'm great watching you on the network all week. i think you should have a well deserved rest right now. >> thank you. >> history was made last night as democrats kept control of the senate. but how did they do it? by ignoring the pundits who said to play it safe and stop talking about abortion. more to discuss on that. donald trump is seething over the gop's disastrous midterm performance, and the blame he's getting. we'll dig into his state of mind with mary trump. plus, how young voters helped save american democracy this week. i'll talk to democratic congressman elect maxwell frost, the first gen z member of congress. good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. when joe biden was running -- potential fdr, with his desire to build back better and help america recover from the devastation of the pandemic through big, new federal programs. but this week, as ballots were being counted in the midterm elections, and the results pretty astonishingly good for democrats, bu

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i'm mehdi hasan. in 2020, he and his team possessions him as another potential fdr with his desire to build back better and help america recover from the devastation of the pandemic the big and do federal programs. but this week, ballots were being counted in the midterm elections. the results, pretty astonishing. better almost anyone imagined. the president that joe biden resembled the most was john f. kennedy. because not since jfk in 1962 has a first term democratic president had such a strong performance in the midterms. >> this victory belongs to joe biden. it belongs to joe biden and the democrats who got out there and fought for working people. the things we did were important and popular. >> the president's party almost always loses ground in congressional midterms. it's not just conventional wisdom. those are the facts. it has happened in every midterm election since 1946 with one big exception, the election that came one year after the september 11th attacks. before years later, george w. bu

good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. this is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. on the ballot in these critical midterm elections. of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. election day is now less than two days away. so, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. it's january the 6th, 2025. i know you know what that means. codified -- congress to be in session to count the electoral college votes to president united states. something that used to happen as a matter of course in this country, a rubberstamp, essentially. [inaudible] a layup. golfers would call a gimme and of -- at the hundred 19 congress, four years on from an insurrection, i want you to mention that republicans now control both the house and the senate. and they control and the red wave of november 2022 and kept hold of them in november 2024. difficult to ambition. in the presidential election stigma, joe biden faced off against donald trump again attract again. trump by several million. when the electric terrel

for now, i handed over to mehdi hasan. hey, mehdi.have a well deserved rest right now. >> thank you. >> history was made last night as democrats kept control of the senate. but how did they do it? by ignoring the pundits who said to play it safe

i am in for mehdi hasan, thank you again for making the time.r a in -- a, sam. >> hi there, thank you so much. good evening, i am sam stein. i am in for -- and coming up tonight on ayman. donald trump has yet to condemn the white supremacist that he dined with. most of the gop is staying silent. plus, the biden administration 's plans to combat republican congressional investigations. and the democratic parties hail mary attempt to rev

you can now find the show on the msnbc hub on peacock, a new episodes of the mehdi hasan on peacock., former president president, mike pence, is continuing at his non apology self rehabilitation media tour. >> is he fit to serve as president of the united states for another four years? >> well, i really do believe that's a decision for the american people. >> now! it's a decision for you, mike! and it's not just pence. i'm sure you saw bill barr said this week that he wouldn't rule out voting for trump again in 2024, even as he admitted that the gop has the basis for indicting his former boss. -- enabled him for years, then distance themselves from trump in order to sell a book, but still won't rule out supporting him again in two years time. i'm fed up of it. the cowardice, and the cynicism. >> look, mehdi, when asleep, it's not just people trying to rehab their image that are displaying this cowardice. look at paul ryan. take a listen to what he had to say, and he's out there trying to sell a book. listen to what he said this morning about why he will not support a third trump pres

i am mehdi hasan in tonight for stephanie ruhle. do you hear that? unmistakable sound off the brazen lies fabricated stories, and crazy conspiracies heard all weekend long about the attack on speaker nancy pelosi's husband being shattered today by the department of justice. among the stunning details revealed today, as federal criminal charges were filed, government officials said the suspect was prepared to break nancy pelosi's kneecaps. and late this afternoon, as the san francisco district attorney presented charges of her own, she said there was no doubt about the suspect's motive. >> this house and the speaker herself were specifically targets of the defendant. it appears as though this was based on his statements and comments that were made in that house during his encounter with mr. pelosi, that this was not politically motivated. >> over the past two days, people on the right have described the attack as the result of a crime wave, sweeping through san francisco, or just a product of mental illness and homelessness. and then there, was a long

tonight on the mehdi hasan show. attorney general garland appointed special counsel. well it bring donald trump nichols or to justice? plus, democrats are already looking to 2024 in the shakeup of the presidential primary calendar. i'll speak with former 2020 candidate, castro. just a few moments, a live report from colorado springs with the latest on that shocking mass shooting inside an lgbtq nightclub. on tuesday, a major and pretty shocking political moment in our nation's history occur. an event, whether we like it or, not would have reverberations for years to come. >> in order to make america great and glorious, again i had tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> the fact that donald trey trump, a disgraced twice impeached ex president can make this announcement despite everything is a massive indictment of this country's political systems. it shows how broken our media is to. to put mildly, trump's four years in office were one long car crash of scandals, controversies, corruption and chaos. and came the first president to be imp

tonight on the mehdi hasan show. attorney general garland appointed special counsel.hakeup of the presidential primary

i am in for mehdi hasan, thank you again for making the time. now i will hand it over to san stein who is in tonight for a in -- a, sam. >> hi there, thank you so much. good evening, i am sam stein. i am in for -- and coming up tonight on ayman. donald trump has yet to condemn the white supremacist that he dined with. most of the gop is staying silent. plus, the biden administration 's plans to combat republican congressional investigations. and the democratic parties hail mary attempt to revive the child tax credit. let's get started. all right, tonight we are following the file from donald trump's dinner with a man at the justice department is labeled a white supremacist. last week the ex president posted nick fuentes and kanye west at his florida home. sources told axios that trump, quote, seemed very taken with fuentes. and was impressed with his ability to rattle off statistics and recall speeches from trump's 2016 campaign. once word got out of the dinner, backlash in trump world reeled in. one longtime trump advisor called the situation a

i'm mehdi hasan. on thursday, a major era ended in american politics. after the democratic party in particular. >> and with great confidence, in our caucus i. will not seek reelection to democratic leadership in the next congress. for me, the hours come from a new generation to lead the democratic caucus. that i so deeply respect. >> after a standing ovation from the house of representatives, outgoing speaker, nancy pelosi, announced that she will step down as leader of the democrats in the house. with the new congress convening in january. pelosi represented cannon for an's 12 district and 35 years. and she plans to say on in the house as a -- . it's hard to quantify the impact that she's had in american politics. having to certify the speaker twice, in the -- the mayor of paul tomorrow, and the sister of the mayor of baltimore. pelosi's own political career. which began in 1987. has been literally, undeniably historic. she was the first woman to be beating house minority whip. the first woman to be the house minority leader. and the first woman to eve

for watching >> welcome to a special thanksgiving edition of the show, to what i'm calling the mehdi hasan book club, eat your heart out oprah! books and authors have been a mainstay of the show, given me a chance to dive deep into a subjects that both segments, book interviews help me understand the -- of the relentless news cycle. so we'll revisit our conversation with authors this year about how the media needs to cover elections, when one party is campaigning against democracy. how those like marjorie taylor greene have gone from the, fringe to the center of the republican party. and how our speaker, nancy pelosi, one of the most consequential features of our lifetimes, may have bought the chance to impeach and convict president donald trump. we start about the debate about books, particularly the endless stream of tell-all books about donald trump. what was perhaps most notable about all of them was not the white, but the when. that is. why did authors sit on so many crucial revelations and wait for a book publishing date? >> i want to show you an old news we cover from almost 40 year