he arrives in philadelphia.he is there to advocate for the french revolution objective is to try to try to convince the united states, especially their citizens, to support the french revolution. this is a time in which the french revolution itself is a great controversy. the united states is still is challenged with how to deal with the french revolution. the french are looking to the united states as their allies. they say, you know, we you during your revolution this is a sister revolution. you should be supporting us at the same the british, the spanish, european monarchies see the french revolution as this great threat to tradition and their institutions. so the french are at war with great britain and spain and in philadelphia george washington, the president of the united states is struggling with how to navigate this foreign dilemma. his heart some respects is with the french revolution. he's very concerned about the way things are unfolding in paris at this very moment. at the same time, he a he exercis

formerly i was an elected city commissioner, election commissioner of philadelphia, republican for 10 years before joining pennsylvania department of state. we put together a mercifully brief powerpoint. i hate powerpoint but like winston churchill said about democracy, it's the worst form of government except for all the alternatives. powerpoint is the worst form of visual communication --than all the alternatives. briefly, top takeaways we have from the '24 electn cycle which went smoothly in pennsylvania despite the attention from left and right and r position as a swing state, for presidential elections, wera few things. i visited 67 counties to sit down with election directors, county commissioners, those responsible for running elections at county level which is where the action happens, to hear from them and learn how pennsylvania department of state can be supportive of their efforts in the event challenges occur and sat down with their local newspaper or tv station -- for me this cycle largely informed by my experience in 2020 running elections in philadelphia was local media

all these really military, from across the gaza strip, particularly from philadelphia per door. and allow for more, it's free flow of movement between out of the gas turban in, inside the got the 3 until that happens. the, the sense of uncertainty is going to continue to grow larger. and this sense of uncertainty is unfortunately clouded with, with fear and concern over the fact that war that the palestinians are still living a states of war. they are living. it's a true that the, the killing has as a stop. the bombings is stop falling, but people have been struggling and battling many of the by products of, of the war including the a close to 2 hundreds violation in the past at 42 days and the ongoing shooting and killing people to returning to their homes in the area that has turned into a buffer zone by these really monetary also the fact that people haven't started to rebuild their shot or lives. and the last thing you want now is ongoing. our continuous acts of the june, inside those elements on the ground. how do you think so that's a 100 maybe in the, in the cause, the ci

so there was segregation, but you could still live your life in philadelphia, new york. you couldn't do that in the south. now, why is that important? because who joins black panther party are people who are living in the north because they're already disconnected from the clan. so they don't have fear. they don't have that fear of the klan. but now they have a consciousness who's going to let somebody you know, somebody from the north who's going to let somebody beat them up and you just sit down and you take it. so you had the urban generation of northern and you had some philadelphia and so forth and so on, but on the other end here, this was huey newton and bobby seale's first generation that grew up in the north their parents still southern attitudes and ideas, understanding the murders by the klan and all that, but generally the majority of blacks had lived in the south and the great migrations came about because what we were looking for work and, we couldn't find it in the south. so walked in some cases we to detroit, we walk to chicago so forth and so on. and tho

[ laughter ] yep, the super bowl is set between the kansas city chiefs and philadelphia eagles, but -rs and applause ] fans are still upset over what they felt was biased refereeing in favor of the chiefs. and the refs were already accused of favoring the chiefs when they played the texans. well, for now, more on this, we're joined by one of those refs, steve chambers. steve, welcome to the show. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's great to be here. >> jimmy: so, what is your take on people saying that you're partial to the chiefs? >> it's ridiculous, jimmy. i call it like i see it. we're doing the best job we can. >> jimmy: yeah, but people are saying this is the second game in a row where you were biased. >> look, if the chiefs are offsides, i call it. if the eagles have a false start, i call it. if patrick mahomes smiles at me, gives me finger guns, i melt into a little puddle. [ laughter ] it's all by-the-book stuff. >> jimmy: i'm sorry. what did you -- what did you just say there? >> uh, did you see how cute he looked on sunday? [ laughter ] >> jimmy: wait, are you still talking abou

. >>> nba news and notes, jimmy butler's questionable for tomorrow night in philadelphia with back spasmss 7-1 since jimmy buckets arrived from miami. >>> speaking of miami, lebron james, former heat star, continues to ball at a high level at age 40. in the last ten games he's played, the lakers are 9-1 and james is averaging 31.8 points per game. it's been almost 11 years since james left miami. in a recent podcast former teammate dwyane wade explains why things may have soured with team president pat riley. >> one thing you don't do is [ bleep ] lebron cookies, no, no, no. this is serious. he loves chocolate chip cookies. we get on the plane and we play cards at the front of the plane. then at some point lebron will be like hey, bring me those cookies and this one day he was like hey, where my cookies at? they had to whisper in his ear and tell them there were no more cookies on the plane. that was a [ bleep ] setback away from the game. he pushed the cards back. he set there quiet, doing his head like this. i was looking at him like -- he ain't played cards no more. >> according to wad

the team is going for their sixth straight win tomorrow in philadelphia. you can watch them take on the 76 ers right here on abc seven. coverage begins at five. then keep it here for after the game with larry and the guys. a magical moment on the peninsula. a few marvel, dc and disney superheroes took a day off from saving the world to brighten the faces of kids at lucile packard children's hospital at stanford. window washers transformed into deadpool, spider-man, frozone and robin. the masked superheroes stood on scaffolding instead of scaling the walls to stay in compliance with state laws. but they made the windows sparkle, as well as the faces of the young heroes inside. the superheroes have been visiting patients at lucile packard for more than ten years, and it's just a bright spotn their day. >> it sure is. we love covering that every year because it's so special. all right, well, still ahead at 530. one woman i sharg the very expensive lesson she learned in hopes of protecting others. experts say it's an example of professionals targeting vulnerab

that will be tomorrow in philadelphia, on saturday. golden state will be coming off steph curry's 56-point performance thursday in orlando, but rookie quinten post, impressed? >> how many points did he have? 56. is that his career high or -- then i guess he could have been better, but okay. >> hey, 62 against the magic. steph dropped 56 on 12 three's, second career 50-point game in orlando, one of his favorite arenas. probably because curry made the crowd sound like a dubs home game. >> i know the home team never likes that, but it's just good energy in here and the fans seem to be into it and they love when a show starts to happen. >> if a crowd is against us, all of a sudden, though, those boos are going oh, ah. they're mesmerized by it. we don't have a ton of road games, steph curry effect. we don't have a bunch of road games. we have a lot of home games. >>> nfl, he's staying in l.a., quarterback matthew stafford agreeing to a restructured deal after the team gave him permission to speak to other teams. the giants and raiders start

that will be tomorrow in philadelphia, on saturday.ill be coming off steph curry's 56-point performance thursday in orlando, but rookie quinten post, impressed? >> how many points did he have? 56. is that his career high or -- then i guess he could have been better, but okay. >> hey, 62 against the magic. steph dropped 56 on 12 three's, second career 50-point game in orlando, one of his favorite arenas. probably because curry made the crowd sound like a dubs home game. >> i know the home team never likes that, but it's just good energy in here and the fans seem to be into it and they love when a show starts to happen. >> if a crowd is against us, all of a sudden, though, those boos are going oh, ah. they're mesmerized by it. we don't have a ton of road games, steph curry effect. we don't have a bunch of road games. we have a lot of home games. >>> nfl, he's staying in l.a., quarterback matthew stafford agreeing to a restructured deal after the team gave him permission to speak to other teams. the giants and raiders started to get real

into buffer zone across the gases for there's also these really refusal to withdrawal from the philadelphia occurred or this is a major elements of the ceasefire and it's, uh it's, it's that the, the, the indication that the phase 2 is going to start on and it's going to be more solid to continue that green. but until now, we're not seeing any signs of there's no positive gesture that this is going to happen. and that's why i'm throwing a lot of people here and too much of the uncertainty, people are still haunted by the scenes of devastation and destruction and the bloodshed that went on for 15 months. they had been working out properly from it. yes. all right, that's a picture on the ground. how the mood. thank you to it. so now for a man and that's in who is a form is rarely diplomats and full my deputy head of the national security council . and he says it is really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is breaching the terms of the cx, 5 deal to further his own political interests. so there's definitely no good face and certainly not on the as really side. and these really prime minister i

the need to see what was stipulated in the agreement that it has to start withdrawing from the philadelphia, colorado. and this is very important mark, because by next sunday, a days from now, meaning one day 50 is to completely withdraw from griffin for the deputy quarter door. that's and indicates that whether or not it is willing to carry out its obligations under the agreement. but right now it doesn't seem so in the meantime, there would be another summit next week. uh huh. what would it take for israel to fulfill its obligations and continue with the si, fi given that is always maintained that it can pull out at any time. and has said, especially the fall, right? and that is where any government that be is ready, military withdrawal from gaza is not acceptable to them as long as him oss remains and gaza. but i don't know what there is when is, why is this something that means that it has to be vague? is it has really signed disagreement. the agreement says that and by the end of this process, certain things have to take place. one, it has to, with the complete go from because to it ha

it's a stipulated that these very ground forces must withdraw from philadelphia career to, but this is step, has not been practically seen. apply been carried out on the ground, which could be a sign of the serious political tension. that is a bad thing, but we use real and how most but to now we are expecting that there might be some sort of short term extension for the 1st phase. but that has been widely rejected by how much movement, which is the spokes person has some custom, has stated that there are no lo, the sorts of negotiations took place. but with the movements regarding the 2nd phase, as he accused israel of deliberately obstructing the onset of these talks in order to reach a comprehensive agreement on the 2nd phase. and to absolutely refusing any sort of extension for the 1st phase based on the east barely recall. you missed that has been like a acceptable from the movements perspective. so apparently the entire entire situation right now is absolutely below top india without reaching a concrete ground in which we can absolutely do it. evaluate the mix that you spot. we a

that we should have been by now in the early stages of the withdrawal of israeli forces from the philadelphia, colorado, or anything else and then bye bye. another take days from now. next sunday, if i'm not mistaken, the forces should be i just want to touch on this for a 2nd is to what degree g 's have him? benjamin netanyahu cannot move on to face your feels he cannot move on to face too well a massive so demonstrably didn't present. we saw that with a big change of the captive on a regular basis. what kind of impact has that had only administration's thinking on the ministrations yanking it's, it's certainly, you know, you have a differential yates between the real calculations and, and the real show we say strategic goals that any prime minister and any is relative ministration would have been concerned about and that's certainly one of them and the political side in the very particular circumstances under which it's an helper some of the operates which are, which are very particular. but in terms of the so good day offering goes around the governing 40 and guys have to replace, come us.

the warriors visit the philadelphia 76 ers tomorrow night here on abc seven.s will be without their big man joel embiid for the rest of the season. and they're shutting him down because of chronic knee pain. hindsight being 2020. and he should have never played in the olympics because he just didn't have enough time to recover before the nba season started. hey, we got the warriors and sixers for you tomorrow night as the dubs look to extend their winning streak to six in a row. coverage starts at five. tip off at 530. all of the highlights and post-game interviews on after the game. well, despite their 23 and seven record, the usf men's basketball team is kind of on the outside looking in at the ncaa tournament. certainly a bubble team, but a big finish to the season could secure a spot for them starting tomorrow night at chase center against perennial power gonzaga. the winner of that game will secure the two seed in the west coast conference. also guarantees a spot in the wcc semifinals next weekend. >> we've been doing a great job of everybody having their

so they're playing the philadelphia 76 ers tomorrow night right here on abc seven. our coverage pregame at 5:00. tip off at 530. and then all the highlights and post game interviews on after the game. >> all right coming up next window washers to the rescue. how they help clean up and cheer up some sick kids. >> and later a big problem in san francisco. it may not be the worst. well, it's marvel, dc and disney superheroes took a day off from saving the world to brighten the faces of kids at lucile packard children's hospital, stanford. window washers transformed into deadpool, spider-man, frozone, and robin, and they made the windows sparkle, of course, as well as the faces of the young heroes inside. >> you know, a lot of these kids are going through some tough times, so we want to make sure that we can bring uh- pretty much a bright and sunny day to them. >> we're just so thankful for them. we love this place. everybody here is just so everything here the facilities, the doctors, the nurses, everybody here is just so. there's just so much care and like, warmth. an

the warriors play the second leg of their five game road trip tonight in philadelphia. steph curry's 56 point performance thursday at orlando. rookie quinnton post was he impressed? >> how many points have you had? 56. is that -- a career-high or -- then i guess he could have been better. but okay. [ laughter ] >> curry's career-high is 62. against the magic, steph dropped 56 with 12 threes his second career 50 point game in orlando. probably because he made the crowd sound like a dubs' home game. >> home team never likes that, but it's just -- good energy in here. and the fans seem to be into it. and they -- they love, you know, when the show starts to happen. >> if crowd is against us, all of a sudden, those boos going oh, ooh. ahh. you know, they're mesmerized by it. we don't have a ton of road games. steph curry will have a bunch of road games. >>> nfl, he's staying in l. a.. quarterback matthew stafford agreed to a restructured deal after the team gave him permission to speak to other teams. the giants and raiders started to get real before l. a. brought stafford b

monday night i'm going to be in philadelphia, where i will be interviewed by my favorite interviewer and interviewee, my brilliant constitutional law scholar wife, kate shaw. she's awesome. we're going to talk. i hope to see you there. you can get the book wherever books are sold or and this is important at your local library. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> is that fair to do the interview with the spouse? is that yes. is that a conflict? >> we ran it by standards and they said, two thumbs up. no conflict here. >> no. >> i mean, is it fair to your marriage? like, what if she's like, yeah, chapter three is a little weak. >> oh no, no, no, that's fair point. no. mostly i'm like because we're basically kind of getting a date night out of it. so it's like, if that's what it takes, like we're going to go to dinner afterwards, like just you and me. it'd be great. >> this is the this is the public intellectual version of billable hours on the merits. exactly. >> that's exactly. >> right, i got it. well done. chris. smooth. very smooth. thank you, my friend,

. >> in philadelphia. >> you've seen the highlights. i recommend you watch it all.

. >> reporting from philadelphia. >> el paso. >> and the palisades, virginia. >> from msnbc world headquarters do is try to cut right to the bone of what we're seeing in washington that day. >> deadline white house, weekdays from 4 to 6 on msnbc. >> wondered what your taxpayer. >> dollars are going to there? >> going to. >> pam bondi prioritizing the release of the epstein files, which didn't. there was actually not anything in there that we already didn't have access to. i was trying to figure out why this bothered me so much. the times summed it up this way. the document, released on thursday, was a moment that said much about the trump administration, the two most powerful law enforcement officials in the country, miss bondi and mr. patel, were responsible for overseeing vital national security and criminal investigations, chose to prioritize a long concluded case to conservative media and the obsessive core of trump's supporters, who see the case as nefarious, unfinished business. >> yeah. >> this is what. >> trump had nothing to do with any of it. that's basically what that i mean, that's

. >> philadelphia. >> el paso. >> in the palisades, virginia. >> in the palisades, virginia.igators first looked into robin's murder, the case seemed open and shut. it took just four days to arrest katie. they quickly tied her to the murder weapon. her weapon, that pink gun. according to jd and the timeline, she had the opportunity. she certainly had the means. and she certainly had the motive. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): the witnesses placed katie and her son at her best friend's house that night. the friend said katie left at 9:50 pm. jd's uncle said she didn't get home until around 10:20. that's 30 minutes katie could not account for. and jd had filled in the blank when he told investigators he was on helium road with robin when katie suddenly showed up, spoiling for a fight. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): district attorney james farren took jd's statement to use as a lever to move katie off her story. we believed that if we explained that to katie, hey, he's throwing you under the bus. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): but she didn't change her story, and she certainly didn't c

monday night i'm going to be in philadelphia, where i will be interviewed by my favorite interviewer. she's awesome. we're going to talk. i hope to see you there. you can get the book wherever books are sold or and this is important at your local library. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> is that fair to do the interview with the spouse? is that yes. is that a conflict? >> we ran it by standards and they said, two thumbs up. no conflict here. >> no. >> i mean, is it fair to your marriage? like, what if she's like, yeah, chapter three is a little weak. >> oh no, no, no, that's fair point. no. mostly i'm like because we're basically

. >> in philadelphia. >> you've seen the highlights. i recommend you watch it all. >> for 40 minutes. >> yesterday in the. >> oval office. >> there was a frank. >> and civil exchange. >> and then. >> it. >> all hit the fan. it began. >> when. >> a polish journalist asked president. >> trump, what's your. >> message. >> for those who think you're too. close to. >> putin? and president trump's. >> response, in my opinion, totally appropriate. the former new york city real estate developer said he wasn't aligned with putin, that he's. >> aligned with america. >> that he's aligned with the world, that he's aligned with europe, and that if he belittles putin, he'll. never be. able to negotiate a deal, especially when president zelenskyy's hatred for putin is so evident. and then trump called for one more question. but before the media could respond, vice president jd vance asked to be heard. or, as the wall street journal lead editorial today notes, he offered a quote odd interjection. he blasted former president biden. he said the path to p

coming in at number one, the menu screen. [ laughter ] and finally, a philadelphia man over the weekendlimbed to the top of a traffic light pole to celebrate the eagles advancing to the super bowl despite city officials greasing poles to deter climbing. [ light laughter ] they didn't take into account that philly residents have spent years building up an immunity to grease. [ laughter ] and that was the monologue, everybody. congrats to -- [ cheers and applause ] we got a great show for you tonight. he is an emmy and tony winning actor you know from "cabaret" and "the good wife." currently, he's hosting "the traitors" on peacock now in season three. our friend alan cumming is on the show, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] and he is the nationally league rookie of the year and starting pitcher for the pittsburgh pirates. i'm incredibly excited to say that paul skenes will also be joining us. [ cheers and applause ] now this is a true fact. the last time we had emilio vitolo of the wonderful new york restaurant emilio's ballato here, he set the record for most bleeped curses on this show

um, according to the philadelphia inquirer, he goes to the faa. uh, in egg harbor township, fires a bunch of people, recommends their firing, then gets two starlink antennas put on that very same facility where he fired these people, all while he's trying to get a $2.4 billion faa contract. all this talk about federal workers, in my view, is about elon musk and others getting in there and getting that money, privatizing some of those jobs and being able to benefit from it themselves. it's wrong. >> i think it's really interesting that now you're seeing these town halls across the country where republicans are really starting to yell and scream to their members that they elected, who are republicans, that they're not happy with what's going on. but i think the biggest thing that that really caught my attention was now you have speaker johnson saying that these people who are complaining are being paid by the democrats, that they're actually not true complainers and that republicans just shouldn't have town halls anymore. i mean, so what happened. >

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i'm driving to philadelphia at this moment.year-old granddaughter, she has endured surgery, 13 hours of surgery for chemo in her brain, that has been removed, fortunately it is benign, but it had to be removed. she's been in hospital for a total of 11 days. these bills are certainly going to be in the hundreds of thousands for this surgery, and i just want to say, we have been told that medicare will cover -- i mean, medicaid will cover this surgery, as she is a child. and if it does not, somehow, it would be devastating for her health and for the financial well-being of her family. so this issue is very dear to my heart. . thank you guest: guest: for sharing, and i hope your granddaughter is ok. and, again, your experience is very similar to many on the program, particularly for children. medicare provides a lot of the coverage for children, many children with health care needs and very complex medical conditions, and the program does provide that coverage, which does provide financial protection for families, that they are ge