they all knew alex and sydney had a pretend bake session.imal crackers he was putting in the toy oven and playing with his kids. how many fathers do that? >> everyone thought stephen was such a great guy, such a great dad. who would kill him? ultimately mike vujovich, then with the state attorney's appellate prosecutors office and sergeant kelly walter, now a colonel with the illinois state police took over the investigation. they focused on a key question, who pulled the trigger. the forensic evidence was no help. >> was the weapon tested for dna? >> it was. >> was anything found? >> nothing. >> no fingerprints on it at all? >> no fingerprints on it. >> were gun residue tests performed on the people inside that house at the time of the shooting? >> they were not. >> no blood spatter was found on any of the family's clothing. investigators had no physical evidence proving any one person had murdered stephen watkins, even though he was clearly shot to death inside the skinner home. all they had was statements from first responders claiming sh

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so we're going keep trying, alex.ng try to do what the american people want us to do, and look at what happened on january 6, why it happened, and let's prevent it from ever happening again. >> here's something that's rather disheartening. when you look at adding up the numbers, the 54-35, that's only 89. 11 people didn't even bother to vote. >> i was in the house of representatives, and voting is one of the most important and vital things you do to represent your constituents. that's why they send you, alex, to washington, d.c., to be their voice and their action and their army. and yeah, i don't quite understand why some of these folks didn't vote. let's give them another chance. let's do this again. let's see if we can't get to 60. you know, i read your bio, alex, that you are a distant relation to george washington. you know the history here. we have freedom on top of the capitol. a statue that overlooks this, you know, this beautiful city, most powerful city in the world, and guards our capitol complex. she is sh

but take a look at these tweets, alex. look, in crises, we see people take to social media to ask for help. i've never seen anything like this. take a look at these tweets. people are writing, the age, the clinic condition, the exact location, a 58-year-old needs remdesivir. a 33-year-old needs an icu bed. a 36-year-old needs oxygen, and alex, take a look at this fourth tweet. a direct response, oxygen was delivered at 1:00 a.m. so, what's happening, alex, hundreds of thousands of these tweets are going out, listing all of this personal data. people are responding. so, ngos, small organizations, religious groups, the youth arms of other political parties are actually responding and you saw in one of those tweets, they said, please amplify. they're talking to celebrities, so tv hosts, to bollywood actors and if you look at some of these twitter timelines, it's just a sea of retweets of people desperately seeking basic medical supplies for their loved ones, alex. the healthcare system is collapsing and people are dying becau

alex?y that someone with the last name cheney is not considered a real republican. just remarkable. everyone think about that for a moment. leann caldwell, thank you for that. we'll think about that more as joining me now is zerlina maxwell from sirius xm and host of the show zerlina on peacock and kurt bardella former supposeman for the house oversight committee. always great to have you. let's get into this. when you see the split screen that we'll show you here. you have marjorie taylor-greene who was kicked off her committees including education for which i had a sigh of relief for her controversial statements, matt gaetz who is facing allegations of sexual misconduct which he denies, both remaining defiant and liz cheney is being ousted for essentially telling the truth. zerlina, what goes through your mind what you think about this? >> the republican party is in complete and total disarray. they don't have any core principles. they do not have a platform of policies that they are prom

>> reporter: good to be with you, alex.s comes at a time where there is an era of mistrust in the country against institutions, questions about journalism and government, and this plays into a lot of those concerns. now, at the base, of course, people in official positions in government swear an oath not to reveal classified secrets, and we know that at the time when he was here in office, president trump had a frequent battle over leakers and mistrust of those around him who might tell things about what was happening inside the administration or about investigations relating to him. journalists are protected by the first amendment, doing their jobs, and in this case, under the direction of the then attorney general, william barr, it was approved that records related to them, phone calls of their business and personal phones, for three journalists at the "washington post," those records were obtained. that shows who they called and for the duration of the call, not the content of the call. but to give you a sense of how thi

alex? >> so raf, help me to understand this, you said that these media outlets that they got a call. how does that work? they get a call and hey, there's a rocket coming your way in three minutes? how does that work? >> reporter: this is one of the very, very strange things about these wars in gaza. the israeli military seems to know almost every building, every street in that area and often when it is striking a building, one of these high-rises like this, they will call the owner of that building on the cell phone and say, listen, get everybody out. you have 45 minutes, we're going to hit that building and they sometimes will fire a smaller missile at the roof of the building and they call it a door knocker or a roof knocker, rather, and the idea is to give people a warning to get out. there is a strong debate about whether that is within the realms of international law, but the israeli military says they do it to minimize civilian casualties, and it does appear so far that nobody was hur

alex? >> monica at the white house, thank you for that. from there to the other end of pennsylvania avenue, let's go to on the hill, how optimistic are both sides on passing a strong jobs plan? >> reporter: alex, republicans who are deeply enmeshed in these infrastructure negotiations, people like shelly moore capito. republicans have offered under $600 billion in their opening offer. capito says just because those numbers are far apart doesn't mean there's not room for bipartisan action here. i can do basic math. those numbers have a pretty big differential in between them but that's not the only thing both sides are hammering out here either. there's also a conversation about what actually qualifies as infrastructure. democrats would argue that infrastructure includes the usual, roads, tunnels, bridges, but also things that fall under the care economy, things like paid family and medical leave, child care block grants, things like that that will lift up social structures as well as more t

they're frustrated, alex. these are a lot of people who had a lot of hope when president biden was elected and so far they haven't seen a lot of action. we have dreamers here who want to see a permanent fix on daca. we have undocumented immigrants and overall, what we're seeing is a lot of essential workers. people who say that their jobs were essential to getting america through the pandemic and they want protection to be able to stay in the united states. i spoke to one dreamer earlier, fatima, and she had a lot to tell me about her feelings today. >> i am a daca recipient and i came to this country when i was 13. so anything that they decide regarding daca and essential workers will definitely affect me and my family. every day, not knowing what's going to happen if they decide not to act on this big issue it affects me. i don't want to live anywhere else. i've lived here for more than 15 years, so i don't -- i don't see myself anywhere else but here. >> reporter: so, as you can hear from people like fatima

>> alex, absolutely.aditionally the kickoff to the summer movie season, and the fact that this is -- the first time since before the pandemic that we have two major movies opening against each other shows real consumer confidence but when you see $57 million opening, that is just a big number. they were only projecting $30 million to $40 million, and look, overseas, where we have already had theaters and this theater experience return to normal in like japan and china and australia, they have had record numbers and bigger numbers than before the pandemic and they were predicting that would happen here, but this is a great indication that is, in fact, true, and we're going to have a renaissance of going back to the movies. >> that's exciting. this fandango survey found movie goers feel that blockbusters have to be seen on the big screen and that experience cannot be duplicated at home. over the last year, we've become pretty comfortable screening movies from our own home. what kind of efforts are under way

welcome, everyone, to "alex witt reports."g for you this hour issue the senate is expected to voes on a house passed to crow eight a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the capitol help the prospects of getting ten republican senators to vote in favor is looking pretty slim this weekend. democratic congressman jonah boost told msnbc what could happen if the filibuster is used to block it. >> i can think of no better signal that the united states senate is fundamentally broken as an institution, if it is bipartisan commission that would investigate the events of january 6th and if that is the case the caucus will have to step forward and eliminate the filibuster once and for all so that we can finally deliver for the american people. >>> new reporting in politico reveals some democrats are raising concerns for safety as a bill to bolster capital security faces an unnamed fate in the senate. opposition could mean months of delays for help that the democrats say it's sorely needed. new fallout related to the death

thank you, alex. you look gorgeous as always. >> okay, thanks. >>> it's high noon in the east and -- rather, noon in the east and 9:00 amp m. in the west. i was supposed to say that, welcome to "alex witt reports." the release of body cam video related to the death of a black man by troopers in louisiana. these images in the video are graphic and disturbing. ronald green, a 49-year-old unarmed driver was taken into custody by louisiana state police in may 2019. troopers initially told green's family he died after crashing his suv into a tree after a high-speed chase. they acknowledge that green struggled with troopers and say actually, he died on the way to the hospital. yesterday's release of body cam video related to the incident indicates there was a violent detention. >> i beat the ever living [ bleep ] out of him and choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the [ bleep ] was still fighting and we were trying

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. >>> all that, plus, honoring alex >> we really loved each other. you know, we really loved being in life together. >> our exclusive conversation with alex trebek's beloved wife, jean, on the joy he found in his final days >> he wanted to finish strong, and he did and he lived life on his own terms. >> and how love was his final answer2021. >> announcer: from nbc news, >> a today, monday, may 3rd, 2021 >> announcer: from nbc news, this is "today" with savannah guthrie and hoda kotb, from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza >>> hi, everybody. good morning welcome to "today. it's monday morning. starting to feel like spring, isn't it >> oh, my god, the coats are gone now. >> yeah. the sun is shining, and hope is in the air we begin this morning with two different pictures of the pandemic here in the u.s., more signs of recovery over the weekend with the packed crowds at the famed kentucky derby in new york city, we're preparing for an influx of city workers today coming back to the office thousands of government employees headed back to town. >> but in ind

welcome to "alex witt reports." we kick off memorial day weekend and with a growing number of americans fully vaccinated, millions are expected to hit the road for the first time after a long, long year of lockdown. >> in norfolk, and fredericksburg, fans are leaded to the minor league ballparks and pools and parks are opening up across the state, families are headed down for memorial day weekend to virginia beach and all over the country, we've gone from pain and stagnation of a long, dark winter to an economy on the move growing faster than it has in nearly 40 years. >> and coming up, we'll have live reports from some of the country's busiest airports and those vacation hot spots, but first on capitol hill, tensions between republicans and democrats are at a boiling point after gop senators blocked the cree asian of an independent commission to investigate the january 6th attack on the capitol. only six republicans broke ranks in support of advancing that measure, but not enough to prevent a filibuster. the move p

alex? >> i am glad we're hearing beto o'rourke and i'm glad you got him one-on-one so we heard him more quietly. thank you very much. >>> let's turn to developing stories as the rallies take place in texas. a bill just signed into law by governor ron desantis. charlie crist, a former republican governor of florida, think about that, slamming the move on msnbc earlier. >> i think governor desantis is trying to suppress the vote for the 2020 reelection that he seeks and i don't think it will work. i think people understand when you're trying to put your finger on the scale and make it unfair. i don't get angry very often and a couple of things do frustrate me a lot and one of them is unfairness and this is clearly unfair. >>> battle lines are being drawn with the gop and two controversial republicans, marjorie taylor-greene kicking off their speaking tour and the pair bashing members of their own party including liz cheney who is expected to face a vote next week to be ousted from her leaders

alex, tell us about this mine and where were at in terms of development. alex: good morning.de a discovery just outside of perth as you mentioned about 15 months ago now and it's shaping up to be what we consider australia's first major palladium discovery and host a number of green meadows, critical metals that everyone is talking about right now including copper, cobalt as well as some platinum and gold. it's in the early stages of expiration and we still have a number of years of work ahead of us, but certainly it's an exciting niscovery in western australia. haidi: how many years before that comes online? alex: typically it can be anywhere from four-seven years from discovery through to production. at the moment we haven't yet completed our feasibility studies are any of the studies you need to do. the regulatory processes you need for commencing production. so there is a decent journey ahead for us to get this asset into production, but as you mentioned, the commodity prices berman is very strong and we are moving it forward as rapidly as possible. sophie: the demand for

the whole the who's the me alex book is one of the oldest cities in germany with a favorable location on rivers lace and beth, ah, there is plenty of water in the city centre to the maxine millions, both several monumental fountains ah, water and wealth and what the people of oak spoke made of it. that's going to be the common theme for my tour of the city today. and it's always have a lot on my list. a palace for art, industrial monuments, a boat trip. and i really would like to see the birthplace of beth. blessed. so let's go. i will also look behind the scenes of the oak spoke up in case that one of germany's most famous puppet theater . a georgian woman will show us her hometown, but to me who this is the center of ox book. the town hall is located on the square at the end of maximilian strauser. this renaissance building is magnificent, although it was almost completely destroyed by bombing in the 2nd world war. it was rebuilt in the original style. for many centuries ow spoke with an important political centre as the priest bishopric, and a free imperious city. the golden halts

alex? >> yeah. okay, thanks so much. >>> joining me now, ben rhodes, former national deputy security adviser to president obama. good to see you. as we look at this conflict, it's been going on for decades but right now it feels different. tensions have reached a new threshold. is that how you're seeing it? do you have a sense of what's prompted this level of attacks and why now? >> yeah, alex, i think there are a couple things different from past gaza wars. first, the asimilar trihas grown. even hamas, a terrorist organization that threatens israeli people is dealing with rockets and the people bearing the brunt of these strikes appear to be civilians. i think the second thing that's really important, there's no hope for a two-state solution. even during past gaza wars, past conflicts, there was a peace process ongoing, a prospect of a palestinian state. it is the policy of prime minister netanyahu to never allow a palestinian state on his watch. he has said that. the settle manies have expanded, i

>> reporter: absolutely, alex.sturbing trend we're seeing, since january 1, in fact according to the faa, we've now seen more than 2,500 incidents of passengers behaving badly while in flight or on board. more than 75% of the incidents have to do with people who just don't want to abide by mask requirements. the latest of course is what we saw on southwest airlines, a flight attendant had two of her teeth knocked out. one of those passengers is now facing charges for that incident. we saw this during the pandemic, the airlines essentially said they were going to limit the service or limit sales of alcohol because they wanted to limit interactions between passengers and flight attendants. but now southwest and american airlines have decided to extend that ban because of this unruly behavior. here is some new reaction from the head of the flight attendants union who says this is ridiculous and needs to stop. >> what we are saying is that the federal government should really step in here and pause alcohol sales in the

alex? making you feel safe. they were limiting people and we were standing in line just to get if the door and you can't even bag your own groceries. you're stepping into the area and you have to stand within that area while the check-out person bags your groceries for you. it's been great. so you have to wonder the see we've not heard of anyone that is going to require any proof of vaccination at least for customers. some are requiring proof for their employees. but again, this is all still rapidly evolving. for now i guess if you're in doubt wear your mask. if you are fully vaccinated you may be able to ease up a bit. >> thank you so much. >>> a big picture look at the congresswoman who is now the third highest ranking republican the woman explains how she has changed and how she stayed the same. changed and how she stayed the same okay, imagine this... your mover, rob, he's on the scene and needs a plan with a mobile hotspot. we cut to downtown, your sales rep lisa has to send some files

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welcome to alex witt reports.licly at large over whether one is necessary, but today a small sign of bipartisan agreement. >> we should be coming together in a bipartisan way to do a thorough investigation to make sure the second time in american history that our capitol was taken is the last time. >> the two issues are resolvable. one has to do with staffing. and i think that both sides should either jointly appoint the staff or there should be equal numbers of staff appointed by the chairman and vice chairman. second issue,

alex, please. alexandra: thank you so much, and welcome everybody to this very strange way of doing a conference. i miss seeing you all in person. thank goodness we have the tools to be able to at least do this. i am concentrating today on the holocaust, on history, preservation, education, and i am going to focus primarily on east central europe. however, i would just touch on some of the subjects beforehand from the rest of the world. and of course, this is such a vast topic that i hope there will be a lot of questions in our roundtable discussion as well. there have been so many amazing, incredible changes in holocaust research since the war and it is hard to believe that immediately after the war, there was very little interest in the subject. of course, the cold war very quickly kicked in. the soviets were now seem to be this great threat to the world peace, focused on the reconstruction of germany, the german economy, german war criminals by the late 1940's and early 1950's who had been invol

alex? >> okay, priscilla thompson, thank you so much for that update from monroe. joining me right now, california congressman ro khanna. congressman, i'm glad to see you. on the heels of priscilla's report there and your familiarity with this story about mr. greene, the tragedy that happened two years ago this month, where does police reform stand in congress? any kind of legislation being passed or agreed upon to get to the president's desk? >> well, alex, first of all, it is just heartbreaking to see a man literally pleading for his life, asking for grace, asking for mercy, and then just being killed, and killed in a way with just contempt and no regard for life. i think this is just, again, shocking the nation. the house, as you know, has passed the police injustice act that karen bass led. she has worked with senators on it. she worked with republicans on it. all it says is that force should be an absolute last resort, that officers shouldn't be allowed to take action like this. there'

>> reporter: hey, alex, good to see you.we are hearing that giuliani might be making some big announcement later today in weehawken, new jersey. we are trying to nail that down, and our crew was the only one out here when he announced that. we got a taste of what he might say with the interviews that he's been doing with newsmax and he's been defending himself with his own podcast and let's tell you what exactly this is all about. cnbc confirmed that fbi showed up and the doorman showed them, and they took away an ipad. this is in part to find potential evidence of the 2019 firing of the marie yovanovitch. giuliani's attorney is saying this whole raid is legal thuggery and he's never been a lobbyist for any agent or government and he's only spoken out publicly against marie yovanovitch because he believed she was undermining president trump. let's talk about his client and former president trump. >> the documents they seized, easily half of them involved my representation of the president of the united states as a lawyer and

as — course resulted in alex salmond stood as a — course resulted in alex salmond stood as a separatetook a number of snp activists with him. took a number of snp activists with him that _ took a number of snp activists with him. that project has failed but the question— him. that project has failed but the question now is, will she try to hold _ question now is, will she try to hold out— question now is, will she try to hold out the olive branch and reunite — hold out the olive branch and reunite her party? and how will she persuade _ reunite her party? and how will she persuade the potential critics within— persuade the potential critics within her party that actually they should _ within her party that actually they should not necessarily push for a referendum sooner rather than later? there _ referendum sooner rather than later? there is— referendum sooner rather than later? there is a _ referendum sooner rather than later? there is a job to do for her as first — there is a job to do for her as first minister of scotland and also there _ first minister of scotland and also there i

welcome to "alex witt report."ns of air strikes ki8d those in gaza and rescuers are working to help those survivors in the rubble. let's go to msnbc's roth sanchez standing by. >> reporter: alex, as you said, this is the single deadliest air strike we have seen in gaza. the death toll right now, 42 people killed, 16 women, 10 children. and t

alex: yes.o we set a goal to achieve net zero, as you said, but net zero across not just our operations and our supply chain but our financing activity before 2050. so what that essentially means is the whole of our value chain has to be decarbonized. that's an ambitious goal. it's not going to be easy, but we do have a number of tailwinds. first of all, 77 countries have set net zero commitments. that means 65% of global emissions are covered under a net zero commitment today. we're seeing our largest clients and largest shareholders setting their own net zero commitments and this is really important because in order for us to be carbonized, our clients have to decarbonized. so that is actually our biggest priority is that last piece of the net zero commitment. decarbonizing our financing. and deploying capital to really help our clients in this incredibly important transition to reach net zero themselves by 2050. fabricio: across the financial sector, we've seen growth of e.s.g. seeing investm

imagine alex salmond — scottish parliament.dent lover nicola sturgeon. imagine those two together in an administration, ayesha. as si in an administration, ayesha. spicy as that in an administration, ayesha. is spicy as that might be, i don't think that's going to happen. i think that's going to happen. i think the really interesting thing is how unpopular alex hammond is in scotland. in fact this is how bad things are, chris. borisjohnson is more popular than alex salmond in scotland right now! so i don't think his party would do the damage that people thought. as i said before, i think the green party is really interesting to look at, the other thing that is going to be interesting is that rates for second place because scotland has a new leader of the labour party anas sarwar who has had a very good campaign and made a good personal impression so there is quite a race on now to see who is going to be the opposition party. that is interesting to watch. i opposition party. that is interesting to watch. opposition party. that i

>> alex, there's probable cause and then there's probable cause.ed, but i can tell you as a former federal prosecutor, when we sought to search a lawyer's office, a lawyer's computer and a lawyer's communications, we were keenly aware of the attorney/client relationship and the privileged information that we as prosecutors were duty-bound to preserve. so, when we decided whether we had enough evidence to apply for a search warrant for a lawyer, i can tell you, probable cause better be probable cause plus, plus, plus. it better be extremely strong. and then there are doj procedures where it has to be vetted nearly to the top of the doj supervision chain, the deputy attorney general, number two, who is now lisa monaco. this application for a search warrant for rudy giuliani would have been vetted over and over and over again. and the evidence would not have been what we call bear probable cause. i'm betting it was probable cause plus, plus, plus. >> well, i plus, plus, plus thank you, my friend. >>> beating the odds, steve kornacki, the only nbc anal

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alex? >> cori coffin, thanks from manhattan. >>> joining me now, colorado senator, michael bennett of the agriculture, intelligence and finance committee. good morning. welcome to see you. i'm interested in the probe into rudy giuliani. should those who are close to donald trump be worried? >> well, i obviously know almost nothing about that investigation, but i will say that it shows that nobody's above the law. and rudy giuliani, former mayor of new york, is not above the law. donald trump, even though he treated his entire presidency as though he was above the law, is not either. so, this can't be good news for either rudy giuliani or donald trump. >> well, that is a good answer and certainly a truthful one there. let me ask you about the president's american families plan. is calls for a four-year extension of the new $3,000 child tax credit, the child poverty program. that's something you've been promoting for years now. you've made it clear, you want to see this made permanent. are yo

how does fear lead to collectivism give us some examples of this collectivism alex. that things i mean back on. syria collective that's my i guess you know the idea that somebody has asked the. creates the object code or the mechanism with which we measure the part of you know the part of the label if you know. that they then have the ability to play a game of heads i win tails you lose and whatever action they take if it's a good you know action and they make you know good decision they get to sort of private scientists they gains and if they make a bad one they get to socialize the losses by creating more of this thing called money and so we pay for everything so it creates like a really a mistake again and it is the basis upon which all clicked and there's myspace like collecting isn't this idea of whether it's communism fascism democracy. whatever other ism a you know want to place these days if it requires some sort of institution to keep itself in business and the way it keeps its social business is by stealing from us and yet enables that whole think it's craz

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>> all right, alex perez, who has been on this from the start and we thank you for that, alex. >>> the political reality tonight. president biden had wanted federal policing reform in george floyd's name passed by today, in time for this anniversary. that hasn't happened, but the president and some democrats and republicans in the senate remain hopeful. it's passed the house. in the senate, they're still negotiating. so, what are the sticking points and how close are they? a bottom line check tonight, and here's our senior white house correspondent mary bruce now. >> reporter: tonight, negotiators on capitol hill say they are finally making progress on police reform. republican senator tim scott telling us, "we're starting to see a framework." >> i think we're making the kind of progress we need to make. >> reporter: tonight, president biden sounding encouraged, too. >> i've spoken with the negotiators. i'm hopeful that sometime after memorial day we'll have an agreement on the george floyd legislation. and so i'm optimistic. >> reporter: biden had hoped to sign a law by today, the ann

first younger son alex. >> you've been found not guilty of second degree murder. >> alex was acquittedn. >> the jury found you guilty of murder in the second degree's. >> i hear those words and i was just the -- i just blocked it out. >> deputies lead calling away in handcuffs. >> chelsea was inconsolable as she left the courtroom surrounded by family. >> it was the grown-ups turned to hear their verdicts. the victims from her best friend, pg tucci,. >> mr. tucci, you've been found not guilty of murder in the second degree and tempering with physical evidence. >> p.j. two she was acquitted on all counts. >> actually had to check the verdict sheet to make sure that i had heard it right. >> laura rideout -- >> but what about the mother at the center of it all? laura rideout. >> the jury has convicted you of murder in the second degree. >> laura rideout, guilty of murder. >> not surprised at all. >> what's that emotion like? >> relief. and justification. >> laura and her son colin were both sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars, younger son alex was sentenced to a maximum of eight yea

alex, same thing is there a possibility for forgiveness? harrison no longer the host of the bachelor. a show he's hosted for 15, 16 years, what you think? >> i'm probably the worst person to ask this. the more people who try to jump on me the stronger my position gets. i have sold close to half a million unreported truth booklets in the last year. someone like robby singh something that's not me that's not true, people are able to form their own conclusions. read my feed for itself read books for myself weatherman accurate reporter. most have done that. i'm the wrong person to ask about this. you're saying a double down. go twice as hard. if i've made a mistake i will correct that mistake. i corrected openly in public in immediately as soon as i get it. if i haven't made a mistake i don't back down. people feel like they have me in a foxhole i think i am on top of the roof i will pick my target as i see fit. i do not engage with trolls. i think that's the way to go. move forward make your point don't back down. >> it's hard not to sometimes

alex? >> yeah, the whole thing is heartbreaking any way you look at it. >>> back now with congresswoman jackie speier. one last question to you, ma'am. what is going through your mind as you see this escalating violence in the middle east? what kind of role do you want or envision the u.s. is playing right now? do you think the u.s. can help de-escalate this? >> i think we have a responsibility to de-escalate it. and we have the most persuasion of any country in the world when it comes to israel. we contribute $3 billion a year to that country. they rely on us. i think president biden has got to take steps now to create a ceasefire. we do not need more deaths here. this revenge and retaliation that is going on there is reprehensible. and at this point whether it's the displacement and demolition of settlements and houses in israel in which palestinians were living or hamas throwing bombs across the border, it's got to stop. and i think the president has got to use his power to do so. >> we

>> alex is with the paul stephenson group. >> so what? that makes him an authority?anybody knows that rock 'n' roll is not jazz. >> if jazz is not rock 'n' roll, what is jazz? >> can you tell me what jazz is? >> merely the negro's cry of suffering. >> you act as though the negroes are the only ones that could've created jazz. >> not only did they create jazz, they are the only ones that could have created jazz. >> that is not fair, a lot of fine white musicians play jazz. we heard some last night. >> sure, but the negro alone created jazz. he created jazz so he can tell his story. >> it is clear to me that the negro created jazz, but was he the only one who could have created it? >> yes, he is the only one who could have created jazz. >> he isn't the only one who has suffered. who has suffered more than the jews? >> a negro can be jewish or catholic. >> how do you answer that one? >> whatever happens to you can happen to me, and in addition, i am negro. >> all right. what about the fine white musicians who contributed to jazz? jazz is american, you are making a racia

salmon show that was always a pleasure thank you alex.peter oldham has provided a pile of full critique of the techniques of lot of government and indeed above his johnson's government in particular have of the prime minister's continued electoral success but it's a solid to the mind that the political scandal often fascinates the mainstream media is no substitute for the long term trends which dominate at the ballot box at some point real estate can see this opposition to johnson well the maps will it be for a lot of by the opposition that westminster will it be from the celtic nations will it be from the on like media will it be from civic society but nature of whole is a political vacuum that opens and will about just what it does at the johnson train may well help the buffalo's and so for now from to speed on the self and all of the show it's good bye for now keep staying safe and we'll see again next week. thanks guys or survival guide do you think you want to start. there are you going to pass. back to. let me know. this is a repatr

alex? >> i'm just going to say, based on your assessment there i think you are definitely a half glass full kind of girl. >> i try to be. >> i'll take it. i'm that way, too. >>> let's go to the middle east where a cease-fire between israelis and palestinians is holding but tensions are on the rise. nbc's erin mclaughlin monitoring the situation from tel aviv. there have been a few clashes after the cease-fire went into effect. what about now? how do things stand? >> well, alex, the situation remains tense. we were in jerusalem earlier today. there was a heavy police presence inside the old city as well as inside east jerusalem earlier today. they reopened temple mount to jewish visitors which served to raise tensions even further. just yesterday there were confrontations in east jerusalem, the neighborhood of sheikh jarrah between palestinian protesters and israeli police in that neighborhood. six palestinian families are facing eviction, and then on friday, we saw clashes inside the al aqs

welcome everyone to alex witt reports. here's what's happening. we're starting off this hour with breaking news out of the middle east. fighting taking a new, violent turn as israel destroys this tower block you're seeing here. it housed several media outlets and residences. the attacks are the latest escalation after a week of worsening conflict between israeli forces and hamas. let's go to nbc's reporter in beirut. give me the details of what you are learning about this latest strike. in the last hour we heard a first-hand account of what happened from a gaza journalist. what do you know about this as well? >> reporter: alex, this was a pretty extraordinary scene in gaza city, the israelis destroying a multi story building that housed major media outlets, the associated press, al jazeera, and others. the israeli military calls the owner of that building and said we are going to destroy this property. then you had this surreal scene where palestinian journalists crowding around on the phone speaking in arabic to an israeli soldier in a command ce

but alex, i've been thinking about something you said before. >> what's that? of jazz, isn't it possible that a white can be just as basic to jazz as the negro? >> that is a fair question. yes, it could be possible, but only when the whites have paid the price and suffering to be the negro's equal. >> we are your equal, what are you talking about? >> you are not our equals in suffering. >> people don't just go out searching for suffering, how will we ever be equal? >> the first step is to accept the negro's tragic experience. >> but we are individuals with our own way to go. >> the negro way of looking at life is offering hope to everybody. >> certainly jazz is telling everybody's story, why can't you accept it? >> it is outrageous. >> outrageous my eye. this joy and suffering of jazz is cutting across many different people, even overseas. >> they go wild for it in asia, europe and south america. >> do they now? i don't know about that. >> then you must be pretty dumb. >> seems to me jazz and the negro could be more relevant than other things we are doing in th