i'm alicia menendez. we begin with breaking news. a major escalation in what appears to be an all-out war against journalists in belarus. today, the president of belarus ordered a passenger jet to the ground in order to arrest a key opposition blogger who was en route to lithuania. to get the plane to the ground, authorities in belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb

i'm alicia menendez. this hour, thinking big.s, biden challenged congress to get an immigration reform bill to his desk, and today in d.c. a rally to keep that pressure on. >>> senator john hickenlooper tonight listen his push to revive america's struggling restaurants. >>> everything is bigger in texas, and today's special election is no exception. more than 20 candidates on the ballot. only one backed by trump. this is "american voices." >>> hello, everyone. i'm alicia menendez. we begin with a question about the administration's american families plan. that is, what is in it for women? we expect to learn specifics from the president and vice president in the coming weeks as they criss-cross the country to sell the plan. here's the president at his

get your vaccine, listen to alicia menendez and everyone else. thanks so much. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show," do these people look like tourists to you? knew the gop would rewrite history, didn't know would be this soon. i'll talk to former top trump white house official who accepts the election results. conversation ahead. >>> plus many of us have seen this haunting video, congresswoman jayapal hiding. what's her message to republicans who want to move on. >>> israeli/palestinian conflict into the lighting up, what do americanuish people think. jeff bezos is rich enough to buy his yacht a yacht. interview with brad stone. >>> good evening, gaslighting is attempt to make one question one's own memory, perception and judgment. to make someone think they might be crazy for having ever thought otherwise. begin tonight asking you this, what do you remember about what happened in nation's capital on january 6th. lot of us predicted that republicans would try to rewrite the history to some extent of what happened that day, what we didn't expect

i'm alicia menendez. we are following breaking news from washington.cting the white house's counterproposal on infrastructure. biden offering to slash his american jobs plan, by $500 billion. republicans say, $1.7 trillion is, still, too much. s

i'm alicia menendez. is the republican party the party of trump forever? we ask because it appears the most visible members of the gop like matt gaetz and georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene are out and about saying stuff like this. >> who is your president? >> donald trump! >> that's my president too. >> we have never abandoned trump, and he has never abandoned america. he is still fighting for us. he will continue to fight for us, and we're going to have his back when he does. >> in virginia today republicans voted to choose their nominees for governor as well as two other statewide offices. we do not know the outcome yet, but there was no shortage of candidates loyal to trump. in fact, the state's democratic party tells "the washington post," quote, every republican candidate for governor has two things in common, they are completely committed to donald trump and they are too extreme for virginia. in case you haven't noticed, trump loyalty has turned into a litmus test for republicans across the country. the third most powerful republican in th

i'm alicia menendez. welcome to "american voices." we begin with what liz che

i'm alicia menendez. when forced to choose, republicans are sticking by their man, the man who cost them the white house, senate and house. what about america's next generation of voters? will they side with the party that refuses to side with the truth. new reporting from the hill reminds us why that is so relevant going forward, because members of the millennial generation and generation z voted than in any prior election. and for the first time in american history, a majority of eligible voters under the age of 30 cast a ballot in an election. the majority of those favored democratic policies. out of the states that track party affiliation, roughly one in three were registered as republicans. republicans who remain tied to truth like republican adam kinzinger is sounding the alarm on pushing disinformation to please their king, donald trump. >> people have to take responsibility through their own ability to work through misinformation, to remember what the constitution is about, to be okay with losing

i'm alicia menendez.lican party. nbc news projects a candidate trump endorsed republican, susan wright, will advance to a run-off in the race to fill her late husband's seat in the sixth congressional district. congressman writhe died from covid in february. nbc news projects wright rill face fellow republican in the run-off. a leading democrat conceded this morning, shutting down hopes by democrats of this seat flipping blue. at least for now. but we're seeing trump's influence span well beyond the sixth district into the state capitol. texas state republicans remain latched on to trump's big lie about voter fraud, proposing bills to make it harder to vote, one of them could get a full vote on the floor of the house later this week. and that lie lives strong in arizona, too. state republicans continue their audit of 2020 ballots despite recount after recount affirming joe biden's victory.

hello, i'm alicia menendez. new developments in the brewing civil war within the republican party.nd for the truth, which brings us to congresswoman liz cheney who could be voted out of leadership next week all because she voted in favor of impeaching trump for his role in january's riot. behind that reality, new reporting by

i'm alicia menendez. i will see you back here tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. much, alicia. >>> it is good to be with you tonight. it has been about 189 days since joe biden won the presidential election but many republicans are fighting over it. what does it mean for our democracy. >>> former homeland security chief of staff is diving into take fight. he is leading an effort to make the gop accept the election result, and he will join us just ahead. >>> meanwhile, more than 400 voting restriction bills have been introduced in nearly every state. what, if anything, can congress do to counter them? >>> right now violence is escalating between israelis and palestinians. today president biden spoke to both sides. an israeli strike had just destroyed a building where reporters were. we are live in the middle east with the latest. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to "the week." ♪ ♪ >>> you know that old saying that democracy depends on the consent of the losers? if that's true, what happens to democracy when the losers wo

i'm alicia menendez. we begin with breaking news. jet to the ground in order to arrest a key opposition blogger who was en route to lithuania. to get the plane to the ground, authorities in belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out

my colleague alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now where she'll speak to a mother of -- she picks up our coverage speaking to a mother who has recently been reunited with a child. you don't want to miss it. >> incredible story, thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, i'm alicia menendez. new developments in the brewing civil war within the republican party. those loyal to trump ramping up attacks on those who stand for the truth, which brings us to congresswoman liz cheney who could be voted out of leadership next week all because she voted in favor of impeaching trump for his role in january's riot. behind that reality, new reporting by "the washington post." taking us inside cheney's months'-long effort to get her party back to reality. the "post" reports that recent gop retreats, staffers with the national republican congressional committee left out key findings about trump's weakness, his unfavorable ratings, which continue to grow in district republicans need in order to win back the house. congresswoman cheney claims nrcc leadership willfully hid that bad polling

i'm alicia menendez. this week the writing is on the wall. it's all by solidiied the american party will oust one of its own. a vote expected this week to remove liz cheney as the third ranking republican of the house despite her record with trump, the party has fallen out of love with her because she voted to impeach trump for inciting an insurrection and refuses to believe the lie of the 2020 election was stolen and as of today with the endorsement of kevin mccarthy, it appears elyce will be chinese replacement because she's willing to do what cheney is not. >> we need a conference that's united and conference chair that's delivering this message day in and out and uniting the nation to make sure that we are on the right footing going forward. >> do you support elyce for that job? >> yes, i do. >> china's ousting would mark the first high profile casualty of donald trump's post president revolution. something some republicans would come at a cost. >> look, we had the worst four years we'd have ever in the republican party losing the white h

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i'm alicia menendez. welcome to "american voices."begin with what liz cheney now calls her party's quote, dangerous direction. just days after being ousted from house leadership, cheney was on abc this morning likening her party's embrace of trump to a slide toward autocracy. >> where does it say about the party choosing somebody to replace you who is effectively chosen by donald trump? >> i think it's dangerous. i think that we have to recognize how quickly things can unravel. we have to recognize what it means for the nation to have a former president who has not conceded. >> meanwhile, that former president is throwing new conspiracies into the ether over that bogus 2020 recount that was just extended in arizona, claiming maricopa county officials deleted its elections database and threw out republican votes. trump's statement so out there that maricopa county reporter steven rijker hit twitter to debunk it and called the former president, quote, unhinged. county reporter is in charge of public records, including voter registration

we will all be looking forward to that conversation. >>> hello to you, i'm alicia menendez.e president challenged congress this week to get a bill to his desk, and today, his words are being backed up by advocates in the streets, across the country. including the nation's capital, where the forefront of demands today were for congress to create a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living in the united states. >> 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 lived here for

i'm alicia menendez. this hour, thinking big. president biden is working to sell his american families plan. what is in it for working women? >>> plus, biden challenged congress to get an immigration reform bill to his desk. and today in d.c., a rally to keep that pressure on. >>> senator john hickenlooper tonight on his push to rerevise american's struggling restaurants. >>> everything is bigger in texas, and today's special congressional election is no exception. more than 20 candidates on the ballot. only one backed by trump. this is "american voices." >>> hello to you. i'm alicia menendez. as we come on the air, a nationwide push to get washington's attention on the need for immigration reform. we expect to learn specifics from the president and vice president in the coming weeks as they criss-cross the country to sell the plan. here's the president at his congressional address this week explaining how the legislation will bridge gaps in the social safety net that only widened for women during the pan

my colleague alicia menendez sat down with her. to a little bit of their interview. >> if you could speak to former president trump, what is it you would want to tell him? >> i mean, the psychological ramifications, jonathan, will be with her and her sons forever. >> that's right. i mean, you know, you think about three and a half years in the lives of these children, to say nothing of her own life, and you know, she has other family members too who depend on her and to go through formative years of their lives without the presence -- not just without the presence of their mother, i should say, but with the reminder that their mother was crudely ripped away from them. it's something traumatic on probably too many levels to count. one thing that's worth noting in this regard, i mean, there are ongoing settlement negotiations right now between the aclu, the american civil liberties union, and the government in terms of coming up with, you know, longer lasting relief and redress for the families that were put through this. and you kno

i'm alicia menendez, that was president biden after a surprise stop for ice cream.g a new offer to the white house. the new plan gets closer to but is still far less than the amount that the biden administration is looking for. g.o.p. counter offers would reallocate about $700 billion. the proposal is more than $500 billion for roads, $98 billion for public transit. jen psaki says they're not interested in moving money from coronavirus relief. we're worried about pending cuts that need the money to get back on the feet after the crush of the pandemic. yesterday senator capito called to set up another meeting. >> he said he appreciated the offer and he wanted to meet with us, or me, again. he didn't really give me an opinion on what we sent over there except to thank me and keep moving. >> president biden may be bushing bipartisanship in washington, but that didn't stop him from taking a shot at republicans wheel on the road. at an event he held up list of republican lawmakers that touted provisions in the covid relief package despite it passing with no gop support.

i'm alicia menendez. right now it's time for "the mehdi hasan show." >> hi, alicia.no longer have president cheato. >>> the anniversary of george floyd's death is tuesday but copying is not ready to pass legislation in his name. what will it take? >>> will republicans use the filibuster

alicia menendez spoke with that family. there are hundreds of families yet to be reyou nighted.ears ago they crossed the border into the united states. turned herself into a border agent hoping to claim asylum. she was taken away in handcuffs and she was told it would be five days until they were reunited. just a few weeks ago they received word they would be finally reunited with their family. here is what s what >> reporter: how do you feel today? >> reporter: i'm a mom. you are a mom. you can only imagine the pain and now the relief in being able to be with her children. she tells me she hopes for a peaceful life in the united states. the challenge is that the status she has been offered expires at the end of three years. advocates pushing for a more permanent solution. the journey of these families far from over. >> thank you so much. you can catch more of her reporting on her show "american voices" saturday and sunday 6:00 eastern on msnbc. >>> another family reunited coming up in our next hour, just in time for mother's day. a deported mother and wife of a marine veteran b

i'm alicia menendez. right now it's time for "the mehdi hasan show." >> hi, alicia. i have no idea who came up with the flamin' hot cheeto but i'm glad we no longer have president cheato. >>> the anniversary of george floyd's death is tuesday but copying is not ready to pass legislation in his name. what will it take? >>> will republicans use the filibuster to block the commission on the insurrection? >>> an accomplished woodworker but today he will give us the master class on why americans should get vaccinated. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. on tuesday, it will be a year since a 46-year-old man drove to a minneapolis convenience store we bought a pack of cigarettes with a $20 bill. store employees, who believed that store was counterfeit, called the cops. that man was arrested, handcuffed and pinned to the ground. pinned to the ground and had one officer place a knee on his neck. please, he said, i can't breathe, he said. mama, he said. i'm about to die, he said. nine minutes and 29 seconds later, when the officer's knee was finally removed from his neck, that

i'm alicia menendez. right now it's time for "the mehdi hasan show." hi, mehdi. >> hi, alicia.m glad we no longer have president cheato. sl have a great rest of your sunday. >>> tonight on "the mehdi hasan show," the anniversary of george floyd's death is tuesday but skong not ready to pass legislation in his name. what will it take? >>> the january 6 bill may come up in the senate, but will republicans use to filibuster to block the commission on the insurrection? >>> an accomplished woodworker but today he will give us the master class on why americans

i'm alicia menendez.on friday rolling out the full details of the president's american jobs and american families plan. the budget calls for more than $800 billion to being spent on climate change plans and clean energy technology. the plan would see spending rise to the highest sustained level since world war ii. only $300 billion would actually be spent next year. transportation secretary pete buttigieg says that time is running out for the infrastructure package. >> by the time congress is back in washington, i think those members of congress and the american people and all of us in the administration expect to have a clear direction. i think we are getting pretty close to a fish or cut bait moment. we believe in this process. the american people want results. >> the counter proposal the republicans unveiled on thursday is under $1 trillion. the last offer was $1.7 trillion. new numbers from the harvard poll shows the approval rating is at 62%. the highest mark for the administration so far. the disapp

i'm alicia menendez. this week the writing is on the wall.od up to president trump. the house is set to vote against liz cheney. she's refus

i'm alicia menendez.hem the white house, senate and house. what about america's next generation of voters? will they side with the party that refuses to side with the truth. new reporting from the hill reminds us why that is so relevant going forward, because members of the millennial generation and generation z voted than in any prior

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back next weekend at 6:00 p.m. for more "american voices." for now i hand it over to my colleague mehdi hasan. hello, mehdi. >> hello, alicia. enjoy the rest of your sunday. >>> is america a racist country? the politicians have their talking points but we'll give you the true facts and figures. >> plus joe biden won the 2020 election. it's not even up for debate. so why is the gop still trying to rewrite history? georgia congresswoman nekima williams. >>> also a crime against humanity. that's what one prominent author calls india's covid crisis. i'll talk about the suffering in her country. >>> how can the country convince doubters to get the shot? i'll ask the science guy, bill nye. >>> good evening. i'm mehdi hasan. it was the biggest question in the country this week, that liberals, conservatives and those in between seemed to be asking. is america a racist country? it started when tim scott, the only black republican in the senate made this his battle cry in his party's response to the president's address to congress on wednesday night. >>

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back next weekend at 6:00 p.m. for more "american voices." ry? the politicians have their talking points but we'll give you the true facts and figures. >> plus joe biden won the 2020 election. it's not even up for debate. so why is the gop still trying to rewrite history? georgia congresswoman nekima williams. >>> also a crime against humanity. that's what one prominent author calls india's covid crisis. i'll talk about the suffering in her country. >>> how can the country convince doubters to get the shot? i'll ask the science guy, bill

i'm alicia menendez. this week the writing is on the wall. it is all but solidified that the republican party will oust one of its own who stood up to president trump. the house is set to vote against liz cheney. she's refused to believe trump's lie that the 2020 election was stolen. and, as of today, with the endorsement of minority leader kevin mccarthy, it appears elise stefanik will be cheney's replacement, because she is willing to do what cheney is not. >> that's why we need a conference that's united, a conference chair delivering that message day in and day out and uniting the nation to make sure that we are on the right footing going forward. >> do you support elise stefanik for that job? >> yes, i do. >> cheney's ousting would mark the first high-profile casualty of donald trump's post-presidency revolution, something that some republicans believe will come at a cost. >> look, we had the worst four years we've had ever in the republican party, losing the white house, the house of representatives and the senate. and successful politi

i'm alicia menendez. we begin with breaking news. a major escalation in what appears to be an all-out war against journalists in belarus. today, the president of belarus ordered a passenger jet to the ground in order to arrest a key opposition blogger who was en route to lithuania. to get the plane to the ground, authorities in belarus scrambled a fighter jet and flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force the plane to land in minsk. the journalist was immediately detained at the airport. this past thursday, two women, both of them journalists, were giving two-year prison sentences for covering a protest. in the past six months, more than 400 journalists have been detained throughout belarus. democracies across the globe are responding, outrages over the authoritarian actions. the house foreign affairs committee a short time ago saying in a statement, lukashenko's violence oppression of the pro democracy opposition and independent media knows no bounds. to arrest an activist for simply exposing the truth of the regime s

i'm alicia menendez. this week, a death to truth, at least in the republican party.truth denier elise stefanik, chosen to take cheney's place as the third ranking house republican. but if the gop thinks it put cheney in her place for telling the truth, think again. >> some of your colleagues say, though, we supported you before, congresswoman cheney. you made your point, now drop it. let's focus on the future. >> well, it's an ongoing threat. so silence is not an option. >> to be clear, when it comes to cheney's ousting, the writing was on the wall as the gop fought f

my colleague alicia menendez picks up our news coverage now.ew evidence found in an arkansas murder case that does not belong to the man executed for the crime. alicia. >> that's right. thanks so much. reverend sharpton. i'm alicia mumendez. we're hours from seeing the republican party's civil war play out before the american people. this week, house republicans are expected to vote on whether or not to kick out wyoming congresswoman liz cheney from leadership. why? well, she has committed to pushing her party to admit that donald trump lost to joe biden and in fact fueled the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. in a new interview today, house minority leader kevin mccarthy, who helped lead the charge to oust cheney, signaled it is all but solidified that her exile is imminent. >> to defeat nancy pelosi and this socialist agenda, we need to be united. that starts to leadership. that's why we will have a vote next week, and we want to be united in looking, moving forward, and i think that's what will take place. >> do you support elise stef

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back tomorrow 6:00 p.m.m i allowed to use cheugy. >> or is that cheugy. >> you're asking the wrong person. >> i feel like if i'm not allowed to use it, i have to fix three segments of the show on the fly. so, we better dive in quickly. thank you. >> joshua, thank you. >> thanks, alicia. >>> hello to you. we'll do the best we can with what we got. it's good to be with you tonight. some call it a she-session. covid has been especially tough on working women. this week, jobless claims reached a pandemic era low. the white house put forth a new compromise infrastructure package worth $1.7 trillion. we'll consider what it might mean for women. >>> the

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i'm alicia menendez. back here tomorrow 6:00 p.m. eastern for more "american voices." now i hand it over to joshua johnson. >> thank you very much hello. >>> the polls are closed in virginia. after republican delegates voted to pick their nominee for governor. ballot counting starts tomorrow. and the results could shed some light on how gop voters view the future of their party. >>> plus, florida is the latest state to sign restrictive new voting laws. florida congressman charlie kris joins us to respond and to tell us why he's running for governor again. >>> plus, it seems like the justice department under president trump secretly obtained reporters' phone records. more on "the washington post" coming up. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson welcome to "the week." ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> well, the battle lines are getting sharper in the fight for the future of the republican party. donald trump has been working behind the scenes to banish people that he deemed disloyal. today, "the washington post" reported that congresswoman liz cheney, she's the ch

i'm alicia menendez. i'm going to hand it over to my colleague, joshua johnson. hello, joshua. >> i like that version of sticks and stones much better. it's much more to the point. thanks very much. appreciate it. >>> hello to you. it's great to be with you tonight. right now all eyes are on texas's sixth congressional district as alicia mentioned. polls just closed in a special election there. the results could give us an early indication of the 2022 midterms. we'll have early returns in just a few seconds. >>> plus, there's been a major escalation in the investigation of rudy giuliani. we have new information on what exactly the feds were looking for when they raided his home. >>> and, we've talked about president biden's first 100 days in office. but he still has more than 1,300 to go. so where do things like race, immigration and covid stand on his ambitious agenda? we'll bring you craig melvin's exclusive interview with the president. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i'm joshua johnson. welcome to the week. ♪♪ >>> and you thought election ni

i'm alicia menendez. we are following breaking news from washington. president biden's effort to legislate on a bipartisan basis. short time ago, republicans dealt a significant blow to those hopes. rejecting the white house's counterproposal on infrastructure. biden offering to slash his american jobs plan, by $500 billion. republicans say, $1.7 trillion is, still, too much. a short time ago, the white house said this. the president put forward a responsible offer in the interest of finding bipartisan, common ground that includes critical investments in our infrastructure to create middle-class jobs, and strengthen our competitiveness in the world. as well as cuts to his original proposal, and a way to pay for it. the ball is now in their court to respond with a good-faith counteroffer. this is big news, for a number of reasons. first, this stalemate over sticker price further delays the critical revamp america's infrastructure needs. but it, also, is a tell of the gop's strategy toward the white house, and presents the president and his party with a

i'm alicia menendez. i'll see you back tomorrow 6:00 p.m. eastern for more "american voices". but for now i hand it over to my colleague joshua johnson. >> i'm 41. am i allowed to use cheugy? >> or is that cheugy? you're asking the wrong person. >> i feel like if i'm not allowed to use it, i have to fix three segments of the show on the fly. so, we better dive in quickly. thank you. >> joshua, thank you. >> thanks, alicia. >>> hello to you. we'll do the best we can with what we got. it's good to be with you tonight. some call it a she-session. covid has been especially tough on working women. this week, jobless claims reached a pandemic era low. the white house put forth a new compromise infrastructure package worth $1.7 trillion. we'll consider what it might mean for women. >>> the gop-led vote inspection in arizona keeps getting stranger. the election ended nearly seven months ago. why is this still going on? and what are some republicans hoping to find? >>> also, the trump organization faces a new criminal probe. just the latest in an array of investigations. what kind of l

i'm alicia menendez. this hour, thinking big.> plus, biden challenged congress to get an immigration reform bill to his desk. and today in d.c., a rally to keep that pressure on. >>> senator john hickenlooper tonight on his push to rerevise american's struggling restaurants. >>> everything is bigger in texas, and today's special congressional election is no exception. more than 20 candidates on the ballot. only one backed by trump. this is "american voices."

i'm alicia menendez. this week, a death to truth, at least in the republican party.n elise stefanik chosen to take cheney's place as the third-ranking house republican. but if the gop thinks it put cheney in her place for telling the truth, think again. >> some of your colleagues say, though, we supported you before, congresswoman cheney. you made your point. now, drop it. let's focus on the future. >> well, it's an ongoing

eastern on "american voices," alicia menendez speaks with one of the west memphis three and they will discuss the case of a man who was executed despite pleading for dna testing. four years later, a test showed another man's dna on the murder weapon. that's on "american voices" tomorrow night at 6:00 eastern here on msnbc. now, let's get to richard lui with the headlines. hey, richard. >> some breaking news from times square is where we start. two women and a 4-year-old girl were hospitalized following a shooting just hours ago. they were transported to bellevue hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. the nypd says they were unintended targets and were not related to one another. this is surveillance video of a person of interest in the shooting. we will show that to you next time. >>> now, the obama family announced their dog beau died of cancer. he was 12. michelle obama said the family is, quote, thankful that he loved such a joyful life, full of snuggles, games of fetch, and evenings spent lying on the couch. >>> and some ncaa schools will allow student athletes to make money