representative jasmine crockett, thank you very much. bring into conversation, symone sanders-townsend. our very own host of symone, which follows us at four pm eastern. so good to see you. i want to start where we left off with the congresswoman about donald trump, i want to talk about his republican presidential opponents. we had a dozen candidates sharing the stage with trump just last night, at an iowa forum. only one took on the presidents legal challenges directly. here's how that went, let's take a listen. >> donald trump is not running for president to make america great again. donald trump is not running for president to represent the people that voted for him in 2016 in 2020. donald trump is running to stay out of prison. and if we elect -- i know, i know, i know, i know. >> all right, you can see in that reaction, the boos may be why former president trump's rivals do not call him out. what do you think the long term strategy is for these folks, these candidates, to hope that jack smith does what they cannot. in trump's candid

texas representative greg gosar and jasmine crockett weigh in on the so-called best star bill. but first, to richard louis with the other big stories we are tracking on msnbc. which are? >> thank you julio, baltimore police on the hunt for unexpected shooters who killed two people and hurt more than 20 overnight at a block party. officials saying that half of those injured are under 18 years old. police crashed, or rather crashed with riders for a six-day. nationwide rise are in response to the deadly shooting of a teenager. more than 700 demonstrators were arrested today alone. and thousands of hotel workers on strike in southern california, they unite here -- they say workers and more than a dozen of tells around los angeles and santa monica walked off the job. they won a wage increase of $5 an hour, access to affordable family health care, and stronger workplace protections. more american voices for you right after this break. break. helps restore gum health, and rehardens enamel. i'm a big advocate of recommending things that i know work. when i was diagnosed with h-i-v, i

joining me now, congressman jasmine crockett of the texas congress.u saw what -- you are shaking your head. with that side by side split screen. >> it was shade. the republicans continually want to say don't believe your lying eyes, we have seen this consistently, what that was the black lives matter movement or whatever it is, they will do whatever to justify this stain on american history. this stain on our country. it is time to let trump go. trump has not done good for the republican party, and frankly is not going for this country. the reason that in the midterms they struggled was because trump's nominees, specifically in georgia we saw what happened with his senate nominee. his nominees, they can make it to the general, but they cannot make it past the general. >> right, so that clip i played, in the intro, it's not the only thing speaker mccarthy said on the eve of diamond. watch this. >> i guess under a biden administration you would expect this, if you noticed recently that president trump went up in the polls and was actually surpassing pre

congresswoman jasmine crockett on the fight over border barriers and to access. plus, the many, many problems of congresswoman marjorie taylor greene. ♪ ♪ ♪ good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. i'm erin o heard in for alex. developing this hour, donald trump's legal troubles could grow this week as the former president braces for possible new indictments. it comes as he reacts on the campaign trail to his latest charges and the classified documents case. >> they waited two and a half, almost three years, so they could bring him right in the middle of my presidential election. its election interference. >> i consider it actually a great badge of honor. i do. it's a great badge of honor. i'm been indicted for you. >> new reporting from the washington post shows financial pressure is building. people familiar with the matter say trump's political group spent more than $40 million on legal costs in the first half of 2023 to defend the former presidents and his advisers and others. for more today, presidential candidate wil

i want to bring in congressman jasmine crockett, a democrat from quite -- takes us to talk about the middle of a defense spending. what shall we make of this defense bill out of the house? what does that tell us, what does it tell you about gop priorities? >> it tells me, number one, that there is a party that claims that they care about things such as our national defense and claims that they care about our national security overall, and claims that they care about our service members. but when it comes down to it, out of the over 1500 amendments that were submitted, they did not want to submit amendments that had anything to do with actually bettering the lives of our service members. in fact, many of us would argue that the amendments they submitted, the ones that made this bill not be the bipartisan bill that it was as it came out of committee, those were submitted just to hurt our service members. when we listen to members call other service members or members of congress colored people, something tells me that they actually need a course in dei. they need to understand what div

congresswoman jasmine crockett, democrat of texas is here with us.r colleagues fled the state of texas to halt the passage of a restrictive voting law there. also joining us jacqueline benson. she has been on the front lines of protecting our democracy and has received the citizens medal from president joe biden for her role in defending against efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in her state. also joining us, the founder of democracy docket marc elias. he led the legal effort to protect voting flights the wake of the 2020 election. mark, you inspired this segment, and you inspired us to start with it today. we do what i described there, right. we cover the whac-a-mole that is the legal piece of this, your efforts to sue voter restrictions and voter suppression laws. but it is inadequate on our part, right, to cover it as piecemeal. so we wanted to have a more holistic conversation. why don't you start us off. >> yeah, i think that you've gotten it exactly right, which is that it is too easy to look at what republicans are doing in

congresswoman jasmine crockett on the fight over border barriers and to access.ie taylor greene. ♪ ♪ ♪ good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. i'm erin o heard in for alex. developing this hour, donald trump's legal troubles could grow this week as the former president ac

e no >> texas congresswoman, jasmine crockett, thanks so much for getting us started. the gop's top candidate for president could be weeks away from another criminal indictment. eight new falling from his legal team sounds, well, desperate. plus, americas new normal of extreme weather from severe flooding to high temps. but here is breaking news with jessica. >> let's get to the breaking news coming from pennsylvania. state police confirming a short time ago they have called an accused murderer who escaped from jail. michael burham broke out july six, he is suspected of murder, rape, and even kidnapping an elderly couple at gunpoint. pennsylvania officials are announced they will alert the case and a press conference scheduled for 7:30 pm eastern time. we will monitor it and of course bring you the very latest. meanwhile, police in georgia are looking for a gunman basic killed four people just south of atlanta today. deputies say they have a warrant for the arrest of andre longmire. he is considered armed and dangerous. police are not real isn't didn't of the victims y

congressman jasmine crockett of texas, and former homeland texas, and former homeland security chiefmer: i have been asked whether, in the years to come, it will be possible to kill 40 million american people by the use of atomic bombs in a single night. i am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. -♪ -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions.

congressman jasmine crockett of texas, and former homeland security chief of staff, miles taylor. but now it's time for encore presentation of the nbc news studio documentary, to end all war, oppenheimer in the atomic bomb, right here, on msnbc. (explosion booming) we have made a thing that, by all standards of the world we grew up in, is an evil thing. (birds chirping) ellen bradbury reid: when i was 15, i had a chance to speak to oppenheimer alone. he was at a cocktail party. i was serving hors d'oeuvres... (faint chatter) ...and found oppenheimer standing alone. i said, "i think you're some sort of a saint." and he was very taken aback. and he said, "wh-why would you say that to me?" and i said, "because you had second thoughts." and he turned around and picked his hat up and walked out the door. it obviously struck him in a wa that i had never imagined. man: oppenheimer for cronkite, take one. (film beeps) walter cronkite: dr. oppenheimer, with all the inevitability of the decision that history demonstrates to us, you still seem to suffer, may i say, from a bad conscience abou

congressman jasmine crockett of texas, and former homeland texas, and former homeland security chief of staff,hief of, -(clock ticking) -(birds chirping) j. robert oppenheimer: i have been asked whether, in the years to come, it will be possible to kill 40 million american people by the use of atomic bombs in a single night. i am afraid that the answer to that question is yes. -♪ -(clock ticking) jon else: robert oppenheimer was the father of the atomic bomb. he was this complex ball of contradictions. oppenheimer: they are weapons of aggression, of surprise and of terror. richard rhodes: oppenheimer wanted the bomb to be used. how else would the world know what it was? eleanor roosevelt: dr. oppenheimer, are we creating something we may not be able to control? oppenheimer: in a world of atomic weapons, wars will cease. (ticking) newsreel narrator: it is d-minus one for the test of the world's first atomic device. else: this cultured, nonviolent man was responsible for birthing the most violent weapon in human history. and he devoted the rest of his life to trying to control the mons