david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's headlines.nd vietnamese-americans on the gulf coast share tributes to home and community. >> this is the pbs newshour. from weta studios in washington and from the west at the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. william: one of former president trump's most senior aides took the stand today during his hush money trial in new york. hope hicks served as mr. trump's press secretary during the 2016 campaign and was his white house communications director. on the stand, she detailed how trump and his inner circle handled the revelations about alleged extramarital affairs, and the payments made to bury those stories. andrea bernstein is covering the former president's legal battles for npr, and was in the courthouse today. she joins us now. so nice to see you again. during the prosecution's questioning today, they delved into what happened in the campaign when the infamous access hollywood tape drop. what did we learn from hope hicks about that today? andrea: she was the

you know, like every republican. >> i'm jonathan capehart. this is the sunday show.six months until the most consequential election in our lunchtime. donald trump and they are refusing to accept the will of the american people. last night at another rambling and unhinged those in jersey. indicting 88 counts of the former president, accusing biden and his administration of being cheaters. >> he is only good at cheating at elections. it's not him. he's surrounded by fascist and the oval office. it's not him. very good at cheating at elections. >> that is some next-level preductions. and saying that when it comes to challenging results, it is important to "follow your heart." well these remarks seem like your typical miserable muling from trump. here is why we need to pay attention and take him seriously. just last week he refused to rule out the potential for political science if he loses his bid for a second term. he told time magazine, it depends. on the fairness of the election. on wednesday, biden made it clear why these are not just empty threats. >> this is true.

still to come on the newshour, david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the week's political headlinese industry efforts to secure enough sustainable fuel to power a carbon neutral future. and a look at why the great british pub has become an endangered establishment. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. >> in an historic first, the ncaa and nation's power five conferences have reached a deal to pay their athletes. the acc big ten, big 12, sec and pac-12 accepted the general terms of a settlement that will see the ncaa pay nearly $2.8 billion in damages over 10 years to nearly 14,000 athletes, dating from 2016 to now. it also creates a new system that allows schools to use up to $21 million a year to pay student athletes in any sport starting in 2025. the agreement was proposed to resolve a series of lawsuits challenging the ncaa which may have had to pay billions more. it still needs to be accepted by a judge and many details need to be worked out including high school

starting now, the saturday so with jonathan capehart begins now. >>> judging the judges. growing outrage over supreme court justice samuel alito and the upside down flag seen outside his home. a symbol used by some election deniers. why is raising more questions about the high court's credibility. >>> ranking member is here to talk about that. >>> donald trump's first criminal trial could wrap up next week. harry litman have been inside the courtroom and came out with what's to come including whether trump will actually take the stand. >>> republicans gone wild. from flocking to trump's trial to hurling insults at committee meetings congressional chaos reaches a whole new level as congresswoman marjorie taylor green triggers this epic klatt back from congresswoman jasmine crockett. >> someone on this committee starts talking about somebody's bleach blonde budget body that would not be engaging in personalities. >> what now? >> i'm jonathan capehart, this is a bleach blonde bad built but body addition of the saturday show. >>> in the coming weeks the supreme court will han

matt lewis, jonathan capehart, great to see you both. jonathan: thanks, amna.s asian pacific american heritage month, we bring you an icon of the community. madhur jaffrey first made indian cuisine accessible to the west decades ago with her milestone cookbook "an invitation to indian cooking." 2024 marks 50 years since that book made madhur a household name, selling millions of copies and launching her into the culinary stratosphere. she spoke to us recently from her home in new york, for our arts and culture series, canvas. reporter: in the crowded, cosmopolitan world of cuisine, she has single-name status. >> madhur jaffrey. >> madhur jaffrey. >> madhur jaffrey. reporter: but for famed indian chef madhur jaffrey, the path to numerous best-selling cookbooks, multiple james beard awards, and the highest civilian honors in both india and the united kingdom wasn't planned. madhur: i think of it as a huge, wonderful accident. it's, serendipity. i don't know what you want to call it, but it just happened. and i've enjoyed myself hugely while it happened. reporter:

i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. ♪ ♪ >>> for decades, democrats have tried and failed to make the court a voting issue for its base. well maybe this election cycle they will succeed, because this week in washington we are seeing two very different visions for the american justice system. president biden reached a major milestone in his mission to diversify the federal courts. the senate confirmed his 200 and 201st judicial nominees, adding two more women of color to the bench. biden has appointed more black and brown judges than any president in history. he thinks the senate in a statement saying "judges matter. these men and women have the power to uphold basic rights or to roll them back." that's why democrats are calling out some serious and urgent ethics concerns on the supreme court. according to the new york times, supreme court justice samuel alito decorated his homes with two flags like those carried during the january 6th insurrection. he blamed his wife for putting up the first, a

. >>> welcome in to "the sunday show", i am jonathan capehart, and we are following breaking news outiran. earlier today, helicopter carrying the iranian president crash landed in a mountainous region in the country's northwest, near the border with azerbaijan. iran's foreign minister and other state officials were also on board. according to iranian state media reports, rescuers have had a hard time reaching the crash site due to poor weather and heavy fog in the area. at this hour, there's no word on the president's condition. rescuers have reportedly pinpointed the location of the downed chopper and made contact with two of the passengers. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, josh letterman, who is following developments on the story, live in london. what's the latest on the rescue effort? >> reporter: well, it is the early hours of the morning in iran, and jonathan, it's been nearly 12 hours since we believe that plane went down and we still do not know the fate of the helicopter, the president, or the foreign minister who was also on board as they were returning from a visit

the saturday show with jonathan capehart starts right now. now.me court justice, samuel alito is under mounting pressure for flying two flags linked to insurrectionist's. senate democrats want a meeting with chief justice roberts, and house members are demanding alito recuse himself

." >>> i am jonathan capehart, this is "the sunday show". >>> we are exactly six months away from election, and the alarm bells over donald trump's unhinged behavior and authoritarian tendencies are louder than ever. yesterday in a donor retreat, the four times indicted on 40 count former president and presumptive republican nominee for president called special counsel jack smith "deranged -- and evil thug." he compared the biden administration to the secret police force of nazi germany, saying "these people are running a gestapo administration ." we are getting a clear picture of what he plans to deal if he wins a second stint in the white house, this time in his own words, revealing interviews time magazine and the milwaukee journal sentinel, trump laid out a vision for the country which includes a jacobian approach to immigration. he told time that he is willing to "build migrant detention camps and apply the u.s. military at the border and inland." it's part of the deportation operation where he would "rely mostly on the national guard to round up and remove undocumented migrants throu

that's jonathan capehart, associate editor for the washington post and eliana johnson, editor in chiefgton free beacon. david brooks is away. we have a pair of debates on the books between president biden and former president trump, debates that suddenly came together in a matter of minutes wednesday it felt like. the first will be hosted by cnn, the second by abc. the biden campaign has agreed to a vice president for debate hosted by cbs this summer. no agreement from the trump campaign on that one. these debates will be unusual for a few reasons. they are happening earlier than normal. the commission on presidential debates is not involved at all. and there's not going to be an audience. who does this benefit? >> it benefits the american people. leave aside the commission. the american people need to see these two men debate the issues and let the american people see and judge for themselves who they want to vote for or not vote for, but you better vote. but are they up to the job? are they up to running this country? in terms of the specifics of the debate, president biden got every

i am jonathan capehart.his is " the saturday show." ♪ ♪ >>> this week of donald trump's new york criminal trial was all about the dirty details. with adult film star, and writer, stormy daniels, testifying about the one night stand trump allegedly spent $130 thousand to cover up, he claims he never had a sexual encounter with daniels. during a reservist cross- examination rigorous cross- examination, daniels fired back "if that story was untrue i would have written it to be a lot better. but the stakes of this case are much bigger than the hotel room. it is looking like this case, the people of the state of new york against john old jay. trump might be the only chance to hold trump accountable for election interference before this november's election. that's because trump's three other criminal cases have been slammed with major delays. in georgia come the state appeals court has agreed to a trump's request to disqualify district attorney fani willis. that process should keep trump out of fulton county court

i'm jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. >>> student protests against the israel hamas war continue to royal campuses as universities grapple with how to handle disruptions at upcoming graduation ceremonies. just hours ago, tensions escalated at the university of virginia after police began removing an encampment near the chapel grounds that had been in place nine days. officials say the situation is now stabilized. though police are still on the scene. and this morning a group of pro palestinian demonstrators briefly interrupted the university of michigan's commencement. but no arrests were reported. so far, more than 2400 people have been arrested or detained on dozens of college campuses including hundreds of arrests at ucla and columbia university where police in riot gear cleared out protesters. and now, new nbc reporting reveals columbia university is reassessing its commencement plans following security concerns over the protests. on thursday, president biden publicly addressed the demonstra

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turn to the analysis of capehart and lewis, lewis, that's "washington post" associate editor jonathan capeharttt lewis, columnist for "the daily beast." david brooks is away. we saw the report that israel may be in violation with humanitarian law, but the u.s. will continue to supply israel with weapons. not only were they pausing some weapons deliveries, but biden said he would consider pausing more if israel launches a full-scale invasion into rafah, where a million gazans are now sheltering. how do you look at this and swear all these things which seem to be in contradiction with each other? >> we cannot look at them in isolation. these are not isolated incidents. they are part of what i view as an enormous diplomatic effort on the part of the president to get israel and hamas to agree to a cease-fire, namely hamas, agree to a cease-fire, may be for six weeks, and then hope that it holds and they can bring an end to the conflict. but in terms of what the president is saying, i interviewed him on march 9, asked, what is your redline with benjamin netanyahu, invasion of rafah? he said yes. fa

>> i am jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. >>> the tomorrow is memorial day , a day to remember our military service members who made the ultimate sacrifice for this country. according to historian david blight, black americans were the first to honor fallen soldiers. black writes that in may, 1865, the black community in charleston, south carolina held a parade for a union soldiers killed in the war and, quote, converted confederate real men into their own festival of freedom. that first celebration in charleston grew into a national holiday, commemorating the hundreds of thousands of americans who have died defending our democracy. as president biden told the graduating class of west point yesterday, our rights and the system of government that protects them cannot be taken for granted. please know better than anyone, freedom is not free, it requires constant vigilance and from the very beginning, nothing is guaranteed about our democracy in america. every generation has an obligation to defend it and protect it and preserve it and choose it. now it's your turn. >> a sharp con

>> i'm jonathan capehart. this is a bleach blonde bad old butch body edition of the saturday show. in the coming weeks, the supreme court will hand down rulings in two pivotal cases related to the violent january 6th insurrection, including whether donald trump has sweeping immunity from criminal prosecution. decisions that will have enormous implications for american democracy. a new revelation is reigniting grave concerns, if not fear, about the impartiality of the high court's conservative supermajority. on thursday, the new york times reported that neighbors of justice samuel alito snap photos of an upside down american flag flying outside of the jurists home in virginia. the pictures were taken on january 17th, 20 what 21, days before president biden's duration and days after rioters stormed the capitol. since the nation's founding, and inverted flight has been widely recognized as a sign of distress. it has also been used as a symbol of protest by the right and the left. after the 2020 election, some trump supporters co-opted upside down flags in support of the 'stop the stea

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