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thank you so, much mehdi. >> oh, yes. tonight, on the mehdi hasan show -- trump makes the rounds as we prepare to learn more about his ties to extremism in the next set of 16 public airings this week. his niece, mary trump is here with me to discuss it all. and boxes stuck rawlston gave a rare interview this week. but he wasn't really challenged on some of his most offensive and extreme views. later tonight, i will break down what i would have asked him. and we will preview joe biden's politically whiskey trip for the middle east this week. you know, israel and saudi arabia. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening. i am mehdi hasan. it is easy to forget the decline of u.s. democracy isn't just happening in washington, d.c., or via the federal judiciary. it's also taking place at the state level, where gerrymandered state legislatures and gop state courts are also steadily undermining the rights of american voters. take what just happened in the great state of wisconsin. on friday, the state supreme court there, not only banned most drop bo

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good evening mehdi. >> good evening chris, and thank you so. much >> thanks to you at home for joining us this. are in just a few minutes, i'm going to be joined live by none other than jon stewart, the legendary comedian and former host of the daily show who was in washington today, and yet blistering criticism for republican senators who just blocked a bill that would help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed overseas. the apparently blocked it out of spite, despite voting for or for the -- last month. john so it has been a fierce advocate on this issue, and you will not want to miss what he has to say. that is coming up. but first, i want to start tonight with this really weird moment that happened last week at a house hearing. transportation secretary pete pitt a judge was testifying before the house committee, and as you would expect, for several hours, they discussed infrastructure. roads, railways, electric vehicles, energy prices, all the usual stuff. until one republican congressman on the committees suddenly took the tra

. >> mehdi, i may to go in and get a smoothie.'m in a restaurant. >> get a smoothie, you deserve a smoothie, after what you have done today. we appreciate you john stewart. thank you for your time. >> thank you so much for staying on this, and please, as much as you can, keep getting the word out, we really appreciate it. >> we will. thank you. safe driving. >> much more ahead tonight. much more ahead here tonight, senator amy klobuchar joins us next. next its revolutionary rollerball design delivers fast, powerful, long-lasting pain relief. aleve it, and see what's possible. and it's easier than ever to get your projects done right. with angi, you can connect with and see ratings and reviews. and when you book and pay throug you're covered by our happiness check out angi.com today. angi... and done. this is the gillettelabs with exfoliating bar. the bar in the handle removes unseen dirt and debris ahead of the blades, for effortless shaving in one efficient stroke. new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. ahead

>> thank you so much for having me, mehdi.tary blinken reiterated the same talking points. the same points stated in the statement that they released on the fourth of july. there were no promises, no commitments, other than the fact that they would be more transparent with us, moving forward. however, at this point, what we are looking for is meaningful action. but we are looking for is accountability. we express our demands and our concerns. and we ask for an investigation by the u.s., administration, and we ask for accountability. i mean, it's the least thing they can do for an american citizen. >> what does accountability look like? what's specifically would you want joe biden or anthony blinken to do here? >> we would like accountability as in holding the israeli government accountable. starting with holding the shooter, the soldier who pulled the trigger accountable by imprisoning him. holding the person who gave the order. accountable. and also the entire system that perpetuate this kind of violence, this kind of killing

i'm mehdi hasan. let's be clear would help. and a democratic president was elected to office in the midst of a once in a generation chrysler. santa or the white house with -- a clear authorization for the president to push ahead with unambitious legislative agenda but a major obstacle stands on his way, a right-wing reactionary supreme court with very little public legitimacy. some familiar? this week discipline court wrapped up an immense most controversial terms in american history. scaling back decades of progress in the matter of mere weeks. we've actually been here before. following a landslide victory in 1936, president franklin d. roosevelt was elected to a second term in office. securing what was, at the time, the largest popular vote tally in american history. fdr's victory sold out of not only a personal win, but a decisive victory for his signature legislative agenda, the new deal. despite the program's popularity amongst the american people, it faced some serious opposition at the nation's highest court, over the ye

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i'm mehdi hasan, sunday marks 100 days until the 2022 midterms. we are devoting a whole of today show to those elections. what they mean and what might happen. because they are quite possibly the most important mid term elections of our lifetime, and yes, that said about every election, and let me just point out that if republicans had had a house majority on january the 6th 2021, donald trump might still be president right now. republicans are already trying to stack state election offices with the big light supporters who could do with trump's allies tried to do in -- they'll to do in 2020. through the electoral system into chaos and create a showdown where the next president will be decided by a vote in the republican -controlled house of representatives. history suggests that democrats are all -- toward a midterm shacking, as president obama once called it. the party in the white house has few exceptions traditionally lost seats in congress. democrats are expected to perform poorly. there's almost a punchline at this point. yes, president bide

msnbc prime starts right now with mehdi hassan. good evening, mehdi. msnbc prime starts right now.> good evening, it feels like a sunday evening. good to see you. >> indeed. i love it. >> have a good night. >> it is thursday, not sunday night. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we have breaking news about january 6th out just tonight. news about one of the key law enforcement agencies that has been the center of several january 6 hearings so far. tonight we are learning that the u.s. secret service erased text messages, sent by secret service officials, between january 5 and january 6 of last year, of 2021. that's according to a letter sent to congress by the inspector general for the me

msnbc prime starts right now with mehdi hassan. good evening, mehdi. msnbc prime starts right now. good evening. >> good evening, it feels like a sunday evening. good to see you. >> indeed. i love it. >> have a good night. >> it is thursday, not sunday night. >>> and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we have breaking news about january 6th out just tonight. news about one of the key law enforcement agencies that has been the center of several january 6 hearings so far. tonight we are learning that the u.s. secret service erased text messages, sent by secret service officials, between january 5 and january 6 of last year, of 2021. that's according to a letter sent to congress by the inspector general for the department of homeland security. a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says those text messages were erased after, after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased

it >> yeah, mehdi, the comments of marjorie taylor greene remind me of a very sad awakening i had when i served in congress, which is the realization that nothing in the constitution requires judgment or intellect to be qualified to serve in the house of representatives. neither is moral clarity, discernment, fundamental commitment to equality and justice. we simply rely on communities to elevate people -- over national values. i think that's the greatest concern. we've entered into an era where marjorie taylor greene and others actually reflect a slice of american values. i like your comparison to the tea party because i think it's very important to look at what happened. coming to the 2010, consider myself an established -- many of us -- thought, this tea party wave, we can control it, it's not going to be a big deal. ultimately, the tea party waved to find the republican party. i think that's what's happening with this whack job caucus that's emerging, this anti-democratic caucus is emerging. it is taking over the party. it is the future of the party, and arguably, the present as we

welcome to the show, i'm mehdi hassan. -- all but 17 white men. there has never been a black woman on the highest court in the land. on thursday at noon, that changed. >> i do solemnly swear that i will administer justice without respect to person's and do equal right to the poor and the rich. and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent upon me. as an associate justice of the supreme court of the united states. >> meet the newest member of the u.s. supreme court, history was made on thursday. in a moment, i will speak with former democratic -- who guided jackson through her tumultuous senate process. but first, let me take you back to 1998, when president bill clinton appeared before a grand jury, any investigation by independent counsel who -- >> there was no sex of any kind, in any kind of shape or form with president clinton, was it utterly false statement? as a correct? >> it depends upon what meaning of the word is in this case. >> it depends on what's the meaning of the word is, is. a classic. wh

msnbc prime starts right now with mehdi hassan. good evening, mehdi. e starts right now and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we have breaking news about january the 6th, out tonight. news about one of the key law enforcement agencies that has been at the center of several january 6th hearings so far. tonight, we are learning that the u.s. secret service service erased text messages sent by secret service officials between january the 5th and sixth of last year. that is according to a letter sent by congress -- a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says that the text messages were erased after they were requested as part of an evaluation of what happened on january the 6th being conducted by that government watchdog. the letter notes that the secret service is claiming that the messages were erased as part of a device replacement program. again, it is important to note that the messages were erased only after they were requested by the inspector general. they also points out in this letter, that h

thank you mehdi. >> i. thanks >> thank. you >> well it is happening, donald trump is being investigated by the justice department. the washington post reports tonight that the justice department is investigating president donald trump's actions it's part of its criminal probe in two efforts to overturn the 2020 election efforts, according to four people courting with that. the washington post broke that story tonight, just hours after attorney general merrick garland did an interview with nbc's lester holt and said the justice department would quote, bring justice to everybody who was criminally responsible for interfering with the peaceful transfer of power. and hours after lester holt's interview with merrick garland as with our guest carol leonnig, the washington post broke the news historic news under the headline, justice department investigating trump's actions in january six criminal probe. that headline will now mark the moment in history when we learned that a former president of the united states is being investig

i will start working on that now. >> thank, you mehdi. thank you. well donald trump is now in a fight with 9/11 families. as only donald trump can be. donald trump once told the lie that i immediately exposed, which made him immediately tell him to make him stop telling the lie, that he lost hundreds of friends on 9/11. that is possibly the most grotesque lie donald trump has ever told. about himself in a personal way. he lost tons of friends on 9/11. he lost zero friends, zero friends on 9/11. at the end of this hour, you're gonna hear what's 9/11 families are saying about donald trump hosting a saudi financed golf tournament at his golf club. donald trump, taking money from the saudis. and defending 9/11 families in the process. that's in the next hour. as 76 defendant donald trump looks at the final chapter of his life, he knows tonight that he is likely to spend the rest of his life as a defendant. he's already a defendant multiple times in different kinds of civil lawsuits, including, most importantly, and most dangerously, to donald trump, law

i'll also be doing my show, the mehdi hassan show on peacock, keeping busy. but now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good evening lawrence. , good evening that we are continuing the breaking news coverage of the washington post report tonight telling us the donald trump was indeed the subject of a criminal investigation by the justice department. it really is happening. >> it's a phenomenal date because he also turned up with lester holt to answer questions about this and then the story breaks. it's a big day in the doj press office i think. >> we all saw with the attorney general said to lester holt today, that he will absolutely investigate everybody, that was his term. he went back to it more at once, and the attorney general said more than once in more than one way, in an hours later there's the washington post that donald trump is under investigation by the justice department. andrew weissmann former prosecutor says based on what the washington post is reporting, says donald trump is a subject of the investigation at this point, no do

msnbc prime starts right now with mehdi hassan. good evening, mehdi. for joining us this hour. we have breaking news about january the 6th, out tonight. news about one of the key law enforcement agencies that has been at the center of several january 6th hearings so far. tonight, we are learning that the u.s. secret service service erased text messages sent by secret service officials between january the 5th and sixth of last year. that is according to a letter sent by congress -- a government watchdog that oversees the secret service. importantly, the letter says

msnbc "prime" starts right now withar mehdi hasan. good evening. >> good evening, chris. so much. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. in a few minutes, i will be joined live by none other than j ox n stewart the legendary comedian and former host of "the daily show" in washington today and blisters criticism for republican senators who just blocked a bill that would help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed overseas. they apparently blocked it out of spite, despite voting for it overwhelming just last month. jon stewart has been a fierce advocate on this issue and he was hopping mad today. you will not want to miss what he has to say that. is coming up.

i'm mehdi hasan, sunday marks 100 days until the 2022 midterms.n and what might happen. because they are quite possibly the most important mid term elections of our lifetime, and yes, that said about every election, and let me just point out that if republicans had had a house majority on january the 6th 2021, donald trump might still be president right now. republicans are already trying to stack state election offices with the big light supporters who could do with trump's allies tried to do in -- they'll to do in 2020. through t e

i'm mehdi hasan. let's be clear would help.

. >> 's campaign senior adviser told us that mistress could lainey thought the theories wer mehdi.e tried to participate in this meeting. >> that sounds like a slur against italian-americans if yo ask me. the cleanest video today seem t come courtesy of info words and alex jones. but maybe we aren't being charitable here. it's mister goldstein, he did treat the committee to a witnes that looked like he, she was from the future. >> my concern with that for seemingly the first time was speaking directly to extremist. >> it is like yoda. joy naming now is senior columnist at town townhall author of the new book will be back, the fall and the rise of america. i loved having on the podcast today. this production isn't so much gone with the wind, but what? >> it's gated ishtar. it's a disaster. did you hear that voice? dave, don't turn me off. dave? what's going on here? this is craziness. when you have pat he's only bee talked about for weeks and week and weeks, the former white house counsel. if you can't get the name of th witness right, that voice we referenced was that weird vocal.

mehdi has sung, -- hassan, ari felder, he looks at things from the perspective of a lawyer. i don't get the deal that he is trying to manipulate me. host: you mentioned tucker carlsen. back to this poll, i will explain the negative numbers. among americans who are familiar with news personalities. the most trusted people all are with fox news -- tucker carlsen, 65% of republicans familiar with carlsen trust him. laura ingraham, 61%. sean hannity, 59%. among democrats who are familiar with news personalities, the most trusted people are anderson cooper, rachel maddow, george stephanopoulos, and wolf blitzer. those last three are in the 60's. anderson cooper, 75%. you mentioned people who make you angry, because you don't feel like they are telling you the other side. active discussion yesterday in washington about the news media and trust. tucker carlsen responded to questions about whether he could speak against president trump at fox news. take a look. [video clip] tucker: could you go negative on trump in a sustained way? could you support someone without your audience tur

if you use the parallel to harry truman in 1948, mehdi, anyone who is a long time ago but when trumann and its own right after new -- and lost both houses of congress so let's turn to someone else. they even turned to dwight eisenhower who someone didn't know was a republican -- was not likely taken one is a democrat. that's how desperate they were. the point i would make to joe biden and everyone right now, chill. a president looks very different in a reelection year from the way he does at the time that he wins or loses the midterms. ronald reagan, 1982. he had a terrible showing in the midterm elections. many people said their reagan is a one term president. two years later, reagan won reelection. it doesn't protect too much. >> what's interesting, michael, you have this unpopular terry biden in the same polls also show a generic lead for the democrats and the -- feels like voters, this time around, her disconnected. they've accepted whatever happens button -- right now, 2022, this is an important midterm election for the future of democracy. -- >> i think that's right. i>> if ther

. >> thank you, mehdi. >> much more ahead here tonight, in just a moment, we'll be joined live by one of the members of the january six committee, who will be leading the next public hearing. stay with us. indeed instant match instantly delivers quality candidates matching your job description. visit indeed.com/hire liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. [ sfx: submarine rising out of water ] minions are bitin' today. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ minions: the rise of gru, only in theaters. >> mark your calendars for one week from tonight. that is when the next january 6th public hearing is set to be held, according to nbc news. that hearing is expected to be led by democratic congresswoman elaine luria and republican congressman adam kinzinger. they will lead a hearing focused on a key part of the january 6th saga, that we have not heard much about yet. what donald trump did and did not do during the hundred and 87 minutes, from one of the mob stormed the capitol, to the moment he finally begrudgingly told them, go home, we love you

msnbc primeda starts right now with mehdi hasan. good evening. >> good evening, chris. thank you.to you at home for joiningan us tonight. we havein breaking news tonight involving democratic senator joe manchin. it is not the kind of joe manchinth news you may be used . byou now, you probably know joe manchin as the guy who blocks everything in congress. from president biden's build back better agenda, to efforts to fight climate change, to attempts at filibuster reform, tost taxing billionaires, joe manchinna has made himself the n standing up m for the democrati agenda yelling stop, but tonight, senate democrats may have just had a major break through. the top democrat

msnbc primeda starts right now with mehdi hasan. good evening. >> good evening, chris. thank you. thanks to you at home for joiningan us tonight. we havein breaking news tonight involving democratic senator joe manchin. it is not the kind of joe manchinth news you may be used . byou now, you probably know joe manchin as the guy who blocks everything in congress. from president biden's build back better agenda, to efforts to fight climate change, to attempts at filibuster reform, tost taxing billionaires, joe manchinna has made himself the n standing up m for the democrati agenda yelling stop, but tonight, senate democrats may have just had a major break through. the top democrat in the senate, chuckat schumer, released a joi statement, with senator manchin saying that theem west virginia democrat will now support, not oppose, but yes, support the democrats'rt big new budget dea. despite objecting to it, just two weeks ago. now, we don't have all the details yet, but a one-page summary says that the deal will make progress in some pretty big areas. including a 15% minimum tax on co

welcome to the show, i'm mehdi hassan. -- all but 17 white men.hest court in the land. on thursday at noon, that changed. >> i do solemnly swear that i will administer justice without respect to person's

good evening mehdi, and i'm sure tucker carlson has no problem with any of that, and he's basically as much himself. >> the problem is, none of them, do this is not some fringe figure, as you said, trump, tucker, cpac, they're all a brazen guy has a long history of islamophobia. it's no to mixed race society, -- >> this is day two of our coverage of the criminal investigation of the 45th president of the night states, and day two has gone exactly expected exactly as expected in investigations like this. we've learned the identity of another very important cooperating witness, with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump, and a potential group of coconspirators that includes most prominently, trump white house chief of staff mark meadows, and attorney rudy giuliani who is no longer legally license to practice law. here is the witness, who we learned today is cooperating with the justice department criminal investigation of donald trump. >> did rudy giuliani ever suggest that he was interested in receiving a presidential pardon related to january 6th? >> he did. >>

good evening mehdi, and i'm sure tucker carlson has no problem with any of that, and he's basically as. >> the problem is, none of them, do this is not some fringe figure, as you said, trump, tucker, cpac, they're all a brazen guy has a long history of islamophobia. it's no to mixed race society, -- >> this is day two of our coverage of the criminal investigation of the 45th president of the night states, and day two has gone exactly expected exactly as expected in investigations like this. we've learned the identity

and she has signaled she'll take a radically different approach to the role ground forces, mehdi. joining us now with the very latest details as the week. >> the new san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins held a media availability today in the tending line and she bought her tough talking tough on crime, new attitude to address the ongoing problem of the open air drug market in the till. >> we cannot allow our residents to die on the street of overdose. we have 45 overdose deaths in may. 33 of which were from fentanyl it's, you know, without holding those who sell fence and all accountable the days of not holding drug dealers accountable are over, according to newly appointed san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins. >> the da's first press conference in the tenderloin was preceded by a walk through that neighborhood to get a close look at the open air drug market. then she met with residents and shop owners to hear their concerns. and i have committed to them just like i did the entire city to making sure that we end these open air drug markets that we clear the str

tonight, on the mehdi hassan show, senator josh holy cheered on the january 6th insurrection. -- onethe cofounders of the critical race theory joins me to explain what it really means and why the right as demonizing it. congressman -- targeted by some nasty political -- it is behind them in. why congressman joins me live to discuss? this week, when joshua david holy junior, one of the chief architects of the big lie and the new cardio king secured would convince be described as main character status in american politics. it's an honor that is not entirely new just in the last month in fact. suggesting that trans people don't exist during the senate judiciary committee hearings. this time, however -- not for some bile he spewed, but well, take a look. >> as you could see in this photo, he raised his fist and solidarity with the protesters. re

good evening mehdi. >> good evening chris, and thank you so.s. are in just a few minutes, i'm going to be joined live by none other than jon stewart, the legendary comedian and former host of the daily show who was in washington today, and yet blistering criticism for republican senators who just blocked a bill that would help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed overseas. the apparently blocked it out of spite, despite voting

she focuses a lot of time on the january 6 mehdi but is not addressing the issues that are important to wyoming. i'm the only real proven success up here on this stage. i have been fighting the issues for wyoming for over 25 years. i have been fighting to protect our water rights, property rights and constitutional rights. i been representing our municipalities, counties, the state of wyoming, farmers and ranchers, oil and gas companies, irrigation districts, small businesses. i have been representing them and fighting against the federal overreach we have talked about over and over again tonight. i have fought back and beat the epa, the usda, u.s. fish and wildlife service. i actually on the one person who has done something to get more access to federal lands in the state of wyoming. i know how these agencies work. i have the experience to go back there and actually fight against them and i'm asking for your vote on august 16. thank you. mr. blumenshine: candidates, thank you so much for attending tonight's debate. this is the first time you have all been on the stage together. i'm

tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, the supreme court's conservatives are trying to overturn american democracyto indict donald trump, as former -- lisa graves. then, looking at the state of our union on the eve of america's birthday. my conversation with scholar