i'm mehdi hasan. it's been a full week now. since a mass shooter brutally shot and killed ten people at a grocery store in a predominantly black neighborhood of buffalo, new york. seven days since we learned that a quote-unquote manifesto linked to the accused gunman embraces the vial great replacement conspiracy theory, which promotes fears that the people of the west, read, white people, are being replaced by so-called white genocide. a week removed from one of the worst racist massacres in modern american history and how is the republican party responded? well, top republicans have doubled down on their support for the horrific conspiracy theory that was used to justify mass murder. let us count some of the ways, shall we? comments resurfaced after the shooting in which conservative congressman matt gaetz expressed his support for replacement theory and gaetz tried to insist he had been speaking in race neutral terms. senator ted cruz claimed the u.s. was a victim of invasion from the south. and compared it to ukraine. how m

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msnbc prime starts right now with mehdi hasan. hi, mehdi. , mehdi. thank you alicia, and thanks at-home for joining us this hour. as alicia said, this is msnbc prime, erin at this hour tuesday through friday, the rachel maddow show continues to air at this us tonight. and at this hour, polls have just closed in the great state of nebraska. in that state's primary elections, voters today chose nominees for congress, governor and other statewide offices in nebraska. as you know, nebraska is a pretty red state. it's a pretty safe bet that a lot of today's republican nominees will go on to win in the general election later this year. in fact, some of these offices don't have a democrat running for them. and a place like that, it's not whether a democrat or republican is going to win but what kind of republican is most popular. let's start with the trump-endorsed candidate for governor in today's primar

msnbc prime starts with mehdi hasan.ood evening. >> i'mi for one am amused that vladimir putin has done more for nato expansion more than donald trump and joe biden put together. >> truly amazing how that works. >> thank ziyou, chris. have a great rest of your night. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us at home at this hour, it is not a secret that president richard nixon had a big ego but he made a big bold whopping promise. >> president nixon told the white house conference today that america cannot live with is conscience if people are hgr

good evening on time mehdi hasan, it's been a full weekend since a match weekend brutally shot and killed ten people at a grocery store in a prominent black neighborhood in buffalo. seven days since we learned that a quote unquote, manifesto linked to the accused government embraces the vile great replacement theory. which promotes fear, people of the west are being replaced by white genocide. a week removed from one of the worst racist massacres in north american history. and how is the republican party responded? well, top republicans have doubled down on their support for the four fix appear -- that was used to justify mass murder. let's count some of the way shall we, comments in which conservative expressed his response replacement theory, gates tried to assist that there was rage neutral terms, senator ten crews claim this week that the u.s. was the victim of an invasion from the saudi compared to russia and the invasion of ukraine. i'm not. getting heavy bombers -- dropped on cruises neighborhood asking for his snowflake. there is also congresswoman elise stefanik the third republi

and that does it for us tonight, we'll see you again tomorrow, i'll also see you on my show, the mehdi hasannday night as well. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good evening lawrence. rence.good evening mehdi, and iw you suspect that mitch mcconnell does not take his oath of office as seriously as he might. but i'm going to be joined at the end of the hour tonight by ira shapiro, who has written now three books about the senate. his latest book is about the damage to the senate that mitch mcconnell has done. it is much more expensive than we get to cover in our hours of this kind of coverage. ira shapiro is going to begin to tell that story tonight, his book is really an amazing account of what is happening in the senate, and how mitch mcconnell has brought us to hear. and, the huge danger of returning him to the majority leader possession if the republicans win the senate. >> yeah, and who are the people who will be with mitch mcconnell on that senate majority? the likes of herschel walker, and who knows who comes out of pennsylvania if they win that race, it will t

tonight, on the mehdi hasan show, fighting autocrats on the right, conservative evan mcmullin left theblicans in utah. plus, 1 million covid deaths in the united states, all speak to political -- and young about the tragic that we can't ignore. and democratic congresswoman barbara lee on the end of abortion rights in america. that evening, and happy mother's day to all the mothers watching tonight. i'm mehdi hassan i've been pointing out on this show since we launched in 2020, there's no real organized resistance to trump on the right. and we should stop imagining that there is. the republican party is trump's party, i know it, you know i, and all those so member

msnbc prime starts with mehdi hasan. good evening. >> i'mi for one am amused that vladimir putin has done more for nato expansion more than donald trump and joe biden put together. >> truly amazing how that works. >> thank ziyou, chris. have a great rest of your night. >> thank you. >> thank you for joining us at home at this hour, it is not a secret that president richard nixon had a big ego but he made a big bold whopping promise. >> president nixon told the white house conference today that america cannot live with is conscience if people are hungry, he asked for support on behalf of food bills has sent to congress and he said should virtually eliminate poverty as a source of malnutrition. >> 2,000 delegates to the conference streamed into a washington hotel. they included corporation executives, welfare mothers, labor leaders, doctors, young social activists and mexican americans and bureaucrats. some lobbied for ideas to end hunger. the conversation was opened by president nixon. he said now is the time to do someth

morales morale >> coming up on the mehdi hasan show, president biden signals that he is willing to forgive advocates want, though. what stands in the way of executive action on this point? plus, how does democratic mastering of police reform go from defund the police to weekend fund it enough? i ask a leading voice in the black lives matter movement. and, doctor fauci says we are in a transitional phase of the pandemic, as cases go

next weekend saturday and sunday, 60 8 pm eastern for more american voices, for now i handed it to mehdi hasanmehdi hassan show, the far-right ideology that allegedly fueled the gunman in buffalo is also being promoted by republicans, and far-right media, where does it? and and democratic senate tina smith is here, we'll discuss whether her -- hard enough to protect you and roe other basic racked. and later, china's crimes against -- how can america respond? it was back in 2019 on the aids of march the 28-year-old australian man approached the al gore march and christchurch in new zealand as muslims were gathered for friday prayer. in his possession to 12 gauge shotguns, for semiautomatic rifles, and more than 7000 rounds of ammunition. he proceeded to enter that mosque in with a helmet mounted camera he livestreamed is butchering of ultimately 51 people in two mosques. i walk you through the details of that christchurch tragedy because increasingly all of the white supremacist terrorism

remember you can see my show the mehdi hasan show on demand on peacock, and on sunday night at 8 pm eastern here on msnbc. now it's time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening lawrence,? good evening buddy, you would like to believe that after a loss like that, that the lying would stop. that there would be something that would make allying stop. but it doesn't look like it's gonna happen. >> i think what's so frustrating as how they are, they say one thing to their television audience, and when they're in the courtroom they say something different. >> and their audience seems to continue to consume the lies. it's an amazing trick they pull off. >> good marks for a good con, i would say. >> thank you, mehdi. >> thanks, lawrence. >> thank you. the rest of the world cannot understand what's happening in this country, now. would the supreme court is doing could not happen in a democracy. in a democracy, the membership of the supreme court would reflect the democratically expressed will of the people. that means, the supreme court would reflect the democratically expressed will

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coming up on the mehdi hasan show.countries worry that the potential for humiliating russian defeat could somehow pose a greater threat to the world. how is that even possible? we'll get into it. and covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, again. again, the cdc in the biden ministration messaging is all over the place. i'll speak to two top doctors to try and make sense of it all. plus, if your idea of a good time is tense conversations with friends over difficult issues, then you won't want to

and that does it for us tonight, we'll see you again tomorrow, i'll also see you on my show, the mehdi hasanunday night as well. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good evening lawrence. with lawrgood evening mehdi, aw you suspect that mitch mcconnell does not take his oath of office as seriously as he might. but i'm going to be joined at the end of the hour tonight by irish a pirro, who has written now three books about the senate. his latest book is about the damage to the senate that mitch mcconnell has done. it is much more expensive than we get to cover in our hours of this kind of coverage. ira shap

and that does it for us tonight, we'll see you again tomorrow, i'll also see you on my show, the mehdi hasan show on peacock, here on msnbc on sunday night as well. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell, good evening lawrence. with lawrgood evening mehdi, aw you suspect that mitch mcconnell does not take his oath of office as seriously as he might. but i'm going to be joined at the end of the hour tonight by irish a pirro, who has written now three books about the senate. his latest book is about the damage to the senate that mitch mcconnell has done. it is much more expensive than we get to cover in our hours of this kind of coverage. ira shapiro is going to begin to tell that story tonight, his book is really an amazing account of what is happening in the senate, and how mitch mcconnell has brought us to hear. and, the huge danger of returning him to the majority leader possession if the republicans win the senate. >> yeah, and who are the people who will be with mitch mcconnell on that senate majority? the likes of herschel walker, and who knows who comes out of pennsyl

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coming up on the mehdi hasan show. as ukrainian forces take back the region around kharkiv, some european countries worry that the potential for humiliating russian defeat could somehow pose a greater threat to the world. how is that even possible? we'll get into it. and covid cases and hospitalizations are on the rise, again. again, the cdc in the biden ministration messaging is all over the place. i'll speak to two top doctors to try and make sense of it all. plus, if your idea of a good time is tense conversations with friends over difficult issues, then you won't want to miss my conversation with comedian, sam joe. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the show. i'm mehdi hassan. three months ago, russia launched its war on ukraine and we all thought it might be over in a few days. u.s. intel predicted kyiv would fall quickly to russian paratroopers. that didn't happen, thankfully. not only have the ukrainians defend themselves over the last few months, with the help of the western world, but they've gone on the offensive. ukrainian

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. >>> tonight on the mehdi hasan show, republicans are doubling down on racist conspiracies in the wakeing but at the same time they're trying to blame democrats for them, too. one of the top democrats that they're blaming, former presidential candidate julian castro joins me live. how to teach kids about racism when republicans are silencing our teachers. i will speak with the national education