but for now, i handed over to mehdi hasan. hi, this mehdi. >> a, at least. yeah so interesting to usa to be able to watch elect you know superhero with your kid. because it meant so much to my two daughters to watch ms. marvel racing plea on disney+. >> amazing. >> huge. >> what it did give me a thrill as a proud new jersey. >> yeah, i mean, people just don't get it until it happens. that, for me, is it fundamentally. when you see it happen, a lot happens. >> i was gonna say, it's important for what it means to you. but it's also important for what it means to everyone else who has never seen someone like that, who doesn't live in community with someone like that, and has a perception of who we are based on falsehoods and lines. >> it is a win-win situation across the board when they get it right, as you pointed out. have a great rest of your evening, alicia. great to see you. >> same. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a major, major victory tonight for the democrats and for our planet. the senate have passed inflation reduction act, capping of a his

good evening, welcome to the show, i am mehdi hasan. we have new breaking news tonight. a bulletin from the fbi and department of homeland security warns of a surge in threats and calls for violence against federal law enforcement officers and government personnel. according to nbc's kelly o'donnell, the bulletin includes the following passages. these threats are occurring across multiple platforms online, including social media sites, web forums -- the fbi warned that it has seen personal identifying information for possible targets of violence, like home addresses and identification of family members as additional targets. horrific stuff. earlier today, a man died by suicide after driving a car into a barrier outside of the u.s. capitol building. the individual got out of the car, and as officers approached fired shots into the air before ultimately shooting himself. this all comes on the heels of the cincinnati fbi field office attack on thursday, carried out by a former january 6th insurrectionists, who seems to be incited by the maga cult response to federal agents

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but for now, i handed over to mehdi hasan. hi, this mehdi. >> a, at least.ero with your kid. because it meant so much to my two daughters to watch ms. marvel racing plea on disney+. >> amazing. >> huge. >> what it did give me a thrill as a proud new jersey. >> yeah, i mean, people just don't get it until it happens. that, for me, is it fundamentally. when you see it happen, a lot happens. >> i was gonna say, it's important for what it means to you. but it's also important for what it means to everyone else who has never seen someone like th

. >> good evening, from washington d.c., i'm mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. cast your mind back to two years ago. the summer of 2020, donald trump, still an office. federal agents, being sent into american cities like portland, and seattle, and using war tactics against protesters for racial justice. i was in this seat, filling in for chris hayes, for the first time. we should stop talking about the f-word, fascism. >> i have worked around the globe. i've interviewed prime ministers, and government officials. dictators, despots, authoritarians. i think it is time in america, we have a proper conversation about the f-word. no, not that one, fascism. i know, i know, it is controversial. people get come -- uncomfortable when you mention it. but to borrow a line, if not now, when? if not us, the free press, then who? for far too long, we have shined away from the f-word. there is donald trump a fascist, and the ad hominem, a political insult. the liberal who cried wolf. look, i get it, fascism is associated with dictatorships. with mass murder. we haven't had eit

i'm mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes.now the last time kansas went democratic in a presidential election? it was 1964, when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states, plus the district of columbia. since then, a republican has won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night, we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected an amendment removing

i'm mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in a presidential election? it was 1964, when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states, plus the district of columbia. since then, a republican has won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night, we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected an amendment removing abortion rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic ad

f coming up on the mehdi hasan show! canvas, overwhelmingly votes to protect the right to abortion.est for reproductive rights for the midterms. and how will this week's primary results impact with his congress can achieve? i'll post both of those questions to house correspondent -- . plus pelosi completed her controversial trip to taiwan. but was the trippers the risk? i'll -- ask. no

that is all in for this week, i will be back on sunday at 8 pm, my, show the mehdi hasan, msnbc prime, though, starts right now though, with ali velshi. good evening. >> mehdi, good evening to, you have yourself a good weekend. we will see you sunday night. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. back in 2009, barack obama took office amid the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. democrats had control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, and for awhile, despite that dire economic catastrophe, it looked like democrats were going to be able to deal with the crisis and move forward on a big, broad agenda. that year, they passed an historic economic recovery, built to pull the country out of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the president's domestic agenda, the affordable care act, obamacare, if you will. bringing health care to tens of millions of americans. the next item on their agenda was another historic piece of legislation. a desperately needed climate bill to address the growing threat posed b

f coming up on the mehdi hasan show! canvas, overwhelmingly votes to protect the right to abortion. and what would be the first test for reproductive rights for the midterms. and how will this week's primary results impact with his congress can achieve? i'll post both of those questions to house correspondent -- . plus pelosi completed her controversial trip to taiwan. but was the trippers the risk? i'll -- ask. no [inaudible] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the show. i'm mehdi hassan. last year, a texas woman neymar lionel suffered a miscarriage. nine and a half weeks into her pregnancy. she and her doctor and asked for a standard procedure to remove the fetus so there would be no infection, or other long term properties. here's what the doctor told her. >> because of the new law that is passed here, you have to schedule another ultrasound to verify the pregnancy isn't valid before we give you a medical intervention. >> the new law, that new law. texas's six-week abortion ban take effect in 2021. they called it a heartbeat bill because it bans abortion once they can protect cardiac activity. s

that is all in for this week, i will be back on sunday at 8 pm, my, show the mehdi hasan, msnbc primeood evening. >> mehdi, good evening to, you have yourself a good weekend. we will see you sunday night. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. back in 2009, barack obama took office amid the biggest economic crisis since the great depression. democrats had control of the white house, the senate, and the house of representatives, and for awhile, despite that dire economic catastrophe, it looked like democrats were going to be able to deal with the crisis and move forward on a big, broad agenda. that year, they passed an historic economic recovery, built to pull the country out of the great recession by early 2010, they had passed a major part of the presint

good evening, i'm mehdi hasan. we begin tonight in florida. land of endless sunshine, citrus fruit and senior living. welcome to the villages. the florida retirement community is so big it's the same size as the city of gainesville, florida, just off the interstate. also its biggest waco texas and the village is a big deal politically as well. it's a regular stop on the campaign trail for right-wing republicans. donald trump spoke to supporters there in the final stretch before election day. he signed an executive order on medicare there in 2019. while matt gates and marjorie taylor greene took their traveling gave a gifts act there in 2021. when ron desantis said he was stripping disney of his self governing power in the state when he sought to control higher education and when he briefed people on his coronavirus response in 2020, he did it all from, you guessed it, the villages. if something major and conservative politics is happening in florida, and chances are it's happening at the villages? >> even voter fraud. just the safe, to residen

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