and melissa murray is a professor at nyu new york university school of law.judge on the u.s. court of appeal on the second circuit. also a host of the strict scrutiny podcast. it's good to have you both there. there is a lot i have to say. there's a lot of stomach turning and enraging stuff, there was a lot of unintentional comedy today. i think the anti-racist babies was one of them. lindsey graham asking her to write her faith on a scale from 1 to 10 was one of those moments. but your big takeaways. i'll start with you elie mystal. >> the day starts with lindsey graham arguing that people in guantÁnamo bay should be left to rot and die without due process of law but. and ended with what tom cotton saying that drug can pence should be prosecuted and sentenced based on crimes other people have done. so, those are just the bookends for where the gop is, to say that they are sloughing into what's authoritarianism -- is an understatement. based on what they seem to think judges are supposed to do. and i wish more people understood that the republican we -- conce

we're also joined by our msnbc legal analysts, paul butler a former federal prosecutor and melissa murray who served as i aclerk for justice sonia soet maer. garrett, let me start with you. and it been a bit of a tone roller coaster. with the temperature turning up and turning down and then turning up and turning down. and i think we saw some of the most tense moments play out today between senator cruz and judge jackson who at points looked visibly exasperated, i would say, with this line of questioning. >> yeah, i think that's fair. so what we saw from ted cruz here was a return to a line of questioning that several other republican senators have also explored about her record in sentencing for child pornography chases. in short, republicans who have followed this line of questioning believe that she has been outside of sentencing guidelines and that that somehow suggests that as a supreme court justice who doesn't sentence anyone, let alone for child pornography cases specifically, but that she might not follow the law as written. that seems to be what they are trying to get at. but wh

joining me now, our melissa murray, msnbc legal analyst. and former clerical judge, sotomayor.wen, matthew jean and a professor at george washington university of law school. welcome to you, both. dana, what more stood out to you the most? >> well, the one that we just saw, i share senator booker's view that i will not let anyone steal the joy of this moment. you know, when judge jackson referenced moxley in her introduction, she was making a statement about the fact that she is going to be the first woman to be sent to the supreme court that is black. she's not the first woman, not by far. the first black woman lawyer was charlotte ring. that was 150 years ago. she became the first lawyer admitted to the united states. jalen bolden, 83 years ago, she became the first black woman judge. judge constant baker motley, when judge jackson referred to in her opening statement, was able to argue nine cases before the supreme court. 60 years ago, judge julia cooper back road 400 openings at an appellate federal court judge. none of these black women ascended to the bench. it is, i thin

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i'm joined by sdny civil prosecutor, maya wiley, and melissa murray. good to see both of you. professor murray, this is what law school textbooks are made of. you can say a lot of things that won't be criminal. but if you take the same words and you submit them, you might end up with fraud, depending on where they go. what does it tell you that the doj now, according to some people, quite late in the probe, are looking at those broader efforts and do you think there might have been a crime committed if people submitted fraudulent electors? >> well, i think if fraudulent electors were submitted, that very much looks like there could be criminal activity afoot, so i think that's clearly what the doj is after here. but i think why they have gotten to this point, i think is because of the pressure that they have received for not doing much of anything about this until now. most of the prosecutions have been of the protesters themselves, or these are individuals who for the most part have been charged with property crimes, breaking and entering into the capitol, vandalizing propert

i'll be joined by melissa murray youtube.com/msnbc. or to my twitter page @arimelbur, it sets a reminder. even if the world is doing other things on air. that's it for me. "the reidout" with joy reid starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. we begin "the reidout" with the humanitarian disaster in ukraine. 6.5 million people internally displaced and the 13 million people currently in regions hit hardest by the war in ukraine. cities like mariupol and sumi are facing what the u.n. described as critical and potentially fatal shortages of food, water and medicine. we're still learning more about the drama theater in mariupol that russia bombed despite clear markings children were inside. 130 people have been rescued but 1300 people are in the shelter. a flee cities like mariupol, many are heading west. in lviv, local officials said several aircraft hit buildings. it's ukrainian infrastructure a detail nbc news can't confirm. residents of lviv are scared the war will soon be at their doorsteps. >> when you sleep at 2:0 0 a.m., the soun

professor melissa murray, and nyu law school, worked as a law clerk for sonia sotomayor on the federaltion to the supreme court. let me start with your primary take away from today's hearing. >> it was absolutely unflappable, in the face of the preview of the critiques that they're going to get tomorrow, from the gop. they had their opportunity to speak, and they made clear to help, and that was their fate, their family, their commitment to fidelity to the rule of law. they offered not a rebuttal, but maybe a prebuttal. it is about what they're going to say tomorrow, and say that her judicial philosophy is one that is rooted in the mood of law, following precedent, and following a constitution. all of this, i think, it is what they are promising to merely be operative of, the radical left. she made quick work of all of that, and is likely to him at this morning. >> this is what they're hearing from republican senators, this is josh hawley, pushing ridiculous mirrors about judge jackson, with easy and center say child pornography places. it's so egregious, that even fox news had to call

joining us now, melissa murray, professor of law at new york university, also senior -- and host of the podcast amethyst. she is also an msnbc law and politics analyst. and professor mary, let me begin with, you and what you saw both in today's hearing and anything you would like to comment on through the week of hearings. i was not at all surprised to see former judge williams deliver the well qualified rating of judge jackson. i think it has been established by her record, her answers during the course of this confirmation, she is an absolutely superb nominee. perhaps the best nominee we have seen in recent years. the treatment that she has received by some members of the senate really alive the exceptional nature of her own credentials, her own performance before the judiciary committee, and the historical nature of this nomination. i give her an a+, i give the senate judiciary committee, depending on the members, a c minus. it was something of a spectacle, but it is not because of judge jackson. >> i have read your criticism of the democratic committee, not doing the job that they h

we did something special on youtube with professor melissa murray.emy.com and see all 40 minutes, spoiler alert, by the end, things were so fun that professor murray's dog made a cameo. thanks for watching "the beat." "the reidout" with joy reid starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. we begin "the reidout." the war in ukraine is reaching a stalemate. if it hasn't already. that's the opinion of military and political experts including a nato official that told nbc news the reality is neither side has a superiority over the other facing more resistance than bargained for, russian forces made meager gains on the battle field and at a virtual standstill. despite the vastly superior military, they're plagued by

to bring back in msnbc senior national correspondent, chris jansing, shannon petty piece and melissa murrayrmer law clerk to judge sonia sotomayor, as we keep an eye on what is happening in the room after what so many people were looking forward to today, the opening statement from judge jackson. melissa, it feels like she said what she needed to say before the q & a session begins. to evaluate the facts and without fear or favor make those rulings and she had an opportunity not only to share with hebs of that senate judiciary committee but all of america watching this unfold live who she is, what she's about and where she came from. >> that's exactly right, hallie. we are so used to lawyers making rebuttals, but this is actually a prebuttal going and preempting some of the questions that she may receive tomorrow. she made clear that her judicial philosophy is one that is rooted in the rule of law, fidelity to precedent. she takes these cases as she finds them. she takes them in an open-minded posture and she decides them in a neutral posture. so a prebuttal to those claims that she's nothi

. >> joining me right now, melissa murray, law professor at nyu and an msnbc contributor. one, melissa, let's dive into it. should ginni thomas' texts affect her husband's ability to vote on any cases related to donald trump or the challenges to the election or january 6th? i mean, can an argument be made that a spouse of a justice has nothing to do with court case interpretations? >> i think it's a really important point to make, alex. we never want to impute the conduct of one spouse to the other, they are obviously individuals. but when your spouse is participating in what is essentially an insurrection, where part of the plan is not only to deny the result of a validly conducted election but then to appeal that argument to the court on which your husband sits, then i think you're in some really uncharted legal waters. i think it is the appearance of impropriety and the lack of impartiality that is the problem here. judge thomas has already participated in two cases having to do with the january 6th insurrection, the court will take up a third, that of john eastman, the

joining me now, msnbc contributor and nyu law professor melissa murray, author of "you sound like a white, and melissa megan hayes. what do you make of the argument that maybe it is the court that does not deserve the confidence of the american people and the credibility that judge jackson will bring? >> well, i think irin may be on to something. the court has had a really bruising couple months. public confidence in the court is at an all-time low. they have allowed a patently unconstitutional law to be in effect in texas, essentially nullifying the constitutional rights of those in one of the largest states in the country to go unmitigated and unremedies. so yeah, the court is not having a great couple of months, and the public support for judge jackson, i think, and what she will bring to the judiciary perhaps will buoy the court for the time being, but again, we still have to wrestle with the fact that this african american woman, this historic nomination, is going to bolster an institution that right now is governed by a conservative 6-3 supermajority that is intent on rolling back 5

i'll be joined by melissa murray youtube.com/msnbc.nder. even if the world is doing other things on air. that's it for me. "the reidout" with joy reid starts right now. >>> good evening, everyone. we begin "the reidout" with the humanitarian disaster in ukraine.

joining me now, msnbc contributor and nyu law professor melissa murray, and executive director for theement program, judith brown. judith, how might judge jackson be preparing right now to count their line of attack that she is, quote, unquote soft on crime? >> well, this is not her first time through this process. you know, she has been confirmed by the senate two times for the judiciary. so she knows the ropes. she knows the kinds of questions that will be thrown at her, the kind of disinformation campaigns that we have seen coming from the right and from republicans on all types of things. so i'm sure she is -- she is prepared. she knows how to do this. and so the thing that we expect are these latest charges. and then they'll go after her for being a public defender. a public defender is a person who actually follows the constitution in making sure that people have a fair trial. and so the fact that they will go after her for that is ridiculous, but they will do it. and she is calm under pressure. and so she is going to be ready for them. >> melissa, we know that she has been prepa

murray up a theatre bomb. 4 days ago. control of the strategic city is still heavily contested by melissa and overnight in kirk eve, more shelling, more destruction. his accusations have been stepped up. so have preparations at the largest reception center in levine. thousands of people have come and gone. volunteers are preparing to receive and relocate thousands more in the coming days . now we expecting people from mario poll me preparing places for them to relax, get food, stay for a time and go further to other regions. l. broad. one family from a village near keith said the worst part of their journey was witnessing the horrors of war. no man, no longer. we were passing through a russian checkpoint and saw a lot of bodies lying near the road. some of them were shot but some missing body parts, not at one check point in the village. we were waiting for 2 buses. there were part of our convoy, but they were all gone down by pro russian forces. at another village. pro russian chechen fighters hold people hostage, they say, knowing ukrainian military will not shoot at civilians. well, what, what can i say? she says i'm scared a