and paul butler, former federal prosecutor. and paul, i want to go to you first. if we could just show the video. it is disturbing video, but of this gunman walking around after shooting two protesters, two black lives matter protesters, and the scene setter is that president trump is tweeting away we're not going to allow looting and violence. that violence is allowed. police are seen on the sides of this video, they do not stop this young man who has a weapon. they do not arrest him. he walks along, unmolested by police. paul butler, i'm going to need somebody to explain how that is possible. >> it's called white supremacy, joy. so the idea that an african-american man can go to his car with his three kids in the back seat and get shot seven times in the back while apparently unarmed, where a young, white man can walk down the street fully loaded after having shot three people and be ignored by the police, there's no legal explanation for it. there's a cultural and political one. again, it's the white supremacy that the trump administration has enabled and endor

[applause] on paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman.nd on that fighting campaigner whose support i know welcome, -- i now welcome, president harry truman. [applause] i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i am proud of the contrast of our republican competitors. not one challenger has dared put his head up in the next desk the put his head up in the last 12 months. i'm fully aware of the fact that the democratic party by nominating someone of my faith has taken on what many regard as a new and hazardous risk. new at least since 1928. the democratic party has once placed its confidence in the american people and their ability to render a free and fair judgment. and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. [applause] to uphold the constitution and my oath of office. to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the presidency in the national interest. [applause] my record of 14 years in supporting public education, supporting complete separation

. >> i want to bring in paul butler, msnbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor. he hearing, what do investigators hope to learn? >> the purpose is politics. the purpose is this is senator lindsey graham trying to help donald trump get reelected. remember the context, craig. it's 2016. donald trump has just been elected president. and here is intelligence that michael flynn, one of his top advisers, is having all these weird conversations with the russians. at the same time that he's being briefed on russian matters as part of the transition. so sally yates testified, i didn't have any choice but to investigate him to make sure everything he was doing with the russians was on the up and up. and we know it wasn't. so the logan act says it's a crime for a private person to represent the united states' involvement in negotiations with a foreign country. the concern was that michael flynn was telling the russians, oh, don't worry built sanctions, when trump is installed as president, it's not going to be a big deal. that does seem to be a violation of the logan act. an

josh letterman and former federal prosecutor and nbc legal analyst paul butler. thanks to both you have for joining us. josh, the president already getting push back on the morn talk shows. we heard nancy pelosi calling this unconstitutional slop. what can you tell us about the bush pack? >> both sides really are spending the daybreaking down exactly what it is the president signed last night and how exactly it's going to work. it's pretty complicated. we'll break down what was included in what the president signed last night. the first part has to do with unemployment benefits that are extended now to $400 level down from that $600 that had been provided through federal unemployment ben if i waefits de coronavirus pandemic. the president also moving to defer payroll taxes through the end of the year to extend the moratorium on evictions from people facing the loss of their homes as well as deferring student loan payments and forgiving interest on those student loans. with several of these items, there are some real nagging questions that have to be answered. par

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beyond his base i'm not sure that this law and order appeal is going to work for the president. >> paul butlerwe appreciate you making sense of all this. we know the videos don't explain the full picture of what's been going on. we appreciate you spreading some light. actors and athletes, unprecedented moves from sports teams to bring attention to social injustice. their powerful message after the break. the break. since you're heading off to school, i got you this brita. dad... i just got a zerowater. but we've always used brita. it's two stage-filter... doesn't compare to zerowater's 5-stage. this meter shows how much stuff, or dissolved solids, gets left behind. our tap water is 220. brita? 110... seriously? but zerowater- let me guess. zero? yup, that's how i know it is the purest-tasting water. i need to find the receipt for that. oh yeah, you do. i have beautiful brown skin but take a look at your hand and whatever shade it is, it is beautiful as well. god did not make one type of tree or flower or rock. how dare you ask him to make one type of >>> welcome back everybody. activists and a

with us also is paul butler. tom, it was supposed to start at 3:00 p.m.elayed a little bit. this is his first appearance in court. what is the latest? do we know why it was delayed? >> reporter: covid-19. it's a tough situation with the courts. as you can imagine, they want to limit the amount of people in the courthouse. they have want to limit the courtrooms open and the staff. basically they have an available courtroom they set up at this time and they're going to have steve bannon appear, it sounds like, from a jail holding facility. there's some sort of cell. not like a normal jail cell, but a room where he's being held and he'll be appearing via video conference. the reporters that have regular access to the court, the courtrooms, we'll be able to see the video feed. there will be an audio feed available for the public. we'll see him from the standpoint that we'll watch him on a video monitor and i can provide details about that once that proceeding begins. he's expected to plead not guilty on this case and we don't expect to hear a lot of new detai

on paul butler, our devoted and courageous chairman, and on that fighting campaigner whose support ielcome, president harry truman. [applause] i feel a lot safer with all of them on my side. and i am proud of the contrast of our republican competitors. for their ranks are so thin that not one challenger has dared to put his head up in the last 12 months. [applause] i am fully aware of the fact that the democratic party, by nominating someone of my faith, has taken on what many regard as new atnd hazardous risk, least since 1928. the democratic party has placed its confidence in the american people, and in their ability to free and fair judgment, and in my ability to render a free and fair judgment. [applause] to uphold the constitution and my oath of office. to reject any kind of religious pressure or obligation that might directly or indirectly interfere with my conduct of the presidency in the natural interest. [applause] my record of 14 years in supporting public education, supporting complete separation of church and state, and resisting pressure of sources of nowkind, should be

josh letterman and former federal prosecutor and nbc legal analyst paul butler.nt already getting push back on the morn talk shows. we heard nancy pelosi calling this unconstitutional slop. what can you tell us about the bush pack? >> both sides really a