he said, miss townsend, i did it.r little ones excited about reading at home. what did you hear from some of the parents? >> families were excited. it was because such a novel idea. a simple idea. let's connect, make this a teachable moment. we don't want you to go out of your way and do anything extra. we wanto bring the resources that you need directly to you. >> she was recently named washington, d.c.'s 2025 teacher of the year. >> this was a surprise. >> she's a finalist for the national title. >> i am a better teacher because of my students. >> coming as children's reading skills reach record lows. in d.c., thanks to teachers like miss townsend, public schools are seeing the opposite. reading scores surpassed the national average. this is the chancellor of d.c. public schools. >> we were ahead of the curve around science and reading. one area of focus is connecting our students with texts that is familiar to them. >> high five me if you love to read. high five. students like these third graders, who are thriving

all units responded to that. >> i gave the exact location between brannan and townsend street on the embarcadero, and that there's an active attempted kidnaping happening. >> and no response. >> no response. >> alyssa says the grandmother was going car to car, knocking on windows of vehicles in traffic, trying to get help. alyssa, her husband, and a random uber driver were the only ones to step in and do something. >> so the three of us, my husband and the gentleman in the uber and myself, we assisted with getting the attacker away who took off down the street. and then we got the grandmother and the baby safe, calm and able to return home. >> police say no arrests have been made. >> she had just the hollowed out, sunken look for her features. and then just those bright red, chapped lips. my husband and i have seen her throughout our neighborhood before. >> as for the child, family members tell me they're hopeful this won't have a long term effect on her. physically, she is okay, but she has been waking up crying at night since this happened in san francisco. j.r. stone abc seven new

all units responded to that. >> i gave the exact location between brannan and townsend street on the embarcadero, and that there's an active attempted kidnaping happening. >> and no response. >> no response. >> alyssa says the grandmother was going car to car, knocking on windows of vehicles in traffic, trying to get help. alyssa, her husband, and a random uber driver were the only ones to step in and do something. >> so the three of us, my husband and the gentleman in the uber and myself, we assisted with getting the attacker away who took off down the street. and then we got the grandmother and the baby safe, calm and able to return home. >> police say no arrests have been made. >> she had just the hollowed out, sunken look for her features. and then just those bright red, chapped lips. my husband and i have seen her throughout our neighborhood before. >> as for the child, family members tell me they're hopeful this won't have a long term effect on her. physically, she is okay, but she has been waking up crying at night since this happened in san francisco. j.r. stone abc seven new

i'm sanders townsend. we begin tonight with the world. >> still reeling. >> from donald trump and j.d. vance's decision last week to berate, belittle and gaslight ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky in the oval office. european allies are now unsure of how to handle the united states now that trump is fully, openly aligned with vladimir putin's russia. meanwhile, here at home, social security has never missed a payment in than 80 years, but your benefit checks might not show up next month. the former social security commissioner, martin o'malley, warned today that the slash and burn tactics of the world's richest man, elon musk, and his department of governmental efficiency would soon disrupt the system. o'malley saying, quote, you're going to see the system collapse and an interruption of benefits. i believe you will see that within the next 30 to 90 days. he added. people should start saving now. just be careful where you save that money, folks, because this afternoon, donald trump confirmed that his

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and symone sanders townsend, former chief spokesperson for vice president harris and co-host of the weekend here on msnbc. peter, what were folks inside the white house saying this morning about how the president's speech went last night? what they were saying about exactly. >> what you would expect them to say. caroline leavitt, the press secretary, who will be briefing reporters in the next couple of hours, saying that president trump absolutely owned the moment. of course, that's what you would expect. i will tell you what i heard privately, though, from a top ally to donald trump, this person described the speech last night as the unabashedly the most partizan speech he has ever heard delivered by a president in that house, chamber said this was, in effect, donald trump confidant and, in their words, on steroids. in the eyes of the president's allies, they believe that the president will have been successful in sort of delivering a message to those more independent minded voters, among others, saying that he sort of presented himself as a rare politician who says things, promises them,

i'm sanders townsend.inian president volodymyr zelensky in the oval office.

townsend. hi, symone. >> greetings, ari. i appreciated your lauryn hill reference earlier in the show. >> you got that one. you remember that one? >> i remember that one. i mean, it was before my time, but, you know, appreciate it. >> i'll tell you this before we go. it was it was not before my time. i'm not old. have a great show. >> thanks, ari. folks, welcome. we begin this hour with four words presented by democratic congresswoman melanie stansbury of new mexico. and these four words really just summed up whatever you want to call what we saw last night in that house chamber. >> thank you. >> so much. >> for having me. >> did you see that at the bottom of your screen? this is not normal. i should note that just moments later, republican congressman lance gooden of texas ripped that sign out of stansbury's hands and threw it in the air. that's not giving decorum. that is how the night started, with what is traditionally meant to be an address made by presidents to advance their agenda and push for new legislation with, yo

joining us now is andrea townsend, who was fired from her position at yosemite national park. andrea, i'm so sorry that you're going through all of this. just walk us through what happened. >> thank you. >> i appreciate that. >> um, on. >> i'm sorry, february. >> 14th. >> i received. >> an email stating that. >> i would. be terminated from my position, effective immediately. so, without warning, um, had. to pack up and leave my office by the end of that day. um, specifically, the the letter that i received stated that the department determined that i had failed to demonstrate fitness or qualifications for continued employment. >> and is there any truth to that? a lot of people we've spoken to said they had performance reviews and so forth that showed otherwise. >> elon musk. >> yeah, that's exactly right. i have multiple performance reviews. official performance reviews stating that i had exceeded the expectations that were outlined for my position. >> what was it like seeing these demonstrations across the country in support of you and your fellow workers? >> it was amazing.

miss shepherd townsend joins us live now from canada. as capital auto usher habits of trump says does now no more room left for canada and mexico. how is this tire? if announcement going down there in canada, she has it seems to come as a complete surprise, the but cation and the indications you are getting from canadian officials where they fall and the getting stations are getting rather well. and then so i can recall the segment from today's office, the prime minister, about an hour ago. i didn't, you know, and the type love which state ones by the prime minister on the, i'm justified us terrace. the games kind of the, i'm in the general gist of it is, you know, we're doing what do you all stuff to do? we've worked, we're letting us need to address the schedule from to know. we've implemented a $1300000000.00 board of time with new choppers, boots on the ground. mo, cold nation increase result is the felt before our funds know we've appointed our friends and those are we have enjoyed operational task force. they thought they were in n

you have a townsend issue, 1st of all, can you just focus through how last night spectacle uh, in the white house. how is that being received around the us at this point in time, it will be immediate reactions of a pretty predictable as to again, depending on who you speak to the, the democratic party, the neocons over to the foreign policy establishment. bothering with rage. yeah. and the, and those 2 things are pretty interesting. pretty. yeah. the same pretty much now. and so any appeasement of proofs in court call me and us rusher in the words of one democratic congressman from from florida sir. oh, actually republican gods and from florida. and then the mag, or faithful the trumpet say for they love this idea of trump. here you're getting a still active in the oval office with a foreign leader. and then you have the rid of this foreign policy establishment. who long said, look, you know, this is a stalemate and we do need to have some kind of negotiated settlement as soon as soon as possible. it's interesting when you look at the polls for the last several months, it's pretty con

hornacek is live along with play-by-play if announcer will buckston and fox sports indycar analysts townsender: -- abby. what's going on, peter if i know you guys have have a couch there in new york if, but, i don't know, it's a better couch here because it's in the sunshine. what are we looking for in an indycar race? so many fans watch nascar, watch indy, what's the main difference? if. >> i think the big thing is the driver makes the difference. on a sun any 1 of 27 drivers can take the victory, and it's that unpredictability, that excitement from start to finish. these guys know, anyone can win. and particularly on a day like today, there's going to be a multitude of strategies. nobody knows when we roll green exactly how it's going to the play out, and i love that this. the excitement, the fact that these guys get their elbows out and and properly race. there is, for me, no if more exciting racing championship on earth. it is the fastest racing on earth x that's why by -- we love indycar. >> reporter: these guys get up to about a 180? >> yeah, down the straightaway. in indianapolis we f

sanders townsend here with alicia menendez and michael steele.night donald trump delivered an address. it was the longest ever to congress. and that address was detached from reality. and it was full of lies. his presidential address was not presidential. his performance another reminder that none of this is normal. instead of trying to unify our country, instead of focusing on the issues that matter most to americans, the president glossed over those issues, choosing to focus on trolling democrats and throwing red meat to his base. >> the popular vote by big numbers and won counties in our country. >> the chair now directs the sergeant at arms to restore order. >> remove this gentleman from the chamber. >> i imposed an immediate freeze on all federal hiring, a freeze on all new federal regulations, and a freeze on all foreign aid. we've ended the tyranny of so-called diversity, equity and inclusion policies, and our country will be woke no longer. joe biden, especially. let the price of eggs get out of control. i have created the brand new depar

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking this morning, americ

. >> ambassador bolton, symone sanders, townsend i would assume i would. we don't know for sure, but i think it's safe to assume that secretary rubio is aware of your comments. yet last night, he he did an interview on cnn where he actually questioned president zelensky's motives and said that donald trump is the only one in the war. i want to play that for you right now. >> my hope. >> is that this all can be reset and maturity can kick in, and. >> some pragmatism because this, this war tonight. people will. >> die in ukraine. >> tonight people. >> will die in this conflict. >> we're trying to bring an end to this conflict. >> which is unsustainable. >> it's an unsustainable. >> bloody war that has to. >> come to. >> an end. >> and right now. >> the only. >> leader in. >> the world. >> that can. >> even have a. >> chance of. >> bringing about. >> an end. >> to this is named president. >> donald trump. >> and we need to give him the opportunity to try and do that. and when you see efforts to impede. >> it, when you. >> deliberately when you tell someone, d

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez will be moving to weeknights at 7 p.m, but that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at weekend capehart and blue sky using at capehart, msnbc, dot com and catch clips of the show on youtube. keep it here. ayman is next. good evening. tonight on. ayman new reporting on. >> u.s. ukraine. >> negotiations after friday's shouting. >> match in the. >> oval office. >> plus. elon musk is bragging. about big wins. at doge. while federal. workers face yet another ultimatum. >> and today. >> marks the end of the cease fire in the first. >> phase of gaza. >> so what. happens next? with no negotiations. >> in sight? >> i'm ayman mohyeldin. >> let's do it. in a shock to

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at and threads using the handle at weekend and blue sky those are powerful words from a teenage girl, i fear he could kill me. she was scared to death. narrator: a daughter and a dancer murdered one day after school. it was just so brutal, and she was all by herself.

townsend. hi, symone. >> greetings, ari.w. >> you got that one. you remember that one?

i'm sandra townsend. i will see you again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern. i'm going to join that panel with psaki and ari melber inside with jen psaki though starts right now. >> okay. >> donald trump seems to be doing a lot of things right now that are making vladimir putin. very happy. i mean, just in the last half hour, we learned that the trump administration. >> is pausing. >> all military aid to ukraine. and at the. very same time, he's doing a lot of things that are making our closest allies very angry. just hours ago, trump confirmed that tariffs on canada and mexico will go into effect at midnight tonight, just a few hours from now. and i'm going to talk to chrystia freeland, who could very well be the next prime minister of canada, about all of that in just a minute. and ahead of trump's joint address to congress tomorrow night, i'm also going to talk to congresswoman ilhan omar about how democrats are pushing back and how they will tomorrow. well, the thought of donald trump. walking into the house chamber again may make you want to crawl into th

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at weekend capehart and blue sky using at capehart, msnbc, dot com and catch clips of the show on youtube. keep it here. ayman is next. good evening. tonight on. ayman new reporting on. >> u.s. ukraine. >> negotiations after friday's shouting. >> match in the. >> oval office. >> plus. elon musk is bragging. t

i'm so sanders townsend and i will see you again tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> social security. is the biggest ponzi scheme of all time. >> the trump. >> white house sets its. >> sights on the social. >> safety net. >> we're also identifying shocking levels of incompetence and probable fraud in the social security program. >> tonight, the. >> new big. lie and the trump threat to social security. >> the biggest. >> threat social security. >> has ever. faced is donald trump and elon musk. >> then new. reporting on. >> the excruciating. >> mistakes caused by the. >> doge chainsaw. >> this is. the chainsaw for bureaucracy. >> plus. >> today's surprising. >> defeat for donald trump, the supreme court. the growing. blowback at home and. >> abroad after three days. >> of trade war. >> and why america's. >> top health official is responding. >> to a measles. outbreak with. >> cod liver oil. >> right now. >> we have. >> we're we're delivering vitamin. >> a. >> we are. >> providing assistance. >> if people

i'm alicia menendez with symone sanders townsend and michael steele. breaking this morning, america's european allies are moving forward on a cease fire plan for ukraine. without the u.s, it is the latest fallout from the diplomacy disaster in the oval office. plus, a new loss for court. in court for donald trump. we'll talk to new mexico attorney general raul torres about his legal fights against the administration and pushing for transparency inside elon musk's doge. congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the table. it is another busy sunday morning. so grab your coffee. settle in. welcome to the weekend. >> we are following breaking news from europe this morning. the u.k. and france, along with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, are now working on a ceasefire deal to end russia's war with ukraine. british prime minister keir starmer says he hopes to present the plan to the trump administration. now this comes after starmer embraced zelensky with a hug yesterday at ten downing street. you can see it right there on your screen. this is a sharp co

i see you again along with symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez on the weekend. tomorrow, we'll talk to former cfpb director rohit chopra. and on sunday, congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the conversation. we're looking forward to all of that and having you be there with us. all of that and more on the weekend, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on. >> all in. >> no. >> you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel. >> an appalling. >> spectacle in. >> the. >> oval office. >> you got to be more thankful because let me tell you, you don't have the cards. >> as trump and his cronies ambushed the president of ukraine. >> have you said thank you once this entire meeting? no. in this entire meeting, have you said thank you? >> making america. >> and the world a more dangerous place? >> i don't think you'd be a tough guy without the united states. and your people are very brave. but you're either going to make a deal or we're out. >> tonight, the irreparable damage to the international order. >> you

i see you again along with symone sanders townsend and alicia menendez on the weekend.pb director rohit chopra. and on sunday, congresswoman melanie stansbury joins the conversation. we're looking forward to all of that and having you be there with us. all of that and more on the weekend, 8 a.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on. >> all in. >> no. >> you're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel

the current hosts of the weekend, my good friends and colleague symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez will be moving to weeknights at 7 p.m, but that'll do it for me. as always, thanks for watching. tune in tomorrow to the sunday show when senator chris van hollen of maryland joins us live to discuss how democrats plan to counter trump's joint address to congress on tuesday night. that's tomorrow at 6 p.m. eastern, right here on msnbc. follow us on instagram, tiktok and threads using the handle at and threads using the handle at weekend and blue sky those are powerful words from a teenage girl, i fear he could kill me. she was scared to death. narrator: a daughter and a dancer murdered one day after school. it was just so brutal, and she was all by herself. i think that was the worst part. who in the world could do this? and are they going to do it again? this was personal. narrator: clue after clue. there were footprints in megan's blood. narrator: suspect after suspect. did you kill meghan? no. i was in shock. they were looking at everyone that she had contact wi

townsend, good. >> to be with. >> all of you. >> in just a few minutes, we're going to. >> start seeing members of. >> congress and their guests entering the house chamber. >> and about a. >> half an hour. >> ish, the president himself. >> should start making his way from the white house. over to the u.s. capitol by limousine. >> then we. >> will see the whole rigmarole unfold down that. center aisle at the house chamber. >> the senators. >> will all. >> arrive at the. >> house side. they will enter along with the vice president, who, of course. >> is also. >> president of the senate. >> we'll see the diplomatic corps brought in, and we'll. >> all wonder, who. >> are all those people? >> i recognize some of them. the samoa guy. >> oh yeah. then at least. >> some members of the. >> supreme court will. >> be there. >> there's always a little suspense as to. >> who has chosen. >> to attend from the court and who has not. sometimes, retired justice stephen breyer comes along. to like a. >> plus one. >> a spare that's always exciting. >> members of the military, joint chiefs of staff. >> wil

joining us now are msnbc host symone sanders townsend, michael steele and alicia menendez.itics. i've been talking to people. you've been talking to people. what have you been hearing about whether they may actually walk out and what else they're planning for tonight? so the. >> walkout conversation is one. >> that happened. it's my understanding. >> the democratic caucus meeting yesterday and today, democrats have been talking about it. there are some that. do not want. >> to make themselves the story. they say they don't. >> want the members to be the story. >> they want the guests that they're bringing to be the story. and some of the guests that these members have are truly remarkable, like physical. >> representation of just how devastating the president's policies and the. >> cuts that doge has been making are, you know, representative lamonica mciver out of new jersey. she's bringing a woman from eaton whose son is disabled and relies on medicaid for home health care services. >> similarly, representative turner out of texas. >> is bringing a mother. whose two year o