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so we go to louisiana. they say yes. i can be sued. we are like that's not good. and then we come back to the supreme court. and thankfully, sodomeyer's statement makes it so it will be very hard to apply the fifth circuit's logic in the decision they made about my case. >> you seem confident at the lower court level this is basically temporary. >> yes. we think that sodomeyer's statement will make it impossible to enforce what the fifth circuit did. and we feel confident we will win my case when we go to court and people should not be nervous to protest. the aclu has said they will represent people if someone trying to invoke the fifth circuit decision. but we are thankful sodomeyer's note makes it difficult to apply it. >> this is a wild case. >> in the face of all precedent and logic, and the importance of civil disobedience and protest in this country's history to create this liability standard is just, i mean, the implications of it are bizarre. >> and you get caught up. the aclu supported me. the shee
so we go to louisiana. they say yes. i can be sued. we are like that's not good. and then we come back to the supreme court. and thankfully, sodomeyer's statement makes it so it will be very hard to apply the fifth circuit's logic in the decision they made about my case. >> you seem confident at the lower court level this is basically temporary. >> yes. we think that sodomeyer's statement will make it impossible to enforce what the fifth circuit did. and we feel confident we will...
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nbc's kathy park joins us in slidell, louisiana, where we can see widespread damage there. there was a reported tornado, kathy. tell us what you're seeing on the ground. how bad is it? >> reporter: hey, ana, good morning to you. in hard-hit slidell, you see destruction pretty much at every turn. we're standing in perhaps one of the hardest hit areas, and if you take a look behind me, this is an apartment complex. we're told that at the height of the storm, roughly 50 people were inside, but as you can see, the roof has been completely blown off, bricks scattered everywhere, but incredibly, no one was hurt. >> big, big tornado! >> reporter: after violent and destructive storms raced through the south, this morning major damage throughout the region. an apparent tornado destroying homes and businesses in slidell, louisiana. >> it sounded like a bomb going off. >> reporter: construction workers describing the chaos as they sheltered inside this building. >> first everything got real dark, and the winds got really bad, and then it got quiet, the calm before the storm. >> report
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the 37-year-old black man in baton rouge, louisiana. during that protest an unnamed police officer known only as officer john doe was struck. or a similar object and suffered a brain injury. he did not throw that object. and it is undisputed that he ever advocated for the use of violence. further it is unclear if that person is even affiliated. and still they pinned the blame on mckesson. they said that he was negligent failure to pursue that the protest could lead to violence. meanwhile neither of the officers who shot sterling a total of six times. while the father of four was face down. wherever charged. for their actions. and a friend of the show notes in a new piece for the nation. eight years later. the only person still being held accountable in connection with the death of sterling. is deray mckesson. the author, and he joins me now. deray mckesson, thank you for joining us. this is the second time you turned to the supreme court in these cases. give me a reaction to the decision on monday. to their refusal to take you by surpri
the 37-year-old black man in baton rouge, louisiana. during that protest an unnamed police officer known only as officer john doe was struck. or a similar object and suffered a brain injury. he did not throw that object. and it is undisputed that he ever advocated for the use of violence. further it is unclear if that person is even affiliated. and still they pinned the blame on mckesson. they said that he was negligent failure to pursue that the protest could lead to violence. meanwhile...
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so we go to louisiana. they say yes, i can be sued. we're like, well, that's not good. and then we come back to the supreme court, and thankfully, so the mayor's statement makes it so that it'll be very hard to apply the fifth circuit's logic in the decision they made about my case. so that is a good thing. >> but you seem confident at the lower court level, this is, like, basically temporary. >> yes. we think that sotomayor's statement is actually going to make it impossible to enforce what the circuit did. we also felt confident that we're going to actually win my case when we actually go to court, and that people should not be nervous to protested these three states. the aclu has said that they will represent people if somebody, if another officer does try to invoke the fifth circuit decision, but we are thankful that sotomayor's note actually does sort of make it really hard to apply it. we wish that it had been a more forceful, like -- >> i mean, the court should have stepped in and been like this is wildly out of line -- >> five times. this is a wild case. >> is a
so we go to louisiana. they say yes, i can be sued. we're like, well, that's not good. and then we come back to the supreme court, and thankfully, so the mayor's statement makes it so that it'll be very hard to apply the fifth circuit's logic in the decision they made about my case. so that is a good thing. >> but you seem confident at the lower court level, this is, like, basically temporary. >> yes. we think that sotomayor's statement is actually going to make it impossible to...
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>> we're not sending our best from louisiana. i apologize for that. clay higgins is extreme and conspiracy theorist, and i think for some reason a lot of times you focus on marjorie taylor greene, but, there's a big block of these types of folks in the house caucus that's getting bigger and bigger every year, a lot of the more center-right or not center- right, normal maga type republicans are checking out because they don't want to deal with the nonsense, and we saw this from mike gallagher in wisconsin, and being replaced, it's worth saying explicitly, this is the stupidest conspiracy theory possibly all of them out there that the fbi was behind this, and it's important to say because of the distance this has gone as you pointed out, a lot of people believe this for some reason. imagine the counterfactual that there fbi people in the midst of the women's march after donald trump wins in 2017 and they're looking at women in the pink hats and saying, let's storm the capital. let's storm the white house. everybody would look at the fbi agents like you'
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you see a thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of texas and stretching from texas into louisiana we've got a tornado watch with this line of storms really robust and dumping heavy rain along with it. plenty of flood watches up right now including 13 million people, but notice we've got a couple of flash flood warnings also in effect in mississippi and louisiana and stretching into texas as well. so the heavy rain, the strong storms all on the table through the day today. we're potentially looking at the tornados to be the biggest threat through the day today. and notice the areas we're specifically watching. this is the chance where we have to see the ef-2 or stronger tornados including pensacola, new orleans all included in that through even the morning hours and afternoon hours today. we're going to see this system be on the move tomorrow. it moves through the north and east and brings with it all that heavy rain. stretching out to new england and down parts towards parts of the midatlantic. the severe threat will still be there tomorrow. we're going to watch for the potential of str
you see a thunderstorm watch in effect for parts of texas and stretching from texas into louisiana we've got a tornado watch with this line of storms really robust and dumping heavy rain along with it. plenty of flood watches up right now including 13 million people, but notice we've got a couple of flash flood warnings also in effect in mississippi and louisiana and stretching into texas as well. so the heavy rain, the strong storms all on the table through the day today. we're potentially...
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the moves allows a lawsuit to go for ken's a well-known activist but it stems from a 2016 louisiana protest that he participated in over the police killing of alton sterling . a black man in baton rouge. during that protest an unnamed police officer known only as officer john doe was struck by a rock or similar object and suffered brain injury. he did not throw the object and it is undisputed if he ever advocated for the use of violence. it is unclear if the person was even affiliated with blm. officer doe still pin the blame on mckesson. he sued him saying the activist was negligent for failing to foresee that the protest could lead to violence. meanwhile neither of the officers who shot sterling a total of six times while the father of four was face down were ever charged with a crime for their actions. as part of the show ellie notes in a new piece for the nation, eight years later, quote, the only person still being held accountable in the dachshund of alton sterling is deray mckesson. author, activist and executive director of campaign zero , deray mckesson joins me now. thank you for
the moves allows a lawsuit to go for ken's a well-known activist but it stems from a 2016 louisiana protest that he participated in over the police killing of alton sterling . a black man in baton rouge. during that protest an unnamed police officer known only as officer john doe was struck by a rock or similar object and suffered brain injury. he did not throw the object and it is undisputed if he ever advocated for the use of violence. it is unclear if the person was even affiliated with blm....
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and places like texas, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, stretching into mississippi. some isolated spots wouldn't surprise me if we received up to 4 inches in a few of those. meanwhile, temperatures what a difference your location makes especially today. we've got 50s on tap for kansas city, 40s on tap for minneapolis. running more than 15 degrees below normal this time of year. feels like summer across parts of the south. specifically florida, you're going to see potential for records today. we'll see temperatures well into the 90s for some folks, tomorrow even jacksonville hangs onto those 90s, but the cooler air strarts to spread further to the east and south and parts of the north east, and spring kind of returns here as we get back into our next workweek, columbus mids 60s on monday to the upper 60s on tuesday. andali, we'll see boston hang out in the 60s. washington, d.c., though, 70s by tuesday. >> hey, i'll take that. angie lassman, thanks for the good news. >>> still ahead much more on israel's air strikes on iran and the impact on the turmoil. we're back in
and places like texas, oklahoma, arkansas, louisiana, stretching into mississippi. some isolated spots wouldn't surprise me if we received up to 4 inches in a few of those. meanwhile, temperatures what a difference your location makes especially today. we've got 50s on tap for kansas city, 40s on tap for minneapolis. running more than 15 degrees below normal this time of year. feels like summer across parts of the south. specifically florida, you're going to see potential for records today....
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in louisiana, you can't discard fertilized eggs, so what does that mean for ivf? so they are scrambling and will say whatever they need to to cover themselves because they find themselves in really a nonviable position. >> something happened yesterday that reminded me of something that happened with you and the u.s. senate. after the supreme court finds that the 1864 law controls, and there's a lot of outrage. democrats in the republican statehouse in both houses say let's just right now override this. let's say this law, they are stopped by republicans. something very similar happened with ivf after the alabama decision. people were freaked out about the possibility of ivf being banned. it was temporarily banned in alabama, and you came to the senate or to say, hey, we have a bill to protect ivf, and what happened then? >> well, they objected. i asked for unanimous consent to my act, and they objected. you know what they said they objected by? they said it was because my bill would end up with the potential of creating human animal hybrid kind nara babies. >> tha
in louisiana, you can't discard fertilized eggs, so what does that mean for ivf? so they are scrambling and will say whatever they need to to cover themselves because they find themselves in really a nonviable position. >> something happened yesterday that reminded me of something that happened with you and the u.s. senate. after the supreme court finds that the 1864 law controls, and there's a lot of outrage. democrats in the republican statehouse in both houses say let's just right now...
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louisiana, the state of louisiana denied black voters fair districts in violation of federal law of the voting rights act. the state of georgia denied voters fair districts by violating the voting rights act. the state of south carolina, the naacp and in that state south carolina racially gerrymandered to the disadvantage of black voters. the idea that somehow these are fights of the past just belie the reality where we are. all of those cases were lit at this gated. all of those cases involve contemporary a beings of republican legislatures and all of them were lit at this gated under a much more cramped understanding of what is even the voting rights act even protects. so this fight for voting rights, this fight against voter suppression, this fight against election subversion is the fight of our times. it is not necessarily the fight that everyone in their audience would pick but it is the fight they had. if we don't defeat authoritarianism, if we don't defeat minority rule, if we are not able to save our democracy and expand it in the future, then there will be no future for our chi
louisiana, the state of louisiana denied black voters fair districts in violation of federal law of the voting rights act. the state of georgia denied voters fair districts by violating the voting rights act. the state of south carolina, the naacp and in that state south carolina racially gerrymandered to the disadvantage of black voters. the idea that somehow these are fights of the past just belie the reality where we are. all of those cases were lit at this gated. all of those cases involve...
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you have states like alabama, texas, louisiana, states where women were driving hours to get to florida. florida was orange. but look at the red states. those are red being that they are the most restrictive. not just republican but the most restrictive abortion access. now they say there will be an abortion rights desert in the south. that is what conservative advocates have been pushing for. they want more restrictive abortion rights. they have had a lot of success in the south. now florida with this going into affect on may 1st, temporarily, it's going to be banned for six weeks. it could change. >> florida got more interesting from a political perspective. thank you. >>> we will bring in brendan buck and robert gibbs. robert, i will start with you. the biden campaign jumped on this ruling. they say florida is winnable. there are no democrats in statewide elected roles in florida. the state hasn't sent a democrat to the white house or senate in more than a decade. is this fool's gold? >> it's probably a little too early to say that it's fool's gold. as you mentioned, where this issue
you have states like alabama, texas, louisiana, states where women were driving hours to get to florida. florida was orange. but look at the red states. those are red being that they are the most restrictive. not just republican but the most restrictive abortion access. now they say there will be an abortion rights desert in the south. that is what conservative advocates have been pushing for. they want more restrictive abortion rights. they have had a lot of success in the south. now florida...
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the sky what they'll be able to see because of the clouds we're getting here and are stretching to louisiana and arkansas. folks are going to experience the of people here to experience this once in a lifetime moment as so many people have called it, ana. >> it's incredible to see all those people lined up ready for this big event. priscilla thompson, thanks for giving us a taste of what's happening in dallas. 1,700 miles from there, burlington, vermont, is also in the path of totality, and that city of roughly 45,000 people is expecting up to 50,000 visitors today, more people than the city's ever seen before. burlington's mayor is joining u now. good to see you, mayor. i understand schools are closed, part of the local highway has turned into a parking lot. you're expecting tens of thousands of visitors. how is burlington prepared for this moment? >> our team has been working on this for months, and actually, interesting factoid, i was sworn into office six days ago, so this is all on my first week on the job. but i have great confidence in our city. we've been working hard and preparing.
the sky what they'll be able to see because of the clouds we're getting here and are stretching to louisiana and arkansas. folks are going to experience the of people here to experience this once in a lifetime moment as so many people have called it, ana. >> it's incredible to see all those people lined up ready for this big event. priscilla thompson, thanks for giving us a taste of what's happening in dallas. 1,700 miles from there, burlington, vermont, is also in the path of totality,...
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. >> my mvp of the week is angel reese from louisiana state university. they had a good week, not the best because they lost, but she's going to the draft. but i think the online harassment of angel and her teammate coming out and defending her, and helpings to start a conversation about the specificity of hating on an athlete because they lost or won, okay, fine. but when you start getting into higher levels of harassment and i won't even get into the details. the fact she was able to handle that with poise and set an example for so many other young women, i think that level of character is going to carry right over to the next level, and the fact it also showed us there's so many people willing to speak out and defend that young woman. >> do you think people should be apologetic or ashamed? do you think those two women caused an industry at large, journalists, to say how have we covered this young woman? >> there's a different between you lost and you're sad because you lost versus i'm sad because i know you're going to harass me and it's frustrating an
. >> my mvp of the week is angel reese from louisiana state university. they had a good week, not the best because they lost, but she's going to the draft. but i think the online harassment of angel and her teammate coming out and defending her, and helpings to start a conversation about the specificity of hating on an athlete because they lost or won, okay, fine. but when you start getting into higher levels of harassment and i won't even get into the details. the fact she was able to...
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protestors with your car and now the supreme court has dealt a stunning blow to protest rights in texas, louisiana and mississippi. three of the states with the largest black populations in the u.s. by effectively rendering organizers liable for any illegal act committed by protesters. it's a frightening look at what we can expect in the future and trump is promising to make it worse, even suggesting that he intends to send troops into democratic-run cities if he's elected again. talk about the stakes of the election. and those high stakes are something my friend and colleague chris hayes knows plenty about. his new podcast is all about states surrounding each of the 2024 presidential candidates based on their track records as president and he joins me next. these underwear are period-proof. and sneeze-proof. and sweat-proof. they're leakproof underwear, from knix. comfy & confident protection that feel just like normal. with so many styles and colors to choose from, switching is easy at knix.com voices of people with cidp: cidp disrupts. cidp derails. let's be honest... all: cidp sucks! voices of
protestors with your car and now the supreme court has dealt a stunning blow to protest rights in texas, louisiana and mississippi. three of the states with the largest black populations in the u.s. by effectively rendering organizers liable for any illegal act committed by protesters. it's a frightening look at what we can expect in the future and trump is promising to make it worse, even suggesting that he intends to send troops into democratic-run cities if he's elected again. talk about the...
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they were the adults in louisiana. the folks who actually engaged in the violence of the second reconstruction. so i think part of what we're dealing is what fredrick douglas called the horrible reptile in the nation's -- we must tear away, and we have refused to tear away that serpent. >> you talk about at the heart of this book, the need for us to be better people. >> yeah. >> that is something that republicans used to call personal responsibility. remember? republicans would always talk about personal responsibility. personal responsibility. now, it's victimhood. it's them being snow flakes. it's somebody else. is picking on me. i would be better, but somebody else is, you know, taking my place that doesn't deserve it. etcetera, etcetera. but again, you say we have to be better people. >> yeah. >> that goes to the heart of personal responsibility. don't look out there. look here. >> jimmie baldwin has this wonderful formulation. the messiness of the world is a reflection of the messiness of our interior lives. that
they were the adults in louisiana. the folks who actually engaged in the violence of the second reconstruction. so i think part of what we're dealing is what fredrick douglas called the horrible reptile in the nation's -- we must tear away, and we have refused to tear away that serpent. >> you talk about at the heart of this book, the need for us to be better people. >> yeah. >> that is something that republicans used to call personal responsibility. remember? republicans...
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in louisiana you cannot discard fertilized eggs. what does that mean for ivf? they are scrambling and saying whatever they need to to try to cover themselves because they find themselves in a nonviable position. >> so something happened yesterday that remind me of something that happened with you and the senate. after this happens, the supreme court finds that the 1864 law controls. there is a lot of outrage. democrats in both houses say let's just right now override this. let's say this law is not getting on the books and they are stopped by republicans. something similar happened with ivf. after that alabama decision people are freaked out about the possibility of ivf. it was temporarily banned. you can say, we have a bill to protect ivf and what happened then? >> they objected. i asked for unanimous consent to pass my rights to assistive technology act and they objected. you know what they said they objected for, it was because my bill would have the potential for creating human animal hybrid babies. [laughter] let me make it clear this is all on the republi
in louisiana you cannot discard fertilized eggs. what does that mean for ivf? they are scrambling and saying whatever they need to to try to cover themselves because they find themselves in a nonviable position. >> so something happened yesterday that remind me of something that happened with you and the senate. after this happens, the supreme court finds that the 1864 law controls. there is a lot of outrage. democrats in both houses say let's just right now override this. let's say this...
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as punch bowl news put it today, it is clear now the louisiana republican has a very stark choice in front of him. pass a ukraine aid bill or remain speaker. >> how he handles funding ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle a motion to vacate. >> joining me now is julia yafi. foreign relations, domestic politics. it is great to see you. i am so eager to hear your assessment of how and why this is happening. i mean, the russian propaganda piece of it which was so blatant and so obvious, is it all just a desire to curry favor with trump or do you think the roots ovist extend deeper than that? >> there's a couple of things here. you mentioned all the examples of republicans parroting russian propaganda points. there was a report from an incredible investigative reporter in the washington post who found kremlin documents that show exactly how the kremlin and the spin doctors its hires, how it pushes exactly the kind of messages that you showed in the primary ads about how it is either the border or ukraine. how ukraine is corrupt and we shouldn't spend any more money
as punch bowl news put it today, it is clear now the louisiana republican has a very stark choice in front of him. pass a ukraine aid bill or remain speaker. >> how he handles funding ukraine is going to tell our entire conference how to handle a motion to vacate. >> joining me now is julia yafi. foreign relations, domestic politics. it is great to see you. i am so eager to hear your assessment of how and why this is happening. i mean, the russian propaganda piece of it which was so...
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idaho, kansas, louisiana, missouri, south carolina, states nowhere near the border with mexico all waged similar antiimmigration proposals. i was following the trend. state's governor kim reynolds signed a bill into law that will change the federal government's authority on immigration policies. senate filed a documented immigrants and criminalizes a person to be in the state if they were previously deported or denied entry into the country. never mind the fact that idaho is 900 miles away from the border. now, joining us global refuge president and ceo and former white house director for first ahead michelle obama. how concerned are you in the spreading of this bill including to the ones that are nowhere near mexico? >> deeply concerned. we were worried there would be a domino effect and clearly what we are seeing is that going into an election cycle immigrants are used as political pawns. we are deeply troubled with the dynamic and what it means. each state allows immigration laws we will have complete and utter chaos. >> how unconstitutional do you think sb-4 and other bills that are
idaho, kansas, louisiana, missouri, south carolina, states nowhere near the border with mexico all waged similar antiimmigration proposals. i was following the trend. state's governor kim reynolds signed a bill into law that will change the federal government's authority on immigration policies. senate filed a documented immigrants and criminalizes a person to be in the state if they were previously deported or denied entry into the country. never mind the fact that idaho is 900 miles away from...
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the game, driven in large part by iowa's rivalry with a team that beat them for the title last year, louisiana state. and caitlin clark's supposed rivalry with lsu star angel reese, a black woman who caught all sorts ofcaitlin clark rival angel reese. a black woman who caught flak for trash talking clark. it was clark's own trash talking that was celebrated as part of her legendary behavior. and while there is no actual beef between the two women who are friendly off the court, the instinct to create racial drama and make angel reese the billion -- villain and make feeling clark the great white hope was just too juicy for the sports media to pass up. it is the equivalent of larry bird and magic johnson. something you will hear when they both enter the wnba draft. as for south carolina, players holdback last year, a lot of fans are ready to give them and the legendary coach dynasty status. jemele hill joint >> -- joints mean next. . ewer s to help keep you undetectable than dovato. detect this: marnina learned that most hiv pills contain 3 or 4 medicines. dovato is as effective with just 2. if
the game, driven in large part by iowa's rivalry with a team that beat them for the title last year, louisiana state. and caitlin clark's supposed rivalry with lsu star angel reese, a black woman who caught all sorts ofcaitlin clark rival angel reese. a black woman who caught flak for trash talking clark. it was clark's own trash talking that was celebrated as part of her legendary behavior. and while there is no actual beef between the two women who are friendly off the court, the instinct to...
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idaho, kansas, louisiana, missouri, south carolina, states nowhere near the u.s. border with mexico have all weighed similar antiimmigration proposals. i was also following the trend. kim reynolds has signed a bill into law that will change the federal government's authority on immigration policies. senate file 2340 criminalizes a person from being in this state if they have been previously deported or denied entry into the country. nevermind a fact i was more than 900 miles away from the border. joining me now is christian mara, global refuge president and ceo and former white house policy director for first lady michelle obama. how concerned are you about other states including some that are near the u.s. border with mexico. >> deeply concerned. we were worried there would be a domino affect and clearly what we are seeing is that going into an election cycle, immigrants are being used as political pawns. we are deeply troubled in the dynamic and what it means. we should chaos. >> halation -- other bills that are variants of it are? >> i think that the course wil
idaho, kansas, louisiana, missouri, south carolina, states nowhere near the u.s. border with mexico have all weighed similar antiimmigration proposals. i was also following the trend. kim reynolds has signed a bill into law that will change the federal government's authority on immigration policies. senate file 2340 criminalizes a person from being in this state if they have been previously deported or denied entry into the country. nevermind a fact i was more than 900 miles away from the...
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it's possible that parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida will see inches of rain in a short amount of time, which could lead to the risk of flash flooding as well. >>> and now to a new development in the case of a 6-year-old virginia boy who shot his teacher. a special grand jury has now indicted a former administrator at the school with multiple felony counts. nbc's erin mclaughlin is here with more. erin. >> hey there, according to court records just unsealed, ebony parker, the former assistant principal at richneck elementary has been indicted on eight counts of felony child abuse. if convicted, she could spend 40 years behind bars. it's believed to be the first case of its kind in the country. according to court documents, a special grand jury in newport news, virginia, has indicted dr. ebony parker. the former assistant principal at richneck elementary school on eight counts of felony child abuse. the charges stemming from the 2023 school shooting involving a 6-year-old boy who opened fire on his teacher 6-year-old boy, who opened fire on his teacher, abigail zwer
it's possible that parts of louisiana, mississippi, alabama, and florida will see inches of rain in a short amount of time, which could lead to the risk of flash flooding as well. >>> and now to a new development in the case of a 6-year-old virginia boy who shot his teacher. a special grand jury has now indicted a former administrator at the school with multiple felony counts. nbc's erin mclaughlin is here with more. erin. >> hey there, according to court records just unsealed,...
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. >> mike johnson, a little-known congressman from louisiana was the driving force behind efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he was the architect of a key part of trump legal strategy in trying to get election results thrown out. and when house republicans eventually ousted speaker mccarthy and ultimately settled on johnson to fill the position, reporters try to ask johnson about his role in trying to overturn the election. this is what that looked like. republicans booing a reporter telling her to shut up because they did not want to talk about mike johnson's role in the big live, flashforward for today, johnson has been speaker of the house for nearly 6 months and because the lifecycle of a republican house speaker is roughly that of the fruit fly, mike johnson is already facing revolt among the far right members of his own party. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has introduced a resolution to oust speaker johnson, the same way the maga hardliners ousted mccarthy. so johnson decided to shore up support from conservatives by embracing once again, election lies. today the emb
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that happen it will give the speaker a personal win on blocking proposed legislation in the state of louisiana. johnson has also discussed financing some of the aid by selling off russian sovereign assets that have been frozen and turning the money into loans the ukrainians would have to pay back. now, the speaker has not publicly pledged to support for any option, but he has stated the house will address ukraine aid once it returns to washington next week after the conclusion of its easter recess. >>> meanwhile, big news last night out of the florida supreme court, which issued two landmark rulings on abortion access in that state. in a pair of conflicting decisions yesterday, the court both upheld the state's strict abortion ban and said it would allow a proposed amendment to enshrine abortion access to appear on november's ballot. the court's ruling was for a planned parenthood lawsuit against a 15-week abortion ban signed into law in 2022. but in allowing that ban to take effect, the conservative leaning court has also made way for a more strict six-week abortion ban that governor desantis
that happen it will give the speaker a personal win on blocking proposed legislation in the state of louisiana. johnson has also discussed financing some of the aid by selling off russian sovereign assets that have been frozen and turning the money into loans the ukrainians would have to pay back. now, the speaker has not publicly pledged to support for any option, but he has stated the house will address ukraine aid once it returns to washington next week after the conclusion of its easter...
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traveling up to new york for the speaker of the house who lives in louisiana and works in washington. so no small thing there. but listen, this week -- let me take a step back. congress is always intense when it comes to middle east politics, period. even when things are going well. but now we're at a whole different level here. and on the floor this week, floor of the house of representatives, congress will be voting on changing -- tweaking the definition of anti-semitism that the government should use. that is a republican bill. but there will be democrats who vote for it. and i will say just down the road from here, gw, george washington university, maybe two, three miles from the capitol, there is an encampment of over 200 people. and the local police here in d.c. has not dispersed and "washington post" reported that they refuse to break up that protest in foggy bottom. i cannot imagine that get out of this week without people, and you are seeing some of the images on the screen, without members of congress, political officials, talking about gw in the backyard of the white house
traveling up to new york for the speaker of the house who lives in louisiana and works in washington. so no small thing there. but listen, this week -- let me take a step back. congress is always intense when it comes to middle east politics, period. even when things are going well. but now we're at a whole different level here. and on the floor this week, floor of the house of representatives, congress will be voting on changing -- tweaking the definition of anti-semitism that the government...
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back in louisiana drinking sweet tea on the porch with my buddy, alligator jones. >> why do you call an alligator jones? >> because he is an alligator. >> he is an alligator! in our friend and colleague, msnbc legal correspondent, attorney, lisa rubin, who is working on her "snl" impression. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. james, what is on your fallback list? >> when you saw the women's basketball team playing in spokane and staying in a place across the idaho border and people are going by with pickup trucks, yelling racial epithets at them. that is the kind of stuff that just -- every time we think maybe we are inching toward a post-racial world, these jerks pull you back into the world you actually live in. you know, i was the favorite of megyn kelly and jesse watters, we talked about it on your show, preachy females. i would rather spend the next 1000 years in a humanities lounge at berkeley then spend one minute with those people in idaho, i can promise you that right now. >> that is a real comparison for you, especially. and it is sad when you
back in louisiana drinking sweet tea on the porch with my buddy, alligator jones. >> why do you call an alligator jones? >> because he is an alligator. >> he is an alligator! in our friend and colleague, msnbc legal correspondent, attorney, lisa rubin, who is working on her "snl" impression. thank you for being here. >> thanks for having me. >> absolutely. james, what is on your fallback list? >> when you saw the women's basketball team playing in...
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i'll be back in louisiana drinking sweet tea on the porch with my friend alligator joe. >> why do you call him alligator joe? >> he's an alligator. >> our friend and colleague msnbc legal correspondent, attorney lisa rubin who is working on her s nfrjtl impression. good to have you both here. >> thank you for having me. >> james, what's on your fallback list? >> raism in idaho. women's basketball, staying in a place across the idaho border and people were going by in pickup trucks yelling racial epithets. every time we think we're working towards a post racial world, these jerks pull you back into the world you actually live in. i was the favorite of megyn kelly and jesse waters, what we talked about on your show. i would rather spend the next thousand years in a humanities lounge at berkeley than spend one minute with those people in idaho, i can promise you that right now. >> that's a real comparison for you especially. it's sad when you see it -- we talk about politics sodivisive, but sports or culture, a place we could come together, the racist and hait mongers use it to take over
i'll be back in louisiana drinking sweet tea on the porch with my friend alligator joe. >> why do you call him alligator joe? >> he's an alligator. >> our friend and colleague msnbc legal correspondent, attorney lisa rubin who is working on her s nfrjtl impression. good to have you both here. >> thank you for having me. >> james, what's on your fallback list? >> raism in idaho. women's basketball, staying in a place across the idaho border and people were...
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. >> mike janssen, then a little- known congressman from louisiana was the driving force behind congressional republican efforts to overturn the 2020 election. he was the architect of a key part of trump's legal strategy in trying to get election results throughout. and house republicans eventually ousted speaker kevin mccarthy and ultimately settled on mike johnson to phil mccarthy's position, reporters tried to ask johnson about his role in trying to overturn the election. this is what that looked like. >> speaker johnson, you helped overturn the 2020 election. >> shut up, shut up. >> next question. >> republicans booming a reporter, telling her to shut up because they did not want to talk about micah johnson's role in the big lie. flash forward to today. mike janssen has been speaker of the house for nearly 6 months. because the lifecycle of a republican house speaker is roughly that of a fruit fly, micah johnson is already facing revolt among the far right members of his own party. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has introduced a resolution to oust speaker johnson the same way hard-
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the senator from louisiana. >> madame president, i have a motion and it takes precedence. i appreciate the majority leader's allegation, lying to the united states congress is not a high crime and misdemeanor you don't have to be mensa material to know -- >> the senator will state his objection -- >> to be a high crime and misdemeanor. it is a felony. >> would the senator please state his motion. >> i will. since we're not allowed to talk among ourselves about the absurdity of this, and my democratic colleagues will not allow us to go into closed session to talk about this -- >> the senate is not in an -- >> we adjourn until 12:00 noon on may the 1st, 2024, and i ask for the yeas and nays. >> is there a sufficient second? would the senator modify his motion? i would ask the senator to modify his motion. >> madame president, 2004 would probably be preferable but i'll accept a friendly amendment we make it 2024. >> the question is on the motion. is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. >> ms. baldwin, mr. barrasso. mr. bennett
the senator from louisiana. >> madame president, i have a motion and it takes precedence. i appreciate the majority leader's allegation, lying to the united states congress is not a high crime and misdemeanor you don't have to be mensa material to know -- >> the senator will state his objection -- >> to be a high crime and misdemeanor. it is a felony. >> would the senator please state his motion. >> i will. since we're not allowed to talk among ourselves about the...
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activity and energy and warm air and instability to work with and that heavy rainfall with the places in louisiana looking for the rainfall. as we go through the rest of today, we are looking at the gulf coast into new orleans and jackson, and we could see the storms on the stronger side with the winds gusting at 60 miles per hour, and the grounds are saturated, and we could see power lines coming down, and trees, and also some isolated tornadoes, and hail up to half an inch. but we are going to be seeing the threat of severe storms later today. and 3 million people impacted by the flood alerts and flash flood warnings are in the red, and that moons that the flooding is happening now or imminent. and you can see on the radar why, because we have all of the heavy rain falling. we will see the hourly rainfall rates of up to an inch an hour. the ground is very, very saturated. throughout tomorrow, 5 million people at risk from sioux city and des moines and places like kansas city, and we could see the wind gusting up to 75 miles per hour, and higher today, and that is hurricane-force winds, and damag
activity and energy and warm air and instability to work with and that heavy rainfall with the places in louisiana looking for the rainfall. as we go through the rest of today, we are looking at the gulf coast into new orleans and jackson, and we could see the storms on the stronger side with the winds gusting at 60 miles per hour, and the grounds are saturated, and we could see power lines coming down, and trees, and also some isolated tornadoes, and hail up to half an inch. but we are going...
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you have in louisiana, a law on the books that doesn't allow for discarding of nonviable fertilized eggs that come out of the ivf process. this is about so much more than abortion. it is also about simple reproductive healthcare and only joe biden is standing up for womens' well-being when it comes to making decisions about your own bodies. >> the issue of abortion right now and a lot of these issues are being decided by the states. how can federal lawmakers step in and get involve? >> so i have a piece of legislation that would provide a federal statute that says americans have a right to access assistive reproductive technology and that you cannot be banned from accessing the technologies like ivf. so in these states where they are defining a fertilizedegg as a human being with equal right to the mother, when we create fertilized eggs when i was trying to have my first daughter, three for nonviable. we knew if we implanted those, it would cause miscarriages. you now have laws thanks to donald trump that would not allow doctors to practice medicine. my piece of legislation, which republ
you have in louisiana, a law on the books that doesn't allow for discarding of nonviable fertilized eggs that come out of the ivf process. this is about so much more than abortion. it is also about simple reproductive healthcare and only joe biden is standing up for womens' well-being when it comes to making decisions about your own bodies. >> the issue of abortion right now and a lot of these issues are being decided by the states. how can federal lawmakers step in and get involve?...
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across the south today. 22 million people are in the path of severe weather today in texas as well as louisiana. and they have potential for flooding, damaging hail, high winds, even tornadoes. here with us now, nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, what can we expect? >> hi, ana, everything is on th. two minutes ago we had a tornado watch box that went up in effect until 5:00, and i will show you that in a little mitt. we have severe thunderstorm warnings in the orange boxes. i have been tracking the radar since this morning and that's where they have been. the purple is the possibility of hail. we do have severe storms, and already here's a tornado watch box and that includes waco, and it's until 5:00 local time so it's an all-day event and a multi-day event. we could see a strong tornado outbreak. we will keep a close eye on that for the last few days. places like dallas and waco, san antonio, houston, you could see strong homes with hail three inches or larger, and that's softball-sized hail, and that can cause damage. we will add to those numbers as we go throughout the afternoon.
across the south today. 22 million people are in the path of severe weather today in texas as well as louisiana. and they have potential for flooding, damaging hail, high winds, even tornadoes. here with us now, nbc meteorologist michelle grossman. michelle, what can we expect? >> hi, ana, everything is on th. two minutes ago we had a tornado watch box that went up in effect until 5:00, and i will show you that in a little mitt. we have severe thunderstorm warnings in the orange boxes. i...
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>> my mvp of the week is angel rees, from louisiana state university. they had a good week, not the best week because they lost to caitlin clark, but she's going to go to the nba draft and more importantly, the issues with regard to online harassment of angel, not only that but her teammates coming out and defending her, and helping to start a conversation about the specificity of difference, the idea of, you're going to hate on the athlete because they lost, fine. when you start getting into higher levels of harassment, i won't even get to, the fact that she was able to handle that with poise and set an example for so many other young women, that level of character is going to carry over to the next level, the fact that it showed us that there are so many people willing to speak out and defend that young woman. >> do you think people should be apologetic or ashamed? do you think those women speaking this week, in any way, caused an industry, journalists, at large, to say how have we covered this young woman? what have we said? >> there's a difference b
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. >> that was louisiana senator john kennedy. claire mccaskill, let's just say they say sometimes that the wheels of justice don't run smoothly, the wheels of the senate don't seem to necessarily be running smoothly. let me go back to getting your take on what we're seeing happen on the floor here. >> yeah, well technically kennedy's right. i mean, technically once you've been sworn in and impeachment, senators frankly aren't allowed to debate anything. they're not supposed to speak anymore. it's supposed to be, you know, nothing but that. so that's why this agreement that schumer offered was so important to the republicans. they know they don't have the votes for impeachment. the only opportunity they had to get their arguments out in front of the american people was the agreement that schumer offered up for hours of debate and many many votes on all kinds of resolutions. once they turned that down, they are limited into what -- and that's why you see patty murray keeps reminding them as the sitting president pro tem of the sena
. >> that was louisiana senator john kennedy. claire mccaskill, let's just say they say sometimes that the wheels of justice don't run smoothly, the wheels of the senate don't seem to necessarily be running smoothly. let me go back to getting your take on what we're seeing happen on the floor here. >> yeah, well technically kennedy's right. i mean, technically once you've been sworn in and impeachment, senators frankly aren't allowed to debate anything. they're not supposed to speak...
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also joining us, former senator from louisiana, mary landrieu. she is a measure of issue one's national council on election integrity. thanks for joining us. ali, johnson is trying to push these aid bills through. sounds like he's willing to lose his job over it. what was the tipping point? >> reporter: this is clearly a moment where we're seeing him change the strategy and forge ahead on an issue that many within the republican conference have wanted to see action on, not just when it comes to ukraine, but also when it comes to israel. the fact that they're doing basically the version of the senate supplemental but it's all different in terms of you're taking a vote on each individual piece of aid, that's the key difference here along with some other tweaks and changes that were made by the conference before this bill text was actually released. but look, this could be the thing that ends up losing johnson his job or at least putting it up for question because we see people like congresswoman marjorie taylor greene saying not only does she not l
also joining us, former senator from louisiana, mary landrieu. she is a measure of issue one's national council on election integrity. thanks for joining us. ali, johnson is trying to push these aid bills through. sounds like he's willing to lose his job over it. what was the tipping point? >> reporter: this is clearly a moment where we're seeing him change the strategy and forge ahead on an issue that many within the republican conference have wanted to see action on, not just when it...
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they were the adults in louisiana. the folks who engaged in the violence of the second reconstruction. so i think part of what we're dealing with is what frederick douglass called, joe, the horrible reptile in the nation's bosom. in 1852, he said, we must tear it away. we have refused to tear away the serpent, and it is literally eating the nation's entrails today. >> you talk about, at the heart of this book, the need for us to be better people. >> yeah. >> that is something that republicans used to call personal responsibility. remember? republicans would always talk about personal responsibility, personal responsibility. now, it is victimhood. it's them being snowflakes. it's somebody else is picking on me. i would be better, but somebody else is, you know, taking my place that doesn't deserve it, et cetera, et cetera. again, you say, we have to be better people. >> yeah. >> that goes to the heart of personal responsibility. >> i was -- >> don't look out there, look here. >> you know, jimmy baldwin has this wonderfu
they were the adults in louisiana. the folks who engaged in the violence of the second reconstruction. so i think part of what we're dealing with is what frederick douglass called, joe, the horrible reptile in the nation's bosom. in 1852, he said, we must tear it away. we have refused to tear away the serpent, and it is literally eating the nation's entrails today. >> you talk about, at the heart of this book, the need for us to be better people. >> yeah. >> that is something...
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i'm curious when you are talking about what we've seen in states like louisiana, ob/gyns afraid to treat in the first trimester. i'm curious, is there anything you can do? you have a democratic governor and you have some democrats. is there anything you can do to tell ob/gyns, gynecologists that they are safe to treat, that they have some protection? is there anything you can do to protect these women before november? >> i've spoken with ceos of hospitals about this, their interactions with their own staff. ob/gyns, you're right, they're scared because of the ramifications of this law that is two centuries old. 1864. could throw them in jail for two to five years and doctors are scared. i've talked with ceos about specific cases, where a woman was going in and they didn't want to treat the woman until she was nearing sepsis. that puts that woman's life literally at risk. what can we do? the legislature would pass a repeal of this 1864 law. they could have done it yesterday. they didn't. there was chaos at the state legislature. they adjourned because they knew the votes were actually the
i'm curious when you are talking about what we've seen in states like louisiana, ob/gyns afraid to treat in the first trimester. i'm curious, is there anything you can do? you have a democratic governor and you have some democrats. is there anything you can do to tell ob/gyns, gynecologists that they are safe to treat, that they have some protection? is there anything you can do to protect these women before november? >> i've spoken with ceos of hospitals about this, their interactions...
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different it is to be the speaker of the house than a back bencher from a very conservative district in louisiana where your vote is not that significant to the grand scheme of things. now he actually has to lead the house. and congress has several things that it is responsible for doing, including funding the government. now, mike johnson basically tied his whole lot into just keeping the government funded. we have done nothing else of anything significance in the entire time that he has been speaker. and in order to do that he has had to rely on democrats because the majority of house republicans have voted against the appropriations bills and the continuing resolutions that would fund the government. that's the bare minimum, nicolle. and so now he's stuck because he clearly knows, we all know from the classified briefings that if ukraine does not get more funding that it will lose this war to vladimir putin. vladimir putin, a dictator, will conquer a democratic country in ukraine. this will be the first time since world war ii that any fascist or authoritarian government has physically overtak
different it is to be the speaker of the house than a back bencher from a very conservative district in louisiana where your vote is not that significant to the grand scheme of things. now he actually has to lead the house. and congress has several things that it is responsible for doing, including funding the government. now, mike johnson basically tied his whole lot into just keeping the government funded. we have done nothing else of anything significance in the entire time that he has been...
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would give the speaker a personal win unblocking a proposed export facilities in his home state of louisiana. johnson has discussed financing some of the aid by telling off russian sovereign assets that have been frozen and turning the money into loans. the ukrainians would have to pay it back. the speaker has not publicly pledged support for any option, but stated the house will address ukraine once it returns to washington next week. let's bring nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. what do we know about this? there is a trumpy sound to that, making ukraine pay back. >> yeah, that's definitely one of the ideas that's percolating, mika, in large part because we have seen the idea of giving continued direct aid to ukraine fall flat, especially among key people within johnson's house republican conference. if it wasn't ukraine, it would be the appropriations package that has him in trouble. if not that, the border. you can really pick any issue and the realities of a very slim margin that seems to always be getting slimmer in the house gop becomes evident when you speak about the wa
would give the speaker a personal win unblocking a proposed export facilities in his home state of louisiana. johnson has discussed financing some of the aid by telling off russian sovereign assets that have been frozen and turning the money into loans. the ukrainians would have to pay it back. the speaker has not publicly pledged support for any option, but stated the house will address ukraine once it returns to washington next week. let's bring nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali....
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i'm curious, when you are talking about this, what we've seen in states like louisiana is ob-gyns afraid to treat in the first trimester. i'm curious, is there anything you can do? you do have a democratic governor. you have democratic -- you don't have a democratic legislature, but you have some democrats. is there anything you can do to tell ob-gyns, gynecologists, they're safe to treat, that they have some protection, to protect the women before november? >> molly, i've spoken to ceos of hospitals about this, about, you know, their interactions with their own staff. obgyns who are scared because of the ramifications of this law that is two centuies old. 1864, could throw them in jail for two to five years. doctors are scared. i've talked to, you know, ceos about specific cases, where a woman was going into -- they didn't want to treat the woman until she was nearing sepsis. that puts that woman's life literally at risk. you ask, what can we do? the legislature could pass a repeal of this 1864 law. they could have done it yesterday. they didn't. there was chaos at our state legislature
i'm curious, when you are talking about this, what we've seen in states like louisiana is ob-gyns afraid to treat in the first trimester. i'm curious, is there anything you can do? you do have a democratic governor. you have democratic -- you don't have a democratic legislature, but you have some democrats. is there anything you can do to tell ob-gyns, gynecologists, they're safe to treat, that they have some protection, to protect the women before november? >> molly, i've spoken to ceos...