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the fbi has had only eight senate confirmed directors. those directors all have a few things in common. they are all white men. they all favor a clean cut look, and each and every one of them, every senate confirmed director since the dawn of the fbi has been a republican. that includes current fbi director, christopher wray, who was appointed by donald trump. and you would not get that impression, given the way the director wrays fellow republicans attacked him and his agency during a...

good morning. it is saturday, february 10th. youre watching velshi on msnbc. im charles coleman junior filling in for my friend and colleague, ali velshi. we have got a lot to talk about. we begin this morning with donald trumps new reality tv show. we all remember the apprentice. the whole, youre fired, thing? what we are watching now is more like, the defendant. a terrifying real-life spinoff series played out in actual courtrooms and along the campaign trail each and every day. talk...

ballot for stoking an insurrection in violation of section three of the 14th amendment. and by all accounts, the justices posture during this arguments suggest the court is looking for ways to punt on that central question, did donald trump incited insurrection, and instead hand the issue may be to congress. basically to let some other group of people deal with the possible insurrectionist president being elected another day. which would seem to be a win for donald trump. seemed to be ...

blues, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once. again im stephanie ruhle, and lucky me live from washington d.c. and were now 272 days away from election day. and in 11 hours from now the supreme court will hear arguments in a case that could upend the presidential race as we know it. in december the colorado supreme court sided with the egg with donald trump cannot be on the 2024 ballot, citing the 14th amendment. part of that amendment says that if, ...

happening now, breaking news. united states conducts another retaliatory strike in the wake of that deadly attack on american forces in jordan. u.s. officials confirmed the operation successfully targeted and killed an iran-backed militia commander in baghdad. also breaking tonight, more chaos on capitol hill. the united states senate rejecting the bipartisan border bill despite months of negotiations. what the sudden failure can also mean for aid to ukraine and israel. plus, final pre...

moved one step closer to passing a and 95 billion dollar aid package for ukraine, israel, and taiwan. the senate voted a very decisive a 67 to 27 to advance the spending bill and defiance of donald trump who has been telling senators all weekend no. the bill is not a done deal yet. leaders have not reached an agreement on the border amendments that republicans have been demanding. a word on the final passage is expected sometime this week. also new today, house republicans are preparin...

>> so, republicans want to impeach a republican? why? >> trump republicans want to impeach a trump appointed republican. >> why? >> despite being appointed by donald trump and a registered removal republican voter, republican lawmakers have baselessly accused wray of using the fbi to target those with conservative beliefs, including the former president, himself. director wray was having none of it. >> there is a two tiered justice system that has been weaponized to persecute people ba...

new york times. special counsel jack smith has been defeat donald trumps son-in-law and former top white house aide jared kushner. the times reports that in an interview last month, the special counsel focused on whether trump had privately acknowledged that he had lost the 2020 election. in other words, when trump claimed the election was rigged, did he know he was lying? did trump have corrupt intent when he allegedly tried to subvert the election? also today, checks myths senior ass...

classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. well have more on that later in...

the eus climate service says that for the first time, global warming has exceeded 1.5 degrees celsius above pre—industrial levels across an entire year. limiting long—term warming to no more than 1.5 degrees is a key target in efforts to tackle climate change. counting is under way in pakistans general election. mobile phone services across the country are being restored, after being suspended just as voting began. police searching for the man suspected of carrying out the chemical...