who doesn t want internet that helps ai do your homework even faster? come again? -sorry, what was that? uhhhhh. the next generation 10g network. only from xfinity. welcome to a second hour o the future starts now. ayman. coming up, conservative elites want to play by a different se of rules, enter clarence thomas, donald trump and gop megadonor lee honored all seem to thin you should be held accountable but not them then, the trump trial collidin with the campaign trail, 202 is becoming a referendum among the rule of law and th potential gift to presiden biden. and silencing their critics, tennessee republicans just expelled to democrats of color from the state house over a gu control protest. why are they so threatened b the scent? i am ayman mohyeldin let s get started. summer is just around the corner, and you might be starting to consider som vacation plans, maybe a trip t an amusement park with the kids, or i don t know, maybe a weekend get away, you know just
or undue influence, but it s the problem that we have in ou democracy with campaig finance. we need to pass laws tha prevent that type of influence that type of money to intercep in our democracy and our rul of law david, as i mentioned earlier, thomas, he didn t disclose up until some point you know, almost 20 years ago, that he was receiving, o received several gifts fro crow, and then it was reported on by the l.a. times and wha do you know, lo and behold suddenly he stops reportin those gifts that he is receiving, and he s reported only just two gifts in tha 20-year period the next disclosure is set t be released in june. i m not a betting man, but i light of this recent report, d you expect that number to grow i think it has to, ayman. because here s the thing, if you re when you talk about one as wealthy conservative friends, we re only talking about a discreet set of vacations. but here is a bigger problem that we need to keep in mind as we see this reporting and we forget,
in new jersey. how do you think we can shift the narrative to celebrate the trans experience more in this country i mean, it s important to have allies in states in position of power all across th country. but how do we change the narrative around the trend experience in this country i this moment? that s a really great question i think we have to do it i political seats like the one that i hold, and so many other trans and gender nonconforming people across the country, including right here i minnesota, we just elected our first state representative who lead on helping our state to become a safe haven for tran and gender nonconforming communities, particularl children but, also, you know, i think w have to, you know, ayman, i m poet and i try to use poetry to tel
headlines. hey, richard hey ayman, very good evenin to you the justice department opene investigation into leak of classified pentagon documents. the detail ukrainian law terry information, u.s. government believes those documents appearing online are authentic pending a full investigation review, according to a senio u.s. official. who spoke to nbc news. the potential damage remains unclear at this moment, as officials still are assessin what may have been exposed china started fighter je drills over the taiwan straigh saturday more than 71 claims crosse into the self governed island airspace the drills began just after th taiwanese leader met with hous speaker kevin mccarthy and pope francis presided over easter vigil mass in st. peter s basilica one day after missing good friday s nighttime processio at the roman coliseum. 86-year-old pope was recoverin from bronchitis, which recentl left him hospitalized for thre days more ayman with ayman mohyeldin, right after this break
the wrongdoings. let s discuss this with dahlia lithwick, senior editor an legal correspondent for slate. she is also an msnbc law and politics analyst, and author o a lady justice, women, the law and the battle to save america also with us, former congresswoman debbie mucarsel-powell, a democra from florida she s now a senior advisor a gift hurts, a gun contro advocacy group and david henderson, forme prosecutor, civil rights attorney, and a cnbc contributor. it s great to have you with us on all of this let s start with you, david. there s been some debate o whether justice thomas broke the law by not disclosing thes trips. give me your broad takeawa here, what does your gut tel you about clarence thomas behavior ayman, my gut tells me that there is the law, and then there s a common sense let s start because that whe your question. what do you think would happen if it came out that justic jackson took half 1 millio dollar vacations every year, complement of george soros people wo