Good morning. It is saturday, may 25th. Im Charles Coleman jr. Filling in for my friend allie velshi. Weve got a lot to talk about. In the last seven days donald trump has reminded us of the many reasons why he remains a danger to the constitution and overall to democracy itself. Lets start when the former president appeared in Nra Convention in texas. During his speech that presumptive president ial nominee asked the critical quote, are we going to be considered three term or twoterm . Some can interpret that to mean just because trump continuously is delusional and believes he won the 2020 election, a possible victory this year could be considered in his eyes a third president ial term. For others, it raises concerns that trump might be floating the idea of serving more than two terms. Which is something he also slightly suggested at a couple rallies during his president ial campaign four years ago. There are a lot of things i could say about this idea. Aspirational, presumptive, eve
Boston. Thousands of flights delayed. The tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. Trevor ault standing by. The chilling headline in haiti. Two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in portauprince. Their murders coming after President Biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u. N. Backed police force in haiti. Selina wang with the president of kenya. Breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. The pentagon revealing hes undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. It comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from Prostate Cancer. Not even President Biden had been told. The american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into Turks And Caicos. He was facing a possible 12year Prison Sentence. What a judge decided instead, and what this signals to four other americans facing similar ch
New reporting on how the white house is strategizing for dealing with the upcoming trial. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. The nation heads into the long memorial day weekend, cia director bill burns is traveling back to europe with an urgent push to revive ceasefire talks and get hostages out of gaza. The world court today ordering israel to immediately stop the rafah invasion, citing an immense risk to civilians there. Israel says it will not comply. Theres little the icj can do to enforce the order. The u. S. Is expected to veto any enforcement in the u. N. Security council if it comes to that. After an intense military operation, Israeli Forces brought home the bodies of three more hostages killed in the october 7 attacks. The remains were taken into gaza by hamas. More than 80 hostages are still being held hostage and 40 bodies are being held. Israel wants them back so the families can have a decent burial. Eight americans are among the missing, three acknowle
Philadelphia, new york to boston. Thousands of flights delayed. The tsa bracing for what could be the busiest travel day ever. 45 million americans expected to drive or fly over the holiday. Trevor ault standing by. The chilling headline in haiti. Two american missionaries, a husband and wife, shot and killed by gang members in portauprince. Their murders coming after President Biden and the president of kenya pledged support for a new u. N. Backed police force in haiti. Selina wang with the president of kenya. Breaking news concerning defense secretary lloyd austin. The pentagon revealing hes undergoing a medical procedure today, transferring his duties to a deputy. It comes months after he was secretly hospitalized for complications from Prostate Cancer. Not even President Biden had been told. The american father sentenced for bringing ammunition into Turks And Caicos. He was facing a possible 12year Prison Sentence. What a judge decided instead, and what this signals to four other a
Government and another partly run by supporters, shaped to execute his vision. There is understandably an urgent focus on that third branch. Today, even it is clearer than ever that the sanctity of our american judiciary and foundational role played in ensuring our freedoms is under the spotlight. This week flags flown outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel alito many homes, symbols also used by January 6th Insurrectionists called Into Question his ability to fairly and impartially rule on matters having to do with Donald Trumps attempted coup. Joining us now, House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries and msnbc legal analyst Andrew Weissmann and the host of politicsnation president of the National Action network reverend al sharpton. Leader jefferies, thank you for being here. Spoke a moment with with senator whitehouse about Justice Samuel alito and these flags. He seems to think its pretty clear there needs to be a discussion about recusal for Justice Alito. Where do you stand . A circumst