carried it alive and we are pleased to be joined by former radio host and msnbc contributor charles sykes whose new book is called how the rights lost its mind is this a book about donald trump? guest: now, obviously he plays a major role but it s really about the conservative movement, what happened to the conservative movement and how it enabled him, capitulated to him and how where did you go wrong? how do they conservative movement go from being run by william f buckley to sean hannity? @digital from ronald reagan to donald trump? how do we go from edmund burke to and culture? what happened to us that led up to that and this is the big question i had after the election. what just happened? what did we miss? the things going on that i thought i understood that maybe i didn t. host: was there a seminal moment? was it years in the making? with the 2016? guest: i started off with a thesis that donald trump was a black swan. he came in and took over sort of as a fluke, took
california, thinks that people were duped often into voting for donald trump. guest: there is that view out there but as i talk about in the smear if you actually watched the rallies of hillary clinton and donald trump issue tried to watch almost every one. you talk to people outside the big cities, which i did a lot of, that s what led me to predict in advance that donald trump would be president when so many others cooperate see that. think you get a different picture than the stereotype that it bandied about. host: tie the spear into into election 2016. were there campaigns going on sub rosa? guest: totally. 2016 was the emit my of all the factors, whether it s emotional media, smear industry in washington, dc, that s grown to this huge level, all the tack tactics. everything claim into play in 2016. more money was spent gazillions more by hillary clinton and her supporters than on donald trump, far more, and i guess the lesson is even though, as i say in the b
this shows two elevator cars in a common shaft. the car moved upward with such force it breached the ceiling with such force it broke the ceiling and the debris came down on the right hand elevator car in which the employee was riding and causing the car to come down and crush. it caused it to hit the second elevator. the court employee in that elevator car was taken in for observation and left the hospital in the last hour or so. departed giving a thumbs up. the sergeant is still listed in critical condition with head and chest injuries, the labor and industry bureau is investigating this bizarre mishap as to when the elevators were last expected. the state told us last november and now they say it was just last june. live at the cjc john rawlins, channel 6 action news. for more on this story stay with 6abc.com, we have posted pictures and videos from the scene and of course you ll find the latest details as soon as new information becomes available. a mafia take
humid, between 71 and 76. christa: rich kirkland, happy friday to you. rich: thank you very much. happy friday to you too. one of the nice things will friday other than it s friday is traffic is lighter on a friday morning when the weather is good. the weather is good and we re live on route 1, a good ride right now. the expressway usually is much heavier. it isn t, the turnpike wide open from one end to the other, stockbridge to boston, if you will. the t says we re just getting going but it s okay. rich kirkland, 7 news today in new england. christa: taking a look at developing news here this morning, the tsa is considering stepping up security at international airports after the crash of that russian jet overseas in egypt. we could hear about some of those plans as early as today. jadiann: this comes as u.s. and british intelligence suggest isis was likely responsible for bringing down that plane. victoria warren joins us from logan airport. there s already talk
at 20 miles per hour with wind gusts. developing news now involving a troubled pg and e sub station in the south bay. tonight the utility is asking for your help in tracking down a burglar. the burglary is especially troubling because of where it happened. we re talk being about the metcalfe sub station. you may remember in april of 2013, a sniper repeatedly shot at that site, sparking an oil li leak and major out and. and there are big questions about how this fa spicility and others like it are protected. the utility also vowed to spend $100 million over the next three years to increase security at all of its transformer sub stations. they say the burglar remains under investigation. however, they say human error likely played a part in the security breach and the burglary. while they admit burglars made it into the sub station, they say no attempt was made to disrupt the electrical grid and if someone had tried to tamper with the grid other security measures would have b