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community will need to come in and help and that is why the un was warning there is an impending humanitarian emergency. at least 15 people have been shot dead in a bar in the south african township of soweto. and in the tennis — defending champion novak djokovic faces nick kyrgios in the mens final at wimbledon later today. hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world. nine candidates have now entered the race to become the next leader of the conservative party ...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. General under president clinton and former federal prosecutor. Julia, i will have you play a few roles for me tonight because you do also cover the Justice Department. Jeff sessions in the room with the president when he is told that Robert Mueller is going to be Special Counsel, according to bloomberg news. Jeff sessions offered his Rec Resignation in that moment. I think the idea that Robert Mueller h...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Jeopardy for the president. Were learning more about the trumpmueller relationship. The day after he interviewed Robert Mueller to be the director of the fbi, trump was in an Oval Office Meeting when an aid announced that mueller had been appointed the Special Counsel to investigate the Trump Campaign. Trump and Attorney General jeff session, who attended both meetings were blind sided according to a pe...

Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Analysis and discussion of the days top stories and compelling issues from Lawrence ODonnell. Will decide if the president is likely to sit with Robert Mueller for an interview while at bedminster. But it might not be Donald Trumps decision to make, admitting that trump might be, quote, forced to testify on matters that occurred before he took office and that might mean real legal jeopardy for the presi...

Up for it. right. it simply doesnt go far enough — up for it. right. it simply doesnt go far enough in _ up for it. right. it simply doesnt go far enough in terms _ up for it. right. it simply doesnt go far enough in terms of- up for it. right. it simply doesnt go far enough in terms of giving public assurance the kind of things we need to have in place for the kind of ai that we are already using today. that is powering our banking systems, health systems, smartphones and, yes, our bbc iplaye...

High suicide ideation rate, up to 42% of those who struggle with their identity think about suicide because of the stress that it has on them. and even their families. so i dont think it is right for rachel levine to impose her personal views on all of us. instead, we know that some people will benefit from transitioning and gender affirming care, but we want to do it the right way. that starts off with taking a history and a physical, maybe doing blood work, getting counseling and therapy, not ...

Manipulating people into believing that americans are being persecuted for their political beliefs which is patently untrue. >> how do you interpret that point there cynthia was making? >> i think its important to acknowledge that people are making decisions based on different information environments. i worry -- i read in "the wall street journal" this week about facebook and its involvement and what it knows or doesnt know about how humans engage each other and how our society functions as a r...

President gets up and says its a hoax. hes keeping them in the dark and brainwashed whereas the republicans who are concerned by donald trumps open betrayal of the country in helsinki are seeing, okay, part of the administration is doing the right thing. maybe i can still vote republican. >> do you think theyre in the dark and brainwashed? >> i think its time for us to start thinking about some of the base being brainwashed. theres this qanon, this conspiracy theory. the conspiracy theories on t...

Base being brainwashed. theres this qanon, this conspiracy theory. the conspiracy theories on the far right are growing and spreading and becoming less part of the fringe discourse and working their way into the main stream. its becoming more of the case. and in my mind thats a piece of brainwashing. i mean were talking about people existing in altuernative information environments that have no bearing on fact or reason. and thats where some of his base is. >> it is almost like there are two adm...