of the mehdi hasan show tonight, gop dysfunctions, driving us towards a government shutdown. even house republicans are pointing to figure at one man, kevin mccarthy. plus, the white house just created the first ever office devoted to curbing gun violence. i will speak with former gun violence activists turn gen z congressman maxwell frost. and, covid rates are on the rise, again. my conversation with americas doctor, anthony fauci. good evening. at this moment, we are about six days away from a potential government shutdown. the first, since the start of 2019. and it s a shutdown that we are facing, because house republicans are completely dysfunctional, behaving in a pathetic way, and pushing for a completely meaningless shut down, because they want to burn the whole place down. those are not my words, those are the words of house republicans themselves. we are, completely dysfunctional. there needs to be a realization, that you are not going to get everything you wan
are the calls for his resignation? i will speak live with congresswoman some lee. then the gop s broken priorities, instead of focusing on the looming government shutdown, the erosion of our democracy, talking about john fetterman in shorts, seriously. and two of the world s most influential men are pushing the world on this good evening, i m mehdi hasan. one of the main reasons americans are so fed up with washington d.c., so distrustful about, government so angry about the state of our public life, is because so many of our politicians on both sides of the political divide seek to be bought and paid for by billionaires, and by big corporations, and by dark money groups. this winter robert menendez democrat of new jersey was accused of being bought and paid for by the egyptian government who was indicted by the doj on friday, on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. now let s be clear, corruption is a huge issue for the voters. it is a cancer in our system of gove
hi there. it s 4:00 in new york. the threat of politically inspired violence looms over every single facet of american civic life. thanks to a new round of threats from the ex president and revealed by new reporting on this topic. the prosecutors w h indicted donald trump face threats against them, their families, their kids and their staffs. democrats and republica are spending record sums on security for themselves and their families and their staff. donald trump last night renewed a smear against the media first deployed during his presidency by lashing out at the networks of nbc and msnbc calling us, quote, enemies of the people. trump attacked u.s. active duty military by accusing its top official of treason. trump didn t spare the public at large either. the ex president and his allies have attacked the grand jurors. the brand new reporting in the new york times lays out how law enforcementeeking to respond to this unprecedented domestic threat environment. quote, as
broken priorities. instead of focusing on a looming government shutdown and erosion of our democracy republicans can t stop complaining about hoodies and shorts. two of the world s most influential men are both pushing the world s oldest hatred. . did evening, one of the main reasons americans are so fed up with washington d.c. so distrustful of our government and angry about the state of our public life is because so many of our politicians on both sides of the political divide seem to be bought and paid for. like big corporations went by dark money groups. robert menendez was accused of being bought and paid for by the egyptian government. he was indicted by the doj on friday on corruption and bribery charges that he denies. and let s be clear corruption is a huge issue for voters. it s a cancer in our system of government. but what happens when it s not elected politician that spawned paid. for a person you can go out of office would. happens if the supreme court justice
the british army has been stood down from supporting the metropolitan police after hundreds of officers stepped back from firearms duties. the prime minister has said armed officers need clarity about their legal powers. rishi sunak was backing a home office review, after a metropolitan police officer was charged with murdering a 24 year old man, chris kaba, in south london last year. earlier, the bbc was told up to 300 officers had turned in permits allowing them to carry weapons. lord macdonald, the former director of public prosecutions in england and wales, told the bbc that the met police chief needs to provide more information, if he believes his officers are being unfairly dealt with. a lot of respect for mark, he s an excellent commissioner. but i think he needs to identify what there is a glaring unfairness is our. evidence has been assembled by the police about police conduct. it has been referred to the cps, the evidence has been considered and the cps have made th