we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. we must guard against the acquisition of unwanted influence by the military industrial complex. 63 years after president eisenhower s farewell speech, those words are coming back to haunt us, with fears growing of a regional war in the middle east. also tonight, e. jean carroll speaks out for the first time since the $83 million verdict against donald trump. trump doesn t even pay his lawyers, so how likely is it that ms. carroll will ever see that money? plus, infrastructure and chips and science are among president biden s biggest accomplishments. now, republicans are shamelessly trying to take credit for policies they voted against. but we begin tonight with the growing threat of a regional war in the middle east. over the weekend, three u.s. service members were killed and more than 40 injured in an attack on a military base in northeast jordan near the syrian border. late today
tonight on the mehdi hasan show, a warning to us all, that s not the first time i ve said it, far from it. the 14th amendment case heads to the supreme court with existential danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. plus, pictures don t lie. the horrors in gaza through the lens of now iconic palestinian photographer murtaza a visa. finally, republicans in control of the messaging law, while they are taking a victory lap over claudine gay resigning. when will liberals push back? good evening, i am mehdi hasan. three years, ago i launched this show on msnbc with a very stark warning about the danger imposed to american democracy by one donald j trump. tonight, on the very last edition of the mehdi hasan show, yes, our last show. i want to begin by again warning you all about the threat to our democracy from donald j trump. the donald trump who was running for president again, who s leading joe biden in some of the polls. and who continues to make violent authoritarian u
that s not the first time i ve said it, far from it. the 14th amendment case heads to the supreme court with existential danger that donald trump poses to our democracy. plus, pictures don t lie. the horrors in gaza through the lens of now iconic palestinian photographer murtaza a visa. finally, republicans in control of the messaging law, while they are taking a victory lap over claudine gay resigning. when will liberals push back? good evening, i am mehdi hasan. three years, ago i launched the show with a very stark warning about the danger imposed to american democracy by one donald j trump. tonight, on the very last edition of the mehdi hasan show, yes, our last show. i want to begin by again warning you all about the threat to our democracy from donald j trump. the donald trump who was running for president again, who s leading joe biden in some of the polls. and who continues to make violent authoritarian unconstitutional threats about his political opponents. the donal
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we start today of course with our world lead. And a new warning about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in gaza. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken returned to israel after meeting with multiple allies throughout the middle east. Trying to get a humanitarian corridor open for innocents to evacuate from gaza before israel ramps up attacks on hamas. Right now israel is pointing the civilians toward the Southern Gate into egypt, known as the Rafah Crossing which is still clowes. Video shows dozens families including babies waiting next to locked gates. A u. S. Government memo showed more than 250 u. S. Citizens in Southern Gaza waiting for the crossing to open. And earlier reports suggested that it was the Egyptian Government to open the gate when i pressed Jake Sullivan on this issue yesterday, he blamed the closure on on altogether different group. The egyptians have in fact agreed to allow americans to depart to get safe p
appreciate your bravery, we hope you stay safe. thank you very much. thank you. in his remarks on friday, president biden recounted the hate and violence of display at capitol on january 6th, displaying this particular anecdote. one capitol police officer called it a medieval battle. that same officer called raising names. he said he was more afraid in the capital of the united states of america and the chambers then when he was fighting as a soldier in the war on iraq. he was more afraid inside of the halls of congress. more than he was fighting the war in iraq. the man to whom biden was referring there is former united states capitol in his new book, american shield, the immigrant surge the defended democracy. he shares what he witnessed that day at the capitol, and how it has impacted his life since. sergeant gonell joins us now.