MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes the reports about what led Donald Trump to ban MS NOW, CNN, and POLITICO from the White House, leading to a lawsuit by all three media organizations in which “as usual, the strongest witness against Donald Trump in the case is Donald Trump.”
MS NOW, CNN, and Politico are suing the Trump Administration after its journalists were banned from the White House. Symone and MediaMatters’ chief Angelo Carusone react to Trump's attack on the First Amendment.
“What transpired looked like an episode of ‘Veep,” says Jim Acosta after news organizations boycotted the press pool, leaving Trump without audio at an event.
Donald Trump now says his controversial planned 250-foot arch next to Arlington National Cemetery will house ammunition, snipers, and drones. The Weeknight hosts react.
Could a presidential run be in Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s future? Claire McCaskill asks him in her new MS NOW member-exclusive series “Political Potluck with Claire McCaskill.”
Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan man, says he was delivering food for DoorDash when he was shot and injured by ICE officers in Austin, Texas. DHS claims that Garcés Pérez faced a final order of removal from the country. His lawyer says that he originally entered the country seeking asylum and had gotten a work permit. His attorney says that Garcés Pérez changed his address in immigration court, but that a hearing notice was sent to his previous address, so he was unaware and didn't go, which led to a removal order.
We were watching this Monday as President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani met for about an hour at Gracie Mansion to discuss affordable housing in the city. The pair of leaders spoke about a number of issues before taking questions from the press, which comes amid the temporary suspension of the White House television pool. One main focus of the discussion was affordable housing and the efforts being made to transform Sunnyside Yard in Queens into a new neighborhood with 12,000 affordable homes. LiveNOW’s Andy Mac is speaking with Jason Beeferman from POLITICO as the apparent "bromance" between the two appears to be continuing.
We are learning more this week as the Trump administration is now reportedly being sued by CNN, MS NOW, and Politico. This comes after President Donald Trump announced he would ban the media outlets from the White House. The lawsuit aims "to protect our First Amendment rights and defend the principle that the government does not decide what the press reports or publishes," the news outlets said. BrieAnna Frank, USA TODAY's First Amendment reporter, joins LiveNOW’s Andy Mac to learn more about the extent of the ban. In a joint statement from CNN, MS NOW and Politico obtained by Reuters, the news outlets wrote: "Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists' credentials because it objected to our reporting. Left…