MSNBC
Search documents
'I don't think it was a sell': Richard Haass on why Trump didn't make the case for war in Iran
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:57
BUT LET'S GET TO WHAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. PRESIDENT TRUMP LAST NIGHT ADDRESSED THE NATION FOR first time since starting a war with Iran. The roughly 20-minute speech was meant to make the case as to why the conflict is necessary, yet he gave very few details and repeated his vague a timeline for when it may end.FOR THESE TERRORISTS TO HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS WOULD BE AN INTOLERABLE THREAT. THE MOST VIOLENT AND THUGGISH REGIME ON EARTH WOULD BE FREE TO CARRY OUT THEIR CAMPAIGNS OF TERROR, COERTION, CONQUEST AN ...
Rhode: Trump 'didn't have a clear message'
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:26
"What surprised me was that...he didn't really make any new arguments." David Rohde shares his analysis of Trump's address on the Iran war, which he says had no new arguments and no clear message. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https ...
Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump sentenced over 'enormous child pornography collection'
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:24
A man pardoned by Trump for his actions on Jan. 6 has been sentenced for possessing more than 100,000 child sexual abuse images and videos. MS NOW: My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. » Subscribe to MS NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@msnow MS NOW is the go-to destination for domestic and international breaking news, and best-in-class opinion journalism. For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day click here: https://www.ms.now/ ...
Month late, billions of dollars short: House member on Trump’s Iran address
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:22
to lash out at NATO allies for their reluctance to get involved in U .S. military operations in Iran, as Secretary General Mark Ruda is expected to meet with the president in Washington next week. Trump, however, reiterated his grievances during an Easter lunch yesterday in the East Room.Interesting, this event was closed to press and then only briefly was posted online by the White House before it was deleted. But MS now obtained the video after another reporter downloaded WE'VE HAD SOME VERY GOOD ALLIES O ...
Trump offers few new details, vague timeline for Iran war
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:20
because President Trump last night addressed the nation for the first time since starting a war with Iran. The 20-minute speech was meant to sell Americans on why this conflict was necessary. But he actually gave very few new details and repeated his vague timeline for when this war might end.For these terrorists to have nuclear weapons would be an intolerable threat. The most violent and thuggish regime on earth would be free to carry out their campaigns of terror, coercion, conquest and mass murder from b ...
The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell - April 1 | Audio Only
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:19
The last word with Lawrence O'Donnell starts right now. Good evening, Lawrence. Hey, Chris. We have uh Harvard law professor Lawrence Tribe standing by to talk about uh what was the big news of the morning at the Supreme Court. And of course, we'll begin tonight with the big news of the night. Uh Donald Trump announcing nothing we didn't already know. That's exactly that's [laughter] I think that's that's an incredibly appropriate headline for that. I really was like, is it really going to be like this the ...
SCOTUS considers limits to birthright citizenship: 'Off the wall theory'
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 10:19
Today, the Supreme Court hear challenge to President Trump's executive order ending birthright citizenship, a right that has been fundamental to this country for more than 150 years. The Trump administration is trying to revisit the meaning of the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment, which states, quote, all persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. Some of the justices seemed a little ...
Laurence Tribe: We need to preserve and protect the Constitution, not 'trash it' like Trump does
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 04:50
Donald Trump was in the room watching today when his solicitor general was completely thrown by a very simple question asked by Donald Trump's appointed Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. Do you think Native Americans today are birthright citizens under your test and under your friend's test. I think so.I mean obviously they've been granted citizenship by statute. Put aside the statute. Do you think they're birthright citizens.No, I think the clear understanding that everybody agrees in the congressional d ...
Lawrence: Trump failed to explain his war, disgraced military calling it 'a little journey to Iran'
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 03:52
Well, tonight, Donald Trump officially surrendered in his war for control of the Strait of Hormuz. Last night, we reported to you that Donald Trump said yesterday that the Strait of Hormuz would open as soon as he ended his war. In other words, Iran would open the Strait of Hormuz as soon as Donald Trump gives up.And tonight, after saying, quote, we are going to finish the job end quote, Donald Trump said it is up to what he called the countries of the world to open the Strait of Hermuz now that he has comp ...
'Disinformation': Trump uses primetime address to trot out familiar Iran talking points
MSNBC· 2026-04-02 03:36
and welcome to the midweek nightcap on the 33rd day of Donald Trump's war with Iran he addressed the nation about his administration's goals in that war there were a lot of questions about what we might hear tonight. For example, was Trump getting ready to pull American forces out. Would he lay out an endgame for the war or even make a case for putting boots on the ground.Instead we got kind of the same talking points that we've been hearing from Donald Trump since this war began. Listen. In these past four ...