'Lives are at stake': Judge whose son was murdered urges leaders to end hostile rhetoric
May 15, 2025
5,408
142
2.63%
Search the Record
IndexedEvery word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
Amna Nawaz Episodes Around May 15, 2025
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
7:47Now Playing'Lives are at stake': Judge whose son was murdered urges leaders to end hostile rhetoric
YouTube Description
as posted by the channelA report from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism found threats and calls for impeachment against judges have risen by 327 percent between May 2024 and March 2025. One federal judge knows how real the violence can be. Judge Esther Salas’s son was killed by a disgruntled lawyer posing as a delivery driver at her home, according to police. Salas joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the threats.
Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app
Find more from PBS NewsHour at
Subscribe to our YouTube channel
X (formerly Twitter)
Subscribe:
PBS NewsHour podcasts
Newsletters
Guests & Subjects Covered
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.









