included in the promise of the country today. i still believe that. i m still optimistic, but i need you. so my question for you is simple, a simple one. are you with me? talk to your family. that was president biden receiving chants of four more years from a crowd in philadelphia yesterday where he and the vice president made a pitch to black voters. we ll have more from their campaign stop in just a moment. meanwhile, the former president was stuck in a courthouse holding room as a jury deliberated his fate in the criminal hush money case. we ll recap everything and bring you expert legal analysis. also ahead we ll go through new reporting on senator rick scott s latest bid to replace mitch mcconnell as the next republican leader in the upper chamber. all right, good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, may 30th. still may. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. we are on a verdict watch this morning. in just hours the jury in the donald trump hus
Im for keeping them up. And what to make of the president s opioid announcement. If we can teach young people and people generally not to start, its really, really easy not to take them. When all in starts now. Good evening from new york. Im joy reid in for chris hayes. Tonight amid signs that Robert Muellers investigation could be closing in, the white house is scrambling to discredit the messenger with a big assist from his partners on fox news. Theres no way the American People can trust Robert Mueller to investigate anything russian related. What really stinks here is mueller, rosenstein, Andrew Wiesman and james comey appear to have covered it all up, the uranium one deal. We have to have mueller fired. Yes, Robert Mueller, i hope youre watching. Oh Robert Mueller, are you awake tonight . Robert mueller is now investigating anything involved with russia, how is that possible . To be fair and impartial, its impossible because of his past role in this. He should resign immediately t
seat in north carolina when they ousted sitting congressman in favor of a challenger. why don t you explain what happened there. yeah, so down in north carolina this district you had robert pitinger. he was beaten by a fiery pastor. they had run and matched up against each other before. this time, this guy won. and this is very much a seat that would have been safe likely if it was in the incumbent. the new republican will face dan mccready, a moderate democrat, much more down the middle. this is the kind of strategy democrats have been exercising across the country. we saw it in pennsylvania with their candidate in conor lamb. they re trying to pick candidates that fit the district. this guy has a good shot of winning over this district in north carolina. paul: interesting result in ohio.
the democrats. he s probably going to get the mitt romney treatment here, though he runs an automotive parts business. i think people in indiana, especially with the tariffs, they re starting to realize how important trade actually is and supply chains. i don t think that will be used against him as democrats are hoping. and i think he does stand a strong chance against joe donnelly. paul: what about the anti-mcconnell, mitch mcconnell strategy, some people have been trying like blankenship. it worked ina alabama when roy moore you roymoore used. is it fading as a strategy? it seems so. hope the republican voters are realizing that after the passage of tax reform that mcconnell and president trump share a lot of the same policy goals. paul: word in the house is not so good. i think the republicans may have set themselves up for losing a
business man, ceo, is going to be exhumed in every detail by the democrats. he s probably going to get the mitt romney treatment here, though he runs an automotive parts business. i think people in indiana, especially with the tariffs, they re starting to realize how important trade actually is and supply chains. i don t think that will be used against him as democrats are hoping. and i think he does stand a strong chance against joe donnelly. paul: what about the anti-mcconnell, mitch mcconnell strategy, some people have been trying like blankenship. it worked ina alabama when roy moore you roymoore used. is it fading as a strategy? it seems so. hope the republican voters are realizing that after the passage of tax reform that mcconnell and president trump share a lot of the same policy goals. paul: word in the house is not so good. i think the republicans may have