They are apparently better off now with harris as their candidate than they were before the switch from biden to harris. That said in absolute terms the polls and Swing State Polls broadly speaking dont really give either party a reason to celebrate right now. Vice president harris maybe doing better than biden was against trump, but it doesnt mean she was clearly winning against trump. Its basically a tie between the two candidates right now. And that produces all sorts of interesting dynamics to watch for. When it is this close little differences between the candidates and their campaigns can make an interesting not only for an interesting contrast, but can make a big difference in terms of the ultimate results. For example, right now Trumps Campaign appears to by maneuvering to try to get him out of the one debate he agreed to with Kamala Harris. That debate is supposed to happen two weeks from now on September 10th but Trumps Campaign and trump himself is trying to get out of it. T
News. The Israeli Military says they rescued a hostage from Southern Gaza. He was found in an underground tunnel by Israeli Soldiers during a special operation. He was abducted more than ten months ago by hamas in the october 7th terror attack. The 72yearold Security Guard is said to be in Good Condition and already has seen family. The white house saying, quote, we will continue to work tirelessly to finalize the ceasefire and Hostage Release deal through ongoing talks in cairo and doha. Meanwhile after a temporary pause, fighting resumed monday night with targeted strikes between hezbollah forces and israel. The escalation in attacks there has heightened tensions in the entire region. Joining us now, nbcs matt bradley in tel aviv and a former Supreme Allied Commander of nato and nbc chief international analyst. What do we know about the latest on the Hostage Release and the escalation . Well that Hostage Rescue will be a huge source of celebration here in israel. We already heard fro
Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a
Your daddy right now, what would it be . It would be i miss you, and i love you. What was going through your head . When you had your knee on my brothers neck . You knew that he pose no threat, he was handcuffed. Why didnt you just get up . My sons identity has also been reduced to that of a racist. I want this court to know that none of these things are true yay. When you sentence my son yay, you will also be sentenced sentencing me. The court then heard briefly from Derek Chauvin himself. At this time, due to some additional legal matters at hand, im not able to give a full formal statement at this time. But very briefly, i want to give my condolences to the floyd family. Theres going to be some other information in the future, that would be of interest. And i hope things will give you some peace of mind. Thank you. No one quite knows what that inference was two other information he was talking about. Late this afternoon, President Biden, who has become close to members of the floyd
[laughs] but i do it all the time, sorry. That does it for us tonight. Well see again on monday, provided i still have a job. Now is time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison, who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin. So fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case. The lead prosecutors. Theyre going to join us in this hour. But they wouldnt have been there. They would have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the police and putting them in that courtroom. Yeah, and to have had not only the conviction, but to have had this landmark sentence today i mean that number is going to mean Something Di