Its all so new and exciting. Its all so exciting. Scramble the circuits. Youll have msnbc punched up but youll be seeing abc. A nice thing. A nice way to let everybody see it. Yeah, im only lightly joking, but youre doing a Public Service announcement, reminding everyone while yes, there are all these companies and competitors this is one night where all of the usual competitors agree to simulcast the same thing because its for civics. In service of our democracy and i think a nod to how important this election is. Amen. Well put. Thank you. Have a great show. See you soon. Our thanks to Nicolle Wallace for the handoff. Welcome to The Beat. Our top story is the Harris Campaign on offense with this new ad Hammering Trump for project 2025. Well show you some of that ad in a moment. It reenforced the attack the Campaign Hit nightly at the convention which is trying to take what is now politically seen as widely a very toxic project 2025 and tie it to trump. Brand him with it. Link him to
that s coming up. also, i have a break you how, with everything we have been through and everything we ve learned should deal with a proven liar and now someone liable for defamation and sexual abuse, donald trump. how do we deal with him? how do we cover interviews and town halls? we re not against interviews. i have a breakdown on that later. what donald trump said on his live and lengthy appearance on cnn last night is our top story. we ll get to that later. the top story tonight is the tapes. george santos back in washington voting on an unemployment fraud bill, which is wild considering that is part of what he s been indicted for. santos arraigned on 13 separate federal charges wire fraud, money laundering, abusing public funds. doj claiming santos spent money he claimed was for his campaign but he basically grifted, pocketing it according to the filing for personal expenses, luxury designer clothing, credit card payments for his own personal use. these charges come
And the unveiling of obama care is continuing disaster. Meanwhile we have this latebreaking news. The administration is taking major parts of obama Care Exchange website offline for large parts of the weekend for, and i quote, maintenance, whatever that means. All these stories and much more coming up. This is the kudlow report, beginning right now. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. We are live here at 7 00 p. M. Eastern and 4 00 p. M. Pacific. Now, the current battle over the Government Shutdown and the debt ceiling deadline may seem like politics as usual, but there is something very different this time around. President obama seems to want to raise the fear level and actually i think he is deliberately talking down the markets to create a crisis for his own narrow political gain. Just listen to this. They are threatening to actually force the United States to default on its obligations for the very first time in history. As reckless as a Government
Days or not going at all. Compassionate. Those compassionate impulses dont seem to extend to roger stone one of the president s oldest vorsz. Lying during mueller russia investigation. In the end mueller couldnt find collusion but stonel got up to 9 years in prison. Good says official washington. He is annoying and, worse, he is close to trump. Let him die there. He is trying to protect roger stone for lying under oath, for witness tampering, for trying to cover up trumps connections with russia. And this is really Banana Republic stuff. This isnt jaywalking. It was seven felonies. It is outrageous, i hope people are infuriated by this. The reason they are doing it is slimy, sleazy, dirty,. Roger stone is somebody i hold in minimum high esteem. So i was not unhappy to see him get 7 to 9. Tucker now, that last person you may recognize if you are of a certain age john dean. Dean led the watergate coverup for months made hush payments to the burglars. Destroyed evidence to keep investigat
People grappling for the aid packages. Members of the group be headed a lebanese soldier. A video of the video beheading was posted on the internet yesterday. President obama took to the White House Briefing room ahead of the Holiday Weekend for an impromptu press conference about the situation in syria and iraq. He didnt just want to talk to the press. He wanted to slow them down. I dont want to put the cart before the horse. We dont have a strategy yet. I think what ive seen in some of the news reports suggests that folks are getting a little further ahead of where were at than we currently are. I think thats not just my assessment, but the assessment of our military as well. We need to make sure we have clear plans, that were developing them. At that point i will consult with congress and make sure that their voices are heard. We dont have a strategy yet is a phrase that caught many by surprise. While the president confirmed he asked secretary of defense chuck hagel to prepare a ran