tonight. i have this new podcast, it is called rachel maddow presents ultra, season two of ultra. episode two of that is out today. it starts with a really cheery little episode, i guess. a really cheery little thumbnail sketch of a doomsday weapon designed to kill everyone on earth. so, you know, how is that for ats? episode two of ultra is out today wherever you get your podcasts. thank you. all right, that is going to do for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. episode two to look forward to because of, like you, i spent today engrossed in anthony fauci s book. i spent the weekend. i have to do an event with him at the 92nd street y on thursday night, which i am sure by the time you are halfway through your first comments, was sold out for thursday night. and rachel, the book is so rich, as you know that was the tip of the iceberg discussion. you can do, i could do an hour with him just about what he went through at the beginnin
orren hatch and ron wyden for putting together a deal which would give the president fast track authority to negotiate the transpacific partnership trade agreement. it is one of the largest trade agreements in history. it would bind the united states and 12 countries in the pacific region to a trade pact which would involve 40% of the world s trade. it s a win for that side of the pacific but it s mostly a win for our side of the pacific, for our workers, for our manufacturing sectors, for our economy. we should pass this. it s the one good thing obama may do in his presidency. dan, you? well, i would like to give a miss to whoever was responsible for stopping this guy in the toy helicopter for landing on the capitol lawn. he gave an interview to his hometown newspaper, sent blast e-mails to the secret service, was streaming it. even that didn t prevent them from stepping in and stopping this guy before he hit with a potentially dangerous they didn t see him for 80 miles of fli
to the white house was in dan r danger. the only person connected is the person who committed the suicide. no law enforcement fired any guns at any time. the investigation continues though, and this part of the white house remains a lockdown. ana. scary situation, and again the president was not there and the vice president was not there either, but ryan noble, i can imagine that people were shook up. thank you, ryan nobles. the shooting caps off a chaotic week in washington. let me remind you what has happened in the last five days. jared kushner s top security clearance has been goeen downgr which means the calligrapher has more access a than he does. and we have learned that h.r. mcmaster may leave the white house by the end of the month. and hope hicks announces she is resigning one day after she said that she sometimes tells white
i m stuart varney in for paul gigot. hillary clinton kicked off a second presidential run this week with a move to the left, striking a populist tone as she vows to work for quote, everyday americans while railing against overpaid hedge fund managers and ceos. if you look across the country, the deck is still stacked in favor of those already at the top. and there s something wrong with that. there s something wrong when ceos make 300 times more than the typical worker. there s something wrong when hedge fund managers pay lower tax rates than nurses or the truckers that i saw on i-80 as i was driving here over the last two days. so is she a credible champion of the middle class? let s ask wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan r, james freeman and washington columnist kim strassell. is she a credible champion of