Welcome to welcome to primetime weekend. Im rachel maddow. Lets get right to the weeks top stories. The past 24 hours have been a microcosm of the race. Kamala harris and Tim Walz doing the standard Campaign Work for a major party candidate. They kept an even keel at the Sitdown Interview last night that went through a lot of the republican charges against them. While they are doing that, trump is out there, honestly stumbling to put together english sentences. His campaign keeps stepping in masses of its own making including an enormous one tonight which we will get to. Both the candidate and his aides are, as usual, posting through it. The fallout continues from trumps a political Photo Op and Campaign Commercial on tiktok at Arlington National Cemetery at the beginning of the week where he gave the thumbs up over the graves of veterans, including many who did not consent to any of this. He cut a video blaming their deaths on democrats. Now, his campaign is openly doing battle with t
Jerusalem. So what do we know about where thesE Bodies were found . The reaction from officials. And is there any definition yet any clarity around the description of therE Being found being killed a short whilE Before they thE Bodies were discovered we know that they were found in a Tunnel In Rafah in the south of gaza during ongoing Combat Operations by the idf. But on that specificity of the amount of time that they were killed before the troops got there. Thats not clear. We dont know how they died and we dont knoW What led the troops to that tunnel during that combat operation. So theres a lot of unanswered things here. And in that vacuum a lot of pain, a lot of suffering, a lot of angry accusations that the vast majority as you were saying of the families of the hostages, are saying that the Prime Minister should take responsibility and own the fact that it is his own personal style of negotiating and terms of negotiating that have led to the deaths of these hostages. The Prime M
Rachel we begin this hour with a Fox News alert. The idf announcing they have found six dead hostages taken by hamas on October 7 inside of a tunnel in gaza just days ago. Pete sadly, that includes the remains of Hersh Goldbergp if olin who is the fourth american hostage believed to have been killed by hamas. Joey Trey Yingst joins us live from Tel Aviv with more. Reporter hey, guys, good morning. Six of the israeli hostages that were being held by hamas were killed by the group according to the i do df, their bodies recovered this weekend. Its a heartbreaking development for the israeli people who have waited 331 days for them to come home. Three of the hostages were set to be released from gaza during the first humanitarian exchange once a ceasefire was implemented. Im told among them, american citizen Hersh Goldbergpolin. His story grabbed the attention of the world, the 23yearold was attending a Music Festival when the attack began. He hid inside a Bomb Shelter that hamas ultimatel
And a key Group Booze Jd Vance as he tries to rewrite trumps labor record. Joining me live, lets do it. When 87yearold Lydia Martinez woke up before 6 a. M. To a sound of a knock on her door last week, she assumed it was perhaps a neighbor who needed milk or eggs. But, to her surprise, it wasnt a neighbor. Rather, nine officers. Most of the men, came to her front door. Some of them had Riot Shields or guns in their holsters. The officers presented a Search Warrant and question her for three hours. At one point they even had the greatgrandmother stand outside in her nightgown. According to their warrants, officers were looking for records including applications for ballot by mail, a list of voter banks, and documents about elected officials and candidates. Martinez said the officers told her they were there because she had filled out a report saying that older residents were not getting mail ballots. That is quite an aggressive response to that report, but she confirms she actually did
Maga base again. How will voters react to his reversal on Reproductive Rights . Ill ask Congresswoman Shontel Brown. Then, on the defensive. Trump tries again to dismiss the controversy over his visit to Arlington National Cemetery as Vice President harris now weighs in, accusing him of disrespecting sacred ground. And legal drama. Trump and special Counsel Jack Smith fight it out over whats next in the federal Election Interference Case. Why the former president is trying to delay proceedings until next year. Im charles Coleman Jr. In for jonathan capehart, and weve got a lot to talk about. This is the Saturday Show. This weekend marks our celebration of Labor Day and the unofficial end to what has been a historic and sometimes unbelievable summer. And now comes the race to november, with both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump each making their sprint toward election day. With 66 days to go Vice President harris looks to capitalize on a successful week including her Bus Tour through sout