don t look down. don t make any sudden moves. because we are almost at the end of a legislative tightrope, y all. senators are putting in some extra hours this weekend. they re working to get democrats, health care, climate, and deficit reduction package across the finish line. the parliamentarian approved key components of the bill just hours ahead of when the senate is expected to debate it on the floor. it will take all 50 democratic votes and a tie breaker from vice president harris for the inflation reduction act to pass the senate. what does that mean to you? it means medicare can negotiate prescription drug costs. with an out of pocket cap at $2,000 for seniors. it means lower aca health premiums. it means lower energy costs, and the reduction of carbon emissions by 40% in the next eight years. it also lowers the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars, which will be crucial to fighting inflation. how is all this possible? this is one of only two times per fiscal ye
appointee, investigating the missing text messages. plus, new details about trump lawyers, talk into the justice department about january 6th. blas i know everyone is talking about political pawn, and politics, but that is far from this courtroom. the truly unacceptable sentencing of britney griner. nearly a decade in a russian prison. plus, a verdict reached in the alex jones defamation trial. you are saying that everything is true, but it isn t. your beliefs do not make it true. that is what we are doing here. the millions of dollars he owes for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts, right now. good evening, from washington d.c., i m mehdi hasan, in for chris hayes. cast your mind back to two years ago. the summer of 2020, donald trump, still an office. federal agents, being sent into american cities like portland, and seattle, and using war tactics against protesters for racial justice. i was in this seat, filling in for chris hayes, for the first time. we sh
enforcement officer of the country. i said i will stay out of it. i wish i did not make that statement. there s no reason why i have to. what happened to durham? bill barr could go down as the greatest attorney general in history, or go down as an average guy. it depends what will happen. he was put, there we have an election coming up, i wish he was more forthcoming. attorney general says he will i will queues myself. why did he not tell me that before i put him in? 33,000 emails, we have a great attorney general, let s see what happens. our justice department, which i try to stay away from, at some point, i won t. coming, up democrats historic we ll speak with barbara lee about the big wins the biden administration is notching up, and how to turn those winds into electoral victories. plus, merrick garland takes action against donald trump. i m republican lies about the fbi, they re feeling political violence. let s get started. it s hard to overstate the massive h
had gathered to help family and meet. one man arrested and a suspect in another killing. more news in the don mar-a-lago search. trump commenting on the documents take. and that federal action, not the only investigation that the former president is facing. we will look at the georgia case that could spell even bigger trouble for trump. we begin with some breaking news, nbc news has learned that the fbi and dhs have issued a bulletin, describing a spike in threats to federal law enforcement in the wake of the mar-a-lago search. senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news that the bolton as dated august 12th and was sent out in an abundance of caution and its sights reads in a recent attack on an fbi office in cincinnati, urging law enforcement to take precautions. we ll have more on the story coming up. msnbc national security analyst clint. we also breaking news from washington, we want to stress there is no information on what motivated this but a man after crashes
in the senate. they re statewide candidate quality having to do with the l come. that s pretty remarkable to hear from the republican senate leader. not exactly exerting a lot of confidence. let s talk a little bit about those gop candidates, almost all of whom were handpicked by donald trump, and almost all of more floundering. there is, of course, arizona republican oblique masters who was endorsed by trump and he has pushed great replacement conspiracies and claimed that black people are to blame for america s gun violence problem. supery cyst believes, i might add. no surprise that masters is running eight points behind kelly with his opponent pushing racist views, he might be on the path to the smooth reelection. and then there s republican herschel walker down in georgia. herschel walker could barely string a sentence together most times. he has refused to debate democratic senator raphael warnock, and you can understand why when you see his long list of gaps, which