Thank you. That is all in on this wednesday night. Alex wagner starts with ayman mohyeldin in for alex. Thanks so much for watching. I m ayman mohyeldin in for alex wagner and this is what it looks like when a candidate for president makes the most of a rainy day. Watch. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, i m sorry it s raining but we ve had 12 years of trickle down. If you give me 12 minutes we can change this country. I am tired of seeing the american people kill themselves every day in the factory and the business, on the farm, and be punished for it, and if you will give us a chance, we will turn this country around. That was a soaking wet bill clinton during a drizzly campaign stop in 1992. Clinton of course was campaigning that day in the small town of albany, georgia. It was part of a multiday bus tour through southern georgia which the campaign called bubbas for bill. It was notable at the time because southern georgia was known to be more rural and conserva
A story. The pentagon says the trump campaign was warned. It s not disney world, it is arlington national cemetery and it should be respected. Tonight the controversy over the altercation at arlington cemetery. On the practical reality of political shockwaves from donald trump s latest indictment. Is the former president going to show up in court to file a plea with these new charges? plus, as the harriswalz campaign looks for votes in the rural south, a republican nominee taps and antivax conspiracy theorist for his transition team and that s only half of it. And also cut the head off of a dead beach ball with a chainsaw and tied it to the roof of his car to take home. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. We re 69 days out from the presidential election and if there is one thing we know about donald trump no matter where we are in the campaign, no matter where the polls are up or down is that he is going to be exactly who he is, all the time every day no matter what. Nothing
It is tuesday, so i must be talking about, you guessed it, project 2025. Digging through this 900page tome is my work until election day. Then theres this other part, cutting taxes for corporations and the wealthiest among us. Now, today the progressive think tank, center for American Progress, released an analysis of what project 2025s tax plan would actuallys look like for Americas Bank accounts if trump enacted it. The top lines in this thing are amazing. According to the center for American Progress project 2025s tax plan would cut taxes for households making more than 10 million a year by an average of 2. 4 million a year, which is great news for the hyperwealthy, but what about for the rest of america . Check out this chart. This is a visualization of the added tax burdensu for a middle class a married couple with two c children under project 2025s tax plan. Under the plan families by that description that make anywhere between 35,000 a year and 170,000 a year would all see their
11 00 a. M. Eastern. We begin way Major Development and former president Donald Trumps legal battles. Special counsel jack smith filing a superseing indictment over its efforts to overturn the 2020 election. This comes nearly two months after the original case was derailed over a Landmark Supreme Court decision president s have broad immunity for official acts. The updated indictment, contains the original four charges trump pleaded not guilty to but some charges revised. Special counsel saying, the Superseding Indictment reflects the governments efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Courts holdings and remand instructions. Joining us now katie phang, msnbc legal contributor and paul butler former Federal Proecutor and msnbc legal analyst and msnbcs garrett haake. Walk us try the new versus the old one . Yes. Jose, start with the stuff that hasnt changed. Its the same four charges that were in the original indictment from last year. Its the same defendant. Donald trump. Theres n
The sun coming up 6 00 a. M. Its wednesday, august 28th. And we have a lot to get to this morning. Including special counsel jack smith trying to salvage the federal Election Interference case against donald trump. Filing a formal indictment against the former president. Were going to bring you excellent analysis in just a moment. Meanwhile, donald trump now says that he will debate Vice President Kamala Harris in two weeks, but the Harris Campaign still needs to be resolved. And well have more details about that the operation that rescued an israeli man who was held hostage by hamas for more than 300 days. That comes as israel launches a broad operation in the west bank with raids and air strikes in that territory. Im Jonathan Lemire along with u. S. Special correspondent for bbc news katty kay in this morning for joe, mika and willie. Well be joined by Symone Sanderstownsend, and mike barnicle, and nbc news capitol hill correspondent, you just saw her on way too early, ali vitali. Lo