more clear as well over the course of this week as we head toward that presidential address which we believe will be on thursday. so, i mean, just as it was before the holiday weekend, there is just a ton going on. lots of major news developing still every day, sort of relentlessly. but i want to start tonight, this proverbial first day of school with the story of a charming bar in the great state of massachusetts. there is a bar in cambridge, massachusetts called grendel s den. i have never been, but it looks great. it looks like my kind of place. this year marks the 50th year in business for grendel s den. it s amazing to hit that achievement, especially this year which is challenging for bars and restaurants everywhere. they had to figure out how to celebrate. they reportedly put together an lp, a vinyl record, all recording songs from the year grendel was founded, from 1971. that s very cool. you can buy a grendel s den
0 that is all in for this tuesday evening, the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. good evening chris, thank you my friend. much appreciated. happy to join you this hour. president biden was in new york and of hurricane ida hitting just those two states. that extreme flash flooding that tore through the most populated part of the country last wednesday night, president biden today meeting with local officials and local residents about the ongoing cleanup efforts there. president biden was in louisiana on friday where 400,000 americans are now in their second week without power amid extreme heat in louisiana and extremely challenging conditions, conditions that get more and more challenging with each day passing with the power still not returned. reviewing the damage today, president biden said, quote, the evidence is clear. climb change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy. the threat is here. it s not going to get any better. the storms are