Back. Overnight weve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the Death Penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. It is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. But hes not a commentator anymore. Hes the president of the United States. So theres a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. Theres an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. A federal government whose Justice System he described yesterday as a Laughing Stock and a joke. Well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any
pronouncements. This is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. Its an improvisational act. Theres
Wondering why im saying hi from northampton. Yes, i am. Yes. I was asked to say that today when i was on the Bill Newman Radio Show in northampton, massachusetts. Phoning in to the radio show. Of course, you are a big local hero there. I was on the show, of course, talking about my new book Playing With Fire and im one of those do anything to sell a book guys and so when he asked me to say hi to Rachel Maddow from northampton i said ill say that tonight on tv. And may many book sales follow. Bill newman is a great guy, Local Aclu Hero in western massachusetts. Known him for a very long time and anything from northampton is good as far as im concerned. Well done. He loves you and they love you up there. Thanks, man. Thank you, rachel. Well, donald trump jr. s secret communication with wikileaks about material stolen from the Democratic Party became
fifth accuser of roy moore emerged this afternoon. And this time, the woman appeared before cameras and told her own story in her own words
The delusion that they have just latched themselves to trump and to this presidency. So frankly, i would be surprised if they ever get off the ship. Its going to be an issue in 2018. The voters have a say. Jennifer rubin, great to have you. The Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Good evening, thank you, my friend. A bunch of news has broken late today and into this evening, stories were continuing to follow as developing news stories. That includes the federal court in washington, d. C. , unsealing a new batch of documents in the Special Counsels criminal case against Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort and Trump Campaign official rick gates. The 12count Felony Indictment against them was unsealed yesterday alongside a guilty plea from a more junior Campaign Official who now admits he lied to the fbi about his russia contacts during the campaign. That was all yesterday. This new filing Unsealed Tonight
by the Federal Court In Washington Lays Out the first overt russia connections t
Gillaspie. However, what were not showing right there, though, and let me just tell you right now is when you look at it right there, to support donald trump, 16 of people went out to vote to support donald trump. Look at that number, 34 , more than double of people went out as an Opposition Vote against donald trump. As we talk about this election, as we talk about 2018, clearly trump had an effect on this race. Thats the president mark. What are people saying about the republican and democratic parties in virginia . Good news for democrats, bad news for republicans. If you look at there, it shows that democrats right now had a 51 Approval Rating coming out of this exit poll. If you look at the Disproval Rating was 45 . Now, if you look at the republican numbers, their Approval Rating was only at 45 , don. If you look at these numbers right now it just goes to show you that democrats were doing
its really selfinflicted wounds. The big win for democrats tonight, exactly one year after
That all happening all at once. Maybe its a coincidence, maybe thats what happens when the charges start to get filed. They all interrelate. They must be at least some level read into whats going on in muellers shop, we would hope. This all looks like its designed to protect donald trump. Not get at the meat and potatoes of what russia did to us. I feel like so much of what were seeing is it to protect donald trump i dont know maybe im a little paranoid thinking that is disturbing. None of us are naive. But the part of it that i have been a little bit dismayed by is that its one thing for people who are partisans of the trump
administration or who are republicans and see it as their job to defend the president , to say, you know what, this collusion thing didnt happen. What russia did was terrible. We are against that. But Dont Try To Drag Donald Trump into this, dont try youre saying that he was involved in this to try to undercut his election. He won his election fair and square. And