Tennessee. Its great to have you here. I should have my passport stamped. Were about to see the biggest contrast you can a imagine, the president last night in montana, on his way to north dakota, and then of course barack obama in illinois, where he launched it all well, not that far from springfield, illinois, at least. What do we expect to hear from president obama . This is going to be a remarkable split screen, andrea, one that democrats and republicans have been anticipating, some of them dreaming about. What will we hear from former president obama . Were told no one is going to come away from his Speech Thinking that he held his punching. This is going to be a sharp, pointed speech about the state of democracy. He is going to be calling on democrats to get into the fray. I spoke with one of his advisers, who said, look, part of his message will be that democrats dont get engaged
exhibit after exhibit of what the trump era embodies. Its the rule of law, its the cohen, the manafo
Smile. I wonder what kind of candy it was. That is special report for this labor day. If competence of coverage starting tomorrow morning, 9 15. Martha and brett. The story hosted by Martha Maccallum starts right now. Hi, martha. Martha thank you, mike. Good to see you tonight. Breaking this evening, the president appears to be working over his Attorney General yet again. This a short time ago. Too long time obama investigations of two very popular republican congressman or to a wellpublicized charge just ahead of the midterm is by the Jeff Sessions Justice Department. Two easy wins now in doubt because theres not enough time. Good job, jeff. The latest attack comes on the eve of a monumental day for this president. Just hours from now the Confirmation Hearings for his nominee to the Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh will get underway. Reports indicate cavanaugh spent the weekend in a building not
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government services for the mccain funeral. i just want to read a statement from the national cathedral of all places. the national cathedral. a place where america should be able to come together and pray together. the cathedral felt the no ed to put out a statement on this which said washington national cathedral was honored to host the service of senator john mccain. all organized by the family of the deceased. only a state funeral from a former president involves consultation with government officials. no funeral at the cathedral requires the approval of the president or any government official. the cathedral felt the need to come out and say we didn t need the president for this. may have needed a president to get a military plane to carry the casket and for transportation, but we didn t need the president for this. it goes to show, i think, the smallness of this discussion from the white house side. i guess that means that it s number 9,001 for those keeping track. i keep wonde
dossier to the fbi. we don t have to wonder anymore about what this is, we can talk about the bone spurs in vietnam. that s part of the ethos. but i promise if you somebody else had done this and had died and, you know, had been lionized and remember, the mccain funeral with all honor to senator mccain, the mccain funeral was one of the great acts of ceremonial trolling. it really was. in american history. it was ecclesiastical trolling. it was wonderful. not a huge category. and didn t say i was going to say that, willie. i think i think we just now know. if he follows the headline, did he watch the funeral, did he watch any of it, does he know yes. then he saw meghan mccain, powerful eulogy. he understands that that was a moment where the whole the whole world that he both
thing. i also think that it was impossible even though the mccain funeral was a gigantic rant against trump but i think this was not. nobody did this on purpose. but you couldn t help but make the comparison when everybody kept saying this is the most honest person, the most decent person, the most loyal, the most loving. > everything they said was trump was not. but you know they would have said the same things about george herbert walker bush if hillary was president or obama was president. we re in this weird time. it was a stark contrast. tim, this is a former vice president biden. he was at the funeral. tonight he is out speaking about hate in america. some pretty strong stuff. watch this. we are in a battle for the soul of this nation. we have to recognize trend lines are moving in the wrong direction. earlier this year, the anti-defamation league published a report of anti-semitic