More hours, if you re one of those states. It s not close of business, it s at the end of the day. Exactly, you ve got a few more, have a great show. Thank you. Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. The date, october 7th, was previously known for one reason, it is vladimir putin s birthday. He s 72 today. Congratulations. But now, for me and for you and for everybody, the date, october 7th, is its own unforgettable, indelible thing. The same way that 9/11 is an unforgettable, indelible date for us forever and ever. October 7th is when 1,200 people died in the hamas attack. October 7th, 2023, one year ago today. They lost 1,200 people. If you sort of extrapolate that, given the relative size of the population of our two countries, an attack of that size in our country, that would have been the equivalent of us losing more than 35,000 people. We lost 3,000 americans on 9/11. They lost, relative to their population, the equivalent of 35,000 people on october 7th. And they didn t
That s going to do it for our special vladimir putin birthday edition of the rachel maddow show tonight. Now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. I would not have known whose birthday it was today, rachel, if you didn t deliver that what do we call that? is that good news? i m not sure what that is. It s the opposite of me singing happy birthday. It s a fact, that s for sure, characterizing it yonder that is not easy. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Thank you. Thank you. We are separated by an entire country right now. I m in los angeles. She s on the east coast so our connection has a little bit of a gap in it when we are chatting , which explains our little pauses with each other right there. Now it is an election night in america and it will be election 19 america every night for the next 29 days. That s until november 5th, the final election nights of the season. Voting is already underway at early voting locations and with mailin ballots in this country. Ov
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And weve also got some Breaking News now in terms of the latest that we are hearing so we are hearing the israeli military is saying one soldier has been killed in combat, thats on the obolon s border with israel, two severely injured. The idf began its fight against lebanese Hezbollah Group last monday with frequent Cross Fighting Border since then. Two soldiers severely injured, one killed. We will continue to watch the events going on and as we have seen we have protests occurring outside Benjamin Netanyahus residents from Family Members who are calling for a change, saying the government needs to do more to get a Hostages Home and weve also been showing you live pictures from okri three where we are seeing one year on from the Nova Music Festival hundreds of people lost their lives and dozens kidnapped from reim. For more on all of this and the escalation in the region earlier, i spoke to rander slim. She told me how surprised she has been by how quickly this conflict escalated as
Last track that was played that morning of october 7, before the music stopped. And at 6 29am local time the music stopped again this time, to remember and mourn the victims. 364 people were killed at the Festival And A0 others were taken hostage by hamas. That is the scene live in israel, marking the first of a number of commemorations and Memorial Ceremony that will take place throughout the day. Friends and families of those who were killed or are indeed missing. Speaking to other families there, sharing their memories of that day. We can speak to mitch aloe hannah, who was attending the Nova Festival when Hamas Government attacked. Michal michathana. It michal ohana. It is good to have you with us. Today is a day to remember. I wonder how you will remember those events a year on . I you will remember those events a year on . A year on . I am here in australia a year on . I am here in australia today. A year on . I am here in australia today. I a year on . I am here in australia tod