Tonight is where the plot thickens. What will it take to give either Kamala Harris or Donald Trump that critical edge in the final 56 days . And what trump himself is telling our reporter in a Phone Call just this morning about the big showdown tonight. Plus, could the key to winning this election be as simple as getting a small slice of undecided moderate voters comfortable with your candidacy . Maybe not so simple. How do you do it . And who has got the edge . And both Harris And Trump will leave pennsylvania once the debate is done, but likely not for long. Ill talk to two mayors in cities in pennsylvania. We got a lot of experience in what it takes to win in this all important state. So, it is a very busy day, hello, im chris jansing, joined by my colleague Andrea Mitchell for our Special Coverage, msnbc reports debate day. This is the Spin Room. And we are just blocks from where the first and so far only president ial debate will be held tonight. And, chris, Donald Trump is expect
Tonight on the reidout and remember this, remember this, joe biden is a great threat to our democracy. Hes a tremendous threat to our democracy. Trump over the weekend doing his best George Orwell trying to turn the tables on his own autocratic plans by claiming joe biden is a threat to democracy. Meanwhile, the selfprofessed billionaire apparently doesnt have enough cash to secure a bond in his civil fraud case. Also tonight, the family of a liberal icon was furious that an award given in her name is be handed to the likes of elon musk and Rupert Murdoch, and tonight theres an update on this story. Plus, Nikole Hannahjones at the table tonight on how the right has hijacked the term color blindedness, not to advance racial progress but rather to reverse it. But we begin tonight with a sad and terrifying reality that we face in america. Namely that a mad man is running for president. And too many people are pretending that that is not the case. Americans seem to be numb to the ramblings
to. alex wagner tonight, starting right now. good evening alex. good evening mehdi. that is such an essential conversation that you, and the congresswoman were having. you too are the best people to have it. thank you for putting that on our air. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe that they have in custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semi automatic rifle. officials will be holding a press conference, later this hour, and of course, we will bring you any details we learn, later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how, or if they will be able to pay their bills each month. and now, it is not just americans, it is also the country, america, itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash. that is not an exaggeration
report, record numbers of teachers are quitting the profession entirely. so teachers need our support now more than ever. they have easily one of the most important jobs in the world. where would we be without our teachers? an educated. so i want to thank you to all the teachers out, they re the great american teacher will take us of the year tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe they have an custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semiautomatic writer. officials will be holding a press conference later this hour and we will bring you any details we learn later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how or even if they would b
here with me ready to dive into this. we have the host of the fast politics podcast molly jong fast. john hart, former communications director for senator tom coburn and the goldberg business reporter for the new york times, and nicholas carlson, global editor in chief of insider but first, let s bring in cnn s tom foreman to break down this explosive propublica report. tom. hey alison. the revelations in this propublica reporter really quite astonishing about justice clarence thomas, his wife, jenny and harlan crow. he is a texas real estate tycoon worth a lot of money, big donator to conservative causes. so what went on here? a lot of travel, paid for by crow and enjoyed by the justice and his wife, according to this report from propublica, where indonesia. new zealand, california, georgia, texas. a reporter behind this said some sort of travel some sort of perk seem to be happening almost every year for 20 years. among the other perks. yeah travel onboard a super yacht whe