That is tonights last word. That is tonights last word. The 11th hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. Tonight, the race for the white house its up as the harriswalz team lunches of bus tour across georgia hoping to turn momentum into votes then jack smith goes on offense with the new indictment against donald trump and veterans of the bush, mccain and romney team reject trump and back Kamala Harris for president as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. That evening, everyone. We are now 70 days away from the election, just hours from now the harriswalls team will hit the road for the First Time Since accepting the democratic nomination last week. The campaigns twoday bus tour of Southern Georgia is set to begin tomorrow. They will continue their focus on the Battleground States By Labor Day next week. Vice president harris will head to pennsylvania to appear with President Biden on monday. Meanwhile, republican candidate donald trump has once again been indicted for his e
Weekend and its the worst of all networks. When i look adat the hostility of that, i said lets do it with another network. I want to do it, so were thinking about it. They also want to change the rules. The deal is we keep the same rules and they want to change the rules because she cant answer questions. As donald trump casting doubt about whether hell participate in the president ial debate scheduled from two weeks from today, well have the latest on the rift over the rules from the two campaigns. Also ahead, an update on the classified documents case against former President Trump as jack smith works to reverse judge Aileen Cannons dismissal. And well go through the growing list of republicans who are now supporting Vice President Harris Campaign. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, august 27th. Im ali vitali in for jonathan lemire. We begin with the fight between the harris and Trump Campaigns over the rules for the president ial debate. The main issue is whe
Well see you again on monday provided i still have a job. Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And who needs commercials . Come on. The audience is very grateful for that move. Rachel, i listened to your interview with Attorney General Keith Ellison who managed the prosecution of Derek Chauvin, so fascinating to hear his perspective on it. He of course, among many other things, really great moves, hired the dream team of special prosecutors. He brought two attorneys out of private practice to prosecute this case, the lead prosecutors. Theyll join us in this hour. They wouldnt have been there, they wouldnt have been in that courtroom without Keith Ellison calling the plays and putting them in that courtroom. And to have had not only the conviction but to have had this landmark sentence today, i mean, that number is going to mean Something Different to everybody who is looking at it, but to have the judge conclude that on a
Harris will visit the u. S. Mexico border on friday to take a look at the conditions there. It also comes as democrats plot their next steps after republicans blocked the senate from debating a major Voting Rights bill. The president appeared to take a shot at Senate Republicans as he paid tribute to a friend and longtime colleague former Virginia Republican senator john warner. He understood that democracy is more than a form of government. Democracy is a way of being. He understood it begins and grows in an open heart and with a willingness to work across the aisle and come together in common cause. Also at this hour, a Sentencing Hearing is under way for an indiana woman who pled guilty to taking part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, this as two more accused rioters, including a suspected member of the oath keepers also pled guilty. Well have more on that throughout this hour. And a major decision on Freedom Of Speech from the u. S. Supreme court. The justices ruled in the
Harris will visit the u. S. Mexico border on friday to take a look at the conditions there. It also comes as democrats plot their next steps after republicans blocked the senate from debating a major Voting Rights bill. The president appeared to take a shot at Senate Republicans as he paid tribute to a friend and longtime colleague former Virginia Republican senator john warner. He understood that democracy is more than a form of government. Democracy is a way of being. He understood it begins and grows in an open heart and with a willingness to work across the aisle and come together in common cause. Also at this hour, a Sentencing Hearing is under way for an indiana woman who pled guilty to taking part in the january 6th attack on the capitol, this as two more accused rioters, including a suspected member of the oath keepers also pled guilty. Well have more on that throughout this hour. And a major decision on Freedom Of Speech from the u. S. Supreme court. The justices ruled in the