nothing to do with policy. and there you have a hint of how joe biden will handle donald trump if, or should we say when, the vice president runs for president. i want to thank the vice president again for being my first guest five years ago and every other guest who has joined us since. i want to thank them all. i want to especially thanks msnbc president phil griffin for talking me into doing this show which was all his idea and thank you for izzy and the executive producers who created this show and the wonderful and supportive staff who have made this show better than i ever could have for the last five years. we have had three babies born to the last word family with three on the way right now. and we ve had a few weddings on the staff, including one marriage of two people who met working right here on the last word. not bad for five years.
you take a pass through income on your business you re paying more than 40% on it now. under trump down to 15%. if somebody defines here s jared s rule of tax avoidance. if somebody defines if there s a tax law that says you can have a preferential treatment on x type of income all of a sudden every rich person s income becomes x type of income. we re going to have to leave it there for tonight. thank you all for joining us tonight. thank you. coming up, president obama meets with russian president vladimir putin in new york city this evening. republicans are very concerned about exactly what they ve been discussing in there. and later, elizabeth warren gives a speech very much in support of black lives matter movement.
the presidents did meet. that hasn t happened for a long time. the russian side was very eager to read that meeting out as a positive meeting. their spin about the meeting was much more positive and forward leaning than the american side. and, you know, there may be possibilities to cooperate, at a minimum to make sure that we don t crosshairs with each other. and that we don t somehow get into some kind of conflict inadvertently with each other. adrian and ambassador mcfaul, thank you for joining me tonight. coming up, water on mars. who do you call? we call bill nye the science guy, bill nye will join us later. [ female announcer ] if you don t think i ve still got it
correct. and she linked everything that she kept using the phrase, black lives matter, as kind of the end the rational for all previous civil rights legislation. yeah. and she did it in a way that was so true to the way she normally talks about the work. like this economic approach to the work which is why she started with housing and got us to voting, and then she talked about policing in a way that was authentic to her voice and also true to the spirit of the protest. it was by far one of the most powerful and coherent speeches we ve seen from any political leader so far. very carefully chosen words. we saw her reading each one of these words she had written. so every word she said was done with real deliberation. you famously have exchanged this tweet, hillary clinton tweeted to you, let s meet, we want to hear from anyone ready to address this urgent problem and work towards solutions. our team will follow up. what s the status of you meeting with hillary clinton. we
here s what they had to say about syria. the united states is prepared to work with any nation, including russia and iran, to resolve the conflict. but we must recognize that there cannot be, after so much bloodshed, so much carnage, a return to the prewar status quo. realism dictates that compromise will be required to end the fighting and ultimately stamp out isis. but realism also requires a managed transition away from assad and to a new leader. and an inclusive government that recognizes there must be an end to this chaos so the syrian people can begin to rebuild. translator: we think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to cooperate with the syrian government and armed forces while fighting terrorism face to face. we should finally acknowledge