conflicted, case witness, schiff, it s unbelievable to me. yeah. i mean, think about what happened today. bill taylor in this testimony, which was supposed to be revelatory well, what did we really find out? that the so-called quid pro quo for the military, that taylor admitted thatt the ukrainians didn t even know the military aid was held up until august. for the liberals watching who have a tough time with dates and calendars and chronology, the call was in july. which means it s a really bad llattempt at extortion if you don t tell the people you are extorting them. sean, another take away from this testimony today. taylor has admitted he didn t even see a read out of the call. so again, you, me, and geraldo, now have more information about the call than bill taylor did, because he never even saw the transcript. and keep in mind, this is also the guy who was answered in a text by gordon sondland that nsondland had spoken to the president and said, let me be
but on the issue of candidates, people running for president, his belief is that that s not their job to fact check. and i pushed him on that. here s part of that conversation. do you feel like you re giving a green light to politicians? no, i feel it s important for people to hear and see what politicians are saying. i think that when they do that that speech will be heavily scrutinized by other journalists, by other people. and chris, this is not just an academic conversation. the biden campaign complained to facebook they wanted a trump ad pulled because they said it had falsehoods and facebook pushed back and said no, that s not our job. that s how we got to this position. he was very firm on this idea that that should be left to journalists and others but not as he said a silicon valley company. we only have a minute left, lester. give us a sense of what we can look for tonight on nightly news. what did you find most revelatory about your conversation with zuckerberg?
to a communist regime. so the owners now are far away in beijing whose tentacles reach right across the ocean to thes united states and to the psyche and mindset, apparently, of these players. but i m glad this has all been revelatory for us. we know what everyone stands for and the masks are off. so, i think this is a sad moment. but it s very revealing to all of us. clay, thanks so much. coming up, earlier this week, we showed you dean cain and christie swanson s re-enactment of the strzok and page text. someone new might be joining the cast. we ll reveal that, next. joinine doctor bob, what should i take for back pain? before you take anything, i recommend applying topical relievers first. .. hisamitsu.
birds. not these. not bunny birds. that s where you draw the line. this one says stuff. listen to this. hi. hi. hi. hi. hi. hi. hi. that s much more alarming or concerning or revelatory rather than if it s a bunny. i agree. it s a talking bunny. okay. okay. sorry we ve ruined the fun for everybody. i think the internet was dumb on this one. it was so clearly a bird. yeah. and my dress is white today. unless they have internet without pictures. up next, a major concession from the u.s. tennis association after last year s clash between serena williams. we ll let you know what they decided. that s next. sleep number 360 smart bed. you can adjust your comfort on both sides - your sleep number setting. can it help us fall asleep faster? yes, by gently warming your feet. but can it help keep us asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your
and is supportive of each other. i just don t understand why singling out these four women and others as bad or to this or to that is anybody s benefit. i hate to wrap, but we are done. thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it and that s it for this evening. we will be back in the anchor chair tomorrow night and find me on a.m. joy this weekend. rachel maddow starts now. you are the greatest, joy. thank you very much, my friend. happy monday and thank you for joining us. it has been a remarkable day. it has been a remarkable weekend in the news, but today everything that was remarkable got worse and darker and more complex. also more revelatory. it has been an incredible news cycle that hopefully we are coming to the end of and about to start something new. if we take the broad view and want to know where this current news cycle starts, it was