There he is. The trademark smile. He looks young today. Got the pep in the step. So far so good. So far so good. Go ahead with your thought. I just think that he has to put this thing to bed. Reagan messed up in a debate and he joked out of and went to victory. Joe biden has to put it to bed because if he has another shaky performance the age issue comes on and he wont scrape it off. We focused so much with kamala we are not talking about the rest of the performance. The first debate performance before kamala went after him was so lackluster. I was surprised giving back time. Hesitation. Im sorry my time is up is not a thing you should ever say in a debate. I think when kamala went after him i was honestly concerned for her. Because at that point she was so far ahead she was already winning, already incredibly charisma attic. Every time opening her mount doing great. And biden faded in the background which is not what i expected from the first night. When she went after him it was oh g
Then he started a hotel chain in alaska. Ultimately he opened a Shopping Center in alaska that included the very first escalator in the entire state. What . Stairs that move . Except at that point alaska wasnt even a state yet. Wally hickel was a key part of alaska lobbying to become a state. He started lobbying for that years before it finally happened in 1959. And then wally hickel became the governor of the new state of alaska seven years later in 1966. So wally hickel was one of those sort of only in america, incredible man of action success stories. Culminating with him becoming both very rich and very influential and becoming governor of his adopted state. After serving as governor, he 1966, 1967, 1968, he ascended still higher. He left alaska, came to washington, d. C. , because president Richard Nixon named wally hickel to become part of his cabinet. To become the new secretary of the interior. It seems pretty clear nixon at the time expected wally hickel to be a down the line,
Realize this violence does not live in the past. But who ill the former Vice President drew an oization in birmingham, some critics continued to say, so what . Wa pointing to bidens accumulating gaffes on race as recently as this weeks democratic debate and questioning if his service to the nations first black president is enough to make him the candidate for black america. Joining me now, republican strategist and msnbc political analyst susan del percio and host of open mind on pbs, alexander heffman. Alexander, good speech in terms of setting a tone, but short on specifics of what hes going to do if terms of closing the racial wealth gap, the gap ratio gap in education on and on and on. Right. There was a big omission. That is the United States Supreme Court. Were seeing today the confluence of race and gender and corruption again with kavanaugh in the news. The real why it the he attacked racism and big ought try. You have to attack it formally and informally. Weve seen the explosi
Were going to talk about all of it in this hour as well as in a special report with the leads jay tapper. We want to focus on the call itself. The key points from july 25th which is the rough transcript is not verbatim. The president saying, i will say that we do a lot for ukraine. We spend a lot of effort and a lot of time. Then after a brief digression the president continues, quote, the United States has been very, very good to ukraine. I wouldnt say that its reciprocal necessarily because things are happening thats not very good. But United States has been very good to ukraine. Then zelensky replies, you are right. Not 100 , 1,000 . When this is taking place President Trump had already delayed 391 million in aid to ukraine. 250 million of that was in military assistance, aid that was approved by Congress Already was being held up by the president. Thats whats dangling or hanging over president zelenskys head, i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defe
Today may have some candidates most crucial voting bloc for rethinking their strategy. Democrats, black women. It is a solemn day of but what exactly are they looking for in a nominee . Remembrance as this country marks the 18th anniversary of its the question posed in a new the september 11th attacks. Column. Services across the country are the guy who wrote the column is being held right now. A guy named jonathan capehart. Well go live to the World Trade Center where families of victims hell join me on the other side gather to honor the sacred of this break with tiffany promise to never forget. Cross. Wednesdays. At outback, theyre for steak and beer. We start this hour with a series of disagreements and questions about loyalty that leave the United States without a National Security adviser at a critical moment. Right now america faces serious threats from North Carolina, iran, russia, china and others, and the day before the anniversary of 9 11, the deadliest terror attack on ameri