Hi, everyone. It is 4 00 in New York. Ever heard the saying history does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes . Keep that in mind as we see natural disasters disrupting the natural churn of campaigns, and as we witness Donald Trumps response and the hurricanes that are right now putting millions of lives, american lives in danger as we come on the air. And again, the crisis where Life And Death decisions are being made and more decisions that require more than a partisan response, but one that requires trusted leadership. Donald trump continues to act like someone who has stewed in his own lies and delusions for so long, that he is incapable of telling the truth. Even when lives are on the line. Last night he claimed that there was not a single Emergency Worker on the ground helping people impacted by hurricane helene. How would you do it differently . I would have a tremendous team of people. And look, i was in North Carolina and georgia yesterday. You have very good governor and do
From washington tonight. It s great to have you with us. Another desperate move by desperate people. Judge chutkan unseems a motion. And the libs go absolutely nuts. It s more proof that the doj has been weaponized. Just as we saw during covid, the people called experts are often wrong. Cloth masks work, socialted, it s based in science. The vaccine. Transmission. Well, they couldn t have been more wrong. Then, after january 6th, they were confident that trump was finished. Do democrats have the votes to mark the end of donald trump s political career? that could mean the definitive end of his political career. Trial. Would be enough to end political career. Laura: now, in their assessment of j. D. Vance as his vp pick they were, again, spectacularly wrong. J. D. Vance here, donald trump s running mate, having some people wondering whether he should be replaced. J. D. Vance not going to move on. I don t know if the end. We ll see. Hard for donald trump to admitted making a mistake. A l
0n the democratic side, is tim walz, kamala harris s running mate. He s the governor of minnesota. Before that, he spent 12 years as a congressman. Before entering politics, he was a high school teacher for 16 years, serving as an assistant coach on his school s football team. He spent 2a years in the army reserves, reaching the highest non commissioned rank, command sergeant major. He s 60 years old, just six months older than his running mate, kamala harris. Joining me now form the spin room floor is our correspondent john sudworth. The clock is ticking. What is going on with tim walz. Joining me now is jaime harrison, chair of the democratic party. How is governor tim walz? he s a good place but i want to say my heart goes out to all the folks in south carolina, georgia, tennessee impacted by the i live in south carolina and in these times of trouble we have to rally together as one country to support our brothers and sisters who are experiencing so much pain right now. ,, , ~ , n
It s jd vance versus tim walz, the ohio senator, and the minnesota governor sharing a stage for the first time after weeks of hostility and making the case for their running mates in prime time. I say we get a president who knows what the hell he s doing. I say we get donald j. Trump back in the oval office. We are not satisfied with putting cracks in the glass ceiling. We re pushing president harris through the glass. The vp picks of kamala harris and donald trump are about to be tested as they ve never been tested before just five weeks before election day when we fight, we win. It s debate night in america. And cnn s live coverage begins right now political spotlight is on new york city as vice presidential nominees j. D. Vance and tim walz are about to confront one another on the debate stage. We are standing by for the start of what is likely to be a contentious faceoff that could have a unique impact on the 24, 2024 presidential race. It is debate night in america on this special
Tim walz s record is a joke. Mind your own damn business. Donald trump s second running mate. I smile at a lot of things including bogus questions from the media. And the governor of minnesota these guys are creepy and weird as hell. With the election five weeks away, the campaigns meet facetoface for what might be the final time. We have people power on the side of donald j. Trump and that s going to carry the people. This is not about power. This is about public service. Tonight, team coverage with rachel maddow, nicolle wallace, joy reid, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki. Symone sanders townsend, and steve kornacki at the big board, alex wagner at the debate in new york city, and senators mark kelly of arizona and amy klobuchar of minnesota. Msnbc s special coverage of the vice presidential debate begins now. Hello there. Welcome. It is great to have you here. We know you have every choice in the world for where to watch the big debate, so we