guardrails than anything we saw in the first trump administration. donald trump is not hiding his iron fisted authoritarian plans. believe him. my conversation with abc news correspondent jonathan karl on his very revealing new book. also tonight as one source said to me, his arrogance destroyed him. tucker s arrogance destroyed him. one producer on the show said to me, we were burning too bright. we knew it wouldn t last. brian stelter joins me on his book about fox, network of lies. if you think the worst was over when tucker was fired, think again. plus hitler thought that lynching, what he called popular justice in the united states, was another important thing for the nazis to study in terms of how these things can be look good on paper but still work out in practice the way they wanted them to. my conversation with my friend and colleague rachel maddow on her fascinating new book, prequel, an american fight against fascism. also picked up my phon
tonight on the reidout. this maga threat is a threat to the brick and mortar of our democratic institutions. it s also a threat to the character of our nation. it gives our constitution life. it minds us together as americans in a common cause. the biden team weighs how to talk to voters about the dangers of trump at a key time when the president is trying to lock in some of the crucial groups in the biden coalition. also tonight, my panel of esteemed guests and i are going to announce who won the year in 2023. it could be one of those accomplished people on your screen, or it could be somebody else entirely. stay with us to find out. plus, i will be joined by a major special guest. he is very much in demand right now, and in this business, we call this a good get. that s a tease. but we begin tonight with the fate of donald trump and his legal and political future. resting with the nine members of the highest court in the land. today, special counsel jack smith
with republicans like hannity finally realizing that the party s toxic, regressive, authoritarian policies have sparked a voter backlash. also tonight, new reporting that donald trump almost certainly knew that a president cannot declassify documents just by stuffing them in a box and hauling them to the old golf resort, as repeatedly has claimed. plus, elon musk s off the rails interview. the man who runs one of the biggest social media sites raises alarms with toxic comments about george sorros and the texas mall shooter among other things. but we begin tonight with the republican s toxic brand. remember the 2022 midterms the red wave felt more like an orange trickle? that keeps happening. last night was another really bad night for the republican party, several key races in florida, colorado underscoring how the right wing grip on our politics is slipping. in florida, democrat donna deegan won the mayor s race in jacksonville. which had been the largest city in the u
Hes 18. Hes in city hall in beaverton, oregon. And according to him, hes high on mushrooms. So he starts a fight with some cops. They all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cops gun and shoots it. More cops jump in. It ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. This is white privilege. If that idea bothers you, then lets just call it benefit of the doubt. Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Now, of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. But jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. On this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the vi
he s 18. he s in city hall in beaverton, oregon. and according to him, he s high on mushrooms. so he starts a fight with some cops. they all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cop s gun and shoots it. more cops jump in. it ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. this is white privilege. if that idea bothers you, then let s just call it benefit of the doubt. those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. now, of course, when you re black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. cops murdered laquan mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. but jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. on this episode, we re talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. you want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake