playbook. and, unfortunately, we need to keep at it. but, for now, russia is a pariah state, and i agree with the general, long term. they are going to result in a weaker state, as a result. the problem is, ukraine is going to be devastated, and perhaps, they were held hostage. so grateful, there are reporters, and photojournalist s, and they are documenting this awful, awful truth. thank you both for joining us tonight. coming up, it is hitting hard in the home front. there is reporting on a bank, in giving out of russia is still there, and profiting. also ahead, we meet some of the lucky ones, who managed to a state marion poll, in a journey, she, calls a suicide mission. the 11th hour, just getting underway, on thursday night.
what they found, and the new york times found there is no time at all, and there is basically a series of boxes to check that determines that the united states cannot be definitively told that it wiped women and children off the face of the planet. that s what this is. this is essentially a massive cover up institutionalized by the pentagon to keep the wars going. reporter: great reporting and the team of the new york times, and i want to give them a shout out, and professor ackerman, thank you very much, and that is all in on thursday night, and the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris, and much appreciated. it will be nice to have you here on christmas eve eve. when you settle in to watch this show by now you have probably noticed expect a bit of the unexpected. right? we might have me reading
little bit overwhelming to see this many people. we re used to playing small clubs, you know, and we want to go back to playing small clubs. the rock tour kicked off in phoenix, arizona, on thursday night. it s a multiact package called the lollapalooza tour. 1991, we were the first band on stage at the first ever lollapalooza which was a tremendous thing for my band and i. lollapalooza s cool. the idea that you could get these important and popular bands from the underground like jane s addiction, nine inch nails, sound garden, red hot chile peppers, and you get them
golfers prepare to go toe to toe for the sport s most coveted team trophy. hello, and welcome. a frantic few hours of campaigning is likely ahead of sunday s election in germany. the polls mark the end of angela merkel s long reign as chancellor. on thursday night, seven of the main candidates clashed over the future direction of the eu in a final televised debate. our correspondent in berlin, damien mcguinness, watched on. with just three days to go before the election, this debate was a final chance for party leaders to win over voters.
be shown to chinese people, presumably, on thursday night. that has happened. we also, just a couple of hours ago, sort sheeting paying giving out medals to party members who are judged to have been especially great in terms of that membership. xijinping. this membership. xi jinping. this included membership. xijinping. this included soldiers, scientist pupils, teachers, people in remote communities. it is like other countries have these awards ceremonies for people who have made great contributions to the country, but this is all leading up to thursday when we will hear from xijinping in terms of a big keynote address. they haven t even told us exactly what will happen on thursday. could there be events and tiananmen square? the one thing i should add is that people are more aware of the huge trafficjams. every times one of these convoys or