against donald trump finally begins in court. then, what we know about fan willis s plans amid ne reporting of another grand jur investigative investigatin election crimes. and former chief of staff ro klain on today s reelectio rollout of his former boss - it s time to finish the job. finish the job that s when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i chris hayes. and i m not going anywhere you know, the election o donald trump issued in an er of politics suspended, particularly when i came to how people tucked in public before the trump era, it fel like there were some boundaries there were things that politicians just could not say things that would beyond the pale, and as we change ove time but there were some shared sense that those existed but of course, the e presidents whole approach, fro the beginning of that campaign was about transgressing thos very boundaries. and, as of yet, facing no real punishment for it that combination o transgression
audience tonight, what we ar learning about what finally di tucker in with brandy zadrozny and ben smith. plus, stunning allegations i the opening arguments as the rape and defamation lawsui against donald trump finally begins in court. then, what we know about fan willis s plans amid ne reporting of another grand jur investigative investigatin election crimes. and former chief of staff ro klain on today s reelectio rollout of his former boss - it s time to finish the job. finish the job that s when all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i chris hayes. and i m not going anywhere you know, the election o donald trump issued in an er of politics suspended, particularly when i came to how people tucked in public before the trump era, it fel like there were some boundaries there were things that politicians just could not say things that would beyond the pale, and as we change ove time but there were some shared sense that those existed but of course, the e
course of the 2024 campaign. obviously there s a lot o polling saying that people are concerned about his age, 70% o those polls don t want him t run again. and unlike the economy, wher you can message about th economy, the man is the ag that he is it s a fact, so what do you do with that? i think the people rais these same issues in 2020, and voters in the and looked pas them and decided to elect jo biden. i think in 2024, there s n question about it, but i think that it s important for people to remember that the man i vigorous, took this trip t ukraine it was a stressful i dangerous trip very successful visit over there. more importantly, i think that those voters with age come wisdom, with wisdom come judgment, we ve seen him makin tough decisions, in the righ decisions on tough problem like ukraine tough decisions on how to ge things passed in congress, and i think that his wisdom is a
of staff he stepped down earlier this year and he joins me tonight. ron, it s good to have you on, i thought the theme of freedom was interesting, in particular the emphasis on the basi foundation of american democracy after january 6th an abortion rights. do you foresee those being sor of central to the campaign even over the course of th next 18 months as they develop i do, chris i think they are going to be a important part of the campaign the president is not running for reelection just for th sake of it he s running because there i an unfinished agenda securin those freedoms and securin democracy in the face of threats to that. so, they are big themes for hi as he runs for reelection. i hope the video did a good jo of demonstrating what s at stake and the choice of voters are going to face in 2024. the traditional logic i that the macroeconomic conditions are crucial and perhaps predictive o
people with way, way, way less power right him freelancers who wrot something he did not like. he could bully people behind the scenes he could gleefully run wha appears to be, for multipl reports, a hostile workplace and not face any consequences. he considered himself, proudly to be an cancel-able that was kind of the whole stick. now, sometimes - and i think, actually, often in the age of trump, it is age we are living in - it does feel like people lik that just kind of get away wit it right? i mean, we all have to ask ourselves this question, a profound, one about the world. is there any cosmic justice? karma? or is the universe jus uncaring people can just do horribl things and be fine and one end of the spectrum of answers is just, no, there i no such thing as justice and nothing matters. right? there is no accountability no matter how terribly donal trump behaves, how awful the things tucker carlson says o air, there is no comeuppance