Tape was released points to the kremlin trying to help donald trump. Theres no way of knowing. Im just saying its an awfully cureual coincidence that it happened virtually as soon as the water temperature was moving to a boil. And president ial fitness test in battleground North Carolina, the campaigner in cheer taking on the republican nominee. He doesnt have the temperament or the judgment or the knowledge or parent the desire to obtain the knowledge or the basic honesty that a president needs to have. The guy says stuff that nothing would find it toll rabbit if they were applying for a it job at 7eleven. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in new york, off the road, the news starts in florida where i was last night where a cord has ruled past todays deadline, siding with the democrats who argumented that people evacuated need more time. The ruling is a set back to governor rick scott. Trump is in florida today after firing more shots at house they speaker paul ryan. They sent a clear mefr
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. We are now just 51 days from donald trump becoming president of the United States and more and more people appear to be confronting the very real possibility that trump will use the full force and power of the Us Government to benefit his sprawling business interests and enrich himself and his family. Today a largely unknown apparently pretty plucky little government office, the office of government ethics, which is charged with preventing conflicts of interest in the executive branch took to twitter to congratulate trump for addressing the issue. Unleashing a very trumpian ninetweet tweet storm that included, quote, real donald trump oge is delighted that youve decided to difbest your businesses. Right decision, exclamation point. Bravo, only way to resolve these conflicts of interest is to divest. Good call. We told your counsel wed sing your praises if you divested, we meant it. That was not hack. We made sure. It was also sadly what the k
To death. The campaign of Hillary Clinton and tim kaine has been an avalanche of insults. The trump plan is a different plan. Its a youre fired plan. I appreciate the youre hired, youre fired thing, senator, you use that a whole lot and i think your running mate used a lot of predone lines. Okay, so theres a lot to cover as usual. Were following every angle for you. Phil mattingly breaks down the fiery debate. Sunlen serfaty has the fallout. Phil, lets start with you. Carol, remember at one point this was supposed to be the boring debate between as one person said dull versus duller. Not so much. Look the candidates had very clea goals and objectives going into this debate. They just took a rather combative pathway to get there. I must have hit a nerve here. Hotly contentious from the start. I cant imagine how governor pence can defend the insultdriven, selfish me style of donald trump. Reporter the Vice President ial debate becoming a night of whose candidate is more insulting. You an
Heal. We got all of this covered for you, our reporters are working to get the latest on capitol hill for us. Here we have Kristen Welker and halie jackson and from white house north, trump tower, cal perry. Kelly, lets talk about the vp elect and what hes doing in dc and his lead of the transition. Reporter well, thomas, the first piece that hes meeting with Vice President and getting a look at the place thatll be his home for Vice President elect and his wife karen, the residence of the Vice President , this is parts ceremonial and introductory and part business. There is going to be some commonality between pence and biden in this respect. President obama has lean on President Biden for his relationships in capitol hill. We expect the Trump Administration will relay on mike pence Going Forward. They had plenty to talk about. A couple of things that are coming in related to the transition, i am told that some of the vetting of potential job applicants is under way. By that, let me ex
Then ill ask followup questions to facilitate a discussion between the candidates. By coin toss, its been determined that senator kaine will be first to answer the opening question. We have an enthusiastic audience tonight. Theyve agreed to only express that enthusiasm once at the end of the debate and right now, as we welcome governor mike pence and senator tim kaine. [ cheers and applause ] good to be with you. Good to be with you too. Its an honor. Thank you. Gentleman, welcome. It truly is a privilege to be with both of you tonight. Id like to start with the topic of president ial leadership. 28 years ago, tomorrow night, Lloyd Bentsen said the Vice President ial debate was not about the qualifications for the Vice President but about how if tragedy should occur the Vice President has to step in without any margin for error, without time for preparation, to take over the responsibility for the biggest job in the world. What about your qualities, your skills, and your temperament eq