to. alex wagner tonight, starting right now. good evening alex. good evening mehdi. that is such an essential conversation that you, and the congresswoman were having. you too are the best people to have it. thank you for putting that on our air. thank you so much, i appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe that they have in custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semi automatic rifle. officials will be holding a press conference, later this hour, and of course, we will bring you any details we learn, later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how, or if they will be able to pay their bills each month. and now, it is not just americans, it is also the country, america, itself. the entire federal government is one month from being out of cash. that is not an exaggeration
report, record numbers of teachers are quitting the profession entirely. so teachers need our support now more than ever. they have easily one of the most important jobs in the world. where would we be without our teachers? an educated. so i want to thank you to all the teachers out, they re the great american teacher will take us of the year tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and very safe night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i ll see you at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow we are following breaking news out of texas, where authorities believe they have an custody the man accused of killing five of his neighbors with an ar-15 semiautomatic writer. officials will be holding a press conference later this hour and we will bring you any details we learn later this hour. but first, most americans have spent at least some of their life living paycheck to paycheck, not knowing how or even if they would b
we ll keep a close eye on that. judge, thanks good to see you, judge michael luttig. that is all in on this thursday night. alex wagner tonight, nning, right now. good evening alex. thanks alex, great guest to have on at this juncture, at this critical moment for democracy. great show. thank you. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. his name is alexander butterfield. he was the deputy assistant to president richard nixon, and as the surprise witness during the watergate hearings in 1973, he changed the course of history with this moment. mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? i was aware of listening devices, yes sir. it was alexander butterfield, who told watergate investigators, and the world, about the existence of secret white house tapes that would, ultimately, expose nixon s involvement in the watergate plot, leading to his resignation. if there is a modern equivalent to w
of making unwanted sexual advances towards a iii year old. hello. we begin here in the uk, which will have a new prime minister by the end of next week the fifth in six years. the governing conservative party announced details of a fast tracked contest to choose its next leader following the resignation of liz truss. she stepped down on thursday afternoon, afterjust six weeks in the job. it s the shortest prime ministerial tenure in british history. this report from our political editor, chris mason. lunchtime in downing street and the lectern is back. six weeks and two days since liz truss stood behind it as she became prime minister, she was back too this time, to resign. i came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. putin s illegal war in ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. and our country has been held back for too long by low economic growth. i was
the gop. today, fresh perspectives. so let s fete right to it. first up, an interview with a biden aide. when it comes to joe biden, there s been a sudden shift in the narrative wins. i m sure you felt it. headlines are describing this week as one of the biggest and best of the biden presidency, filled with political wins and policy victories and many of those so-called wins happening when he was in isolation with covid. another win this weekend is now that he s covid free. so is the press pulling all of it together? is the news getting through? some prominent democrats don t think so, tweeting the media two weeks ago are saying biden was responsible for inflation and high gas prices. but the shift in the winds doesn t blow away inflation or monkeypox or homelessness or illegal border crossings. there is still many reasons for the media to be skeptical. one person who can help us is michael larosa, who worked for biden s campaign in 2020. and he joined the administration as