republican national convention in milwaukee, wisconsin. i m rachel maddow, joined here at msnbc headquarters by my colleagues joy reid and nicolle wallace and jen psaki and ari melber. we have chris hayes under a desk here somewhere. on days like this when it can be difficult to wrap your head around all of the news that will just not stop unfolding, we know you have every choice in the urld about where to watch the news tonight, so we re grateful to have you here with us. let s start with some of the day s biggest developments. just after 3:00 eastern this afternoon, republican nominee donald trump announced online that he had chosen ohio senator jd vance to be his vice presidential running mate. jd vance is 39 years old, he has held political office for less than two years before which he was best known for writing his autobiography. senator vance was famously a harsh trump critic in 2016 when trump first ran for president. jd vance at the time, again then, famous just as a
it s time we all shine. talk to a healthcare provider about nurtec odt from pfizer. today. targeted. if you want to see something this sad. take a look at what happened a roof top gunman takes aim at donald trump moments into his saturday night rally in pennsylvania. chaos and terror as a bullet grazes the former president s ear, leaving him stunned and bloody. are they still here? am i going to get shot? the former president defiant as the secret service rushes him out. one spectator killed in the cross fire. two others injured. the man beside me suffered a gunshot wound to the head. just ahead, what we know about the 20-year-old shooter killed within moments after the secret service returned fire. he had a rifle. you can clearly see him with a rifle. and president biden coming to the camera to condemn the attack. there is no please for violence. it s sick. it s sick. first images of trump released after the shooting. what it means to the campaign a
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welcome to the beat weekend. i am ari melber. we begin with these vows, and sometimes confessions about the extreme agenda of the modern right, and we are not just talking about policy extremism, on taxes or education, but rather, how maga forces are openly plotting what independent reports call and a revenge administration. the last new america will have no written constitution. some will say that i am advocating christian nationalism, and so i do. this is an approach on display at a national conservatism gathering, which i will get into with you tonight. this matters because voters are not only going to decide whether they truly want four more years of donald trump, but what more trump actually means. this is, i will tell you up top, a story about donald trump s positions. he is one of the people running for president. you know that. it s a story about his allies, and like anything in politics, it operates, it exists within these times, this current mood in politi
. good to be with you. i m katy tur. here is where president biden stands right now. today, two more democratic lawmakers have asked him to step aside. britney peterson of colorado and mike levin of california. it follows three more in the immediate wake of last night s presser, including the powerful ranking member of the house intelligence committee, congressman jim himes. will still more come out? hakeem jeffries met with the president last night where he says he relaid the feelings of the house democrats, saying quote, i directly expressed the full breadth of insight and heartfelt conclusions about the path forward. what were those conclusions? jake sherman is here to share his reporting on the money front, significant news from the new york times. that donors have begun freezing some $90 million pledged to the largest superpac supporting president biden if he remains on the ticket. for his part, president biden is still adamant he s not going anywhere, telling report