Transcripts For MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show 20241009 : comp

That does it for us from all of her colleagues across the networks on nbc news. Thank you for staying up late with me. I will see you again tomorrow. The date is october seven and previously only on my calendar for one reason which it is vladimir putins birthday. He is 72 today. Congratulations. But now for Me And You and everybody, the date october seven is its own unforgettable indelible thing the same way that 9 11 is an unforgettable indelible date for us forever now too. On october seven, israel lost 1200 people in the Hamas Attack and october seven of 2023, a year ago today and they lost 1200 people and if you extrapolate that given the relative size of the population of our two countries, and attack of that size in our country would have been the equivalent of us losing 35,000 people. We lost 3000 americans on 9 11 and they lost relative to their population relative to that 35,000 people on october seven. They didnt lose them by crashing into planes or doing that in the buildings but they were all killed Facetoface Persontoperson by Hand One By one. After 9 11 our country started wars in afghanistan and in iraq which stretched out into americas longest ever war and they killed hundreds of thousands of people. After october seven it has spread from gaza and the West Bank into lebanOn And started to include some significant military exchanges with iran and in gaza alone the Death Toll is said to be roughly 42,000. If you extrapolate that in the same way given the population overall compared to ours that is the equivalent of us losing over 6 Million people in a single year. More than the population of missouri, maryland, and wisconsin. Even today, there are still 97 israeli hostages who are still thought to be held by hamas and today for them marks one year for their captivity. But on it goes. We have been watching all Day Today memorials and vigils and protests marking the years since the october seven Hamas Attack and since the start of the war in gaza and we have seen President Biden in this country in both of the president ial candidates in this country take part in commemorative events marking october seven at oddly this Anniversary Today has been a slightly unsettling reminder of one of the unmarked upon oddities in this president ial contest. All major president ial Party Candidates for years now have been given Intelligence Briefings by u. S. Intelligence agencies during the campaign and they do that not just as a complement but they do it so president ial candidates of major parties and people who have a shot at eating in the White House if they are briefed by the intelligence agencies, thinking as they will be better prepared for the transitiOn And taking power if there ultimate the elected and also presumably so they are aware of the implications of their statements of a president ial candidate while they are running that campaign. The president ial candidates get Intelligence Briefings and so do former president s. Donald trump normally is a former president would also qualify and be entitled to ongoing Intelligence Briefings and all former president s generally get that. And that said after trump incited the January Six Violent attack by congress to stay in power President Biden decided maybe its time to break that and this a former President Shouldnt get the courtesy of Post Office Intelligence briefings and that decision was pretty good when trump was ultimately brought up on federal charges for mishandling the Classified Information he illegally took with them in huge quantities to his house in florida when he left the White House after his presidency was over. When the Republican Party in its infinite wisdom nevertheless decided this past year they would make trump their president ial candidate again that was this interesting scenario in terms of Intelligence Briefings because it meant even if he wasnt get Intelligence Briefings of the former president because it was decided he couldnt be trusted with him, as a president ial candidate he should have been able to start getting again and not because of his status as a former president because he is a candidate for office once again. Here is a strange and mostly unremarked upon thing in the president ial campaign that nevertheless came roaring back today. Even though the u. S. Government said in President Biden said that trump is now entitled to official u. S. Intelligence briefings because he is a president ial candidate, you are not allowed to get them is a former president and a bridge too far given how you behaved at the end of your presidency. But, okay, you are a major Party Candidate for president see you can get the briefings but he nevertheless isnt getting them because he decided he didnt want them. Trump said he would only be accused of leaking the information he was given in the Intelligence Briefings so we didnt want them. He doesnt watch them and he has since been refusing all Intelligence Briefings from the u. S. Intelligence community. So sure we are on the anniversary of the october seven attack and trumps publicly demanding that israel should launch a large Scale Bombing Campaign against iran. Who knows. Maybe you think it is a good idea. It is worth remembering that he is making that kind of radical and bombastic demand not just while that whole region is teetering on the edge of the abyss and in some ways already over it but making that demand while simultaneously deliberately choosing to not know are here with the u. S. Government thinks might happen if anybody decides to follow his advice. Refusing Intelligence Briefings and nevertheless demanding that one of the most potent allies in the world already engaged in a war on multiple fronts should scale up a big Bombing Campaign and what could possibly go wrong . Something could go wrong . I dont want to hear it. Responsibility. Confidence, sanity. We also have our Eyes Tonight on the absolutely massive new hurricane in the Gulf Of Mexico that is headed toward the Yucatan Peninsula in mexico before it heads here toward the state of florida. Hurricane milton is Category 5 and one of the top five strongest atlantic hurricanes in recorded history and you may have seen this today and emotional report from the Nbc Miami Meteorologist and Hurricane Specialist John Morale is being interviewed alive today when the news crossed that the storm had grown explosively into a Category 5. We begin with our Hurricane Specialist John Morale is it is a Category 5. That news just came in right now and it is an incredible incredible hurricane. It has dropped it has dropped 50 millibars in 10 hours. And i do apologize. This is horrific. The maximum sustained wind is at 160 miles per hour it is gaining strength in the Gulf Of Mexico where you can imagine the wind and the sea is so incredibly incredibly hot and record hot as you might imagine and you do know what is driving that and Global Warming and Climate Change leading to this and becoming an increasing threat. An emotional John Morales in miami flabbergasted by the size and explosive growth of that mega storm. It is as yet unclear of what the impact may be in the Yucatan Peninsula but current tracks have it coming here afterwards as a category 3 or 4 when it heads toward landfall on the West Side of florida on wednesday and the day after tomorrow. I will show you one more thing and this is in print and not tape but it does convey the same level of upset and worry an alarm which is the latest from the climate unit and i will read it to you directly and this is what they said. Hurricane Milton Shatters records in the landfall likely with a catastrophic Storm Surge never before seen in this area. Milton went through an astonishing period of extreme Rapid Intensification jumping from a category 1 to 5 hurricane in 18 hours. And again this is an 18 hours. Landfall expected very late wednesday early thursday is a Borderline Category three or four hurricane between Clearwater And Fort myers and florida and while it is expected to weaken, it will grow in size which will maximize the Storm Surge potential despite having a lower category of wind. Risk of a direct hit on tampa continues to grow raising concerns for catastrophic and historic Storm Surge and life threatening Flash Flooding possible for a large portion of florida with the highest totals most likely to occur along or near the Interstate 4 corridor with widespread outages likely on the corridor and those could last weeks. Milton is another Climate Change fueled hurricane expected to go through extreme Rapid Intensification fueled by the Gulf Of Mexico waters that remain 2 degrees to 4 degrees above average. These intense and even emotional warnings about the impact of Hurricane Milton come a week and a half after Hurricane Helene banged into the big Bend Region and proceeded up and inland were caused shockingly widespread and profound destruction in parts of georgia and South Carolina and North Carolina, virginia, tennessee. Recovery updates continue. But one of the other things that people in these states have to contend with, which is insane is, on top of everything else, a Title Wave of Disinformation And Conspiracy theories. These are designed to maximize the chaos and turn people against Each Other and reap whatever political points can be wrung out of it. And amid everything else here is the front page of the Winstonsalem Journal in North Carolina. The front page above the headline is fighting this information in the last thing you think they would have to deal with giving given everything they are dealing with. Hurricane helene triggers misinformation search. Here in charlotte, North Carolina, here is the editorial board. Shame on Donald Trump for worsening North Carolina Celine Tragedy with political lies. Fema has had to make a whole section of its website devoted to debunking false Conspiracy Theories and disinformation about the Hurricane And Response spread among other people by the republican candidate for president of the united states. The North Carolina department of public safety again with everything else they have to deal with have also had to make a Factor Versus Rumor website to help people sort through the trash promoted for political benefit. Back in reality among people actually involved in the response, North Carolinas governor called the federal response to helene unprecedented. The republican senator Thom Tillis said he is impressed with the federal response. He said he is proud of the Response Effort and they are doing a great job and a republican State Senator in North Carolina who represents western North Carolina said friends, can ask a small favor . Will you all help stop this Conspiracy Theory Junk that is floating all over facebook. Fema is stealing money from donations, Body Bags ordered but government has denied bodies not being buried government is controlling the weather from antarctica, government is trying to get lithium from western North Carolina, stacks of bodies left on hospitals and On And On And on. Please stop this junk. It is just a distraction to people trying to do their job. This is a catastrophic event of which this country has never known in the largest Crisis Event in the history of North Carolina and the state is working nonstop and the d. O. T. Has deployed workers from all over the state with Duke Power and fema is here in the national guard in large numbers. And it goes on. Even some of the most partisan actors like the florida republican governor, even he said his state has received all the federal help it has asked for. But in the Trump Campaign the federal government is denying anybody any help in the Trump Campaign and on elon Musks Twitter they decided it is better to mess with people and turn people against Each Other and lie about the response and see what they can stir up and see if trump can benefit from it. For example here is the 9 11 selfproclaimed white Advocate Conspiracy Theorist whom trump brought with him to the 9 11 commemoration. Of the people in appalachia should not comply with fema. This is a matter of survival. Dont comply with fema. This is what they are doing for political benefit. Six different states coping with devastation from hurricane less than two weeks ago and another storm on the way that is so large and terrifying it brings meteorologists to tears. The Trump Campaign sees that and thinks what better time than to mess with people and what that her time is there than this because maybe we will benefit from it and maybe if people are pushed into the most extreme circumstances possible, maybe we will benefit from things being as possible or bad as possible as they can possibly be. The Harris Campaign released a new advertisement pushing back at the lies that trump and his campaign have been trafficking in about the Hurricane Response and reminding the country this wasnt his strong suit while in the White House in charge of efforts like this. Here it is. It came out tonight. I worked in the trump administration. Never in 1 Million years that i thought i would be working in the White House with the president the didnt care about the american people. He would suggest not getting Disaster Relief to states. I remember one time after a wildfire in california he would send relief because it was a democratic state so he went up and looked up how many vot