Saturday, august 24th. Im Alecia Menendez with symone sanderstownsend and Michael Steele peer today, a convention for the ages and kickoff for the general election. How the harriswalz Campaign Plans to take that momentum all the way to the ballot box. Plus, Immigrants Hammer Project 2025 night after night, even as he tries to run away from it. And the former president has a complete meltdown over a successful democratic convention. He teams up with conspiracists, rfk junior. Grab your coffee, settle in. Welcome to the weekend. Week we begin with the sprint toward election day. Now just 73 days away, and breaking this morning, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz are taking their bus tour to South Georgia on wednesday. It is the first time the two will appear together in the battleground states. On thursday, harris will hold a solo rally in the savannah area. The Swing State Blitz comes on the heels of a joyous Democratic National convention, where harris prosecu
Tonight was the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention and what a night it was. I mean, this was one of those rare moments where you can actually feel like history is being made. Maybe youre watching it on your couch, maybe you were with fred, maybe you are in your pajamas, wherever you were, history was made tonight. Vice president Kamala Harris officially accepted the democratic nomination for President Of The United States. Only the second woman and first Black Woman to ever do so. Just one month to the day after she visited Campaign Headquarters and took over this campaign. I cannot even overstate how big of a deal what a short timeline that is and we will talk about that. At The End of the night, balloons rained down in chicago to the tune of thunderous applause. You can see all the balloons right there. A Celebratory Cap to a celebratory convention. Everything we have seen and heard that led us to this moment tonight, it was all a Build Up to tonight, thats
Kamala harris and Tim Walz is the next President And Vice president of the United States. States. And, and, after the results are tallied that night, we cant, in the words of the great steph curry, we can tell Donald Trump night night. Welcome back to msnbc Special Coverage of a heartfelt, full first night of the democratic convention. Tonight was a celebration of so many aspects of the Democratic Party. s celebration of its diversity. Different from the republican convention a few weeks ago of its history, its luminaries, and also of its rising stars. Lot of people are googling Jasmine Crockett right now. One thing was abundantly clear, the party is as excited and energized as its been in a long time. Lets be clear. This is not where the party was one month ago. In a few short weeks, excitement has swung toward Kamala Harris and Tim Walz in the Democratic Party. On this night of all nights, its important to remember that this newfound momentum is thanks to the selfless decision of one
Alecia menendez, with Symone Sanderstownsend and michael steele. Ahead, harris writes a hot streak. Plus, Team Trump closes out a bizarre week by claiming they were hacked. It has us all thinking about 2016 all over again. In minnesota lieutenant governor, Penny Flenniken joins us to talk about Tim Walz and what he brings to the ticket. Grab your coffee, settling for your weekend. We begin this morning with the Trump Campaign saying the Radio Group back in june. Nbc news has not verified the hiker who was behind it. Political press reported on the saying it received Trump Campaign documents from an anonymous account last month. Now, Nbc News reports Quote Documents include Research Papers on at least two of the contenders to be trumps Running Mate, including the potential Republican Or Vice president ial nominee, Jd Vance. All of the this comes as Donald Trump struggled to adjust to Vice President , Kamala Harriss rising momentum. New reporting from the New York Times theisen dives int
Recognize it. Tear gas . Yes, Tear Gas, through the Hilton Air Conditioning vents wafted traces of Tear Gas from grant park. The book is Playing With Fire , with an author whose Fight Voice you might recognize, thats tonights last word, The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle starts now. The new warning from President Biden, his fears about what could happen if trump loses the election as The 11th Hour gets underway on this wednesday night. Good evening, im Alecia Menendez and im in for Stephanie Ruhle, we are 90 days away from the election, early voting starts even sooner and we are wrapping up the first full day of the harris walz campaign, Vice President harris and her new Running Mate, Tim Walz had event in wisconsin and michigan, their Primetime Rally in detroit ended just a few hours ago. You came out here early, found a place to park, stood in the sun, sat here and waited and you did it, you did it for one simple and elegant and beautiful reason, you love this country you love this c