tonight on the reidout you know, if donald trump is elected again, we really don t have to worry because the institutions of our government will prevent the worst that he will attempt to do. nothing can be further from the truth because those republicans, you know, house with republicans like mike johnson, a senate with people like josh hawley and mike lee, they won t stand up to him. liz cheney banging that alarm bell with all her might, as her former friends and colleagues abandon democracy for the cult of trump. plus, gaza teeters on the brink of a fullblown humanitarian catastrophe as calls for a permanent cease-fire grow louder by the day. and texas goes full handmaid s tale, creating their own dystopian reality where women are forced to beg for the right to safeguard their own health. but we begin tonight with a threat of america s putin. today, vladimir putin announced his candidacy in the presidential election next march that he is all but certain to win.
annihilate alexander vindman s record, which is ridiculous, given who he is. but the fact of the matter is, for most people across america, most of us sitting here, don t know who this guy is. we never heard of him until three days ago. john bolton, if he testifies, will be a completely different story. absolutely, stephanie. john bolton is someone who at this point, certainly everyone central to this set of issues knows everyone in congress, all of the president s republican defenders, certainly everyone in the white house who worked alongside bolton bolton is a careful lawyer. he also takes notes. the most devastating testimony so far has come from other career government professionals who take careful notes. i am certain that if, and probably when, bolton testifies, he will bring those careful notes with him and he will have what could be an extraordinarily