Brooklyn, how are we doing . I am luke rustin, the host and greater director of Msnbc Live. We are excited to welcome you to our very first and sold out fan focused event. Thank you. This is where you get to meet and greet your favorite msnbc personalities live and in person and i can let you in on a little secret, Steve Kornackis khakis are just as glorious in real life. Over the course of the day jen psaki, Joy Reid and so many others will give you their take on the state of this wild and crazy election. Let us get this thing kicked off. Please welcome to the stage, the charthorb himself, the man with the most incredible map who is the hardest Working Man in politics and online almost 24 hours in a day. Steve Steve Kornacki but hold on. He will be joined by the pride of los angeles, katie turner. Steve, katie. On Election Nights, usually start off by telling us certain places you will look for early to give us a hint on where this election is going. Give us a clue now. What districts
Every day in every state across the country, our political system is bankrolled by an army of fundraisers, pulling in millions of dollars a race. Sometimes it looks like you might imagine knocking on doors, calling every name in the phone book, and emailsso many emails. But for all those Little Fish throwing 100 to their local race, its the whales those campaign fundraisers really need powerful, rich individuals and companies. And when they donate 25,000, 100,000, A Million dollars, they want a Favor. Or 10. It should be obvious thats corrupt, but with a wink and a nod, political Deals Toe the Bribery Line every single day. And we may never have noticed that if a certain illinois Governor Hadnt flung back the curtain with an unrepentant ego, a political corruption crime spree, and a set of unprecedented Audio Recordings that shined a bright light on the inner workings of american political power. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Rod Blagojevich. It was early morning, cause i used to get up e
Second prison . No, but i mean, he cant hurt me a country that bills itself as the worlds oldest democracy we sure do love a strong man. And from teddy roosevelt, all the way up to our Reality Tv President nowhere produces more of them than the Empire State and i got it in an age where Congresss Approval Rating hovering somewhere around sewer rants, we want to vote for the politician who can finally just get things done that was Elliot Spitzer to a tee but when New Yorkers sent the sheriff of Wall Street to the Governors Mansion we all learned the hard way that white nights can have dark Secrets Spitzer was caught breaking his own Sex Work laws. A level of hypocrisy we could never forget Eliot Spitzer blazed a trail through New York that had him in Spitting Distance of the white House Right up until the moment he set himself on Fire Sound like the setup for a bad joke, but bear with me do you see the New York you dream of begins tonight so theres this honest politician named Eliot Spit
And more than a dozen wounded in what police say was a targeted shooting in the citys popular night life area. Authorities say most of the victims were Innocent Bystanders caught in the cross fire. After finding more than 100 Shell Casings, they may have used a modified Automatic Weapon before fleeing the scene in a car. The Atf And Fbi are helping with the investigation. Stephanie ramos reports from alabama. Overseas, Israel And Hezbollah intensify their attacks on Each Other as both sides appear headed for a wider conflict. The strikes are reaching deeper into israel. Prime Minster Netanyahu vows to do whatever it takes. To restore security to the northern part of the country. Marcus moore and Martha Raddatz are in the region with new reporting. Here at home, the race for the White House. Both campaigns Zero In On Key Swing States. What new polling shows about the state of the race and what Donald Trump says about his future if he loses. The growing outrage over police involved shoot
Brooklyn, how we doing . Im the host and Creative Director of Msnbc Live, and we are so excited to welcome you to our very first and sold out fan focused event. Thank you this is where you get to meet and greet your favorite msnbc personalities live and in person , and i can let you guys in on a little secret. Steve cormacks khakis are just as glorious in real life. Over the course of the day, jen psaki, joy reed, and so many others will give you their take on the state of this wild and crazy election. Are you enjoying it so far . Its only september all right, lets get this kicked off. You may have seen them reporting from the dnc. They are going to tell you what it was like to be there in that electric atmosphere, but first, they are going to dig into what is at stake in november. Please welcome to the stage the host of the reidout , joy reid, and the host of alex tonight, Alex Wagner thank you. I want to do that. Youve got to get the filthy. So smart. Hello thank you all for coming h