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.