Into hot water again. It was with professor christina greer. She had the best piece of Advice And Someone told her, shutting up is free. Giving out free advice to j. D. Vance. Sometimes, just dont talk. If you have got a big dont you want to butter up, that is fine, that is the business of politics. There was no reason to bring the military into that whatsoever. She could have talked about the metal she got and praised her. This was a complete, unforced error. He does it over and over again. It tells you what he really thinks the, about the military. Again, no need to say it. He cant resist. Guys, thank you so much, we will see you tomorrow morning, have a great rest of your day. Velshi starts now. Good morning, it is saturday, august 17th, 80 days until Election Day. This morning, we are looking at a change the Race And Change electoral map. In the four weeks since Kamala Harris took over the democratic ticket, she has upended a president ial race that had been looking quite grim for
Capital, working the first time in this Countrys History that an outgoing president failed participate in the peaceful transfer of power. The conservative super majority on the supreme court, which he radically transformed during his presidency, overturned Roe V wade and helped him evade criminal prosecution. It is shocking how much john got away with during his one term in office, and it has left many people wondering, how much antidemocratic could he get . And then people discovered this. Project 2025. Its an ambitious 920 Page Blueprint for a possible second Trump Administration spearheaded by the conservative Think Tank called the Heritage Foundation. This is filled with brazen policy proposals that seek to advance many ultraconservative goals, including detailed plans on how to overhaul the federal government. The special hour of velshi, we will take a closer look at what exactly is Insight Project 2025, because it is important that we all understand the direction in which the mov
Because this moment in history calls for our collective strength. I didn t know what the hell nato was too much before, but it didn t take me long to figure it out, like about two minutes. Right now, world leaders are arriving at the white house for tonight s nato dinner hosted by president biden. And as biden shows actual leadership on the world stage in the face of a democratic party meltdown, donald trump was showing his ignorance about nato and just about everything else in his latest unhinged performance. Also tonight, the rise of christian nationalism. Insurrection champion josh hawley says he s advocating it and trump s allies are planning to infuse christian nationalism into a second trump administration. But we begin tonight with a deep dive into what donald trump and his sycophants have planned for the department of justice under project 2025. And how they would use the doj to attack american citizens. The 28page section of the project s manifesto covering the department of j
Project 2025 in the far right wing. The republican platform in the autocratic project to remake america. The work of the heritage foundation was to institutionalize trumpism. Project 2025 will transcend the next four years. Democrats as the justice department to appoint special counsel to criminally investigate a sitting supreme court justice. The case against clarence thomas. The president addresses the nato coalition and d. C. Americans know we are stronger with our friends. The election in november, when all in starts right now. Good evening from new york. I m chris hayes. The frenzy that is follow the presidential debate continued today. Democrats were back, congress was back and both houses, democrats in congress holding highstakes meeting about the path forward for joe biden s campaign. Sources telling nbc news the behind closed doors the caucus is concerned about its nominee. One lawmaker called the mood around biden shaky adding people fear he is declining or the age issue will
Spoken and tearing a potential alternative candidate to challenge him at next month s coverage of. Here is kelly o donnell with the details. Reporter: the message from president biden today? the debate over his debate is over. I am not going anywhere. Reporter: the president says he has assess the country s mood. After visiting voters across battleground states. Today he phoned into msnbc s morning joe. I wanted to make sure i was right. That the average voter out there still wanted joe biden. I am confident they do. Reporter: the first lady amplifying his message in three states. For all the talk at their about this race, joe has made it clear that he is all in. Reporter: to democrats on capitol hill, the president sent more than 1200 words to se get on board. Any weakening of resolve only helps trump and hurts us. Nine democrats have now called on mr. Biden to drop out, including atom smith. I think he should step aside. It s become clear he is not the best person to carry the democr