jessie says hello, everyone. i am jesse watters. it is 4:00 in milwaukee and this is the five live. the republican party uniting like never before, three days after a would-be assassin tried to take him out. president trump sporting a bandage and getting a rock star welcome at the rnc. compare the love and unity to the backstabbing that is the democratic party. joe biden lecturing americans to lower the temperature unheated political rhetoric after the attempt on trump s life but does this sound tone down? so much violence now. we talk about it, i got in this race early on, i wasn t going to run again because i lost my son, and until i watched what happened in virginia. folks were coming out of the woods with torches, carrying swastikas. the then president at the time said there were very fine people on both sides. no excuse. zero. jesse: joy reid is upset trump gets treated like a victim of his own shooting. people are concerned and expressing concerned we won
welcome back to our continuing coverage of the republican national convention which is taking c place, first night under way right now in milwaukee, wisconsin. this ismi happening, of course, during a frankly sort of insane time in the presidential campaign. and that counts for both campaigns. since joe biden s performance at the first debate came very near to upending his candidacy, president biden has been demonstrating what an energized, fired up biden campaign looks like. he s made about two dozen public appearances including rallies and fund-raisers and interviews. that fire hose of campaigning, a though, stopped instantly after the assassination attempt saturday night against his opponent in the race. since then, joe biden as president has made a number of appearances and public remarks about the assassination attempt. it started with a written statement on saturday, saying he had been briefed on the incident, he was praying for donald trump and his family. saying he ex
formally declare war in ukraine, which might soundcally rid clus because they have been waging a war against ukraine for more than ten weeks now. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan schoolen joins us on this. so more are you learning ab this pop pobl lekb deck la snigz. at the white house, and inside the biden administration believe could happen as soon as may 9th. obviously, that a week from today and the reason that date is ig nif dant is because it is nope as victory day inside of russia. it is incredibly important them. so it s very important to putin and to of the russian people significantly in a military way. bury also, it could be significant because if putin does this use this day to pry to put a more positive light on the invasion of ukraine so fwafr far, given they haven t had a loot of victories of course. and what that means basically this would change what from what putin has been calling it, which is this special-military operation. that is what he ca
to tell you, i ll be honest, i didn t believe them. i said you need to double and triple check that but apparently they are correct. as of tonight i officially passed the laden great larry king to become the longest running prime time cable news host in american history. a little hard, feels like i started to be very honest. if you would have made a bet in october of 96 that i would still be standing after all this time, it would ve been a horrific bed. the long shot of all long shots. but i do want you to know how grateful i am for all of you in this audience. you absolutely make this show possible, i can t thank you enough. words that simply cannot express my gratitude towards you. i also want to think my dear friend who s been gone way too long, died way too long, i started this journey with him, alan colmes, what a wonderful man and wonderful partner. he was woke before woke but he was a good man and i miss him. he was a friend. i am actually grateful to the best team in
were in the clear. the video showing stone talk about the elector scheme in the early days of november, 2020, hence at more daubs to be connected. that is the context for the massive reaction to the tape first aired right here on the beat last night. the reaction coming from across the media landscape to write here on msnbc. trump ally, roger stone, dictating an outline of that plot to his assistant. exclusive, new evidence obtained by my colleague shows, could have some explaining to do. he is laying out the fraudulent electors scheme. it is amazing there hasn t been any indictments. it is impossible logic, how he could use this to not go against the trump. he is discussing this plot when trump isn t even officially the loser. there are a number of people just like roger stone having that same idea at the same time. the footages from danish filmmaker, christopher gould branson, shot for his documentary, a storm foretold. it shows long-term gop strategist an