Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome today 2 of our new afternoon show here. Were watching big developments in the battle over replacing Justice Ginsburg. News out a short time ago for a key republican senator that is sure to enrage the president. This is happening as joe biden weighed in just minutes ago houn p he sees the fight ahead. Well have a live report on that, coming up. Then on the weekend where we passed 200,000 covid deaths, some people dont learn. Well take you to the next big super spreader event. This time in missouri. Woothe loss of justice ginsg has quickly reshaped the race between joe biden and donald trump. As trump continues to promise a Supreme Court successor without delay. A poll shows joe biden ahead eight points among registered voters. 51 to 43. The poll is showing that close to 90 of people have firmly made up their mind with just 44 days to go before the election. Can you believe it . 44 days to go. I want to start with my friend mike who is with the biden ca
excellent speech from michelle obama. chris matthews? certainly made the connection, don t you think? i mean, so much of tonight was interactive. it was between her and that audience in the room. i thought the camera work was so important watching this on television. you saw on the faces of men and women, black and white, all different backgrounds, the connection. she was with people. the emotional connection, telling the story of her love affair with her husband. with her life of getting ahead. but there was one big difference than four years ago which just came through in the earlier speeches tonight. it was hope and change, yes, hope and change but not hope and change imaginally overnight. but hope through work and patience and time and effort and then change. i think it was a much more mature look at their own lives as they got there. i ll tell you, i assume most americans watching tonight who have been lucky in this country, have gotten close to the american dream,
chris matthews? certainly made the connection, don t you think? i mean, so much of tonight was interactive. it was between her and that audience in the room. i thought the camera work was so important watching this on television. you saw on the faces of men and women, black and white, all different backgrounds, the connection. she was with people. the emotional connection, telling the story of her love affair with her husband. with her life of getting ahead. but there was one big difference than four years ago which just came through in the earlier speeches tonight. it was hope and change, yes, hope and change but not hope and change imaginally overnight. but hope through work and patience and time and effort and then change. i think it was a much more mature look at their own lives as they got there. i ll tell you, i assume most americans watching tonight who have been lucky in this country, have gotten close to the american dream, have done it the way they did it. with st
0 political season. speak important a high and principled reason. and people will learn who you are. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. msnbc s special coverage of the democratic national committee starts now. four years ago a major party nominated an african-american presidential candidate for the first time in american history. now nearly four years into his first term, with the war in iraq over and the war in afghanistan still on, with osama bin laden dead, auto industry rescued, economy out of the freefall it was in but nowhere near where it needs to be, tonight the democratic party makes its case for four more years for president barack obama. an address tonight from the first lady. keynote tonight from a young fast-rising star who even republicans say could be the first latino president. the democrats make their case for young voters, latinos, for women, middle class. it starts tonight. msnbc s prime time coverage of the democratic national committee begins right now. th
republicans say could be the first latino president. the democrats make their case for young voters, latinos, for women, middle class. it starts tonight. msnbc s prime time coverage of the democratic national committee begins right now. thank you for joining us. i m rachel maddow. here with me are ed schultz,al sharpton, steve shmitt. lawrence o donnell will be joining us as well. leading our coverage from charlotte, north carolina, the site of the democratic convention this year, it is, of course, my friend and colleague chris matthews. chris, the data is mixed on whether republicans got any sort of bump in the polls out of their convention last week. but beyond just the raw numbers, what do you think that the democrats most want and need to get done this week? well, the numbers may tell you something. there was no bounce at all hardly at all from the republicans. but for the difference in the sound and feel of the crowds, last week was like a business convention. peop