get hurt. we begin tonight with a simple rule of legal professionals. in most cases whenever possible, keep your clients off tv and avoid letting them do interviews, which usually do more harm than good. unfortunately, donald trump s lawyers are needy, attention craving client could only hold out for so long, so last night on one of his favorite shows in an interview with his friend, sean hannity, he seemed to make a losing argument even worse. in his latest throw spaghetti at the wall defense or is it throw ketchup at the wall? trump made this outrageous claim about his magical powers to declassify documents. if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it. because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you re sending it. and it doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process, but there doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision, so when you send it, it s decla
republicans? plus, the latest on the special master investigating trump s stash of secret documents. and cambers on why this moment is one of the most difficult in the history of america. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. over the weekend, donald trump held a czar rally in ohio. it was in support of the republican senate candidate there, j.d. vance. trump has given hundreds of rallies, but this one was a bit different. you might have already seen this footage already. take a listen. families, hardworking, patriot, like, you built this country. and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. we will stand up to the radical left lunatic s and rhinos, and we will fight for america like no one has ever fought before. hybrid of a salute, ultra call, kind of. obviously, the video is creepy, we are, unnerving. it is worth taking some time to explain why, though. right before our eyes, the de facto leade
republicans? plus, the latest on the special master investigating trump s stash of secret documents. and cambers on why this moment is one of the most difficult in the history of america. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes. over the weekend, donald trump held a czar rally in youngstown, ohio. it was in support of the republican senate candidate there, j. d. vance. trump has given hundreds of rallies, but this one was a bit different. you might have already seen this footage already. take a listen. families, hardworking, patriot, like, you built this country. and it is hardworking patriots like you who are going to save our country. we will stand up to the radical left lunatic s and rhinos, and we will fight for america like no one has ever fought before. hybrid of a salute, ultra call, kind of. obviously, the video is creepy, we are, unnerving. it is worth taking some time to explain why, though. right before our eyes, the d
nikki haley is representing the broader view there. but on the flip side, you have donald trump on another network today actually going against ron desantis saying he wants the six-week ban and basically saying we need to be pragmatic. her answer reflects both the pro life and a majoritarian in the republican party viewpoint, whereas donald trump is just flip flopping on it. it s going to be on the ballot in florida. what did you make of that? i just want i have to go back to governor sununu a minute. i m a little obsessed with him and i didn t get a chance to say something. when nikki haley s most prominent surrogate right now right after a debate basically says he would vote for donald trump, a convicted felon, i think at the end of the day, all of these policies, yes, it s important. it s interesting. but this is donald trump s
unlimited debate of amendment in the senate and make it a pure majoritarian body and o reilly do things like pack the court system mane in the supreme court. make washington, d.c. a state. federalize our election law to take over election administration from our states. this is all an example of how democrats are simply trying to change forever the structure of american politics. to their benefit. she put her foot down on that earlier this year and says she wouldn t do it. i think you have seen examples of punishment retaliation coming from the democrats at her. brian: they won t dare do that now. an example of how extreme they have become. ainsley: brittney griner is home now, she landed in san antonio, texas. this is the front cover of the new york post. i don t know if you can see this, if you have a monitor it, says deal with the devil. people are complaining we are so glad that she is home. people are saying that s not a fair trade, this guy is one of the worst criminals i