Have a great weekend. The reidout with joy reid starts now. Tonight on the reidout do we believe in the promise of america? and are we ready to fight for it? and when we fight we win. Kamala harris has her eyes on the prize. The battleground prize, that is. Building off that debate momentum. The vice president is igniting voters in pennsylvania, where she and her opponent are locked in a dead heat. Also tonight, the clear and present danger of trump s big lies. And how americans pay the price. This time, it s haitian immigrants panicked by a new wave of hate. Plus, the latest on the rightwing freakout over taylor swift. But we begin tonight with the disgusting lies that donald trump continues to elevate about the haitian immigrant community in springfield, ohio. People who are just trying to mind their own business, go to work and school every day, and live their american dream. Yet this man, who has hordes of followers willing to enact violence on his behalf as seen on january 6th,
There is not one rule for friends and another for foes. One rule for the powerful and another for the powerless. One rule for the rich and another for the poor. One rule for democrats and another for republicans. Or different rules depending on Ones Race or ethnicity. To the contrary, we have only one rule. We follow the facts and apply the law in a way that respects the constitution and protect civil liberties. John Attorney General Merrick Garland earlier today sounding off on what he says are attacks on the justice department, valuing It Will not be used as a political weapon. So begins a thursday afternoon. Im John Roberts in washington. Hello, sandra. Sandra we will see where the next two hours to excess, john. Good to be with you. Im Sandra Smith in New York and this is speed 27. Garland calling attacks on the Department Dangerous and outrageous, but his address comes as allegations continue to pile up that the doj is being used to target conservatives, like former president Dona
And in the other corner are republicans too cowardly to admit it. Let s start with dick cheney who made shock waves when he said he would vote for kamala harris over donald trump. He justified his support saying in our nation s 248 year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than donald trump. He can never be trusted with power again. Cheney of course joined the ranks of notable republicans who have vowed to support harris just like his daughter liz cheney and adam kinsingger. Republicanswho dare speak out against trump have been ostracized. That is why moderate republicans are hoping trump loses and loses big. Some of the republicans wishing for a trump loss include long standing gop figures throughout the nation who bleed red and wouldn t dare to say this publicly but who are more than ready to move on from the trump era. One conservative lawmaker told politico there is a lot of anxiety about what trump does to republican ability to win in
And one that cowers in fear of its apparently extremist base. The sad truth is that democrats in congress had to discipline Margie Q Greene because House Minority leader Kevin Mccarthy was unwilling to do so himself. Mccarthy was willing to hold a Secret Ballot on the fate of republican congresswoman liz cheney, his own third in command who received a resounding if anonymous show of support to remain in Republican Leadership last night but he couldnt muster the courage to reject the qanon congresswoman. With this vote tonight, house republicans, many of whom stood up and gave Greene A Standing Ovation in a caucus meeting yesterday will now be defined as supporting someone who backed calls for assassinating Speaker Nancy Pelosi and threatened the nonwhite Women Members of the squad in social media ads. She promoted an antisemetic and Islam Mow Phobic video that had been reportedly circulating among neonazis. It claimed a, quote, unholy alliance of leftists, capitalists and zionist supre
More news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, former president trump, today scrambling for a half billion dollars in cash to post bond in the new york civil fraud case against him and the trump organization. While saying democrats hate israel and any jewish person that votes for democrats hates their religion. Thats a quote. That set off a political firestorm. This after President Biden and Prime Minister netanyahu argued over rafah. President biden saying they can root out hamas without a fullscale invasion that would kill thousands of civilians. Today, netanyahu says, theres no way to eliminate hamas without entering rafah. Americans allies on russias border. Natos front line against an aggressive russia. Stunned by congress failure to vote for needed help to ukraine. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Trump said the Democratic Party hate jewish people. His spokeswoman issued a statement that the democrat party, her words, hates israel, has turned into