what was the republican national convention in milwaukee behind me. you can see the leftovers up a wild week that hit a crescendo last it s tonight. donald trump strode onto the convention stage. trump s style to the bright white light illuminating his own name. the former president promised a different tone. he gave it in pieces, book ending what was effectively a classic it s a trump rally speech, disjointed and at times divisive with an appeal to unity, he promised after a gunman attempted to take his life more for on that in a few moments. but first there is reading the tea leaves and then there s trying to break the code coming out of the white house at this very moment, everyone wants to know the big question, the answer to the big question is, what is joe biden going to do? and you can cherry-pick perhaps whatever answer you like. this morning. the number of congressional democrats publicly telling biden to step aside is growing. it seems by the minute, donors cont
seeming to be in a battle to see who could be the most extreme this week, from a strict new abortion law and over-the-top redistricting efforts from the florida governor to immigration stunts gone wrong from his texas counterpart. it looks like the 2024 republican presidential race is already up and running. plus later on this hour an ohio district pulls the plug on a reading by an acclaimed children s author. the problem praf unicorns and rainbows. i want to begin with new comments from the first western leader to meet with putin since this invasion. on meet the press this morning austrian chancellor karl nehammer discussed his sit-down with the russian president who seems blind to his slew of losses over the past few weeks. i think he believes he is winning the war. did he give a rationale? did he explain what makes it seem as if things are looking better than he this look to the rest of us? no. i couldn t say that. he blames ukrainians to for genocide in the do
do it for us tonight i promise you alex wagner will be back in the chair next week when she is back from vacation thanks for having me here last night, and tonight i ll see you again for m regularly scheduled rachel maddow show on monday. it s time for the last wor with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence good evening, rachel, happy friday this is a show that doesn t, you know, in an officially recognize the aging process. about tomorrow, i m going to say happy saturday, just going to leave it at that. it s paul manafort birthday tomorrow! there you go. which, it s a big deal. yeah, so, rachel, i have baltimore story for you that i ve had for years and i v been struggling in the last 20 minutes to figure out how to say this publicly. so, here s - you know, in my memoirs, thi will be much more specific okay okay. no one involved really, except me, at this point, is still alive. so - [laughs] i went to the world series i baltimore years after former govern
you don t officially recognize the aging process. tomorrow, i m going to say happy saturday gonna leave it at that it s paul metaphors birthda tomorrow there you go. a big deal so, rachel. i have baltimore a new story that we ve had four years. i ve just been struggling in the last tournaments to figure out how to say this publicly in my memoirs, this will b much more specific okay. no one involved really is still alive, except me i went to the world series i baltimore. years after former governor of maryland, as you pointed out the vice president was force to resign because of the crime he committed in baltimore. and maryland, when he was governor so, i met at the world series, as can happen, depending on wh you re with, someone i wil call very, very highly placed, at the very top level of wha they used to call organize crime in baltimore and found myself that night at the best italian restaurant in baltimore, whereupon back gu who was incredibly charming an was ju
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he s an msnbc and msnbc national affairs analyst. i m like madonna at this point. i gave you one name. some day you ll thank me. we ll talk about that later. daily beast politics editor sam stein is here and my friend steve schmidt. we re going to boil you down to one name, too. take us through the significance of this sort of i think it s just a side show. people have told me that from emmet flood to don mcgahn to rudy giuliani to everyone who is now departed the president s team, no one thinks the president can survive an interview with the special counsel. the president can t survive twitter. that s right, special counsel is now looking at his tweets. every tweet has a misstatement or a lie, so they re absolutely right to be concerned that if the president were to go into an interview with incredibly well prepared prosecutors who have not just the president s tweets and his