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moment asjoe biden and donald trump face in atlanta. good evening and welcome to newsnight, live on weeknights and packed full of political vitamins, interviews and tonight insights about the rematch betweenjoe biden and donald trump that kicks off in three and a half hours. donald trump s are playing, it has just arrived in atlanta. and we are waiting for him to disembark from that. it has landed for at least three minutes but no sign of him. last time 73 million americans watched the debate. polls suggest this time it could be even higher with 115 million voters likely to tune in. lets go straight over to to cnn hq in atlanta, who are hosting the debate, to the spin room, to speak to catriona perry, the bbc s chief dc presenter. any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building already - any sense of mood? absolutely, the excitement is building ....
the justice department isn t the only group that lobbied the court about steve bannon today mr. speaker, i understand there might be a change in position regarding the house and their stance on the january 6th committee, and it might be regarding steve bannon, and it may have a big impact on his contempt case. tell me what s going on. yeah, we re working on filing on amicus brief in his appellate work there in his case today speaker of the house mike johnson and several other republican members of the house voted to make the formal position of the u.s. house of representatives, the formal position that the january 6th committee did not have the authority to do the work that it did, and that therefore steve bannon should not have to go t to step back here for some context, remember that the reason steve bannon is headed to prison in the first place is because he refused to comply with the subpoena from the january 6th committee. that s despite clearly knowing a lot ....
thank you. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. tonight we are answering a question i ve been wondering about which is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as donald trump, because the constitution says, i have to say this right, that the electors from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. it would make little marco move, right? that s the thing, does he have to move? how does the senator from florida moved from florida? is that legal? anyway, we need an election lawyer to figure this out for us. i just don t understand how they can be talking about rubio as if that is some sort of easy choice to make. i m glad you are getting to the bottom of this. that is quite the pretzel twist. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 wasn t just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. george w ....
building and general zuniga announced he would release political prisoners as rumours had been swirling for days that the general was on the verge of being dismissed. will grant is joining us to talk about this. it appears a coup has been averted. what is the latest you can tell us. it averted. what is the latest you can tell ve can tell us. it looks that way and it gives can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense - can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense of- can tell us. it looks that way and it gives a sense of how. and it gives a sense of how volatile things remain in bolivia despite the fact we had almost two decades of morales who was knocked out by the military in 2019 and his one time ally has taken over, luis arce, but yet these things can happen in bolivia and it is shocking to see an old school style military coup attempt which is what this looks like it has boiled down to be. you are righ ....
is how can marco rubio be on the same ticket as trump because the constitution says and i have to say it right, that the elect tours from a state cannot vote for two candidates who are from the same state. they can only vote for one. they will make marco move right? that is the thing, does he have to move? how does the united states senator of florida move from florida? is that legal? we need a election lawyer to figure it out. i do not understand how they are talking about rubio as if it is eight ea choice to make. i am glad you are getting to the bottom of this. i will be watching. presidential campaign debates were invented by and for tv. 1960 was not just the first televised presidential debate, it was the first. washington never debated. lincoln famously participated in the lincoln and douglas debates but that was in a senate campaign and lincoln lost. we had 34 presidents in a row who never debated to get the job. if you are around 70. you can actually rem ....