the argument that then president trump was in on this the whole time. it s the kind of evidence that can as a constitutional matter cut against any defense that maybe things just got out of hand, or donald trump would oppose and regret what his fans did. lead impeachment manager jamie raskin capping a dramatic day with an appeal for facts and sense. i ve talked a lot about common sense in this trial because i think i believe that s all you need to arrive at the right answer here. let s not get caught up in a lot of outlandish lawyers theories here. exercise your common sense about what just took place in our country. exercise your common sense. at a time of incredible division, where politics and ideology, which a system under rule of law ought to be able to debate and debate peacefully, when those conversations of debates have turned into lies, we re all living through it. it was part of the recent political era, but it s clearly part of the action of the insurrection th
24 hours ago at this moment i told you who was going to no, you don t. 24 hours ago was too long ago. anyway, let me remind you, 24 hours ago at this moment i told you that cher was going to be on the show last flight, and she was. and you, you gave me an order for cher. i want to show you, if you have 20 seconds, how that played out. take a look. please do. she left a message for you at the beginning of this hour. she told me, she gave me this order, to tell you, please tell you, and these are her exact words, hello, and i love you. that s from rachelle maddow. i don t drink, but i would have a cocktail with her. when should i schedule that, rachel? so, here s how this played out in my life. so i am going about my business taking the dogs on a late night walk, and i get because, you know, the dogs need to go out when the dogs need to go out. i get a call from my mother. now, usually you get a text. my mom is a good texter. you get a call, that means somebody in
devastating effect covid has on pregnant women. out of a spy movie, what we re learning tonight about a navy scandal involving a nuclear engineer, a peanut butter sandwich and a plot to sell america s vehicles to a foreign government. schools targeted, the dangerous new challenge promoted on social media. schools vandalized. now there s a warning that teachers could be victimized next. i need somebody o donnell: setting the record straight decades later, who paul mccartney says broke up the beatles. and this incredible story, a runner who lost his sight at an early age but not his ability to inspire. o donnell: good evening, and thank you so much for joining us on this monday. well, we re going to begin tonight with the anger and frustration of southwest airlines passengers as a weekend of delays and cancellations stretched all the way into monday. more than 365 flights were canceled today after about 2,000 were called off over the weekend. why it s happening isn t ex
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news. washington post also reports tonight the white house is preparing an executive order that authorizes the president to punish foreign interference in u.s. elections. the post writes, quote, the eight-page draft order appears to be an effort to stave off aggressive legislation, including a bill introduced in congress this month and to quell criticism that trump seems to give more credence to russian president vladimir putin s denials of interference than to u.s. intelligence agencies conclusion to the kremlin sought to undermine the 2016 election. that comes to us as florida democratic senator bill nelson, whose running in a tough reelection fight, tells the tampa bay times, quote, russian operatives have penetrated some of florida s election systems ahead of the 2018 mid terms. he said any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on
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Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news.
Brian Williams examines the day s top political stories and current political-campaign news.
he said, any further information is classified. today the white house actually did impose new sanctions on russia, but not for election meddling. the administration is penalizing the kremlin for using chemical weapons against an ex-spy and his daughter in the uk, a decision that congress had to push the white house to make. meanwhile, republican senator rand paul is in moscow this week, of all places, apparently on his own summer outreach mission to the kremlin. the senator had been one of the few open defenders on capitol hill of president trump s overtures to vladimir putin, the only defender at times. today he wrote this about his visit. quote, i was honored to deliver a letter from president trump to president vladimir putin s administration. the letter emphasized the importance of further en