Can you believe it . Rachel maddow on bravo. Never thought i would see the day. For all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. Ill see you at The End of tomorrow. Today started with bomb shell news. Last monday, Jd Vances Team contacted officials in Springfield Ohio to Fact Check claims on haitian immigrants eating pets. Springfield City Manager told vances people pointblank there was no verifyable evidence of immigrants eating pets. The claims were baseless, but still, Jd Vance repeated them online. And the next day, trump used one of the biggest platforms in the world, an american president ial debate, to push the claims again. Claims the campaign knew were lies. The new reporting from the Wall Street Journal should be devastating to the trump campaign. But the stunning thing is they probably wont care. Because trump and Vances Invocation of springfield was never about the truth to begin with. Springfield is less important to them as an
President has laid out. And therefor, we should use all the tools tools that are at our disposal. So i m going to look at it. That is all in on this wednesday night. Good evening alex. Thank you my friend as always. Great show. Today started with what should have been bomb shell news. From the wall street journal. Last monday, jd vance s team contacted officials in springfield, ohio to fact check claims about haitian immigrants eating pets. The springfield city manager told vance s people pointblank there was no verifiable evidence or reports about immigrants eating pets. The city manager told vance s team that the claims were baseless. But still, j. D. Vance repeated them online. And the next day, trump used one of the biggest platforms in the world an american presidential debate to push those claims again. Claims his campaign knew were lies. This new reporting from the wall street journal should be devastating to the trump campaign. But the stunning thing is they probably won t care
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September retail sales, nice beat there, the srt up 102 from march lows, thats a new high, Dick Sporting goods, best buy, dollar general, costcos and lowes, bed, bath and beyond on its best pace ever is it time to buy retail there are still select names you can buy at retail and some names that have absolutely exploded the up side you just went through a list some of these are at alltime highs. The consumer is strong, the consumer return, the consumer has gotten out there the september numbers were well above what the expectations were these numbers are very, very impressive it does go to show you just how strong these guys are in terms of everybody getting out and about and getting into different retail its not just about the essentials anymore you just went through the laundry list the reality is, it is about people going out and getting clothing, shoes, yoga material whatever it is we might be, we are seeing an absolute run towards that area and a nice spring board were seeing a lot
Rally short. Abc news sources say he wants feeling well. He was originally scheduled to attend a rally in florida tonight and that has been canceled. And rallies planned for this weekend in wisconsin have also been canceled. Shortly after the positive tests were announced, the white house updated the president s schedule. The only event remaining on that list is President Trump holding a phone call today about offering covid19 support to vulnerable seniors. And some political analysts say that President Trumps reelection bid may also be affected by how he gets through illness. Analysts say if the president becomes seriously ill, it could hurt his reelection chances. But if the president gets a mild case and is able to recover, it could reenergize him and his supporters and help him narrow bidens lead in the polls. The president first announced the diagnosis on twitter late last night while most were still asleep. And this is after one of his closest aides also tested positive. Alex pre