Under arrest. In a notoriously tough and now nationally familiar office, the Southern District of new york. And his attorney entering a formal plea of not guilty for steve bannon. Heres what the fed. They have evidence to prove political fraud and corruption and this alleged corruption comes at the worst time for donald trump, reinforcing a main argument at the dnc from biden allies and former president obama himself about trumps corruption, and personal abuse of power that they say threatens democracy itself. Now here tonight is the legal evidence as we know it. The feds say he was part of a plot with three others that fraudulently misused a lot of money from a political operation that claimed to be all about backing Donald Trumps border wall. The effort raised about 25 million for building the wall through a go fund me page, just like the ones you may see friends and family use. Even the bannon, Donald Trumps former number one, took about 1 million from that effort into his own pocket. Doing that through expenses so he now faces wire fraud and Money Laundering charges. Thats a big deal. We have some sketches of bannon inside the courtroom there. He had his hands cuffed in front of him. He was wearing a white shirt with blue stripes and a former Senior Adviser in the Trump White House brought into court wearing a mask. Bannon was a wealthy banker long best entered politics with bright b. A. R. Right. He is credited with trumps Closing Argument of that money that he made in banking, it was on display because federal agents arrested him this morning on a 35 million 150foot yacht on long island. Bannon has faced the feds before, cooperating extensively with the Mueller Probe and remember, bob mueller didnt charge him. But remember bob mueller also took things that he found and handed some of those cases off outside his jurisdiction to other prosecutors. We know in the past, friction, thats how sdny convicted michael cohen. In this case, there is no that shows that it came out of. Investigation. Either way, this blockbuster arrest adds to President Trumps now terrible record as a legal fact for the most advisers indicted in any american president s first term ever. Just look at these legal facts. They do speak for themselves. You now have six different trump advisers indicted. And everyone whose case was processed has been convicted. Legally, bannon is at an earlier stage with the breaking news tonight and he is legally presumed innocent. He joins other top insiders like Paul Manafort and his white house colleague mike flynn. So that is a lot right here. This is the biggest story upending politics today. And i report that for you even though one convention is hitting its finale and another is about to begin. Thats not all. There is one other key takeaway here. And it is not about which trump ally was indicted. Although when you look at that list, its a lot. I want to walk through the details with you. The other detail is about who did this indicting. It was federal prosecutors. So what does that mean . That means people who work inside the trump bar doj at the independent Southern District of northern. That may sound familiar because thats the office trump immediately focused on in his election with its jurisdiction of his coil. Trump then met with preet bharara. This is the footage when he was going into that meeting. When he couldnt cultivate bharara enough, he fired him. And then trump did it again. We covered this. He fired the replacement. That prosecutor did something very rare despite being a trump official. He authentic went public saying trump bar doj was lying about it. The question was a big one. Why did the trump doj go friday night to change control of that office . We asked about that in our reporting. Some of the experts in analysis said it was possible there was some sort of case that barr wanted to stop. It was possible he was continuing the pattern of interventions that hes done with other was ons like d. C. Today i want you to have all the facts. The Justice Department said no. They are asserting that he was briefed in advance of this high profile arrest of steve bannon which is a defense that they say barr was not meddling. Many doj say that his meddling in other cases is enough proof theyve been calling on him to resign. The issues go higher than bill barr. A president breaking records for convictions with the people who held the number one position, mafr and bannon, in his Election Campaign are now indicted. And President Trumps response . Well, its been to demand the doj spare his indicted friends, to punish his enemies, to investigate people that he disagrees with. To punish people for exercising their First Amendment rights. If he fails, donald trump has been clear, this may sound like criticism. Im actually just reporting what he says and does. He says if it fails, hell do it himself. Something that nixon never did in watergate but also demanding that they handle your ballots, crack down and suppress the vote tow donald trump can win. We are in the middle of our Convention Coverage and we have plenty on that tonight. We didnt know this would be the big news tonight. This indictment of Donald Trumps number one aide in 2016 in a white house adviser. Here we are. And this is not a drill. I want to bring in special experts. Maya wily is the former council to the mayor of new york city and shes considering a run herself. And were joined by msnbc analyst joyce vance. Good evening to both of you. What does it mean in your view legally when the prosecutors in the Southern District make a move like this . The prosecutors of the Southern District only move when theyve got the evidence to move. So what it means is that steve bannon is in a world of trouble. And that is something that as you point out, it is because it is an independent office and the former u. S. Attorney, mr. Berman, appointed by donald trump, formal law partner to rudolph giuliani, made sure that when he got pushed out, that office was led by another independent thinking attorney who would take its reins. And we have to wonder exactly what you suggest, ari, that this was an example of what mr. Berman men when he said he wanted to protect the speaking wi with, to protect the integrity of investigations. One thing to add about bannon, part of his claim to fame and his rise to power in the white house is because he was a fraudster. Thats essentially what he used breitbart for. To hood wink the American Public by doing quote unquote what he called flooding the zone with misinformation. Thats exactly what happened here, according to the indictment and it was for profit. And thats something weve seen weapon of Donald Trumps close allies. Joyce . Well, i think what maya is saying is absolutely right. This was not a sophisticated dressed up fraud that took a lot of intelligence. This was just garden variety run of the mill fraud. This was a group of men who knew how to do this. They knew how you to create sham arrangements with vendors to move at least 1 million of money out of these funds that were meant for another purpose. Let me put that on the screen to continue. To keep up with you. We have that evidence brand new to conceal payments, for example, that bannon can created sham vendor invoices. That there would be no deals i dont approve. Paying what is a coconspirator now, with the secret deal that bannon approved, offering up the evidence youre analyzing for your continued explanation. Yes. This is just criming. The reason we know that is the Southern District of new york graciously provided us with what is called a speaking indictment. This is an indictment that goes beyond the bare bones of the elements federal prosecutors would have to prove for these two conspiracies and gives as you great deal of information about how the schemes work. And the reality here is that the evidence that theyve detailed in these indictments is sufficient, and one assumes that prosecutors in the Southern District of new york can prove. Thats their track record. So these two crimes with 20year sentences are now staring steve bannon in the face. I think the real question is will he cut a deal to keep himself out of prison . Will he try to do some form of cooperation in the Southern District of new york, or will he, too, hope the president gives him a pardon. Right, he was a white house adviser, he was in there in those early years, which was different from maya. Some of the people caught up in the Mueller Probe seemed more dinl. He was a person who took over in the key general election in 16 when trump appeared to be far behind and they went hard right. Fortifying a certain extreme politics. And then he walked in the white house as Senior Adviser. He was played on snl because he was so famous to many of Donald Trumps critics. So villainous, a role that he delighted in. It looks specially interesting. When i did sit down for an inperson interview with steve bannon, we did press him on the money issues. It was a Different Organization but there were a lot of questions about where they were getting their money. Marchly foreign money, and who wanted to give to someone this close to the Trump Administration with all the other allegations about potential pay to play. I want to may it for your analysis. This was going into the 2018 mid terms. Take a look. How much money does your group have . Weve raised quite a bit of money. Over 5 million. Over 10 million . I dont want to put a specific number on it. Is it fair to say you have between 5 and 10 million . I think it is fair to say we have enough resources and even more pouring in from donors and well start a small dontor program. Ive never had a problem getting resources. Who are they this. They want to be pri. It is the law and they have the right to do that. Is there anyone you would not take money from in. I would not take money from foreigners, right . Maya . Apparently he only robs americans. Thats the way it seems from this indictment. Thats what is alleged, that he lied and stole and he used it for his own personal gain and for the gain of his friends. Whether or not he would take foreign money, we dont know. I suspect with a man who was actually helping to foment right wing nationalism in europe, he could have had some connections that may have produced that. But what is staring us in the face is a pattern. As joyce said, this is not even a hard case. What prosecutors have laid out is very clearly paper trail evidence. Very explicit that there were things where they could find the direct links to bannon himself engaging in the fraud. So it is very hard to imagine they cant present a very strong case for the jury that essentially says, he lied and stole from the American Public. And joyce, one mine jumps out there in that statement was, by this very rich individual, thats well documented, ive never had a problem getting resources. How do you square that in the story and what prosecutors would have to take to a jury if he doesnt plead out, with someone who is this rich, still allegedly taken. It doesnt matter if youre rich or poor. If you violate the statute, then prosecutors will charge and you will convict you. And we see bannons demeanor, frankly, and that really amazing crossexamination that you do of him. And you reach a point where it is very clear, there is information that he doesnt want to reveal to you. And it is the sort of information that people would normally respond to pretty easily in an interview. Theres something there that hes looking to protect, to hide. No idea if. In case it was something criminal or not but it is very clear that steve bannon is not someone who can take the witness stand in his own defense and convince a jury that hes innocent. There is so much in his past. So misconduct here, and the evidence that Southern District has provided today is so compelling. It is hard to see how this one goes to trial and has a good result for him. Its striking hearing from both of you. Joyce vance was in the same position that we talked about. Other u. S. Attorneys being ousted. Getting your views to seriousness of this case is striking. I want to thank you both. Were going to now fit in our shortest break, 30 seconds. When we come back, final night of the dnc after harris and oba obama. And tonight we have one of our special reports. This is about your right to vote and trumps alleged abuse of power on that Postal Service fight which is of course tomorrow. First, Maxine Waters on the new rulings over trumps tax is a new story. Is a new story. Bank believes that if you can check on henry when youre miles from home. Your bank should help you check on your account to see whats free to spend. Henry. Virtual wallet® is so much more than a checking account. Easily see whats free to spend. And put money aside for your next big purchase. Like a trainer for henry. Stop it. Carl, do you have those figures . Yeah. Henry sit . Its carl. Virtual wallet® for Digital Banking from pnc. Its time to get more from your bank. Were joined now by congresswoman Maxine Waters of california. She is chair of the power finances committee. And like other guests weve come to know, i will say only with your agreement. A friend of the beat. I cant hear you. Can you hear me . Yes. I can hear you now. Okay, great. I was saying youre a friend of the beat. Then i coughed. It was the whole start of the interview. Weve been covering so many stories. The convention tonight. And yet no one controls the developments. Theres a Big Development here as well amidst all this on a case that you were involved with in congress, trying on get the president s tax returns. Trump losing. My committee has been working very hard and the Intelligence Committee also. And we have subpoenaed records from deutsche bank. It has taken months to get to the point where were on the verge of getting those tax records and the courts ruled against trump even today. First trump was saying that he was immune. Now he is saying that we are overly requested information that we should not have access to. But the judge has ruled against them in that decision today. And now trump will try to get it all the way back to the supreme court. But were going to keep fighting. The Intelligence Committee is going to perhaps well combine our work the Intelligence Committee so they can answer the court who had four questions basically that they asked about our subpoena. And asked us to give answers to them. And that had to do with this information. Could it have been obtained someplace else . Did it really serve a legislative purpose . And why did we need. So of the president s information . And maybe it was overly broad. So the Intelligence Committee is going to take the lead in addressing those four questions that have been asked by the supreme court. And were going to continue. Let me read from this ruling. He lost at the supreme court. Now were back to the details. This federal judge says, at its core, the absolute immunity could be a back door, an entry point for which not only a president but other persons and entities could gain cover from the judicial process. What does it mean to you to have judges in this process which takes time, basically rule against trump and side with the argument you and your colleagues have made. That this is not just about whether or not donald trump is hiding his taxes, but the principle that no one is above the law. That is the principle. No one is above the law. This president has taken the position that hes immune from prosecution. Hes immune from being indicted. And he basically can do whatever he wants to do. And this is very dangerous. As a matter of fact, the constitution could not have written everything that a president is not allowed to do. So its a very powerful position. And the president must have integrity. Mubl about serving this country, and not being immune from the law. Not being above the law. But hes indicated in everything that hes done. He doesnt care about the law. He doesnt care about the constitution. And he has shown us that hes willing to do whatever he thinks he needs to do, whether it has to do with a law being questioned or the United States post office that he wants to dismantle. Right. You have a lot of experience. You know your way around the conventions. I think you and i both know, if there was not so much legal shenanigans going on, we would be talking as well in our time on air about that. Ive got about a minute left. Kamala harris did a wonderful thing last night. She conducted herself in an absolute beautiful manner in the way that she talked about who she is. Her family background. What she cares about. I think she and our Vice President biden are going to make a wonderful team. I think theyre going to take this nation forward. That the campaign will be a good strong campaign. And i think theyre going to lead to us victory. She did a fabulous job. She showed who she is and what she is capable of doing. Do you have in the way you do your work, any signal or way to figure out, im just curious, that she is more mobilizing . Are you picking up that hint or clue out there that people are more excited about this ticket with her having been added as opposed to, say, two weeks ago . I am. This is historic. An africanamerican woman who has been chosen to run as Vice President is very exciting, very stimulating, and i think there is a lot of support around moving forward with both she and biden. So im very pleased to see. Particularly the africanamerican community, the indian community, people of color, attin x, et cetera. We all see this with the possibility thats the door has been open in ways that perhaps people didnt expect, for to us walk through that door and be looked at creditably and to be able to achieve and to be chosen and to be elected and appointed and all of that. So i think it is very exciting and it will excite a large portion of our public. On a busy night, thank you for joining us. Youre so welcome. Thank you for having me on. As always. Up ahead, we are going right into the Closing Argument from joe biden tonight. But first, you next, our special report on donald trump. Your voting rights. Alleged abuse of power and what you need to know about this postmaster general. We have new information when we come back. General we have new information when we come back. This is decision tech. Find a stock based on your interests or whats trending. Get realtime insights in your customized view of the market. Its smarter Trading Technology for smarter trading decisions. Fidelity. Proof i can fight moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Proof i can fight psoriatic arthritis. With humira. Proof of less joint pain. And clearer skin in psa. Humira targets and blocks a source of inflammation that contributes to joint pain and irreversible damage. Humira can lower your ability to fight infections. 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But trumps plotting against the usps started years ago and it relates back to this. Don through an intermediary approach immediate and. Would you be willing to buy the Washington Post. I was very surprised. What does that have to do with the post Office Crisis . On the eve of the postmaster generals crucial testimony, well take you into how donald trump may have set himself up to both undermine this election with the post office but also get caught. And this goes back to before he even knew what he wanted to do with voting by mail. Before he saw these signs he was trailing biden. What im about to present to you in our new reporting, the installment of our special back story report. We try to provide substantive accounts about one key figure in the president ial campaign and move the horse race coverage to the side. This is important because it goes to the election itself. It goes back farther than voting by mail or even the republican every to privatize many parts of government. It begins with billionaire jeff bezos. The owner of the Washington Post has clashed with trump for years. Bezos says he cares about excellence and the Washington Post cares about facts. For trump, it may be about the benjamins given his long running and petty feuds with people richer than him. Plus the shots at trump about how he is not as wealthy as they are or as he claims. Even cometics have openly mocked trump about it in comparison. Jeff bezos is actually a billionaire. Actually a billionaire. Thats not all. Bezos says he does not make the specific editorial calls at the post but he does back the papers independence. Think about when the Editorial Board published this piece titled, trump is a poison pill to the republican party. In 2015 when he was struggling. Trump took fight to the top responding within days, slamming bezos. And basically going at him. But then the Washington Post owner chapg back with the send donald to space. Donald trump didnt like any of that. He ultimately confessed to his ill proper motives just like he has in this post office fight. Maybe people were not taking it seriously at the time but it is important now. Donald trump went out and said what even most authoritarians deny. What Richard Nixon never admitted in public. Donald trump could that if he issing that he intended to abuse his power in office as president to retaliate against bezos, because he was an possibly, threatening bezos on the campaign trail. He wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it. Thats not right. And believe me, if i become president , oh, do they have problems. Theyre going to have such problems. Theyre going to have such problems. What does this have to do with the post office . For trump it is not usually about Public Policy where a leader thinks, how does this impact everyone and whats the best policy. You know the drill. It is about him. The resources, even the safety of american interests become a tool for his personal agenda. So when amazon and the Postal Service had a deal, President Trump didnt lying it because. His beef with bezos. And he admitted it. He complained that the urn sps was now amazons delivery boy and then tried to spindle it into an effort to protect the. At a pair. The post office is losing billions of dollars and the taxpayers are paying for that money because it delivers packages for amazon at a very below cost. Thats not fair to the United States. Its not fair to our taxpayers. And amazon has the money to pay the fair rate at the post office which would be much more than theyre paying right now. It wasnt just bluster. Trump took suspicious actions that might be an abuse of power play, and which were exposed by, wait for it, the Washington Post. Reporting that trump pressed the postmaster general to hike rates against zon in secret white house meetings which were kept off the public schedule. If any of this sounds familiar, a president secretly demands a top official join his scheme to abuse power for the federal interests, thats what the evidence shows he demanded of director comey, mccabe, and other key officials. We discuss that had throughout the show. And we all know now what happens when they refuse. So whether you remember this story or not, you can imagine the mack when this postmaster general refused and fact checked trump by explaining that zops big business was beneficial for the Postal Service. Well, we all know how that goes in trump world. He told aides he wanted to fire the postmaster. Then he went on to have his own picks for the board of governors which appoints the postmaster. The white house denies any of this is about the amazon feud but trump pushing it along himself. Remember this . This was an executive order. Little noticed at a time for the task force to consider the plan to go at the amazon relationship. They found trump was also wrong. They found the amazon relationship was actually profitable. Those are the facts. But donald trump admitted his goal was to get bezos. It wasnt about those faktss. T the taxpayer stuff is about that. So threatening on defund the post office which has been losing money for years and was going to run out of money this year. He said he would hold them after that barrel if they didnt go after his enemy, amazon. The Postal Service is a joke. Because theyre handing out packages for amazon and other internet companies, and every time they bring a package, they lose money on it. If they dont raise a price, im not signing anything. The post office eventually got the money. The treshlory secretary worked behind the scenes on his agenda. They even got larry from the secretary to the board. This was in 2019. Pushing the mission to hike the amazon rate saying it is important. Usps Prices Service a profitable manner chug the ecommerce ground packaging delivery market, aka amazon, adding a second search is for the next postmaster general. As this ground on, sometimes behind the scenes, you have to take it in and look at the context in this voter clash. Like trump tried to punish cnn by abusing federal power over mergers, he wanted to break it out into a larger company. He even got involved in an antitrust case. The doj filing legal arguments when it was not a party and that was trying to go after cnn. Why does this all matter . What is going on here . Well, congress and the courts care a lot about whether there are just budget cuts at the post office or this is a political plot. A potentially unconstitutional one. That takes to you who trump is trying to get you to carry it out. The new postmaster general who oversees this and appointed by the board which trump filled with his folks. At the time the postmaster was a career employee who worked her way up from a letter carrier. She had started a fiveyear term. In 2014. Which brings you up to 2020 which brings to us this new controversial postmaster general. Dejoy who rushed in and started telling states, maybe they wont deliver the ballots in time. Under pressure from pelosi he has reversed course publicly. Im telling you about this tonight because he testifies tomorrow at a Senate Hearing that could be key to protecting your vote this cycle. Who is he and why is he the one trump wants in power . Like bezos, he is very rich. A billionaire ceo who helped fund the rnc convention, opening his own home to trump in 2016 and then after he became president. They had eye popping ticket prices. 15,000. That money helped to build power. Because dejoy turned from crick to trump appointee. Take a long at this. A local news article from 2004 quoefts this post matter general, slamming trumps political style. Id be fired. That attitude that you are the most important person is selfdestructive. Boy, did he change his tune. Now he says trump is doing great and he talked up the notion of the deep state which is ironic for someone to get a job the in federal bureaucracy, telling donors about trump battling unreasonable challenges and ticking off many of the federal employees of the agencies of the executive branch. And then there was dejoy with a choice seat on the platform for trumps inauguration. You can see it there, how close he was. That required lots of work from the employees. He even got a shout out from President Trump earlier this year. We have many other state and local leaders from across north carolina. Were thrilled. At a time right now when donald trump is under fire for corruption, i want to walk through the evidence of the pay to play here. It goes beyond the mail. Trump pushed dejoy for a different key Financial Post but he was not yet confirmed. He also pushed his wife for a fellowship vice chair post at the white house and then nominated her to canada. Thats a big job. They will grill her husband tomorrow over an alleged plot to steal the election. So theres a lot of scrutiny on dejoy right now when neglects to face this grilling. People in both parties saying he should be questioned under oath with the criminal liability that can carry on all of the back ground we told but and on the election plot, and on his qualifications. In fact, he is the first postmaster general to come in in 20 years with no postal experience. His financial records could come under scrutiny, as they probably should. And senators will of course press him on the changes he made that he now claims are being reversed, that slow down the Mail Processing and could put voters, in, yes, 46 states, the risk of not having ballots counted if they send them through the mail. Why . Why would he have made all those changes in the first place . Many skeptical that he will reverse them if everyone moves on to other topics. And reports that machines might not be reinstalled which means it is not back to a fair baseline. Some of it may even be irreversible. The last times reporting that some post Office Facilities are becoming armageddon, that rats, rotting food, baby chicks dead inside their box, and all for what . Dont just look at what they say. The heart of this plot is about donald trump going in, not just in those public things we showed you. Although we want you to see the evidence. The secret requests to abuse his federal power, the post office or other agencies for his personal and political gain. Everyone needs to keep their eye on the ball. This isnt about left or right or who wins. It is about making sure the election for who wins is fair in a democracy. Senators may also want to take a look at what were reporting. That donald trump apparently wanted to use and abuse this power over the post office for something that also relates to the election. Targeting one of the paymepers has done some of the toughest investigations, the Washington Post, who he also has a problem with, jeff bezos. Well keep our eye on the ball. When we return, the final night of the dnc. Joe biden speaking after harris and obama go right at donald trump. And later, we share a breakout moment at the dnc that is so important to reflect on. Well explain. Reflect on. Well explain. Find your keys. Find your getupandgo. Find pants that arent sweats. Find your friends. Find your sense of wander. Find the world is new, again. At chevy wed like to take you there. Now during the chevy open road sales event, get up to 15 of msrp cash back on select 2020 models. Thats over fiftyseven hundred dollars cash back on this equinox. Its time to find new roads, again. 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He was apprehended on a boat today to travel. He must surrender his passport so he cannot travel internationally. You can see him escorted by officials en masse. He was processed for this major fraud arrest. I want to bring in maya wily who worked as a civil prosecutor in the Southern District of new york. You see him leaving there and you see him striking the best post he could. He appeared to be smiling. What does it mean now next for even the bannon in this case . Steve bannon has got to figure out how he will mound a defense. I think what we saw walking out was the showman to create disinformation. He made sure he came out without wearing a mask, smiling. So he could show the public that he was not worried. In truth, he has a lot to be worried about. But hes trying to set the tone in a narrative that i suspect we will see emerge in a defense that essentially said, i didnt do anything wrong. How hes going to do that, we dont know. How much of this is a projection so he can hold it together long enough to do as joyce. Earlier tonight, you know, figure out how to cut himself a deal. All that remains to be seen. He has a tough case to defend. Yeah. Its really striking. Thats the first video weve seen. It is interesting, your observations. And of course, any trial of a high profile individual if it goes to trial will have energy in and outside the courtroom. As you say, we know from earlier sketches and reporting that he was wearing a mask inside the building in a federal facility. So theres already some subtlety to that presentation. His relationship to breitbart and the right wing media suggests a very interesting time to see what they say in defense. While i have you, we are also, as we do around here on busy news nights. Were juggling more than one story. Tonight joe biden will formally accept the nomination for president. Maya stays with me. It is 12 years since did he the same process for the vp nomination. Today, that American Dream feels like it is slowly slipping away. I dont have to tell you that. You feel it every single day in your own lives. Im here for the cops and the firefighters, the teachers and the Assembly Line worker, the folks whose lives are the very measure of whether the American Dream endures. Biden, of course, speaking in the context of what was then a financial crisis. Right now a pandemic recession. And here in a bit of symmetry, we have now heard from his running mate in the midst of this economic crisis. The constant chaos leaves us adrift. The it makes us feel afraid. The callousness makes us feel alone. Its a lot. And heres the thing. We can do better and deserve so much more. Your final thought on all this . I just thought it was such a stunning example of the human Kamala Harris, right . She was coming out to show that not only is she the tough prosecutor, because we already know that. Not only is she the leader that knows how to put a william barr in the seat and get him stumbling over a verb. She is not only the person who can back a Brett Kavanaugh into the corner. Shes the person we know will prosecute the case against donald trump. We knew that before the convention. What she came to do last night which we know that i think joe biden will do more of tonight. She is also the person who can soothe the nation. Who can look the nation in the face and say, were going to pull this together. Were going to pull this out together. Shes been made into such a stereo type for so long in this process that i think it was really important to reintroduce her as a person that those of us who know her know, is warm as well as intelligent person who was absolutely authentic and really deeply cares. I think well see the same from joe biden. There have been times when Democratic Conventions have struggled with that. 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Both harris and obama explicitly sign posted the historic nature of their positions in their addresses, a theme reinforced as well, though, we should note in some of this weeks artistic performances that draw on americas civil rights history and ballottles. It was often artists leading the way in americas struggles for equality, from billy holidays strange fruit taking on lynchings, a history we have explored right here in our reporting on the beat to the iconic 1964 song a change is going to come by sam cook which he wrote and became echoed by those same activists around the country. Even as cook was killed before he could see much of the change that he was advocating come to fruition, he was an advocate. There was the Civil Rights Act that passed after his death and of course later barriers broken by obama and now by harris. I give you all that brief recollection that so many of you probably remember and lived through, songs weve shared as a nation because it was pretty striking to hear cooks 1964 song reapplied and Getting National billing at this Historic Convention last night. Jennifer hudson taking the stage. Its been a long time but now a change, a change will come jennifer hudson, a change is going to come. Then as now its not a guarantee to be sat on, its a pledge and a promise to be acted on. At least thats one thing we learned from sam cook, may he rest in peace. What will we see tonight on the stage from the politicians, from the artists . Well only know by watching together, so you can keep it right here on msnbc for special coverage of the last night of the dnc with all of our favorite anchors and colleagues and ill let you know i will be back with our special postgame coverage 1 00 a. M. Eastern, 10 00 p. M. Pacific with a lot of special guests and special coverage. Thats later tonight. 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