Released them this june. The specific date by which the Justice Department has to unredact this stuff, i kid you not, the judge says on or before november 2nd, 2020. So on the eve, literally the eve, the day before the president ial election 15 more pages of the Mueller Report including potentially why they didnt charge the president night before the election. That does it for us tonight. Well see you again tomorrow. Now it is time for the last word can lawrence odonnell. Good evening, lawrence. Good evening, rachel. And thank you very much for representative mall couple ken yat ta. That is the interview of the week. What you did in the last hour, taking inside whats really happening in the Pennsylvania Republican controlled legislature, what they are trying to do with this election, i could have listened to him for the rest of the night. I could have if you ran that video of him in the meeting for another hour, i would be riveted to it. This is there is so much at stake, and we see this one person in pennsylvania doing everything he possibly can to fight against what republicans are trying to do there. This is thank you for bringing this story to our attention. We all have to stay on it, honestly. Yeah. What the republicans are doing there is really, really important, potentially determinatively important in terms of the president ial election. And the republicans who are willing to do stuff like that in state legislatures in swing states are going to become some of the most Important News makers and the most important people for us all to Pay Attention to in the next few weeks. I will tweet you a link for the entire footage of kenya tas testimony at that hearing because i played a little squib of it, but the whole thing is fantastic. Lets coordinate on this because im happy to have him on tomorrow night to continue this, but i dont want to get in the way of what you are doing. Lets just keep malcolm kin yat ta on television as much as we possibly can the rest of the way here. Ill call him and tell him you are going to be calling. Thank you, lawrence. Thank you, rachel. Well, tonight there is now only one degree of separation between donald trump and covid19. Bloomberg broke the news tonight, now confirmed by nbc news that Donald Trumps closest aid who is not a Family Member has tested positive for coronavirus. Hope hicks, one of president Donald Trumps closest aids, has tested positive for coronavirus infection, according to people familiar with the matter. There was no indication that the president has contracted the virus, the people said. Hicks traveled with Trump Aboard Air force one to and from the president ial debate on tuesday. Hicks traveled with trump to his debate with biden on tuesday and to a minnesota rally on wednesday. Trumps entourage entered the debate hall without face coverings or removed them as they sat down and refused an offer of masks from a doctor at the cleveland clinic, which was cohosting the event. Bidens guests wore masks. Hicks was seen on tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with white house Senior Adviser steven miller, Campaign Adviser jason miller and others. When they returned to washington on tuesday, Stephen Miller and hicks were seen sharing an umbrella as they existed air force one in the rain. The New York Times reports tonight officials at the white house have known since wednesday evening that she had the virus. Tuesday night in the room with hope hicks watching approvingly, donald trump mocked Wearing Masks. I dont have i dont wear masks like him. Every time you see him, hes got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away from you and he shows up with the biggest mask ive ever seen. He has to lie about joe bidens mask. He has to lie about the size of joe bidens mask. Joe biden of course wears the same kind of mask all the rest of us wear, but donald trump certainly needs the biggest mask we have ever seen if hes going to continue to hang around the reckless people who work for him. Here is what joe biden said in response to Donald Trumps idocy about masks. Masks make a big difference. His own head of the cdc says if everybody wore masks and social distanced between now and january, wed probably save up to a hundred thousand lives. It matters. Hope hicks will not be accompanying donald trump on air force one to his rallies this weekend in wisconsin, a state which is suffering its worst outbreak of coronavirus yet. We will be joined later in this hour by a local official in wisconsin who does not want President Trump to come to that state. Donald trumps recklessness his recklessness with his staffs continued recklessness, the combination of that, on the coronavirus is but a piece of the relentless recklessness of donald trump and his staff in the face of threats to the american people, be it from a pandemic or bad actors like heavily armed american White Supremacists whose pride in their pride supremacists beliefs is included in the childish name they have given themselves, the proud boys. Donald trump refused to condemn them on the debate stage, and the White House Press secretary refused to condemn them again today, which the racist antisemitic members of the proud boys have taken as encouragement. Donald trump now lives in the same house and pretends to work in the same house where president franklin delnor roosevelt led and won a war against racist antisemimites with guns. Donald trump and his permanently tainted staff now do everything they can to coddle and encourage racist antisemimites with guns. Here is what Donald Trumps former National Security adviser said about this today on msnbc. I mean, it should be super easy to condemn White Supremacists, right . And so i think that these these extremists really gain traction, right, and they draw more people in because there is a perception that theyre legitimate and not, you know, a fringe hate filled movement. Thats what they ought to be characterized as, and i think we americans who identify as americans who respect each other regardless of race, color, creed, sexual orientation, right, who are tolerant and who are proud that we live in a democracy in which we all have a say in how were governed, our voices have to be loud and drown out these people who sew hatred and want to divide us and polarize us. He told the atlantic no leader should encourage any group that is based on a narrow identity that aims to supercede our identity as americans. We begin our discussion tonight with the breaking news that hope hicks, the closest aid to President Trump who is not a member of his family has tested positive for coronavirus. We are joined by the dean of the Brown College of Public Health. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. What do you make of a situation where someone who is that close to donald trump, who has been on air force one with him now four times just this week with tuesday and wednesdays flights, what do you make of that as a risk for the president . Yeah. So, lawrence, thank you for having me on. It is a real risk for the president. First of all, i still cant believe that the white house staff dont wear a mask around the president , that the president doesnt wear a mask. I appreciate the fact that theyre getting tested all the time. That is not enough. Masks are still essential. And at this point, the cdc guidance on this is very clear. All of the people who have been around her over the last few days should selfquarantine, or 14 days, and that includes the president. So i dont know if any of them are going to do that, but it is clearly a risk, and it would be a very bad thing for our country if our president was to be infected. We have got to be much more careful than the white house staff is being. So according to cdc guidelines, the president of the United States tonight is a danger to others because of his exposure to covid19. Yeah. Look, hes been around somebody who is infected. Hes been around that person when they werent wearing a mask, and its happened multiple times over the last couple of days when ms. Hicks might have been most infectious. So it is critical that he quarantine himself and avoid other people so he doesnt continue the transmission chain and doesnt spread the virus to others. And hes scheduled for two rallies in wisconsin this weekend. Would that be even would that now be an even more reckless Public Health risk for the president to impose on wisconsin . Well, first of all, it clearly was a bad idea before this whole thing happened. Wisconsin is the third highest number of new cases in the country. Its a super hot red zone, lots of cases. So bringing together for a rally was very, very dangerous. But i do think at this point that the president should not be out and about, and again i think he should be quarantining himself and obviously getting continue to get tested until hes no longer a risk. But i think for his own protection and for those around him, everybody who has been in touch with ms. Hicks needs to be selfisolating until further notice. So, doctor, the breaking news is that the president of the United States should be quarantines. Why isnt just testing the president tomorrow enough . Why would he also have to be quarantined . Well, so we know a couple of things. First of all, the tests may not turn positive immediately. And the tests are not perfectly sensitive. So there is still a chance that he could be infectious and have a negative test. And so at least for some period of time. It may not need to be for 14 days given that he is getting tested, but at least for some period of time it is clearly within cdc guidelines and the prudent thing for him to do is for him to quarantine and not be around others until he can get a clean bill of health. So this is thursday night. He has rallies saturday in wisconsin. A clear and total violation of cdc guidelines for him to do that now. Even if he has been tested tomorrow say and saturday to go into that rally environment in wisconsin, having been exposed to coronavirus through hope hicks. Look, this is his own cdc, and the guidelines are pretty clear. If you have been exposed to somebody else, you should be selfquarantines. I do think ongoing testing can be helpful here, but not in the next 48 hours. You need to wait longer than that. So if we are going to stick with the cdc guidelines, this is not a good time to go and be part of a rally. Doctor, thank you very much for starting us off on this important subject tonight. We really appreciate it. Thank you, lawrence. Were joined now by Yamiche Alcindor. Also with us christina greer. And, yamiche, you are part of the people who take the risk of being around these white house staffers, being around the president. We have the breaking news at this hour that the president should be quarantined. That is the breaking news that america should be concentrating on right now. All Public Health officials, the cdc, the doctor just indicated, the president should be quarantined based on whats happened to hope hicks. Thats right. And the other breaking news is the president says just a few minutes ago that he has been tested for the coronavirus and is now awaiting his results. He says he might be getting it tonight or friday. He said, quote, whether we quarantine or not i dont know. So essentially the president , as you said, that he should be quarantining. Hes openly saying he doesnt know if hes going to quarantine. The president and his staffers, while they are tested daily, as someone who is in the white house multiple times a week, a lot dont wearmasks. They are tested. But the president tonight is saying he doesnt actually know his status and that that is something that he and First Lady Melania Trump is waiting on. Struggling through his response to this virus. He himself may now be part of the more than seven million americans who could possibly be infected. Well, it is a good thing that theyre not relying on the rapid test, which is less reliable. The fact that theyre waiting for results means theyre taking a test that is the more reliable version of it. Lets listen to what donald trump said in an interview with a reporter at his rally in las vegas. And this is a point that joe biden was making. Joe biden was describing this Actual Exchange that donald trump had in the debate the other night. Lets listen to this. Well, im not concerned. Im more concerned about how close you are. Sorry about that. Because you know why . Im on a stage thats very far away. Uhhuh. So im not at all concerned. Christina, so he was the only one social distancing at his rallies, but he certainly didnt have enough social distance from hope hicks. And there we see in this incident what i think is kind of a perfect representation of the utter relentless recklessness of donald trump, the trump administration, the trump staff on all subjects of governance from the day donald trump was sworn in. Lawrence, i might even say from when he came down that gold escalator and called mexicans rapists. I want to thank Yamiche Alcindor and her colleagues every day who risk their lives going to the white house knowing that they dont follow guidelines. If you remember, you know, all the way through march he was saying masks werent needed. We heard him, you know, at the debate essentially chastising joe biden for wearing a mask, making it a joke. We have seen people all over florida refusing to wear masks, getting arrested, getting thrown out of Grocery Stores and sporting events because they would not comply. So we have a real difference in opinion. But heres the thing. You know, as senator Patrick Moynihan said, were all entitled to our opinions, but were not entitled to our own facts. The fact of the matter is we must wear a mask to protect ourselves from a virus were still trying to figure out. The fact that the president refuses to lead the nation in a responsible behavior is just as you say, lawrence, it is completely reckless. It is irresponsible and its the type of lack of leadership that sadly so many millions of americans have grown accustomed to over these past few years. And we saw today the White House Press secretary following the president s lead and refusing to condemn White Supremacists. Donald trump continue to refuse to do that. It is not difficult to link this to the refusal to wear masks. It is highly irresponsible, which is the mildest word you can use for donald trump coddling racist, antisemimites in this country. The White House Press secretary was posed the question over and over again, well, will you condemn White Supremacists and she simply would not do that. Part of what she was doing there was following the lead of President Trump who at that moment had not condemned White Supremacists in the way that was just declared a statement. That being said, the president tonight just on fox news a few minutes ago said he condemned the kkk and the proud boys. Hes doing that in front of a much smaller audience because of course there were people that were tuned into the debate stage that were waiting for the president to set an example and he didnt take the time to do that. He is the president responding to the pressure and the pushback that hes getting and i should say the push back from republicans. You saw republicans in different states saying were not quite sure whats going on here. Maybe he misspoke. Hes clarifying it. But i can already tell you on twitter and some of the exchanges im already having, a lot of people are saying this is too little, too late. This reminds me of when the president finally acknowledged that former president barack obama was born in america. It took months for him to be asked that question and to pose that question. Finally he said, yes, i believe he was born in america and ran off and didnt take any questions about it. So this is the president reacting to really what shouldnt i dont think have been pushback to answer a very simple question about white supremacy. And christina, the president s claiming to not know anything about the proud boys or what they represent is a flawless echo of his claiming four years ago that he did not know who david duke was and he did not know that david duck was a ku klux klan leader when he was welcoming david dukes support for his candidacy. Right. And i never heard of the easter bunny. Thats absolutely absurd. We know that the president welcomes and saddles up with White Supremacists. He has been doing that for most of his tenure in the white house. So the fact is too little too late. What hes probably feeling the pressure of, it is not just the president at the top of the ticket on the ballot. Across the country weve got u. S. Senators, weve got governors, we have all members of the house on the ballot, a lot of republicans in the fight for their lives and their Many Republican voters who just arent comfortable now pulling a lever for someone who is unclear as to whether or not he supports white supremacy. Professor christina greer, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Please stay as safe as you can covering that trump white house. I will do that. My mom will appreciate it. Thank you. And when we come back, Donald Trumps former National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster said flatout today that donald trump is aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin. Hes not the first person thats been trying to tell us that. Well be joined next by congressman adam schiff. Customg their Car Insurance with liberty mutual, so they only pay for what they need. False alarm. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Hi susan honey . Yeah . I respect that. But that cough looks pretty bad. 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And so we have to be cognizant of this and we need our leaders to help pull the curtain back on it, not aid and abet putin by not calling him out on it or talking about other nations that are disrupting it, which they are, but russia is the primary problem in this area. Joining us now congressman adam schiff of california, the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence. Chairman schiff, what was your reaction to hear a former National Security adviser of this president very plainly saying that donald trump is aiding and abetting Vladimir Putin . First i was glad that he spoke out. And others need to as well. Those who work with donald trump and understand what a threat he poses to the country cannot in good conscious remain silent anymore. What he had to say and bear in mind this is the second National Security adviser of the president after bolton to say the president cant be trusted to defend the country. The merits of what hes saying that the president is aiding and abetting putin are sadly all too much on the mark. After all, putin and russia are intervening in our election right now, right now as people are voting the russians are interfering to try to help donald trump and sew discord. Theyre trying to amplify the president s false statements about whether we can trust the results of the election. What is the president doing . Hes still praising putin and his relationship with putin. There is a common denominator between the two stories you just covered, the one about his inability to condemn and criticize the proud boys and putin. It doesnt matter how damaging to our National Security and those white supremacist groups are a threat to our security. If theyre for him, hes for them. And how can we have someone like that as our commander in chief . What would you say to voters who when they listen to you they realize russia is trying to interfere with their right to vote, with their ability to cast their vote, with the way they cast their vote. What would you say to voters tonight about how they should approach voting this year . I would say this. It is the most important election you are ever going to participate in. Whether you decide to vote by mail, which is a safe and secure way to vote, especially during a pandemic or whether you want to go into that voting booth is less important than the fact that you vote. Were on the extraordinary circumstance right now where the russians dont have to make stuff up anymore because the president is making it up. They just need to amplify the false statements. And right now theyre amplifying the president s false claims about whether we can vote safely, whether we can vote accurately, whether the country is capable of holding an anonymous election. We are. We can. You must. And well see our way through this. But thats what i would suggest. Get out and vote. Make sure your voice is heard. The president doesnt want you to vote and neither do the russians. Go ahead and prove them wrong. And your reaction to hope hicks testing positive for coronavirus tonight. Shes been on air force one, four flights just this week with the president. Shes obviously very close to him in the course of the normal working day in the white house. We just had our doctor begin this hour by saying the president should quarantine. All the cdc guidelines say hes been exposed to coronavirus through hope hicks. He should quarantine. Well, first of all, he should have never been put in this position. He should never put himself in this position. And if you were following the advice of experts, he would have maintained distance. He would have worn masks and so would hope hicks. This is tragic. As the president s own cdc director said, the simple act of wearing a mask may be as effective as a vaccine. But whats more beyond the irresponsibility of potentially rendering the commander in chief unable to do his duties because hes too sick, you have the fact that both the president and hope hicks and everyone around them is setting such a terrible example for the country, such a mixed message where the scientists and epidemiologists, his own Health Care People are saying wear a mask, keep your distance and he and hope hicks are going to these rallies where people are not Wearing Masks. When organizers ask people to wear masks at the trump rally, they got booed. And you wonder why we have some of the results in the world. So its irresponsibility when you talk about the commander in chief to expose the commander to that risk but also it is a terrible message to the country and it is costing american lives. Chairman adam schiff, thank you very much for joining us tonight. Really appreciate it. Thank you, lawrence. When we come back, the Trump Campaign is fighting with the president ial Debate Commission about any possible change of rules like muting Donald Trumps microphone. George will says the better choice is to just cancel the rest of the socalled debates. George will joins us next. Liberm to customizes your Car Insurance so you only pay for what you need . Really . I didnt aah ok. Im on vibrate. Aaah only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. New vizinc and elderberry mmies are fortified with to sustain a healthy immune system plus melatonin for restorative sleep because being run down, is not an option. Recharge your nights to take on your days with new vicks immunity zzzs. Its a dark, lonely place. This is art inspired by real stories of People Living with bipolar depression. Emptiness. A hopeless struggle. The lows of bipolar depression can disrupt your life and be hard to manage. 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And so even without donald trump the televised president ial debate is an absurdly irrelevant form of audition for the actual work of the presidency, which goes on behind closed doors. But when donald trump enters the frame of a president ial debate, suddenly the absurdity of the forum becomes instantly apparent to everyone. George will writes the national interest, actually National Security demands that the other two scheduled mortifications, fraudulently advertised as president ial debates should be canceled. Joining us now is george f. Will, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the Washington Post and political analyst. George, the piece about National Security, whats the National Security issue in canceling the other two debates . When the United States makes itself appear bewildered and pathetic, our enemies do not respond with sympathy and empathy. They respond saying a country this distracted is vulnerable. We know mr. Putin and mr. Xi have much aims. The Trump Campaign is now fighting with the commission over the possibility of changing some rules like possible muting the microphones. They are accusing the president ial Debate Commission of being horribly biassed against republicans. It is of course headed by a former chairman of the republican party, jack danforth, former republican senator who my own personal experience working in the senate there were no more honorable republican senator i ever worked with. Hes a member of that committee, of that commission. But the Trump Campaign doesnt trust any of them. Well, there is something about diggering with rules. Trying to restrain mr. Trump with rules is like trying to lasso a locomotive. Short of a trap door beneath his elector, i dont see what rules are going to do. Not only will we have a subtraction from our standing, and another edition to our already ample supply of cynicism and disgust, we will proceed on the false assumption that were somehow testing something that is germane. President s read briefing papers. They get oral briefings. N they negotiate with other leaders. It has nothing to do withstanding on stage and asked the meaning of life. When the Lincoln Douglas people debated, it was something a little different. Whoever went first in that debate spoke for an hour. Whoever went second spoke for an hour and a half. And the man who led off spoke for an additional half hour. Imagine making a coherent argument about, say, popular sovereignty and expansion of slavery into the territories for an hour. Tells you where we are. And most of our president ial campaigns have not had president ial debates. It is not an essential component of the campaign. Thats right. And, therefore, usually when we have one, people say, will someone make a mistake . Not someone will someone elucidated. But will someone make a mistake of the kind jerry ford did saying poland and Eastern Union are not dominated by the Eastern Union and never will be. He lost four or five days of campaigning trying to untangle that bit of rhetorical misadventure. So again, what are we testing here . The idea that these people have been in public life for a while. One has been president for three and a half years, but in a normal campaign, the candidates running for president have been running for several years, have by the time we reach this length of the campaign, people have been voting and were hardly familiar with old. George will, thank you very much for joining us again tonight. We always appreciate it. Glad to be with you, lawrence. Thank you. Up next, who will be the next person on air force one to catch the coronavirus . 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Thats number one. He could not come. The second thing that could be done is for him to insist that if people are there they wear a mask. He can make that happen. He could wear one, too. But those are the two things that he could do to make sure that it doesnt become a super spreader event. Joining us now is the chair of the board of supervisors for rock county, wisconsin where donald trump plans to have a rally on saturday. What would you like to say to the president tonight about his rally in your county on saturday . Well, i would echo what governor evers just said in the last clip you just played and ask that the president not come to wisconsin at this time due to the rising cases that were seeing, both in wisconsin and in our county. How do you think he will be received in wisconsin now that wisconsin is going to wake up tomorrow to the news that hope hicks has tested positive for coronavirus. Shes been on air force one with the president four times this week. She goes everywhere with the president. Shes in the white house with him every day. Donald trump has now been exposed to the virus from hope hicks. She began this hour by saying the president should now be quarantines. Right. So i would hope that the president would actually lead by example. We have been asking citizens to selfquarantine when they have come in contact with those who have been who have tested positive for the virus. And i believe as a leader it behooves the president to lead by example and to selfquarantine and not travel at this time. We also have reports that the trump group does not wear masks and they do not wear masks when they go to these rallies and when they have these rallies. The only person who is actually in any way socially distanced at the rally is donald trump himself, which he explained to a reporter in nevada. Hes the only one who practices any form of social distancing. Do you think in the next 48 hours the message will get through to even Trump Supporters in wisconsin, it is dangerous to be around donald trump events . Yes. Well, i would say that that is definitely one of the concerns that we had prior to finding out that ms. Hicks tested positive for the coronavirus. We do have some serious concerns about our citizens not practicing social distancing when Wearing Masks at the rally and then going back into the community and spreading it to other through contact. So i cant tell you what its going to look like over the next 24 to 48 hours as far as people waking up and being more concerned, but i can tell you that were definitely concerned and that was part of our reasoning for asking the president to cancel this event. Just politically, what can you tell us about a state where the candidate who is not having any rallies at all, joe biden, is ten points ahead of the candidate who wants to have public rallies in wisconsin . I think that speaks to the citizens of wisconsin in that we are taking this were trying to take it seriously. Were trying to be safe and protect one another, and i think that joe biden by not holding these large public rallies is doing what were asking President Trump to be here by canceling this rally and leading by example. Thank you very much for joining us tonight, and i hope everyone in wisconsin staying safe this weekend. Thank you so much. Thank you. Up next, mike espy is on the verge of making history once again, and that history might include winning back the United States senate for the democrats. Democratic Senate Candidate mike espy who is running tied now in his race joins us next. Mornings were made for Better Things than Rheumatoid Arthritis. When considering another treatment, ask about xeljanz. A pill for adults with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis when methotrexate has not helped enough. 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Lets make hand washing andren important one. Ssons. Safeguard is donating ten Million Dollars in hand soaps and sanitizers to families in need. Safeguard your family. Wash away germs. We have breaking news about covid19 in the trump white house. Donald trump has just tweeted, hope hicks has just tested positive for covid19. The first lady and i are awaiting waiting for our test results. In the meantime, we will begin our quarantine process. No word yet on what the quarantine process means for donald trump, but this could mean that donald trump will not be endangering the lives of his wisconsin supporters by having two rallies just two days from now on saturday in wisconsin, rallies that already local officials are objecting to, including the governor of wisconsin. Donald trump saying that he and the first lady will begin our quarantine process. You heard at the beginning of this hour dr. Ashish jha said that the president of the United States should now be quarantined because he has been exposed to the coronavirus through hope hicks, who has been on air force one, four flights with the president this week, and is with the president every day in the white house. Well have more on this as it develops. Brian williams will have more on this in the next hour. Donald trump saying that he and the first lady will begin our quarantine process. I want to turn now to control of the United States senate and mike espys attempt for a senate seat. Mike espy is very good at making history. In 1986, he became the first black congressman from mississippi since 1883. He went on to become the first black secretary of agriculture in the clinton administration, and he remains the only black secretary of agriculture we have ever had. Mike espy is now on the verge of making history once again by becoming the first black senator from mississippi since 1881. The last time mississippi elected a democrat to the u. S. Senate was in 1982. In march, mike espys standing in the polls looked typical for a democrat running for senate in mississippi. The incumbent republican cindy hydesmith was at 54, and mike espy was at 28. But since then, the republican senators polling has collapsed, and mike espys polling has gone straight up, and the race is now a tie, 4140. And as close followers of Senate Campaigns know, whenever an incumbent falls below 50 in the polls, the incumbent is in grave danger because the remaining undecided voters tend to vote for the challenger. In mississippi, the incumbent challenger is polling at the incumbent is polling at 41. The challenger is polling at 40. Theres mike espy against cindy hydesmith. If thats the way the polling looks going into election day, you should make a very large bet on mike espy making history once again. Joining us now is Mississippi Democratic candidate for senate mike espy. Thank you very, very much for joining us tonight, secretary espy. What do you think explains your rise in the polls and your opponents collapse in the polls . Well, first of all, lawrence, thank you so much for having me on. Thank you for this opportunity. I think there are three reasons. One, mississippi is just tired of being last, tired of having less. You know, were just so tired of it. Im 66 years old, and ever since ive been, you know, here in this state, were last in education, last in health care, last in job opportunities. Were just tired of it, and they want someone now who is accessible, available, who believes in a new mississippi, a mississippi thats welcoming, a mississippi that will lead this state into the third decade of the 21st century. The second reason is that people now are looking at cindy hydesmith. Lawrence, she is uniquely awful. Not only is she against Affordable Care act, not only does she want to cut preexisting illness conditions, coverage for that, not only is she not doing anything to stop the tide of all of our rural closing, she loves mississippi, but she loves mississippi of old. She does. She has a penchant to glorify confederate symbols. In 2014, she went into the Jefferson Davis museum here in south mississippi. Now, thats fine to go to the museum. Our flag that weve taken down is now in the museum. But she went there, lawrence. She tried on that little confederate hat. She tried on a waistcoat and held a rifle and then she said, this is the best of mississippis history. No, its not. Its not. I dont believe that. So they want someone who will lead this state into the future, welcoming and uniting. And then the third reason is frankly i ran before 18 months ago, and you know that. I ran against the same uniquely awful senator, and we got 47 even though we only had six months to run. Our race was the last senate race in the United States because cochran fell ill and resigned. So we had to in april decide to run, stand up a campaign, find a staff, raise the money. We got 47 of the vote. Thats why i knew we could win. We had to run then to win now. Your viewers should know here in mississippi, we have more black voters per capita than any state in the nation. So we have a lot to work with from the beginning. So all we have to do is build a coalition. Just get out the black voters like never before and get enough white voters in the suburbs, in the College Towns or the mississippi gulf coast to build that coalition to do what we need to do, and we are doing it. Yours is not the highest Profile Senate Race that the National Media is covering. Have you had trouble getting the attention and the support from the National Democratic party for your race in mississippi . Yes, yes. You know, its like theyre beginning to now, and im very grateful. If you had asked me that question two months ago, i would have been i would have given you a different answer. But right now im very grateful. Theyre beginning to come now. I did a call with tom perez and the National Democratic donors yesterday. But this is mississippi, lawrence. Im used to this. Its like catch22. They ignore you until you can prove your own viability. And its hard to prove your own viability if they ignore you. So here in mississippi, we got all these black voters, but 20 of them are below the poverty level. There are 100,000 infrequent voters. I wish i could automatically say just come and vote for me, but theyre in grinding poverty. Its hard to pick yourself up and go vote for a candidate if you dont have any sense that that candidate could have an impact on your life. So thats our charge, to take our gloves, our mask, and our ppe, and i really help for that with your viewers, to go and get those 100,000 voters that havent voted for anyone since barack obama 2008. They didnt vote for him in 12. They didnt vote for hillary in 16. They didnt vote for me in 18. But we know who they are. We know where they are. We have their contact. I need to be able to get them. We need resources into this campaign. Please have your viewers go to espyforsenate. Com. We can do this. Mike espy, democratic candidate for senate in mississippi. I am betting on you on election night. These poll numbers are going your way. Thank you very much for joining us tonight. Thank you so much, lawrence. I appreciate this. Mike espy gets tonights last word. The 11th hour with Brian Williams starts now. Well, good evening once again. Day 1,351 of this trump administration. 33 days until the president ial election. As you can see, there is breaking news tonight involving the president and coronavirus. And here it is. As of a few minutes ago, the president has just tweeted this out. Hes announcing hes headed into quarantine, and we quote here. Hope hicks, who has been working so hard without even taking a small break, has just tested positive for covid19