protecting our democracy. the president is expected to address threats from maga republican election deniers to not accept the result thofs year s vote. and the growing embrace of political violence in the aftermath of the hammer attack on house speaker pelosi s 82-year-old husband. joining me for the hour are jen saki, matthew dowd and david plus. jen i start with you. you ve been talking to white house officials. what should we expect to hear from the president? joy, it s six days until the election and this is the big closing argument for the president. there he s doing this because at this point it sless about convincing people that you have a better plan. it s about lighting a fire under those democrats and people who are going to support democratic candidates to get them out. the other piece they are focused on is saying to democratics and other people voting for candidates hang with us. it may be a long week. it may take time to count the votes but stick with us and
Are verdict without michael cohen. And i and welcome. Its time to break down the big stories with some smart people. Today, were asking from an attack on the hush money trial, judge, to a nazi reference on a campaign video. Whats going on, what Donald Trumps week of unforced error. Then my wife did it. The bizarre, but some cited legit defense weve now seen from a Supreme Court justice and a us senator whos on trial and grab a plate. Were breaking down the best All You Can Eat strategy. And theres only one right way to do it. The paddle is here and ready to go. So sit back, relax, and lets talk about it up first. Donald trump im just hush money. Trial is expected to go to the jury by midweek but its trumps comments and his campaigns mistake that are raising eyebrows, right now. Donald trump attack the judge in the hush money trial, juan merchan, who was born in colombia and emigrated to the us as a child the moment reminiscent of 2016, hes a mexican when trump railed against the judge
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