Back. Overnight weve seen the president evolve his thinking to now advocate for the Death Penalty and, regardless, both of these statements are somewhat inappropriate and unprecedented just in terms of what a president traditionally would say, which is to restrain from offering this sort of commentary. It is in keep with the kind of public persona that donald trump has cultivated over many, many years in public life of trying to show himself to be strong and tough and have this steely resolve. But hes not a commentator anymore. Hes the president of the United States. So theres a different standard, and his words carry a different weight. Theres an obliviousness to the fact that he sits atop the federal government. A federal government whose Justice System he described yesterday as a Laughing Stock and a joke. Well, the comment to first it just shows his total lack of rigor in making any
pronouncements. This is someone who revels in his unpreparedness. Its an improvisational act. Theres
Wondering why im saying hi from northampton. Yes, i am. Yes. I was asked to say that today when i was on the Bill Newman Radio Show in northampton, massachusetts. Phoning in to the radio show. Of course, you are a big local hero there. I was on the show, of course, talking about my new book Playing With Fire and im one of those do anything to sell a book guys and so when he asked me to say hi to Rachel Maddow from northampton i said ill say that tonight on tv. And may many book sales follow. Bill newman is a great guy, Local Aclu Hero in western massachusetts. Known him for a very long time and anything from northampton is good as far as im concerned. Well done. He loves you and they love you up there. Thanks, man. Thank you, rachel. Well, donald trump jr. s secret communication with wikileaks about material stolen from the Democratic Party became
fifth accuser of roy moore emerged this afternoon. And this time, the woman appeared before cameras and told her own story in her own words
Donald trump jr. Released a string of is these during the president ial campaign. This follows a report about these exchanges. Though most of the communications were one sided, trump junior did interact on a number of occasions. Wikileaks told him, quote, a the r. A. C. Is a recycled proiraq war pac. We have guessed the password, it is putintrump. Done responded, off the record, i dont know who that is boo but ill ask around, according to te atlantic he did ask around, including trumps soninlaw jared kushner, telling them wikileaks had reached out. We dont know in what context he was saying that, but kushner forwarded that email onto hope hicks. In a separate exchange, done junior reached out october 23rd
asking wikileaks about an impending release writing whats behind the wednesday leak i keep reading about . Wikileaks didnt respond, but just four days later it released John Podestas emails on the same day as youll recall the u. S. Intelligence community condemned russia for using wik
Beyond those who have been so outspoken to push back on that. Will we see other senators come out today and take a flake or corkerlike position on that . Well find out. But right now i doubt it. A standing ovation. I want to bring my panel in. Robert costa, National Political reporter for the Washington Post and bret stephens, an oped columnist for the New York Times and megan murphy, the editor of Bloomberg Business week. Brett, i want to start with you. One trump critic said the ice is beginning to crack. What were seeing with bob corker, with jeff flake, youre going to see more republicans follow suit. Do you think thats the case . Follow suit in denouncing the president . Yes. Or in renouncing their political ambitions. Fair point. This is the key thing. Theres a law in economics, greshams law, bad money drives out good. In a sense what we have is bad republican politicians driving out good ones who are just removing themselves literally
from circulation. There was this conceit amo
Smoking crack. He got locked up for that. The mayor has passed. The cost of the statue. 300,000. So Thomas Jefferson statue no, marion barry statue, yes. Moving on. This week a muslim terrorist mowed down 8 people in his van in New York City. Thankfully an nypd officer shot him. And he asked to fly and isis flag in his hospital room. The president tweeted this. The Wall Street Journal reporter took issue with the president s call for the Death Penalty. The unifying threat is the broader politics of donald trump, the ethnocentric nationalism. He did not react this way when a
white person shot dozens of people in las vegas. He did not come and say we have to do an immediate policy change, we need to give this guy the Death Penalty. Jesse Donald Trump Didnt Call for the Death Penalty because the las vegas short killed himself. Malcolm nance says this after the nypd attack. What you are seeing is not islam. None of this is condoned including the sacrificing and getting yourself killed at t