After the rachel maddow show, were going to be showing my new movie. My new documentary which is called from russia with lev. Its about the first trump impeachment and what was both s terrible and equally so stupid about that entire scandal. E so in case you want to pop it in your calendar or set it in the dvr, im here tonight as normal but you get a second show at 8 00 p. M. Eastern on friday, and right after that special rachel maddow show, you can see my new movie, from russia with lev. But we start tonight in this fraught and unnerving place that we are in american news and politics and frankly, in American Life right now. The last time there were multiple Assassination Plots against a President Or President ial candidate in such quick succession, it was nearly 50 years ago. It was 49 years ago this month, in fact, in september 1975. President Gerald Ford was in a park in sacramento, california, when a fanatical follower of Charles Manson pulled out a. 45 and pointed it at him. The
Thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here. One quick note before we get started tonight. Right now, it is monday night, which is when you are used to seeing me here on the tv machine. Your eyes are not deceiving you, here it is. But this week, i will also be here on friday. We re doing a special edition of the rachel maddow show at the end of this week on friday at 8:00 p. M. Eastern. And then at 9:00 p. M. Eastern, on friday, right after, right after the rachel maddow show, we re going to be showing my new movie. My new documentary which is called from russia with lev. It s utthe first trump impeachment and what was both so terrible and equally so stupid about that entire scandal. So in case you want to pop it in your calendar or set it in the dvr, i m here tonight as normal but you get a second show at 8:00 p. M. Eastern on friday, and right after that special rachel maddow show, you can see my new movie, from russia with lev. But we start tonight
Social media to criticize and the president, according to authorities, the former president was in the middle of a round of golf. Today, secret service agent was walking ahead of the president and his party to secure the area. That s when the agents saw the barrel of a rifle poking out of the fence. We don t know at this moment whether shots were fired by the man with the rival, the man they ve now detained. But the secret service says that an agent did fire shots toward that person. The man ran away. Authorities were able to capture him thanks to the help of an eyewitness who identified the man took a photograph of his vehicle. They d now detain that person. Authorities also released these photos. They say that in the bushes where the man was scene, they found an ak47 style rifle, a scope, two backpacks, ceramic tiles a gopro camera. This ramette towels are in those backpacks you see hanging up as a kind of fence to protect the alleged shooter. Authorities also addressed how someone w
asner: i ll tell you about the golden age of television. this period in time will be looked upon as the platinum age. lear: our obligation is to entertain, and if we ve left something to think about, so much the better. kunta. kunta kinte. television should not be just entertainment. charges were leveled at the commercial television network. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse me! we have a responsibility to give the audience what it tuned in to see. the years of the 60s, which end in a few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. what is this world coming to? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowed that hadn t been before? it was the last decade where it was a campfire television, where there was one in the living room. i want to watch an al
kunta. kunta kinte. televisionon should nonot be jujust entertainment. charges were leveled at the commerercial televevision netw. congress has no right interfere with the media. well, excuse m me! we havave a respononsibility to give e the audienence what it tuned in to see. ththe years ofof the 60s,, which h end in a f few hours, have a bad reputation that is not entirely justified. some things got worse, obviously, but tv and other news coverage is better, not worse. we simply developed more demanding standards. when i think of tv, i think of the 70s. whwhat is thisis d coming to?o? the american public was hungry for more. what was allowowed that hadn t bebeen before?e? it was t the last dedecade whe it wasas a campfirire televisi, wherere there wawas one in the liviving room.. i i want to wawatch an allll-blk shshow for a c chan. where you gonna find one? here s one the los angeles lakers against the milwaukee bucks. bianculli: young people were interested in relevant