Congratulations. That is our show for tonight. Now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, and for lawrence. I hope you have a great weekend. That was an amazing show. Enjoy. You too. Donald trump makes a lot of bold predictions about the biden presidency, but one prediction has not panned out and that is a stock market crash. The dow under the biden administration ended the week at an alltime record high. Here is how Fox News reported it. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us and there it goes. The fireworks are queued. It is the 32nd Record Close for the dow this year. That will do it for us. Have a wonderful weekend. The 32nd Record Close this year. So much for trumps prognostications. There are 3090s to Election Day and early voting is underway in 26 states. Today Vice President harris made her first visit to the u. S. Mexico border since becoming the democratic nominee for president , where she received a briefing from customs and Border Protection officials and viewed
Tell us why President Biden hopes to accomplish. Reporter any time you see these four leaders, biden, Prime Ministers of india, Japan And Australia they take pains to say this alights known as the quad is not countering the influence of any one country but when you look at some of the deliverables, the announcements we expect these leaders to make expanding what is known as the maritime Awareness Initiative from the specific ocean to include the Indian Ocean conducting joint Coach Guard Coast guard exercises, it all speaks to an alliance that is trying to counter the influence of china. That is what at the heart of the agenda. The alliance is something that President Biden as he is very much in Legacy Mode is particularly proud of. Jake sullivan, the national Security Adviser saying that President Biden is not just hosting the stomach in his hometown pretty is hosting each of these leaders at his home, his home in wilmington. Hes at each three Prime Ministers coming to visit him at his
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
Interviewing top nonfiction authors about their latest work. All after words programs are also available as podcasts. It is so good to talk to you. Another book journalist. How do you primarily think of yourself these days . Guest i still very much see myself as a book critic. This book is just sort of an extension of that work. These days i feel like i am a political journalist and just using books as a means to that kind of work. Is that something that you steered clear of . I didnt have a sense that i wanted to necessarily be an author or write a book. Reading other peoples books was plenty and i learned a little bit if i went through the process of writing a book it would be sympathetic to the authors and ruin me for my day job but i think that its been useful to see that side of the process and all the work that goes into creating that product i usually get at the tail end. Do you think its going to change . I think it almost has to. I want to see i suspected it had to in some way