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joining is former deputy national security advisor for the obama white house, ben rhodes. viktor orban would be an interlocutor for vladimir putin. it feels like that is exactly what happened. how do you see the sort of fallout from that meeting last week? >> it is not subtle at all, alex. i don't usually plug things that i wrote a book a couple of years ago that is about this phenomenon of trump, orban and vladimir putin and what they share in common, which is a sense of their domestic politics and the kind of leaders they want to be at home and therefore the kind of world they want to live in. putin is at the far end of the authoritarian spectrum. he has transitioned his country from something that was trying to be democracy to essentially a one man, one rule dictatorship. orban is in the middle. he has turned this country that was a liberal democracy and a soft autocracy where there is one party rule. trump wants to be these guys. but, the price of that is signing on to this no holds barred, no respect for sovereignty, no care for democracy foreign-policy of putin. puti

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. >>> ben rhodes gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. >>> tonight, the battle for the white house is all but set. and it is looking like a biden trump rematch. steve kornacki is here with the latest on tuesday's primary results. >>> plus, the heated moments on capitol hill. both republicans and democrats grilling special council hur over his report on president biden. then, is the clock ticking on tiktok? the bipartisan effort in the house to block the app. what's at stake in this bill as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle. live from new york city. and we are now 230 days away from the election. and it is a very, very big night for the candidates. with tonight's primary results, nbc news is now officially projecting that president joe biden has won enough delegates to be officially named the democrats' presumptive presidential nominee. and president trump at this point is very close will to doing the same with the republican nomina

rhodes, issued a white paper, describing the security risk that donald trump's financial situation now poses. national security professionals have long maintained that large personal debts present a significant countintelligence risk for those with access to classified information. notably donald trump's debts rise far above what security and counterintelligence officials find, concerning for most government servants, let alone the commander-in-chief. his debts are hardly the only source of concern. his well-established track record of recklessly sharing the classified information and use of presidential office for personal gain, dem straights has willingness to prioritize his own personal profits above the safety of americans. experts have also highlighted telltale signs of vulnerability including erratic behavior, severe financial strain, and anger towards the united states government, all qualities exhibited by donald trump. simply put, donald trump's unique and perilous financial situation presents real vulnerabilities for u.s. national security. earlier this evening, we recorded a

deputy national security adviser under president barack obama, ben rhodes is here. with me at the table, former republican congressman david jolly. i'll start with you. nice to see you, my friend. this was such a bizarre -- in some ways a sad way to wake up, mitch mcconnell rolling over and endorsing trump after referring him criminally to the justice department for inciting the violence on january 6th. and then just endorsing him, didn't have to. the guy's retired. he threatened his life, threatened his wife's security with his racist attacks against her. there he was today with an endorsement. >> yeah. nothing surprise being it. i mean, this has now happened three cycles in a row, 2016, 2020, 2024. everybody with some exceptions like liz cheney, but frankly i think what's striking is how few exceptions there are. the party leadership has rolled over. let's not forget that mitch mcconnell has repeatedly done this when he actually could have done things to avert these outcomes. you know, in 2016 when he was warned about russian interference in the election, he tried

. >> and ben rhodes delived this in the context of a peace plan.ositive steps toward a peace plan including what he wants is a temporary cease fire immediately to get hostages out, but also, other elements to the peace plan which include a demand, a hope for new leadership in israel and new palestinian leadership. >> yeah. and i think there are true elements of this. the first is there is enormous frustration in the united states about the israeli government's refusal to listen to anything they are hearing from the united states. particularly as it relates to continuing this military operation into the city of rafah with a million palestinians and could be a greater humanitarian catastrophe. critically, the netanyahu coalition which includes the most far right members of the cabinet we have ever seen in israel's history, literally, clearly their purpose is to prevent the palestinian state from being a possibility. we know this because they tell us this. so the key minister tells us this. and i think what chuck schumer realizes is if we don't stand

rhodes issued a white paper describing the security risk that donald trump's financial situation now poses . national security professionals have long maintained that large personal debts isn't a significant counterintelligence risk for those with access to classified information, notably donald trump's debts rise far above what security and counter intelligence officials find concerning foremost government servants, let alone a commander in chief. his debts are hardly the only source of concern. his well-established track record of recklessly sharing classified information and use of the presidential office for personal gain demonstrates his willingness to prioritize his own personal profits above the safety of americans. experts have also highlighted telltale signs of ability to foreign influence, including erratic behavior, severe financial strain, and anger toward the united states government, all qualities exhibited by donald trump. simply put, donald trump's unique and peerless financial situation presents real vulnerabilities for u.s. national security. earlier this evening, w

bouie, "new york times" opinion columnist and cohost of the unclear and present danger podcast, and ben rhodes, former deputy national security adviser, msnbc political contributor and cohost of the pod save the world podcast. thank you all for being here. nomally, there have so many different ways i would go at this. historian first, ladies first, jamelle bouie is our newest friend of the show, but i'm going to switch it up and go to you, ben, because that news kind of dropped like an anvil on us on our presidential show meeting today, that donald trump will actually get these national security briefings. how does that read to you? can i hope and dream that maybe this is just a way to catch him sharing those national security briefings? maybe they'll give him wrong information and see if he sends it to putin so they can catch him. what is happening? >> well, i think, joy, you spoke to the awkwardness of this. joe biden a president who follows norms. but that's difficult when you're dealing with someone in donald trump who literally is a wrecking ball through any norms. so there's kind

ben rhodes, thank you for your time and thoughts tonight. really appreciate it. >>> that is our show for the evening. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> tiktok is a threat to our national security because it is owned by bytedance, which does the bidding of the chinese communist party. >> i believe that this bill can cause future problems. it's opening up pandora's pox. >> the bill seriously undermines civil liberties by essentially banning a platform that 150 million americans use to engage in free speech and expression. >> that's just some of the debate over tiktok yesterday taking place on the house floor before lawmakers voted by a massive margin to pass a bill that could potentially ban the popular app. we'll go through where the legislation will stand in the senate. >>> plus, donald trump is expected to be in court today for a hearing in the classified documents case. we'll have legal analysis for you on that and on the charges against the former president that were just dismissed in georgia. >>> and we'll show

my friend ben rhodes, thank you for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. >> thanks, alex. >>> that is our show for the evening. now it is time for last word with lawrence o'donnell. >> alex, i was listening to your discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think the president of the united states supposed to be a strong man? it is a term we've been using for decades in a way that everyone using it electively understood. i'm not sure it communicates what we would like it to communicate here. >> you are so right. we should call it fascist fan and the boys. that is the essence of what is happening here. >> i don't have a suggestion, i'm feeling awkward about that term. that's all. that is where i am. >> duly noted. thank you for the feedback. have a great show. >> thanks, alex. >>> between now and tuesday, november 5th, the two most important stories we will be covering at this hour are the multiple prosecutions of criminal defendant donald trump and the presidential elect

>>> ben rhodes gets tonight's last world. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now. phanie ruhle starts right now. >>> tonight, the battle for the white house is all but set, and it is looking like a biden trump rematch. steve kornacki is here with the latest on tuesday's primary results. >>> plus, the heated moments on capitol hill. both republicans and democrats grilling special counsel hur over his report on president biden. >>> none, is the clock ticking on tiktok? the bipartisan effort in the house to block the app. what's at stake in this bill, as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening once again. i'm stephanie ruhle, live from new york city. and we are now 238 days away from the election, and it is a very, very big night for the candidates. with tonight's primary results, nbc news is now officially projecting that president joe biden has won enough delegates to be officially named the democrats presumptive presidential nominee. and donald trump at this point is very close to doing the same with the republican nomination, but

rhodes is back.rk. tell us how it's going and where things stand. >> it's a challenge. and i don't want to sugar coat it. the fact is that our democracy has been under attack, as you point out, for several years now. good people who administer elections have been driven out. bad people who want to deny elections, some of them are seeping in. we continue to see a never-ending assault on democracy in a republican-controlled legislatures around the country, and we continue to see an assault on democracy through right-wing vigilante organizations that are inspired in many respects by the republican party, coordinated in some instances with the republican party. that are challenging voters, trying to prevent them from voting. right now, stephen miller's organization has a lawsuit in arizona to try to strike a provision of that state's election procedure manual that prevents the harassment of voters. the rnc is also trying to strike down that manual. and just in the last few days, as we've seen the purge a