heather mcgee is author of the best-selling book the some of us what racism costs everyone. right, fix it. >> no. i will say one thing to start with, i have tremendous respect for joe biden as a person, as a president who wildly exceeded my expectations. >> may end up saving civilization. >> canceling lanes of dollars in student debt. i don't think it's fair that his approval ratings have been so low and have been solo, not talking about since the debate, i'm saying i don't think it's fair based on his record that the approval ratings have been so low but about nine months ago, i began talking with grassroots organization leaders who were saying, our way to win and reelect jill biden is not to talk about joe biden. and that was worrying. >> you were talking about people to put a coalition together, our best message isn't about -- >> isn't about joe biden. we don't need to talk about him. i think he is being blamed not for his age, i think he is blamed for inflation. that's corporate price gouging. i think he's being blamed for wall street mucking up the real estate market. i

heather mcgee, thank you very much. that's all in for this week. alex wagner starts tonight. alex, you know heather. >> i do, and i spend not an insignificant amount of my time trying to get heather mcgee to do my show. and i just want to tell you, heather, i'm looking at the camera, 9:00 is only, now, it's 9:00. you can do this. you are welcome to stay, should i just say? thank you, my friend. >>> in the past eight years, donald trump has given three speeches, three, accepting his party's nomination for president. his first speech now feels like a lifetime ago. it will always be remembered for this moment. >> i have joy in the political arena, so that the powerful can no longer beat up on people who cannot defend themselves. nobody knows the system better than me. which is why i, alone, can fix it. >> i, alone, can fix it. that instantly became the thing everyone took away from the speech. it really nailed exactly how trump managed to turn the republican party into a cult of personality, focused on just one man, donald trump himself. but in the eight years since then, the cu