work its way up the applet ladder, i would imagine, before the supreme court continues to move forward with that. nancy north of, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> that is all in, on this thursday night. alex wagner, starting right now, getting. alex >> good evening, chris. such an important topic you're talking about. ron klain, the white house chief of staff. asking him a little bit more about administration's policy on those lawsuits and those orders in terms of protecting women and their reproductive freedoms. >> i did not know he had the white house chief of staff -- that's very exciting. the elizabeth warren interview was fantastic. i loved it when shrub your hands. >> i see you. i see you john fetterman. that was the best part. i agree. it should be a gif or jeff, whatever you want to call it. the bookings are fantastic throughout the hour. thank you for joining us this

hour. outonight, in just moments we will joined live by the white house chief of staff, ron klain, and we will ask him about president biden's return to the campaign trail tonight. the new burst of democratic momentum heading into the midterms and donald trump's legal woes. plus, a judge says that by tomorrow he will release a deducted redacted version -- to get the mar-a-lago search warrant as the da investigating trump in georgia calls on more of his associates to testify. former federal prosecutor and senior member of the mueller investigation, and you weisman as our guest. as conservatives take over the nations school boards, you reporting on who is funding those efforts and opening up a new front in the culture war. we start tonight with a president on a hot streak. president biden at a rally tonight rockville, maryland, jumping back onto the campaign trail with his first political event of the mid term season. >> for decades, these climate deniers blocked any meaningful

progress in dealing with climate progress, could not this year. this year the american people want and the climate deniers lost. for decades, the biggest corporations and the wealthiest americans who fought to block a fair tax code, and for a decade after decade, they won. this year, some of the biggest companies in america flooded capitol hill with lobbyists, money and campaign contributions. they lost. the american people one. every single republican in the house. every single republican in the senate. every single one, here this, america. every single republican voted against lowering prescription, lowering health care costs, tackling climate -- against affair taxes. every single one. that's not hyperbole.

have a single america needs to return the favor when we vote. >> tonight's political rally, the president also had choice words for his political foes. people he repeatedly referred to under the umbrella of maga republicans. >> the alternative to the democrats are the maga republicans. the maga republicans have awakened to the powerful force in america, the women of this nation. the maga republicans don't have a clue about the power of women. let me tell you something. they are about to find out. the maga republicans are not just threatening our personal rights and economic security. they are a threat to our very democracy. they refused to accept the will of the people. they embrace political violence. they don't believe and democracy. this is why in this moment,

those of you love this country, democrats, independents, mainstream republicans, we must be stronger, more determined and more committed to saving america then the maga republicans are destroying america. >> tonight's rally comes as a fired up biden wraps up wicked only be described as a summer of victories for him and his party. the president managed to pass a major health care and climate bill, the biggest investment in climate change in american history. he has notched significant bipartisan -- veterans health care and american manufacturing. he oversaw successful military operation to takeout and al-qaeda leader, shepherded an economy with record low unemployment, and 70 straight days of falling gas prices, and this week he provided students really from more than 40 million americans for student debt. not everyone in the party is happy about that. just tonight, ohio democratic senate candidate tim ryan pushed back on biden's student

loan decisions saying, quote, sends the wrong message to the millions of ohioans working -- sorry, without a degree, working just as hard to make ends meet. tim ryan is not the only one. nbc news reports today that democrats in tough races have become distancing themselves from biden student loan decision ahead of crucial midterm elections. yet, despite the criticism, it's sort of looks like president biden's accomplishments are finally starting to break through with voters. this week, president biden's approval rating ticked up for the first time in months according to two new polls. while voters may just be starting to warm back up to the president they are downright excited about other members of his party. on tuesday, democrats won a closely watched swing district in new york validating their message on reproductive rights. on top of that, you pulling out today from pennsylvania shows democratic sun senate candidate john fetterman with a whopping 13 point lead over his opponent, tv doctor and crudités enthusiast, mehmet oz.

in a race for governor in pennsylvania, democrat josh shapiro now has an 11-point lead over his far-right, trump backed opponent, doug mystery anna. all of this comes at a time when it de facto leader of the republican party continues to plunge deeper and deeper into a well of legal dramas. sometime within the next 15 hours we expect to get our first look in a partially redacted version of the affidavit that the justice department submitted in order to get the go-ahead to search trump's florida home for top secret documents. while we are not sure exactly what's or how much we will learn when that document is publicly released, we do know that it will keep the former presidents alleged mishandling of classified information front and center. at the same time, the current president has gotten bolder about criticizing the trump influence in the republican party, and is now predicting its -- demise, we. think ahead of tonight's rally in maryland, biden said, what we are seeing now is the beginning of the or the death knell of an extreme maga

philosophy it, is not just trump but the entire philosophy. it's like semi fascism. it is a wild state of affairs here among our political parties, especially given where we were just a few months ago when republicans looked poised to sweep both houses of congress. with just 75 days left to go until the midterms did the biden administration keep up the momentum, and how did they plan to deal with an erratic former president who keeps stealing headlines? you know just the person to ask. joining us now is ron klain, white house chief of staff from the biden ministration. a man who has been working very, very, very, very, very hard. mr. ron klain, thank you for being here. >> alex, thank you so much for having me. good luck on the new show. happy to be our guest. >> good luck to both of us here. ron, let me just start with the words of the president, hours ago, about semi fascism. is it the presidents belief that fascism lies at the root

of the current republican party? >> i think you heard the president tonight explaining in his own words the difference between what he and the democrats are fighting for and with the maga republicans are fighting for. he and democrats are fighting for standing up to special interests, saving our democracy, bringing down costs and protecting women's rights to choose, getting guns off our streets, and donald trump and the maga republicans are fighting to reverse all those things. they're fighting to oppose the inflation reduction act. every single republican in the house and senate. -- rick scott, ahead of their campaign committee has talked about getting rid of social security medicare, putting it on the chopping block every five years. and the list goes on and on. he heard the president detail in his speech in rockville. the contrast, the gap between with jill biden and the democrats are fighting for. with donald trump in the minute that republicans are fighting for. that gap just cannot be wired. >> he's using the word fascism

to describe the republican party. i guess my question is, does he see a meaningful difference between -- >> he's using -- >> maga republicans and republicans or is it all one in the same? >> he made that very clear. nor mainstream republicans refer to governor hold him in maryland. he was speaking as a mainstream republican. a more traditional kind of republican. we were clearly seeing on the campaign trail, a mega republican, engaging in the big lie. refusing to accept the outcome of elections. threatening to overturn the will of the voters in subsequent elections. that is what the president is referring to. that is the threat to our democracy, and the president was quite clear and eloquent about it tonight. >> you mentioned larry hogan, and i think it's worth mentioning that the guy that is running for the governorship in maryland's dan cox, very much a maga republican. the president said it's either the beginning or the death

knell of this might get republican fascism. which is it? those are two very different roads. one would think divergence. the start of this or the end of this. which one is it in the white house's opinion? >> look, again, the president was quite clear about this tonight. voters have to see the clear difference between the two political parties. they have to see, the american people have to see where the democrats stand. they're fighting for things like -- making education more affordable. fighting to protect social security and medicare. fighting to bring down the cost of everyday goods. lower the cost of prescription drugs. standing up to the special interests. making corporations pay their fair share in taxes. defending a woman's right to choose versus where the maga republicans are, which includes trying to push a nationwide ban on abortion. in all cases, including rape and incest. that difference, as i said before, it just could not be a wider difference. >> let's talk about where the

democrats are. we know that there was yesterday a lot of -- we had elizabeth warren on the show. we were talking about the student loan relief, the 40 million americans who will see relief because of with the president has decided to do. but there are people in your own party who are in critical races as far as the democratic control of congress, who are not, it seems, on board, and i will draw your attention to tim ryan who said, well there's no doubt that a college education should be about opening opportunities, waving that for those already on a trajectory to financial security sends the wrong message to the millions of ohioans ohioans without a degree working just as hard to make ends meet. it bears mentioning that 53% of ohio wins without a college degree voted for barack obama in 2012. 58 with some college or less voted for donald trump in 2020. ohio is a difficult climb for tim ryan, for democrats. he has some momentum right now. are you worried that this

choice to alleviate student debt for 40 million americans could hurt the democrats in key races in november? >> with tim ryan and joe biden share and communism dedication to making sure that every person in this country, whether they went to college or not, has a chance for a better life, to make more money, to improve their life and their families lives. that's why joe biden has led the fight to bring back manufacturing jobs to this country. we've bought more manufacturing jobs to this country, most of which pay well and don't require a college degree. we've done more of that in 18 months then we have in the past ten years in this country. that is why joe biden fought so hard to get the chips act passed, so we can build more and more of these manufacturing jobs. to benefit people. again, whether or not they have a college degree. at the same time, we also want to have opportunity for people who go to college. the president noted yesterday

that about 40% of the beneficiaries of his student loan plan are people who have the worst of both worlds. they have a lot of debt and they never got their degree. maybe they went to college us that defrauded them. maybe they just did not have the money to finish their degree. so helping those people get out of the hole they are in and get back on track in life, enabling them to buy homes, raise families, that is good for our economy and country. it is good for their economic opportunity. >> you think that the catherine cortez innovator, tim ryan's in ohio, they have enough winds that they could proposed to their voters that the student loan debt does not become a liability in november? >> i think we are a big party. we have a diversity of use in the party. the cord shared values. the court share value here is the belief that everyone, whether they went to college or not, should have the opportunity for a better life.

we invest in public schools. we invest and programs for community colleges. we invest in programs for trade schools. pell grant's to help students get to college -- that's just one part of it. when you take all those plans together, look at what we're doing to promote education. look at what we're doing to get people economic opportunity. whether or not you have a college degree. the fact that we've got the unemployment rate down to 3.5% matches the lowest and 50 years. you've got an administration that is creating economic opportunities for all americans, whether they went to college or not. >> i want to talk about abortion, or on, because after the primary in new york on tuesday, there's a lot of talk about how much democrats should be messaging on choice going into november. i'm speaking of course of pat ryan and new york's 19th district and his win their. largely on a pro-choice messaging platform. the president has been reluctant to talk about

abortion in months and years past. there's even a website saying about whether or not joe biden has used the word abortion dot org. he is now talking about abortion. we talked about it tonight. is this something we're going to see of -- do you think abortion is a major plank of the campaigning that we're going to see the president do in the coming months? >> look, i think the issue of reproductive rights, the issue of abortion. the issue of other rights, hear the president talk about abortion tonight. you played a clip earlier, alex, he said the maga republicans, if they don't realize the force they have shared, the power of american women where registering in record numbers and voting in record numbers, we are going to see that force in the elections this year. you're going to hear the president talk about that. he'll talk about other rights that the supreme court's decision puts on the chopping block. marriage equality, you mentioned tonight.

the right to contraception, you mentioned tonight. we are working very hard to do what we can on an executive basis to protect reproductive freedom, but ultimately, we were going to protect a woman's right to choose. to pass a federal law to enshrine roe v. wade into the law of the land. to do that we are going to need two more democratic senators and pro-choice majority in the house. that you congress could pass that law, put it on the presidents desk and he will sign. >> i gotta ask as we talk about the sort of string of victories the president has had in recent weeks. we talk about the battle ahead. we talk about abortion and other issues. how concerned are you about the oxygen sucking from florida, mar-a-lago and the orbit of donald trump, more generally? he has 17 or one trillion, some precise number of investigations swirling around him. as you are trying to cut through the noise, how much of a hindrances that given the sort of historic nature of

these investigations of a former president, and the way in which indeed people seem to be drawn to the sensational scandal of trump world? is that a problem for the biden administration as you try to make your case? also reiterating to the american public the stakes that hand in november? >> look, i think that it's understandable people have an interest in these things. but i also think how much coverage it gets is a choice the cable executives make, not us here at the white house. if you were talking head panels about mar-a-lago, and more explaining to people about how they could get the tax benefits in the inflation reduction act. how they could get new appliances, new things for their homes with rebates that bring down their costs. i think people are interested in that as well. i wish there was more of that on cable tv. i will leave it to the cable executives to the side a shantytown, oh is the democrats, when the democrats are delivering, and i think that is registering with the american

people. >> yes, and i knew there was going to be a cable ding in their, ron. their game. i've gotta say, we have reporting that white house officials are concerned about the classified information that may have been in possession of donald trump's possession at mar-a-lago. this is -- do you have an opinion on that? is it something you are concerned about? is this an investigation your following? >> this is an investigation we are not involved in. we have no briefings on it. we did not approve or have any advanced notice of the serving of the search warrant. we are letting the justice department do it's business. we are doing our business at the white house, which is continuing toward, protect the rights of freedoms of american people, continuing to deliver, bring down costs, lower the cost of health care. we are doing our's job. >> the busiest man in washington d.c. other than joe biden. ron klain, thank you for being my guest tonight, ron. keep doing the hard work. thanks for your time.

>> thanks for having me, alex. >> up next, the judge who authorized the search of donald trump's florida home says he will release a redacted documents detailing why it all went down, tomorrow. andrew weissmann joins us next. new reporting tonight on who is behind the latest front and right wing culture wars in an effort to take over the nation school boards and control with teachers can say. stay with us. hers can say stay with us new astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid free spray. while other allergy sprays take hours astepro starts working in 30 minutes. so you can... astepro and go. and tonight's winning numbers are 18,

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minute now, our understanding of the justice department's investigation into the trump, and classified documents found at his estate. our understanding may just grow a lot, or, maybe, not by much. of course, and talk about the fbi affidavit that convinced a federal judge to approve the mar-a-lago search warrant. the affidavit, to use the justice department's own language, is a roadmap to their ongoing criminal investigation. that, currently, seal document, holds all of the secrets of the investigation, and lays out their argument as to why the justice department believe the evidence of crimes would be found at mar-a-lago. and, because of the sensitive sources, and methods, detailed on that document, laying out not just what the government knows, but how it knows, it

makes sense that the government did not want the public, or the press, to see that document or the government continues its investigation. doing so, the doj argued, could compromise the investigation, even if the public, and especially, the press, wanted very badly to see that document. the department offered the judge an edited, and highly redacted version of the affidavit, one, they felt, would not, basically, give up the goods on their case. today, the judge, in the case ahead, fine. he specifically wrote in his order, based on the review of the affidavit and is the proposed a day actions are narrowly served for the legitimate interest of the ongoing investigation, and are the least onerous and sealing the entire affidavit. they gave the government until noon in particular to do with it publicly. that fire could come any minute

now, and with affidavit now, they are going to see a part of it, even if it was just how many pages of evidence will make a case to be found in trump's home. that, alone, it's historic. joining us now, andrew weissmann, former fbi counsel, and former fbi member of special counsel, robert mueller's, investigative team. he is currently a professor at nyu law school. andrew, thank you for being with us tonight as we take educated guesses as to what might be on the horizon. how are you feeling about this affidavit? >> so, i divided into the educated guesses, and what do we, sort of, really no? the things we really know that, whatever is disclosed is, not going to be good for donald trump. this is a situation where disclosure of the government is just proof is going to be

exculpatory of the president, it is going to be inculpatory. it says it establishes probable cause, and says that the former president knows, exactly, what he took to mar-a-lago. if there was anything exculpatory about it, he is free, any day of the week, to have made that public, and said, i never took documents, or i never took classified documents, and here is, exactly, what was in mar-a-lago, and here is what wasn't. so, i think what we can expect is that anything we actually learned about, and i don't think it will be good for him, precisely, because he has not spoken about this in a definitive way, about what he was doing. the second we look at this, using educated guesses. i divide the world into, what are the key questions that i have? one is a question of, what was taken from mar-a-lago? why was it taken from the by the president? what was he going to do with it? i think on those, the former

president hadn't spoken to those, and what we might get from unsealed, partially redacted affidavits is a bit of an answer to the first of what was taken, not just specifics, but at least classifications, in the words that it was top secret, et cetera. i think it isn't going to be all that new, because we have some of that from the archives, with the additional data. i think the second area, when i think about this, is i think about why did the department of justice need to use a search warrant? that is a big question that has been asked, and is a legitimate one. i think that is the area where we, really, might get actual information. the back and forth with donald trump, and his colleagues, and representatives, is i could see the department of justice saying that some of that can be revealed, without actually

revealing classified information without, really, damaging the ongoing criminal investigation. if we are going to get anything, i think it is something that is going to help the answer to that question. >> the back and forth is what we've read about in his reporting, but we haven't heard about it, officially, right? not a good data point for donald trump. it was set, over and over again, i cooperated, i cooperated, i cooperated. it was no undue that they could not. the reason that i think that it's not good news, and deal with the search warrant. it is going to be one or two. they waited so long. so, as we've been hearing, and reporting, is really hard evidence for the department of justice. exactly what the back and forth was, and why they waited, and all of the various ways in which they tried to do this

sort of a search warrant. that seems like a very rational thing, and it was undertaken, and was given to donald trump, and it doesn't just show that they didn't cooperate. i think we could really be damaging, in terms of his intent to not just take these documents, but intended to keep them. he may have been quite deceptive in what he turned back over to the archives, and what he kept hidden, and at mar-a-lago. it could be quite a damning document. >> let's turn to another investigation that is ongoing. the criminal investigation that trump is facing in fulton county georgia. there's a lot, admittedly. they are seeking testimony from mark meadows, and sidney powell. what does that signal for you, in terms of the crescendo of this investigation? >> i think as you pointed out, there is a level of people that are speaking to rudy giuliani. to me, those are, all, the key

people that we have heard about. people who were involved in the phone calls, parole, to raffensperger, for any pressure on him to find just enough votes for donald trump to have won georgia. those are the key people to be trying to speak to it. we know that they have, certainly, done a very active grand jury investigation, and is in getting their subpoenas. it's enforced. so, what this means is that there is not this incipient, putting investigation, to the home stretch. >> not putting into the investigation indeed. andrew weizmann, former fbi counsel, and former senior member of special counsel robert mueller's investigative team, always full of wisdom, and very educated guesses. thank you for your time tonight, andrew. >> nice to be here. >> way down the ballot, in florida's primary elections this week, we're races for school board. these elections, which are

typically nonpartisan, home affairs, have turned into heated contest cycles, courtesy of republican governor, ron desantis. he endorsed 30 candidate for school board races, and stumped for some of them. his hand paid candidates pledged to align with desantis on the way that race, gender, and sexual orientation, are taught in public schools. 19 of desantis's handpicked, school board candidates, pick won their races. six more, with a chance to win runoffs in november. only five out of the 30 candidates is, at minimum, a 63% success rate. they're meddling with down ballot races, and getting results, but, he is not the only one. some incredible reporting on who else wants to try their hand and indoctrination, coming up next. up next.

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pornographic literature, and what have you. >> that, as former trump advisor, steve bannon, on his podcast today, published by nbc 's kick this morning. his new piece, explaining how a far right, nick christian nationalists phone company, using strategist, and consultants, to take over school boards and texas. they do not plan on stopping there. joining us now, mike senior, investigative reporter for nbc news. he spent years covering how education it's become a battleground for conservatives. here, reporting for his peabody award-winning podcast, south lake, it and tony helped uncovering how the racial history is published with this podcast it, and with suburban classrooms, and how the right is surrounding to it. thank you for being here tonight. both i, and steve bannon, have enjoyed reading. not something that i can say today. what was the catalyst for this audit, conservative phone

company, setting its sights on this fort worth area and texas, and school boards? >> thank you for having me. patriot mobile, is based in tarrant county, and what we saw, in 2020, and 2021, with this backlash to teachings about racism, and was described as critical race theory by conservatives it, we saw that backlash shift in the past several months to become inter tangled with this growing movement by far right, christian conservatives it, to try and insert christian values in schools. patriot mobile is part of that story. they saw the success, and the political action committees, how much success they had in flipping schools over critical race theory. so, this year, rather than

focusing on congress, and other new offices, there is four to $6,000 into flipping local school boards and tarrant county. as you mentioned, a county, they say, is traditionally a red county, but flipped to biden. and their minds, keeping terror into red is the key to keeping texas threat. >> i did some reporting on this very subject in florida. it is of the language is the text, and the standards, it all feels very much part of this broader, conservative movement, that is incredibly efficient, within indoctrination installed in public schools. i just want to call everybody's attention to it, specifically, is happening. in the policies, in the school boards, and on race, for example. refine in the independent school district. the policy say, in accordance to the texas education code,

including his teachers, and educators, should not instruct employees are students that meritocracy, your trade such as hard work ethic are racist, or sexism, created by members of a particular racer group to oppress members of other race or group. the advent of slavery in the territory that is now the u.s. constituted the true founding of the united states. that is a specific day get the 16 19 project. nor shell teachers instruct employees, our students, that with respect to their relationship to american values, slavery, and racism, or anything other than deviations from, the trails of, or failures to live up to, the authentic founding principles of the united states, which include liberty, or a quality. this is all under the rubric of patriotism, isn't it, mike? it's more than that. more specifically, it is furthering the christian nationalist agenda that seeks to, effectively, whitewash americas history on race, and institutional racism.

>> that's right. we touch on this once fringe christianity-ology, and political philosophy, known as the seven mountains mandate, or christian dominion-ism. it's been around since the 70s, or even longer, that true, biblical christians are called to assert their biblical values in seven key areas of public life. that is including government, business, the media, church, and education. when i was talking to religious scholars, and historians, the election of donald trump in 2016, of all people, brought to that worldview, and philosophy, and made it mainstream. only, just now, are we starting to understand just how pervasive this is.

i think we see it now in the school boards where, as one scholar told me, if you are waging a spiritual war over what is america, what better place than the schools where we teach our history? where we teach kids what is, and isn't okay? so, part of this, you cannot separate this. part of this question, conservative ideology, is standing firm that you will not make my kids except lgbtq stances. you will not force us, or any teachers, to address kids by their chosen pronouns. that is part of what's happening here. >> it is a piece that everyone should read, it is something that is happening across the country, not just in texas. my case, bob peabody, and investigative reporter for nbc news. thank you for being here tonight, and your excellent reporting. >> no, thank you. >> up next, the state that has

led the way in so many of the progressive moves this country has made, taking a very bold move to fight climate change. stay with us. stay with us

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it is expected to push the rest of the country in this direction as well. a dozen other states are expected to follow california's lead. washington state governor jay inslee has already tweeted that his state is ready to adopt california's regulations by the end of this year. while zero emission vehicles are still more expensive than gas powered ones, officials in california are betting that they will become more affordable in the near future thanks to federal credits and the overall direction in which the country is headed. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, lawrence. h la>> good evening, alex. when bob dylan went electric there was some opposition to that. >> they're sure was! that's why i chose the metaphor! i am so glad you caught it! >> it is perfect. it was not a smooth transition for many members of the audience. >> newport folk festival, 1965. google it if you don't know. have a great show, lawrence. >> thank you, alex. a 76-year-old ret