take him down a level. >> thank you both very much. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. i'll see you tomorrow night on nbc "nightly news" saturday. and you could watch our show at msnbc/jdb. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. -- a rematch with vice president harris despite having committed to another debate. >> because we've done two debates and they were successful, there will be no third debate. it is too late anybody, the voting has already begun. you have to go out and vote. >> i believe we owe it to have another debate. we owe it to the voters. >> harris in battleground pennsylvania today. trump hitting california and

nevada. and continuing to spread false conspiracy theories aligning illegal immigrants in ohio and putting a small town under threat as he repeated racist lies. >> show residents are reporting that the migrants are walking off with the town's geese. they taking the geese. and even walking off with their pets. my dog has been taken. my dog has been stolen. good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. former president trump is scheduled to speak at his golf course in california later this hour. as he tries to shake off his sub par debate performance. he's continuing to push a racist and completely false conspiracy theory about haitian immigrants in springfield, ohio. that lie, which donald trump elevated from the far fringe corners of the internet on to the presidential debate stage

tuesday, prompted bomb threats in the city yesterday. city hall and two schools had to be evacuated. the city's mayor said the bomb threat used hateful language about haitian immigrants. this morning, two elementary schools and a middle school and a catholic school in springfield all had to close after officials received information from local police. on the campaign trail, vice president kamala harris is heading back to the vital swing state of pennsylvania next hour. after going to huge crowds at two appearances in north carolina on tuesday. nearly 17,000 people according to the harris campaign. the crowd mr. trump said was not real. >> by the way, her crowds are zero -- she's got to crowds. they bus the people in. >> in the 24 hours after the debate, the harris campaign said it raised $47 million in one day. that is a one-day record for them. as tim walz pounces on trump for saying le not debate kamala

harris again. >> give him a little break. that one left a mark. that one left a mark. so he's with it. so, look, who he was was on full display. his true colors were out there. not just his makeup. not just his makeup. so -- >> now correspondent garrett haake, former republican national chair and co-host of the weekend right here on msnbc saturday and sunday michael steele and mckay collins, staff writer for the atlantic. what does it say about the trump campaign that we're talking about totally false conspiracy theories, not about the issues or the economy. 50 days out. >> reporter: well it tells me two things. number one donald trump and his campaign have been obsessed with the category of news stories that i would call immigrants behaving badly. donald trump has made something he calls migrant crime central to his campaign platform,

controlling illegal immigration by highlighting crimes committed around the country and it is a regular feature of his stump speech. what this shows is the terrell information control on what he consumes and turns around and talked about. we saw this during the presidency, the difficulty at the white house controlling what kind of paper and information got in front of the president and what he might turn around and talk about and it is the same on the campaign today. it would be a meme on x or truth social that germ inates into this full pledged conspiracy theories that he's on the trail talking about and it is any ormous distraction and however the original concept might have been. >> and john legend, who is apparently a native of springfield, ohio, was on

instagram earlier defending immigrants and specifically haitian immigrants. let's watch. >> they are hard working. they're ambitious. they commit less crime than native born americans. and they will assimilate and integrate in time. but it takes time. so, i think all ever us need to have the same kind of grace that we would want our ancestors to have when they moved here with our haitian brothers and sisters who move here too. and nobody is eating cats. nobody is eating dogs. >> the campaign is getting uglier the closer we get to election day. in michigan, a group that appears to have tied to republicans, is pushing anti-semitic ads on youtube about kamala harris's husband doug emhoff who is jewish and

has been campaigning against anti-semitism about harris's pro-israel views and her husband's faith. her support among michigan large muslim population, especially in detroit. >> and that is at the top of all of this sits java the trump. that is who sits at the top of all of this. he's the one who is feeding all of these ugly memes, this derision, this vile and bile across the nation. and it is going to lead and have -- and have consequences, andrea. someone, somebody, in some community so going to be impacted directly when you're closing schools because their getting bomb threats, when you're seeing this type of nonsense being filtered into and pushed out by supporters of donald trump into muslim

communities, when you have to, as an american citizen, forget, you know, the status of individuals, get on a camera and say, you know, communities are not eating your pets. because people are so ignorant and so obsessed with trump that they believe that silliness. it tells you what is yet to come and how much more difficult this campaign will be. and so i want us all to start putting at the center of all of this where it comes from. i don't give a damn about some campaign process infrastructure issues that the campaign can't control donald trump. no one can. he is the ring master of all of this. and to make the excuse by anybody that they're trying to do this and they can't do that, is irrelevant to the conversation. let's focus on where this lies,

kamala harris said it exactly and precisely, he's unserious, and he is at the tip of all of this. and i think the sooner we get to that space, the easier it is to continue on with the conversation about moving the country forward and standing up the reason why we should not look backwards. and why we don't have to embrace any of this. and i just think that is where we need to be. because we'll spin our heads and our wheels trying to reconcile and understand, i'm past understanding donald trump. i understood from the very beginning what i was dealing with. and it is high time the rest of us get on that page. >> well you're expressing a concern that was expressed in, i would say quieter terms, but pretty explicitly by lindsey graham who has apologized

throughout the last couple of years saying it is time to stop putting conspiracy theories on the airplane and get to the issues. mckay, as we talk about conspiracy theories and stoking divisions, j.d. vance on monday was asked about january 6 on a podcast called all-in which is not related to the msnbc with brook hayes by the same name. and here is what he had to say. >> pence was not certificating -- >> i would have asked the states to submit alternative slates of electors and the results wouldn't have been debate but we would have had the debate in pennsylvania and georgia. >> the supreme court made decisions in 60, well there were 63 separate judges and several other cases that went to the supreme court that there were not fraud that would have changed the election outcomes

and that the electors needed to be on schedule on january 6 all be certified. and the fact that pence -- there was endless testimony about that. including from him. >> yeah, that there is no substance to back up what j.d. vance just said. but i think it is important to talk about what he's doing here. this is why he was added to the ticket, right. he made a bargain a few years ago when he decided to transition his career from best-selling author and thought lead tore maga political candidate that he was going to do what it needed to be done to get on trump's good side. and he's spen the last self years auditioning for the role of donald trump's vp. and when you're auditioning for that role, you have to say a lot of things that you know are untrue and do unseemingly things and j.d. vance knows better but

he has decided that it is the career that he wants and the job he wants, trying to get elected to vice president. it is been pretty successful. he's wound up not that far away from potentially the vice presidency. but i do think it is worth asking what he's given up to get here. and when i talk to some of his former senate colleagues, for example mitt romney, they just say that there are few examples of somebody who has kind of sold his soul for pursuit of power more vivid than j.d. vance and i think that is what you're seeing going on there with that answer that he just gave. >> and you've been covering this campaign and doing it so brilliantly. this is not the typical campaign. when someone like laura loomer is put on a plane, not only heading to the debate but to the 9/11 commemoration after being a 9/11 denier, with a nominee for

the presidency of the united states, we have to call that out. so this is not on the one hand and on the other hand. you can't find anything comparable on the democrat's side. >> there is no meaningful comparison here. and i'm not interested in what i could call a staff story but it tells you something really important about the candidate. who he is choosing to associate with. it is a version of the conversation he had when he accepted the endorsement from rfk jr. and having to alie himself with the controversial things that he heads is we're looking at someone who might be next president of the united states and take advice from on very important days and travel around country with is instructive of the way that they would lead the country and put in a judgeship or any job of substance within the federal government. so it is valid to look at the kind of people and the information going into donald trump's ears even if he is as michael suggested correctly,

he's responsible for what ends up coming out of his mouth. >> garrett haake, we'll be watching your report. michael steele, we'll be watching you on the weekend and mckay, reading all of your great reporting as well. thank you all, so much. and today in pennsylvania, kamala harris and hillary clinton real time reaction for joe biden's decision to pass the torch to harris. we're watching andrea mitchell reports on msnbc. andrea mitchel reports on msnbc whatever's nex. we're cooking with fire. (vo) switch to the partner businesses rely on. >> woman: why did we choose safelite? we're always working on a project. while loading up our suv, one extra push and... crack! so, we scheduled at safelite.com. we were able to track our technician and knew exactly when he'd arrive.

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and right now in sag harbor, new york, pop star jummin timberlake is about to speak after just pleading guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation after being arrested for a dui back in june. i think he's going to be approaching the camera. let me give you what happened in court. because that was not on camera. chloe melas, why don't i bring you in because he's going to pay a minimal fine and do some community service. talk to me about that. >> reporter: so we do know that justin timberlake pled guilty to driving while impaired. he was pulled over on june 18th after leaving a swanky celebrity hot spot known as the american hotel. and the arresting officer said at the time in his report that justin told him that he had only had one martini. and justin's attorney ed ward

burke jr. had been adamant that law enforcement mishandled justin's arrest and justin, did he fail the field sobriety tests but he did not do a breathalyzer and when i was speaking to an attorney misty maris who is frequently on msnbc, she was there outside of the courthouse and telling me this is not celebrity treatment that he's getting with striking a plea deal. and why is that the case. because he's a first-time offender. he did have his license suspended when i was in the courtroom for the hearing last month where justin actually appeared virtually. and it is also going to be interesting to see if his license is suspended. that is something that we don't know yet. but according to misty maris, that is typical for something like this to be suspended for about a year. and we're expecting him to speak. that is part of the plea today. is that he has to make some sort of public service announcement. and according to nbc news's adam

riese, his community service is contingent on what he said. so right now he has to serve between 25 to 40 hours of community service. and something else that is interesting, is that part of this plea deal today, it didn't include community service originally. the judge actually was a bit dumbfounded, according to adam riese who was in the courtroom, when he looked at what they had agreed to between justin timberlake's attorney and between prosecutors and that did not include community service. and that is when he said, justin, would be willing to serve some community service for an organization of your choosing and that is when justin timberlake said i will. and here we're just waiting for justin timberlake to come outside of the courthouse with his attorney and to address the gaggle of reporters waiting to catch a glimpse and to hear what he's going to say because justin timberlake has not addressed his dui arrest publicly yet. >> well, khloe, if you don't

mind standing by, because when he comes out, he's probably signing some papers and going over his comments. but we understand he will be speaking publicly. he and his attorney and explaining the public announcements that i guess is part of the agreement with the court. in any case, let me come back to you when we see him. meanwhile, vice president kamala harris back in must-win pennsylvania today. she's visiting trump country in deep red johnstown, pennsylvania. as well as a swing area. this following packed back-to-back campaigns, rallies in battleground north carolina yesterday. the latest national survey, a morning consult poll taken after the presidential debate shows harris with a five point lead over trump, compared to last -- the last morning consort poll taken before the debate. harris is up one point over that versus trump. he went down one point.

it puts it a little bit beyond the poll's 2-point margin of error and the reflection ever a very tight race. joining us now, senior white house correspondent kelly o'donnell and justin timberlake in one segment. what more could you ask for. what do we expect from the vice president today? you've got 53 days now. that is such a short runway between now and election day. >> reporter: well she's in pennsylvania and tim walz is making his first solo trip to michigan. the campaign has been there a half a dozen times since kamala harris was the top of the ticket. so it gives you a sense of the battlegrounds they are focused on. in part going after in pennsylvania, some of the areas where donald trump has been strong at the ballot box before, so they want to take the message right to those areas that might not be as friendly knowing that pennsylvania is a commonwealth of enormous importance in this outcome. also in michigan where we're

hearing tim walz criticizing his counterparts, senator j.d. vance, for talking about the potential value of shutting down the government at the end of the month over budget issues that issue that comes up cycle by cycle in terms of the budgeting of federal finances and very different views on whether or not that is a wise course of action. so out in battlegrounds today. trying to reach the voters, voter outreach is what they're talking about, trying to get in as many media markets in the key battleground state as possible. andrea. >> and former president obama, former secretary of state hillary clinton, they're all expected to hold separate fundraisers for kamala harris in l.a. on friday next week. according to people familiar with those plans. do we nor more about that? >> reporter: this is an extension of what they saw in the participation from

endorsements to dnc and their speeches there. and secretary clinton will do a lunch and evening eent with barack obama. at this point we don't anticipate that kamala harris will be in attendance but we don't have her firm schedule for that time yet. but this is a way to try to raise money and to -- to broaden awareness among the fundraising group, with some of the biggest stars of the democratic party showing unity, that they want to project at a time when kamala harris might be focused on battlegrounds, they want to get to that key flood of campaign cash which is necessary but also some of the attention that comes with it by having these star-studded fundraisers with prominent voices like barack obama and hillary clinton. andrea. >> yeah, and kelly, we have some exclusively to hus hillary clinton sound. and it is to the book she's been writing. here is what she recorded after she got back off from kamala harris that joe biden has decided to step aside.

listen. >> some people have asked how i feel about the prospect of another woman poised to aef choo the breakthrough i didn't. if i'm being honest, in the years after 2016, i also wondered how i would feel if another woman ever took the torch that i had carried so far and ran on with it. would some little voice deep down inside whisper, that should have been me. now, i know the answer. after i got off the phone with the vice president, i looked at bill with a huge smile and said, "this is exciting." i felt promise, i felt possibility, it was exhilarating. >> so kelly, we are going to be hearing and in fact more from the former secretary of state, former first lady. you could hear more about hillary clinton on monday, coming on monday she'll sit down with rachel maddow to talk about

the election and potential of kamala harris as the first female president. rachel maddow show monday at 9:00 eastern and hillary clinton has been an adviser and philippe ryan has been an adviser. and he played donald trump in 2016 for hillary clinton and stood in yesterday. >> definitely the influencers of the clinton circle playing out in kamala harris's campaign. and also advisers to harris are quick to give credit to hillary clinton for plowing some of the tough terrain in 2016 on issues about what it means to have a woman as a candidate which allows kamala harris to make her status as a woman candidate a little more incidental in her candidacy. it is not the front and center that we saw in 2016 and that is in part because of the work that hillary clinton did making it more acceptable, more lacking in

the kind of surprise factor that we had in 2016. so giving kamala harris more room to focus on other things because of the work hillary clinton did during her challenge to donald trump. so there is definitely a coordination and a spirit of helpfulness between the clinton allies and the former candidate herself and vice president harris. andrea. >> okay, kelly o'donnell, thank you very much. and next, democratic congresswoman and virginia gubernatorial candidate abigail spam burger how things could shift during another trump presidency. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports." this is msnbc. ports. this is msnbc. boom! you get your money back - in cash. straight cash? second chance, you heard? what if my guy fumbles, and some other guy scores first? second chance.

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xfinity internet customers, ask how to get a free 5g phone and a second unlimited line free for a year. any day now, president biden is expected to make a policy shift clearing wait for ukraine to launch long range weapons deep inside of russia. as long as kyiv doesn't use arms provided by the u.s. this is according to "the new york times." britain has been pushing hard for the u.s. to do this. so has france. and they have weapons that could be used rather than the u.s. atacms, that could be -- the decision hasn't been made yet. but still in play. we talk to senator coops yesterday and he believes that the president should reach this decision but according to the intel, it is a close call because vladimir putin has been

making threats of retaliation and escalation if the u.s. takes this step. this afternoon britain's new prime minister is going to be meeting with president biden at the white house. as i say, vladimir putin has given quote, warnings that this could be war with the u.s. and its naty allies if they lift the use of the long range weapons and now joining me is gubernatorial candidate abigail spanberger. the president has been reluctant to allow ukraine to do this thinking it would escalate and bring the war to nato, potentially. the allies have disagreed. where do you stand on it? >> i think it is important that ukraine have the ability to defend itself. certainly that has been the standard that we have kept in not only providing weapons to ukraine, for their ability to fight for their own defense and

their own freedoms, but also in working with our allies across nato and across the world in leveraging sanctions and facilitating what they need. it is important that when there are attacks coming into ukraine from russia, that the ukrainians be able to strike those military targets. and so i do think that the president should come to the decision to allow for this usage. and on the issue of escalation, the reality is that currently russia has invaded ukraine. this war has been ongoing for years and vladimir putin does not seem to view it as an escalation that he's pivoting toward iran and towards other hostile nations to be able to ensure his ability to continue this barbaric, horrific war

against the ukrainian people and the foundations of democracy. so i do hope the president comes to this decision. i know he won't come to it lightly, nor should he. but at this stage in the war, recognizing the terror inflicted upon civilians in ukraine and the need for the ukrainians to be able to strike back at the military targets, i think it is the correct decision. >> and that decision by iran to provide ballistic missiles to russia, that was announced by or confirmed by the secretary of state this week when he was in kyiv and that is an alarming escalation. it was previously just drones. in a podcast this week, j.d. vance, who is donald trump's running mate, laid out he believes a trump administration could end the war in ukraine. let's watch. >> it would probably look like is something like the current line of demarkation between russia and ukraine, that becomes

a demilitarized zone so the russians don't invade again and ukraine remains its independent sovereignty and it doesn't join nato or some of the sort of allied institutions. >> some people would say that is surrender by ukraine. >> that is sounding like surrender. giving up your territory. giving over your people, families to the country that has invaded them that has killed them and kidnapped their children. just giving a portion of your country over, i mean it is one of our neighbors said we want texas or we want michigan, would the united states just say, yeah, go ahead and take them. it sounds ridiculous. but in fact, that is what it is that he is proposing. and this is after years of violent assault on these ukrainian communities and these ukrainian families and these ukrainian communities.

and so it speaks so his absolute lack of knowledge of foreign affairs an national security issues. but importantly, it also speaks to his desire to not abide by kind of the basic tenants of democracy and freedom which is he's looking at a country that has been invaded and said they should walk away from their own people and obligations and their desire to maintain their sovereignty and their freedom. it is one more reason why j.d. vance should absolutely not be the vice president of the united states and should absolutely not be one heartbeat away from the presidency. he's utterly unqualified and this is yet just another statement that i think is disqualifying. >> and of course donald trump said in the debate thatco end it right away, the war should end right away which is another signal to putin. abigail spanberger, thank you for being with us today. >> thank you. and next, how a district judge in georgia could impact

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arexvy is proven to be over 82% effective now back to sag harbor, new york and pop star justin timberlake is about to speak after pleading guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation after being arrested for a dui in june. let's watch. >> and i said that my client was not driving while intoxicated. after much discussion and a thorough review of the evidence, today the district attorney's office correctly agreed to not move forward with that very charge. you see the evidence revealed in a my client finished the content of one drink in two hours at american hotel. and contrary to what was reported, he wasn't drinking

other people's drinks. or warned in advance not to drive. he wasn't rude, he wasn't obnoxious, she wasn't belligerent. in fact, he was polite and he was cooperative and he was respectful during his entire encounter with law enforcement. as they were to him. his plea today to the reduced and amended noncriminal charge, this traffic violation is consistent with these facts. and full acceptance of responsibility for them. i would like to thank the suffolk county district attorney's office for its swept, diligent and thoughtful review of that evidence. and a fair resolution, like i said, of this very case.

district attorney tierney, and chief mcconnell and -- they worked extremely hard on this matter and their door remained open for me and my legal team to discuss and to negotiate and to laser into the issues of this case. my legal team, my co-counsel david smith, d.j. berk and my parallel behind me and my interns brendan and charlie who aren't here, allowed me to walk into the doors to be fully prepared and their diligence was immeasurable within the last 90 days. i would also like to thank the court for its mindful acceptance of this resolution. and the clerks at the court who i know well and their hard work

over the last 90 days. would you like to thank the sag harbor police department. who i know very well. and they do a wonderful job. they serve and protect this wonderful village of sag harbor. you know, guys, this village is truly unique and the case was also unique for me in the sense of geographics. as you probably know, my office is right on main street. right across the street from the court. right next to the american hotel. and right next to the sag harbor police department. it is such short, short distances where this case emanated out of. but coming out of this case, i believe will have a message that will travel long distances. and extend far and wide because it is that message coming from justin himself as he will

approach here and address you all and tell you what is in his head and in his heart. so i would like to turn it over to justin. >> good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> um, so i don't -- i don't know how many of you were in the courtroom and heard what i will to say in the courtroom. but i'll reiterate that and say this to you. many of you have probably been covering me for a lot of my life. and as you may know, i try to hold myself to a very high standard for myself. and this is not that. this is not that. and i found myself in a position where i could have made a different decision.

but i've had some time to reflect on that and i also understand by, you know, the fact that all of are you here, that i have a platform and you have a platform and we share that platform and so what i would like to say to everyone watching and listening, even if you have one drink, don't get behind the wheel of a car. there is so many alternatives. call a friend. take an uber. there are many travel apps. so, take a taxi. this is a mistake that i made. but i'm hoping that whoever is watching and listening right now can learn from this mistake. i know that i certainly have. and like i said, even one drink,

don't get behind the wheel of a car. i also said this in the courtroom before, but i grew up in a small town. so, i can appreciate and understand the strain or the unique nature that this must have been on the people of sag harbor. but i just want to say to everyone who has been involved, from everyone in the courtroom to everyone outside, including the police department, has been very grateful and i thank them. and i guess in closing i'd like to say we can all be more safe out there and i'm going to do my

part. i hope that everyone else does their part. and thank you very much. >> and rejoining us now is entertainment correspondent chloe melas. i'm no defense lawyer, but that was a pretty effective statement. >> hey there, andrea. justin timberlake appeared contrite and sincere in his first remarks since accepting this plea deal with prosecutors where he pled guilty to a noncriminal traffic violation of driving while impaired. i want to recap some of the things that he said. he said i try to hold myself to a high standard and this is not that. and he said i've had time to reflect on that -- on the fact that i have a platform and that even if you have one drink, do not get behind the wheel of a car. take a uber, take a taxi and

that is a mistake that he's made. an this is incredible significant. this was an arrest that happened on june 18th, so quite some time has passed and originally his attorney edward burk jr., he had criticized the local police for their handling of the case and justin did not do any breathalyzer but according to the police officer that arrested him at the time, they said he failed his field sobriety tests, that his eyes were bloodshot, that he smells of alcohol. you know, and again, clearly like they've had some sort of discussions behind the scenes and justin is now going to be paying a fine. he has 25 to 40 hours of community service and these public comments were part of that plea deal that was a part of this that the judge wanted him to make some sort of public service announcement to everyone on what happened. and what his intentions are. >> chloe melas, thank you so

much. we appreciate it. meanwhile, an atlanta judge throughout three of the charges against donald trump and several other co-defendants saying the state does not have the jurisdiction to bring them. te belong in federal court. not state court. the 41-count indictment accused trump and his allies of a scheme to overturn the election results in georgia. but the case is stalled as trump and other defendants are appealing judge macafee's decision not to disqualify the d.a. fani willis. joining us now is paul butler. paul, the judge did keep the core of the case which is the racketeering charge against donald trump. >> exactly right. so this is a technical reason, not based on the merits of the case. it is based on the supremacy clause of the united states constitution which said that when there is a tension between federal law and state law, that it is the federal law that

prevails. so the judge threw out some charges that were related to documents that had federal implications. but even for those charges, he said they could still be brought from federal court. just not in his state court. overall, trump was originally charged with 13 state felonies. he remains charged with eight state felonies. >> and which isn't nothing, by the way. but of course they still have to litigate the fani willis stuff so that won't happen any time soon. lisa ruben, or colleague, has written today that the most critical legal mattner georgia could be a civil procedure, a civil case involving an upcoming trial in state court over three separate county officials, three different counties there who are trying to uphold that ruling that they could delay and that the electors could delay the decisions beyond the deadline for making the electoral college

officials. that is important. because other states are trying to imitate this. and if that were to happen, 16 georgia votes would not be counted. it wouldn't be 270 that donald trump and kamala harris need. it would be 16 fewer. that is a big deal. >> it is a big deal. it is important and it is scary considering the consequences that it could have for the federal election. georgia law now requires certification by the state by 5:00 p.m. on the monday after the election. but this new law passed just last month in august, by 3-2 vote, the people who voted in favor of it are people who were -- who are supporting the former president trump and the election, now any member of a county board will have the power to delay certification really based on any reason under the law, the standard is reasonable

inquiry. but it doesn't define that. so a state county election official in georgia could demand documents pertaining to the election and it doesn't even say what they're supposed to do with the documents but clearly it is way for there to be delay. andrea, this is a problem -- it is a solution for something that wasn't a problem. >> right. >> there wasn't a problem with election integrity in georgia. donald trump has falsely claimed that and now we see those claims making their way into state law. >> the only problem might have been that call of finding 11,800 votes. thank you very much. and next, my colleague luke russert joins me to recap a democracy in last week. you're watching "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. reports" only on msnbc piles of, just by moving a lever.

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for those of you who may not have had a chance to get to the msnbc live democracy 2024 eent in brooklyn, fear not. best is yet to come. this past saturday msnbc held the premier in person eent featuring conversations from our hosts including rachel maddow, steve kornacki and lawrence o'donnell and a lot of othersm tomorrow you can watch it all in a two-hour special airing at 9:00 eastern right here on msnbc. including my conversation with

jen psaki and claire mccaskill. >> you covered the clinton came very closely and you covered other prominent female candidates. is this a sign of progress, is this a sign of a different strategy? what is it a sign of. >> i think it is a sign of progress. it is so exciting to me as someone who has broke into a business frankly where i was first the only woman in the newsroom in philadelphia pretty big town that i started out in. and in this radio newsroom, i was -- i only could get a job by working the night shift where i won't be seen during the day and i was called copy boy. i was a copy boy. so, there is a lot that has changed. >> #copy boy. >> in our profession, looking at the women leading our network, our bosses are women, and our camera people and editors on colleague and anchors. but the difference in politics

is profound. i covered hillary clinton when she was first lady in 1992 and so i was a white house correspondent and hillary clinton by talking so much about gender, and perhaps it was not a good tactic for her to emphasize, as much as she did, made it possible for kamala harris not to have to tack about that. >> now joining me now is host and the creative director of msnbc live. my friend luke russert. hey, luke. it was such a smash. we had thousands. people there love you. >> and they love lawrence and rachel and joy and everyone in our family. >> and kornacki. >> and sake is mazing. >> they're all fantastic. >> but tell me about the politics that you -- you've been covering it and the way things have changed, that dynamic was -- >> i thought it was so interesting about that event was that we know ow viewers, it is a

family and a community out there and often times when you're in a studio, i see the blinking red light and you get incoming on social media but you don't know who the audience is. >> it is great to meet the people. >> people will will say hi in airports and train sessions and they were so invested not only in the folks who were on msnbc, but also with each other and themselves. it was so amazing to meet people from washington state, california, nevada, texas, florida, maine, virginia, all around the country come to brooklyn and celebrate msnbc and also themselves. and we had people from canada and london. it was an internet affair. and people trust msnbc and getting rond the reading of the news. what is the news behind the news and what do you know that could help us understand these troubling and difficult times and that was on display last saturday and i'm so thrilled

we're able to put it into a tv special that will air. >> and it is fun and exciting and it is also that this is a very tough election. and we could take people behind the scenes. how do you cover this? because it is not good versus something else. >> i think what is so interesting is often you'll get criticism, why is that covered the way it is or not spoken about. here we're not behold ebb to the small sound bites. we have the ability to have a conversation and i thought that was so unique to see the audience inaction. the q&a from the audience, that was tough q&a. there was some invested viewers out there that will shine through as well. >> a lot of smart people. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> it is great to have you. and watch tomorrow, a special event, tune in for conversations with luke russert and rachel maddow and others and mine with

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