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tonight on "the reidout" -- >> do you have confidence that it will be a free and fair election and that it will be peaceful? >> two separate questions. i'm confident it will be free and fair. i don't know whether it will be peaceful. >> a stunning warning from the sitting president of the united states that trump's rhetoric could threaten the peaceful transfer of power. this comes as trump today once again spread lies about the biden/harris administration's response to hurricane helene. >> just one facet of the despicable storm politics republicans are playing with marjorie taylor greene making a claim that's absurd, even for her. we begin tonight -- we begin tonight with the final stretch with just 32 days to go until election day. and early voting under way in more than half of all states. we're seeing a remarkable

contrast between the two candidates and their coalitions. on one side, you have vice president kamala harris, who today made multiple stops across the key battleground state of michigan. just moments ago, the vice president finished up a rally in the city of flint where she spoke about unions, touted today's strong jobs report, and slammed her opponent's record on manufacturing jobs. >> donald trump makes big promises. and he always fails to deliver. he said he was the only one who could bring back america's manufacturing jobs. remember that? and then, america lost nearly 200,000 manufacturing jobs when he was president, making donald trump one of the biggest loses

of manufacturing jobs in american history. >> and on the other side, you have donald trump, who yesterday also held a campaign event in michigan where he gave yet another unhinged meandering speech filled with lies. to what appears to be a half empty auditorium. and this is a video of that event space posted by a reporter. just as trump was taking the stage. not the best look for a guy who has spent the better part of the past nine years constantly obsessing over crowd size. something vice president harris was able to use against him in last month's debate, striking a nerve after pointing out that people are often seen leaving his rallies. this time, looks like they're not even showing up. "washington post" has new reporting today on why some of the rally attendees trickle out before trump is done speaking. among their reasons, the fact

that trump is often late and goes long, prompting many to bow out because of other responsibilities, priorities, or just being bored. and no more interest. one attendee said she quickly grew tired of the insults and was ready to leave. the post notes, bennett was undecided before attending the rally with her aunt who supports harris. but after hearing trump speak, she said she planned to vote for harris. quote, it was the insults and just being an hour late. watching people leave as trump is still droning on for more than 90 minutes is very symbolic of the effect he's had on the party as a whole. lifelong republicans walking out in droves, lining up behind kamala harris, who is presiding over an exceptionally large and diverse coalition. not only does she have the support of the democratic party, but she also has endorsements from republicans like liz

cheney, as well as labor leaders, celebrities, and athletes. like basketball legend magic johnson, who spoke at harris' rally today. >> she's smart. she's strong. she's passionate. nobody is going to outwork her. she's committed to you, as the people of the united states, the people of michigan. she's committed to you. >> i'm joined now by jonathan allen, nbc news senior national politics reporter, sarah matthews, former trump white house deputy press secretary, and alencia johnson, founder of 1063 west broad, and former biden/harris 2020 senior adviser. and the author of the upcoming book "flip the tables." i like that title. welcome to everybody. so there are 1,001 places to

start, but alencia, i'm going to start with you, and this coalition building aspect of what we're seeing the vice president do. and really, i mean, in 75 days out of the 107 that she has to do this campaign, she has been able to amass an incredible array of support, but most importantly, from folks like liz and dick cheney. and a whole group of republicans. how does that play out across the country from where you're sitting and how you're seeing the race unfold? >> listen, never in my life did i think i would be sitting here as a democrat and saying we have a coalition full of everyone including the cheneys. like, no democrat wants to admit that they have the cheneys on their side, right? but you know, it's showing that there are so many people in this country who are ready to move past donald trump including people in the republican party. i'm not a republican but i have heard that. you have said that. >> yeah. >> but i also, you know, it

shows that there are so many parts of the american people that we can organize in order to show up to vote. they're picking between the couch and kamala harris. i will say, i think it is important for democrats to not solely focus on just the republicans who don't want to vote for kamala harris and that's why they're building with coalitions of black folks, coalitions of young people, hopefully getting the undecided voters. i think this is showing people there is this desire to not only move past him but put this country over the partisan politics because it's more than donald trump that people want to get rid of. it's this nastiness that is in our politics that, you know, it's part of the reason why people enjoy tim walz on the debate because they saw this way to have civility with someone you not only disagree with, but someone who is lying with a smile, but you saw a bit of the civility, to talk across the aisle and discuss the issues without all these insults you

were showing. >> i thought that insult aspect from that one person, ms. bennett, who was at the rallies, sarah, and was turned off by that, and in listening to what she was saying, i couldn't help but think about all the things that have led up to this point, in particularly focusing on dick cheney and the fact that he is not on that stage with donald trump because of a lot of the things that donald trump wanted him to do and then the just turning on him the way he did. i took note of the fact that liz cheney at her endorsement rally with the vice president had this to say about mike pence yesterday. let's take a quick listen. >> our institutions also held because of vice president mike pence. who refused -- [ applause ] >> he refused to violate his oath to the constitution.

and that is why mike pence is not donald trump's running mate today. >> i mean, to alencia's point about the cheneys, to hear democrats applaud mike pence, i mean, really speaks to the time because and you're very much involved in the space. putting the country first at this moment has been a critical aspect of not just what republicans are saying but how the harris campaign has picked up that mantle. what are you seeing and hearing as you're going around the country and trying to make the case not just to republicans but also to democrats, and having someone as an example like mike pence to say, hey, this is the right space to be in? >> yeah, i think our country owes obviously a lot of gratitude to mike pence for the courage that it took to make that decision on january 6th and to break with donald trump. obviously, it hurt him career wise. he had aspirations to be president one day. that's likely never going to happen, at least in today's republican party.

and same goes for liz cheney. i mean, she is truly a patriot. she understands what it means to put country first. and there should be a line of men behind her who should be out there doing the same and sounding the alarm about donald trump because i know full and well that all of these republican elected officials know that what she's saying is true but they don't have the courage to stand up there and do it. she has more courage than all of them combined in her pinky toe. i'm honored to know her and call her a mentor, but she's out there making the case because she knows that kamala harris and her might disagree on policy, but at the end of the day, what they do agree on is the need to protect democracy. and the stakes are too high in this election, and she knows that she's not going to sit on the sidelines and let donald trump waltz back into the oval office. i get a lot of pushback from some republicans when we say we're going to set policy aside in this election. i'm a republican who endorsed kamala harris for president. if you told her i would be voting for her four years ago, i

would have thought you were crazy, but i also didn't think an insurrection at our nation's capitol was possible, i didn't think we would have a president who would try to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power. i tell these people, doesn't character matter? doesn't the constitution matter? these are things that i want in a leader, someone who will uphold the constitution and defend it. someone who will be an inspiration to the young children across this country and be a really true leader for them. and donald trump has shown us that he's wholly unfit to ever serve office ever again. >> so speaking of the grind. jonathan, you're out there grinding on the beat, trying to tap into the movement that is happening, that's coursing between the presidential campaigns but certainly that folks themselves are sort of focusing on these campaigns the way they have or at least starting to as we wind up the last three days. you have the harris campaign

meeting with a group of arab americans in michigan today, you know, before her rally, she wanted to sort of have that conversation with muslim and arab american community leaders to talk about, you know, supporting her. and what that looks like. she's really trying to pull all these pieces together, and in this one is particularly difficult because this was a very weak spot for the biden campaign, particularly in the state like michigan, with the muslim and arab community. what is your reporting showing you and telling you about those efforts and how that's kind of come together a lot quicker for her than we otherwise may have thought? >> you started off talking about this diverse coalition that she's put together. everybody from liz cheney to liz warren, everybody from scarlett johansson to magic johnson.

nobody would rather get an assist from anyone than magic johnson. but i think what you're seeing, and all of that is a sort of public endorsement stuff, but what you're seeing from vice president harris now is an effort to do the inside politics and the very difficult politics that successful politicians are able to execute, which is she's going to a community that is upset with the administration's policy on israel in terms of the arab and muslim population in michigan, not everyone, of course, but large groups within that set, and she's going to go there and tell them she's going to be a partner, she's going to listen to them. at the same time, to not have moved on the policy, and her ability to convince them that they will have a seat at the table, that she will listen to them, that she may be able to be swayed at some point depending on the issue, is very important. and if she's not able to execute that, you know, i think that's potentially a loss of votes for her in michigan that democrats would normally get. if she is able to execute it, you say that's a pretty effective behind the scenes

player. a pretty effective inside player. >> how are the politicians, the democrats across the country, responding to these efforts by the campaign? because again, that was a space that had begun to shrink for the biden campaign, where people were like, i don't know. do you see a movement by candidates down ballot towards kamala in regard to these types of efforts? >> i think if you look across the board at the down ballot races, what you see is that senate candidates, house candidates, state legislative candidates feel like they're in a better place with kamala harris on the ballot than they were with joe biden on the ballot particularly after the june 27th debate. they saw the bottom dropping out as they saw he was going to be a drag on them. i don't think they feel the same way about harris. in some cases her running is not going to hurt them, may help them, but it's a very different ball game. let me kind of remind everybody, the one unifying thing for liz

cheney and liz warren and all the other people in between that are supporting kamala harris is they want to stop donald trump from being president of the united states, and they will do whatever they can legally to stop him from becoming president of the united states, and it's why joe biden is no longer the democratic nominee, and it is why you're seeing very few breaks in the democratic coalition, very few criticisms of this campaign. and i'm not sure that that's always healthy for a campaign to not hear criticism, but democrats are afraid of turning the tables. >> in one respect, donald trump is unifying the opposition against them, that's for sure. don't go anywhere, folks. jonathan, sarah, and alencia are sticking with us because coming up, marjorie taylor greene digs deeper into her bag of loony with her claims of who is actually responsible for hurricane helene. you'll love this one. stay with us. stay with us

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the death toll from hurricane helene is now more than 200 people. 220 people. while hundreds of others remain unaccounted for. such tragic figures didn't stop some of the extreme members of the republican party from gaslighting the american public about the cause of the storm. with marjorie taylor greene tweeting, and i quote, yes, they

control the weather. it's ridiculous for anyone to lie and say it can't be done. so marjorie, who are they? who are the they you are referring to? exactly? democrats, jewish space lasers? who knows. meanwhile, donald trump appeared alongside georgia governor brian kemp after surveying the damage left by hurricane helene in the battleground state. it was yet another opportunity for trump to bash and lie about the biden white house for its hurricane response. despite his own unhinged response to disasters when he was president. jonathan allen, sarah matthews, and alencia johnson are back with me. so this is probably in many respects some of the most asinine and galling parts of what comes out of this republican party, sarah.

is in a moment of national crisis, where we're all trying to deal with what happened, we have loved ones and family and friends who have been affected by the storm. the government is pulling together its resources to respond accordingly. you have these individuals, who want to go out and deliberately put out misinformation, so for example, you have fema now having to warn of helene misinformation. having to launch a rumor response page on their website so that people will get the facts. what the hell is wrong with these people? i mean, these aren't the same people that you and i worked with over these many years. i just don't get it. i mean, and in a national tragedy, you love donald trump so much that you're going to parrot that kind of crazy out there and promote conspiracy? which quite frankly, could wind

up having people hurt and harmed, not getting the resources and help they need because they're following donald trump and marjorie taylor greene's stupid down a rabbit hole. >> yeah, it's very clear to me republicans are not sending their best and brightest to washington anymore. it's unimaginable to me that at a time when so many of our fellow americans are suffering, going through probably the worst experience of their lives right now, and what do these politicians decide to do? politicize it. what does donald trump try to do? spread lies about it. he was saying that the governor of georgia, brian kemp, couldn't get in touch with joe biden. kemp said it wasn't true, that biden offered anything the state needed. now trump is saying fema, they don't have enough money for relief for victims of the hurricane because they were using that money on undocumented immigrants. and the crazy thing is that washington post did a fact check and it was actually donald trump during his administration who is taking money from fema in the

relief fund to use on undocumented immigrants, not the biden administration. >> i'm glad you brought that up, because alencia, trump initially refused to provide disaster aid for california after deadly wildfires in 2016 because of the state's democratic leanings. adding that trump changed his mind after voting ruts showed him that the heavily damaged orange county had more trump supporters than the entire state of iowa. at that point, trump was, we can put aid in there. >> if there's anyone with a pattern of making this about politics it's donald trump. it's extremely frustrating. over 200 americans have been found dead and counting. these are families. people have lost their entire livelihoods. they can't go back into their homes. i continue to have that image of

donald trump in contrast to, and in moments like this, we're looking for a comforter in chief. someone that can literally go anywhere, red state, blue state, and literally be there to say, i am here with you. donald trump was in puerto rico tossing paper towels at people. right? and i remember, like, we laugh at it because it was crazy. but it was so inhumane. for this man to come out and lie, but then, the other sad piece of this is that there are so many people who believe what he says versus the numerous fact checks that are out there by actual credible journalists so in addition to the republican party having to rebuild itself once they get through trump, we also have to sow more trust and facts in journalism in this country after him because there is no reason that we're disputing these facts when brian kemp is literally on air saying, we missed each other's phone calls but we started talking to

each other. >> that's a nice pivot to you, back to the media, because you know, as another fact check in 2017, north carolina after hurricane matthew, made the request for aid. the democratic governor of the state at that time, roy cooper, made the request. and donald trump's fema under the instructions that i presume came from somewhere up the chain, only gave them 1% of the money they wanted. how in your position when you guys are sitting down and covering something, how do you get these stories out in a way to help people understand what -- not just what the fact check is but what the history, because we have two sightings recognize here in 2017 and 2018 where the trump administration did something very different from what they're blaming the current administration from doing. how do you guys cover that

aspect of trying to keep that timeline intact? >> not to mention the wild stuff that was going on in the trump administration during the pandemic. >> yes. >> with regard to fema basicall federal structure as much as possible, creating side structures to try to bid on gloves and things like that. i mean, it was a truly inefficient model for helping people. they did help some people, obviously, but it was inefficient. look, i think we do the best we can to find, for those of us have a history remembering these things, we report on the things we remember and double check those, also try to get out accurate new information. i thought it was really instructive that the congressman from western north carolina, chuck edwards, a freshman who is very conservative, came out this week and praised fema, said he was criticizing him for water wasn't coming in fast enough, he asked for a certain number of palettes. there weren't cell phones. temporary cell phone towers. you know, there weren't enough

of those in his district. and he complained about it. within 24 hours, those things arrived. palettes upon palettes of water arrived from fema. to his credit, he praised fema. even though it's not helpful for him to praise the biden administration. we look for people like that who are telling the truth and get their messages out there. marjorie taylor greene is out talking about who controls the weather. i think most of us look at that as a scientific phenomenon, but even if you look at the bible, the bible would tell you that god controls the weather, right? >> you would think. >> it's not a they, it's not like the democrats or jewish people with space lasers that she thinks exists out there. >> i'm sorry. i'm just sorry, folks, that for me is just a whole special kind of stupid. just, i can't -- the fact that a current member of congress puts something like that out in public, you should be ashamed of yourself, marjorie. you need to go home and sit in

the closet and check yourself. thank you guys so much. really appreciate you coming in. coming up, donald trump and the holy grift, how oklahoma with a storied history of book banning may now have the trump bible in their classrooms. hmm, that's next.

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classroom in the state will have a bible in the classroom. and we'll be teaching from the bible in the classroom to insure that this historical understanding is there for every student in the state of oklahoma. >> okay, that was oklahoma state school superintendent ryan walters in june tossing out the separation of church and state when he mandated that the bible should not only be available in every classroom but that it be added to teachers' curriculums, putting aside for a moment the many issues with this decree, a report today in the oklahoman raised another striking aspect. on monday, bids opened for a contract to supply the state with the 55,000 bibles walters says they need, and it came with a very, very specific set of criteria. settle in for this one, folks. the bible must be the king james

version containing both the old and new testaments. it must also include copies of the pledge of allegiance, declaration of independence, the u.s. constitution, and the bill of rights. oh, and get this, it must also be bound in leather or leather-like material for durability. now, while there are thousands, thousands of different copies of the bible available for purchase, there seems to be only one person, hmm, who has a bible that happens to fit all of those criteria. >> with my good friend lee greenwood, i encourage you to get this god bless the usa bible. >> introducing the limited edition god bless the usa bible, the god bless the usa large print king james bible also contains america's founding documents designed for an easy reading experience in the trusty king james translation. >> i'm joined now by rick tyler,

msnbc political analyst, republican strategist, and president of foundry road, and don callaway, democratic strategist, host of the caucus room podcast, great podcast, and founder of the national voter protection action fund. gentlemen, welcome to the table. rick, i'll start with you because i don't know. republicans have always been very, very clear about that whole separation of church and state thing. now, we are mandating public schools carry a bible but a very specific one that seemingly belongs to donald trump. >> i thought donald trump's bible was gilded in cheap fake gold. my church used the king james bible. i read my bible every morning. but i don't think it should be mandating in schools. and also, the idea, you write a government contract, which this is, that only one supplier happens to fit.

that's called corruption. i think the bible speaks loudly against that. i think it's actually made god's top ten. >> i think it did. someone wants to check those -- >> somewhere between do not steal and bearing false witness. >> there's a little bit of that. don, you've got, you know, this headline out of the oklahoman, trump bible one of the few that meets superintendent's criteria. you have the effort to sort of really force this on the public schools in oklahoma. i mean, how does that happen? i mean, the broader community sitting back saying okay, we're -- my kids are going to learn the trump bible? and here's my question. since it's mandating to be taught, how do you do that in math and physics? i mean, there are going to be

some real problems in science class when you start talking about, you know, the 4 billion years of the earth versus 6,000 years. i don't know. which one is going to trump which? >> let's just assume that the trump bible will not be a cornerstone element of the oklahoma secondary education. but we're not sure. this is what happens when a state gets so far red or so far blue that the masses just kind of stop paying attention and holding elected officials accountable. i think rick said something very important. this is a government contract. this is a sole source government contract. this is like so many things we have seen over the last ten years whether it be secret service housing or rentals are space at mar-a-lago. this is the trump financial grift. he's lined his pockets and his family's pockets for ten years off the business of politics, and this is an especially, the grift is naked now. this is crazy to see sole source contracts for 55,000 bibles. what's the margin on those? that is if nothing else clear

evidence for a real -- it doesn't smell right. it doesn't pass anyone's objective smell test. >> notice what they coupled it with, too. the constitution, the declaration of independence. see, there's this idea and especially it's been ramp nlt in the evangelical churches. i wish they would read their bible because it's an amazing piece of ancient literature, 5,000 years ago in a different language. to understand it, you really have to read it. it's like, i don't know what percentage, but it's beautiful poetry. i do believe it's god inspired. i do not think it's literal because i do not think god communicates to us that way. when you get into this idea that in order to be christian, you have to be a patriotic american and you must put this together, the churches are getting away from their fundamental mission which is supposed to be teaching the bible and saving souls, not turning out voters to vote for

donald trump's gilded world. >> and is the turning out the voters part of this that is also an important aspect of what we're about to see this happening right now as voters are already voting, but certainly on november 5th, you have president biden on the election being free and fair and peaceful. let's take a listen to the president. >> i'm confident it will be free and fair. i don't know whether it will be peaceful. with things that trump has said and the things that he said last time out when he didn't like the outcome of the election were very dangerous. >> i think a lot of people were a little bit surprised to hear the president say that last part, that i don't think, you know, that this could be peaceful. i think he's right about that. i think when you look, you know, a lot of folks are thinking the action is going to be across the street here at the capitol.

i don't think so. i think there was a lot learned by very bad people in 2020. and i think there will be a different play in 2024. because they're already setting it up. >> from a national security standpoint, the play is that county seats of government, local states of government, and state capitols which are no means as prepared to protect against a riot, and even here we were invaded, so what is to become in lancing, michigan, where they have set real plans in motion to kidnap the governor or any type of environment that is less secure than the united states capitol here. joe biden is right, we have no evidence that donald trump will willfully participate in the peaceful tranceful of power because he did not do so in 2020. if you look at jd vance, regardless of what he said so eloquently and participated well in the debate, the reality is, not only did donald trump not participate in the peaceful transfer of power, but the reason jd vance, a big reason why he has the job is because he

committed to trump in private, that was one of the major elements of the interview question, he committed that he would not assuage democrats by conceding if donald trump feels like the election was fraudulent. and let's be clear. donald trump lied about the one he actually won back in 2016. >> joe biden was wrong. the election will not be free and fair. because the team that cheated last time was the trump team. the biden team did not cheat. the democrats did not cheat, and the republicans down the ticket did not cheat. donald trump cheated. he tried to replace duly-elected electors who vote for the president with this illegal scheme, running around the laws of each state to willy-nilly elect electors. that is cheating. you see this election integrity that the trump campaign talks about, that is election suppression and voter intimidation. that's what that's about. it's not about securing the vote. it's about securing the vote for

donald trump. let's not be confused about it. joe biden is right about the second. and why wouldn't he be right? because they have already demonstrated their willful -- their capacity to be violent, not just violent, deadly violent. >> rick tyler and don callaway are sticking with us to play who won the week. but first, how is a '90s tv character maxine shaw inspired a generation of black women leaders? including vice president kamala harris? joy recently spoke to the actress who portrayed her, erica alexander. that's next. that's next.

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all right, ms. shaw, if you really think you can top the patty hearst thing. >> your honor, the police records indicate that only one person fled the offices of galaxy telemarketing. why? because only one man knew what he was doing was illegal. that man lawrence j. free lander. >> you'll never work in the telemarketing industry again. i made you. and i can break you. >> that's from the iconic '90s sitcom living single, which was more than just the original friends. it served as an inspiration to a generation of black women leaders, with one of the show's

main characters, maxine shaw, influencing politicians including stacey abrams, congresswoman ayanna pressley, and vice president kamala harris. who a number of times has noted how much of an impact the character had on her. it's a phenomenon so common it's been dubbed the maxine shaw effect. and now it's taking another step, with living single star erika alexander turning her breakout character into a template for building the next generation of leaders. by partnering with microsoft and distributing a new innovative curriculum including hits from the hit sitcom to teach leadership, communication skills, and instill self-confidence and self-empowerment. joining me now is my dear friend erika alexander. actress, producer, cofounder of color far media. thank you for being here. >> hey, joy. thank you so much. i'm so glad to see you and really happy to talk about this because i'm excited about it.

>> i'm excited about it too. talk about this curriculum and really actually before you talk about the curriculum, talk about how it feels for you as erika alexander to be in the world and have women come up to you and say i became a lawyer because of maxine shaw? >> it's kind of freaky because i'm walking around with her face, but i'm actually walking around with my face. they come and say, oh, you have no idea how much that character influenced my choices and inspired me to go into law or politics and executive positions. so i'm really gratified by it. but in a way, i'm sort of stealing her thunder. that's all right, she stole my whole life and face. and when she wrote that character, i think that she instilled but had a lot of people appearing to me, to give me that presents that i think people

dug, which was a very self- assured black woman with power and had her own style and look. it is nice that all these years, they grew up and became the real thing that i was playing, even more so than i could ever dream or max could, so this is very powerful. >> is someone who had a secret side desire to be a lawyer myself, i am one of those people who experienced the maxine shaw effect. talk about this curriculum. where will it be, where will it be rolled out and what you hope to do with it? >> as you mentioned, with microscopic discovery and reconstruction, this was made by langston. one of the best curriculum writers in america and we created this in particular because we wanted to talk about leadership. we wanted to talk about building the leaders of tomorrow, so that is what this is doing. we want to talk about it in a way that any student could come in and find the so-called skill

sets that you need. people don't know how important, integrity, communication skills, discernment, all these things that make powerful leaders, how to present yourself. how to present a case. research. you are one of the best debaters of all time and you know how integral that skill set is for what you do. well, we are trying to teach that and give them a little taste of it, so if they want to go forward they can be more powerful. >> how do people access it? >> well, we are going to partner with them and also have a pilot program. the pilot program will start in jackson, mississippi. we are partnered with them for that and then also -- i was just in philadelphia. they renamed a whole street for me and they mentioned, the council mentioned that they would like to have it. so we are hoping whoever wants it can get in contact with us at

color firm impact and then we can work with them to get it as part of the afterschool program or whatever. >> you have two streets named after you. it is like mlk and then erika alexander, in terms of street names in the country. there it is. this is amazing. >> i love it. >> that is amazing and i want to thank you for starting in jackson, mississippi. you know this is a city that is near and dear to my heart and they need the support and i love that you are going right into these red states that are trying to ban books and keep people from knowledge of themselves and take away their self-confidence and you are putting it right back into them, because that is who you are. erika alexander, that is an amazing thing. i'm so proud of you, so proud to call you my friend and we will be looking for the maxine shaw effect in all schools and all 50 states and territories. absolutely.

erika alexander, thank you, my friend. >> coming up, it is time to play our favorite game, who won the week? don't go anywhere. anywhere.

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all right, we've made it through another week, which means it is time to play our favorite game. who won the week?

back with me, don, who won the week? >> very easy decision for me. a 6'1" point guard out of the university of delaware, president joseph robinette biden. an excellent job report. solve the crisis with the longshoreman strike and got the go-ahead to continue with student loan forgiveness for 25 million more americans. i don't know anyone has ever had a better week, closing out strong. shout out to president biden, doing the work silently while he is overshadowed by this campaign hype, but again, longshoreman strike which averts economic disaster. student loan forgiveness gets the go ahead and do an excellent job report. he won the week. >> and he showed up in the press room. >> and he showed up in the press room. >> and none of the press corps stood up. shame on you. >> that is a good case. i have to give it to j.d. vance and i will tell you why. because we didn't get grunts and groans, we got an ivy league, school educated days

something came out of his mouth. debates as you know are all about expectations and i think he blew it out of the water and unfortunately for him, walz did not. from the time j.d. was named vice presidents up to now -- maybe he saved himself for some future night. >> he did save himself or something. we don't know what. mine, you actually already mentioned it, the longshoreman's strike. i think that combination of the union workers, the leaders and the white house coming together to avert what could have been a very difficult and dark fall. bravo. you win the week. we very much appreciate it. for all the hard work and you are right. joe biden, you are the man. thank you and that is all for tonight's "reidout". joy is back on monday.