tuesday jon meacham, thank you for being up with us. it strikes me that so much of your work is about presidential leadership. we saw so many examples this week of another leadership. take a listen. >> there has to be some way we can maintain the fence that people have -- but there is some security. or some confidence that the government can function. and that you can elect the president of the united states. do we go back into session? >> we did go back into session. but now apparently everybody on the floor is putting on some gas masks. -- i'm trying to get more information. >> they're putting on what? >> tear gas masks. >> can you believe? this can you believe this? >> i can't. >> john, her big question in that moment of crisis, how do we signal to the american people that they can have faith that our government will function. how will history remember that moment? >> i'm a great admirer of speaker pelosi. and so we share this with this context. she's a friend. and i can tell you that she speaks in private wherein there are no camera

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up next, jon meacham's new book. you are watching "andrea mitchell reports" on msnbc. >>> with the midterms 11 days away, we are seeing extraordinary challenges with donald trump inspiring denial of the 2020 outcome and armed vigilantes intimidating voters in arizona, our 16th president, abraham lincoln, led a country that was then deeply divided, devolving into civil war. what can we learn from him about demonstrating political courage to keep the union together in a polarized time? joining me now is biographer jon meacham who occasionally advises president biden. his new book is number two on "the new york times" best seller's list. it's good to see you. >> you too. >> you are a reassuring presence with your historical context and with your understanding of political courage. the role of faith. people can make compromises like lincoln did but come out in the right place in pulling people together. >> without a moral commitment to something larger than your own perpetuation and power, the american republic doesn't w

perspective tonight from historian jon meacham. >>> this is elon musk's show now. he is the chief twit. >> taking over twitter the moves elon musk is making and how he plans on making any big content decisions. >>> rolling out the big names. former president obama hits the campaign trail while president biden makes his own appearance the tight races they're focusing on. >>> plus, tom brady retired from his marriage >>> the hero firefighter saving lives in his off time. ♪ great balls of fire ♪ >> and remembering rock and roll pioneer, jerry lee lewis. >> announcer: live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith." >>> good evening house speaker nancy pelosi's husband suffered a skull fracture and serious injuries to his hands and his arms after a man with a hammer stormed their san francisco home and attacked him. that's according to the speaker's office sources say paul pelosi was home alone when the attacker smashed out windows in the back of the house and broke in shouting, where is nancy where is nancy a family member telling nbc news the susp

jon meacham, one of our favorite professors, is here to teach us next.inues. i hit a patch in my life where we lost our home, we lost our clothes, and we had to live in hotel rooms because i didn't have that credit. i picked up the phone and i called them. creditrepair.com, it was, "hey, we can come together. this is what we're going to do," kind of thing. i can't thank credit repair enough because they have allowed me to begin again. bad credit doesn't have to be forever. get help from creditrepair.com. >> with a pivotal election less than three weeks away, the future of our democracy is about to be decided by americans who remain deeply divided. our next guest is out with a timely new book about a president who once led a country even more divided than we are today. back with us tonight, presidential historian jon meacham who occasionally advises president biden. his new book and then there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle is out now. john, when i received this book in the mail i want you to know this that it came in a manila envelo

mike again, jon meacham who occasionally advises president biden.n and the american struggle is out now. john, when i received this book in the mail, i want you to know, this it because it came in a manila envelope. it had my name, it had my address, and then had the word adults written on the outside. so my husband comes to my room and says, you know steph, what were you ordering? and lo and behold, i rip it open, and fortunately it was not anything racy or naughty, but it was very important. >> are you suggesting the dork porn is not an important thing to send through the mail? >> it is important. so, you as the author of the most important recent dork porn, if you get it in the mail, and it's as adults, don't get too excited, it's a book about abraham lincoln. why do we need to read this? why is so important now? can you believe that? adults, it's as on the outside. >> we have not been this divided since the civil war. as we are now, and what happened in the 18 50s and 60s is a cautionary tale, obviously, because of the civil war. it's also an ex

this is why we have jon meacham here. he long run? >> liz cheney is putting country above party. she is not just talking about it, she's not just away from, as jen said, away from the hot mic. she's not just saying, oh, we really need to do something about this extremism and trump. she has put her political career really not in jeopardy, but she has ended her for now her hold on elective office for a principle. and that's what we are supposed to want in principled leaders in a democracy. it's public virtue in action. and she's really margaret j. smith from our time. she denounced joe mccarthy, and did soy saying that principle mattered more than party and principle -- and this is the hard part in a midterm election, 11 days out. but the cheney news and her statement there actually manifests this point. this really is a midterm, i believe, personal opinion, take it or leave it, obviously, that the principles of politics as a mediation of differences. and obeying the rule of law, that is more important in this hour, i believ

presidential historian jon meacham is going to be with us tonight. he will tell us why this is the most consequential election since the civil war. >> could you imagine if it really is? since the civil war? >> i trust him. any historical question whatsoever, he's pulitzer prize winning, so if he says it is, it must. people ask him his rationale. >> we'll ask him soon. can't wait for that conversation. let's kick it off now for former republican congressman charlie dent, also alyssa farah griffin, who was trump white house communications director, and tobin marcus, a former economic policy adviser to then vice president joe biden. look, there is a lot that happened tonight. we've been waiting for this debate. it has been will they debate, will they not debate? and now it's here, and the question is how would he perform given the stroke experienced back in may. he actually addressed it off the top, in part, let's play it. >> and let's also talk about the elephant in the room. i had a stroke. he has never let me forget that. and i might miss some words

>> jon meacham, thank you so much for this chats. i will say, this book is the next best thing to taking a year-long college and university course with you. so glad we have that. anyway, so good to see you. best of luck with the book. that's going to be number one for a long, long time. thank you, john meacham. early voting getting underway in a state where a senate rate could tip the balance of power in washington. we'll bring you details on that, next. next what will you do? ♪ what will you change? ♪ will you make something better? ♪ will you create something entirely new? ♪ our dell technologies advisors provide you with the tools and expertise you need to do incredible things. because we believe there's an innovator in all of us. anask your doctor with h-i-v, about biktarvy. biktarvy is a complete, one-pill, once-a-day treatment used for h-i-v in certain adults. it's not a cure, but with one small pill, biktarvy fights h-i-v to help you get to and stay undetectable. that's when the amount of virus is so low it cannot be measured

and also with us, jon meacham, his new book is entitled "and there was light, abraham lincoln ands americanimmediate take aways from what happened to paul pelosi, but also, if you could bring in to the conversation what you have learned about what's been happening out in the country and the threat to our democracy given that right now conspiracy theories about what happened to paul pelosi are running far more rampant than the facts out on the internet. >> well, my first thought when i heard about this was january 6th. the sort of where is nancy, i think that was echoed on that day by the failed insurrectionists, and so that was sort of, you know, that sent a tremor through me. it was a sad and scary moment. i think the conspiracy part of this that's so troubling is the flooding of the zone, so, you know, we don't really have neutral arbiters of news anymore. very few of them are left. people are in media bubbles. so when elon musk, for example, tweeted what he did, that conspiracy theory, you know, he was flooding the zone with inaccurate information. that happens when you have a divided la

. >>> coming up here, jon meacham continues his residency, it's a residency like celine dion in vegas" for his new book on president abraham lincoln. today we'll focus on the up hill battle for lincoln's republican party in the midterms when he was president and show comparisons to what democrats are facing this time around. >>> president biden is expected to discuss infrastructure during a visit to pennsylvania today, on the heels of a major announcement aimed at curbing rising gas prices. the president's chief of staff ron klain will be our guest live from the white house. "morning joe" is coming right back. te house "morning joe" is coming right back if you still have symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis or active psoriatic arthritis after a tnf blocker like humira or enbrel, rinvoq is different and may help. stand up to your symptoms with rinvoq. rinvoq is a once-daily pill that tackles pain, stiffness, swelling. for some, rinvoq significantly reduces ra and psa fatigue. it can stop further irreversible joint damage. and rinvoq can leave skin clear or almost clear i

>> jon meacham, this is really good. thank you very very much. n his new book entitled "and there was light, abraham lincoln and the american and the american struggle." john fetterman leans into the questions about his health following the stroke he suffered back in may, even turning it into an opportunity to remind voters of his opponent's own campaign stumbles. his new post ahead on "morning joe." we're back in two minutes. our internet isn't ideal. my dad made the brillant move to get us t-mobile home internet. -which... we have to share our signal with the entire neighborhood. yeah, now we do some weird things to get our speeds. well... i'm up. -c'mon kids. this sucks. well if you just switch maybe you don't have to be vampires. whoa... -okay, yikes. oh sorry, i wasn't thinking. we, uh, don't really use the v word. that's kind of insensitive. we prefer pro-lunar. yes, much better. ♪♪ >>> you are looking at live pictures and if you're here in london the songs of sex pistols it means nbc sports co-host of "men in blazers." >> that is a lot of c

the pulitzer prized winning historian jon meacham released a biography on lincoln called "and there wasoe biden and he now joins me. occasionally advises me, as well. >> to the same effect. >> do you think there is a parallel between, you know, when you look at the data, it shows that we are the only time we were similarly divided was after the civil war. do you think there are comparisons, analogies to be made here? >> i do. i was hoping for years for the last five years, that this was more like 1933 or 1968, where there were clashing visions, but a fundamental acceptance of the protocols of politics. i don't think that's true. i think that the persistence of the big lie, trump's insistence that the election was stolen, and its ancillary impacts has created an 1850s feel. it's a clash of visions that has almost everything to do with power and identity. and democracies do not long endure, as lincoln would say, if we do not mutually respect the rules of the road. and we can argue about whether the constitution should do this or that. but in that case, in the 1850s, there was an entire br

>> jon meacham, thank you very much. week for more on his brand new book entitled "and there was light" abraham lincoln and the american struggle. historian, michael beschloss, thank you as well. >> you know, leah toy stol said he was the single greatest historical figure since jesus christ, the more i read about lincoln, the more i agree with that. it's staggering what he did. and jon's book captures all of that. >>> at five minutes past the top of the hour, we turn back to our coverage of the midterm elections now just three weeks from today. there were debates yesterday in a number of key races including the final one between the democrat and republican candidates in extremely close ohio, the senate race there. here are some of the exchanges between congressman tim ryan and j.d. vance. >> it's tragic and j.d. and his extreme crew, they want to have a national abortion ban. they're not happy with people having to go to illinois. they want people to get a passport and have to go to canada. largest government overreach in

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. >> we want to thank the dean of the national cathedral dan randy hollerit and jon meacham for organizingeather connolly, the marshal fund was there. your 102-year-old father. >> oh, my gosh. star of the night. >> exercise regimen because we were talking about the marshal plan and when george marshall announced in harvard in 1945, your father, of course, was there. >> he was in the audience. >> amazing! >> handed him the microphone he said, i don't need a microphone. >> and he did not. >> the voice boomed throughout the national cathedral. >> incredible. >> extraordinary. >> he's quite a 102-year-old. >> he is powerful. >> yes. >> so -- let's talk about your column yesterday, and it's -- a bit disconcerting. you hoped ukrainians would look at this as a putin problem not a russian problem and hope dan pressner would be right that this war is about ladimir putin and not an existential threat to russia. that's not exactly what you saw. >> joe, i was in ukraine over the weekend. left a day before the terrible bombing that we've seen in the last two days begin, but i was struck that in almost

and the fact that it is still so widespread and rampant really does show what jon meacham was saying, a second about lincoln and the civil war, it was close. it was close. most people thought lincoln was going to lose for reelection, that there were going to be compromises that would have ended the emancipation of slaves. it was close. we're close now too. we're close now too because people that we know, and people that people that we love and people that we have respected in other areas of our lives are embracing anti-democratic conspiracy theories. >> and candidates. >> and candidates and are willing to overthrow american democracy and free and fair elections because they lost one election. it's really depressing. jon meacham is next. >>> also ahead, we have been talking about the head-to-head match ups in the key midterm battlegrounds. it is not always the case. we'll talk about how libertarians and third-party candidates could play spoilers in crucial senate races. "morning joe" is back in a moment. senate races. "morning joe" is back in a moment it's nice to unwind after a long w

jon meacham, thank you very much. >>> coming up on "morning joe," florida's governor ron desantis haserceived voter fraud, but how does that actually work? flu video from police cameras reveals confusion and anger of those getting arrested while the local police sound apologetic for what they were carrying out. we're go to show you that. >> sounds like a mess. >> like a complete buster. we'll be right back. >> buster! >> buster! we really had our hands full with our two-year-old. so naturally, we doubled down with a new puppy. thankfully, we also have new tide ultra-oxi with odor eliminators. between stains and odors, it can handle double trouble. for the #1 stain fighter and odor remover, it's got to be tide. president biden has now signed the inflation reduction act into law. ok, so what exactly does it mean for you? out of pocket costs for drugs will be capped. for seniors, insulin will be just $35. families will save $2,400 on health care premiums. energy costs, down an average of $1,800 a year for families. and it's paid for by making the biggest corporations pay what they owe. p

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