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i'm ali velshi joining you today from minneapolis, minnesota. erica 2020." there are just 51 days remaining until voters head out to the polls in what is being called the most consequential election in our lifetime. now, that being the case, we decided to hit the road and join you every sunday leading up to that all-important day from a location critical to the outcome of the election. minnesota is one of those states, still considered by many as a swing state up for grabs. the minneapolis star tribune reporting that both presidential candidates, donald trump and joe biden, will be in minnesota this coming friday holding campaign events. but before we drill down on what's happening here, i want to take a look at this morning's top headlines. wildfires out west have now claimed the lives of at least 33 people, leaving dozens more unaccounted for. hundreds of thousands have been forced to flee their homes in california, washington and oregon. in

next, ali velshi will return with the pulse out there in colorado.ow are folks out there feeling with just hours to go now. i will take you through the latest polling on where the race stands, not just nationally but in some of the most important swing states. before i break, a brief heads up about tomorrow's debate. chuck todd will host predebate coverage on nbc news now. that will start at 8:00 p.m. tomorrow. we will be right back. robinhood believes now is the time to do money. without the commission fees. so, you can start investing today wherever you are - even hanging with your dog. so, what are you waiting for? download now and get your first stock on us. robinhood. economics? algorithms? magic? turns out, it's you. doing your thing. dreaming dreams. building new worlds. it's why we built our workspace technology. to help you do your best work and to see what you can become. you're made for bigger things. >>> all right, 36 days until election day and 24 hours and change until the first presidential debate. donald trump, joe biden, both refinin

this is not just about msnbc and not just about ali velshi. it's about the role of the press and the society, the role of the press in a democracy, right? i lot of people don't care about the president's words anymore, they're worthless, he he contradicts himself all the time and lies through his teeth, but his supporters, his base does listen and does believe what he says. so, when he mocks and celebrates a reporter's injury, they hear that loud and clear. it's dangerous. and it's autocratic. of course, we're in the season of democracy, the season of an election, and americans are exercising their freedom. their freedom to vote. the election's already under way and we should cover it that way. we see the lines in fairfax, virginia, for example. we see in other states lines of people making sure they cast their vote early. but in virginia, let's put that video back up, in virginia a group of poll workers and some voters said they felt intimidated when a group of trump supporters showed up and held sort of a mini rally, a peaceful protest near

ali velshi talked about politics before the election. >> i'm voting the biden-harris ticket.t is time for this administration to be gone. >> thank you. who are you voting for and why? >> i am voting for the trump-pence team because of everything that he's accomplished in the last four years with the media and with the democratic party against him and all of the accomplishments that he's had thus far. i am looking forward to the next four years. >> i was uninsurable prior to the affordable care act. right now with the aca being heard at the supreme court and trump also promising there is going to be a replacement, although no expert, there's been no negotiating, nothing has happened for us to believe that there is a replacement, whereas joe biden worked through the aca before. he understands the ins and outs of it, and i believe if it does get repealed, we've got a great chance of coming back strong with a real plan. >> there is a lot more where that came from. you can catch the rest of that conversation at the top of the hour in discussions with top colorado lawmakers start i

and make its way inland, hallie. >> ali velshi, thank you ali's shot coming to us through the magic ofnology that's why you're seeing the breakup there, not a surprise given the rain and wind we're seeing to pensacola, florida, where hurricane force winds are being recorded the mayor of that city grover robinson is joining us on the phone. mayor robinson, i know you're in the thick of it. thank you for being with us this morning. can you hear me okay >> yeah. i got something telling me there say hurricane going on right now. i think i can look outside, but no, no, we're -- rain, that's the biggest -- just the amount of rain we had we're still seeing significant winds. tropical storm related we really can't get out and do much assessment. our teams can't until we can do it safely. we have done some preliminary. we know we have -- where we have flooding for both the rain and the storm surge. we're hitting high tide here, so hopefully -- the winds come out of the opposite direction. that's leading me to believe we have turned around and can start -- a lot easier and we'll start seeing som

rainfall is already being measured in feet let's go to ali velshi on the ground in orange beach, alabamafar from where sally made landfall this morning. ali, it is clear, we have so much incoming water with the storm, it got into your equipment. we're not protecting your identity this is what happens when cameras are waterlogged. ali velshi, what a 12 hours. >> reporter: you can tell it is me because of the hairline a satellite dish is bringing the signal hard to keep the dish up given the wind this is 24 hours after the wind started. 7 hours from when it made landfall a few miles west of here, and we're still seeing this kind of wind, still bracing myself as i stand here the thing is still a hurricane it is 25 miles north, northeast of here, and still actually a hurricane. kind of remarkable thought it would come on shore late last night about midnight to 2:00 a.m., ended upcoming at 6:00 a.m. as a category two, not a category one i spent the night listening to this i have been doing hurricanes about 15 years i was thinking this sounds strong and relentless. gulf shores is where it made

. >>> coming up on msnbc ali velshi goes across america.ection day will be on the ground in swing states. >> he'll be talking with local leaders and voters about what matters to them. here is a preview from kenosha, wisconsin. >> who are you voting for for president? >> president trump. >> tell me why. >> he's the best thing for our country. economy wise, he's the best person to keep us on track. he's for the small businesses. he's for people to be profitable and to make money for their families. he's against abortion. he's for children. children are our future. >> i'm voting for biden. i'm voting for biden because we need to make sure everybody in this country has access to affordable health care. it makes no sense to be in one of the richest countries in the world but to have huge populations that can't get treatment for what would be considered for basic things. i'm also voting for biden because we need to address the crisis that's at the border. kids need to come out of cages. >> watch "velshi across america 2020" today 8:00 a.m. easter

i'm ali velshi.be released book by former trump attorney michael cohen unearthing details of the unsavory relationship of him and our current president but first concerns this morning regarding a second wave of coronavirus expected to hit in the fall. reports that surge 2.0 as it's described by experts will strike right around the election. according to latest model from the university of washington's institute for health met russell westbrooks and evaluation, the current death toll could double by early november and models forecast projections of more than 400,000 deaths in total by the year's end. currently more than 189,000 people have died in the united states from covid-19. more than 6.2 million americans have been infected and all this as trump who has down played the devastation since the start of the pandemic remains hopeful that it will one day just go away. now, with 58 days rehmaning until americans head to the polls, trump is fixated

atlantic something that has only happened once before in history and joining us now is msnbc's ali velshihe situation there tonight? >> reporter: it's very unusual, lawrence we've had this kind of wind and rain from several hours right now, and we are many, many hours away from landfall in fact, this is a remarkably slow-moving storm. it's moving at about -- forward motion of about 2 miles an hour. you could easily walk faster thn this storm one of the problems when a storm moves that slowly, it dumps a lot of rain for a long period of time so this water soaks into the ground, allowing trees and poles to fall more easily with sustained winds. the other issue, of course, is some of these things are water issues, some of them are wind issues we may get a category 1 hurricane when it makes landfall, probably by the way either right over us or a few miles to the west of us, between us and mobile, alabama but as you mentioned, there have been five -- there are five atlantic storms. one of the things about the warming of the earth is that the warming of the ocean is taking place. that allows st

once again, i'm ali velshi. i am in for brian williams who has the night off. day 1343 of the trump administration, 41 days until the presidential election, just 6 days until the first debate. tonight we have protests in louisville and around the country after a grand jury declined to bring charges in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. a curfew has been in effect since 9 p.m. two officers were shot before curfew began. they have been hospitalized. one suspect in custody. the police chief says the injuries are not life threatening. one is in surgery. demonstrations eruptions have happened in new york and washington, d.c., louisville. and philadelphia. executing a warrant broke down her door seeking evidence in a narcotics investigation. an officer shot back at breonna taylor and hit her at least five times. a grand jury did indict just one former officer. hankinson. on charging of endangering neighbors with reckless gunfire. the other two involved in the shooting face no charges. >> according to to kentucky law, the force was justified in using force to prote

i'm ali velshi. we are 52 days away from election day.e global covid-19 pandemic was declared. about 195,000 americans are now dead from the disease. and about six and a half million have been infected. and both of those figures continue to climb at startling rates. schools around the country are back in session, a growing number of which are forced to remote learning again, due to new covid cases. at least six teachers have died from the disease since the school year started. including a 28-year-old third grade teacher and a 34-year-old special education teacher. and now, in a series of recorded interviews with "the washington post's" bob woodward, for his new book, president donald trump admitted, in realtime, as early as february, that he knew about the severity of covid-19 and what the country was about to face. and what did he do about it? he decided to lie to the american public, and do little to defend us from what he knew would come. >> it goes through air, bob. that's always tougher than the

i'm ali velshi.polling in two major battle ground states. in michigan, the latest nbcmarist poll

i'm ali velshi. it's day 1325 of the trump presidency.ays of his tenure we learned of trump denigrating someone or something. this week it was a rerun of sorts rather than a brand-new episode when news crossed on thursday that donald trump has once again disparaged fallen members of the united states military, my first response as it is with so much news of things trump allegedly said it that it didn't surprise me. trump and his people have denied the atlantic's reporting that in canceling a trip to a french

saturday, september 5th, i'm ali velshi. from election day and that was joe biden react together latest scandal donald trump is embroiled in over comments he reportedly made about u.s. soldiers and those men and women who have given their lives for their country. the president is, of course, denying it all, which is come to be expected. but the allegations are so truly deplorable that as republican congressman kinzinger says this is either the most heinous hit job on a president or the most heinous comments made by a president. here's the story. reported on thursday afternoon during a trip to france in 2018, trump canceled a planned vis toyota a u.s. world war i cemetery because it was raining and didn't want to get his hair wet. he privately called the american marines who died in the war, quote, losers and suckers. trump also pondered out loud, quote, who were the good guys in this war adding that he couldn't understand why the u.s. backed the allies. trump's trip to france i

overnight and this morning as well the storm surge could leave a lot of homes there under water msnbc's ali velshi orange beach. this is the eastern most town on the alabama gulf coast ali, what did you see overnight? what's the scene now >> reporter: craig, first of all, this is the scene now it's really blowing. look at the surf behind me this storm is probably 25 miles inland and north, and it's still packing this kind of a wallop. that's one of these unusual things it came over, made landfall at gulf shores which is just a few miles west of here the mayor said it was like a sucker punch you've done your share of hurricanes, you know what they're supposed to feel like. this started early, wind and rain coming since yesterday afternoon. it was supposed to hit in the early hours of the night finally made landfall closer to 6:00 a.m. and came in as a category 2 it was supposed to be a 1. this thing was moving at two miles an hour forward speed, not the wind speed and part of that is, when you sit out in the gulf of mexico over that warm water which sometimes happens a lot now with global warming,

landfall as a category 2 hurricane near gulf shores, alabama overnight joining us now, msnbc's ali velshi i hope you've seen the worst of it in neighboring orange beach, alabama. ali, you've had a rough night. >> reporter: yeah, andrea, it was a rough night, i have to tell you, i apologize in advance, because these winds are still whipping, hours after this thing, our satellite dish has a hard time staying up we thought this would be a category 1 storm it came ashore around 6:00, just a few miles west of here, between mobile and pensacola, florida, as a category 2 with winds up to 105 miles an hour and it sounded like it it came through like a train and it has done a great deal of damage around here a lot of flooding. there are boats that were in the gulf of mexico that are now inland, in people's backyards, in the streets of orange beach there are more than half a million people without power i'm just hearing a siren right now. we haven't heard them for a while, which means there is some ability for emergency crews to move around. this storm is now probably about 25 miles north of me inl

ali velshi, our thanks for that. this storm does not have winds and rain in equal measure. this will cause enough trouble for enough people. and on top of the suffering out west in the rampaging wildfires, please spare a thought for those americans who are on the run tonight, forced into shelters in the middle of a pandemic, and this is going to be another long night along portions of the gulf coast like orange beach, alabama. that's going to be our broadcast for this tuesday night thank you for spending this time with us. on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night >>> tonight on "all in" -- 49 days out and there's one important thing to know about the president's campaign of fear and panic, white backlash, it's not really working we'll go through the evidence. >>> then shocking whistleblower allegations of atrocities at an i.c.e. detention center, including forced hysterectomies on women who don't need them the whistle blower nurse joining me live. and how president trump is tanking ameri

it is saturday, september 19, i'm ali velshi. ruth bader ginsburg died last night at the age of 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. she passed away surrounded by her family at home in washington, d.c. a private interment service will be held at afrlrlington nationa cemetery. last night dozens of mourners gathered on the steps and in front of the steps of the supreme court to pay tribute. ginsburg was first appointed to the federal judiciary by former president jiminy carter in 1980 for a seat on the u.s. court of appeals. in 1993, former president bill clinton elevated her to the job of a lifetime, an appointment to the united states supreme court. ginsburg had a long and illustrious career on the high court over the course of 27 years, she became the most powerful liberal on the bench. ginsburg's popularity transcended law and politics. her prolific impassioned dissenting opinions gave her pop culture acclaim earning her the nickname the notorious rbg. as the country mourns, we have been wincing an outpouring of love

ali velshi was in pueblo, colorado, that's a town that narrowly went for hillary clinton in 2016.erence with voters. ali asked them about their feelings and opinions on the countless protests we have seen sweep the nation since the death of george floyd. let's all take a look. >> i thing a lot of people are frightened by what they see on television. that's what i'm hearing from people. they're afraid to drive to denver. they're afraid the road might be blocked and they might find themselves in a frightening and potentially dangerous situation. i think that people are united behind the idea that there needs to be equal protection under the law for everybody. what happened to breonna taylor was horrific and a tragedy and things like that should never happen. but part of that comes from how much power we give government. and the more we restrain government and the smaller we make our government, the less likely it is for things like that to happen. so i think republicans and democrats can find some common ground and make some criminal justice reform. but i think that you lose a lot o

ali velshi, our thanks for that.deed a blessing this storm does not have winds and rain in equal measure. this will cause enough trouble for enough people. and on top of the suffering out west in the rampaging wildfires, please spare a thought for those americans who are on the run tonight, forced into shelters in the middle of a pandemic, and this is going to be another long night along portions of the gulf coast like orange beach, alabama. that's going to be our broadcast for this tuesday night thank you for spending this time with us. on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night >>> it was not the first trump administration scandal it was certainly, certainly, certainly not the last but in terms of permanent damage done to humans, in terms of the severity of the damage deliberately done to humans, the trump administration, no matter what else they do, they will never, ever get out from the shadow of the fact that they really did, as a policy and a deliberate practice, they really did take

. >>> so msnbc's ali velshi launches his across america 2020 tour today and kicked off in minneapolise to voters about race relations and the state of policing and what effect it will have on them in november. >> alex, when a lot of people think about george floyd it takes their mind to philando castile. you knew him. >> i did. we went to high school together. he was ayear ahead of me. and the last few months have been traumatizing on multiple levels for me. to see police officers in uniforms that in the same police cars an the same uniforms that are supposed to protect me, to have seen the video of them killing george floyd in the way that happened, is, i can't tell you the deep-seated trauma because of it. i'm wearing this shirt, because this represents rebuilding and resilience and i want badly for our community to come together and understand what is going on and that there is systemic racism in policing. and when our president refuses to not only acknowledge it but flat out said that it doesn't exist, that is an attack against me and people who look like me. i just feel like ther

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joining me now is msnbc's ali velshi ali, let's start with the sp perspective on the ground. what's the latest on what you're seeing >> reporter: it's clear, you can see sunlight what you may not be able to see, this has just happened in the last 15 minutes, two dozen people on the beach. first time people have come out. part of the thing is, i'm standing upright, there's still wind as you can see, but it's the first time it hasn't felt like a tropical storm-level wind this thing has been blowing for 24 hours, we had rain all morning, this is the first time that it does not look like we're in the midst of a tropical storm. it's now a tropical storm for the first time by the way, it's well inland. we had two feet of water here, pensacola is to my east, there's some damage there. we know here in orange beach, there were boats that have now made it into the city where boats shouldn't see. west of me, gulf shores, west of here, that's where it made landfall, they were taken by surprise at the strength of this hurricane, and it was strong, initially a category 2, downgraded to a c

very slowly with torrential rainfall pounding the region and for the very latest, i'm joined by ali velshihappening there. >> well, we're -- it's finally calmed down to a beautiful summer breeze, and there have been dozens of people walking along the beach here at orange beach in alabama we're close to the florida line. pensacola is just east of here there's no rain here, no major wind the rain started yesterday afternoon, and it was just pounding the storm was moving very slowly last night, close to midnight, i was standing right here doing a report for brian williams on this deck. this deck extended right to where you see it over there. and this whole thing ripped out. this was supposed to land as a category 1 it landed just a couple miles over this direction, and it came in as a category 2 with winds up to 105 miles an hour, pounding us, pounding us all night. we thought it would be early night. it ended up being this morning about 6:00 a.m., and it just crept its way north from here, and northeast, dumping tons of rain so you said more than a million people affected, i think it might b

i'm ali velshi. he'll be back tomorrow. i'll be back tomorrow c. he'll be back monday. with pictures of the coverage. protests. there is a lot going on including some absolutely unbelievable remarks the president says. i don't cover things the president says as if they are news because his words are just frequently designed to distract us from the news. tonight the president has crossed a line in his public remarks that brings us to a new place as a country. we'll be talking about that in some details tonight. we'll start with our eyes

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my thanks to ali velshi and katy tur for filling in and allowing me a few days away. on behalf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. > tonight on "all in," 36 days from election day, 24 hours from the first debate, and we finally know why donald trump is hiding his tax returns. tonight david k. johnson and adam davidson on whether this president is a tax cheat, an awful business person or both. >>> former obama national security adviser on the danger of a president that is this exposed is. and stacey abrams on a full populus president that doesn't pay his taxes. >>> and why the president tieing his supreme court pick to his toxic attack on american health care is a gift for democrats. when "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. well, we've got the president's taxes. we have a lot of them, at least. i imagine if you are watching this show right now, you knew that already. we're going to talk about what they show. one thing that is really clear from the new york times which of course just broke this amazing, remar

joining me now is nbc news weekend anchor ali velshi has been talking to voters in colorado, good toalk to you, you've been getting the pulse of the people out there, what are you hearing from voters in colorado? >> reporter: it's interesting, going out every week to a different swing state, i was in colorado and i was talking to these voters on saturday and sunday and of course this news broke with "the new york times" talking about donald trump's taxes. i went back to three of my panelists. i talked to them via zoom. here's what they told me. >> here we are faced with this man who's supposedly in charge of our nation, supposed to be setting a good example, who brags -- who has bragged for a long time about not taking any taxes now it ee's been revealed paid all $750 in taxes in the first year of his presidency. we paid 35 times than that. >> if it's real, i don't think it's big deal. how his presidency has impacted my personal finances, you know, i get to keep more of my money, i'm paying less than taxes, my 401(k) is growing at an unprecedented rate. for me this presidency works.

i'm ali velshi live in kenosha, wisconsin, the second stop of our special sunday series, "velshi across the road every weekend, coming to you live from battleground states across the country. we begin with a brand-new "wall street journal"/nbc news poll showing joe biden leading president trump 8 points in a head to head matchup as the race for the oval office kicks into high gear. both candidates are out on the campaign trail trying to convey their message t

this is not the first time trump has cheered velshi getting injured. i should say ali we know him. he worked here. what's he doing here? >> he's even mispronouncing ali's name. he is getting the facts wrong. so it's disturbing because he has the facts wrong. but it's a lot more disturbing because he is encouraging violence. he's celebrating violence against a member of the media. this is not democratic behavior. this is autocratic behavior. we know the president has authoritarian tendencies. and i think what's most disturbing is when his crowd cheers and they show they have authoritarian tendencies as well. these are not the values that americans cherish. these are not the values americans grow up with. at least, most americans. and it is so shocking, even three and a half years in, to see the president gloating about a reporter's injury. don, the problem here, is that it puts other reporters in harms way, in the future, because the president's basically giving permission for this kind of violence. >> well, you heard them cheering, amanda. and he said it was a beautifu

it was cnn reporter ali velshi that got hit with a rubber bull bullet. i could go on and on. a ton of lying and a ton of nonsense. >> he's also calling it a wall but it's replacement fencing, so not as much of the wall has been built as he says it has. they keep editing clips of joe biden to make him look confused. here's what they posted today. >> i pledge allegiance to the united states of america, one nation, indivisible, under god for real. >> what's the fact? >> so the republican national committee posted this first on twitter, the trump campaign posted it on facebook, and they tried to make it look like this was biden trying to cite the pledge of allegiance and messing it up, getting the words wrong. that's not what happened. biden was in wisconsin, and 22 minutes into a campaign speech, he invoked a few phrases in the pledge to make a point about what kind of president he argues he would be. listen to the full context. >> think about what he's saying. he's saying if you live in a state like wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania, states with democratic governors yur, you'rt

i'm ali velshi. he'll be back tomorrow. i'll be back tomorrow c. he'll be back monday. we'll leave you with pictures of the coverage. protests. there is a lot going on including some absolutely unbelievable remarks the president says. i don't cover things the president says as if they are news because his words are just frequently designed to distract us from the news. tonight the president has crossed a line in his public remarks that brings us to a new place as a country. we'll be talking about that in some details tonight. we'll start with our eyes on louisville, kentucky. curfew gone into effect at this hour, it comes at the end of a tense day. following a tense summer in the city. there has been protests on the streets of kentucky for 119 consecutive days. protests over police killing of breona taylor in march of this year. kentucky attorneyannounced charges brought in the officers involved. much of downtown louisville was closed off to vehicles including with concrete, jersey barriers and store fronts were boarded up. a three-night long curfew was announced. natio

i'm ali velshi.nt trump has selected judge amy coney barrett to fill the supreme court seat left by the death of justice ruth bader ginsburg. as everything with trump, it could change but the 38-year-old barrett who had clerked for the late justice ant tony scalia would be the youngest on the court. she's an appeals court judge who has been conservative on issues including abortion. she worked briefly in private practice before teaching for 15 years at notre dame law school. we'll dive more in judge amy coney barrett later in the show, but right now we are 38 days from election day, something president trump is infinitely more interested in than the almost 205,000 americans who are dead from covid-19 and the more than 7 million infected in the 'fa in fact, trump told one of his rally crowds, that covid-19 affects virtually nobody. followed up by a reporter the next day asking him to respond to the 200,000 deaths. trump appears as always solely focused on himself and right now that means filling ruth

i'm ali velshi live in kenosha, wisconsin, the second stop of our special sunday series, "velshi across america 2020." i will be on the road every weekend, coming to you live from battleground states across the country. we begin with a brand-new "wall street journal"/nbc news poll showing joe biden leading president trump 8 points in a head to head matchup as the race for the oval office kicks into high gear. both candidates are out on the campaign trail trying to convey their message to the masses. in some states votes have already been cast as early voting is under way. >>> our top story, the nation continues to pay tribute to a late american i kcon. at the white house, flags are flying at half-staff in memory of supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. although not formally announced, "the new york times" is indicating her body is expected to lie in repose at the supreme court so that large crowds can properly honor her. meanwhile, mitch mcconnell and other prominent senate republicans wasted no time discussing how and when to fill her speed on the supreme court. president trump sa

it is saturday, september 19, i'm ali velshi.bader ginsburg died last night at the age of 87 due to complications from pancreatic cancer. she passed away surrounded by her family at home in washington, d.c. a private interment service will be held at afrlrlington nationa cemetery. last night dozens of mourners gathered on the steps and in front of the steps of the supreme court to pay tribute. ginsburg was first appointed to the federal judiciary by former president jiminy carter in 1980 for a seat on the u.s. court of appeals. in 1993, former president bill clinton elevated her to the job of a lifetime, an appointment to the

i'm ali velshi. we begin this hour with breaking news, brand-new polling in two major battle ground states. in michigan, the latest nbcmarist poll shows joe biden ahead with a margin of error 3.4%. biden is up more in wisconsin ahead by ten points with the same margin of error of 4.6%. president trump won both of those states in 2016 by razor thin margins. less than 1% in both. it's a similar story in colorado with the latest polls showing biden up by roughly ten points. this morning i'm in the town of pueblo with the 26th annual pueblo, chile and bean festival. the pueblo chile is a veriuation. it's comparable to a moderate jalapeno. welcome to our special series "velshi across america." i'm joining you from a city or county across the country. my first stops, minneapolis, minnesota and kenosha, wisconsin. aurora was thrust into the spotlight when elijah mcclain was killed. his killing was exploited by president trump that made race and culture wars a central theme in his reelection strategy a strat

once again, i'm ali velshi. i am in for brian williams who has the night off.tration, 41 days until the presidential election, just 6 days until the first debate. tonight we have protests in louisville and around the country after a grand jury declined to bring charges in the fatal shooting of breonna taylor. a curfew has been in effect since 9 p.m. two officers were shot before curfew began. they have been hospitalized. one suspect in custody. the police chief says the injuries are not life threatening. one is in surgery. demonstrations eruptions have happened in new york and washington, d.c., louisville. and philadelphia.

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my thanks to ali velshi and katy tur for filling in and allowing me a few days away.lf of all my colleagues at the networks of nbc news, good night. >>> happy monday. happy to have you with us tonight. don't tell lawrence o'donnell at

i'm ali velshi in for brian williams, who has the night off. night in louisville after a grand jury declined to directly charge three police officers in the death of breonna taylor. we're keeping an eye on the situation. we'll bring you any breaking developments either in louisville or across the country where there are other protests taking place. today is day 1,344 of the trump administration with 40 days to go until the presidential election. five days now until the first presidential debate. and just moments ago, the nation surpassed 7 million confirmed coronavirus cases. the president is in the midst of an election firestorm of his own making, ignited by his public dismissal of one of the cornerstones of american democracy, the peaceful transition of power. he's refused to promise that he'll carry it out if he loses, raising fears of a constitutional crisis. tonight trump held his third rally of the week in

now it's time for the "last word" with the great ali velshi filling in for lawrence tonight. >> great to see you. that was a great interview with olivia troy, notwithstanding her own observations. i think you said it, it is our first glimpse how that has happened over the last night months, how those decisions we only see later in a speech by the president or a press release and we're puzzling as to how they get to that point. it was remarkable to get inside, get behind that curtain a little bit. so thank you for bringing that to us, rachel. a busy week for you next week. >>> all right. later this hour, we are going to break down rachel's bombshell with olivia troy which just ended. our producers are going through that right now with some of the pieces that we want to hear again and share with you again. but with all due respect to my friend and college, the great rachel maddow, tonight is a night to flip her motto on its head. watch what they say, not what they do. president trump is using all the levers of power at his disposal to help his effort to remain in power. he's taking acti

it was msnbc reporter ali velshi who got hit in the knee with a tear gas canister, hit with a rubber bullet. i could go on and on. you know, a ton of lying and a ton of nonsense. >> yeah, he's also taking credit for replacement fencing, right? calling it part of the wall and it's not. it's actually replacement fencing. not as much of the wall has been replaced as he say it is. the campaign keeps editing clips to make joe biden look confused. here's what they posted today. >> i pledge allegiance to the united states of america, one nation, indivisible, under god, for real. >> what's the fact? >> so the republican national committee posted this first on twitter. the trump campaign then posted it on facebook and tried to make it seem like this was biden trying to recite the pledge of allegiance and messing it up, getting the words wrong, but that's not what happened. biden was in wisconsin and 22 minutes into a campaign speech, he invoked a few phrases in the pledge to make a point about what kind of president he argues he would be. listen to the full context. >> think about what he's s

i'm ali velshi. sad news out of washington today.he country has lost a national treasure with the death of supreme court justice ruth. she pass she passed away last night with an ongoing battle with pancreatic cancer. she was surrounded by those that she loved in the capital. a private service will be held at arlington national cemetery at a later date. her fearless dissenting opinions made her larger than life. she was an iconic figure, becoming the second woman to serve on the nation's highest court. nbc news justice correspondent pete williams takes a look back at her long life and lasting legacy. >> ruth bader ginsburg was consistently one of the u.s. supreme courts moderate to liberal members. first as a lawyer, then a judge and a justice, she believed the constitution guaranteed women greater rights. >> over the course of now over two centuries, it has grown and developed so that more and more people are included in that concept we the people. >> rejected after law school for a supreme court clerkship because she was a woman, s

. >> let me play a couple of voters, the great ali velshi.ke to. let's start with gayle, a colorado voter. >> here we are faced with this man who is supposedly in charge of our nation supposed to be setting a good example who brags about, has bragged for a long time about not paying any taxes. and now it's been revealed that he paid all of $750 in taxes the first year of his presidency. my husband and i pay 35 times that amount after our deductions. >> noting first of all that the $750 is memorable and that's a bad thing for trump. it's memorable and that she herself paid 35 times that amount after our deduction. that means it's a fairness issue. now let's play leann wheeler, another colorado voter and u.s. airforce veteran. >> i think there will also be some in the military who may change their opinion of him, given that tax dollars in fact fund our national defense. if that does not offend some of those who would vote for him who serve this country, then i'm going to have to have some conversation with some folks. >> susan, if you are still

i'm ali velshi live.'ll be joining you live from the important battle ground states across this country and i'm starting in minneapolis where the obvious yet tragic reason the death of george floyd at the hands of police that ignited a massive equality movement across this country. it was here. i was here in the height of the protests following george floyd's death. i was among the many journalists shot with rubber bullets and tear gas by police during those dell stati demonstrations. the movement began with george floyd's killing had been exploited by president trump, solidifying his strategy to put race and culture wars at the center of his campaign. joe biden has a nine-point lead here in minnesota. that's a significant jump compared to the emmerson poll taken a month later that had biden up three points within the margin of error. if you wonder how important minnesota is in this election, both trump and biden are making campaign stops in minnesota this friday to mark the's early voti. for the state's

msnbc's ali velshi just talked to a group of voters outside minneapolis, where they talked about policingity. >> even speaking on the economy and how the economy has impro improved, i'm not understanding that. i certainly don't feel it in my paycheck. i don't -- my circle of friends certainly aren't doing any better than they were before. so there's a huge contrast there. and until america can really reckon with the legacy of slavery and discrimination and racism, we will never move forward. >> our root system has the dehumanization of native american and african slaves, and we've never actually come back around to make that right. we've never repaired that damage. so part of the reason why i'm leaning the way i'm leaning this election season is because i know there is zero chance of that being repaired under the current administration. actually, it'll probably get a lot worse. >> do you think there's structural racism in policing and justice in america? >> yes and no. you know, i'm no policy expert, and i'm not, you know, too familiar with, you know, the structures of police organization