charles booker, always appreciate having you on. all in with chris hayes starts right now. now. tonight, on all in. far-right european racist and antisemite strongmen. the horse of putin, and speaking at the conservative conference. >> fascism, coming to texas. yes, the poster boy of far-right politics in europe, speaking at cpac, and meeting, one-on-one, with donald trump. then, new details on the trump po

joining me now is charles booker, democratic candidate for senator of kentucky. thank you for coming on today mr. booker. and for joining us. okeryou've recently made histors the first black nominee in a federal election in the state of kentucky. as you know, the states democratic candidate for u.s. senate, running against two term incumbent republican senator rand paul, of course you sought the challenge, kentucky's other senator mitch mcconnell for his seat in 2020, but could not secure the nomination. now you have the nomination and you have been state legislator. you've been one of the main advocates of some cases like breonna taylor. talk about the effort to break the stranglehold republicans seem to have on kentucky since. >> she shoe, rand, there is a fly in here. rev, great to be with you here today. you're exactly right. we are defying the odds right now. we're showing that change is possible, even in a place where we are often counted out. the stranglehold has really been ignoring regular people. i'm building a coalition of kentucky's from the hoods, ev

charles booker, always appreciate having you on. that is all for now, all in with chris hayes starts right now. now. tonight, on all in. far-right european racist and antisemite strongmen. the horse of putin, and speaking at the conservative conference. >> fascism, coming to texas. yes, the poster boy of far-right politics in europe, speaking at cpac, and meeting, one-on-one, with donald trump. then, new details on the trump appointee, investigating the missing text messages. plus, new details about trump lawyers, talk into the justice department about january 6th. blas -- >> i know everyone is talking about political pawn, and politics, but that is far from this courtroom. >> the truly unacceptable sentencing of britney griner. nearly a decade in a russian prison. plus, a verdict reached in the alex jones defamation trial. >> you are saying that everything is true, but it isn't. your beliefs do not make it true. that is what we are doing here. >> the millions of dollars he owes for his sandy hook lies. when all in starts, right now

senator cory booker saying -- this president keeps putting up historic bills that are meeting the urgencies to the american public. it is charles blow in today's op-ed. biting's remarkable -- president biden's remarkable summer. the new york times, this reporter's new analysis saying that chuck schumer is helping -- getting this victory. just a few weeks earlier, mr. schumer md president -- antidemocratic agenda, they seemed in sorry shape -- and the democratic agenda, they seemed in sorry shape. instead, democrats not only landed their biggest price. they capped off a extraordinary and productive one. --run. the huge microchip production and scientific research bill to bolster american competitiveness with china and a major veterans health care measure. it is just after 7:30 on the east coast. halfway through the first segment of the washington journal. we are hearing from you on the passage of so-called inflation reduction act. a came yesterday afternoon around 3:30 p.m. eastern time and as we continue to digest what is in the legislation and what made it in after a weekend of legislative moving and a process known as the vot