the table i could do something about it and i could be in the rooms, in those discussions. >> i'm harry dunn- >> reporter: dunn has never run for office before but he's parlayed his activism and his recent fame into a gold mine, raising $4 million. leaning into his service on january 6th. >> i don't think i could fix it alone. but i think i can bring a very unique perspective to it. >> reporter: he's now a front-runner and a target for the nearly two dozen other democrats seeking the nomination. including annapolis, maryland state legislator sarah elfreth who has a formidable though more traditional political resume. in six years in the state senate. >> and that's because i keep my head down, i focus on working with my colleagues, i focus on finding common solutions to the problems that we have. i'm not really a flashy candidate. >> reporter: she has a history of bipartisan bills and a post on the state budget committee but not the type of national visibility that comes from the cable tv circuit. >> someone said i didn't have quite the star power of my opponent. and instead of getting down a

, americans at the ballot box to defeat him once and for all. >> that, right there, his officer harry dunn, just outside of the manhattan courthouse, where donald trump is on trial. it has been nearly 3 years, since dunn testified before the january 6th committee and pleaded for congress to hold the former president accountable for the capitol attack. now he, and his fellow officers are taking matters into their own hands by campaigning alongside joe biden in key battleground states. i would like to welcome harry dunn, an officer who defended the capitol on january 6th, a true patriot. his latest book, standing my ground, a capitol police officer's fight for accountability and good trouble after january 6th is out. now, harry, thank you so much for being here. following yesterday's remarks outside of the courthouse, that wasn't a one and done. you are now officially part of the biden campaign, what made you do this? and where are you going from here? >> hey, stephanie, so good to be with you again. you are right. if it definitely wasn't a one and done. we have a long way to go until novemb

we are grateful to have two brave officers, michael for known and harry dunn, who defended our democracy and capitol against the violent mob trump incited january 6, 2021. course we are happy to have robert de niro, a native new yorker who can spot bs a mile away and isn't afraid to call it out. the contrast here pretty much writes itself as we speak donald trump is fighting for himself, taking a power nap, and for weeks and months we have seen the red wings of an unhinged, power-hungry -- ramblings of an unhinged, power-hungry, self-c entered man. it is not new for donald trump. it is how he spent his time in the white house. americans will have an opportunity to witness in primetime the contrast between trump, the chaos agent waiting a self obsessed campaign of wage and retribution, and joe biden, who fights for american servicing of a he would like -- the president has a list of things he would like to talk to trump about ifyou will start wil start with why trump, the architect of the repeal of roe v. wade, wants to go even further. he wants to talk about trump's embrace of political

officer harry dunn is here to talk about his new role in the campaign as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. we are 160 days away from the election and today 12 new yorkers spent 4 1/2 hours deliberating over the 34 felony counts in donald trump's criminal trial. they have not reached a verdict yet and will resume tomorrow morning. they did have requests for the court, including a re-rating of potentially crucial testimony. here is my colleague laura jarrett with the details. >> reporter: tonight, jury deliberations wrapping up for the day and former president trump's hush money case, the first trial of an american president. the seven men and five women deliberating for 4 1/2 hours after sitting through more than an hour of complex instructions from the judge who told the jury to set aside any bias for or against mr. trump and to knocked -- to not ignore any evidence simply because you want to trial the wind. the judge walked the jurors through each of the 34 counts for allegedly falsifying business records to cover up

when i think about harry dunn's race, i think there is absolutely a place in politics for him.his race was extremely crowded, and what he did show that he was a prolific fundraiser, even though that was neutralized, what sarah had going for her that was her proximity to community. she had been representing voters in that district since 2018 and i think that is something, paired with name recognition, that really shone through in maryland three. >> and dave, what were some of your takeaways? we did not talk maryland, angelo also brooks. >> well, david spent his own money from his total fortune, $62 million of it. you could detect some fatigue from democratic voters who had seen a lot of him and were not convinced that he was as inspiring as angela. the state has never elected a black female senator, or a black senator, period. in harry dunn's race, there was not an animus towards him, that he raise a lot of money and did not have deep ties to the district, despite his story. that was a neutralized advantage. people were not as impressed. but maryland voters, and this is a closed

the harry dunn race illustrates that.hat you read it in a congressional race, typically, which is small dollar donors, $21.00 on average. all of a sudden, his competitor, who was nowhere close to being imperative in terms of the money she had raised, managed to basically raise him, all with money from a super pac. >> let's be real, money is not the only thing but it is important. when you list those numbers, it is almost, we say it's almost like it is normal that millions and millions and millions of dollars are being spent in these relatively small congressional races. when we look at the senate races nationwide, we are going to see unprecedented spending. what does that mean? that means regular working class people can't access the halls of power. we can't afford to engage in these races. oftentimes, aipac and other super pac groups, it is not just aipac, it is the nra, it is the oil and gas lobby but they are almost always spending in districts where there are working class constituents who deserve to have working clas

he spoke alongside police officers michael fanone and harry dunn who risked their lives protecting the u.s. capitol on january 6th. the three of them all talked about the way the trumpest movement of trump himself have used and stoked violence to get their way. near the end of his remarks de niro was interrupted by a pro-trump protester, which, of course led to the world's most new york city moment possible. >> you're not going to intimidate. that is what trump does is try to intimidate. we're going to fight back. we're trying to be gentleman in this world. democrats, you are gang centers. our friend stephanie ruhle joins us. joined again by joy reid, ari melber. you had robert de niro on your show recently. >> i did. i talked to him about an hour ago. he is speaking out because he truly believes our democracy is at risk. robert de niro is a true new yorker who has been saying this guy's a fraud, he's a con-artist. he not only went bankrupt six times, look at this trial, look at the way he ran his sham business. what's interesting about what denier so doing, he realizes he's going to g

i think there is a place in politics for harry dunn, he is a demonstrated public servant and leader.think his race was extremely crowded in maryland, he did show he is a prolific fundraiser even though that was neutralized. what sarah had going for her was the proximity to the community. she was representing voters since 2015 and the name recognition shown through. >> we did not talk maryland, angela defeating david. >> david spent his own money, 62 million of it. you can detect some fatigue from democratic voters who had seen a lot of him and who were not convinced that he was as inspiring. the state has never elected a black senator period. in harry's rate, it was not unanimous but he did raise a lot of money and did not have deep ties to the district despite his story. people were not impressed, maryland voters, this is a close primary, very educated voters in montgomery county, there were not impressed by the candidates that spent the most time introducing themselves again and again. >> let's talk about the closed primary, yet 20% of the gop primary voters did not vote for trump,

i'm honored to be with these true heroes,■ officer harry dunn and officer michael fanone. >> i came herend americans of what donald trump is capable of. and the violence that he unleashed on all americans on january 6, 2021. for two decades, i was a d.c. poce officer serving the citizens of the district of columbia, primarily working in naon january 6, 2021, i heard distress calls coming from fellow police officers on the capitol, as thousands of trump supporters in and brutally assaulted members of law enforcement. that day, i, like many other, hundreds of other d.c. police officers, put on a uniform and responded to the capitol■$ to assist our brothers and sisters in law enforcement, defending the capitol from a violent armed mob of trump's supporters. these supporters were fueled by trump's lies and allies of his surrogates-- the lies of his surrogates, lies that thection . those sameies have been spewed by donald trump an about what hd to me so many other police officers on january 6, 2021. that day, i was brutally assaulted. i was pulled from the police line by a man named albuquerq

praised harry dunn and michael fan-owned and add the fallen family of brian sick nick, to that group. those are victims of trump e. jean carroll is a victim of donald trump shaye moss is a victim of donald trump in election worker in georgia, who was accused of election fraud. her life was ruined because of the lies donald trump told from some voters who have had to hand over their own money to help stop the steal. and it's gone too offset his legal fees. there are millions of victims of donald trump, robertson, euro isn't one. i would tell their stories. a lot of democrats, i know have been wanting to see the biden campaign play a fire with fire evit every day, practically of this trial, trump's surrogates have been outside saying really outlandish things in some cases about this trial there they're just there to take up some oxygen to do with the candidate cannot do. but i mean to scus point is that, that might feel good from a cathartic perspective, but is that really the right political strategy, whether there's, there's an argument that needs to be made. and let's get back to the

and in maryland, former capitol police officer harry dunn who defended lawmakers during the insurrection lost his democratic primary for the u.s. house to state senator sarah elfreth. >>> welcome to the wnba, caitlin clark. the ncaa's all-time division-one scoring leader made her professional debut on the road with the indiana fever last night. she got off to a slow start, though, missing her first four shots before scoring on a lay-up midway through the second quarter. clark, the number-one pick in the draft, finished with 20 points in the fever's 92-71 loss to the connecticut sun. she also committed ten turnovers. >> didn't have the greatest start, so just a lot to learn from. it's the first one. there's going to be good ones, there's going to be bad ones. >> clark makes her home debut tomorrow against the new york liberty. >>> coming up, an arrest in a deadly farm worker bus crash in florida. the charges one driver is facing. >>> and a maryland bridge investigation. new revelations about the cargo ship before the crash. this is steve. steve takes voquezna. this is steve's stomach, whe

harry dunn says donald trump and his unhinged quest for power and retribution poses an exit essentialthreat to our democracy. that message will hit the swing states. but can it swing independents? love democrats say trump is a threat to democracy. do independents agree? stuart: don't think it's a strong issue. >> people say the border and inflation and the economy but for democrats -- stuart: david barnes -- you've got 30 seconds. >> it could be useful issue politically if donald trump let's it be. by him saying i'm going to run the presidency of retribution but if he comes and says let's put this behind us and move forward, solve problems for the american people, january 6th was an awful day. everybody agrees with that what president biden is doing is undermining democracy with charges and -- this one in new york is the worst, utterly absurd. stuart: one more for you. democrats have a plan, a new plan to help biden get on the ballot in ohio. >> they are going to nominate him virtually, the dnc is august 19th, that's when biden officially becomes the party nominee but the deadline to

in that state, former police officer harry dunn who defended the capital january 6th lost.ut the results last night and other police station headlines is national politician reporter from the hill is julia manchester. let's start with the maryland senate race and larry hogan and who he will face and a state that is awfully blue these days but polls suggest we have a tight battle ahead. >> good morning, jonathan. this was certainly an interesting race to watch because those of us that live in the washington, d.c. media market have been seeing ads for weeks from congressman david trone and is one of the co-founders of total wine. he poured $62 million of his own money into that race but what we learned last night is cash only means so much because we saw that angela brooks from prince george's county outside of washington, d.c., she won that democratic senate primary. now she had the backing of maryland governor wes moore, as well as congressman jamie rask, et cetera. she had the backing of a lot of major maryland congressional figures and she went on to beat david trone. he

capitol on january 6th, michael fanone and harry dunn.re de niro delivered a message on behalf of the campaign, warnings about the dangers of a second trump administration. >> i don't mean to scare you. wait, maybe i do mean to scare you. if trump return tuesday the white house, you can kiss these freedoms good-bye that we all take for granted. and elections, forget about it. that's over, that's done. if he gets in, i can tell you right now he will never leave. he will never leave. when trump ran in 2016 it was like a joke, this buffoon running for president. though, never could happen. we've forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren't taken seriously until they became vicious dictators. with trump we have a second chance, and no one is laughing now. this is the time to stop him by voting him out once and for all. we don't want to wake up after the election saying, what, again? my god, what the hell has he done? we can't have that happen again. >> following de niro's surprise appearance trump campaign official

senior aides viewed the oscar winner's appearance, along with officers harry dunn and michael finone,ctive. it came as part of the biden campaign's push to lay out the stakes of the election while trying to break through the trump news cycle, which receives wall to wall coverage. joining us now is senior columnist for "the daily beast," matt lewis. matt, thank you for joining us. what did you make of the de niro appearance outside the trial, and did it benefit biden? >> it struck me as kind of weird and maybe a nonsnonsector. there are strategies to run the race if you're joe biden. one strategy, let's be a contrast to donald trump. let's be competent. let's be prprudent. let's valens constitutions and norms. the other strategy says, no, the world has changed. we're in the attention economy. the way to win is get attention, and you have to fight fire with fire. i think either of those theories, one could maybe a pretty good argument for. the problem is if you mix and match them. i think up until now, when it comes to this trial, joe biden's strategy has been, don't let it look like we

. >> harry dunn and michael fan-owned check this out i love this city. i don't want to destroy him. donald trump wants to destroy not only the city but the country and eventually he could destroy the world. that's the tyrant he's telling us he'll be and believe me, he means it well, how was done arrow received well, things got ugly as he clashed with trump's supporters when he was leaving and a classic new york desktop full of purses and insults trump sun making sure to give his opinion as well. >> here's don junior this is a political persecution that was evidenced today. >> today by the biden campaign themselves holding a rally here they bring in robert de niro but you also had republicans having rallies outside the courthouse as well and janeiro last i checked is actually not an elected official. >> so who's right and who's wrong and the conversations and the vantage point they bring and more importantly, will either message win over voters or will it backfire with me now, leanne caldwell, anchor for washington post live and coauthor for washington post early to o2 newsletter fro

think it's a great idea for the biden deemed to be sending a robert de niro and my quinone and harry dunn, the two capitol hill january 6 plus cops too, out there to comment on the case. >> i don't. and the reason for that is because we see in all of the data that joe biden is struggling the most with voters who aren't watching the news, who aren't tuned into what's going on day-to-day and the audience, who is why? putting this trial following this trial is very tuned into what's going on day-to-day. and so what i think the biden campaign did yesterday was sort of exchange a talking point that the trump team really wants that donald trump has been driving. this is all politicize. this is joe biden trying to make this happen for outreach to an audience that is all for the most part already decided one way any other if you are somebody who is following the coverage of this trial, you pretty much know where you're coming down. so this wasn't outreach to a new audience. and i think that the cost that they paid in making that decision wasn't worth the trade-off. that's why i think it was strat

officer michael finon, officer harry dunn, and new yorker, brooklynite police sergeant, and officer daniel hodges. but it has been more than a year since congress agreed to install a plaque to honor the officers who defended this very capitol during the january 6 attack. so i brought a poster of that plaque that has not yet been installed and we could talk all the fanfare we want about how great the police department is here in the metropolitan d.c. area and across the country. but we have failed for over a year to properly recognize the capitol police officers and the local police departments that protected our very own lives. we have failed to install the plaque and that's why i bring this poster of it to show the american people that we want to honor not just all the plefers across -- police officers across the country but also the ones that defended this capitol and protected us from an angry, violent mob. whose intent was to kill nancy pelosi. whose clear intent was to assassinate vice president pence. they made no distinction on our political affiliation here in this chamber. they we

also robert de niro and harry dunn expected to speak, this is happening in new york. counterprogramming to what is happening right now inside that trump hush money closing arguments. >> what is happening inside this courtroom is going to have wide reaching repercussions outside that courtroom. >> that's right. >> in so many ways. i want to bring in msnbc legal analyst and former federal prosecutor kristen gibbons. first, just what you have been hearing so far from the defense and the insistence on michael cohen is being the main weight on all of this so far. >> you know, jose, this is not anything none of us didn't predict. we knew he would start off guns blazing against cohen. he has to minimize cohen's testimony. cohen's testimony is the evidence that really links trump to the falsification of the business records, but more importantly, to the concealment of it for the purpose of election interference. so, i'm not surprised. and quite frankly, i would expect the prosecution to come off kind of talking about what i always like to say the pillars of credibility. talki

. >> to see him and harry dunn all say we are not here for what is going on in that courtroom. try to influence the course of this case. we are leer because all the media is here and they talked about trump's legal problems. this was a biden campaign event. this was essentially a biden press conference. but even in so doing, they are doing it carefully to say we are not trying to influence this proceeding. we are only here because all these cameras are here. >> and the thing is this has been the complaint that a lot of people have had about the democratic party is that they don't fight like with like. this is a media event. the reason donald trump is sending his clones out there dressed like him is because the media is there. up until now, democrats have not been playing that game with them. you cannot find a more new yorkie new yorker or a better foil for trump than an actual popular celebrity new yorker which is everything trump ever wanted to be. >> and he wanted to be flanked by fanone and dunn. he considers them true patriots. it kills him that the republican party has hij

michael fanone and harry dunn. message on behalf of the campaign warning about the dangers of a second trump administration. >> i don't mean to scare you. no, no, wait, maybe i do mean to scare you. if trump returns to the white house, you can kiss these freedoms good-bye that we all take for granted. and elections, forget about them. that's over. that's done. if he gets in, i can tell you right now, he will never leave. he will never leave. when trump ran in 2016 it was like a joke. this buffoon running for president, nah, never could happen. we've forgotten the lessons of history that showed us other clowns who weren't taken seriously until they became vicious dictators. with trump, we have a second chance, and no one is laughing now. this is the time to stop him by voting him out once and for all. we don't want to wake up after the election saying, what, again? my god, what the hell have we done? we can't have that happen again. >> okay, joining us now communications director for the biden/harris campaign michae

>> let's imagine charlie croaker sitting down with atticus finch and their waiter is harry dunn fromtion to the rule of law. there are things that are bigger than us. atticus finch knew that the rule of law was bigger than us, that the united states government is bigger, that the office of the presidency is bigger. you're just there temporarily. we've lost that. trump has lost that. there's nothing bigger than donald trump. i think the country and i hope the electorate will say, we need people who are better than us, who revere and respect these institutions and things like the rule of law. let's get back to that and maybe then we can all ourselves the greatest country in the world, maybe. >> we have covered a lot of ground here. jeff daniels, thank you very much. >>> coming up next, donald trump is back in court for day 11 of his criminal hush-money trial trial. we'll have a live report from outside the manhattan courthouse when "morning joe" comes back. . >> please, tell him to get back. >> dad. >> what are you doing? ♪♪ [ screaming ] ♪ [ screaming (tony hawk) skating for over 45 y

says the team viewed the oscar-winner's appearance on tuesday, along with january 6th officers harry dunn michael finone, as effective because it reached non-political audiences that aren't tuned in every day. since it was covered by entertainment networks and across non-traditional media, such as tmz and "people" magazine. the aide adds, it came at the apex moment of donald trump's hush money trial. the biden campaign says they are going -- they are looking to lay out the stakes of the election and break through the trump news cycle. so, willie, i feel like -- i don't really get a sense that people are that interested in this trial, first of all, and, as we were talking about yesterday, i just feel like i don't want to promote confrontation in this election. that's not something i'd be looking to do, just given how dicey and divisive and mean trump followers seem to be, especially donald trump himself. >> yeah. i think part of this was to show from the biden campaign some of that fighting spirit that you often see on the other side. de niro wasn't afraid to go down there and mix it up. o

they physically showed up outside the courthouse here yesterday was robert de niro and harry dunn, and my go for known to officers from who are there on january 6 and were beaten by rioters on that day. i just wonder, david, what do you make of this strategy of them getting involved? now? >> yeah, it was quite alert, wasn't it? i mean, the president has been very, very assiduous about not engaging. he's told a few jokes from time to time, made some sidelong comments, but from the white house, even from the campaign, it's been pretty muted and then they turn up on the last day of the trial and kind of weight into this kind of weird reality show that has become life outside 100 centre street there in new york, the criminal court building. i'm not sure. it redound it to their benefit. why they did it? maybe they wanted to put their stamp on what they expected to happen in this trial. they thought that they said the media was there, but the expected what they should've expected did happen, which was a bunch of trump hecklers engaged robert de niro in a shouting match and zero offered his l