geoff: david brooks and jonathan capehart, we will see you in milwaukee. last night, a symphony orchestra at the library of congress commemorated nato's anniversary with an evening of music from its member countries. songs symbolizing hope and solidarity in a trying time. here's a look and listen for our arts and culture series, canvas. >> ♪ hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ♪ >> concert by the american pops orchestra, organized in part by the atlantic council, featured professional members playing alongside students, composers and singers hailing from the 32 nato countries. the founder and conductor of the american pops orchestra conceived of the idea himself and shared why he gathered these student artists. >> all too often we forget to include younger members of our culture in foreign policy, especially those who are not in government space. when you marry those ideas together, it all came together into this nato symphony orchestra. >> tell me about the students. >> they are getting an experience unlike every other not only in exposure to this diplomat

david brooks and jonathan capehart way in on the week in politics. how tornado chasers and scientists are working together to better predict storms. >> this is the pbs news hour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: after a rush to secretive trial, a russian court convicted american journalist evan gershkovich in a case the u.s. dismisses as a scam. he was sentenced to 16 years in a high-security penal colony. he's the first american journalist to be arrested by russia on espionage charges since the cold war. we are joined by omar look tour. -- almar latour or. let's start with your reaction to the conviction and the sentence. were you expecting 16 years? >> two reactions really. we are appalled at the 16 year sentence. it's an insult on freight press and evan, it's terribly distressing and it's wrong because all of this is based on false charges, a sham trial and lies. manufactured lies. on the other hand, if you look at the history of autocratic regimes and p

it is time for that last word with jonathan capehart. word with jonathan capehart, good evening, jonathan. >> i could apget with a shorter election season after the last six days we've been through or the last two weeks, if you want to throw the previous week in. good lord appeared >> jonathan, how has it only been two weeks? i feel like i have aged 17 years and last for hours. it is impossible that this is, m that joe biden left this race en on sunday. that blows my mind. i am a little nervous for this weekend, my friend. i will be honest. >> if you have aged 17 years the last four hours, could you text me your skincare regimen? i would like to know. wo >> please. i need yours. i need yours. rs >> we will trade. thanks a lot, alex, have a good weekend. >>> it was just five days ago when president biden made the decision to pass the torch to vice president kamala harris and endorsed her as the democratic nominee for president. now with the democratic national convention in 23 days, democrats are more united than ever and ready to win. ac

now it is time for the last word with my buddy jonathan capehart.edical questions we would hope we will get a little bit more transparency and in the coming days at least. dr. vin gupta, great to have your expertise. thanks for your time tonight. that is our show for tonight. no, it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. >> that evening, alex. i was hoping you're going to ask dr. goop

i am jonathan capehart. this is a special edition of "the sunday show." we hear it virtually every four years, but this year it is especially true. this is likely to be the most important vote of our lifetimes. in 100 days americans will go to the polls to choose not just a president, but also possibly whether our country will ever hold an election again. donald trump suggested friday if he wins you simply won't have to vote again and then there is the rhetoric that is the hallmark of trump's campaign. if you thought he would take a different tone after he was wounded in an assassination attempt, he dispelled such wishful thinking at a rally in minnesota yesterday. >> they all say i think he has changed. i think he's changed since two weeks ago. something affected him. no, i have not changed. maybe i've gotten worse actually because i get angry at the incompetence that i witness every single day, the way millions of people are pouring into our country. >> compare that to what we are hearing from vice president kamala harris. she spent her first week is th

it will be fixed, it will be fine. >> i am jonathan capehart.his is " the saturday show." ♪ >>> when i was standing here a week ago on the saturday show, we were on a different political planet. democrats were depressed, demoralized, and divided, tonight, their new presidential candidate is giving immunity, energy, and most of all, hope. i will dive into where this is headed with amazing guests ahead, but first, let's not forget how we got here. when you are walking through the capitol headed through its majestic rotunda you will see one of my favorite portraits, it's of the late congresswoman of new york, shirley chisholm. i've been thinking of her as i watch the democratic party corliss with startling speed around vice president kamala harris . you see, without barrier-breaking chisholm we might not have had area breaking harry us. harris. she was the first black woman elected to congress, then in 1972 chisholm was the first black person ever to seek a major party nomination for president of the united states, and the first woman to do so in t

now it is time for the last word with my buddy jonathan capehart. with my buddy jonath capehart. >> there are obviously a lot of questions, serious medical questions we would hope we will get a little bit more transparency and in the coming days at least. dr. vin gupta, great to have your expertise. thanks for your time tonight. that is our show for tonight. no, it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart, who is in for lawrence. >> that evening, alex. i was hoping you're going to ask dr. gooped about the size of the bandage and whether the one required a bandage that large. >> well, honestly, i think everyone wishes donald trump speedy recovery. nobody wants to see any political figure the subject of violence but there are so many questions we've gotten literally zero complete information blackout on this and that seems irresponsible. >> i agree with you on that. thank you very much. enjoy your weekend. i am back from milwaukee, where i covered all four nights of the rnc for pbs. in less than 24 hours after donald trump gave the longest con

david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in on the tumultuous week in politics. tornado chasers and scientists are working together to better predict the storms. ♪ >> this is the pbs news hour from weta studios in washington and in the west from the walter cronkite school of journalism at arizona state university. amna: after a rushed, secretive trial, a russian court today convicted american journalist evan gershkovich in a case the u.s. dismisses as a sham. the 32-year-old wall street journal reporter was sentenced 16 years in a high-security penal colony. he is the first american journalist to be arrested by russia on espionage charges since the cold war. to discuss the efforts to free evan and bring him home, we're joined by almar latour, the publisher of the wall street journal and ceo of dow jones. welcome back, and thanks for joining us. let's start with your reaction to the conviction and the sentence today. were you expecting a 16 year sentence? almar: two reactions, really. we are appalled at the 16 year sentence, it is an insult. it is an assault on fr

david brooks and jonathan capehart weigh in president -- weigh in on president biden's campaign.cert celebrates nato's 75th anniversary with music from its member nations. ♪ >> this is the pbs newshour from weta studios in washington and from the west from the walter cronkite university. amna: police have referred felony murder charges in a case involving a black man who died last month after being held down by security guards outside a milwaukee hotel. according to the city's police department, 43-year-old d'vontaye mitchell entered the hyatt regency and "caused a disturbance," ending up in an altercation with security guards as they attempted to detain him. a warning, this disturbing video taken by bystanders shows what happened next. four individuals restrained mitchell outside, while he was lying prone on the concrete and shouting repeatedly for help. at least one man can be seen with his knee on mitchell's back. police say he was unresponsive when they arrived and was later pronounced dead. this week, his widow, de'asia harmon, spoke at a rally outside the county courthouse.

and i hope you'll all please join me now in welcoming senator kamala harris and jonathan capehart to the stage. jonathan. how could i not not know that it was a moment. senator harris, thank you very much for for being here, for choosing, watching tend to be the kickoff of your book tour. thank you. or. actually, to be correct. books tour. yes. as we see the truths we hold in american journey and then also superhero are everywhere. i'm going to focus on the truths we hold. and i'm going to focus on something that happens before even page one. and i want to clear it up. okay. for anyone, one who might have done this or is still doing this, despite hearing it said correctly the first time. pronounce your name. kamala. so just think of like the punctuation mark, a comma, and that adila. and there you go. and so. so then what does kamala mean then? so it's a very tradition tional classic indian name. and it derives from sanskrit. and it means the lotus flower. and so and it's very prevalent in a lot of asian cultures and the idea of the symbolism is that the lotus flower sits on water, bu

i'm jonathan capehart, associate editor at "the washington post." since last week -- [laughter] the former republican president accepted his party's nomination again. the sitting democratic president ended his reelection campaign, throwing his support behind his vice president. and the party, usually in disarray, is united more now than ever. [applause] i mean, you're welcome. oh, and the house has left town until september 9. but whatevs. joining me now to put the presidential race into perspective is senator tim kaine, democrat from virginia. and as you may recall, he was hillary clinton's vice presidential running mate in 2016. senator kaine, welcome to "first look." sen. kaine: jonathan, i'm thrilled to be with everybody to start the day here. jonathan: so on wednesday, in an historic oval office address, president biden spoke with power and humility about his accomplishments and the need to pass the torch to a younger generation. your thoughts on president biden's speech? sen. kaine: it was emotional, it was very emotional. i mean, even knowing

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i'm jonathan capehart and this is the saturday show. >>> at this hour we are watching two major stories unfold. within the last hour, donald trump started speaking at a rally in grand rapids michigan the critical battleground state of michigan. his first campaign rally since he was wounded in an assassination attempt exactly one week ago tonight. and his first since accepting the republican party's nomination on thursday. here's what he had to say about both of those moments. >> let me begin this evening with a special thanks nationwide. thank you for your extraordinary outpouring of love in the wake of the last saturday event. there has never been anything like what you witnessed. i don't think there has ever been a convention where there was such unity and love. >> we are keeping an eye on president biden who is staying in the race saying he will return to the campaign trail next week though 36 members of the house and senate think he should step down. and members of his family discuss what an exit to his campaign might look like. but a white house spokesperson denies that. we'll have

now it is time for the last word with jonathan capehart who is in for lawrence o'donnell. >> good evening. you know as someone married to a white dude, a gay white dude, i think it is just terrific just how the harris campaign has ignited just sort of everybody to just rally around her. it is really quite something to watch. >> to watch people actually be in community around civic engagement? yes, my friend. that is something. >> alicia, have a great rest of your evening. >> thanks. >> this campaign is getting to work and taking nothing for granted. that's what michael tyler told reporters monday. he will join us on the heels of the harris rally. they are getting to work and taking nothing for granted. vice president harris is expected to announce her running mate as early as next week, and nbc news reports the vice president and her soon to be named vice presidential pick will hold their first joint rally in philadelphia on tuesday. before hitting wisconsin, michigan, north carolina, georgia, arizona, and nevada. today, the harris campaign announced a 50 millionth campaign to tell the vi

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i'm joined by molly john fadden -- >>> i'm jonathan capehart, i want to take you straight to a presumptiveential nominee vice president kamala harris played right now at the voters to a summit in atlanta. >> bringing us all together and thank you did incredible leaders in the room for your hard work and dedication. in 2020, it was young voters who turned out in record numbers and elected joe biden president of the united states and me, the first woman elected vice president of the united states. because young voters showed up, we have made so much progress, historic progress on everything from gun violence prevention to taking on the climate crisis. this november, we will win again. and we need your support, in this election, we know young voters will be key and we know your vote cannot be taken for granted, it must be earned and that is exactly what we will do to their so much at stake this november, our most fundamental freedoms, the freedom to be safe from gun violence, the freedom to love who you love openly and with pride. and the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own bod

i am katie phang in for jonathan capehart.- harris campaign, joins us live to discuss the critical week ahead for president biden and the 2024 election. that's tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. follow the show on x, instagram, tiktok, using the handle at weekend capehart. scan the qr code on your screen to follow. to follow.

jonathan capehart is away. let's take stock of where we are right now. we have seen three house democrats publicly call for president biden to step aside. warner is attempting to pull together democratic senators asking him to leave the race. we are seeing major democratic donors back away. abigail disney said she is stopping all democratic contributions until light and is replaced. she said this is realism not disrespect. biden is a good man who served his country admirably the stakes are far too high. can the president change the narrative? >> the president has already done what democrats were waiting for. they need him to make as to whed be the nominee or not. we are past the primaries. it would have to be the nominee to make that decision and it seems that he has. now democrats don't really have a choice. mark warner, donors, other people don't pick the democratic nominee for president. the people and the process do and they have already done that. at this point i agree this is a crucial moment in time and the threat of democracy that looms with the

i'm katie phang in for jonathan capehart and this is the sunday show. >>> we begin with breaking news tonight. while the biden/harris campaign is pulling no punches in what promises to be a critical week in the race to the white house, nbc news has confirmed that for more house democrats have called on president biden to drop out of the race and bring the total now to nine. this happened just a few hours ago as house minority leader jeffries led a meeting with top congressional democrats. joining and now from capitol hill is congressional correspondent julie sirkin. what do we know about this meeting and the four lawmakers who just joined into asked -- to ask ayden to step aside. >> this began at 2:00 this afternoon. it was a virtual meeting because again, lawmakers have not been back to the capitol since that debate. they are returning in person tomorrow so i'm sure that we will see more of them joining in person and reconvening with their colleagues to get on the same page or not, about what president biden's future should be as the leader of the party. you see all of the names and

i am jonathan capehart. this is " the saturday show." ♪ >>> at this hour, we are watching two major stories unfold in the race for the white house. within the last hour, donald trump began speaking at a rally in grand rapids, michigan. in the critical battleground state of michigan. it's his first camping rally since he was wounded in an assassination attempt exactly one week ago, tonight. and his first since accepting the republican nomination on thursday. here's what he had to say about both of those moments. >> me begin this evening with a special thanks to americans, nationwide, including all of you here today for your extraordinary outpouring of love and support in the wake of the horrific last saturday event. there's never been anything like what you witnessed the other day with the convention. i don't think there's ever been a convention where there was such unity and love-- >> we are also keeping an eye on president biden, who was going to stay in the race, saying he will return to the campaign trail

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i am katie phang in for jonathan capehart. tune in tomorrow for the sunday show when cochair of the biden- harris campaign, joins us live to discuss the critical week ahead for president biden and the 2024 election. that's tomorrow at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. follow the show on x, instagram, tiktok, using the handle at weekend capehart. scan the qr code on your screen to follow. to follow. ayman, defiance. the president vowing to stay in the race as more democrats call on him to drop out. filmmaker michael mar is here. plus another appointee quits over the israel hamas war. the former deputy assistant at the department of the interior is also here. >>> and she stood in solidarity with her students and florida republicans put a target on her back. amy tenhoff rio fa back and joins me live. i am ayman mohyeldin. let's do it. last night, president biden tried to allay fears about his candidacy in an exclusive interview with george stephanopoulos. take a look. >> i was exhausted. i didn't listen to my instincts in te

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i am jonathan capehart this is the sunday show. >>> >>> tomorrow is a big day for american democracyd the power of the president of the united states. for tomorrow■ç on the final day of its term the supreme court will issue its long-awaited decision on donald trump's claim of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case. the ruling to determine whether trump will ever face accountability for his role in the violent insurrection at the u.s. capitol on january 6, 2021. but no matter what the justice is decide, the court's decisions to delay this important case until now has all but guaranteed that trump will not have to stand trial before the november election and this decision will drop after a weekend in which president biden has had to contend with growing calls for him to bow out of his reelection bid after his shaky debate performance on thursday. right now he is with his family at camp david ça trip originall planned before the debate but a trip where the debate and the democratic panic will no doubt,. the washington post editorial board correctly says any deci

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i am jonathan capehart.his is the saturday show. ♪ >>> tonight, republicans are in lockstep preparing to coordinate a convicted felon as their presidential nominee at their national convention next week, in milwaukee. and yet after more than two weeks of self immolation cuts are still debating the political future of their presumptive nominee, president biden, who has been working overtime to shore up support for his reelection campaign. biden had calls with the congressional progressive caucus and democrat coalition to reassure them he can and will beat donald trump in november. it's a message he's been delivering ever since his disastrous debate performance on june 27th, including last night, at a raucous rally, in detroit. >> i am running! and we are going to win! 14 million democrats like you voted for me in the primaries, you made me the nominee, no one else, not the press, not the donors, you, the voters. you decided, no one else. and i'm not going anywhere. >> time and time again biden has proved that

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that's our show for tonight, now it's time for the last word with my buddy, jonathan capehart, in florence. >> even, alex. i was hoping you were going to ask dr. gupta about the size of the bandage, and whether the wound required a bandage that large. >> well, honestly, there are so many. in all of this is to say, i think everybody wishes donald trump a speedy recovery. nobody wants to see any political figure the subject of an assassination attempt or political violence in general. but there are so many questions that we have gotten literally complete information blackout on this, and that seems irresponsible. >> i agree with you on that. alex, thank you very much. enjoy your weekend. >> thank you very much, have a good show. >> thank you. >>> i am back from milwaukee where i covered all four nights of the rnc for pbs. in less than 24 hours after donald trump gave the longest convention acceptance speech ever, donald trump received an unsurprising endorsement. a white nationalist who previously served time in prison for his role in the deadly 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville

that's our show, now it's time for the last word with jonathan capehart who is in for lawrence. >> it evening, alex. i can get with a shorter election season after the last six days that we've been through. or the last two weeks if you want to throw the previous week in, good lord. >> jonathan, how has it only been like two weeks? i feel like i have aged 17 years in the last four hours. it is impossible that this, that joe biden left just on sunday. i'm nervous for this weekend. >> if you have aged 17 years in the next four hours, could you text me your skin care regiment, i would like to know. >> oh, please, i need yours. >> all right, we will trade. have a good weekend. >>> it was just five days ago when president biden made the decision to pass the torch to vice president harris and endorsed her as the democratic nominee for president and now, with the democratic national convention in 23 days, democrats are more united than ever, and ready to win. according to a new cnn poll, vice president harris has the support of 94% of democrats while donald trump has the support of 91% of rep

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amy walter, david brooks, jonathan capehart.eigh in for us on the conversation as it has been unfolding. i was struck by congresswoman salazar's conviction that former president trump is a changed man. we have not yet heard from him yet. your thoughts. jonathan: i will believe it when i hear it. i am just not there. the dissidents between -- the dissonance between what she was saying about donald trump and the words we have been hearing from people on that stage, i feel whipsawed. speaker johnson's speech, steve scalise's speech, these were all red meat speeches. i zeroed in on speaker johnson talking about the seven principles of conservatism he lives by. individual freedom, human dignity. unfortunately that does not apply to people who need reproductive health care, families who want reproductive health care, or lgbtq people who want to live their lives unbothered by government or their neighbors. if you want to talk about unity, people in this room need to hear it and feel it from the stage, and that is not coming from the st