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the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. anything going on? i was taking a nap. >> no, not a whole lot. it was a pretty chill day. >> pretty chill day? maddow sho right now. >> thanks to you at home for joining us. if you go now to trumppence.com, it's still some web site someone is still trying to sell today. do you want to see clint clintonkaine.com? come on. yes! hillary potter. and there's a donald trump

our panel, rachel maddow host of the "rachel maddow" show.mer rnc chair, michael steele, sort of a fish out of water here. andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and philadelphia native himself, mr. brotherly love chris matthews. >> mr. brotherly love. >> and sisterly affection. >> throw that one in there. >> new pictures of tim kaine walking into church in richmond, virginia. he realized and his parish is realizing what it's like to have secret service following around a member of the parish there. >> you know what his secret service name will be? >> if you're boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> you're having too much fun here. let me throw it out. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. he does not share my political views. that's an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised bernie is an aggressive politician, and i think when senator sanders speaks at the dnc, i think everybody will be on the edge of their seat and he's not going to pull a ted cruz. >> h

our panel, rachel maddow host of the "rachel maddow" show.chair, michael steele, sort of a fish out of water here. andrea mitchell, chief foreign affairs correspondent and philadelphia native himself, mr. brotherly love chris matthews. >> mr. brotherly love. >> and sisterly affection. >> throw that one in there. >> new pictures of tim kaine walking into church in richmond, virginia. he realized and his parish is realizing what it's like to have secret service following around a member of the parish there. >> you know what his secret service name will be? >> if you're boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> you're having too much fun here. let me throw it out. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. he does not share my political views. that's an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised bernie is an aggressive politician, and i think when senator sanders speaks at the dnc, i think everybody will be on the edge of their seat and he's not going to pull a ted cruz. >> he said i

eastern for more special coverage, our coverage continues in just a moment with brian williams, rachel maddow and chris williams. >>> democrat gathering in the area. today senator tim kaine made it official, he became the official nominee of this gathering for vice president. tonight he will accept the nomination in his speech. he saw him briefly in the arena this afternoon. good evening, to you once again, brian williams here along with rachel maddow along at our head quarters in new york. we will hear a lot from our commandeering chief on a day that the democrats received fresh al in addition from donald trump. >> part of it is about tim kaine and other big part is about national security and foreign policy and military and the wars. and while the democrats are focusing on that one of the lineup tonight, the republican candidate out of press conference this morning, his golf resort in florida gave territory that nobody expected him to cover and did something unprecedented of any stature and led alone a presidential candidate. watch. >> russia, if you are listening, i hope you are able to fi

hi, i'm rachel maddow for msnbc. for the last 20 years, msnbc has covered all of the biggest news of our time. from what seems like a never ending presidential election to a devastating attack on our nation. two decades of events that have transformed not only the way we report as journalists but the way we live. the way we love. the way we learn. right now, 20 events that made headlines and changed us. >> 9/11 continues to change everyday life in this country. >> i was putting on my microphone to do my show on msnbc and somebody said a plane has hit the world trade center. >> and there is major incident in lower manhattan. a plane has crashed into one of the upper floors of the world trade center. [ sirens ] >> the airplane is clearly a commercial airliner of some sort. >> it was crystal clear, nothing added up. there was a moment where your moment, you know, goes to this could be terror. >> and i don't think that we started to get a lot of clarity, frankly, until the second plane hit. and the second -- the second p

take rachel maddow on msnbc, i think she's really smart and does a good job. did nothing after this story broke on wednesday, thursday. so this is all about viewing this through a partisan lens. >> if you look at the msnbc as a whole, they did cover it and while they might have been a day late. >> a day late is huge. everybody -- >> but -- >> at the same time we don't know were they out there checking the sources or confirming what they knew -- >> no, no, no, no -- >> so whether or not -- >> everybody -- >> has an editor l choice. i would say she chose -- she should have covered it and mentioned it but that's an editorial decision she had. >> it was a bad editorial decision. by thursday night, it was on the evening newscast. everyone had to cover it once lynch said she wouldn't over rule -- >> but -- >> if it was a republican, it would have been different. >> there are many questions hannity has. i wish he would bring issues to life. that's an editorial choice when you get to evening programs. >> i still think bad judgment. >>> let me move to the house committ

hi, i'm rachel maddow for msnbc. for the last 20 years, msnbc has covered all the biggest news of our time, from what seems like a never-ending presidential election, to a devastating attack on our nation. transforming not only the way we report as journalists, but the way we live, the way we love, the way we learn. right now, 20 events that made headlines and changed us. >> 9/11 continues to change everyday life in this country. >> i was putting on my microphone to do my show on msnbc. and somebody said a plane has hit the world trade center. >> and there was a major incident in lower manhattan. a plane has crashed into one of the upper floors of the world trade center. >> the airplane is clearly a commercial airliner of some sort. >> crystal clear day. nothing added up. there's a moment your mind goes to, this could be terror. >> and i don't think that we started to get a lot of clarity, frankly, until the second plane hit. and the second the second plane hit, i think all of us knew that it was terrorism. >> terror

our special coverage continues in just a moment with brian williams, rachel maddow, chris matthews. >>> she's been in the public eye for a quarter of a century. as first lady, senator from new york and secretary of state. now hillary clinton makes history as the democratic nominee for president. >> we are stronger together and we are going to make that future better. >> tonight, her former rival takes the stage. >> we have got to defeat donald trump. >> following the resignation of the dnc chair and with sanders supporters reenergized, will the party come together? live from philadelphia it's day one of the democratic national convention. >> we have drama on day one of the democratic national convention, now under way at the wells fargo center in philadelphia. the long-fought struggle between bernie sanders supporters and the democratic national committee ignited once again just as the party was hoping for unity behind their nominee. good evening from our election headquarters once again here in new york, i'm brian williams along with rachel maddow. clearly this is hillary clinton's p

good evening to you, brian williams here alongside rachel maddow. you know the rest at our msnbc election headquarters in new york. the vote is 102 days from now. the choice could not be more stark or starker, and tonight they are going to try to make the case come to our team. >> yeah. we saw a lot of that last night where the democrats, the president most explicitly, kept making this case that yes, we are addressing democrats in this room but we are speaking to the rest of the country, if you are an independent, if you are a republican, if you are somebody who doesn't particularly care about party affiliation either way, come home to us. donald trump is outside what we need as a nation. tonight is going to be a big night anyway, no matter what happened, no matter who the nominee was, it would be a big night. the acceptance of the nomination is always huge. but we are really seeing something we have never seen in modern american politics. a two-term outgoing president who is setting up his would-be successor. we did not see this with reagan, we did

. >> hi, i'm rachel maddow for msnbc. for on the past 20 years, msnbc has covered all the biggest news from what seems like a never-ending presidential election, to devastating attack on our nation. two decades of events that transformed not only the way we report add journalists, but the way we live, the way we love, the way we learn. right now, 20 events that made headlines, and changed us. >> 9/11, continues to change everyday life in this country. >> i was putting on my microphone to do my show on msnbc and somebody said a plane has hit the world trade center. >> and there was a major incident in lower manhattan, a plane has crashed into one of the upper floors of the world trade center. >> the airplane is clearly a commercial airliner of some sort. >> it was crystal clear day, nothing added up. there's moment where your mind, you know, goes to, this could be terror. >> and i don't think that we started to get a lot of clarity, frankly, until the second plane hit. and the second the second plane hit, i think all of us

i'm brian williams along with rachel maddow. among the headliners we will hear from tonight, melania trump, wife of the candidate, introduced by the candidate live onstage. we will also be hearing from former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and iowa republican senator joni ernst. we are going to be hearing a lot about benghazi, immigration and security tonight. day one off to an interesting start. >> if there is a text to these things which is written and rewritten and rewritten and rewritten and it's worked out sort of by committee, it is finely focused group, at least in most campaigns, there's the text and then there's the subtext. there's what you show despite what it is you are trying to say. today is one of those days at least so far where i think the subtext overcame the text. what we got was delegations walking out. we got recognizable republican leaders like ken cucinelli in virginia and senator mike lee of utah screaming shame and point of order and objection. lot of hurt feelings on the convention floor, a lot of ju

. >> hi, i'm rachel maddow for msnbc. for the last 20 years, msnbc has covered all the biggest news of our time from what seems like a never ending presidential election to a devastating attack on our nation. two decades of events that have transformed not only the way we report as journalists but the way we live, the way we love, the way we learn. right now, 20 events that made headlines and changed us. >> 9/11 continues to change everyday life in this country. >> i was being put on my microphone to do my show on msnbc and somebody said a plane has hit the world trade center. >> there's a major incident in lower manhattan. a plane has crashed into one of the upper floors of the world trade center. >> the airplane is clearly a commercial airliner of some sort. >> it's crystal clear. nothing added up. there's a moment where your mind goes to, this could be terror. >> and i don't think that we started to get a lot of clarity, frankly, until the second plane hit. and then the second the second plane hit, i think all of us kn

i've been looking forward to getting back to the rachel maddow show. it's been a big couple of weeks, it's been fun to cover, but i'm happy to be here with you. you know, um, the 1980 presidential election, at least in that election, in 1980, they had the excuse that mississippi was kind of a swing state that year. mississippi went for the segregationist george wallace in the presidential election in 1968. then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. so four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. you couldn't really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly predictable anything for that presidential election. and in the presidential election of 1980, you'll remember that ronald reagan won the republican nomination in a walk. right after he collected that nomination, the republican party nomination, that year in detroit, which is where they held their convention,

i've been looking forward to getting back to "the rachel maddow sw."t's been a big couple of weeks, it's been fun to cover, but i'm it's been fun to cover, but i'm happy to be here with you. you know, um, the 1980 presidential election, at least in that election, in 1980, they had the excuse that mississippi was kind of a swing state that year. mississippi went for the segregationist george wallace in the presidential election in 1968. then four years after that, 1972, mississippi went for the republican, richard nixon. then four years after that, in 1976, mississippi went for the democrat, for jimmy carter. so four years after that, in 1980, it was, admittedly, hard to predict how mississippi was going to go that year. you couldn't really see mississippi in 1980 as a solidly

i'm brian williams with rachel maddow once again here at our election headquarters in new york. when you think about it, for our loyal viewers and the twisted few who were with us for all those tuesdays, primaries, caucuses, this is what it all leads up to and a big night for this guy, as much about who this guy is as the state of our politics. >> yeah. if you think about it, all of those tuesdays were the start of a long additive math problem. each of those put some delegates on the board. they all added up to a total which has produced this end tonight and you know, the conventions are usually important but not exciting in the sense that you sort of know how they're going to end. we haven't had a truly open convention since 1976. this wasn't an open convention. there's not supposed to be any suspense. there has been a little suspense. just in terms of how things have gone. there has been chaos, there has been conflict, there have been screw-ups, there's been inexplicable scheduling, there has been the campaign and the candidate stepping on their own intended message and someti

brian williams and rachel maddow will be with us and we'll track the latest developments on the latestolice shooting in baton rouge, the eve, the day before the republican convention here in cleveland. our coverage continues in just a minute. she spent summer binge-watching. soon, she'll be binge-studying. get back to great. now get a swiss gear backpack for only $10. office depot officemax. gear up for school. gear up for great. ♪ (vo) you can pass down a subaru forester. (dad) she's all yours. (vo) but you get to keep the memories. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. innovative sonicare technology with up to 27% more brush movements versus oral b. get healthier gums in 2 weeks guaranteed. innovation and you. philips sonicare. save when you buy the most loved rechargeable toothbrush brand in america. jofor their wedding one searching fbooking.com.ct place oh! yurt. yes! earthy... just rustic. [laughing] oh my gosh. wow. [owl howling] [gulp] uh, how about an island? island, yeah. yeah. yeah. [laughing] were you laughing in your fantasy? yeah! me, too. [gasps] it takes a lot of wo

our panelist here, rachel maddow. host of the rachel maddow show on nbc. michael steele.ll. nbc news correspondent. host of andrea mitchell reports and mr. brotherly love chris matthews. >> how about that. >> and sisterly affection for. >> for the penn grad. and this morning, new pictures of tim kaine walking into church this morning in richmond, virginia. he now realizes and now his parish is realizing what it is like to have secret service follow around a member of the parish there. >> do we know who his secret service name is going to be yet? >> the secret joke is if you are boring enough your secret service name is tim kaine. >> ooh. those are old ones. -- you guys are having so much. >> sorry, sorry. >> let me throw out it here. we heard what bernie sanders said about tim kaine. >> his politics are not my politics. an aggressive take from bernie. i'm not surprised. bernie is an aggressive politician. and i think when senator sanders speaks i think everybody is going to be on the edge of their sheet. i think he's not going to pull a ted cruz because he's already made

i've been looking forward to getting back to the rachel maddow show.s been a big couple of weeks, it's been fun to cover, but i'm happy to be here with you. you know, um, the 1980 presidential election, at least in that election, in 1980, they had the excuse that mississippi was kind of a swing state that year. ss

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, chris. anything going on? i was taking a nap. >> no, not a whole lot. it was a pretty chill day. >> pretty chill day? maddow sho right now. >> thanks to you at home for joining us. if you go now to trumppence.com, it's still some web site someone is still trying to sell today. do you want to see clint clintonkaine.com? come on. yes! hillary potter. and there's a donald trump figure with a little septor. at the end, look, it's a snake. and i think that is tim kaine up in the upper left-hand corner there maybe flying in on a broom to help hillary potter. you would think that the presidential campaigns would get this web site thing together but they don't. they really don't. hillary clinton within the last hour sent out a text announcing tim kaine as her running mate. it says, "i'm thrilled to tell you this first, i've chosen tim kaine as my running mate. welcome him to our team." moments after that on the hillary clinton twitter page, they posted a video of tim kaine. >> remember, folks, tough

and that is something that cnn and msnbc have tried to replicate with someone like rachel maddow or keith olbermann. joe: there are reports that some of the talents might have in their contract that they could leave. is there any other place. >> these are big personalities. >> if bill o'reilly wanted a job somewhere, he could get it. matt: i could see david rose going from cbs to talk news. >> donald trump might want to launch some sort of news outlet. thought thatous there could be an ideological successor? >> i have no idea about donald trump. is tok everything he does serve the greater glory of donald trump. it seems a little bit are fetched. what happened to the sexual harassment allegations that started all this? she sued him personally, not the company. >> those are ongoing. just because he resigned, it doesn't mean gretchen carlson is going to drop it. she didn't just do it to get back at roger ailes professionally. he has to get back and write his story. that may just toss this to you, cory. you might be pretty well-informed about this as well. he tried to move his case from new j

i have been looking forward to getting back to the rachel maddow show the last couple of weeks. i'm happy to be here with you. >> you know, the 1980 presidential election, at least in that election in 1980 they had the excuse that mississippi was kind of a swing state that year. mississippi went for the segregationist george wallace in the presidential election in

and i saw rachel maddow give him hell over that, it's not a girl but he said it, i met a girl and a lot of people thought that was nice.but i said watch, and rachel maddow knocked the hell out of him because he said i met a girl, it's supposed to be i met a woman. i don't know. maybe we will fight for him on that one, right? didn't he say i then grabbed her and i said this is getting a little crazy, what's going on? i grabbed her . and then when he said that i knew that my favorite chapter would happen . and it didn't happen. he didn't talk about the kinds of things we want to hear about. but what are you going to do? he didn't have pictures, right? so look, here's the story. they call her a change maker, she's not a change maker. she wants to keep it just the way it is because it's a rate system. she was very, very spoiled. now the last person that i like is debbie wasserman schultz. this person is a disaster. and she has been for a long time. we will take our rants previous any day. reince priebus is a great guy and we had a great convention down and i'll tell you what, cleveland did

steve kornacki is in for rachel maddow. >> thanks to you for staying with us. chel has the night off. every relationship has its ups and downs and we'll start at the lowest of all the low moments in the history between barack obama and hillary clinton. this is from the saturday night before the new hampshire primary eight years ago back in 2008. to put this in some context, barack obama had just scored his historic upset win in the iowa caucuses, he was surging in the polls in new hampshire, had all the momentum in the world. looked like he would steamroll his way to the nomination. on the flip side, that saturday night, hillary clinton's campaign was in total turmoil. not only had she just lost iowa, she had come in third place there. she finished behind john edwards. her numbers were crashing. she was going to lose new hampshire. she was going to be forced out of the campaign. her campaign was going to be remembered as one of the biggest disasters in history, the

i am rachel maddow. >> and i'm black don lemon.gratulations, snl, nominated for a writing emmy this year. very exciting. >> thank you. >> my favorite writers. thank you. >> thank you. >> i think i made the difference. >> a lot of people say that. whennen you ta eyou talk to peo what they say. can't thank you enough for being here so late on a thursday night. fantastic to see you always. >> thank you. >> seth: we will be right back with jessi klein. >> thank you. ♪ ♪ [ cheers and applause ] it's a golden opportunity, to discover what we learn on the track... doesn't stay on the track. it just finds more street-legal form. for a limited time get some of the best offers of the year on our complete line of f sport performance vehicles. at the lexus golden opportunity sales event. this is the pursuit of perfection. first you start with this. these guys. a place like shhh! no. found it! and definitely lipton ice tea. lots of it. a lipton meal is what you bring to it. and the refreshing taste of lipton iced tea. ♪ one♪coat, yes! one coat

the rachel maddow show starts right now. >> you're amazing, it's a privilege to work with you. >> likewise. >> happy thursday. president obama and presidential candidate hillary clinton have not yet campaigned together. she received president obama's endorsement a few weeks ago and the two of them had intended to do a joint event a couple of weeks ago in wisconsin. but that ended up getting canceled after the mass shooter in orlando, florida. president obama and hillary clinton have now rescheduled their first joint campaign appearance, it's going to be next week in north carolina. and today we learned that in addition to hillary clinton appearing with president obama on tuesday in north carolina, later in the week on friday, she's also going to do a joint campaign appearance with vice president joe biden. and that is interesting for a couple of different reasons. now, the first reason is that ever since vice president biden went through his long, public, toing and froing over whether or

>> and rachel maddow, we'll ambush them. >> this is the news deck, what do we do? not the lido deck. >> no. >> this is where all the elements of news come together and to a delight full. >> into a special place, we are special people off the short bus. >> as well. >> i am excited about it. >> i am excited about it and not just me, when are you going? >> i am going sunday night. >> yes. >> will you be taking the charter from cleveland to philly? >> i will come home webracing m girls. >>> on this day in 1965, a spacecraft took its first up close photo from another planet. nasa's mariner ford traveled 340 million miles to get to mars. now, our camera is giving us much better look at the planet. >> its first photo of jupiter since it arrived there on july 4th. mankind got a first close up and personal with another planet, 51 years ago today. >> dallas the dow is having a g, everyday is a close record. your world is next, here comes sanders smith. >> is pence the pick? and will it give trump a bump, i am sandra smith, this is your world. although that has not confirmed

the rachel maddow show starts right now with steve kornacki. this hour. rachel has the night off.nd we'll start tonight with the decade that won't leave us, the 1990s. they are back. bill and hillary clinton, they were big back then, that i big now. donald trump was big back then, he's big now. now new gingrich, he's back too. >> is there a single person here who believes that if you had done what hillary clinton had done that you would not be prosecuted? >> let me tell you why i'm so proud to be here. i used to study and teach history. i spent a little bit of time in politics. i have never -- i know of no example in american history of a moment where the leader and the american people came together as

it, made me president of it and the very good legacy of air america, if i may, is that produced rachel maddow, mark marron, al franken. and you don't get people more talented or funny than they are. but it hemorrhaged money and he sold it to someone for a fraction of what he paid. it kept going down hill and people kept asking me why did air america fail when right wing is so successful and i try to walk through it. >> c-span: why did it fail? >> guest: it is commercial radio. npr is not commercial. it is fair and brilliant and there is an audience for that. commercial radio means you have to make money to pay people. one thing if it isn't making much money it is great to have a deep pocket and roupert mur dock would be a deep pocket until it got its legs. two, ad agencies have to advertise. ad agencies have a no-by risk dui. you are not to advertise on air america. it is too left wing. older white guys who control advertisement didn't much want us. there is a third reason which is one can argue and it is interpreted. john height wrote a book called the righterous mind and he said when people

i'm rachel maddow, thanks for watching. >> where are we going to begin? >> just day one -- >> oh, yeah. where else? >> it was bare bones, nerve-racking. >> i can't believe >>> a class of political titans. >> i call her crooked hillary. >> trump is unfit to be president and commander in chief. >> a campaign fuelled by anger. >> they are saying what happened to my america? >> she is the ultimate politici politician. >> there is no one in the history of the country that has been on stage as long as hillary clinton has. >> i look at people as being in many cases vicious. >> he speaks off the cuff. >> they are bringing drugs, they are bringing crime. they are rapists. >> i never count any chickens before they hatch. >> how did two people so dirchlt come to the same place in history. >> this is how we got from here tl -- >> the very artful smear you and your campaign have been carrying out. >> to here. >> we reach add milestone. >> it will be the nastiest general election. >> what's at stake? everything. >>> hello. i'm chris matthews. hillary clinton versus don

ambassador, rachel maddow in new york. nice to see you.the issue of plausibility, getting out what richard was describing as the russian motive here. the thing that seems like an over the top spy movie here is that the russian government would seek to release internal e-mails from the democratic party that would drive dissension within the democratic ranks and embarrass the democratic nominee on the eve of her convention and hurt the democratic party relationships with its donors and in the end benefit donald trump on this election. that is the plot presented to us by the circumstances we're aware of. is that the way that the russian government strategically thinks? do they think they can manipulate the results of an american presidential election by doing these kinds of things? >> it's good we're separating means and motive, right? we all agree they have the means to do this if they so choose. i don't think there's any argument. on motive i say two things. one is it's crystal clear to me as somebody who watches a lot more russian statemen

steve kornacki is up for the rachel maddow show. >> thank you for staying with us. e a very busy news night. donald trump was in the nation's capitol, he was met with a lot of skepticism, a lot of cold shoulders, a very awkward encounter with some elected officials from his own party. we have all sorts of detail on that and what it means. that's ahead. we're also going to talk to one of the members of congress who was on capitol hill today for james

steve kornacki is up for the rachel maddow show. >> thank you for staying with us. rachel has the night off. we have a very busy news night. donald trump was in the nation's capitol, he was met with a lot of skepticism, a lot of cold shoulders, a very awkward encounter with some elected officials from his own party. we have all sorts of detail on that and what it means. that's ahead. we're also going to talk to one of the members of congress who was on capitol hill today for james comey's unprecedented testimony. but we begin with the outrage of police shootings in this country. for the second time in less than 48 hours now, images circulating on social media of a black man dying after being shot by a white police officer. first in baton rouge, louisiana, now the latest in a suburb of st. paul, minnesota. tonight protesters have gathered outside the governor's residence by the hundreds to protest the shooting death of 32-year-old philando castile. earlier in baton rouge, people in that city held a prayer service to honor the life of alton sterling. he was killed by p

steve kornacki is in for rachel maddow. >> thanks to you for staying with us. rachel has the night off. every relationship has its ups and downs and we'll start at the lowest of all the low moments in the history between barack obama and hillary clinton. this is from the saturday night before the new hampshire primary eight years ago back in 2008. to put this in some context, barack obama had just scored his historic upset win in the iowa caucuses, he was surging in the polls in new hampshire, had all the momentum in the world. looked like he would steamroll his way to the nomination. on the flip side, that saturday night, hillary clinton's campaign was in total turmoil. not only had she just lost iowa, she had come in third place there. she finished behind john edwards. her numbers were crashing. she was going to lose new hampshire. she was going to be forced out of the campaign. her campaign was going to be remembered as one of the biggest disasters in history, the political equivalent of the hindenburg. that's what it looked like on that saturday night in 200

rachel maddow show starts right now. >> thanks. it's good to be back after a few days away.hanks to joy reed and steve kornacki and the team holding down the fort while i was gone. a lot going on in general and at this hour, live stuff happening tonight. you're looking at a live shot right now what is expected to be a large community vigil tonight in dallas, texas, the dallas police chief and chief of dallas transit police and representatives of each of the police officers killed in dallas last week will all be speaking tonight at this vigil you're seeing this live shot of right now. the dallas police chaplain leading pray others to open and close tonight. that is just getting under way in dallas. we have one eye on that this evening. this is happening in dallas on the eve of president obama visiting dallas tomorrow. president obama came home early from his european trip in order to attend an interfaith service at dallas symphony hall tomorrow. there is word tonight presidt

. >> congressman, this is rachel maddow here in new york.n that point, the way that benghazi has been investigated, the accountability reviews of different kinds that have happened both with the state department within congress and including the select committee, this massive select committee that you served on, do you feel like there's nothing that can be done in terms of investigating or explaining the events of benghazi that will ever settle the matter because it is now sort of left the realm of factually what happened there and it has become a political epithat or do you think people will agree and come to understand commonly as a people rather than having a partisan divide? >> i think those days are behind us already. i remember chairman gowdy of the select committee, the only way it could add value is if it was conducted in a very nonpartisan way and if at the end of it we issued a joint report. that would have credibility. indeed, that's what most in the prior investigations did. but if we were going to sim supply put forward two comp

the rachel maddow starts right now, with joy reid in for rachel.hanks so much, chris. appreciate it. and thanks to you so much at home for staying with us for the next hour. rachel has the night off tonight but she'll be back on monday. this is atlanta, georgia, right now. just a giant protest that's been growing throughout the night, throughout much of the afternoon and the evening. this is philadelphia within the hour, and there are also ongoing protests in baltimore, in new york, and likely protests are varying sizes all over the country. we have a lot to get to tonight, but it's worth taking a moment to consider just how we got here. it's been just a horrifying, gut-wrenching, exhausting, crazy, 72 hours in america. it's been hard to wrap your mind and your heart around everything that's happened since last tuesday night. first we were confronted with the chilling video of alton sterling, shot and killed by police who appear to have him pinned to the ground. he was a father of five. that same day in falcon heights, minnesota, philando castile w

brian williams, with rachel maddow. this will be a more traditional night of convention. the new york times distilled it down to two questions. can pence impress the boss and will cruz play nice? >> yeah. the cruz question i think looms large. if only because there is actually some us is pence about it. we know that mike pence will have his big speech tom. he will accept the nomination. it will be his national rollout. we'll be watching to see how well he does. there is no wondering what that will be like. a qualitative assessment of what he does. ted cruz, there is a question mark. we really don't know. ted cruz was not just somebody who ran against donald trump. he is one of the last men standing. he took an unusually sharp tone about his personal problems with donald trump when he was on the campaign trail. when ted cruz gives his remarks today, everybody is thinking that he is looking ahead to his own next presidential run in 2020. we just don't know what that looks like. the cruz camp is not promising that this speech tonight is going to come with a donald trump endo