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introduction for the book is written by rachel maddow and there is something she has in the intro i wanthink totally it will set the environment for people who are just approaching this topic of pegasus software fresh so these are rachel maddow's words, not mine. where is your phone right now? that little device in your pocket likely operates as your personal calendar, your map and atlas. your post office, your telephone, your scratchpad your camera asbasically as your trusted confidant. matthew smith professor of moral and political philosophy wrote in 2016 that a mobile phone is "an extension of the mind. there is simply no principal distinction between the processes occurring in the media glob in ukrainian processes occurring in my little silicon metal and glass block that is your iphone. the solid-state drives storing photos and phone are your memories in the same way certain groups of neurons storing images in your brain are your memories. our minds extend beyond our head and into her phone. professor smith was making the case back then for privacy then extended to our mobile phone.

the other story this hour and going into the evening as rachel maddow and the whole team comes in at 7:00 p.m. eastern is how that booking unfolds tonight, whether we get a mug shot, and whether donald trump as a defendant does or says anything as he goes in and out of that jailhouse in an environment that in one sense is familiar. if you're watching this, you're saying, we've done this before recently. this will be the fourth booking for the fourth indictment. you see officers, live shots. officers pulling up as they keep that area secure. so, in one sense familiar, in one sense quite distinct. rico cases are different. they're heavy. there's a lot of pressure, and never have donald trump's white house aides and lawyers been pull into the any of his federal cases like this. with that in mind, we turn to a very experienced veteran prosecutor. david kelly a prosecutor for the southern district of new york, the distinction in his career that he shared with defendant rudy giuliani, although i can't say there's much else in common with the two of you this year, and i should mention in fu

up next is rachel maddow's live coverage of the highlights of the republican so-called debate tonight, which starts right now. righ now. >> good evening, and welcome to our special coverage of the first republican presidential primary debate. ahead of the 2024 election. i'm rachel maddow, here at msnbc with my colleagues alex wagner, nicole wallace, chris hayes, joy reid. great to have everybody together at the mothership. this debate is just not wrapping up after two hours of stuff on stage. eight republican candidates faced off tonight in milwaukee which is the same city where republicans will hold their national convention next summer. wisconsin is also state that donald trump lost in 2020 on his way to losing the white house. after trump lost wisconsin, you should remember, this is one of the states that republicans forged a slate of fake trump electors. that means as the debate was happening in wisconsin tonight, and as they look ahead to the national nominating convention happening in the same city next summer, ten leading wisconsin republicans, who were fake electors, tonight,

these are rachel maddow or it's not mine. where is your phone right now? little device in your pocket likely operates as your personal calendar. your map, and atlas. your post office, your telephone, your scratchpad, your camera, basically as your trusted confidant. matthew smith a professor of moral and political philosophy wrote in 2016 a mobile phone is quote in extension of the mind. there's simply no principled prl distinction between the process occurring in that meaty club in your cranium and the processes occurring in the little silicon metal and glass block that is your iphone. the solid-state drive storing photos in the phone are your memories. in the same way certain groups of neurons storing images in your brain are your memories. our minds extend beyond our head into our phone. professor smith was making a case back then for his own privacy that extended to our mobilele phones. the state has no right to access the thoughts in our head, why should it have the right to access the pieces of our thoughts that we keep in our mobile phone? that is s

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msnbc's rachel maddow said of this book, i think this is a great review.s corn is a great journalist. i love the way he thinks. i love the way he writes. i'm so glad he has done a super modern history of the right. we just need smart, digestible history about this stuff right now. america psychosis rachel maddow said is perfect lead times, relevant history where we are right now. boston, heather cox richardson, a professor of history at boston college. how many of read heather cox? richardson knew it. i have a newsletter to. this. so you know. american psycho psychosis requires to revisit the dark forces have shaped our government and charges us to safeguard american from those who inflame worst instincts to. destroy it. all right. next up, tim miller miller concerned about my blurbs blurbs. are you worried about your blurbs? a little concerned, yeah. okay. don't be dumping. here we go. tim miller is an msnbc analyst writer large for the bulwark and host not my party on snapchat. he has written on politics culture for rolling stone, the ringer the daily be

the environment for people who just approaching this topic of pegasus software fresh so these rachel maddow his words not mine where is your phone now that little device in your pocket likely operate as your personal calendar, your map and atlas your post office, your telephone, your scratch pad, your camera, basically as your trusted matthew smith, a professor of moral and political philosophy, wrote in 2016, that a mobile phone is, quote, an extension of the mind, there is simply principal distinction between processes occurring in the midi glob in your cranium and. the processes occurring in the little silicon, metal and glass block that is your iphone, the solid state drive storing photos in the phone are your memories in the same way that certain groups neurons storing images in your brain are your memories. our minds extend beyond our heads and into our phones. professor smith was making the case back then for a zone of privacy that extended to our mobile phone. if the state has no right to access the thoughts our head, why should it have right to access the pieces of? our thoughts th

the environment for people who just approaching this topic of pegasus software fresh so these rachel maddow his words not mine where is your phone now that little device in your pocket likely operate as your personal calendar, your map and atlas your post office, your telephone, your scratch pad, your camera, basically as your trusted matthew smith, a professor of moral and political philosophy, wrote in 2016, that a mobile phone is, quote, an extension of the mind, there is simply principal distinction between processes occurring in the midi glob in your cranium and. the processes occurring in the little silicon, metal and glass block that is your iphone, the solid state drive storing photos in the phone are your memories in the same way that certain groups neurons storing images in your brain are your memories. our minds extend beyond our heads and into our phones. professor smith was making the case back then for a zone of privacy that extended to our mobile phone. if the state has no right to access the thoughts our head, why should it have right to access the pieces of? our thoughts th

up next is rachel maddow's live coverage of the highlights of the republican so-called debate tonightour special coverage of the first republican presidential primary debate. ahead of the 2024 election. i'm rachel maddow, here at msnbc with my colleagues alex wagner, nicole wallace, chris hayes, joy reid. great to have everybody together at the mothership. this debate is just not wrapping up after two hours of stuff on stage. eight republican candidates faced off tonight in milwaukee which is the same city where bl

. >> brian: clip you will see later on rachel maddow says to hillary clinton.e have to learn to like elections you can't push back every time you don't like the election the way it goes is she that oblivious a woman who says everybody knows donald trump was illegitimately elected and lost the election? she spent four years saying that same exact thing and plotted against him. i'm wondering does she realize who she is talking to. the only person more over the top than that is stacey abrams who up until recently was saying that she was governor of georgia. and they boycott georgia because they said that was corruption. >> ainsley: nancy pelosi, too, questioned the election. bleach bit, hammer. >> steve: yeah. >> brian: it's incredible that rachel maddow would ask her that question ains instance a and not push back. >> brian: yeah. >> ainsley: ohio residents gathering up what is left after the historic wildfires engulfed their way of life. will cain is in maui and he is getting a bird's eye view of all the destruction and recovery and he is next on that. >> steve:

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me doing my rachel maddow live reading here. dramatic reading. defendant, yes.olation of this judge's order by posting what he posted on his pretend twitter? >> well, so he certainly could. i think one of the questions will be what kind of facts and circumstances can a judge say, you just did that? because he was very broad. and i think he was broad intentionally. this is part of the difficulty, when you do obviously have free speech rights, but no, you do not have the rights to violate the law or judicial order that says don't tamper with witnesses. it's like anything you want to make sure you have the right amount of proof to balance those two things. but certainly, you would start, and you remember, we had this with roger stone. >> yes. the judge's cross hairs. >> there's all these ways in which you can subtly try to send a signal that is very threatening, and as we go, donald trump has the capacity because of the types of folks including organized hate groups who pay attention to his feeds, and take action including violent threats, when he sends out a signa

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steve benen, producer for the rachel maddow show and msnbc legal contributor, may have cracked open aek. in focus groups full of voters from trump's political rise in 2016, also going back decades earlier, they actually don't believe facts about republican plans and policies. it's almost like you tell them one thing, they don't hear it, and then they still vote in favor of republicans. see, a lot of people got it wrong in 2016, a lot of very smart people did not expect donald trump to win. we know that he did, we know that when he did, he tapped into a dangerous emotional core of the republican party. white nationalism, white grievance, white replacement theories, all these things were things he capitalized that people couldn't see. but he got over the finish line because there weren't enough voters who actually believed that he was going to do what he did, even though he told them what he planned. joining me now to break this all down is the aforementioned steve bannon, author of msnbc's model blog and producer for the rachel maddow show. founder of the -- strategies and political st

rachel maddow, on msnbc. you don't find those types of people anywhere else on television. third, benefits. by the, way you have to mark it to your audience. you have to get all four right. downhill, when your, back you get one wrong you're not gonna like it. so fox, to their audience, they succeed for benefits they often use information they don't go anywhere else out there. until recently, they had a little competition, but previously there was no competition for decades. same with msnbc. fourth is brands, and brands as the ball game. a combination of position and benefits it's what makes you in the words of famous communicator steph godin, a purple cow. i live in the country, 40 brown cause they're 50 black and, white can tell one from the other. but a purple cow stands out. our goal in life is to be a purple cow. i haven't figured out how to get the fifth one in, they're the fifth one is called a tagline. you want to tagline, a tagline, when you come up with the tagline, it should be relatively sort, summarize what you do that differentiates firms everyone else. if anyo

however you're taking it in, i want to remind everyone, as mentioned, rachel maddow will are heading up coverage at 8:00 eastern with the whole gang. the reidout with joy reid starts now. >>> hey, ari. this is an historic date in our job. i did learn something from you, a new term, "a shouting indictment." >> it's a legal term yet, joy. >> yet. but ari melber has bed

state for more indictment special coverage with the great rachel maddow. rachel maddow. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening and thank you for being with us tonight for the special coverage. he is of course innocent until proven guilty and he will and should mount a robust defense against these charges, and he should be acquitted if he didn't do what he is accused of. but if the allegations made by the justice department in this indictment are proven, if the former president did what he is accused of, history is going to ask a different question of this time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. if the allegations in this indictment are proven beyond a reasonable doubt and a jury convict some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president? history instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the united states. where actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected presid

tucker carlson and now it's brett barren jesse waters and laura ingraham et cetera on fox, and rachel maddow on msnbc. you don't find those type of people anywhere else on television. third is benefit. by the way, to your market here audience you gotta get off already, you get all four right down, not get one run he grown-up philly not gonna see profit. so fox to the office succeeds for a benefit. they offer news information you don't get anywhere else particularly in some recently they have a little competition on the previously there's no competition for decades. same with msnbc. fourth is brand and brand is the ball game. what it's the combination of different shin and benefit, it's what makes you sing into. what makes you in the words of a famous communicator purple cow. i love it in the country. passed feels a 40 brown cows here, 50 black and white ones over there, can tell one from the other. but as a purple cow stanza. our goal and life is to be a purple cow. i figured out how to squeeze a fifth win in their. it's called a tagline. you want a tagline. when you come up with a tagline s

differentiate, used to be tucker carlson and now bret baer and jesse waters and laura ingraham on fox and rachel maddow on msnbc, you will find those types of people on television. 30s benefit. to your market, to your audience, get all four right, life is downhill, then get one wrong from going uphill you are not likely to succeed. fox to their audience succeeds for a benefit, they offer news, information you don't get anywhere else particularly a little competition but previously there was no competition for decades, same with msnbc. fourth is brand and brand is the ballgame. one is a combination of position, differentiation and benefits, that makes you singular, what makes you, in the words of a famous communicator, a purple cow, regularly passed fields of 40 cows, can't tell one from the other but if one was a purple cow it stands out. all our goal in life is to be a purple cow. i haven't figured out how to squeeze a fifth one in but there is 1/5 one called a tag line. you want to tagline, the tagline should be relatively short and summarized what you do, differentiate you from everybody else and if

and be sure to tune in at nine for rachel maddow's exclusive interview with former secretary of state hillary clinton. it is secretary clinton's first tv appearance since trump federal indictments. you will not want to miss it. that is tonight's reidout. all in starts right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ all in starts righ>> good eveni, d.c.. i am symone sanders-townsend in for chris hayes. we are on donald trump indictment watch, yet again, as we await what appears to be an eminent fourth indictment of the ex president, this time coming out of the state of georgia. today, grand jury in atlanta began hearing evidence in a long running investigation led by fulton county district attorney fani willis into donald trump and his efforts to steal the 2020 election in her state. we know that this probe has been focusing on the now infamous phone call that donald trump made in january of 2021, pressuring state officials to change the election results in trump's favor. >> they are shredding ballots, in my opinion, based on what i've heard. and they are removing machinery, and they are moving it as fast as they ca

i'm signing off for "the beat," but rachel maddow, joy reid, nicolle, and everybody is here. >>> we have to stop meeting like this. good evening. i'm rachel maddow here at msnbc as we begin special coverage of the arrest and booking of former republican president donald trump at the fulton county jail in atlanta, georgia. a historic, historic moment in american politics and american life and for all the worst reasons. he was indicted two weeks ago. he was given until noon tomorrow, noon friday to surrender or face arrest. he's expected to surrender tonight to be fingerprinted, to have his mugshot taken at the county jail. one of the unexpectedly convenient things about having official business to conduct at a jail is that they're open 24/7, 365 days a year. your local jail, they never close. so tonight's events were effectively scheduled at the convenience of the former president himself. he could have come in at any time, as long as it was before noon tomorrow. for whatever reason, he chose tonight. perhaps not coincidentally in primetime, less than 24 hours after all the other candidat

my colleague rachel maddow moments after being trapped in the white house gallows. more than two years later yesterday's indictment stands as another reminder as the ex-president's dangerous, divisive actions that led to the deadly violence. the indictment laying out how the ex-president exploited the mop, the chaos of the day that about two hours after the mob first entered the capitol, now defendant trump, quote, joined others in the outer oval office to watch the attack on the capitol on television. and he said this, quote, see? this is what happens when they try to steal an election. these people are angry. these people are really angry about it. this is what happens, end quote. joining our conversation, congressman jason crow from colorado. thank you for being here. one thing i've asked barry and andrew about is this basic tenant of recidivism in the law. if someone keeps doing something over and over again, that's how sometimes flawed policies come into place. maximum number of offenses or things that are very much under review and debated. one of the basic th

this wasn't joy reed and rachel maddow sitting there it was regular .people who listen to t evidencerought bro before the. when you say that people are rallying behind him, his diehar base is, but the average american isn't. 60 t 62%o percent including 67 percent of independentg 61 percent think he must stand trial before the election why, because you don't want to put someone in office who's going t jail and 59 percent think the doj as being fair, that shoot straight through the argument s that this is a two-tiered sys of justice a. you don't like joe biden and hi fundraising off of it, donald , trump is doing the same thing happening his moment. 's hl fund raised itch off cocaine pitched. people need the money. they think of a billionaire the tried to overthrow the electione part. >> they think of hunter biden and his father as well. when you talk to average people who respond to these surveys that's nothen what they're thit about, if hunter biden is guilt of something, lock him up, if joe biden is guilty of something , lock them up. but >> tthere's whittling what going on and how

. >> brian: couple things, one question rachel maddow has, they say it is illegitimate and doesn't matter. she is saying that to hillary clinton, sitting across from her. donald trump knows he is illegitimate president and she sat there and cried about it for four years and stacey abrams is not the governor of georgia, but she believed she was and people boycotted that state because of it movie industry on down. >> cheryl: and nothing illegal about asking questions about an election, that is fair and happens every cycle from local to national politics. some charges you read through and i'm not a lawyer, when you read through, questions were raised and asked, that happens every four years, every two years, i don't see what is illegal about that, fair game in politics. >> kayleigh: so gross to see her laughing, positively giddy, i watched cnn cackling about it. it is good for america to indict a former president? i watched mark levin, would have picked up the phone and said get the documents back to me, it is bad for the country and party, we are at a crucible point where everyone is at eac

this was not joy reed and rachel maddow's sitting there.was regular people that listen to the evidence brought before them. his diehard base is. 62% think he committed a crime. 67% of independents. 61% think you must stand trial before the election. you do not want to put someone in office who is going to jail. 59% think that the doj is being fair. straight through the argument that this is a two-tiered system of justice. if you don't like joe biden's fundraising off of it, donald trump is doing the same thing. mitch mcconnell fund raised off of cocaine mitch. people need the money. >> we will find out. a two-tiered system of justice. >> i don't think they think of a white billionaire that tried to overthrow the election. >> they think of hunter biden and his father as well. >> when you talk to average people that respond to these surveys, that is not what they are thinking about. if hunter biden is guilty of something, come up. if joe biden is guilty of something, lock him up. you are be living what is going on here and how serious it is.

but right now, it is time for the rachel maddow show. good evening, rachel. good evening, rachel.. good evening, rachel. good evening, rachel. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, my friend. much appreciated. thank you for joining us at home this evening. good to have you here tonight. all right, here it is. you ready? in late december phillip johnson and alan blackburn summoned a reporter from "the new york herald tribune, called them adventurers with an intellectual overlay. and explained that the two were taking a sabbatical from the museum in order to start a new political movement. they were calling it the national party and they were ve lighting out for louisiana the very next day to try to sign on

listen to the rachel maddow. >> the election means one of two things. is going to approach it. either he loses the election and he goes to the prison. or he wins the election, she does not go to prison, and is that for life that he gets to be president? will we keep having more elections? orono? if every election is in the opportunity for him to go to prison, do you think he will allow us to have new elections? >> jesse: so as a permanent constitutional scholar, do you see any warning signs that if donald trump was reelected, we are canceling future elections until eternity? >> what is bizarre about that clip is that there is, of course, other options. one is that trump could be acquitted. you could have a hung jury. the cases could be thrown out on constitutional grounds. all of those at least our options worth mentioning for appearances say if you are a nation committed to the rule of law. now, what is also missing in all of this is this lack of faith in our system, you know, we did have a terrible, terrible attack on the capitol on january 6. but the

this wasn't joy reed and rachel maddow sitting there. it was regular people that listened to the evidence brought before them. when you say people are rallying behind him, his diehard base is -- there's new polling, 62% think he committed a crime including 67% of independents. 59% think that the doj is being fair. that shoots straight through the argue that this is a two-tiered system of justice. if you don't like joe biden is fund-raising off of it, donald trump is doing the same thing. he's having his moment. mitch mcconnell fund raised off of cocaine mitch. people need the money. >> we'll find out if the public agrees with you. >> i don't think they think of a two-tiered justice that a white guy that tried to overthrow the election. >> they think of hunter biden as well. >> when you talk to average people, that's not what they think about. if hunter biden is guilty, lock him up. if joe biden is guilty of something, lock him up. they all have -- >> they have their own justice department. >> they're saying this is about police call oppo

be sure to tune in tomorrow night at 11 rachel maddow, joy reid, and nicole wires will be here with expertcan debate. ican debate. >> tonight on all in -- >> we no longer live in a self-governing republic if we can't get the answer to this question. >> the man with a plan on insurrection day gets his mugshot and fingerprints in georgia. >> and you won't answer on immunity from prosecution? >> we want to answer. >> did they do a mugshot? >> no comment. >> tonight, the trump codefendants begin to surrender. why fani willis is denying an extension for mark meadows, and what we know about the witness in the documents case who is retracting false statements after changing attorneys. then, a party trapped in a cult of personality is losing their minds over the patting of a dog. and get ready for major announcements, involving a chris hayes road show that you the viewer will not want to miss. when all in starts, right

but the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, mehdi.end. much appreciated. >> and thanks to you at home joining us tonight. it's good to have you with us. we are a big country, 330 million people. we are very diverse, very heterogeneous, in terms of everything, in terms of background -- agree, i think we can all together around the somewhat obvious idea if there is one consumer product america erneed one thing we're just missing as a country it's probably a gun that is specifically designed for babies. a gun specifically designed to be wielded by babies, specifically an assault rifle style semiautomatic long gun made to look kind of like the civilian version of the military issue m4 rifle but sized down so, like, toddlers can use them. not toy guns not like super soakers soak guns, not bb

thinking back to that june of 2019, along with lester and savannah, as well as chuck and with rachel maddowleges of my career because it's the opportunity that one gets to delve a very deeply into each and every candidates position, both the platitudes and the talking points, but also what they have said throughout their career, and that's a process that, for the folks that were getting ready to do that debate in 2019, it was a two-week, intensive process. where you have the opportunity to meet with this extraordinary team that makes up the nbc political team. and so many others, that all are united in the desire to just give as much information to us as possible about each candidate, and then trying them, to when you ask your questions, hope that they don't go into immediate talking points and those platitudes. and you fine-tune that from there. >> this is a going to be a different type of debate, right? because the lead candidate is not going to be likely on the stage. and that is the former president of the united states, donald j trump. yet he will be one of the league subjects, being t

finally, we have a tour on -- the 12th in new york city's town hall, with one and, only rachel maddow. discussing the fight to preserve democracy, the rise of authoritarianism, and how those two intertwine in her new book, prequel. an american fight against fascism. you can get tickets for each and every one of these events right now, at msnbc. com. if you want to get your phone, out skin is q r code on the screen. it will magically transport you there right away. and use the special code with pawed. we're so psyched about this, we cannot -- how exciting this to get back out. the records the podcast in front of audiences, i'm, very ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. when i first learned about my dupuytren's contracture, my physici

she led into that interview with rachel maddow, by the way, laughing.she was laughing about this last night. there is nothing funny about this. nothing funny about the erosion of our american values and the erosion of our constitution, about the weaponization of our systems. likes third world countries do against political opponents. nothing funny about our current president of the united states selling out our country to enrich his family. and of all people, hillary clinton to be talking about this, who admitted to doing thanks criminally that are far worse than anything donald trump is even accused of doing. yet as you pointed out, no indictment there. look at joe biden vice president, senator, illegally taking classified documents. donald trump had every legal right as president to take classified documents. which of those two has an indictment for that? we know the answer. here we are on indictment number 4 down in georgia. this whole thing has been an absolute joke since the very beginning. fani willis ran as district attorney of fulton county not

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, jen. much appreciated. thank you at home for joining us. georgia u.s. senator raphael warnock is going to be our guest here live this evening. senator warnock does not do all that many tv interviews these days. we feel really lucky to have him tonight. particularly with the whole world's eyes on his home state of georgia, given the ongoing drama that is centered on the fulton county courthouse and on the fulton county jail. again, u.s. senator raphael warnock from georgia is going to be joining us here live in just a moment. very much looking forward to that. >> president biden is in maui tonight, as we speak, meeting with lahaina residents in the aftermath of the horrific wildfires there. we're going to be checking in on that presidential visit this hour. it is ongoing right now as we speak. we'll also be checking in on the big storm that roared ashore in southern california today. we have also got a pretty mind-bending story that's going to take us to arkansas tonight. a lot to get to ov

the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening, jen.oing to be our guest here live this evening. senator warnock does not do all that many tv interviews these days. we feel really lucky to have him tonight. particularly with the whole world's eyes on his home state of georgia, given the ongoing drama that is centered on the fulton county courthouse and on the fulton county jail. again, u.s. senator raphael warnock from georgia is going to be joining us here live in just

rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. what a day. >> good evening, jen. i know. i love a news day that has some expected things and some surprises. and that was today. >> and some testimony. >> yeah. for real, man. are you suggesting there might be some transcript feeder coming up? >> there might be. >> you are correct >> i can't wait to see what you say about it. >> thank you, jen. much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. really happy to have you here. so he was discharged from the u.s. air force in 1959 after heroic service frankly. heroic and unusual service. you'll see what i mean from this headline that ran about him in "ebony" magazine in may 1959. gi risks death 65 times for science. these images are from a documentary by the jackson historical society credited to the u.s. air force and these are real time issues of him in the late 1950s in the air force and show some of what he went through as part of his service. his name was alton yates. he is 23 years old in these pictures, airman second class in the u.s. air force. wha

the rachel maddow show starts right now. ael warnock is gonna be our guest here live this evening. senator warnock does not do all that many tv interviews these days. we feel really lucky to have him tonight. particularly with, you know, the whole world's eyes on his home state of georgia, given the ongoing drama there that is centered on the fulton county courthouse and the fulton county jail. again, u.s. senator raphael warnock from georgia is going to be joining us here live in just a moment. very much looking forward to that. president biden is in maui tonight as we speak, meeting with lahaina residents. in the aftermath aftermath of the horrific wildfires there. we're going to be checking in on that presidential visit this hour. it is ongoing right now as we speak. we'll also be checking in on the big storm that roared ashore in southern california today. we have also got a pretty mind-bending story that's going to take us to arkansas tonight. a lot to get to over the course of this hour, but i want to start tonight with

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rachel maddow, out joy reid, and nicole wallace will be here with expert analysis after the first republican debate. first republican debate. >> breaking news this evening. yeah while much of the focus today has been on fulton county, where donald trump will surrender and less than 48 hours, there are some big developments coming out of the federal indictment down in florida in the classified documents case. involving the former president. we are learning that one of the key witnesses in that case flipped after ditching his trump affiliated lawyer. the witness is known formally in court documents as employee number four. nbc news has identified this person as you seal tavares, the i. t. director at mar-a-lago. and a very central player in the alleged crime involving the retention of classified documents in the destruction of evidence related to that crime particularly security camera footage. according to the special counsel, when trump employee 4 testified before the grand jury in the district of columbia, in march 2023, he repeatedly denied or claimed not to recall any contacts or conversa

. >> brian: hillary clinton and rachel maddow "the washington post" nothing time weighing in on donaldheir own background. fourth indictment. democrats warn should not be celebrating too early. fox news contributor jason chaffetz joins us now. what do you think now people on the left seem to be gloating about a fourth indictment when the polls seem to show the president former president being beating the current president in most battle ground states and running away with the republican nomination? >> well, to listen to hillary clinton say that the way she did, that's pretty rich. you know, between myself and trey gowdy, we issued the letters and the subpoenas and then she destroyed the documents. and nothing happened. the fbi tiptoed around her. they gave out five immunity agreements with no cooperation requirement. they did not pursue her. and she was one of the biggest election deniers out there she was out there saying that donald trump was an illegitimate president. and i have heard a lot of democrats out there say that. probably the most egregious example to me is stacey abrams.

didn't even really pay attention to him when we were talking through and all on the big set with rachel maddow and everybody, all talking through the first set of indictments. he was sort of, he seemed like a less big player, bullets now he seems like a big, big player. he's writing the memos that are saying here's how we do the coup. but then he actually shows up at the capitol. i believe he pleaded the fifth and asked in one of the many proceedings, were you at the capitol, he said i plead the fifth. what do you make of the fact he's doing the intellectual plotting of the coup and then showing up at the coup? >> so, one, i do think doj is fully aware of this, because remember, they had the full scope of all of the memos that he had written. remember, the january 6th committee had some but not all. but we learned from the indictment that chesebro had written one more memo that was quite incriminating. and then "the new york times" actually got their hands on it and published that. so i do think doj is very much on it. i think the fact that he actually showed up on january 6th makes his defens