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thank you very much, jeff zeleny outfront now, the democratic senator, richard blumenthal. he met with zelenskyy today. so so he was with him in washington. he's also, of course, on armed services committee. garry kasparov, russian dissident, grand chessmaster, also just wrote an article in the atlantic that i would urge anyone to read who hasn't? senator blumenthal, so, you know, you were with zelenskyy today. he you know, this this this moment happened, which i have to keep rewatching. and yet it makes me sick to watch it. um, he did not apologize. in that interview with bret baier. he stood firm. so what happens now? >> well. >> i was. >> with president zelenskyy. >> earlier in. the day at 930. >> in a. bipartisan meeting, very positive. and very productive. and he was ready, willing and able to sign that agreement. there was an expectation in the room that the agreement was all set. i think there is a mutuality of interest in that agreement and in. >> the minerals deal. so he was planning to sign it. >> he was planning to sign it. but let's be clear about what happened

this include elizabeth warren and richard blumenthal.n props to send their message. we can expect to see anti-trump signs and even empty egg cartons being waved in the air to highlight high egg and grocery prices. the speech has not started and the protests have. more than 20 senate democrats have protested stuff that ain't true. while the voiceovers are different, a lot of the video is the same and so is the focus. prices going up under trump, january 6 pardons and elon musk efforts. musk is expected to attend tonight and tomorrow night he will meet with house republicans to give updates on doge. when it comes to that meeting, we have from speaker johnson saying that it's important to get everyone on the same page. overall he's excited to see alignment of the messaging. back to tonight, we can expect trump to touch on doge. elon musk will be in attendance. when asked about the protests, karoline leavitt said trump is not concerned. martha? >> madison alworth, thanks very much. a big night on capitol hill. we'll be here to cover it for y

>> senator richard blumenthal, connecticut, thank you for your time tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> that is all in for this week. i'm heading back out on the road again to talk about a new book, the siren's call how attention became the world's most endangered resource, just hit its fourth week on the new york times best seller list, which is awesome. monday night i'm going to be in philadelphia, where i will be interviewed by my favorite interviewer and interviewee, my brilliant constitutional law scholar wife, kate shaw. she's awesome. we're going to talk. i hope to see you there. you can get the book wherever books are sold or and this is important at your local library. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening rachel. >> is that fair to do the interview with the spouse? is that yes. is that a conflict? >> we ran it by standards and they said, two thumbs up. no conflict here. >> no. >> i mean, is it fair to your marriage? like, what if she's like, yeah, chapter three is a little weak. >> oh no, no, no, that's fair point. no. mostly i'm

other ukraine supporters as well, including one democratic senator, richard blumenthal, just told memoments ago he believes that that is an illegal move by the president to halt that aid. so expect some more pushback if that is not ultimately released. and wolf, jd vance also was asked about the issue of those tariffs of 25% tariffs going into effect against canada and mexico, another issue that has caused a lot of concern among democrats and republicans members alike. he was referring when he was asked specifically about the issue of the canada tariffs. wolf, he suggested that the issue of fentanyl, he said he said we need to see real engagement on the fentanyl issue, on the drug issue. this is fundamentally the underlying element of these tariffs. he says that we think the canadians have not been serious about stopping the drug trade. so you can see the red line from the administration on that issue. the canadians, of course, have a different view than the vice president of the united states. but that is what where the administration stands as these tariffs have gone into effect. a