Joining me now is Colorado Congressman Jason Crowe. He is a member of the Intelligence and Armed Services Committee and a former Army Ranger who served three tours of duty for which we thank you, sir. Welcome back to the show.So, Trump was showing increasing frustration with Putin. And that now he announces this one-on-one meeting and preemptively signal that he's going to give Moscow the territory that it seized in Ukraine. Do you have any hope he's going to negotiate a potential peace deal favorable towar ...

>> TO 231231. >> NEW TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCING HE'LL HOLD A PRESS EVENT AT THE WHITE HOUSE MONDAY TO ADDRESS VIOLENT CRIME IN THE NATION'S CAPITAL. BOTH TRUMP AND VICE PRESIDENT VANCE IN RECENT DAYS CLAIMING CRIME IS RAMPANT, DESPITE THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTING A 26% DROP IN VIOLENT CRIME SINCE THIS TIME LAST YEAR.JOINING US NOW FOR MORE IS ROB D'AMICO, FORMER MEMBER OF THE FBI'S HOSTAGE RESCUE TEAM AND MSNBC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE ANALYST. ROB, WELCOME. SO LET'S TAKE A ...

This is the ambassador, former US ambassador to Russia and MSNBC international affairs analyst Michael McFall, a good friend to us. Hey, what Donald Trump said there, they're going to be swapping territories to the betterment of both. Do you think that's true. Does Vladimir Zalinsky think that's true.>> Obviously not. That's why he made his statement today. And in talking to Ukrainian officials over the last 24 hours, they don't think that.Uh remember this is swapping Ukrainian territory for Ukrainian terri ...

And joining me now is Justin Wolfers, president of economics and public policy at the University of Michigan. Welcome, Justin. So, President Trump warned of another great depression if courts strike down his use of emergency powers to justify his sweeping tariffs.What is your take on his claims. What is the possible fallout should courts find his tariffs illegal. I mean, let's start with the chaos, but what would the fallout be like.Uh wow. It feels like it must be opposite day if uh the president says that ...

>> ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO USE THIS GAVEL A COUPLE TIMES TODAY. IN THE FIRST FEW MEETINGS OF THE BANNED BOOK CLUB, WE FIGURED OUT A FORMULA FOR WHY SOME BOOKS RESONATE WITH READERS SO MUCH AND ALSO END UP ON BANNED BOOK LISTS.SOMETIMES IT'S A LANGUAGE, OTHER TIMES IT'S THE AUTHOR, SOMETIMES IT'S THE STORY ITSELF. AND ONCE IN A WHILE IT'S ALL THREE. TODAY'S VELSHI BANNED BOOK CLUB FEATURE IS MOST CERTAINLY ALL THREE.IT'S A NOVEL THAT'S BEEN STUDIED IN CLASSROOMS. IT'S BEEN RECOMMENDED TO DAUGHTERS BY THEIR M ...

>> SALE AT SONIC SMOOTH COMM. >> I'M BACK WITH MILES TAYLOR, FORMER DHS CHIEF OF STAFF DURING TRUMP'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION, AND MSNBC LEGAL CORRESPONDENT LISA RUBIN. LISA, I JUST WANT TO KEEP GOING DOWN THIS ROAD BECAUSE BECAUSE IT SEEMS ABSTRACT TO PEOPLE.WHEN PEOPLE GET TARGETED BY THE GOVERNMENT OR THE PRESIDENT USED TO BE, IF A GUY LIKE MILES GOT INTO THAT KIND OF TROUBLE, THERE WOULD BE A LINEUP OF HIGH PROFILE LAW FIRMS THAT WOULD SAY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THIS BECAUSE BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ...

>> GOOD MORNING. IT'S SATURDAY, AUGUST THE 9TH. I'M ALI VELSHI AND I CANNOT OVERSTATE THIS.AND I WILL KEEP SAYING IT FOR AS LONG AS IT NEEDS TO BE SAID. WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MOMENTS IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY. IT WILL BE STUDIED, IT WILL BE WRITTEN ABOUT. IT WILL BE REMEMBERED LONG AFTER WE ARE ALL GONE.AND WHEN FUTURE GENERATIONS LOOK BACK, THEY WON'T JUST WONDER WHAT WE THOUGHT. THEY WILL JUDGE US FOR HOW WE RESPONDED. JUST AS WE JUDGE THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE US.THIS PAST WEEK, TH ...

80 years ago today, on August 9th, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Three days earlier, the US had dropped a separate bomb on the city of Hiroshima. These bombs changed the course of history.The two bombs are estimated to have killed roughly 200,000 people in both cities. Half of them died on the first day. Many others died of burns and radiation sickness in the days, the weeks, and the months that followed.The destructive power of this new type of weapon was ...

All right, take a look at this. I want to show you some recent recruitment ads from the Department of Homeland Security, specifically ICE. This is the landing page on the join ICE.gov website, featuring an image of Uncle Sam with the headline, "America needs you." It eerily reads underneath, quote, "America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need you to get them out." As ICE attempts to boost its recruitment numbers, it's hitting social media with an ad blitz. According to 404 Media, DHS is als ...

All right, I'm back with Democratic State Representatives of Texas, Gene Woo and Ana Maria Rodriguez Ramos. Um, there are so many dimensions to the story, Representative Woo. Um, I want to address another one of them. You're the the House Democratic leader. You've received the brunt of criticisms from your Republican colleagues in the legislature, and some of them have crossed some serious lines. On Monday, the Texas state senator Maize Middleton posted on X, quote, "Is Gene Woo back in China. " Couple of d ...