Tonight, Jack Smith calling the Republicans bluff on their conspiracy theories. Plus, our live interview with the Democratic lawmaker who is suing Speaker Johnson for refusing to let her get to work. And then that moment in the New York City debate when Mamani calling out Cuomo on his sexual harassment allegations. One of those women, Charlotte Bennett, is here in the audience this evening. She cannot speak up for herself because you lodged a defamation case against her. I however can speak. >> But we begin ...

President Trump and Republican Senator Ran Paul are clashing once again. This time it's over the US's strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean in addition to Paul's continued opposition to that Republican funding bill. Now, in recent weeks, there have been at least five instances of the US striking those alleged drug boats in international waters.The White House has claimed that those boats were smuggling drugs that could eventually reach the US. Now, Senator Paul, he had some sharp criticism of the m ...

So, it's week four of the government shutdown, and one of the most repeated attacks on Democrats from Trump and Republicans is this. >> The far-left faction of Senate Democrats shut down the government because we wouldn't give them hundreds of billions of dollars for healthcare benefits for illegal aliens. >> They want to reinstate free healthcare paid for by taxpayers to illegal aliens. >> They want $1.5% trillion for healthare for illegal aliens.>> Now, is there any truth to this. What Trump and the GOP a ...

There is more breaking news to tell you about this hour. Prosecutors once again have told Donald Trump there's no there there no grounds to prosecute one of Donald Trump's most prized targets for retribution. Our friends and colleagues Kendallian and Carol Lenick are just now reporting that the federal prosecutor in charge of investigating whether Senator Adam Schiff should be charged with mortgage fraud recently told her bosses in Washington DC she did not think that the case was strong enough to move forw ...

Joining us now, staff writer at The Atlantic, Tuloo Ola Ronipa, Punch Bowl co-founder and MSNBC political contributor Jake Sherman, former Montana Senator and MSNBC political analyst John Tester, and writer at large and host of the Bull Work Podcast, Tim Miller. He is also an MSNBC political analyst. Saloo, you write a piece about this entire situation entitled Trump is trying and failing to shield MAGA from the shutdown. You write, quote, "Farmers, a key constituency for Trump, are among those getting hurt ...

Joining us now, host of the Independent Americans podcast, Paul Reichoff, senior editor at The Atlantic and host of Radio Atlantic, Hana Rosen, and Tim Miller. Back with us now. Uh Paul, we're talking about the Washington Times here and a complete erosion, it seems, at least according to their reporting in faith in the leader at the Pentagon.What is the danger in this. Not only for the morale in the military, but for all of us Americans. I think the danger is you have a force that doesn't trust its leader a ...

And we do have some breaking news to get to out of the state of the Department of Justice. The federal prosecutor in charge of investigating whether Senator Adam Schiff should be charged with mortgage fraud recently told her bosses in Washington she did not think that the case was strong enough to move forward. Two sources familiar with the matter have told that to MSNBC. A third person familiar with the matter said that the case is still being investigated.Here to break this down for us, MSNBC justice and ...

Special Counsel Jack Smith is telling Republicans, "Game on." In a letter just released from his attorneys to Congressman Jim Jordan and Senator Chuck Grassley, the chairs of the House and Senate Judiciary Committee, Jack Smith is offering to testify, but he wants to do so in a public hearing about the investigations he conducted. Jack Smith's attorneys writing this quote, "Given the many mischaracterizations of Mr.. Smith's investigation into President Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents an ...

Today is a very big day in terms of uh what we're doing. Look, these are tremendous sanctions. These are very big.Those are against their two big oil companies and we hope that they won't be on for long. We hope that uh the war will be settled. >> President Trump laying out new sanctions targeting Russia's two biggest oil companies.It comes as the administration tries to turn the screws on Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war with with Ukraine. The new sanctions followed Trump's announcement that ...

Joining us now, Alda Ala Thomas, president of AFGE Local 2139, representing workers at the Department of Labor in five different states. As of October 1st, she has been furoughed. Alda, you and I spoke a few weeks back when the shutdown was just getting underway, and you and your husband are both federal government employees.You're both still furled as we mentioned. So, how is this shutdown, 23 days in, affecting your financial life and your ability to plan for your family. It gets harder every day.Um I, yo ...