The Trump-backed Kennedy Center board voted to close the center immediately and indefinitely after a judge ruled that Trump's name cannot appear on the building or its grounds. Trump is also threatening to cancel plans for $275M in renovations for the performing arts center. Rep. Joyce Beatty, an ex-officio member of the board, joins The Weeknight to discuss her replies to the president’s “tantrum” and “unprofessional” behavior towards her. Plus, Nicolle Wallace is joined by former Kennedy Center curator Josef Palermo and Miles Taylor for analysis on Deadline White House.
In the new book “End Times Fascism,” co-author Naomi Klein argues that a far-right coalition of tech billionaires, Christian extremists, and ethno-nationalists are hastening and profiting from global catastrophe. “They’re not just building their own arks, they're also causing the floods.”
The United States declared measles eliminated in 2000, but Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been working hard to make that no longer the case. Jen Psaki traces Kennedy Jr.'s anti-vaccine activism through his time as Donald Trump's Health and Human Services secretary overseeing a surge in preventable measles cases including several deaths. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, whose state has been hit particularly hard by the measles outbreak, joins to discuss.
MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell explains how “when Iran studies what Donald Trump says about everything else in this country, Iran can see that Donald Trump lies about everything,” as he lied today about interest rates.
Jen Psaki explains how articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth, filed by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie, put House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Republicans in an awkward position so he ended the session a day early to avoid having to deal with it. This comes as new reports show that the Trump administration is not being forthcoming about the damage Iran is inflicting on U.S. assets. Senator Mark Kelly joins to share his views on the matter.
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, Roy Cooper, joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss what he heard from Donald Trump as he campaigned for his Republican opponent, Michael Whatley, in North Carolina, including hurricane relief and crime.
According to reporting from The Wall Street Journal, the Pentagon is "asking commanders to nominate troops to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address this September, and says the service members must meet waist-to-height requirements and exhibit “impeccable” grooming standards." Nicolle Wallace is joined by Paul Rieckhoff, Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling, and MS NOW's Priya Sridhar for analysis on Deadline White House.
