Jen Psaki relays new reporting in The Atlantic about the lengths to which FBI Director Kash Patel will go to win Donald Trump's favor even if it means neglecting the FBI's national security responsibilities or interfering in the midterm elections.
Republicans are blaming messaging for their midterm woes, but the problem is Trump. Stuarts Stevens says: "They still are talking about it like it's a political problem instead of a human problem."
Jen Psaki considers Donald Trump accusation that news organizations are spreading misinformation about national security and takes a closer look at the information Trump is spreading, including an odd claim that Iran had drug factories in their nuclear factories when U.S. bombs blew them up. The White House was not helpful in shedding further light on Trump's claim.
Economist Justin Wolfers says today’s lackluster jobs report reflects Trump’s immigration policies: “American population growth has stopped overnight, which really does change our economy in really fundamental ways.”
When Donald Trump boasts that a new steel plant is already under construction in Iowa, who better to check the veracity of that claim than the people in Iowa who live where the plant is supposedly being built? Jen Psaki shares examples of Donald Trump making promises on the campaign trail that have no basis in reality as far as the people most closely connected to the news can tell.
Rep. Brendan Boyle joins MS NOW’s Luke Russert to discuss how Democrats will try to bring costs down for Americans if they retake control of the House, including how to curtail Trump’s tariffs and funding for his war in Iran, while also holding the Trump administration accountable.
After Georgia’s GOP-led election board asked the Trump Justice Department for “intervention" ahead of the midterms, MS NOW’s Luke Russert talks to Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) about what can be done to stop Republican plots to meddle in November’s election.
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes Donald Trump's TIME Magazine interview filled with falsehoods potentially fueled by three things: Donald Trump's stupidity, his need to lie pathologically, and his apparent declining mental state.
Jen Psaki speaks with Fallon Gallagher about the Trump administration’s new filing in the press ban case, as it doubles down on its insistence that revoking the White House press credentials of some news organizations is justified.