President Trump continues to put himself center stage in the Republican effort to retain control of the House and Senate. Trump is holding rallies in a few battleground states, but also in ruby-red states, hoping to energize voters. But recent polling shows Trump’s overall job and economic approval ratings are at a new low. Watch MS NOW's coverage of Trump's blitz across red states as the midterms approach.
As Americans struggle with rising costs, a rough jobs report highlights an increasingly uneven economy under Donald Trump as he continues to surround himself with the nation’s wealthiest. Darrick Hamilton, AFL-CIO’s Chief Economist, says America's financial struggle "is the result of a government that has over-indexed on the values of profit and speculation and under-indexed on investments in the capabilities of American people."
Trump's Justice Department is reportedly reviewing whether Watergate prosecutors committed misconduct. It's the latest move by the Trump administration to recast Richard Nixon as a victim of the "deep state." Former Rep. Liz Holtzman, who served on the House Judiciary Committee that voted to impeach Nixon, called the effort "beyond stupid." Rewriting Watergate, she said, is an attempt to "work out some way" of exonerating Trump. "It was a high moment in American history — that we held a powerful president accountable," Holtzman said. "And Trump wants to take that down."
Mahmoud Khalil is detailing his life’s story and his experience in ICE detention in his new memoir ‘No Land To Stand On: Notes from Detention’. He joined Jacob Soboroff to talk about why he decided to write this book, and the betrayal he felt when the country he chose as home turned against him.
Jacob Soboroff visited Santa Monica’s Downtown Farmers Market to get voters’ predictions on whether California’s Prop 40 one-time tax on billionaires will pass; whether ICE’s latest hiring surge makes Americans safer; and what FBI hackers might have uncovered.
Joe blasts Republican attack lines accusing Democrats of socialism and communism while drawing attention to President Donald Trump's habit of taking equity in private companies and using taxpayer funds to pay for political ads. "They're the socialists," Joe argues.
As the weekend arrived, much of the nightlife in the upstate New York college town was subdued. But there were still some students looking to cut loose.
