Rachel Maddow reviews the fundamental legal principles that are working against Donald Trump's attempt to ban news organizations from the White House, as well as the American cultural principles that would never accept Trump administration propaganda as a replacement for a free press. Jameel Jaffer, executive director of the Knight First Amendment Institute, joins to discuss.
Rachel Maddow notes that as Donald Trump's popularity continues to decay to new lows, the institutions that he successfully bullied at the start of his term are finding new courage to stand together in defiance of him, including news organizations that are finding new solidarity in the face of Trump banning members of the press from the White House.
As Trump's Iran war drives up oil costs and his administration kills cheaper, cleaner renewable energy projects, Americans are feeling the pain in their pocketbooks. Former Washington Governor Jay Inslee tells Ali Velshi that the advantages of renewables are "practical," not just "ideological."
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) joins MS NOW’s Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s military complex plan for his triumphal arch, the impact of Trump’s policies on Americans, and what Sen. Kelly describes as a Trump’s attacks on Americans’ freedoms.
MS NOW's Lawrence O'Donnell analyzes the reports about what led Donald Trump to ban MS NOW, CNN, and POLITICO from the White House, leading to a lawsuit by all three media organizations in which “as usual, the strongest witness against Donald Trump in the case is Donald Trump.”
MS NOW, CNN, and Politico are suing the Trump Administration after its journalists were banned from the White House. Symone and MediaMatters’ chief Angelo Carusone react to Trump's attack on the First Amendment.
“What transpired looked like an episode of ‘Veep,” says Jim Acosta after news organizations boycotted the press pool, leaving Trump without audio at an event.
Donald Trump now says his controversial planned 250-foot arch next to Arlington National Cemetery will house ammunition, snipers, and drones. The Weeknight hosts react.
Could a presidential run be in Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s future? Claire McCaskill asks him in her new MS NOW member-exclusive series “Political Potluck with Claire McCaskill.”
