1 00:00:04,795 --> 00:00:21,395 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olderman is a production of iHeartRadio. So 2 00:00:21,475 --> 00:00:26,435 Speaker 1: you're telling me? Last month, Tucker Carlson warned Trump that 3 00:00:26,515 --> 00:00:31,395 Speaker 1: he might be assassinated if he didn't pick JD. Vance 4 00:00:31,595 --> 00:00:37,075 Speaker 1: or another non Neocon as his running mate. Or I 5 00:00:37,195 --> 00:00:40,515 Speaker 1: may be reading this too generously, You might think Tucker 6 00:00:40,555 --> 00:00:45,915 Speaker 1: Carlson threatened Trump that he might be assassinated. You might 7 00:00:45,995 --> 00:00:51,795 Speaker 1: think that I could not possibly comment this astonishing event. 8 00:00:51,955 --> 00:00:56,315 Speaker 1: Carlson phones Trump from Australia in June tells him if 9 00:00:56,315 --> 00:01:00,195 Speaker 1: he chooses a Neocon like Marco Rubio instead of Carlson's 10 00:01:00,275 --> 00:01:03,475 Speaker 1: pal Vance as vice president, he might be could be 11 00:01:03,755 --> 00:01:07,355 Speaker 1: would be assassinated. It is in the New York Times, 12 00:01:07,595 --> 00:01:12,355 Speaker 1: and Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swann put it in paragraph 13 00:01:13,075 --> 00:01:18,715 Speaker 1: sixty nine paragraph sixty nine out of seventy one paragraphs. 14 00:01:18,755 --> 00:01:25,675 Speaker 1: Paragraph sixty nine kind of buried the lead, quoting Mags 15 00:01:26,075 --> 00:01:30,435 Speaker 1: and Swaneye. When word got back to Tucker Carlson a 16 00:01:30,435 --> 00:01:33,155 Speaker 1: few weeks ago that mister Trump might be wavering on 17 00:01:33,235 --> 00:01:39,235 Speaker 1: mister Vance, he intervened. Mister Carlson, who was visiting Australia 18 00:01:39,355 --> 00:01:43,435 Speaker 1: on a speaking tour, phoned mister Trump and delivered an 19 00:01:43,475 --> 00:01:47,555 Speaker 1: apocalyptic warning. According to two people briefed on their conversation, 20 00:01:47,915 --> 00:01:51,315 Speaker 1: he told mister Trump that mister Rubio could not be trusted, 21 00:01:51,595 --> 00:01:54,115 Speaker 1: that he would work against him and would try to 22 00:01:54,235 --> 00:01:59,955 Speaker 1: lead America into nuclear war. Mister Carlson, who declined to 23 00:01:59,995 --> 00:02:03,275 Speaker 1: comment for this article, told mister Trump that mister Burgham 24 00:02:03,275 --> 00:02:06,715 Speaker 1: could not be trusted either. Mister Carlson told mister Trump 25 00:02:06,755 --> 00:02:09,155 Speaker 1: in that June phone call that he believed that if 26 00:02:09,195 --> 00:02:13,555 Speaker 1: he chose a Neocon as his VP, then the US 27 00:02:13,755 --> 00:02:20,035 Speaker 1: intelligence agencies would have every incentive to assassinate mister Trump 28 00:02:20,195 --> 00:02:27,115 Speaker 1: in order to get their preferred president. Now, maybe I'm 29 00:02:27,395 --> 00:02:33,275 Speaker 1: being old fashioned, but where I comes from. If you 30 00:02:33,595 --> 00:02:36,995 Speaker 1: phone the Republican nominee for president of the United effing 31 00:02:37,155 --> 00:02:40,155 Speaker 1: States and you tell him if he doesn't pick the 32 00:02:40,235 --> 00:02:44,035 Speaker 1: right candidate to be his running mate, the intel community 33 00:02:44,075 --> 00:02:48,355 Speaker 1: will have every incentive to assassinate him. And like four 34 00:02:48,355 --> 00:02:52,075 Speaker 1: weeks after that, somebody tries to assassinate him, and two 35 00:02:52,275 --> 00:02:56,475 Speaker 1: days after that he chooses your pick as his running mate, 36 00:02:56,875 --> 00:03:03,795 Speaker 1: eyebrows will be raised even by the Secret Service. Are 37 00:03:03,835 --> 00:03:10,315 Speaker 1: they talking to Tucker Carlson about this? To Maggie Haberman 38 00:03:10,515 --> 00:03:15,395 Speaker 1: and Jonathan Swann, who sourced this story of Carlson's warning threat, 39 00:03:15,835 --> 00:03:19,635 Speaker 1: or really good guests are they talking to jd Vance? 40 00:03:19,795 --> 00:03:22,355 Speaker 1: I mean, for the second straight day, Eric Trump went 41 00:03:22,395 --> 00:03:25,555 Speaker 1: on television and insisted about his father that some unknown 42 00:03:25,715 --> 00:03:29,595 Speaker 1: they tried to take his life. And I know Eric 43 00:03:29,715 --> 00:03:33,035 Speaker 1: is challenged, but he also said that to CNN, where 44 00:03:33,115 --> 00:03:37,435 Speaker 1: Jake Tapper, a journalistic seat filler, replied with absolutely nothing 45 00:03:37,875 --> 00:03:41,235 Speaker 1: to say. That isn't true. They literally tried to kill 46 00:03:41,275 --> 00:03:44,795 Speaker 1: him this week. The more challenged of the Trump more 47 00:03:44,835 --> 00:03:49,075 Speaker 1: on twins told Fox the day before and before, you say, 48 00:03:49,235 --> 00:03:53,955 Speaker 1: Tucker Carlson couldn't possibly be the they. Besides which, he 49 00:03:54,075 --> 00:03:58,035 Speaker 1: was warning Trump that like the CIA, would assassinate him 50 00:03:58,035 --> 00:04:01,755 Speaker 1: if he chose the wrong vice president four weeks before 51 00:04:01,795 --> 00:04:06,155 Speaker 1: somebody actually tried to forty eight hours before he chose 52 00:04:06,195 --> 00:04:09,595 Speaker 1: the right vice president. You say, no way, I say, 53 00:04:09,635 --> 00:04:14,795 Speaker 1: have you ever met Tucker Carlson. In unrelated news, CNN 54 00:04:14,835 --> 00:04:18,435 Speaker 1: reports that the US intel community was told by human 55 00:04:18,515 --> 00:04:24,395 Speaker 1: source about a plot by Iran to assassinate Trump. That 56 00:04:24,555 --> 00:04:28,715 Speaker 1: the US Intel community was told this in the last 57 00:04:29,075 --> 00:04:35,595 Speaker 1: few weeks. No indication that the guy who actually tried 58 00:04:35,595 --> 00:04:40,035 Speaker 1: to assassinate Trump was connected to the malefactor here Tucker 59 00:04:40,075 --> 00:04:44,235 Speaker 1: Carlson or maybe Iran, I don't know. Also no indication 60 00:04:44,315 --> 00:04:47,115 Speaker 1: that the Secret Service ignored this. In fact, the sources 61 00:04:47,155 --> 00:04:50,915 Speaker 1: insist security around Trump was increased after the Iran story 62 00:04:50,995 --> 00:04:56,315 Speaker 1: reached somebody's desk, just as Carlson was calling Trump from 63 00:04:56,355 --> 00:04:59,475 Speaker 1: Australia and said, don't pick a neocon or you know 64 00:04:59,555 --> 00:05:02,195 Speaker 1: they'll want to back and to the left back, and 65 00:05:02,275 --> 00:05:07,115 Speaker 1: to the left back and to the left. While Trump 66 00:05:07,155 --> 00:05:09,195 Speaker 1: still has not called the family of the man who 67 00:05:09,235 --> 00:05:13,795 Speaker 1: actually died defending his family from MAGA gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 68 00:05:14,195 --> 00:05:17,395 Speaker 1: President Biden did phone the family, and the widow said 69 00:05:17,435 --> 00:05:19,715 Speaker 1: she appreciated the gesture, but she felt she had to 70 00:05:19,755 --> 00:05:23,035 Speaker 1: honor her late husband, refusing to take the call. On 71 00:05:23,075 --> 00:05:25,715 Speaker 1: the other hand, she said she bore the president no 72 00:05:25,835 --> 00:05:29,395 Speaker 1: ill will and blamed only the shooter. And Trump still 73 00:05:29,395 --> 00:05:34,595 Speaker 1: hasn't called because well, of course the guy who got 74 00:05:34,675 --> 00:05:39,235 Speaker 1: killed wasn't him, so why would he care. A technical 75 00:05:39,315 --> 00:05:42,355 Speaker 1: irony on the shooting has been reported by England's Channel four. 76 00:05:43,115 --> 00:05:47,915 Speaker 1: The Trump campaign targeted the shooter's family, targeted him in 77 00:05:47,995 --> 00:05:52,995 Speaker 1: a database. Matthew Crooks, father of Thomas Matthew Crooks and 78 00:05:53,115 --> 00:05:57,155 Speaker 1: owner of the AR fifteen used Saturday, was in a 79 00:05:57,235 --> 00:06:02,355 Speaker 1: Trump campaign database in twenty sixteen profiling millions of voters 80 00:06:02,355 --> 00:06:05,355 Speaker 1: in the battleground states in a secret program designed to 81 00:06:05,395 --> 00:06:08,915 Speaker 1: target specific voters with pro gun messages during the campaign. 82 00:06:09,315 --> 00:06:12,875 Speaker 1: It had identified both the father and the mother as 83 00:06:12,995 --> 00:06:17,475 Speaker 1: very likely to be gun owners and hunters and Republicans 84 00:06:17,915 --> 00:06:22,275 Speaker 1: and susceptible to pro gun messaging. The British news operation 85 00:06:22,475 --> 00:06:26,795 Speaker 1: obtained that Trump database in twenty sixteen and reported on 86 00:06:26,835 --> 00:06:30,755 Speaker 1: its existence. Then no idea if the campaign actually contacted 87 00:06:30,795 --> 00:06:34,475 Speaker 1: the Crooks family. No further information on the separate story 88 00:06:34,475 --> 00:06:37,995 Speaker 1: from a Pittsburgh television newsroom that neighbors often saw Trump 89 00:06:38,075 --> 00:06:42,955 Speaker 1: campaign signs in the yard around the Crooks family home. Nevertheless, 90 00:06:43,315 --> 00:06:48,395 Speaker 1: Trump was shot at by a maga gun nut. Some 91 00:06:48,635 --> 00:06:52,275 Speaker 1: polling about the assassination. Morning Consult concludes that three in 92 00:06:52,395 --> 00:06:56,955 Speaker 1: five voters blame American political rhetoric. They say it's responsible 93 00:06:56,995 --> 00:07:00,955 Speaker 1: for the environment that made shooting at Trump possible. They 94 00:07:00,995 --> 00:07:04,275 Speaker 1: asked voters Monday, and they got down to brass tax two. 95 00:07:04,355 --> 00:07:07,915 Speaker 1: Which person or group is to blame for the rhetoric 96 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:11,315 Speaker 1: and the environment, and thus the violence, twenty nine percent 97 00:07:11,355 --> 00:07:15,435 Speaker 1: blame Biden, thirty one percent blame the Republican Party, thirty 98 00:07:15,515 --> 00:07:21,715 Speaker 1: eight percent blame Trump. Now, at last some information on 99 00:07:21,755 --> 00:07:25,995 Speaker 1: the forgotten question was Trump shot or not shot? The 100 00:07:26,035 --> 00:07:29,155 Speaker 1: good news is we finally have the testimony of a doctor. 101 00:07:29,435 --> 00:07:33,555 Speaker 1: The bad news is the doctor is Congressman Ronnie glug 102 00:07:33,715 --> 00:07:37,875 Speaker 1: Glug Jackson. He says he's seen and treated Trump's ear, 103 00:07:38,315 --> 00:07:41,235 Speaker 1: the one Trump had bandaged up like somebody who vaguely 104 00:07:41,315 --> 00:07:45,235 Speaker 1: remembered Vincent Van Goe's self portrait. And yes, there were 105 00:07:45,275 --> 00:07:48,595 Speaker 1: delegates on the floor at the convention in Milwaukee last 106 00:07:48,635 --> 00:07:54,155 Speaker 1: night wearing homemade versions of Trump's crapshack ear bandage. Yes, 107 00:07:54,395 --> 00:07:57,675 Speaker 1: it looked like a crowd of whinos in a cult 108 00:07:57,955 --> 00:08:03,435 Speaker 1: wearing post its. Speaking of Whinos in a cult, doctor 109 00:08:03,515 --> 00:08:06,555 Speaker 1: Jackson said a little bit of Trump's ear had actually 110 00:08:06,595 --> 00:08:10,155 Speaker 1: been taken off by the bullet. That's the first time 111 00:08:10,195 --> 00:08:15,035 Speaker 1: anybody besides Trump has asserted or even tried to confirm 112 00:08:15,115 --> 00:08:18,475 Speaker 1: Trump's claim that he was even grazed by a shot 113 00:08:18,515 --> 00:08:24,915 Speaker 1: and not debris or unintended shrapnel or something else. Also, Trump, 114 00:08:25,315 --> 00:08:29,755 Speaker 1: you let Ronnie Jackson treat your wound. Stand by for 115 00:08:30,035 --> 00:08:55,795 Speaker 1: sepsis place the legal theme? Why the legal theme? One 116 00:08:55,995 --> 00:09:00,395 Speaker 1: prospect few of us have contemplated. Trump wins, but the 117 00:09:00,475 --> 00:09:04,835 Speaker 1: Democrats take the Senate and House in landslides. Inauguration is 118 00:09:04,875 --> 00:09:09,275 Speaker 1: January twentieth, and in this scenario, the third Trump impeachment 119 00:09:09,475 --> 00:09:14,515 Speaker 1: is January twenty seventh. I mean, January twenty seventh is 120 00:09:14,515 --> 00:09:19,475 Speaker 1: my birthday. Under those circumstances, the next next president of 121 00:09:19,475 --> 00:09:23,035 Speaker 1: the United States would be this no accomplishment's freshman senator 122 00:09:23,075 --> 00:09:27,475 Speaker 1: from Ohio who looks like Rush Limbaugh's sperm donor sun 123 00:09:28,035 --> 00:09:32,635 Speaker 1: only wearing eyeliner. And we are getting our first perspective 124 00:09:32,675 --> 00:09:35,795 Speaker 1: on what Republicans and non crazy Americans think of him. 125 00:09:35,955 --> 00:09:38,595 Speaker 1: And the answer is, who the F is this guy? 126 00:09:39,315 --> 00:09:43,115 Speaker 1: Monday polling by you gov, only twenty seven percent of 127 00:09:43,155 --> 00:09:47,995 Speaker 1: Republicans think that Vance was Trump's best possible pick. They 128 00:09:48,035 --> 00:09:51,235 Speaker 1: did not ask Tucker Carlson. Twenty nine percent more say 129 00:09:51,275 --> 00:09:54,715 Speaker 1: he's okay. Forty three percent of Republicans say he's neither 130 00:09:54,795 --> 00:09:58,195 Speaker 1: good nor bad, or he is bad, or he's the worst, 131 00:09:58,555 --> 00:10:02,955 Speaker 1: or they are unsure. CNN polling from just eighteen days 132 00:10:02,955 --> 00:10:06,995 Speaker 1: ago indicates unsure is the driving factor here. Voters were 133 00:10:07,035 --> 00:10:10,995 Speaker 1: asked for favorable or unfavorable opinions on people simply described 134 00:10:11,035 --> 00:10:14,275 Speaker 1: to them as being in the news. Twenty seven percent 135 00:10:14,275 --> 00:10:17,795 Speaker 1: of Americans had a favorable opinion of Marco Rubio, thirty 136 00:10:17,835 --> 00:10:21,315 Speaker 1: four percent an unfavorable one, twenty three percent had no 137 00:10:21,395 --> 00:10:24,755 Speaker 1: opinion on Rubio. Twenty one percent said I never heard 138 00:10:24,835 --> 00:10:32,315 Speaker 1: of him, as to Vance, eleven percent favorable, eighteen percent unfavorable, 139 00:10:32,915 --> 00:10:38,115 Speaker 1: no opinion, fifteen percent never heard of him, fifty six 140 00:10:38,195 --> 00:10:43,155 Speaker 1: percent fifty six Fance is nearly is unknown, as is 141 00:10:43,235 --> 00:10:46,075 Speaker 1: Doug Bergham. Sixty six percent never heard of him either, 142 00:10:46,515 --> 00:10:49,875 Speaker 1: but eight percent had a favorable opinion of Burgham. That's 143 00:10:49,875 --> 00:10:54,555 Speaker 1: within striking distance of Vance's eleven percent. That's not good. 144 00:10:56,435 --> 00:10:59,955 Speaker 1: Then again, something made Trump feel like he just had 145 00:10:59,955 --> 00:11:08,995 Speaker 1: to pick Vance Hacker Carlton Deep State, also from that 146 00:11:09,195 --> 00:11:12,795 Speaker 1: Ku Klux Clan rally in Milwaukee, only with a decent 147 00:11:12,915 --> 00:11:17,595 Speaker 1: on stage band. Rudy Giuliani toppled to the floor yesterday 148 00:11:17,635 --> 00:11:20,315 Speaker 1: in the afternoon, took about eight steps down the red 149 00:11:20,355 --> 00:11:23,755 Speaker 1: carpet walkway, then shuffled to the right like Daffy Duck 150 00:11:23,835 --> 00:11:28,395 Speaker 1: in Showbiz Bugs and hit the deck down, goes Giuliati. 151 00:11:28,875 --> 00:11:35,355 Speaker 1: Down goes Giuliani. To be fair, The Atlanta Journal Constitution's 152 00:11:35,475 --> 00:11:39,235 Speaker 1: Washington correspondent Tia Mitchell notes that Giuliani seemed to be 153 00:11:39,315 --> 00:11:42,355 Speaker 1: reaching for one of the chairs on the convention floor 154 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:45,555 Speaker 1: when he fell, and that thanks to some genius, the 155 00:11:45,595 --> 00:11:50,195 Speaker 1: red carpet walkways are actually several inches off the floor, 156 00:11:50,555 --> 00:11:53,475 Speaker 1: and you can't really see where the actual floor is 157 00:11:53,875 --> 00:11:59,235 Speaker 1: because of shadows cast by the chairs. My evil plan 158 00:11:59,955 --> 00:12:06,395 Speaker 1: has been unmasked. That or it was the sky. And 159 00:12:06,515 --> 00:12:09,995 Speaker 1: this from Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson of North Carolina, the 160 00:12:10,075 --> 00:12:13,515 Speaker 1: Republican nominee to become governor there, who foretold the new 161 00:12:13,515 --> 00:12:17,275 Speaker 1: Trump unity scam earlier this month by screaming in church 162 00:12:17,435 --> 00:12:22,035 Speaker 1: that people he didn't like need killing. Robinson told the 163 00:12:22,075 --> 00:12:26,235 Speaker 1: Republican Fascist Fest in Milwaukee that Trump is the brave 164 00:12:26,355 --> 00:12:31,555 Speaker 1: Heart of our time unquote. I never ceased to be 165 00:12:31,675 --> 00:12:35,795 Speaker 1: mystified by the number of politicians who compare themselves or 166 00:12:35,835 --> 00:12:40,915 Speaker 1: somebody they claim to like to Brave Heart. Brave Heart 167 00:12:41,595 --> 00:12:45,675 Speaker 1: was the thirteenth and fourteenth century warrior king of Scotland, 168 00:12:45,915 --> 00:12:49,555 Speaker 1: whose life was told kind of in one of the 169 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:53,875 Speaker 1: least anti Semitic of mel Gibson's movies when the British 170 00:12:53,915 --> 00:12:56,995 Speaker 1: captured Braveheart and tried him for treason and for one 171 00:12:56,995 --> 00:12:59,715 Speaker 1: of the first times in world history, for war crimes, 172 00:12:59,755 --> 00:13:05,635 Speaker 1: including murdering civilians, including children, including nuns. They found him guilty. 173 00:13:06,075 --> 00:13:08,755 Speaker 1: They tied Brave Heart to the heels of a horse 174 00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:12,715 Speaker 1: and dragged him through the streets of London naked. Then 175 00:13:13,235 --> 00:13:16,435 Speaker 1: they hanged him, but they cut him down before he died. 176 00:13:16,715 --> 00:13:21,115 Speaker 1: And then they emasculated him, eviscerated him and beheaded him. 177 00:13:22,355 --> 00:13:26,675 Speaker 1: Then they got tough, the man Mark Robinson compared Trump 178 00:13:26,715 --> 00:13:29,275 Speaker 1: to then had his head cut into four parts and 179 00:13:29,475 --> 00:13:32,115 Speaker 1: dipped into tar and put on top of a spike 180 00:13:32,195 --> 00:13:34,715 Speaker 1: on London Bridge. And then they took what was left 181 00:13:34,755 --> 00:13:36,995 Speaker 1: of the rest of his body and took it on 182 00:13:37,035 --> 00:13:45,035 Speaker 1: a national tour. But Lieutenant Governor Robinson, you're telling me 183 00:13:45,315 --> 00:13:59,075 Speaker 1: Trump is the brave heart of our time. Go on. Meanwhile, 184 00:13:59,155 --> 00:14:01,515 Speaker 1: back at the ranch, I suggested here last week that 185 00:14:01,555 --> 00:14:05,675 Speaker 1: President Biden pull out the stops. The Supreme Court is hated. 186 00:14:06,395 --> 00:14:09,395 Speaker 1: A new Fox News poll put approval at thirty eight 187 00:14:09,435 --> 00:14:14,075 Speaker 1: percent yesterday. Others have the percentages who believe its judges 188 00:14:14,115 --> 00:14:18,275 Speaker 1: are utterly partisan. In the sixties run against Trump run 189 00:14:18,315 --> 00:14:21,875 Speaker 1: against the Supreme Court as well. The Washington Post reports 190 00:14:21,915 --> 00:14:26,035 Speaker 1: he's going to to propose legislated term limits and an 191 00:14:26,195 --> 00:14:29,715 Speaker 1: enforceable ethics code in the immediate future. He also wants 192 00:14:29,755 --> 00:14:34,075 Speaker 1: a constitutional amendment to override the Supreme court recent ruling 193 00:14:34,235 --> 00:14:38,795 Speaker 1: to eliminate broad presidential immunity and immunity for other officeholders. 194 00:14:38,995 --> 00:14:42,875 Speaker 1: He previewed this, apparently to the Congressional Progressive Caucus last Saturday. 195 00:14:43,075 --> 00:14:46,035 Speaker 1: A transcript of the conversation reads, I'm going to need 196 00:14:46,075 --> 00:14:48,275 Speaker 1: your help on the Supreme Court because I'm about to 197 00:14:48,315 --> 00:14:50,675 Speaker 1: come out. I don't want to prematurely announce it, but 198 00:14:50,715 --> 00:14:53,555 Speaker 1: I'm about to come out with a major initiative unlimiting 199 00:14:53,635 --> 00:14:56,555 Speaker 1: the Court. I've been working with constitutional scholars for the 200 00:14:56,635 --> 00:15:00,195 Speaker 1: last three months and I need some help. Well. Cool, 201 00:15:00,235 --> 00:15:02,195 Speaker 1: but you're not going to pass any of that now. 202 00:15:02,195 --> 00:15:04,555 Speaker 1: And I don't see where it says you're adding six 203 00:15:04,755 --> 00:15:08,795 Speaker 1: new seats to the bench. Mister President. To paraphrase Frederick Douglass, 204 00:15:08,835 --> 00:15:13,235 Speaker 1: the national edifice is on fire. Use the presidential immunity, 205 00:15:13,875 --> 00:15:16,875 Speaker 1: use it, not to say you might do this if 206 00:15:16,915 --> 00:15:20,395 Speaker 1: the Congress will approve, impose these things, and do it now, 207 00:15:20,555 --> 00:15:23,795 Speaker 1: and let the bastards try to undo it. And I 208 00:15:23,875 --> 00:15:27,795 Speaker 1: mean now, the Democratic National Committee is still planning to 209 00:15:27,875 --> 00:15:31,355 Speaker 1: renominate Joe Biden in a virtual role call in the 210 00:15:31,355 --> 00:15:34,835 Speaker 1: next few weeks before August seventh. Those who still want 211 00:15:34,915 --> 00:15:36,915 Speaker 1: him off the ticket are trying to stop that plan 212 00:15:37,275 --> 00:15:39,955 Speaker 1: to give the party more time to decide. And my god, 213 00:15:40,035 --> 00:15:45,955 Speaker 1: don't they realize they're Democrats. We don't decide. Congressman Jared 214 00:15:45,995 --> 00:15:48,595 Speaker 1: Huffman of California went on the record saying that he 215 00:15:48,715 --> 00:15:51,755 Speaker 1: represents a growing number of members who think the virtual 216 00:15:51,835 --> 00:15:56,155 Speaker 1: vote is quote a terrible idea, a dumb thing. There 217 00:15:56,235 --> 00:15:59,195 Speaker 1: is a letter being circulated among House Democrats that begins, 218 00:15:59,275 --> 00:16:02,875 Speaker 1: quote we respectfully but emphatically request that you cancel any 219 00:16:02,955 --> 00:16:07,235 Speaker 1: plans for an accelerated virtual role call. While that gives 220 00:16:07,275 --> 00:16:10,675 Speaker 1: a sense of urgency to the thing, there is a story, 221 00:16:11,275 --> 00:16:14,235 Speaker 1: and there is another story, and there's another story after that. 222 00:16:14,235 --> 00:16:17,275 Speaker 1: That part of that group, literally or just in spirit, 223 00:16:17,795 --> 00:16:21,435 Speaker 1: is Nancy Pelosi. That she is working behind the scenes, 224 00:16:21,555 --> 00:16:24,595 Speaker 1: has been since the day after the debate to change 225 00:16:24,955 --> 00:16:29,795 Speaker 1: presidential candidates let me quote politico. As dangerous as that 226 00:16:29,915 --> 00:16:32,755 Speaker 1: might be, one of her colleagues was struck to see 227 00:16:32,755 --> 00:16:37,315 Speaker 1: her chatting furtively but openly with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries 228 00:16:37,395 --> 00:16:40,155 Speaker 1: last week in a corner of the House Democratic cloak 229 00:16:40,235 --> 00:16:43,835 Speaker 1: room in plain sight of a dozen lawmakers. The extent 230 00:16:43,915 --> 00:16:47,395 Speaker 1: of Pelosi's behind the scenes role hasn't been fully revealed, 231 00:16:47,435 --> 00:16:50,035 Speaker 1: and may never be if the former Speaker has her way, 232 00:16:50,315 --> 00:16:53,515 Speaker 1: But I'm told by people familiar with the exchanges that 233 00:16:53,595 --> 00:16:57,995 Speaker 1: she stage managed phone calls to Jeffreys, plotted strategy with 234 00:16:58,035 --> 00:17:01,355 Speaker 1: the biggest names in Democratic politics, and told one former 235 00:17:01,395 --> 00:17:06,835 Speaker 1: elected official bluntly that Biden's legacy can't be destroying their 236 00:17:06,955 --> 00:17:11,995 Speaker 1: party since the President's excellent press conference last week and 237 00:17:12,075 --> 00:17:15,075 Speaker 1: is even better speech in Detroit. I have returned to 238 00:17:15,115 --> 00:17:19,195 Speaker 1: being agnostic here, but goddamn it, let's make up our minds. 239 00:17:19,875 --> 00:17:23,155 Speaker 1: There cannot be more than two weeks left to clear 240 00:17:23,235 --> 00:17:27,675 Speaker 1: this up either way. By then, Poles will fully reflect 241 00:17:27,715 --> 00:17:32,555 Speaker 1: the Pennsylvania shooting at Trump, the selection of vance Tucker Carlson, 242 00:17:32,595 --> 00:17:36,995 Speaker 1: and the thing that rhymes with fascination debt, and Biden's 243 00:17:37,115 --> 00:17:41,795 Speaker 1: latest impact And the reason I'm agnostic again, I mean 244 00:17:41,835 --> 00:17:46,275 Speaker 1: I've only been agnostic like twice since nineteen seventy, the 245 00:17:46,395 --> 00:17:50,115 Speaker 1: Times reported last night. Then, rather than take more input 246 00:17:50,275 --> 00:17:54,035 Speaker 1: from more Democrats and more advisors. Joe Biden has tightened 247 00:17:54,035 --> 00:17:56,875 Speaker 1: his circle and now he isn't even talking to his 248 00:17:56,915 --> 00:18:01,595 Speaker 1: own polsters. Ordinarily, this might make you reach for Rudy 249 00:18:01,595 --> 00:18:06,715 Speaker 1: giuliani stash of Scotch. Except the five thirty eight dot 250 00:18:06,755 --> 00:18:11,235 Speaker 1: com average of polls, which shows Biden's disapproval hovering in 251 00:18:11,275 --> 00:18:15,515 Speaker 1: general at fifty six percent, shows the national polls averaging 252 00:18:15,635 --> 00:18:20,635 Speaker 1: plus two for Trump. But the five thirty eight electoral 253 00:18:20,715 --> 00:18:24,115 Speaker 1: college model, which eleven days ago showed Trump winning by 254 00:18:24,275 --> 00:18:28,555 Speaker 1: four votes in the electoral college, now shows Biden winning 255 00:18:28,715 --> 00:18:31,715 Speaker 1: in fifty three out of every one hundred simulations, Biden 256 00:18:31,795 --> 00:18:34,915 Speaker 1: with a fifty three percent chance of an electoral college victory, 257 00:18:34,915 --> 00:18:38,515 Speaker 1: and moreover, winning by two hundred and seventy seven electoral 258 00:18:38,555 --> 00:18:42,915 Speaker 1: college votes to two hundred and sixty one for Trump. Christ, 259 00:18:43,675 --> 00:18:46,555 Speaker 1: give me some of that stuff you gave Rudy. I 260 00:18:46,595 --> 00:18:49,035 Speaker 1: don't know, it might not be strong enough. Maybe give 261 00:18:49,035 --> 00:18:58,835 Speaker 1: me some of that stuff you gave Braveheart. Also of interest, 262 00:18:58,875 --> 00:19:03,275 Speaker 1: here deja vu all over again. MSNBC postpones a Joe 263 00:19:03,315 --> 00:19:07,195 Speaker 1: Scarborough show from the convention out of fear he'd say 264 00:19:07,275 --> 00:19:11,715 Speaker 1: something that would piss off Trump, while other anchors there, 265 00:19:11,915 --> 00:19:15,635 Speaker 1: including a woman I used to live with in a 266 00:19:15,755 --> 00:19:20,035 Speaker 1: Trump building who Trump tried to get killed eight years ago, 267 00:19:21,475 --> 00:19:27,675 Speaker 1: say he looks serene. They did it to me in 268 00:19:27,715 --> 00:19:29,435 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, and they are doing it to 269 00:19:29,595 --> 00:19:33,435 Speaker 1: NBC and the MSNBC talent right now. I can smell it. 270 00:19:33,755 --> 00:19:36,875 Speaker 1: I will bet you actual cash money upwards of thirty 271 00:19:36,915 --> 00:19:40,795 Speaker 1: dollars that the Republicans are threatening the executives of NBC 272 00:19:41,035 --> 00:19:44,035 Speaker 1: right now, just as they did to get me off 273 00:19:44,075 --> 00:19:49,595 Speaker 1: the air sixteen years ago. Worst Persons and an updated 274 00:19:49,635 --> 00:19:55,355 Speaker 1: things I promised not to tell about GOPVNBC. That's next. 275 00:19:55,435 --> 00:20:00,315 Speaker 1: This is an all new edition of Countdown. This is 276 00:20:00,515 --> 00:20:25,555 Speaker 1: Countdown with Keith Olberman stell ahead of us on this 277 00:20:25,715 --> 00:20:29,795 Speaker 1: edition of Countdown. History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes, 278 00:20:30,595 --> 00:20:38,155 Speaker 1: except when it effing repeats itself. MSNBC anchors sucking up 279 00:20:38,195 --> 00:20:42,355 Speaker 1: to the Republican presidential nominee, Republican thugs going into the 280 00:20:42,355 --> 00:20:46,155 Speaker 1: offices of NBC News and suggesting some of the other 281 00:20:46,315 --> 00:20:50,435 Speaker 1: MSNBC anchors had better be taken off the air. During 282 00:20:50,515 --> 00:20:55,235 Speaker 1: GOP events twenty twenty four unfolding before our eyes. No sir, 283 00:20:56,035 --> 00:20:59,795 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, they've already done this little dance 284 00:20:59,875 --> 00:21:05,915 Speaker 1: of fellating Trump's. Whatever the details in a New Things 285 00:21:05,995 --> 00:21:09,795 Speaker 1: I promised not to tell first, there are still more 286 00:21:09,875 --> 00:21:13,155 Speaker 1: new idiots to talk about. The daily roundup of the miscreants, 287 00:21:13,195 --> 00:21:18,755 Speaker 1: morons and Dunning Kruger effects specimens who constitute today's first 288 00:21:19,355 --> 00:21:24,915 Speaker 1: arsons in the world. Honorable mention John Stuart and Bill O'Reilly. 289 00:21:25,315 --> 00:21:28,475 Speaker 1: And what do they have in common? Well, the year 290 00:21:28,515 --> 00:21:33,395 Speaker 1: two thousand and three. But besides that, Stuart had O'Reilly 291 00:21:33,435 --> 00:21:36,315 Speaker 1: on his show last night, and I suppose there will 292 00:21:36,355 --> 00:21:39,035 Speaker 1: be something I can make fun of tomorrow. But for now, 293 00:21:39,795 --> 00:21:42,555 Speaker 1: I have only this to say. Anytime I hear that 294 00:21:42,675 --> 00:21:46,835 Speaker 1: somebody is talking to Bill O'Reilly, I flashed back to 295 00:21:46,835 --> 00:21:49,875 Speaker 1: his conversation with his producer at Fox, Andrea Macris, and 296 00:21:49,955 --> 00:21:53,555 Speaker 1: I wonder if during the conversation Bill is sitting there 297 00:21:53,555 --> 00:21:58,595 Speaker 1: with a vibrator up his tush. Lebrons worse my old 298 00:21:58,635 --> 00:22:04,275 Speaker 1: pals Joe Scarbrough and Katie Turr. Joe's bosses did something 299 00:22:04,275 --> 00:22:07,675 Speaker 1: he didn't like, so Joe reverted to his first decade 300 00:22:07,675 --> 00:22:14,075 Speaker 1: on MSNBC, and he pissed on the tent in the tent. Monday, 301 00:22:14,155 --> 00:22:18,755 Speaker 1: his NBC masters canceled his show postponed it. Really, his 302 00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:23,395 Speaker 1: show is called Ray Hash political talking points starring Joe Scarborough, 303 00:22:23,555 --> 00:22:25,795 Speaker 1: who judges which way the wind blows and if Trump 304 00:22:25,835 --> 00:22:28,955 Speaker 1: won't let him be vice dictator, Joe Scarborough pretend to 305 00:22:28,955 --> 00:22:33,235 Speaker 1: support Biden while Joe Scarborough sabotaged everybody else he works there, 306 00:22:33,475 --> 00:22:37,675 Speaker 1: and he steals other men's wives. Anyway, I think that's 307 00:22:37,675 --> 00:22:41,635 Speaker 1: what the show is called. I haven't watched lately, so anyway, 308 00:22:41,635 --> 00:22:44,275 Speaker 1: on Monday, they were all in Milwaukee for the Fascist 309 00:22:44,275 --> 00:22:46,715 Speaker 1: Convention and a live version of the show from there, 310 00:22:47,035 --> 00:22:53,355 Speaker 1: and they didn't put Joe on. I know CNN reported 311 00:22:53,355 --> 00:22:56,635 Speaker 1: this was out of fear at NBC that somebody would 312 00:22:56,635 --> 00:23:01,235 Speaker 1: make a quote inappropriate comment on live television that could 313 00:23:01,235 --> 00:23:05,275 Speaker 1: be used to assail the program and network as a whole. 314 00:23:05,635 --> 00:23:10,915 Speaker 1: While discussing Trump's assassination attempt. Wait, I thought that was 315 00:23:10,915 --> 00:23:16,835 Speaker 1: the point of the program. Joey Scar's not happy now. Normally, 316 00:23:16,835 --> 00:23:20,475 Speaker 1: when he's not happy, he just threatens and blackmail's management 317 00:23:20,555 --> 00:23:24,035 Speaker 1: and he undercuts them in anonymous quotes to news outlets. 318 00:23:24,075 --> 00:23:28,675 Speaker 1: But this time Joey Scars trashed his employers on their 319 00:23:28,715 --> 00:23:32,115 Speaker 1: own network. Quote, next time we are told there would 320 00:23:32,115 --> 00:23:35,395 Speaker 1: be a newsfeed replacing us, we will be in our 321 00:23:35,475 --> 00:23:37,955 Speaker 1: chairs and the newsfeed will be us, or they can 322 00:23:37,955 --> 00:23:42,875 Speaker 1: get somebody else to house the show. Firstly, he said 323 00:23:42,915 --> 00:23:46,395 Speaker 1: this more or less continuously off the air since two 324 00:23:46,475 --> 00:23:50,635 Speaker 1: thousand and three. Secondly, NBC, this is your chance. He 325 00:23:50,835 --> 00:23:53,995 Speaker 1: just threatened to quitch, and he breached his contract by 326 00:23:53,995 --> 00:23:56,435 Speaker 1: what he said on the air. You have seventy three 327 00:23:56,515 --> 00:24:00,635 Speaker 1: people on this show. Would anybody notice he's gone? Other 328 00:24:00,755 --> 00:24:04,955 Speaker 1: than the improvement and the smell in the studio? All right? 329 00:24:04,955 --> 00:24:08,035 Speaker 1: You'd have to get new graphics and calling it Morning Mika. 330 00:24:08,395 --> 00:24:11,675 Speaker 1: Big deal? I mean, does anybody miss the original hosts 331 00:24:12,315 --> 00:24:16,915 Speaker 1: check's notes, David Gregory and Kntessa Brewer. The one they 332 00:24:16,955 --> 00:24:20,355 Speaker 1: swapped in for Brewer and for the previous Missus Scarborough 333 00:24:20,515 --> 00:24:23,915 Speaker 1: is named Mika Brzhinski one of the nicest people in 334 00:24:23,995 --> 00:24:27,355 Speaker 1: the world, as long as she's unemployed when she has 335 00:24:27,355 --> 00:24:32,555 Speaker 1: a contract on a television network. Marie effing Antoinette, she 336 00:24:32,635 --> 00:24:35,995 Speaker 1: actually said something. It seemed like now more than ever 337 00:24:36,115 --> 00:24:38,435 Speaker 1: is a day a time when we would like to 338 00:24:38,475 --> 00:24:43,315 Speaker 1: be on. I think our viewers agree with that. Now 339 00:24:43,355 --> 00:24:46,435 Speaker 1: to be fair. I will defend Scarborough in the next 340 00:24:46,435 --> 00:24:51,195 Speaker 1: segment because I gather that what's so enraged Joey enough 341 00:24:51,235 --> 00:24:54,515 Speaker 1: to lash out on the air and risk getting fired 342 00:24:54,715 --> 00:24:57,635 Speaker 1: and risk all that money, and god he loves all 343 00:24:57,675 --> 00:25:01,195 Speaker 1: that money, is that Scarborough heard about this what I 344 00:25:01,355 --> 00:25:04,235 Speaker 1: heard when they did it to me sixteen years ago, 345 00:25:04,475 --> 00:25:09,235 Speaker 1: that the Republican Party demanded that NBC do this more 346 00:25:09,275 --> 00:25:12,715 Speaker 1: coming up as to Terr I'm so sorry about her. 347 00:25:12,915 --> 00:25:16,115 Speaker 1: I mean, I mean, I apologize to you that I 348 00:25:16,195 --> 00:25:18,595 Speaker 1: helped her get her career started. She was going to 349 00:25:18,595 --> 00:25:21,475 Speaker 1: be a painter, and when she moved in with me 350 00:25:21,555 --> 00:25:24,515 Speaker 1: in two thousand and six, I said, well, you know, 351 00:25:24,715 --> 00:25:26,115 Speaker 1: I know you don't want to do what your dad 352 00:25:26,115 --> 00:25:28,195 Speaker 1: and mom did, but you have a natural instinct for 353 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:30,195 Speaker 1: what a news report from the field should look like. 354 00:25:30,355 --> 00:25:32,715 Speaker 1: You're a natural on camera. That was the last of 355 00:25:32,755 --> 00:25:36,835 Speaker 1: the painting. I'm sorry, It's my fault. Katie loves the 356 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:40,715 Speaker 1: money too. Trump at the RNC and she says, quote, 357 00:25:41,435 --> 00:25:43,195 Speaker 1: I will tell you, even just looking at his face 358 00:25:43,235 --> 00:25:45,835 Speaker 1: in this video, I've never seen Trump with a look 359 00:25:45,915 --> 00:25:49,715 Speaker 1: like that on his face, not once. Chris Jansing, I 360 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:51,755 Speaker 1: think saw where this was going and tried to save 361 00:25:51,835 --> 00:25:59,755 Speaker 1: the segment. Looks almost pensive, chancing, said Turr, then says serene. Yeah, Katie, 362 00:25:59,755 --> 00:26:02,395 Speaker 1: did he look as serene as eight years ago when 363 00:26:02,435 --> 00:26:05,395 Speaker 1: he tried to get his mobs to kill you? Because 364 00:26:05,395 --> 00:26:09,675 Speaker 1: he looked so serene at his fascist rallies, at the 365 00:26:09,715 --> 00:26:12,315 Speaker 1: thought of them killing you, And so many of us 366 00:26:12,395 --> 00:26:16,275 Speaker 1: came to your defense and lashed out against him and 367 00:26:16,395 --> 00:26:19,235 Speaker 1: comforted you in person and on the phone for months 368 00:26:19,435 --> 00:26:23,715 Speaker 1: and years thereafter. And now we have to remind everybody 369 00:26:23,715 --> 00:26:25,835 Speaker 1: that Trump tried to get you killed, and we have 370 00:26:25,915 --> 00:26:29,075 Speaker 1: to remind them because they may have forgotten, just like 371 00:26:29,235 --> 00:26:34,635 Speaker 1: you have. I am ashamed of you more than at 372 00:26:34,635 --> 00:26:38,875 Speaker 1: any point in the past, more than when you lied 373 00:26:38,915 --> 00:26:41,835 Speaker 1: about me to the Washington Post and New York Times. 374 00:26:42,515 --> 00:26:45,515 Speaker 1: So I wouldn't comment about your career, and I was 375 00:26:45,555 --> 00:26:50,195 Speaker 1: going to say positive things. Then God, what a disaster. 376 00:26:50,635 --> 00:26:54,315 Speaker 1: The runner up worser Wisconsin Senator Ron Johnson. Once again, 377 00:26:54,355 --> 00:26:57,875 Speaker 1: I'd like to point out the God of teleprompters is 378 00:26:57,955 --> 00:27:03,995 Speaker 1: avengeful and thoughtful God. The Republicans have spent months insisting 379 00:27:03,995 --> 00:27:06,635 Speaker 1: that President id And can only function if he has 380 00:27:06,835 --> 00:27:12,595 Speaker 1: a teleprompter. On Monday, speaker Mike Johnson's prompter failed at 381 00:27:12,595 --> 00:27:15,435 Speaker 1: the RNC while he was introducing the next speaker, and 382 00:27:15,515 --> 00:27:18,795 Speaker 1: he literally had no idea what to say next or 383 00:27:18,835 --> 00:27:21,875 Speaker 1: who the next speaker he was introducing was. Because Mike 384 00:27:21,955 --> 00:27:25,235 Speaker 1: Johnson had violated the first rule of prompter club, which 385 00:27:25,315 --> 00:27:29,115 Speaker 1: is always have a hard copy of the script somewhere 386 00:27:29,195 --> 00:27:32,635 Speaker 1: on you, or if you're introducing somebody, write his goddamn 387 00:27:32,715 --> 00:27:38,115 Speaker 1: name on your wrist. Then Senator Ron Johnson no relation 388 00:27:38,755 --> 00:27:42,595 Speaker 1: to any human beings. Ron looks like the first thing. 389 00:27:42,635 --> 00:27:44,755 Speaker 1: Every morning they drained the color from his face and 390 00:27:44,795 --> 00:27:47,635 Speaker 1: his eyes to make him look as post mortem as possible. 391 00:27:47,915 --> 00:27:50,595 Speaker 1: Ron Johnson got up and he really hued to that 392 00:27:50,715 --> 00:27:56,595 Speaker 1: new Trump unity line, that serenity that Katie saw. Johnson 393 00:27:56,675 --> 00:27:59,955 Speaker 1: told the convention the democratic policies are a quote clear 394 00:28:00,075 --> 00:28:04,395 Speaker 1: and present danger to the country. Afterwards, Johnson says he 395 00:28:04,515 --> 00:28:07,275 Speaker 1: meant not to say that, and to give an entirely 396 00:28:07,355 --> 00:28:12,315 Speaker 1: different speech spreading beauty and light, but that the prompter 397 00:28:12,435 --> 00:28:16,395 Speaker 1: guy loaded the old mean speech in the prompter, and 398 00:28:16,515 --> 00:28:20,475 Speaker 1: he Johnson, of course, just read the old one. Being 399 00:28:20,515 --> 00:28:25,115 Speaker 1: an idiot and a Russian, I learned it phle mythically. 400 00:28:25,515 --> 00:28:28,755 Speaker 1: The prompter problem probably also explains that when the new 401 00:28:28,795 --> 00:28:33,635 Speaker 1: Republican Trump Unity Convention was supposed to rise and sing Kumbayah, 402 00:28:34,355 --> 00:28:40,075 Speaker 1: the Democrats are still Americans. Instead they chanted f Joe 403 00:28:40,115 --> 00:28:45,155 Speaker 1: Biden because it was on the prompter. Probably, I don't know. 404 00:28:45,195 --> 00:28:47,035 Speaker 1: I think they need to find out where this prompter 405 00:28:47,155 --> 00:28:50,355 Speaker 1: guy was last Saturday. This could all be his fault. 406 00:28:51,595 --> 00:28:55,995 Speaker 1: He probably got Scarborough postponed two. Finally, the winner, the worst, 407 00:28:56,675 --> 00:29:00,835 Speaker 1: who could top any of this? Hugo Lowell, the estimable 408 00:29:01,355 --> 00:29:04,555 Speaker 1: political writer of the newspaper The Guardians Scoop. After scoop 409 00:29:04,715 --> 00:29:08,195 Speaker 1: on the Trump prosecutions, he tweeted some more breaking news 410 00:29:08,235 --> 00:29:11,195 Speaker 1: the other day. Pretty good scoop, pretty bad typing, and 411 00:29:11,235 --> 00:29:15,595 Speaker 1: I quote exactly as written at Hugo loll. Hearing from 412 00:29:15,675 --> 00:29:17,875 Speaker 1: multiple people that Trump will make an appearance at the 413 00:29:17,995 --> 00:29:21,595 Speaker 1: RNC tonight around eight pm, but he's not expected to speak, 414 00:29:22,195 --> 00:29:26,995 Speaker 1: would be Trump's first public appearance since he was shit 415 00:29:27,195 --> 00:29:31,235 Speaker 1: in the ear at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. 416 00:29:32,555 --> 00:29:34,755 Speaker 1: Let me just read that last part one more time. 417 00:29:34,955 --> 00:29:38,355 Speaker 1: Would be Trump's first public appearance since he was shit 418 00:29:38,515 --> 00:29:42,035 Speaker 1: in the ear at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. 419 00:29:42,235 --> 00:29:45,715 Speaker 1: Now once again, this would explain this whole lack of 420 00:29:45,795 --> 00:29:50,955 Speaker 1: clarity about what exactly did hit Trump on Saturday. I mean, 421 00:29:51,075 --> 00:29:54,155 Speaker 1: never mind the pee tape. He was shit in the ear. 422 00:29:55,595 --> 00:30:00,435 Speaker 1: Probably wouldn't be the first time. Seriously, everybody makes mistakes 423 00:30:00,515 --> 00:30:03,475 Speaker 1: like this. I once went on Network radio and I 424 00:30:03,595 --> 00:30:06,955 Speaker 1: rushed through a script with too many k's in it 425 00:30:06,995 --> 00:30:09,355 Speaker 1: and not enough time left in the show, and instead 426 00:30:09,395 --> 00:30:13,675 Speaker 1: of saying in a sportscast the mecca of quail club hunting, 427 00:30:14,395 --> 00:30:17,475 Speaker 1: I said something else that was about the anatomy of 428 00:30:17,475 --> 00:30:24,635 Speaker 1: a quail Shots like this happen. So why put Hugo 429 00:30:24,795 --> 00:30:27,755 Speaker 1: here's spit in near ear loll on the worst person's 430 00:30:27,795 --> 00:30:32,115 Speaker 1: list for an easily understood and laugh out loud funny typo, 431 00:30:32,235 --> 00:30:35,635 Speaker 1: especially in these times when we can use every laugh 432 00:30:35,755 --> 00:30:38,035 Speaker 1: we can get. Why put him on the worst person's list? 433 00:30:38,155 --> 00:30:40,355 Speaker 1: Why call him the worst person in the world because 434 00:30:41,395 --> 00:30:47,635 Speaker 1: he deleted this? It's gold, Jerry, It's gold, Hugo. Why 435 00:30:47,635 --> 00:30:49,835 Speaker 1: did you delete it? It's the smartest thing that's going 436 00:30:49,875 --> 00:30:52,555 Speaker 1: to come out of the Republican Convention this year. Loll 437 00:30:52,875 --> 00:31:10,235 Speaker 1: two days, worst person in the world. Anybody get any 438 00:31:10,315 --> 00:31:20,075 Speaker 1: pictures of that? In the ear to the number one 439 00:31:20,155 --> 00:31:22,635 Speaker 1: story on the Countdown and Things I Promised not to tell, 440 00:31:22,715 --> 00:31:28,915 Speaker 1: and MSNBC rubs the Republican Party, cancels Joe Scarborough's show 441 00:31:28,955 --> 00:31:32,235 Speaker 1: from the GOP fascist convention in Milwaukee, and as I 442 00:31:32,275 --> 00:31:36,315 Speaker 1: outlined earlier, it puts Eric Trump on Live with poor 443 00:31:36,395 --> 00:31:40,915 Speaker 1: brainwashed Katie Turr and she says, Daddy looks serene. And 444 00:31:40,955 --> 00:31:43,555 Speaker 1: it's not just that it looks like NBC News is 445 00:31:43,755 --> 00:31:47,155 Speaker 1: prostituting itself in preparation for a Republican takeover of the 446 00:31:47,155 --> 00:31:50,875 Speaker 1: country and the terror and the postponed Scarborough message from 447 00:31:50,915 --> 00:31:54,795 Speaker 1: Comcast is please don't arrest us, or at least don't 448 00:31:54,875 --> 00:31:59,915 Speaker 1: arrest our money. Not only that, but for some of us, Wow, 449 00:32:00,155 --> 00:32:06,355 Speaker 1: does this crap sound familiar? NBC Corporate at NBC is 450 00:32:06,395 --> 00:32:11,875 Speaker 1: in reruns. They were already blackmailed once by the Republicans, 451 00:32:12,475 --> 00:32:16,475 Speaker 1: long before Trump was sent here by the devil. And 452 00:32:16,595 --> 00:32:19,395 Speaker 1: boy did this flash me back, because this happened to 453 00:32:19,475 --> 00:32:23,355 Speaker 1: me at MSNBC in two thousand and eight, courtesy the 454 00:32:23,475 --> 00:32:27,355 Speaker 1: supposed sane Republicans, and in underscores that they have never 455 00:32:27,435 --> 00:32:32,555 Speaker 1: been sane. There have never been sane Republicans. They have 456 00:32:32,635 --> 00:32:35,755 Speaker 1: always longed to dictate to the media what it can 457 00:32:35,875 --> 00:32:40,795 Speaker 1: and cannot say about whichever asshole is its presidential candidate, 458 00:32:41,915 --> 00:32:46,715 Speaker 1: and thanks to people like Tom Brokaw, they often get 459 00:32:46,835 --> 00:32:50,875 Speaker 1: away with it. Chris Matthews and I were co anchoring 460 00:32:50,915 --> 00:32:54,315 Speaker 1: the Republican Convention on MSNBC in two thousand and eight. 461 00:32:54,355 --> 00:32:57,235 Speaker 1: He was there at the convention in Minnesota. I was 462 00:32:57,275 --> 00:33:00,475 Speaker 1: in the studios at thirty Rock in New York, ostensibly 463 00:33:00,875 --> 00:33:04,155 Speaker 1: so I could also anchor hurricane coverage, though it was 464 00:33:04,155 --> 00:33:06,075 Speaker 1: pretty clear that at least half the reason I was 465 00:33:06,075 --> 00:33:09,475 Speaker 1: not in Minneapolis was because the Republicans had threatened NBC 466 00:33:09,875 --> 00:33:12,435 Speaker 1: or said they could not guarantee my safety there or 467 00:33:12,435 --> 00:33:16,275 Speaker 1: something like that. So I was the one on September two, 468 00:33:16,435 --> 00:33:18,515 Speaker 1: two thousand and eight, who had to throw it to 469 00:33:18,595 --> 00:33:21,875 Speaker 1: a video that we had been told by the Republicans 470 00:33:21,955 --> 00:33:24,515 Speaker 1: was a tribute to the dead of nine to eleven 471 00:33:24,555 --> 00:33:28,315 Speaker 1: that they were playing in the theater in their convention 472 00:33:28,555 --> 00:33:31,635 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. It was not a tribute. It was a 473 00:33:31,675 --> 00:33:35,035 Speaker 1: snuff film. All of the images that the networks had 474 00:33:35,035 --> 00:33:37,355 Speaker 1: stopped showing of nine to eleven within weeks or even 475 00:33:37,435 --> 00:33:40,595 Speaker 1: days of the attacks, all of them were in this 476 00:33:41,195 --> 00:33:44,075 Speaker 1: snuff film. People jumping, falling to their deaths from the 477 00:33:44,075 --> 00:33:47,475 Speaker 1: World Trade Center, endless replays of the planes hitting the towers, 478 00:33:47,675 --> 00:33:51,795 Speaker 1: dismembered bodies in the plaza, the building collapses, the equally 479 00:33:51,955 --> 00:33:55,475 Speaker 1: terrifying scenes at the Pentagon, and all with the grotesque 480 00:33:55,555 --> 00:33:59,795 Speaker 1: voiceover from that Fink Robert Davey emphasizing that this was 481 00:33:59,875 --> 00:34:02,915 Speaker 1: all the Democrats fault. The message was they might as 482 00:34:02,955 --> 00:34:06,035 Speaker 1: well praised it this way, Electo, and you will die, 483 00:34:06,235 --> 00:34:11,355 Speaker 1: and you will die like this. I was angry just 484 00:34:11,475 --> 00:34:13,875 Speaker 1: on that base level. For that five and a half 485 00:34:13,995 --> 00:34:16,115 Speaker 1: years I had been back at MSNBC, we had been 486 00:34:16,235 --> 00:34:19,075 Speaker 1: rigorous about not showing any of that video that the 487 00:34:19,115 --> 00:34:22,755 Speaker 1: Republicans had just forced upon us by lying to us 488 00:34:22,755 --> 00:34:25,755 Speaker 1: about it. There were rules that if we had to 489 00:34:26,235 --> 00:34:30,755 Speaker 1: for some reason sneed some snippet, we would show only 490 00:34:30,875 --> 00:34:33,755 Speaker 1: skill images, and even then only with extensive warnings to 491 00:34:33,795 --> 00:34:37,115 Speaker 1: the viewers. But I knew from my conversations with the 492 00:34:37,115 --> 00:34:39,955 Speaker 1: president of MSNBC, Phil Griffin, who I had known for 493 00:34:39,995 --> 00:34:42,675 Speaker 1: twenty eight years at that point, that he would insist 494 00:34:42,675 --> 00:34:45,755 Speaker 1: that on the scene in Minneapolis, Matthews and Tom Brokaw, 495 00:34:45,755 --> 00:34:50,115 Speaker 1: whose career at NBC I had resuscitated after Brian Williams 496 00:34:50,115 --> 00:34:53,235 Speaker 1: had buried him alive two years earlier. I knew from 497 00:34:53,275 --> 00:34:55,755 Speaker 1: what Griffin told me that one or both of them 498 00:34:56,155 --> 00:34:59,555 Speaker 1: would rebuke the GOP for showing not a nine to 499 00:34:59,595 --> 00:35:01,595 Speaker 1: eleven tribute, but, as I just said, a nine to 500 00:35:01,635 --> 00:35:05,995 Speaker 1: eleven snuff film. The snuff film ended, we came out 501 00:35:06,035 --> 00:35:09,235 Speaker 1: to Brokaw and Matthews, and Brokaw kind of coughed, and 502 00:35:09,315 --> 00:35:12,595 Speaker 1: Matthews said wow. And he turned to Brokaw and said, 503 00:35:12,595 --> 00:35:16,075 Speaker 1: in that loose fire hose delivery he had tom that 504 00:35:16,155 --> 00:35:18,915 Speaker 1: kind of scores terrorism. Big thing for Republicans. They try 505 00:35:18,915 --> 00:35:24,915 Speaker 1: stop Obama. Brokaw droned on approvingly, the Republicans sneaking a 506 00:35:24,915 --> 00:35:28,235 Speaker 1: snuff film, a banned video onto MSNBC and by the way, 507 00:35:28,275 --> 00:35:33,475 Speaker 1: also onto CNN, onto NBC proper, onto CBS, onto ABC 508 00:35:33,595 --> 00:35:38,715 Speaker 1: without any warning. That was not mentioned. Back to New 509 00:35:38,795 --> 00:35:42,115 Speaker 1: York to Keith, I was supposed to add liberates about 510 00:35:42,155 --> 00:35:44,555 Speaker 1: what we were expecting from the Republican convention for the 511 00:35:44,595 --> 00:35:47,635 Speaker 1: rest of the night and then throw to a commercial instead, 512 00:35:47,715 --> 00:35:50,075 Speaker 1: I said, and this is a paraphrase, the original tape 513 00:35:50,115 --> 00:35:53,395 Speaker 1: disappeared that night that before we moved on, I felt 514 00:35:53,435 --> 00:35:57,075 Speaker 1: I needed to apologize that we at MSNBC and for 515 00:35:57,155 --> 00:36:01,235 Speaker 1: that matter, at NBC News, had extremely strict rules about 516 00:36:01,275 --> 00:36:04,875 Speaker 1: not showing the video the Republicans had just shown you 517 00:36:05,035 --> 00:36:08,995 Speaker 1: via our network, without any warning, without any context, and 518 00:36:09,435 --> 00:36:12,755 Speaker 1: by lying to us, and we certainly would not have 519 00:36:12,795 --> 00:36:15,555 Speaker 1: shown the horror and death and blamed it on the 520 00:36:15,595 --> 00:36:19,635 Speaker 1: Democrats or for that matter, on the Republicans. I said, 521 00:36:19,635 --> 00:36:22,035 Speaker 1: if we had done such a thing ourselves, there would 522 00:36:22,075 --> 00:36:26,435 Speaker 1: have been people fired. The public program the GOP provided 523 00:36:26,475 --> 00:36:28,035 Speaker 1: said that was going to be a nine to eleven 524 00:36:28,075 --> 00:36:31,115 Speaker 1: tribute film, I said, and so did the private conversations 525 00:36:31,115 --> 00:36:33,355 Speaker 1: with the network, which included the reminder from NBC and 526 00:36:33,475 --> 00:36:37,035 Speaker 1: MSNBC that we had rules against showing the scenes of 527 00:36:37,075 --> 00:36:42,555 Speaker 1: horrible death and mutilation and destruction. So I apologized on 528 00:36:42,635 --> 00:36:45,115 Speaker 1: behalf of whoever trusted the Republicans to live up to 529 00:36:45,195 --> 00:36:48,515 Speaker 1: their word, that MSNBC viewers were forced to see the 530 00:36:48,595 --> 00:36:54,755 Speaker 1: video our network had promised never to show them. So 531 00:36:55,155 --> 00:36:58,555 Speaker 1: three nights later, without as much as an email to me, 532 00:36:58,675 --> 00:37:01,275 Speaker 1: this Griffin had called my agent and told her I 533 00:37:01,435 --> 00:37:04,075 Speaker 1: was fired and Matthews two from our coverage of the 534 00:37:04,155 --> 00:37:07,675 Speaker 1: upcoming Caine Obama debates, I happened to be off that 535 00:37:07,835 --> 00:37:10,515 Speaker 1: night in the press box watching a Mets Phillies game 536 00:37:10,595 --> 00:37:13,635 Speaker 1: at Shay Stadium, so she had to relate these details 537 00:37:13,635 --> 00:37:15,835 Speaker 1: to me by phone as I walked down the many 538 00:37:15,955 --> 00:37:19,595 Speaker 1: ramps in the stadium's bowels and headed towards the subway. 539 00:37:20,235 --> 00:37:22,635 Speaker 1: I told her to call Griffin back and tell him 540 00:37:22,675 --> 00:37:26,195 Speaker 1: I was quitting on the spot right then, and he 541 00:37:26,355 --> 00:37:30,075 Speaker 1: could work his way out of the ensuing disaster by himself. 542 00:37:30,315 --> 00:37:34,995 Speaker 1: Liberal network MSNBC fires liberal host Alderman for criticizing conservatives 543 00:37:34,995 --> 00:37:38,035 Speaker 1: for sneaking nine to eleven snuff film onto MSNBC. He 544 00:37:38,035 --> 00:37:40,635 Speaker 1: could work his way out of that disaster any way 545 00:37:40,715 --> 00:37:43,595 Speaker 1: he chose, and then he could wait for my response 546 00:37:43,675 --> 00:37:47,915 Speaker 1: on Good Morning America, CBS, This Morning, the PBS News Hour, 547 00:37:48,395 --> 00:37:51,795 Speaker 1: any other news program that bothered to ask and in court. 548 00:37:53,355 --> 00:37:56,315 Speaker 1: I made a few phone calls to friendly voices within 549 00:37:56,355 --> 00:37:59,955 Speaker 1: the NBC management structure, got from them a clearer picture 550 00:37:59,955 --> 00:38:03,115 Speaker 1: of what had happened, And despite the spotty cell service 551 00:38:03,155 --> 00:38:06,075 Speaker 1: along the elevated train line heading back into Manhattan, I 552 00:38:06,075 --> 00:38:09,195 Speaker 1: got a message from a newspaper reporter friend who neatly 553 00:38:09,275 --> 00:38:13,635 Speaker 1: tied together all that I was hearing elsewhere. Tom Brokaw 554 00:38:14,155 --> 00:38:17,275 Speaker 1: is going around NBC saying he got you fired from 555 00:38:17,275 --> 00:38:23,195 Speaker 1: the debates because the Republicans told him to. Nine maybe 556 00:38:23,235 --> 00:38:25,435 Speaker 1: ten months earlier, the same Phil Griffin had come to 557 00:38:25,475 --> 00:38:26,875 Speaker 1: me and asked me if I would be okay with 558 00:38:26,915 --> 00:38:29,635 Speaker 1: Brokaw appearing during our weekly coverage of the Democratic and 559 00:38:29,675 --> 00:38:32,915 Speaker 1: Republican primaries. Just a couple of minutes, buddy, like from 560 00:38:32,995 --> 00:38:36,275 Speaker 1: a perspective desk, that's all he wants to do. He's 561 00:38:36,275 --> 00:38:39,755 Speaker 1: so unhappy Brian Williams has frozen him out of everything. 562 00:38:40,995 --> 00:38:43,955 Speaker 1: I was appalled, but not surprised. The power had gone 563 00:38:43,995 --> 00:38:47,555 Speaker 1: to Brian's head, and of course there it had not 564 00:38:47,755 --> 00:38:51,675 Speaker 1: met very much resistance. Plus, as I said to Griffin, 565 00:38:51,675 --> 00:38:53,995 Speaker 1: you're asking me if I'd like to add Tom Brokaw's 566 00:38:54,075 --> 00:39:00,115 Speaker 1: experience and Tom Brocaw's gravitas to stuff I'm anchoring when 567 00:39:00,155 --> 00:39:01,995 Speaker 1: I'm not sure I know as much as I really 568 00:39:02,035 --> 00:39:05,635 Speaker 1: know to do this the right way. Tom to be 569 00:39:05,755 --> 00:39:09,595 Speaker 1: fair fit in beautifully, and twice after those long Tuesday 570 00:39:09,675 --> 00:39:13,315 Speaker 1: evenings during the primaries, he sent me brief emails awarding 571 00:39:13,355 --> 00:39:16,635 Speaker 1: me what he called the game ball because he was 572 00:39:16,635 --> 00:39:19,275 Speaker 1: so impressed by my ability to balance the roles of 573 00:39:19,315 --> 00:39:24,915 Speaker 1: political anchor and political commentator. Having tried this myself, he wrote, 574 00:39:25,195 --> 00:39:28,515 Speaker 1: I know of a perilous tight roupe. This is game 575 00:39:28,635 --> 00:39:33,275 Speaker 1: ball to koh. I mocked them now, but they meant 576 00:39:33,315 --> 00:39:35,035 Speaker 1: so much to me then that I printed them out 577 00:39:35,075 --> 00:39:40,075 Speaker 1: and carried them in my wallet until September. And now 578 00:39:40,195 --> 00:39:44,995 Speaker 1: Brokaw had gotten me fired because, as my newspaper friend said, 579 00:39:45,075 --> 00:39:49,155 Speaker 1: the Republicans told him to well, that wasn't hard to 580 00:39:49,235 --> 00:39:52,475 Speaker 1: unpack either. Tim Russard had died on the third of 581 00:39:52,555 --> 00:39:55,515 Speaker 1: June that year. I anchored that night until two in 582 00:39:55,555 --> 00:39:59,155 Speaker 1: the morning. It was still an open wound. There were 583 00:39:59,275 --> 00:40:03,355 Speaker 1: still tears. We didn't know it then, but the structure 584 00:40:03,355 --> 00:40:07,635 Speaker 1: of NBC News and the Gurlost tightroupe balancing NBC and 585 00:40:07,795 --> 00:40:11,355 Speaker 1: MSNBC had died with Tim Russard. So did the role 586 00:40:11,435 --> 00:40:14,315 Speaker 1: of moderator of the second debate between John McCain and 587 00:40:14,355 --> 00:40:17,715 Speaker 1: Barack Obama, scheduled for about a month. From my subway 588 00:40:17,795 --> 00:40:21,835 Speaker 1: ride on October seventh, two thousand and eight in Nashville, 589 00:40:21,955 --> 00:40:25,075 Speaker 1: Tim had not even been buried yet when Brokaw began 590 00:40:25,155 --> 00:40:27,915 Speaker 1: to angle to get that assignment that was now vacant, 591 00:40:28,355 --> 00:40:30,835 Speaker 1: along with brushing away the dirt of his Penny Ante 592 00:40:31,035 --> 00:40:34,395 Speaker 1: role on the MSNBC Perspective Desk, leaving us in the 593 00:40:34,475 --> 00:40:37,955 Speaker 1: lurch in order to take over Tim's spot as Brian's 594 00:40:38,195 --> 00:40:43,955 Speaker 1: sage sidekick on Big NBC. The month of four August, 595 00:40:44,115 --> 00:40:45,675 Speaker 1: there had been a story coming out of the east 596 00:40:45,795 --> 00:40:47,995 Speaker 1: end of the third floor at thirty Rock, where NBC 597 00:40:48,035 --> 00:40:51,515 Speaker 1: News managers sat around not doing much of anything, that 598 00:40:51,555 --> 00:40:54,795 Speaker 1: a Republican goon named Ed Gillespie had been in there 599 00:40:54,795 --> 00:40:58,755 Speaker 1: with Griffin and the idiot NBC News president Steve CAPPIs 600 00:40:59,315 --> 00:41:02,315 Speaker 1: trying to get me silenced or fired or off the 601 00:41:02,355 --> 00:41:07,235 Speaker 1: convention coverage or something, and that somebody prominent from NBC 602 00:41:07,355 --> 00:41:12,355 Speaker 1: News was in there with Gillespie or was invoked by Gillespie. 603 00:41:12,515 --> 00:41:15,675 Speaker 1: The rumor mill was not confident in who it was 604 00:41:15,915 --> 00:41:20,795 Speaker 1: or what exactly they were doing. That Friday night in 605 00:41:20,835 --> 00:41:23,075 Speaker 1: September two thousand and eight, as I switched from the 606 00:41:23,115 --> 00:41:26,115 Speaker 1: elevated seven train to the underground f the whole thing 607 00:41:26,155 --> 00:41:30,355 Speaker 1: came together before my comments about the GOP Convention nine 608 00:41:30,355 --> 00:41:33,155 Speaker 1: to eleven snuff film, Gillespie had come in and had 609 00:41:33,195 --> 00:41:38,115 Speaker 1: somehow vaguely threatened Cappus and Griffin about me using as 610 00:41:38,195 --> 00:41:42,235 Speaker 1: leverage the debate which Tom Brokaw was now supposed to moderate, 611 00:41:42,235 --> 00:41:45,995 Speaker 1: the one that had been Russerts. And when I apologized 612 00:41:45,995 --> 00:41:49,155 Speaker 1: for their snuff video on our air, Gillespie must have 613 00:41:49,195 --> 00:41:51,435 Speaker 1: turned it into an either or get rid of me 614 00:41:52,195 --> 00:41:56,035 Speaker 1: or McCain would refuse to participate in any debate moderated 615 00:41:56,075 --> 00:42:00,435 Speaker 1: by Brokaw. Tom Brokaw had already come back from the 616 00:42:00,515 --> 00:42:02,875 Speaker 1: dead once in two thousand and eight. I had made 617 00:42:02,955 --> 00:42:06,035 Speaker 1: that happen, and he would be damned if he would 618 00:42:06,035 --> 00:42:09,555 Speaker 1: be forced to do it a second time. But as 619 00:42:09,595 --> 00:42:11,595 Speaker 1: the train took me home to an apartment, I was 620 00:42:11,675 --> 00:42:13,635 Speaker 1: now going to have to sell since I had quit 621 00:42:13,755 --> 00:42:16,715 Speaker 1: MSNBC on the spot for folding to such obvious blackmail, 622 00:42:17,075 --> 00:42:21,275 Speaker 1: something else now occurred to me. Why would MSNBC or 623 00:42:21,395 --> 00:42:25,395 Speaker 1: NBC or our parent corporation GE actually think that they 624 00:42:25,395 --> 00:42:31,195 Speaker 1: could remove me from the debate coverage on MSNBC, where 625 00:42:31,235 --> 00:42:34,595 Speaker 1: the Rachel Meadow Show had not yet been born and 626 00:42:34,715 --> 00:42:37,635 Speaker 1: was only going to premiere the next week, and the 627 00:42:37,715 --> 00:42:40,355 Speaker 1: three times a night my show ran accounted for something 628 00:42:40,395 --> 00:42:43,195 Speaker 1: like sixty percent of the entire day's network audience and 629 00:42:43,275 --> 00:42:45,395 Speaker 1: all of its profits. How did they think they were 630 00:42:45,435 --> 00:42:47,155 Speaker 1: going to get away with that without a really bad 631 00:42:47,195 --> 00:42:51,595 Speaker 1: reaction from our audience. Plus, if a newspaper man already 632 00:42:51,675 --> 00:42:55,155 Speaker 1: knew the Brokaw part, how could this story be avoided 633 00:42:55,195 --> 00:42:58,275 Speaker 1: something like this. MSNBC has announced it had removed its 634 00:42:58,315 --> 00:43:00,955 Speaker 1: liberal star Keith al Rumman from coverage of the McCain 635 00:43:00,995 --> 00:43:05,555 Speaker 1: Obama presidential debates. Sources confirmed former NBC The News anchorman 636 00:43:05,715 --> 00:43:10,355 Speaker 1: Tom Brokaw, now an MSNBC commentator, had helped the Republican 637 00:43:10,395 --> 00:43:15,715 Speaker 1: Party to blackmail NBC into the decision. Olderman immediately resigned, saying, 638 00:43:15,795 --> 00:43:19,155 Speaker 1: quote in succumbing to this coercion on behalf of John McCain, 639 00:43:19,555 --> 00:43:22,075 Speaker 1: NBC has now forfeited any further right to be called 640 00:43:22,075 --> 00:43:25,515 Speaker 1: a news organization, and I'm sad to say MSNBC, which 641 00:43:25,555 --> 00:43:30,435 Speaker 1: I built, is now dead. At that point, it dawned 642 00:43:30,475 --> 00:43:32,235 Speaker 1: on me that the only thing that could save the 643 00:43:32,275 --> 00:43:36,275 Speaker 1: credibility of the whole NBC News division and the careers 644 00:43:36,355 --> 00:43:40,275 Speaker 1: of Griffin and Cappus and NBC Network President Jeff Zooker, 645 00:43:40,355 --> 00:43:44,315 Speaker 1: and especially Tom Brokaw, was for me to publicly state 646 00:43:44,795 --> 00:43:48,355 Speaker 1: to lie that I had asked to be removed from 647 00:43:48,395 --> 00:43:52,115 Speaker 1: anchoring the debates because the whatever was just too much 648 00:43:52,355 --> 00:43:55,035 Speaker 1: blah blah blah for me, and I felt I should 649 00:43:55,075 --> 00:43:58,235 Speaker 1: just stick to the post debate analysis and commentary and 650 00:43:58,275 --> 00:44:02,475 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah. In short, they would have 651 00:44:02,515 --> 00:44:05,235 Speaker 1: a choice. They could fire me from the debates and 652 00:44:05,315 --> 00:44:08,555 Speaker 1: destroy everything, including the one hundred million dollars a year 653 00:44:08,635 --> 00:44:12,075 Speaker 1: or so in profits NBC was suddenly making off MSNBC 654 00:44:12,155 --> 00:44:16,155 Speaker 1: after years of losing about that much. Or I could 655 00:44:16,235 --> 00:44:18,595 Speaker 1: lie and claim it was my idea and I could 656 00:44:18,675 --> 00:44:24,155 Speaker 1: save everybody's ass and their money, including my own. I 657 00:44:24,195 --> 00:44:27,195 Speaker 1: got out of the subway and raced home. I called 658 00:44:27,235 --> 00:44:29,875 Speaker 1: my agent. I explained it to her. I'm not quitting. 659 00:44:30,115 --> 00:44:33,275 Speaker 1: In fact, I'm going to get a huge raise. Listen carefully, 660 00:44:33,515 --> 00:44:36,075 Speaker 1: you call Griffin back and explain to him I will 661 00:44:36,075 --> 00:44:38,795 Speaker 1: now personally save his job even though he doesn't deserve it, 662 00:44:39,035 --> 00:44:42,475 Speaker 1: and Campuses and Zooker's and bro CAUs and everybody else's 663 00:44:42,715 --> 00:44:46,715 Speaker 1: I'll take the fall instead of letting them get fired 664 00:44:46,715 --> 00:44:51,035 Speaker 1: by the MSNBC audience. I'll say this was my idea 665 00:44:51,435 --> 00:44:56,755 Speaker 1: and it will cost him only twelve million dollars. Oh, 666 00:44:56,795 --> 00:44:58,355 Speaker 1: and he has to leak the fact that it cost 667 00:44:58,395 --> 00:45:02,475 Speaker 1: him twelve million dollars. That's the deal. And she paused 668 00:45:02,475 --> 00:45:05,875 Speaker 1: for a second and she said, hey, that's It might 669 00:45:05,955 --> 00:45:08,315 Speaker 1: not quite be twelve, but I bet I get at 670 00:45:08,395 --> 00:45:14,995 Speaker 1: least nine million. On Sunday, several news organizations reported I 671 00:45:15,075 --> 00:45:17,915 Speaker 1: had asked to be taken off the anchor desk for 672 00:45:17,955 --> 00:45:21,915 Speaker 1: the debates. Two months and one week later, The New 673 00:45:21,955 --> 00:45:25,355 Speaker 1: York Times wrote, quote, Keith Olberman, the anchor of Countdown 674 00:45:25,355 --> 00:45:28,595 Speaker 1: on MSNBC, has extended his contract through the next presidential 675 00:45:28,635 --> 00:45:32,515 Speaker 1: election season. The networking outs mister Olderman and MSNBC essentially 676 00:45:32,515 --> 00:45:34,995 Speaker 1: tore up the four year, four million dollar a year 677 00:45:35,035 --> 00:45:37,915 Speaker 1: contract they signed last year and replaced it with one 678 00:45:37,955 --> 00:45:41,155 Speaker 1: worth about seven and a half million a year. So 679 00:45:41,195 --> 00:45:43,195 Speaker 1: that was a three and a half million dollar raise 680 00:45:43,355 --> 00:45:47,195 Speaker 1: for four years to a total of fourteen million dollars. 681 00:45:47,195 --> 00:45:50,635 Speaker 1: Except the new contract added two years to my old deal, 682 00:45:50,675 --> 00:45:55,795 Speaker 1: so the rays was actually twenty two million dollars. All 683 00:45:55,835 --> 00:46:00,195 Speaker 1: stories have punchlines. This punchline is about brocaw. We would 684 00:46:00,275 --> 00:46:03,315 Speaker 1: have gotten away with this. NBC would have gotten its 685 00:46:03,315 --> 00:46:05,555 Speaker 1: money's worth for the twenty two million and hush money 686 00:46:05,555 --> 00:46:07,875 Speaker 1: it had to pay me because it had rolled over 687 00:46:07,995 --> 00:46:13,635 Speaker 1: for Republican Party blackmail. Except Brokaw couldn't keep his mouth shut. 688 00:46:14,275 --> 00:46:17,475 Speaker 1: So proud was he of preserving his role as moderator 689 00:46:17,555 --> 00:46:20,515 Speaker 1: of the October seventh debate that he had to explain 690 00:46:20,675 --> 00:46:23,675 Speaker 1: in explicit detail how he went to his bosses at 691 00:46:23,755 --> 00:46:26,475 Speaker 1: NBC News and threatened them on behalf of the GOP. 692 00:46:27,275 --> 00:46:31,235 Speaker 1: I mean on the record, he said this September twenty ninth, 693 00:46:31,715 --> 00:46:35,795 Speaker 1: a lengthy and glowing Brokaw profile in The New York Times. 694 00:46:35,875 --> 00:46:40,475 Speaker 1: Quote mister Brokaw said that over the summer he'd quote 695 00:46:40,635 --> 00:46:44,475 Speaker 1: advocated within the executive suite of NBC News to modify 696 00:46:44,515 --> 00:46:47,395 Speaker 1: the anchor duties of the MSNBC hosts Keith Alderman and 697 00:46:47,475 --> 00:46:50,235 Speaker 1: Chris Matthews on election Night and on knights where there 698 00:46:50,235 --> 00:46:54,195 Speaker 1: were presidential debates. Mister Brokaw said he had also conducted 699 00:46:54,235 --> 00:46:58,035 Speaker 1: some shuttle diplomacy in recent weeks between NBC and the 700 00:46:58,075 --> 00:47:01,475 Speaker 1: McCain campaign. His mission, he said, was to assure the 701 00:47:01,515 --> 00:47:04,875 Speaker 1: candidate's aids that despite some negative on air commentary by 702 00:47:04,875 --> 00:47:08,275 Speaker 1: mister Olberman in particular, mister McCain could still get a 703 00:47:08,315 --> 00:47:14,155 Speaker 1: fair shake from NBC News. Unquote. That was his mission, 704 00:47:14,435 --> 00:47:18,635 Speaker 1: the hell, that was his mission. Happily, broconc just could 705 00:47:18,675 --> 00:47:23,715 Speaker 1: not resist boasting even further. The next sentence reads quote, 706 00:47:24,315 --> 00:47:26,555 Speaker 1: Mister Brokaw said he had been told by a senior 707 00:47:26,635 --> 00:47:30,435 Speaker 1: McCain aide whom he did not name, that the campaign 708 00:47:30,515 --> 00:47:33,675 Speaker 1: had been reluctant to accept an NBC representative as one 709 00:47:33,715 --> 00:47:37,355 Speaker 1: of the moderators of the three presidential debates until his 710 00:47:37,555 --> 00:47:40,795 Speaker 1: name was invoked. One of the things I was told 711 00:47:40,875 --> 00:47:44,035 Speaker 1: by this person was that they were so irritated. They said, 712 00:47:44,035 --> 00:47:46,755 Speaker 1: if it's an NBC moalorator for any of these debates, 713 00:47:46,795 --> 00:47:50,675 Speaker 1: we won't go. Mister Brocaw said, my name came up, 714 00:47:50,755 --> 00:47:53,275 Speaker 1: and they said, oh hell, we have to do it, 715 00:47:53,475 --> 00:48:00,155 Speaker 1: because it's going to be Brokaw. No insufferable person in 716 00:48:00,235 --> 00:48:02,955 Speaker 1: all of broadcasting history has a better rep and a 717 00:48:02,995 --> 00:48:07,475 Speaker 1: better and more unders rep than Tom Broke All So, 718 00:48:08,595 --> 00:48:12,675 Speaker 1: when a Trump leans on NBC management because the coverage 719 00:48:12,875 --> 00:48:15,275 Speaker 1: that he got was not the coverage he wanted, don't 720 00:48:15,275 --> 00:48:19,315 Speaker 1: think it won't have an effect. Because in two thousand 721 00:48:19,315 --> 00:48:22,995 Speaker 1: and eight, they loved me then as they love Meadow now. 722 00:48:23,275 --> 00:48:26,355 Speaker 1: But what they loved about each of us was not 723 00:48:26,555 --> 00:48:31,595 Speaker 1: the truth we provided, but the money. There is a 724 00:48:31,635 --> 00:48:34,835 Speaker 1: second punchline, after all, this. When the new format came out, 725 00:48:34,915 --> 00:48:38,795 Speaker 1: MSNBC had David Gregory quote anchor unquote the debate coverage. 726 00:48:39,195 --> 00:48:41,955 Speaker 1: Practically all this meant was that I was on the 727 00:48:41,995 --> 00:48:44,995 Speaker 1: air until ninety seconds before the debates began, which is 728 00:48:44,995 --> 00:48:47,875 Speaker 1: when I said, now here's David Gregory. And he was 729 00:48:47,915 --> 00:48:49,915 Speaker 1: on the air for four or five minutes after the 730 00:48:49,955 --> 00:48:52,595 Speaker 1: debate ended, which is when he would then say, now 731 00:48:52,595 --> 00:48:56,715 Speaker 1: here's Keith Ollerin. And on Election Night, with David officially 732 00:48:56,755 --> 00:48:59,915 Speaker 1: the anchor of MSNBC's coverage, at ten fifty nine pm, 733 00:48:59,955 --> 00:49:02,795 Speaker 1: he said, and bless him for this. With the last 734 00:49:02,915 --> 00:49:06,195 Speaker 1: voting booth closing at eleven p NBC News can now 735 00:49:06,315 --> 00:49:09,755 Speaker 1: project the winner of the two thousand and eight presidential election, 736 00:49:10,835 --> 00:49:17,635 Speaker 1: Keith plus that twenty two million dollars. I still have it. 737 00:49:31,035 --> 00:49:32,875 Speaker 1: I've done all the damage I can do here. Thank 738 00:49:32,915 --> 00:49:35,435 Speaker 1: you for listening. By the way, I got my come 739 00:49:35,515 --> 00:49:38,995 Speaker 1: up ins too, because who was it who the Letterman 740 00:49:39,075 --> 00:49:43,835 Speaker 1: people called when that guy John McCain ended his presidential 741 00:49:43,955 --> 00:49:46,915 Speaker 1: chances the night that he bailed out on Letterman and 742 00:49:46,915 --> 00:49:49,995 Speaker 1: more importantly lied to Letterman about why he was bailing out. 743 00:49:50,155 --> 00:49:52,715 Speaker 1: That was actually the last day John McCain had a 744 00:49:52,795 --> 00:49:55,875 Speaker 1: chance of beating Barack Obama? And who did they call 745 00:49:56,955 --> 00:49:59,715 Speaker 1: to come over and be the guest instead of John 746 00:49:59,755 --> 00:50:01,875 Speaker 1: McCain who's supposed to be on for the whole hour 747 00:50:01,915 --> 00:50:05,395 Speaker 1: on Letterman that night me I got to be a 748 00:50:05,395 --> 00:50:09,795 Speaker 1: witness to Dave Letterman taking John McCain apart at the seams, 749 00:50:10,075 --> 00:50:13,275 Speaker 1: and nobody ever put him back together again. That was 750 00:50:13,315 --> 00:50:17,115 Speaker 1: it that night. And the guy who was the producer 751 00:50:17,115 --> 00:50:19,675 Speaker 1: of by segment, he's now the producer of Morning Joe. 752 00:50:20,555 --> 00:50:24,275 Speaker 1: Life is funny, isn't it? Countdown? Musical directors Brian Ray 753 00:50:24,315 --> 00:50:27,555 Speaker 1: and John Phillip Chanel arranged, produced, and performed most of 754 00:50:27,555 --> 00:50:30,915 Speaker 1: our music. Mister Ray was on the guitars, bass and drums, 755 00:50:30,915 --> 00:50:34,715 Speaker 1: and mister Shanelle handled orchestration and keyboards. It was produced 756 00:50:34,715 --> 00:50:38,795 Speaker 1: by Tko Brothers. Other music, including some of the Beethoven compositions, 757 00:50:38,875 --> 00:50:41,515 Speaker 1: arranged and performed by the group No Horns Allowed. The 758 00:50:41,555 --> 00:50:44,955 Speaker 1: sports music is the Olderman theme from ESPN two, which 759 00:50:45,075 --> 00:50:47,915 Speaker 1: was written by Mitch Warren Davis courtesy of ESPN Inc. 760 00:50:48,435 --> 00:50:51,235 Speaker 1: Our satirical and fifthy musical comments are of course by 761 00:50:51,315 --> 00:50:55,155 Speaker 1: Nancy Faust, the best baseball stadium organist ever. My announcer 762 00:50:55,235 --> 00:50:58,755 Speaker 1: today was the incomparable Stevie Van Zant. Everything else was 763 00:50:58,835 --> 00:51:02,875 Speaker 1: pretty much my fault, except the farts that are all Trump. 764 00:51:03,755 --> 00:51:05,915 Speaker 1: That's countdown for them. The one hundred and twelfth day 765 00:51:05,955 --> 00:51:09,555 Speaker 1: until the twenty twenty fourth presidential election, but one two 766 00:51:09,915 --> 00:51:13,675 Speaker 1: and eighty seventh day since convicted fellon Donald Trump's first 767 00:51:13,675 --> 00:51:17,435 Speaker 1: attempted coup against the democratically elected government of the United States. 768 00:51:18,075 --> 00:51:22,195 Speaker 1: Use the September eighteenth sentencing hearing. Use the mental health system. 769 00:51:22,515 --> 00:51:26,515 Speaker 1: You've got it, President Biden, use the presidential immunity to 770 00:51:26,715 --> 00:51:33,195 Speaker 1: stop him from doing it again while we still can. 771 00:51:34,235 --> 00:51:40,235 Speaker 1: And Republicans, please stop shooting at Trump. The next scheduled 772 00:51:40,235 --> 00:51:43,755 Speaker 1: countdown is tomorrow. Bulletins as the news requires. Till then, 773 00:51:43,755 --> 00:51:46,635 Speaker 1: I'm Keith Olremman. Good morning, good afternoon, good night, and 774 00:51:46,875 --> 00:52:06,395 Speaker 1: good luck. Countdown with Keith Olreman is a production of iHeartRadio. 775 00:52:06,675 --> 00:52:11,995 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 776 00:52:12,115 --> 00:52:14,075 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts.