.@robreiner tells Mehdi his late father, Carl Reiner, never thought he’d see a “white supremacist, fascist person take over the White House” in his lifetime. Rob also reveals his father’s last dying wish.
Epidemiologist @DrEricDing tells Mehdi why he isn’t buying Scott Atlas’s denial that the Trump Administration is considering herd immunity as a strategy.
The president's just joking, his defenders say. It's all in good fun, they say. But Donald Trump's words to his supporters matter, Mehdi says. They're vicious and in some cases an incitement to violence.
The @CarterCenter, which has monitored elections across the globe, is now getting involved in the U.S. for the first time. David Carroll tells Mehdi the parallels he’s seen abroad that are raising flags at home.
Trump advisor Scott Atlas is pushing herd immunity to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Epidemiologist @DrEricDing tells Mehdi it’s a “sociopathic approach”
.@SophiaBush: "I just got my mail-in ballot, I'm thrilled!... I'm actually going with a group of friends to drop them in the dropbox this week."
Mehdi: "Make sure it's an official dropbox, not a fake GOP dropbox, please!"
Former GOP Congressman @CarlosCurbelo: "A lot of my Republican friends have been calling me over the last few years saying, 'There's gonna be a reckoning, we don't know when it's gonna be, but it's gonna be bad,' and it sure seems like that day's approaching."
.@mehdirhasan asks: “If the president of the United States can get suckered by a parody website at 6 a.m., what do you think happens when he's alone in a room with *these* guys?”
Just in: the CA Secretary of State says the California Republican Party has agreed to stop using unofficial ballot boxes.
@AlexPadilla4CA joins @mehdirhasan tonight starting at 7 PM ET on @peacockTV
Director of “Showbiz Kids” @Winter discusses sexual abuse he faced as a child star.
Would he let his own kids become pro actors?
“I don’t think I would, honestly. I think if my kids came to me and asked if they could enter the business I really don’t.” #Metoo
"I'm not a quitter, you know? I love America... I believe very much in this country, and I don't believe in just bailing out on something if it's not going my way. I think that's actually the time to roll up your sleeves and protect the things that matter to you." -- @winter