The ReidOut with Joy Reid

The FBI announced that Iran and Russia have ‘taken specific actions to influence public opinion relating to our elections.’ Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe says that Iran was trying to meddle in the election and that Russia has obtained American voter information.

Some Senate Republicans are gearing up for a bloodbath in 2020, losing potentially the majority along with the White House. Joy says, "Senate Republicans are freaking out warning of a potential bloodbath and pretending they haven't been Trump's sycophants."

Here’s what Lipi Roy thinks of the White House strategy to ride out the pandemic via herd immunity: "Herd immunity has never been used as a strategy to address an epidemic, let alone a pandemic ... It will lead to mass murder."

The Republican Party is gearing up for a potential Biden presidency, aiming to bring up ‘concerns’ over the national debt after 4 years of deficit spending by the Trump Administration and a massive tax cut for the rich.

Sen. Cory Booker asked Supreme Court Nominee Amy Coney Barrett whether she believed every president should make a commitment to ‘the peaceful transfer of power.’ Barrett refused to answer, saying “Well, senator, that seems to me to be pulling me in a little bit into this question of whether the president has said that he would not peacefully leave office and so to the extent that this is a political controversy right now as a judge I want to stay out of it.”

Several states are seeing a record number of coronavirus cases, and states like North Dakota are reaching ICU bed capacity with the new rise.

As a bonus for ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of “Kamala: Next in Line,” a six-part podcast from MSNBC and Wondery, hosted by Joy Reid. The latest episode picks up just months after Kamala was sworn in as San Francisco District Attorney. A police officer is shot and killed and Kamala Harris faces her toughest test: stick with her values or cave to public pressure. Her decision gains her enemies - and will plague her as she rises in California politics. Listen to the first three episodes, and subscribe to the series now: https://link.chtbl.com/description-kamala

As Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi starts to look into legislation that would create a bipartisan commission to determine a sitting president’s ability to carry out the duties of the office, Congresswoman Maxine Waters thinks it’s time to invoke the 25th amendment on the president.

Sergio Gonzales of the Immigration Hub says it’s ‘no question’ that the Trump Administration’s child separation policy is a human rights abuse: "I've often said that when you look at immigration in particular, cruelty has been the point of this administration."

Last week, Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott ordered counties across the state to provide just one drop-off location for voters to cast their absentee ballots. Beto O’Rourke calls these moves a sign of desperation by the party and thinks that Texas can flip towards the Democrats.

Trump returns to the White House from the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center -- and takes his mask off before going inside. The GOP reckons with what Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis means for their party. And Ari Berman and LaTosha Brown discuss the GOP's efforts to suppress votes.

As a bonus for ReidOut listeners, we’re sharing a special preview of Kamala: Next in Line, a six-part podcast from MSNBC and Wondery that goes inside the cross-cultural journey that led Senator Kamala Harris from her humble roots to become the first African-American woman to be the Vice Presidential nominee for a major party. From Oakland to Howard University, and California to Washington DC, experience her story as it has never been told before. Hosted by MSNBC's Joy Reid, the show features exclusive interviews with those who know her best, painting a picture of a woman who has fought her way to the top at every turn. Listen to the first episode, and subscribe to the series now: https://link.chtbl.com/description-kamala

President Trump has been hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for COVID-19. We break down what that means for the country and what happens next, weeks ahead of the election.

On President Trump telling the Proud Boys, a white supremacist organization, to ‘stand back and stand by,’ Steve Schmidt says “Donald Trump gave a lock and load order to heavily armed, paramilitary, white supremacist, militia organizations. The white supremacist organizations are reveling in the support of the president today. They're celebrating."

In this bonus episode for The Reid Out listeners, Joy Reid joins Trymaine Lee on Into America. Growing up, Joy Reid loved to watch the news with her mother – and even remembers staying up late to watch coverage of the Iran Hostage Crisis as a middle schooler. Along the course of her career, Joy’s worked in local news, as a press secretary for the 2008 Obama campaign, and written books on American politics. And she recently became the host of a new primetime show on MSNBC: The ReidOut, which premiered last month. More than 2.5 million people tuned in. This is Joy’s third show for MSNBC. She previously hosted an afternoon show called The Reid Report and AM Joy, which aired on weekends. With The ReidOut, Joy is now the first Black woman to host a national primetime news show since PBS NewsHour’s Gwen Ifill died in 2016, and the first Black woman to anchor a primetime network show in the history of cable TV. On Into America, Reid tells Trymaine Lee what led to this moment, and how she plans to make the most of it. For more from Into America, visit the feed and subscribe.

Joy Reid conducts one-on-one conversations with politicians and newsmakers while addressing provocative political issues both inside and outside of the beltway. Reid, who is also a best-selling author and public speaker, joined MSNBC in 2011 as a contributor. Drawing from her decades-long experience in politics, passion for addressing the intersection of race, justice and culture, as well as her signature tenacious interviewing style, Reid kicks off MSNBC’s primetime lineup by delving into American politics as it unfolds.