October 30, 2021

Climate Activists Heartened By Incentives In Build Back Better bill - Rachel Maddow - MSNBC

Bill McKibben, climate activists and co-founder of 350.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether the elements of the Build Back Better bill that target climate change are significant enough to make a difference. Aired on 10/29/2021.

October 30, 2021

Biden, Second Catholic U.S. President, Enjoys Lengthy Visit With Pope Francis - Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow reports on President Joe Biden's visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Aired on 10/29/2021.

October 30, 2021

In New Letter, Tech Expert's Lawyer Insists Alfa-Bank, Trump Server Data Is No Hoax - Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow reports on a new letter to special counsel John Durham and Attorney General Merrick Garland from the lawyer for a tech expert that pushes back on how researchers' findings about interactions between a server related to Alfa-Bank and a server related to the Trump Organization are characterized in Durham's indictment of Michael Sussmann. Aired on 10/29/2021.

October 30, 2021

Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) - 10/29/21

Monologue: Sunday Scaries



Bill recaps the week's top stories, including the Halloween weekend and President Biden's meeting with Pope Francis.




Sean Spicer: Radical Nation



Former Trump White House Press Secretary and "Radical Nation" author Sean Spicer joins Bill on Real Time.




New Rule: Words Matter



This is why word inflation is a problem: You can try to change reality by redefining words, but it won't work – it just stops you from dealing with it.




Here's a "bootleg" version of the show which includes the entire interview with Sean Spicer (5:45), entire panel discussion with Sen. Chris Coons and Caitlin Flanagan (16:49), Bill's "Funny Bit" (32:20), and includes the opening part of New Rules (46:32). It won't last long, as usual:

October 30, 2021

'The Coup Is Ongoing': Rep. Gallego On GOP Whitewashing Of Jan. 6th - All In - MSNBC

“The coup is ongoing. It means the coup has moved from the rabble rousers, those losers, those wannabe terrorists that showed up on January 6 into the political realm, which actually does happen a lot,” says Rep. Ruben Gallego. Aired on 10/29/2021.

October 30, 2021

Seth Meyers - Guest Roy Wood Jr. Explains Why He Refused to Ride in His Cousin's Police Car

Roy Wood Jr. talks about catching COVID, his comedy special and refusing to ride in a police car with his cousin.

October 30, 2021

Seth Meyers - Seth Reveals What's Left in Biden's Build Back Better Bill - Monologue 10/28/21

CORRECTIONS: Week of Monday, October 25



Seth Meyers takes a moment to address some of the errors from this week of Late Night, like calling the Philadelphia Flyers’ mascot, Gritty, an anti-vaxxer and using an inaccurate photo for a Hitler joke.




Congress Members Tied to Jan 6, Biden Attacks Trump: Late Night’s News of the Week



All the news and jokes you missed from the week of October 25.

October 30, 2021

Behind The GOP Plot To Overturn MLK's Free-Speech Ruling - The Beat - MSNBC

In this special report, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber breaks down the rising right-wing attacks against journalists and free speech. As the GOP pushes to overturn the landmark free speech ruling involving Martin Luther King Jr., the Supreme Court considers whether to take up two free speech cases. Melber points to the consequences of strict libel laws in foreign countries and argues, “Wherever the powerful seek to oppress people, you will usually find efforts to suppress their work." Aired on 10/29/2021.

October 30, 2021

Fox News hates vaccine mandates (except its own) - mediamatters4america

Fox News hosts and contributors have made many shocking claims about vaccine mandates and testing requirements in recent months, even while the network’s parent company, Fox Corp., has enforced these same policies. Reporting on the “Fox Clear Pass” details that employees must submit their vaccination record or show a negative COVID-19 test every day to move throughout the office, a requirement which is even more stringent than the Biden administration’s weekly testing policy for businesses with more than 100 employees.

Vaccination mandates have a long legal history in the U.S., yet Fox News personalities have consistently undermined vaccines and claimed that any policy requiring them is “immoral” -- all while downplaying or ignoring their personal adherence to Fox’s own strict mandate. When questioned about Fox News’ own vaccine mandate, primetime darling Tucker Carlson bumbled his response and refused to give a straight answer: “I’m not qualified to speak for the company on this because I don’t run the company. I’m just an employee of the company.”

These outrageous claims include comparing the choice to be vaccinated against COVID-19 to actual oppression based on race or ethnicity, such as Jim Crow-era exclusion policies and segregation. Fox host Will Cain went a step farther and compared vaccine passports to Nazi Germany, while Fox contributor Raymond Arroyo compared vaccine requirements to a conservative proposal that those affected by the HIV/AIDS crisis should have to get tattoos identifying their medical status. Hosts Tucker Carlson and Jesse Watters even launched unhinged attacks claiming that vaccine requirements were examples of eugenics, akin to forced sterilization.

October 30, 2021

The Inside Story of the Life or Death Race for a COVID-19 Vaccine - Amanpour and Company

Greg Zuckerman is an investigative reporter with The Wall Street Journal. In his new book, he takes us behind the scenes of the years of groundbreaking research that paved the way for the mRNA vaccines we have today. Zuckerman speaks with Walter Isaacson about the unsung scientific heroes who created them.


Originally aired on October 27, 2021.