Guests: Nick Akerman, Adam Serwer, Sherry Boston, Lisa Rubin, David Plouffe, Jen Psaki

9 days left to surrender, and Trump's top lieutenant lashes out. Then, why a federal judge suggested Elon Musk was protecting Donald Trump from the production of his Twitter DMs. Plus, real evidence that 91 criminal charges across four indictments is actually having an effect on Trump voters. And one year after it was signed, the simple math and wild success of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Guests: Charles Blow, Danya Perry, Nikki McCann Ramirez, Asa Hutchinson, Paul Douglas

Seven days left to surrender. Tonight: the Department of Justice drops the hammer on convicted seditionists—and a warning to the people who sent them. Then, the evidence against Trump's chief of staff as Mark Meadows tries to escape Georgia charges. And as the indicted frontrunner backs down from debate, guess which candidate has a plan to defend him on stage? And California faces its first ever tropical storm watch in the history of the state as the catastrophic effects of climate change rage on.