Guests: Rep. Veronica Escobar, State. Sen. Roland Gutierrez, Jim Cavanaugh, Joy Reid, Jane Manning, Melissa Murray.

Shock and outrage after another mass murder in Texas—and the unbelievable attack on the victims by the state's governor. Then, the woman accusing Donald Trump of rape leaves the witness stand: what we learned from the cross examination of E Jean Carroll. Plus, the Senate moves to check the Supreme Court amid new reporting on massive earnings for the wife of the Chief Justice. And Joy Reid joins me to talk about how Republicans can't stay out of their own way when it comes to restrictive bans on abortion.

Guests: Adam Serwer, Lisa Rubin, Michelle Goldberg, Eric Holder

Tonight: New reporting on the text messages that caused fox news to fire Tucker. Then, another twist in the Trump trial: Why Trump attorneys say they will present no defense. Plus, should American news media appropriately cover a twice-impeached, criminally indicted frontrunner who is on trial for rape? And former attorney general Eric Holder on the anti-democratic outbreak in statehouses from Ohio to North Carolina and beyond.