Guests: Timothy Snyder, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Dave Roberts, Jamelle Bouie  

The Democratic ticket holds as the Trump threat looms. Tonight: the Republican platform and the autocratic project to remake America. Then, Democrats ask the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to criminally investigate a sitting Supreme Court Justice. And the President addresses the NATO coalition in D.C. amid the incalculable stakes of the election in November.

Rachel Maddow, Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, and Nicolle Wallace discuss Biden's first press conference since the debate. Plus, DNC Chair Jaime Harrison joins to talk about the Biden campaign. And Jen Psaki and Basil Smikle weigh in.