All In with Chris Hayes

Guests: Tanya Miller, Catherine Christian, Temidayo Aganga-Williams, Tim Miller, Michelle Goldberg, Jelani Cobb

The Republican Debate Circus comes to Milwaukee, but the four-times indicted ringleader can't even be bothered to show up. Plus, all the latest details on the Mar-a-Lago worker who flipped on Donald Trump about his apparent plot to delete security footage. Then, the guy who effectively staged a coup against Vladimir Putin two months ago just apparently died in a mysterious plane crash.

Guests: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Glenn Kirschner, Ankush Khardori, Steve Kornacki, J. Anna Selzer, David Plouffe

Some faint signs that Iowa is not exactly a lock for Donald Trump. Steve Kornacki will be at the big board to break down some exclusive new polling data from NBC News and the Des Moines Register. But first, even more legal headaches for the quadruple indicted Republican frontrunner. What we know about Donald Trump's bond agreement and the terms of his surrender. Plus, the Biden campaign is dropping big money to counterprogram the Republican circus.

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.

Guests: George Conway, Amy Lee Copeland, Andrew Weissmann, Joel Benenson

Supporters of the indicted ex-president keep making violent threats. Tonight: the timeline for trial, the mounting threats to judges and prosecutors, and the pressure campaign to fund criminal co-defendants. Plus, the infamous Trump hatchet man caught plotting fake electors. And meet the judge who helped roll back your reproductive rights…because doctors love looking at babies.

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi brings you the “Velshi Banned Book Club,” an act of resistance against the epidemic of book banning. In each episode, a different author of a banned book joins Ali—including Margaret Atwood, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Laurie Halse Anderson, George M. Johnson and more—to talk about why their work is being targeted and about the literature itself. “Velshi Banned Book Club” is a series rooted in literary and cultural analysis and in the notion of reading as resistance. Read along with Ali and follow now to listen to the first two episodes on August 24th. https://link.chtbl.com/vbbc_aiwch

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: Rep. Jamie Raskin, Georgia State Rep. Tanya Miller, Harry Litman, Anna Bower, Shan Wu, Kristy Greenberg

Donald Trump is given 10 days to surrender, and a familiar refrain returns as a public defense. Tonight: Sweeping RICO charges for the ex-president and his foot soldiers, the evolving legal strategies for the MAGA inner circle, the late filing from Mark Meadows to move the Fulton County charges to federal court, and which of the four criminal trials of Donald Trump is most important? And which will go to trial first?

Guests: Lisa Rubin, Harry Litman, Danya Perry, Rep. Gerry Connolly, Noah Bookbinder, Sen. Brian Schatz

Defendant Trump gets ground rules from the judge the dramatic day in federal court. Tonight: the new protective order to stop the indicted ex-president from intimidating witnesses and trying his case in the media. Then, the conservative case that Donald Trump could be disqualified from office. Plus, why Merrick Garland's announcement of a special counsel is infuriating Biden attackers. And Senator Brian Schatz on the expanding rescue and recovery efforts going on in Hawaii.

Guests: Jamelle Bouie, Melissa Murray, Joyce Vance, Rick Hasen, Sen. Mazie Hirono

The Special Counsel requests a January 2nd trial date as a Hail Mary for the indicted ex-president comes into focus. Tonight, Donald Trump, Clarence Thomas, and new reporting on the billionaire friends keeping the justice happy. Then, why the Republicans need to root for Jack Smith's speedy trial. Plus, on arraignment day for fake elections in Michigan—why aren't we seeing this all over the country? And Senator Mazie Hirono on the devastating reality of those wildfires in Hawaii.