Guests: Melanie Zanona, Brendan Buck, Sherrilyn Ifill, Cecilia Muñoz, Jelani Cobb

Trump chaos and dysfunction is back, baby. Tonight: co-president Elon kills the Republican plan to fund the government and brings us closer to a shutdown as the House Speaker loses control of his caucus. Then, Trump escalates his threats of show trials for his political foes. And what the Great Drone Debate reveals about public trust.

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