If our audio quality today isn't quite up the par, please forgive us.

We're making this episode after Night of Island Storms and the powers out.

Okay, so perhaps a few of you saw on the Twitters or maybe insane the Washington Post or on the

Grio.com that I'm soon to start a new gig right here in this very time slot.

That's my friend and MSNBC colleague Joy Reid letting the world know that she was getting a great

new gig hosting a new show on MSNBC in the 7 o'clock hour.

With all that we're facing I am so proud to bring the perspective of a black woman, a daughter

of immigrants, the wife and mother of a husband and kids who sadly are more vulnerable to police

violence because of their color.

This becomes the first black woman to anchor in primetime since the death in 2016 of PBS

NewsHour's Gwen Eiffel.

And she's the first black woman anchor of a primetime show in the entire history of cable

TV.

The show premiered on July 20th right after the passing of Congressman John Lewis.

There could not be a more striking contrast.

This weekend we mourned an icon who spent his life fighting for civil and human rights.

We also witnessed the incoherent rambling of a president who has spent the last four years

burning democratic norms to the ground.

Good evening.

I'm Joy Reid and welcome to the readout.

And she brought out some heavy hitters.

My first guest is the man who will face Donald Trump in November, former vice president Joe

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