Special Presidential Debate Panel w/Brian Darling, Conservative Review/(formerly) Office of Senator Rand Paul & Mike Lux, DNC & Bryan Pruitt, RedState. Isn't any conversation about terrorism also a conversation about empire and the imperial wars that fuel it? And as such, shouldn't Lester Holt ask these candidates whether and how they will dismantle the American empire?

Special Presidential Debate Panel w/Brian Darling, Conservative Review/(formerly) Office of Senator Rand Paul & Mike Lux, DNC & Bryan Pruitt, RedState. Will the TPP come up during this debate - and will Biden's endorsement of a lame-duck vote on the TPP hurt Hillary Clinton, because of her proximity to the Obama administration? And considering Trump's multinational dealings and debts - does he really have any room to criticize these so-called free trade deals?

Special Presidential Debate Panel w/Brian Darling, Conservative Review/(formerly) Office of Senator Rand Paul & Mike Lux, DNC & Bryan Pruitt, RedState. The moderator is supposed to be a respected journalist - so, shouldn't his role be to push back against lies and to make sure that the candidates are telling the truth? Isn't that a journalist's job?

Tonight’s special pre-debate panel discusses the issues we hope will be addressed at tonight’s first presidential debate, Thom discusses the media’s malpractice on climate change with Greenpeace USA’s Cassady Craighill, and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom details how our media is failing to do the most fundamental job of a media in a democracy.

Thom discusses the release of the cell phone video in the Keith Scott case with former DC police officer Ron Hampton, attorney Debbie Hines, and activists Kymone Freeman and Eugene Puryear. Tonight’s Rumble discusses whether we should trust the police, the lack of policy coverage by the media in the presidential race, and new catastrophic news on climate change.

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Anya Parampil, RT America & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. According to a new report from "Oil Change International" - "The potential carbon emissions from the oil, gas, and coal in the world's currently operating fields and mines would take us beyond 2 degrees C of warming. The reserves in currently operating oil and gas fields alone, even with no coal, would take the world beyond 1.5 degree Celsius." Bill McKibben wrote in The New Republic that "if our goal is to keep the Earth's temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius - the upper limit identified by the nations of the world - how much more new digging and drilling can we do? Here's the answer: zero." But Trump delivered a low-energy speech in Pittsburgh yesterday pitching an "America-First" energy plan that would doom future generations and the planet. Based on new reports showing how close we are to the 2 degree C threshold - aren't these proposals from Trump and the rest of the fossil fuel shills in the Republican party equivalent to climate terrorism?

Ron Hampton, Institute of the Black World/National Black Police Association & Debbie Hines, Legal Speaks & Kymone Freeman, We Act Radio/Black Lives Matter DC & Eugene Puryear, Stop Police Terror Project-DC/By Any Means Necessary-Radio Sputnik all join Thom. The police lied about Laquan McDonald, they lied about Samuel Dubose, and they lied about Walter Scott. Until we see body camera or dashcam video, shouldn’t we refuse to believe anything they say?

Bryan Pruitt, RedState & Anya Parampil, RT America & Scott Greer, The Daily Caller all join Thom. the big question is - what reason do we have to trust the police account of this or any police shooting?

If Hillary Clinton loses in November - it'll be because she abandoned the Democratic base to win over conservatives.

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel joins Thom. Even though both chambers of Congress recently approved a bill allowing victims of 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia - that bill may never become law.

Greg Palast, The Best Democracy Money Can Buy (NYC Premiere Friday 9/23 at Cinepolis Chelsea, presented by Cinema Libre) joins Thom. 29 states across the country are participating in a Republican program to allegedly prevent non-existent voter fraud. So - who's at risk of being purged from the voter rolls?

Dr. Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research (C.E.P.R.)/Just Foreign Policy/FAILED: What the "Experts" Got Wrong about the Global Economy joins Thom. Barack Obama heaped praise on the UN during his final speech at theGeneral Assembly earlier this week. But who's really benefitted from the last 70 years of "international development"? Plus - CEPR just came out with a new report called "The Case for a Weak Labor Market" with a press release called "Hold the Champagne - The Job market is Far from Recovered."

For more information on the stories we've covered visit our websites at thomhartmann.com - freespeech.org - and RT.com. You can also watch tonight's show on Hulu - at Hulu.com/THE BIG PICTURE and over at The Big Picture YouTube page. And - be sure to check us out on Facebook and Twitter!America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, Ring of Fire Radio/Law and Disorder joins Thom. Between Sarepta - Mylan - Turing - the price of insulin - and countless other cases - it seems like we have a major problem with the Pharmaceutical industry in this country. How do we rein this industry in so that the industry will actually treat patients - instead of just trying to take Americans as suckers?

Thom discusses the Charlotte police department’s decision not to release the video of the Keith Scott killing with attorney and radio host Mike Papantonio, Obama’s praise of international trade at the UN with the Center for Economic and Policy Research’s Mark Weisbrot, and whether the 9/11 victims bill can survive Obama’s veto with The District Sentinel’s Sam Sacks. In tonight’s Daily Take Thom details how the Clinton campaign needs to change their strategy in order to win in November.

Richard Greene, Huffington Post/Words That Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events joins Thom. Liberals who are sure that Donald Trump is too brash and unpolished to win the presidency should read about the election of Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte.