wallace. i was happy to be in with for her. tonight, bill maher makes his debut live tonight a week out from the midterms. we re going talk about everything you want to hear bill maher talk about and maybe some of the thing you don t, which is why bill maher makes for a good guest. paul pelosi, a defendant in the attack, arained. we begin with election day. we are one week out, and we have the continuation of what sounds like an american trend line, because early voting is smashing records. that means it s big interest. it is left, right, center or something else? we ll get into it. let me start with the most important number we have, it s not a poll or a prediction testimonies a fact in america one week out that 25 million people have cast their ballots early. that continues the trend i ve told you about, outpacing trend by over 3 million vote, and those midterms for the first election since trump came into office. you can remember the mood and energy then and how many peopl
on our editorial for this friday s show, and the theme of it really is good-bye democracy, because i think once we have this election, if the republicans know by all measures they re going to win this election you think? the party out of power almost always wins the midterm election any way, right? because it s the midterms. you got to throw the rascal out. everyone s acting like this is a normal time, but it s not. once they win, the die is cast. because what s going to happen is i think there s something like $291 people on the ballot for who are election denier or serious questioners. they don t believe in democracy. they don t believe the person with the most votes wins unless he s on our side. okay, so this is what trump has been doing behind the scenes, wanting to put these people in place. because let me tell you something, ari. on january 20th, my birthday, 2025, he s going to show up at
back, and we are going to go down, i think, they re going to blame a lot of first of all, the phone. the fact that you can listen and here only what you already know. yeah, you re totally bubbled. algorithms, right. i think you re right. i m moving on to a willing round. something most republicans get wrong? hair style. something most democrats get wrong? oh, gosh. i m bad at lightning rounds, ari. something positive you could honestly say about donald trump. i think he was right to move the embassy to jerusalem. your dream guest? you ve already been on, so i can t name you. please. i d like to have hillary clinton. okay. i hope she s listening. you have been all around the world. your favorite city for the humor, the reactions when you perform live? hmm.
thank you so much for letting us into your homes during these extraordinary times. we are grateful the i m thankful to ari melber who hosted a supersized the beat so i got to go tricker treating with my son. for halloween i went with something outlandish, a functional democracy in america, so that was i ll tell you more about it. i have to tell you not only was deadline and the 5:00 hour on the east coast not the same without but, but i don t know how you do it every day. me tossing to myself was confusing. i can help you out. you re a pro, an expert. thank you, my friend. happy belated halloween. to you, too. our thanks to nicolle