committee sending investigators to denmark? what does it have to do with roger stone? we will ask congresswoman zoe lofgren. and measuring the impact on tens of millions of american lives after president biden s student debt cancellation. i made a commitment, i am honoring that commitment today. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we have new election results last night, i ve gotta say, in the end of day, 24 hours later. one thing is clear than it is ever been. we are, right now, as i speak to you tonight, in a whole new world, politically. what s the future will bring, how the november midterm elections will unfold 76 days from now is obviously unknown, it is the future. but if you are trying to figure out what s the expectation is, it is basically a jump ball. it is a 50/50 proposition right now. and i am shocked to find myself saying that. i mean, truly! just a few months ago, it did not seem like that would be the case. and th
gravity. the democrats started off as underdogs. then they had to contend with a string of really bad luck, part of it just the end of the pandemic s worth phase. getting back to normal, they were lingering supply chain issues from the pandemic, led to concerns that very well-documented baby formula shortage. those supply chain issues were also one factor in a record high inflation, which again, was afflicting basically every country across the world. but, you know, you can t tell voters, well, everyone is in the same boat. it really did seem poised to be the single undoing of the biden administration. pardon of that inflation where the enormous high gas prices. another issue for incumbent democrats. republicans, again, this is a political layup. taking every opportunity to talk about the price at the pump and how it s democrats fault. of course, part of the reason gas prices were so high is the biden administration was trying to contend with the largest land war in europ
Thank you. What a busy afternoon we are about to have. You have the busiest hour of the day. Lot of people asking why did Susan Collins decide 3 00 is when she is i dont have a good answer, but we will hear it moments from now. We dont have an answer, why are you asking the question. Other people are asking me the question, thats our job to figure it out. It appears we will hear from her in moments. History is about to be made in the United States capitol. The final confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court count will come down to two undecided senators. One is about to make her decision public, republican senator Susan Collins is set to take the senate floor moments from now to announce how she will vote on Brett Kavanaugh. The stakes could not be higher. Li Lisa Murkowski of alaska, republican, saying she will vote no. Jeff flake from arizona,
republican, not running for reelection says he will vote yes. If collins joins the yes column, this is a done deal. Kavanaugh will
will turn out when trump s not on the ticket and not in office. so, that, i want to hone in on that point. i obviously completely agree. i think that, you know, this is the best-case scenario, right? would be for the absolute best, everything went perfectly for democrats to, like, barely hold on to their majority. that s at the highest end of, like, your expectations, right? if you are a democrat. so democrats remain the underdogs for all kinds of reasons. but on that turnout question, there s something really interesting. you know, you look at the rural numbers last night in some of these districts that had sort of more dense populated places, more rural places, you didn t see the kind of turnout, you didn t get the turnout numbers in those rural districts you would kind of need, right? to hit those, like, 2016 margins or to hit the, you know, a big trump victory, a big red wave. what are you understand that as? you just mentioned that maybe those folks don t turn out if
home from school i told her that ambassador o brien was selected and would be at the right hand of president trump and that he can help get grandpa bob home. she ran up and hugged me and so excited about the possibility because she could feel my excitement and i ve told both of my kids stories about my dad for 12 years and it s about time they met him and that he gets to spend the rest of his time with his family at home. sandra: tough for so many to hear that story. our best to your family, stephanie. thank you very much. bill: the new york times with another explanation on its botched story on justice kavanaugh. the writers saying kavanaugh made a demand they couldn t accept. sandra: rush limbaugh saying both the media and democrats could pave the way for a big trump victory in 2020. our a-team is fired up and ready to go and will join us