the rachel maddow show starts right now. the certificates are authentic and correcting form. the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast. after ascertainment has been had that the certificates are correct and form, the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors after ascertainment has been made, that the certificates are authentic and correcting form. the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors. after ascertaining that the certificates are authentic we will announce the most cast. after ascertainment has been had that the certificates are authentic and correcting form, the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors. the tellers will count and make a list of the votes cast by the electors. the certificates are authentic and correcting form. the tellers will count and make a list and the votes cast by the electors. notice a theme? it s a script right? it s always the same. ev
it s way too early for this. good morning and welcome to way too early, the show that notes that the former president has never been known for his policy chops. i m jonathan lemire on this tuesday, january 18th. we ll start with the news. the senate will begin voting onnen a pair of voting rights bills today despite strong backing from the white house that will likely fail to pass. the senate will convene this afternoon to begin debating but is not expected to hold a vote today. after debate on the bills begin, senate majority leader chuck schumer will move to end debate. that requires a filibuster-proof 60-vote margin, and that s when republicans are expected to block the bills. senator schumer said he ll put forward a bill on the filibuster change after it s used to block the voting rights legislation. the only path forward on this important issue is to change the rules to bypass the filibuster, and right now there are two democrats who don t want to make that
and world leaders want to know, is putin bluffing or is an invasion of ukraine imminent? we will sort through all the questions facing the white house, pentagon and the cia with a guy who has worn all of the hats and worked in all of those buildings, leon panetta. . good day, welcome to meet the press daily, i m chuck todd. the one-year anniversary of the january 6th insurrection is almost here. senate minority leader has made it clear democrats are hoping that they can affix eyeballs on voting rights. insurrection of january 6th, the flurry of new voter restriction laws and state level efforts to subvert democracy are not isolated developments but manifestations of the same anti-democratic poison of donald trump s big lie. and they all demand the same solution. the senate must advance legislation to protect our democracy and safeguard the right to vote. but when democrats talk about saving democracy and preventing another january 6 from happening again are they ta
america s diplomatic boycott of the olympics. and washington tehran far from the deal. i will talk to anna applebom about it all. then, merkel s era ended with a song and now the schultz era has begun. what to expect from europe s most richest and powerful nation? i ll ask an expert. also, syria descends into a narco state as the new york times reports its top export now is illegal amphetamines. i will talk to one of the reporters about that harrowing story. finally, does the nobel peace prize need a rethink? i ll explore. first, here s my take. in america we tend to listen with rapt attention to the people who succeeded in the private sector. if they made billions, we think surely they must have profound insights into the world. and when the person speaking is obviously brilliant, this adds to our veneration. so when someone as staggeringly rich and staggeringly as intelligent as elon musk talks, people listen. what came out of elon musk s mouth this week was ill