13 years ago this week a right-wing anti abortion group called operational rescue, emailed its members encouraging them to participate in the special hollowing contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you could make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy. they even showed you how to burn the effigy once you made it. the whole thing was supposedly a protest about abortion related aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all expense paid trip to d. c. just burn that effigy. i m not showing you this because the contest was particularly impactful in anyway. it wasn t. this was a fringe group in 2009 taking dangerous political rhetoric about political figures like reid and pelosi to a new and discussing extreme. but the fact that there were not mass effigy burning across the country is not the point. the worry is not th
he called a suicide mission as the vicious misinformation about the attack spreads even further then, exactly one week before the votes are counted, will republican members of congress move the midterm needle in favor of democrats. and a critical role that young people could have in this crucial election. our polls missing the newest voters? as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle. tonight, chilling new details are surfacing about the suspect accused of breaking into nancy pelosi s san francisco, home beating her husband paul with a hammer, and plotting to kidnap her, and possibly break or her knees. david depape, appeared in state court for the first time since friday s attack, face attempted murder and other charges. today in court filings, prosecutors revealed that he was also targeting, other political leaders, they said he told police he was on a suicide mission, and they stressed there is no question, the at
life and legacy of the home run king. terrance moore, thank you very much for being on today. that wraps us up for this hour. jose diaz balart picks up msnbc s live coverage right now. and good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz balart. we have breaking news. we got word president biden will be delivering a speech tonight in washington d.c. nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker joins me with that. what do we know about this? jose, according to sources familiar with the president s plans tonight, he is going to deliver those remarks at 7:00 p.m. eastern at union station here in the nation s capitol and the focus is going to be democracy. we have heard him say this. he was at a campaign event in florida yesterday where he said democracy is on the ballot. now, in a release from the dnc, they previewed this by saying the president will address the threat of election deniers and those who seek to undermine faith in voting and democ
until the midterms. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. and it s hard to recover. we have to walk away from politics as usual. it s a choice between two vastly different visions for america. with the economy and inflation top of mind for voters, president biden is also focusing on the u.s. workforce set to deliver remarks on that this afternoon. about the same time, we re expecting the fed s announcement of another interest rate hike going up three quarters of a percentage point for the fourth consecutive time. what their decision today means for your wallet. new details rounding the attack on speaker pelosi s husband, paul. the washington post and nbc news confirm a live camera feed was rolling on the pelosi home on the night of the attack and the post reports that while cameras captured the break-in, no one was watching the feed at the time. ahead, new questions about security. we are going to start with the president s remarks tonight on threats t
please, call now, or you can go to lovesshriners.org. thank you so much for lets us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. you know what time it is. we re inside one week to the mid terms. the record-breaking turnout is happens. the latest numbers show more than 29 million americans have already voted, competing those trump mid terms of 2018. we re in full gear, and it s a tense backdrop for the races. there are active federal warnings about threats and attacks on poll workers and the voting process itself. we have seen records of these self-appointed poll watchers showing up in tactical gear, like that shot out of arizona. and election deniers are running for office, it s not normal. threats to lawmakers have increased tenfold over the several years over the trump era. more campaigns will turn on the question of whether candidates will honor democracy itself. these are truly unusual stak