The special primetime hour of morning joe with two days until the midterm elections. Early voting has already started, and now it is a final sprint to the finish. Trying to take control of the house and senate, and the future of president agendas. The issues that are driving the vote, it abortion, crime, how much power trump republicans still wield over the gop. In many ways, democracy itself is on the ballot with Election Deniers in multiple states poised to could take control over the next president ial race is being determined. Were digging into all of it with reports from key battlegrounds with an allstar political panel. Along with joe, lori, and me, we have Nbc News National Correspondent and Executive Editor of the weekend. John heilemann, he is cohost of showtime, former u. S. Senator now on nbc news and msnbc news political analyst. Claire mccaskill, the host of the msnbc of politicsnation, and president at the National Action network. And former White House Press secretary je
[inaudible] its menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. That is where we begin this hour, with the question of Whether American Democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. Think again. Also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. At democracies peril. Actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. This moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. Good evening, im mehdi hasan. This is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. On the ballot in these critical midterm elections. Of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. Election day is now less than two days away. So, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. Its january the
[inaudible] it s menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. that is where we begin this hour, with the question of whether american democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. think again. also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. at democracies peril. actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. this moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. good evening, i m mehdi hasan. this is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. on the ballot in these critical midterm elections. of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. election day is now less than two days away. so, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. i
says its navy fired shots to repel a north korean ship that had passed into the sea boundary between the north and south. north korea s military said it responded by firing ten artillery shot. now here on bbc news, political thinking with nick robinson and just a note that this programme was recorded before the news broke about boris johnson s announcement broke about borisjohnson s announcement that he would not stand in the conservative party leadership contest. the turmoil in the conservative party, the psychodrama, the soap opera with ever more unlikely plot developments, has its roots in brexit, the unresolved question of how this country should reshape itself, having decided to leave the eu. that is one reason my guest on political thinking this week matters. david frost is seen by his admirers as the guardian of the brexiteer flame, the man who borisjohnson put into the house of lords and made his chief brexit negotiator, who s now considering a bid to become a member
his critics, though, ask one simple question, and i quote one of them. who the hell is an unelected, failed minister to tell any of us what to do? well, that s what i hope to discover in this conversation, at a moment when anything could change, and almost certainly will in politics. david frost, lord frost, welcome to political thinking. thank you. great to be here. well, let s begin with what is on everybody s mind. your old friend, the man you advised and whether he, borisjohnson, can and should be our next prime minister. what do you make of the speculation? well, boris is remarkable guy, and he can do things that other people can t. so i don t find it at all surprising that we re getting this sort of noise about, will he come back? could he do the job? i think the party needs to think quite hard before it, it kind of goes down this road, you know? who knows? it s not really for me to say. but, you know, there was a reason why he left office and there s a reason why