in a digital world, why film cameras are suddenly flying off shelves again. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening, everyone it is not only been one of the race s most critical to the control of the u.s. senate, but also one that has generated some of the biggest personal controversies and surprises. tonight, with 22 days left until the midterm elections, early voting is under way in georgia, where republican hopeful herschel walker sat down for a wide-ranging interview with nbc s kristen welker, making news on a subject walker wants to put behind him, the accusation that he paid for an ex-girlfriend s abortion over a decade ago. the former football star acknowledging to kristen that he had indeed written the check the woman says backs her claim, but that he can t recall why. walker also talking about why he thinks the economy will win the day for him over incumbent senator raphael warnock. and the reason why he says he carries a sheriff s bad
for marijuana position is a massive be fd. too many lives have been upended by our failed approach to marijuana. it s time we right these wrongs. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. the herschel walker story keeps getting worse for herschel walker. earlier this week, of course, the daily beast first reported that walker, the trump endorsed the republican nominee for georgia s senate seat, had paid for a woman s abortion in 2009. the report contains a lots of contemporaneous evidence that has not been reviewed by us here at nbc news. it included the literal receipt for the procedure, that check walker sent to a woman, and even they get well card walker apparently mailed her, complete with what sure looks like his signature. now, as we ve said, nbc news is not independently verified the stories, this is a the daily beast or. walker vehemently denied the allegation when it first broke. he said he had no idea who the woman making the al
and the justice department s january six committee is moving far head, just as house again investigators get ready for what could be the final hearing. now the select committee says it ll take place one week from today at 1 pm eastern, this will be the night session in a series of hearings featuring stunning testimony from allies and aides to the former president. we had also heard about militia groups activities before and during the capital riot. today, a leading member of one of those groups pleaded guilty to suggestions. said proud boys member, jeremy is the first from the group to plead guilty. he s also the first of one of six defendants who of planning to oppose the u.s. government. prosecutors say he will cooperate against the proud boys, their leaders andother remembers. this one against the oath keepers militia. today, one former member told the jury that the founder may have been in contact with the secret service in september of 2020. former federal prosecutor
could be. that seems a little difficult to believe, though, because according to a new report in the daily beast, and that woman who says walker paid for her abortion is also the mother of one of his children. again, nbc news has also not verified this most recent report. in a statement, walker said there was no truth to it or any other daily peace report. to be clear, there s absolutely nothing wrong with a woman chosing to terminate a pregnancy, nothing wrong with that person s partner offering to pay for the procedure. the problem comes when the partner in question, herschel walker, is running on one of the most extreme, anti-abortion platforms in the country months after the supreme court got rid of roe. walker said he supports a national abortion ban without any exceptions, including for rape and incest. he has compared abortion to murder. it is that crushing hypocrisy with real world consequences that inspired the mother of one of his children to come forward with this
the oath keepers planned to ferry artillery to the capitol on a boat on day two of the seditious conspiracy trial. and what happened when alabama s case to cut the voting rights act bet ketanji brown jackson in the supreme court today. i don t think the historical record establishes that the founders believe that race neutrality or race blindness was required. when all in starts right now! good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. you know, there are two ways to view the republican party stance and abortion rights. it s catastrophically successful attempts to end abortion rights in this country which they ve succeeded in doing in state after state after state. of the first thing is, that the country s republican officials, particularly the religious evangelicals hold this belief, sincere believe, zealous and sear belief that life begins before conception, and that therefore abortion is murder, tantamount to taking human life. i personally think that view is wil