where we ll then see the ranked choice voting. for today she s expected to make the top four as we continue to see her run in her own race. david to you now, with cheney, you have someone who was once a very powerful party leader, voted along with trump s agenda over 90% of the time, we should remind viewers, particularly wyoming residents and voters, and likely going to lose her seat today because she dared criticize the former president. what s the takeaway? that wyoming voters have a different opinion than liz cheney. i love conversations about house races. this is a day where we have to remember that to be elevated to the house, you have to be elected by your constituency. there are no appointments. you can be a senator, a cabinet member, a judge, a justice,
reporter: within political parties there are ebbs and flows. i think david would be a testament to that. could speak quite well to it. where ali and i stand right now are ideal in terms of examples of it in itself. if we re talking about the cheney family, where they were within the republican party 20 years ago. and you take sarah palin 12 years ago, these are two fascinating characters these election outcomes will say a lot about where the future of the republican party heads from here. liz cheney s hopes are quite low against hageman. republican voters in the state of wyoming don t want liz cheney to represent them in congress here. she has made the january 6th
select committee and her efforts on capitol hill after the january 6th attack the focus of her tenure over the last two years on capitol hill. she has made the case to voters, not only directly here in wyoming and through television airways but through the hearings that she s upholding the constitution, the principles she campaigned on back when she first ran for congress in 2016, in 2018 and won re-election here in 2020. ultimately we re looking at what could be a significant defeat here for liz cheney when polls close later this evening. thank you for being a gentleman and not correcting me ability wilson because i didn t get the memo she moved from jackson. ali, the voters in alaska are deciding if they want to send sarah palin to washington. what are you hearing from folks there about that? reporter: alex, vaughn makes such a fascinating point about the crosswinds of the republican party we re seeing on display. think about the last time sarah
trust to try to lead public opinion or are you going to follow it? in why opening, public opinion has suggested support donald trump, be a good republican soldier. liz cheney has tried to lead public opinion in a different direction. it s not always rewarded. that s what she s going to realize unfortunately for liz cheney. for what it s worth david jolly, we welcome you here and love having you hear with open arms. same for vaughn hillyard and ali vitali. chris jansing will be anchoring from cheyenne, why opening today. an exclusive involving the nba. the league tells nbc news it will not schedule any games on election day, not a single one. instead the league will host a civic engagement night with all 30 teams playing the monday night before those midterm tuesday elections.
fish and they said no, i m pleading guilty and not cooperating. i don t think that bodes well for future cooperation from weisselberg. quickly, he would per jury himself and go down on other charges. if he s prepared to 15-year scheme to fraud in the first degree, does he care about a petty charge on top of it? not that perjury is petty. but it seems like allan weisselberg has staked out his position and his position similar not flipping on trump. glad for the conversation with all of you. coming up, much more on the legal issues ensnaring some of former president trump s associates. what we know about the georgia election probe where rudy giuliani is now considered a target. decision day for congresswoman liz cheney s political future. the impact she could have even if she loses her primary. they were some of the coolest voting sites of the 2020