part effort to overthrow the 2020 election. we will be getting to that, shortly. but, first, do you remember this photo? what you are looking at is a highly sensitive satellite photo showing an explosion at an iranian space center. this photo from an intelligence briefing was tweeted out to the world in august 2019, by none other than president trump. the fact that he gets so rattled intelligence officials and its soon led to internet sleuths being able to identify the u.s. spy satellite that took the photo. there is something about iran that has always fascinated the former president. then new york times reported earlier this year how trump, who withdrew the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal, how we took little interest in most stuff that he was briefed on. for one major exception, iran. quote, trump almost took always great interest in military intelligence briefings about iran, squeezing defense officials about contingency plans for a war with the country, and asking detaile
good evening, our countdown clock continues to kick away. 17 days, 19 hours, 59 minutes and 39 seconds and counting until the first polls close on election night. here we are back where we were last friday night and where we will be every friday night at this time, counting down to election day. early voting, election day is pretty much underway in a dozen states, where early voting has already begun, including georgia, north carolina, both starting up this week. each of those states home to a key senate race, both of which we will be talking about this hour and tomorrow. early voting beginning in nevada, and that is where democrats may face what is their toughest individual battle to hold the senate seat. we have reporters on the ground there and then does two other battleground states we mentioned, we ll be joined by them shortly. plus, we will hear from voters in michigan that is where the governor s race has heated things up a bit this week and where there is a referendum
prosecution to bring voting illegally had to have happen in more than one place in florida. in other words, the judge ruled that the scientists s prosecutors got the court system wrong. it appears a precedent has been set. with attorneys representing the only 19 people accused of voter fraud. that vindication comes at a price governors messaged ex felons had been delivered namely vote at your peril, and in the end, that is the point. that does it for us tonight rachel will be back on monday i will see you again on tuesday and now with just 18 days to go till the election it is time for the kornacki countdown with steve kornacki. countdown wit steve kornacki