jury investigating fundraising fraud. and breaking reports that stephen miller has been subpoenaed. then, new signals that donald trump s favorite judge maybe backing down to the justice department. plus, a victory for democracy and reproductive rights as the states supreme court smacks down michigan republicans. and as king charles greets his subjects for the first time, melissa murray on coming to terms with the imperial past of the british empire. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. the department of justice s investigation into january 6th, attempted coup, is once again expanding its scope. quite a bit, in fact. the doj sent out a raft of new subpoenas this week for just learning about. subpoenas of former trump white house and campaign officials. reportedly relation to trump save america pack, as well as the fake elector scheme. top trump policy advisor in speech writer stephen miller, and trump s white house political director brian jac
absurd claims. since the fbi searched donald trump s private residence and members club back in august. the ex-president declassified all the documents that he could declassify them if he wanted to, quote, even by thinking about it. it is a claim that has been repeated over and over and over again by trump and his allies. the disgraced ex-president mentioned it in public and the media appearances so many times. not one single time has that claim been made in a court of law. now new reporting suggests that the question of whether there is an a proof that he declassified the documents is a major interest to prosecutors at doj. new york times is reporting that federal prosecutors and former president trump s handling of national security documents, what a question one of his confident ants about a claim that trup declassified the documents. that confidante is cash patel, one of trump s biggest defenders in the documents investigation. he is a trump loyalist who made a career o
erica hill. a critical night of debates, candidates making their final push just 13 days to go until election day. in pennsylvania one of the most crucial senate races this year, the first and only debate between democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz. the two sparring on a number of topics. it was fetterman s health, though, that s really controlling the headlines this morning. fetterman of course is still recovering from a stroke he suffered in may. he did struggle at times during the debate. we are going to take a closer look. plus, a crime of major a he can focus in new york where kathy hochul faced off with lee zeldin. the two exchanging bashsrbs ove abortion rights and the 2020 election. hochul s lead is shrinking. we will break down all the headlines from last night s debate. let s begin with cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean who is in harrisburg, pennsylvania, this morning. jessica, john fetterman s health was a major focus before the debate las
nearly 12 million voters across the country have already cast their ballots for the critical midterm elections. more than 4 million of those ballots have been turned in throughout florida, california, georgia, and texas. the candidates are facing off in some of the final debates of the campaign season after the highly anticipated showdown in pennsylvania. john fetterman released a new ad criticizing mehmet oz s response to abortion. oz barely mentioned the debate during a gcampaign event in the last hour and says he focused largely on crime. in a race to control congress, both sides are narrowing to the most competitive races. new money is being injected from both sides as well, a sign of just how high the stakes are in these midterms. our cnn editor joins us now. where do things stand for the battle for the control of the bo what we re looking at. let s go to the map broadly. i m going to write on this. there are 35 seats up. 21 of those are republican. 14 are democrat. fu
good to be with you. i m katy tur. we ve never seen anything like this before in key places across the country, interest in the election is so intense that millions have showed up to vote early. shattering turnout records, especially in the midterm year. who does that help? and is all of that enthusiasm reflected in the polls? we re going to explore that in just a moment. along with the concerning rise in threats at polling places, axios is reporting local mayors and police chiefs are being warned that extremists like the proud boys and the oath keepers are signing up as poll workers and drop box monitors, as part of localized efforts to intimidate voters. again, we will get to all of that in a moment. but first, if you were not already convinced by the campaign ads, or the mailers, or the emails, or the texts, last night s debates gave voters, you potentially, a lot to chew over. candidates in close races, in pennsylvania, michigan, and new york, faced off, first up in penns