going through a difficult period in 2018, i started to review journals, i realized i was doing two things. i was simultaneously trying to out-run something, and i was brief, and then looking for something. that was trying to find my identity. that s what the books about. that happens over six continents, deeply internal journey, in many external visible physical places. i hope you check it out. we will, this is my coffee, everybody, enabling anybody wants to to come in my office and borough it. they can t keep it, bring it back. by more. that s exactly they should. luke russert, it s a pleasure to see you, thank you so much. best of luck with the book, that s gonna do it for me, everyone, on this edition of alex witt reports, my father s my dear friends she continues our coverage right now. ues ou and good afternoon, i m lindsey reiser in for yasmin vossoughian, new numbers just in from the border on this crucial first weekend since title 42 ended. amid fears of an
good evening. just two days to go until the first nationwide electoral contest, and the 2022 midterms will decide who controls the senate and what the biden administration will look like. the former president teasing a 2024 run is not, and the democracy is at stake this tuesday. they and former president trump all on the trail the last several days. he was in florida late today, and that s a story in itself we ll talk about tonight. president biden tonight in new york. if y all show up and vote, democracy is sustained. this is not a joke. this is not hyperbole, for the second time. not a joke. it matters and it s in your hands. look, you are one of the reasons why, as i said, i have never been more optimistic about the future of this country. this, too, is a story. democratic presidents spending the final days in a blue state, and nationally take a look. out of the 435 seats in play, all republicans need this week is a net gain of five seats to take control of the house f
american voices with castro starts right now on msnbc. thank you, reverend sharpton. hello everyone and welcome to american voices. i am in for alicia menendez this hour. we kick off the new year with a finale of political theater in the house of representatives. what it means for doing the peoples business and the year to come. 14 ballots tonight kevin mccarthy finally got what he wanted. last night he became speaker of the house, who knew the 15th time could be the charm. instead of using his historic moment to lay out a vision for the american people, the speaker made it clear his party s top priority is waging political warfare against the biden administration. we will hold the swab accountable from the withdraw of afghanistan to the origins of covid and to the weaponization of the fbi. let me be very clear, we will use the power of the purse and the power of the subpoena to get the job done. now, mccarthy might have the gavel, but not without a frankly embarrassing
candidates and top ranking party officials making last-minute pitches to voters. in just about two hours, president biden will hold a campaign event in yonkers, new york, while former president trump will be in miami, florida, hosting a rally there. the dueling stops coming just a day after a high-powered saturday of rallies in pennsylvania. that state could hold the key to a u.s. senate majority, as democrat john fetterman and republican mehmet oz are locked in a razor-thin race. the stakes couldn t be higher, as voters make their voices heard on tuesday. cnn is covering all twists and turns on the campaign trail. and let s get started with cnn s kristen holmes live for us in miami, where former president trump is campaigning for senator marco rubio later on today. kristen, what impact could the former president s presence make in this race between rubio and his democratic challenger, congresswoman val demings. reporter: well, fred, that is a really good question, and on
i m not saying i did that, but maybe i did. the republicans today took that trick, that high school trick, and they took it to its logical extreme. new this morning, house republicans on the judiciary committee released a 1000-page roadmap detailing allegations of political bias in the fbi and department of justice under president biden. this is a preview of what a gop majority may uncover from daily administration at the midterm. i know what you are thinking, a thousand pages, they must really have some damning evidence there. but no, this is the high school big margins trick times doesn t. literally. as the washington post puts it today, the report itself is less than 50 pages. so what s in there? it s more than 700 pages of already public letters and those are mainly just dozens of duplicates of the same two letters. and then there are about 300 pages of just signatures. talking points memo characterizes the report as nothing more than a who s who of fox news flavo