announcer: from msnbc, decision 2022 live from democracy plaza. and here we go. it is 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. i m rachel maddow coming to you live from our election night stewed year here at msnbc headquarters. my companions on this long journey tonight are here with me now. joy reed, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, the great ari melber. we ll have many other colleagues joining us. we have water, painkillers, jerky, including weird jerky. we have 30 different kind of chocolate. we re going to be fine. steve kornacki is at the big board. he s contractually obligated to avoid sleep. he can t hear us right now.