hi, it s 4:00 in new york. president joe biden is set tonight to weigh in on the issue that is foundational to every other issue and debate we have in this country, democracy and the threats that loom over our democracy more than a year and a half after the ex-president tried to halt the peaceful transfer of power. it s an issue that would not be an issue if it were not for the fact that one of our country s political parties turned its back on democracy and decided to harness the terms of auto considerates. we are talking about the republicans. days before what could be the most important midterm election in history, president biden is putting concerns front and center with a speech just steps away from the u.s. capitol. nbc news can report, while the topic has been on the president s mind for quite some time, a number of developments have added to the urgency, including the growing suggestion by some republican officials that they may not accept the election results an
new york i m ayman mohyeldin it is election night in america, and we are going to go straight to steve kornacki at the big board who has some breaking news for, us just in the last couple of minutes. steve, take it. away yes, even for folks who are watching this, hour we said we would get one big batch of votes, to san francisco about 12 minutes ago, we did. it s the mail-in vote, this is the recalled of the district attorney, just about dean. and you could see it s two thirds more of the vote over 60% voting yes an nbc news has now declaring that the district attorney of san francisco has been recalled from office. the margin from these mail-in ballots are just so enormous, you could see here nearly a 23 point spread in favor of him calling in for ops office. there just aren t going to be enough votes to overcome that. even if you were to do well with what is to come. he is getting absolutely blown out here. he will be recalled from office. what does that mean,? immediatel
the, your came in its election night in america and we are gonna go straight to steve kornacki at the big board who have some breaking news for us just in the last couple of minutes. steve to get away, aiming for folks that are watching us in the last hour we saw that we are gonna get one big batch of votes from san francisco about 12 minutes ago we did. it s the mail-in vote this is the recall of the district attorney, testable dean, where the two thirds of the total votes, over 60% voting yes. nbc news has now declaring that the test within, the district attorney intent san francisco, has been recalled from office the margin from these mail-in ballots are just so enormous, you could see here nearly a 23 point spread in favor of him calling in for office. there just aren t going to be enough votes to overcome that. even if you were to do well with what is to come. he is getting absolutely blown out here. he will be recalled from office. what does that mean,? immediately, i
fierce fighting in key areas of the donbas. another big primary day from california to new jersey. we will have steve kornacki to break it all down. we begin with the january 6th hearings. ali vitali and ryan reilly and eugene daniels. ali, first to you. the company members have been projecting confidence, new evidence, things we haven t seen or heard before. are they going to have a difficult task ahead with so much of the country distracted by inflation, gas prices, the gun issue, of course, other things than what happened last year? there s other things going on up here on capitol hill. but this is the culmination of a year of work for the january 6 select committee, finally coming to fruition in primetime thursday night. they have a challenge before them of trying to elevate this hearing into something that is historic and compelling for the attention of the american people, many of whom watched what happened in real time on their television screens that day. it s w
winfield. one of the ten people killed in a mass shooting of a grocery store on may 15th. yesterday, the president and first lady were down in uvalde, texas where they met for hours with families of the 19 young children and two teachers who were killed in last week s school shooting. which of course came just ten days after buffalo. as biden left the church service in uvalde, he was met by a crowd of people chanting, do something. he responded by telling the crowd, we will. the president sounded a very similar note in the commence speech this weekend at university of delaware, telling graduates that the country can and must do something. let s be clear, evil came to the elementary school classroom in texas, to that grocery store in new york and far too many places where innocents have died. in the face of such forces, we have to stand stronger. we must stand stronger. we cannot outlaw tragedy, i know. but we can make america safer. but let s be honest, optimism is in sho