The special primetime hour of morning joe with two days until the midterm elections. Early voting has already started, and now it is a final sprint to the finish. Trying to take control of the house and senate, and the future of president agendas. The issues that are driving the vote, it abortion, crime, how much power trump republicans still wield over the gop. In many ways, democracy itself is on the ballot with Election Deniers in multiple states poised to could take control over the next president ial race is being determined. Were digging into all of it with reports from key battlegrounds with an allstar political panel. Along with joe, lori, and me, we have Nbc News National Correspondent and Executive Editor of the weekend. John heilemann, he is cohost of showtime, former u. S. Senator now on nbc news and msnbc news political analyst. Claire mccaskill, the host of the msnbc of politicsnation, and president at the National Action network. And former White House Press secretary je
[inaudible] its menendez, all she will be with you from 7 pm eastern for a special two hour look at matt dashed election day. That is where we begin this hour, with the question of Whether American Democracy [inaudible] in two days time, the biggest test yet amidst great amid election day is just the next three days. Think again. Also tonight, young voters [inaudible] now eligible voters this time around. At democracies peril. Actress sofia busch is live tonight to reproductive rights and why it is nonsense to say this election is between the economy. This moment, she says, is nothing short of a national emergency. Good evening, im mehdi hasan. This is perilous and precarious time for american democracy. On the ballot in these critical midterm elections. Of the weekend, it kisses like wisconsin, final early voters were casting their ballots. Election day is now less than two days away. So, tonight, i want you to picture the scene as we take you to a post midterm future. Its january the
So that is the plus. Right now temperatures are still way up there, we are talking about readings, which in many cases are lower to middle 90s. But it is not the heat, but the humidity. It feels that much worse. Now some of these dew points at the airport in leesburg seem to measure high. Im not sure it is 110, but you get the gist here. Upper 90s here. 108 in a bad spot either way where it is a tough day, a tough evening to be outside. Doppler is pretty quiet. Were tracking this line of showers and storms in ohio moving to west virginia. That looks like it will fall apart before they get here. So weve got really very little on doppler now. Our fortunes are going to change though. Cold front is coming late tuesday, tuesday night, so that by wednesday we will get some relief. Going out this evening, oh, you need the ac. 91, well be down to 86 by 10 00 and looks like the low would be around 80 in washington for monday morning. 70s in the suburbs. Ill be back in a few minutes and talk mor
Officer who is suspected rented elantra. At Montgomery Mall, shoppers were still coming and going as the investigation unfolded. Witness jose gomez said he heard gunshots and saw a Police Officer who was on the scene almost immediately. The officer directed had imto put a jacket over a womans wound to apply pressure and stop the bleeding. The mall parking lot, a scene of a senseless tragedy that no one could explain. So again, the tragic toll here, one individual, a man who died after being shot. Another man described by police as grave condition at a hospital. The woman who was helped by mr. Gomez apparently with nonlifethreatening injuries, but still seriously wounded. All of these people appa attacked them here on this friday before mothers day. We have just received a copy, unsealed, of a protective order that went out of effect back in march in Prince Georges County against tordil taken out by his wife gladys, who was shot and killed yesterday outside High Point High School. It sa
Here by 6 or 7 00 in the morning. A little bit of accumulation northwest. Want to widen the radar. If this was big storm instead of the precipitation going this way, it would be moving up the coast and that would Say Something big is coming our way. This area of low pressure will move off of the carolina and then out to sea. We will zoom in. The blue are the heavier band of snow and northwest in louden county. This is why we do feel there will be slick spots for the next, say, 8 to 10 hours. How much fall . We will stick to two inches across the board. We will come back and tell you when the temperatures make it above freezing and look ahead to the weekend and big changes. Dont hit the road without checking in with wusa our team will be on the air at four a. M. To helpful you navigate around the troubled spots. And download the usa 9 app and get 3 degrees guarantee and extended forecasts. Breaking news to tell you about. Police thought that they had two men who had been firing shots at