you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to, alex witt reports. the race to the 2022 midterms is nearing the finish line. and just three days, in a matter of hours, the results will begin coming in for what could be one of the most consequential elections in u.s. history. new today, a trio of u.s. presidents bringing their star power to the campaign trail in this final weekend. president biden, and former president obama, will be in philadelphia together later today. that because after biden makes a stop in illinois, and obama holds a rally in pittsburgh, this in the next few hours. then former president trump will be in western pennsylvania rallying for republican candidates. more than 38 million americans have already cast their vote ahead of tuesday s elections. earlier today on msnbc, some candidates and key contests stressed the importance of reaching those voters yet to cast their ballots. races in the state are always close. our last three
per perhaps marjorie taylor greene. what should happened to them? should they be censured? should they be removed from committees? what do you think? well, i guess that s a decision for colleagues, right? i mean, my job is to put evidence out there. as i said at the end of that, it s like, i only know of one reason to seek a pardon. because you re worried that you re guilty, that you committed a crime. this is something they have to answer to their constituents. you know, i can t enforce rules of the house or do certain things unilaterally. but i think the bigger point is, listen, america, do you really want your members of congress out there trying to bend or break the law so that they can maintain political power? that is like, anafma to everything we ever learned in history class whether you re in third grade or whether you re a senior. and that s got to stop. it s interesting because you had three trump loyalists, rose and donahue and engel, testifying today. these ar
our country successful, and safe, and gloria s, i will very, very, very, probably do it again. okay? get ready! that s all i m telling you. get ready. joining me now to talk about all of this is jonathan allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news. are you ready? jonathan i m just kidding, we re gonna have this as we talk about 2024 to kick off our conversation. what do you first of all, make of the timing of trump s apparently pending announcement? well, it s good to see you alex. he has been wanting to announce going for president for a long time but his aides have been holding him back. sources that we ve talked to over the course of the last year or so said that he is just itching to get back out there, there are reasons to hold back. why? why? why? why would they hold him back? is it because he thinks that
our country successful, and safe, and gloria s, i will very, very, very, probably do it again. okay? get ready! that s all i m telling you. get ready. joining me now to talk about all of this is jonathan allen, senior national politics reporter for nbc news. are you ready? jonathan i m just kidding, we re gonna have this as we talk about 2024 to kick off our conversation. what do you first of all, make of the timing of trump s apparently pending announcement? well, it s good to see you alex. he has been wanting to announce going for president for a long time but his aides have been holding him back. sources that we ve talked to over the course of the last year or so said that he is just itching to get back out there, there are reasons to hold back. why? why? why? why would they hold him back? is it because he thinks that they might be amid negative
too late to come forward but to walk away from this president. the battlefield is the voters. we don t know what the department of justice is going to do, but if trump s the nominee, it doesn t really matter to some degree. i think this is a messaging effort as much as anything. david, you agree with that? i agree. also to gloria s point about they re going to keep they re going to have a hearing in july, a hearing in august no, no. not on purpose. i can just tell you what people will not be watching in july they ll be watching shark week in august. they watched watergate in the summer. that was when you had three stations and everyone was glued to the tv. it s a different world. they can afford to go on vacation, if they could afford to buy gas, they ll be gone. you reach a point of diminishing returns with these hearings, right? i think you re going to start getting there. to your point, if it s going to be a hearing where they go with a minute by minute recitation,