late early, which is what we people who got mail in ballots but didn t drop them drop them off at the polls and mail them back. the thought was that those which hundred publican because of people being concerned about the security of mailing back their ballots. so, we all kind of we re expecting this to at least, to some extent benefit republicans. when they benefited democrats that was surprising. that s obviously what we got the call we, did and it definitely makes us all think a little bit more. about how the remaining ballots are gonna play out. so across the country, people who are most interested in watching the senate race in the congressional states and balance of power. there are couple states, michigan, pennsylvania, and arizona, people who have nothing to do with the plays are very interested in it. you have a remarkable governor running, kari lake, and
the last few months was that we were not seeing a red wave, we were seeing a close competitive election, which is what we re seeing now. this is an incredibly close election. which brings me to my next question. you are already the next couple of years are gonna play out, you re looking at kansas and michigan in particular. what do you think abortion extremism is gonna cost republicans as you say for decades to come, especially if some states settle the question, as we saw happen on tuesday? i think this is such an extreme assault on fundamental rights that this is going to cause, what i called branden gradation, the degradation of the republican party brad for tens of millions of young people who may never view the republican party the way that they did ever again. it s so personal. four woman to lose bodily autonomy, is a lot more important than x costing 30
and that is maintained. you know, we need to wait and see. i can t be certain at this point because we haven t seen the affidavit. we certainly haven t seen the redactions and how it s gonna play out. but you know, we will be making that decision as it comes out. we gotta see it. we haven t seen it. it has been under seal. so, i don t know. we can t say. joining us now is paul butler. he s a professor of law at georgetown university and former federal prosecutor. also joining us jill wine-banks, served as an assistant watergate prosecutor. both of them are great friends and msnbc legal analysts. so good to see both of you. jill, let me start with you. christina bobb, trump s lawyer, saying we haven t seen this affidavit, so we don t know what s in it, so she didn t know what to say about it, which seems reasonable, she hasn t seen it. so why the stock from trump world about releasing the whole thing, unredacted, everything in, they were not sure what s in it, but released the whole t
trump s attorney kristina bob was questioned about the decision last night, on fox. are you not concerned that because you didn t join any of these motions, for again, the full release of this affidavit, that you are then waving possible objections to the way redactions are being done by the justice department later on? we haven t waved our right, and that is maintained. you know, we need to wait and see. i can t be certain at this point, because we haven t seen the affidavit. we certainly haven t seen the redactions, and how it s gonna play out. but you know, we will be making that decision as it comes out. we gotta see it. we haven t seen it. it has been under sealed. so, i don t know. we can t say. joining us now is paul butler. he s a professor of law georgetown university and former federal prosecutor. also joining us jill wine-banks, served as an assistant watergate prosecutor. both of them are great friends
when you are at the gas pump, huge. sorry. if you have a woman who is pumping her gas and looking at the price of gas and rolls in a man and starts thinking i have freaking less rights than this guy that s pumping gas next to me, that is important. you might be rolling your eyes scott, but you re a dude. so i am sorry. but this is a huge issue for women and their families. the democrats coming into this cycle had an enthusiasm problem. it s really important for them to at least match republicans on the enthusiasm question. i think that perhaps this issue plus guns could help them get there. but there is also a lot of people in the messy middle for whom this is important, but they are weighing it along with other things. and i think that s where we don t know how it s gonna play out at the end of the day. we don t know. it will be up to the voters to make this decision and we will seal what they say. i want to switch. we have another story in washington today when it comes to lawmak