but the threat of violence also looms directly over the jewish community like never before in recent american history. attacks on jewish institutions, they are up 61% from 2020 according to the anti-defamation league. just yesterday, the fbi warned of what it describes as a broad threat to synagogues in new jersey. the new york times reports that as a result of a warning, the new york police department immediately announced it had stepped up its monitoring to ensure the safety of every area that encompasses our jewish citizens and synagogues. of course, we all know that none of this is happening in a having vacuum. it s bubbling through sports, culture and our politics. they re the anti-semitic outbursts on social media by kanye west. there s the refusal by kyrie irving to disavow a post he made linking to a documentary filled with conspiracy theorys about jewish people. he s been suspended for at least five games. a statement from the team reads in part kyrie irvin
good to be with you. i m katy tur. it s the economy, and/or is it the economy or, in other words what if everyone is deciding on multiple issues or one issue? with five days to go, who is still out there deciding? with that in mind, there are a lot of conversations happening both in private and in public about just what the democratic party is pitching to those still deciding. voters in the final days before the election, the midterms, and from the sound of it, the internal worries are that that pitch is wrong. for example, president joe biden spoke about the threats to democracy last night, some big name dems were openly wondering who he was talking about, former obama aide david axle rod says two former bernie sanders campaign managers, saying that if you really want to persuade the really persuadable, rewrite the speech and focus on the cost of living. after the guts of the address in which the president made an impassioned warning about what political lies are doing to
the rising tide of threats some amplified by people in power is escalating the risks. and it prompted this warning from hillary clinton. a woman who knows all-too well what it is like to be targeted. ask yourselves, please, why would you entrust power to people who are either themselves unable to see how terrible it is that someone would be attacked in their home or don t really care because they think that it will somehow get them votes that will get them elected. and speaking of big political names, some of the biggest are on the campaign trail today including former president obama in arizona. we have brand new poll numbers from there and from wisconsin where margins in both the senate and governor s races are razor thin. and soon the gunman in parkland, florida is expected to be formally sentenced to life in prison. not the death sentence so many families have been hoping for. later this hour, i ll talk to the reverend risher whose mother was killed in charleston. w
wallace. i was happy to be in with for her. tonight, bill maher makes his debut live tonight a week out from the midterms. we re going talk about everything you want to hear bill maher talk about and maybe some of the thing you don t, which is why bill maher makes for a good guest. paul pelosi, a defendant in the attack, arained. we begin with election day. we are one week out, and we have the continuation of what sounds like an american trend line, because early voting is smashing records. that means it s big interest. it is left, right, center or something else? we ll get into it. let me start with the most important number we have, it s not a poll or a prediction testimonies a fact in america one week out that 25 million people have cast their ballots early. that continues the trend i ve told you about, outpacing trend by over 3 million vote, and those midterms for the first election since trump came into office. you can remember the mood and energy then and how many peopl
advertisers. they re the only ones who can stop it from getting worse. absolutely. we ll see how they react and see how that plays out. mehdi, great show, enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up on ayman, republican lawsuits designed to make it harder for you to vote. we ll discuss the anti-democratic actions with wisconsin attorney general josh kaul, new details on paul pelosi. reporting that zip ties were found at the scene. and the gop threat that media isn t covering, republicans are recruiting a new generation of young, far-right activists. how democrats need to fight back. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. all, right tonight, as of tonight, 22 million ballots have been cast across the country. early voting is now in full swing, so too are the legal challenges according to nbc news, more than 100 lawsuits have been filed this year, largely by republicans, targeting rules over mail-in voting, early voting, voter access, voting machines, voting registration