politicsnation. tonight s lead, 100 days to election. a lot is on the line. who will take control? right now, america s going towards a milestone election. the culmination of a mid term cycle defying uncertainty of over the economic shocks still really roaring or nation. over the supreme s court decision overturning roe versus wade. and the political upheaval still playing out over a year after the january 6th insurrection. the struggle is real for democrats trying to hold on to their majorities in the senate, and in congress. both of which hanging by a thread while the biden administration has to fight off out from midterms, trying to promote its and the parties considerable accomplishments despite the president s dismal approval ratings. the injuring influence of president trump and his big lie on the republican side. hanging in the balance, the future of the congressional january 6th investigation, republicans having vowed to dissolve it, along with the biden legacy to
identity. it is part of who we are, and it s why we will never forget. i am katie fang, in for ayman mohyeldin. coming up in our second hour of a man, the accession of a new king, what is in store for us chose the third takes the throne and a nation mourns their beloved queen. plus, a surgeon young female voters. the president of planned parenthood action fund joins me to discuss the potentially long lasting effects of overturning roe v. wade on an american electorate. and stunning allegations. a former united states attorney claims the trump justice department pressured him to play politics. let s get started. let s begin our second hour together. back across the pond as we learn the details on where and when clean elizabeth s funeral will be taking place. buckingham palace announced her funeral will be held at once statements to abby monday, september 19th. for four days before the funeral, the queen will lie in state at westminster hall for the public to visit and pay its
tonight. a bulletin from the fbi and department of homeland security warns of a surge in threats and calls for violence against federal law enforcement officers and government personnel. according to nbc s kelly o donnell, the bulletin includes the following passages. these threats are occurring across multiple platforms online, including social media sites, web forums the fbi warned that it has seen personal identifying information for possible targets of violence, like home addresses and identification of family members as additional targets. horrific stuff. earlier today, a man died by suicide after driving a car into a barrier outside of the u.s. capitol building. the individual got out of the car, and as officers approached fired shots into the air before ultimately shooting himself. this all comes on the heels of the cincinnati fbi field office attack on thursday, carried out by a former january 6th insurrectionists, who seems to be incited by the maga cult response t
washington today, and many same republican politicians who are running up that hill still came out to kiss his ring. plus, the pain that alex jones inflicted on the families of the sandy hook massacre victims as he stands trial for defamation. and dr. anthony fauci will be my guest on white house plans to get the monkeypox outbreak under control. not a sentence i thought i d ever say. good evening, everyone, jason johnson in tonight for joy reid. we begin the reidout with signs that the justice department is widening its investigation into january 6th and the efforts to overturn the election. in an exclusive interview today with nbc s lester holt, attorney general merrick garland said that the department s investigation is moving at an unprecedented speed, and he refuses to rule out prosecuting the twice-impeached former president for his actions. you said in no uncertain terms the other day that no one is above the law. yeah. that said, the indictment of a former
this week. brand new cnn reporting reveals donald trump wants his allies to try to drown out the damning evidence, but the top republican believes americans will tune in. we are not in a situation where former president trump has expressed any sense of remorse about what happened. we are, in fact, in a situation where he continues to use even more extreme language, frankly, than the language that caused the attack. and so people must pay attention. people must watch and must understand how easily our democratic system can unravel if we don t defend it. we begin the hour with an awful all too normal weekend in america. violence and gun deaths virtually from coast to coast. this is now routine, sadly. ten mass shootings. ten mass shootings since friday. you see them on the map here in philadelphia, multiple shooters turned south street, home to bars into a scramble for survival. three were killed. in tennessee two died and 14 wounded. in south carolina a gunman turned a gra