what he finally conceded on the stand today. and the family s attorney dropping a surprise bombshell. news tonight about the alleged gunman charged in the deadly mass shooting in highland park, illinois, answering to 117 felony counts in court today. and a new image of one of the youngest victims to survive the attack. the alarming report from the u.n. s nuclear chief. europe s largest nuclear plant is, quote, completely out of control. his urgent plea to ukraine and russia to help avoid a nuclear disaster. house speaker nancy pelosi s defiant message to china following her whirlwind trip to taiwan. and meeting with leaders and dissidents. china s now launching military drills around taiwan following her visit. late word tonight about a u.s. congresswoman killed in a horrific car crash. members of her staff among the victims. the death defying fall, thousands of feet in the air. the paraglider tangled in his parachute, plunging towards the ground. how he saved himse
stacey abrams will be my guest. and then new reports trump s top white house lawyers both subpoenaed by the department of justice over january six. plus he got the message is right there. you know a perjury is right? alex jones and is misinformation factory facing justice for his sandy hook lies. you must tell the truth while you testify. this is not your show. all in starts right now. good evening from washington d.c.. i m mehdi hasan and in for chris hayes. do you know the last time kansas went democratic in the presidential election? it was 1964 when lyndon b. johnson carried 44 out of 50 states plus the district of columbia. since then, republicans have won the state of kansas every four years for the last 54 years. in 2016, donald trump won kansas by 20 points. less than two years ago in 2020, he won by nearly 15 points. kansas is a red, red state, and yet last night we saw a huge win for liberals in kansas. voters resoundingly rejected and an amendment remov
knew made it happen. organizers, door knocker s, people powered politics. my very first job in politics was as a field organizer in virginia for barack obama in 2008. i learn more from politics in that one single job than any other job i ve ever had. that s why in order to be a good organizer you have to know the policy backwards and forwards, and you have to know the talking points as well as the defenses. and you apply that knowledge to the very most important skill talking to people. you have to be able to have a conversation with another human being. imagine that. truly a lost art. my first guest tonight will be too young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gates all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we ll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who s been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all pote
my first guest tonight will be two young organizers, 19 and 21 years young who have thrown themselves into this fight. one knocking on doors in kansas and one knocking down congressman matt gaetz all wrote some raising millions of funds for reproductive freedom. and then we ll be joined by the old lauren gallagher who s been working for change every day in georgia. change that we can all potentially benefit from. last night, voters in kansas voted for choice by an 18-point margin. in a state where donald trump beat joe biden by 15 points. political notes if, the politics of roe proved wrought for republicans in kansas, it s going to be even more treacherous for the gop in swinger, more moderate swath of the country. senate majority leader chuck schumer echoed that exact message earlier today. the strong pro-choice turnout we saw last night in kansas will continue well into the fall, and republicans who side with these extremist maga policies that attack women s rights to so
rights protections for their stay constitution, voting it down 59 to 41%. now just to put that in a little bit more into context, to put the entire political earthquake into context, that ballot question was supposed to be an easy win for the antiabortion side. was not even supposed to be close. a recent poll said the 47% of kansans plan to vote yes on the amendment compared to no gland vote no. and republicans were supposed to cruise to victory with their demographic advantage. last night, most of the primary races were for republicans. there was not much incentive for democrats to even show up, aside for this one ballot question. and it was a strategic and very cynical question to put this question on the primary ballot, instead of the general election. proponents of the measure were hoping and planning for a low turnout. the question itself was intentionally garbled to confuse people. the text read in part quote, to the extent permitted by the constitution of the united s