times that donald trump may have committed to cutting a deal to trade white house documents as an exchange for fbi files related to his 2016 campaign russia investigation. we ll have more on that report in just a few minutes. also not this, our women are taking to the streets in washington d.c. and several states and cities as we count down 31 base so the midterms. the women s march is holding hundreds of events today and support of reproductive rights, will have a lot of reports for that for you. also overseas, a new setback for russian president vladimir putin. and after celebrating his 70th birthday, a massive explosion rocked a key bridge that links russia and crimea and ukraine officials refer to that attack as, quote a sick burn, no one has claimed responsibility. and new fallout from president biden s warning about the risk of nuclear armageddon. russia s top of using nuclear weapons as a responsible. and there s no way to use, to use them without unintended conseque
from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin s military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let s go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? well alex, it s another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck
we are going to catch up with austin davis, he is a democratic candidate who could become the first black lieutenant governor ever. and that battleground state. plus we are continuing our series on the by nine, and their efforts to get out the vote in midterm elections. today we have the international president, stacy grant is here. she will give us the details, i am simone sanders thompson. and i have something to say. that s what a 22 midterms are now just 31 days away. it is a busy weekend for candidates on the campaign trail. this final stretch, it cannot be more urgent y all. early voting will be underway in more than 30 states by the end of this month. i m talking arizona, ohio, georgia and the next ten days. in some states, early voting has already begun. and in the crucial state of georgia, there is a senate race of course and republican ominous for senate, herschel walker continues to deny the daily beast report that he allegedly paid for his ex girlfriend s aborti
places lost in the past weeks. so this is about vengeance and spite. this prisoner, this claimed to be local but they think he s a russian soldier deserting or left behind. what else moscow left behind is far uglier. these tiny rooms in their detention center where as many as 400 prisoners were held at one time we were told. eight or nine prisoners per cell. booby traps now in their place, a warning written next to this room. so he s writing grenade there on the wall. as they move through these cells, they re finding booby traps left, it seems, by the occupying forces. that one in there, a grenade left under a tray of half-eaten food. and it just shows you the hazards that ordinary people are going to find coming back. a place like this, sure, used as a key detention center by the russians, but across this town, the damage is extraordinary but also too is the risk of unexploded o rcrdnance and boob traps. they re discovering two other scars from torture. he says he was impr
subpoenas like lolly pops, only on republicans, republican office holders and attorneys, crushing the constitution. what for? they are throwing a broad net trying to get trump, republicans, republican state legislatures caught up. i want to break it down with y you. this is your republic. let s focus on so-called fake electors. looking at language and constitution of the united states article 2, section 1, clause 2: that is the opening sentence. does not say the governor or the supreme court of the state or any court. doesn t say any board of elections or secretary of state. it says lore legislature. it represents the people best of any representative body. the state legislature. people have called this the independent legislature theory, which people? on the left who want their courts run by democrats to make decisions about election in the state, it could not be clear, you would not have a constitution today if the state legislature were not involved in making the decisio