Obviously, in this particular election, we will focus primarily on the president ial race. We also have a nonprofit arm of priorities that is focused on how we engage in getting more people involved, particularly underrepresented people, in civic life. That includes litigation around voting rights, communicating with people of color and young people in midterm and in president ial elections to get them engaged in political life. Host how much money do you plan to spend in the election and where . Guy in 2016, we spent about 200 million. We imagine it will be in that range. Although its early to have a final budget. Right now, we are focused primarily in four states wisconsin, michigan, florida, and pennsylvania. But we expect to expand into places like arizona and north carolina. Perhaps others as we get deeper into the election. Juana in 2016, the Trump Campaign had no infrastructure to speak of and they still won. As you look ahead to 2020, they have an unlimited pocketbook, a clear
And team of warriors, big and small, on the field, playing with hearts of gold. But first the nightline five. Number good evening, and thanks so much for joining us. The gloves were off at ghs democratic debate. For some it was a night of rematches. For others a night to finally shine. The president ial contenders duking it out in michigan. A key state that narrowly swung to President Trumps favor in the 2016 election. Now the winners, losers and the voters. Reporter as democrats face off in the Battle Ground state of michigan. I do know. And i wrote the damn bill. Reporter were with voters across the state from a watch party. Thats why i like bernie. Reporter to the neighborhood bowling alley. I would like to see a woman president. I like Elizabeth Warren. Reporter even a local bakery. The only way we can win this election as democrats is if young people vote. Reporter their vote packs an extra punch. Michigan is a make or break staten the house. With this in ds. Ou think democrats wi
Much. Things a lot. You can watch live coverage of the u. S. House on cspan. The senate is about to gavel back in for more debate on defense programs and policy this afternoon. Shortly we take live to the floor of the u. S. Senate for more debate. The presiding officer the senate will come to order. The presiding officer the senator from texas. Mr. Cornyn madam president , are we in a quorum call . The presiding officer we are not. Mr. Cornyn madam president , yesterday the Senate Overwhelmingly voted to proceed to the National Defense authorization act by a vote of 868. Excuse me, 866. Thats about as overwhelming a bipartisan vote as weve had lately, and its for good reason. Because this bill represents one of our most fundamental duties as a United States congress, which is to authorize military expenditures and to provide our men and women in uniform with the resources they need in order to protect the American People. The Defense Authorization bill would authorize funding for the d
Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, along with alex wagner. And we are both here, for msnbcs special coverage of yet another primary night in america. This one in the electorally crucial state of michigan. And as of right now at this moment, eight pm eastern, polls have closed in nearly all counties across that state, other than a few in michigans upper peninsula, which will close in an hour from now. So were going to start getting results coming in, basically any second throughout the next hour. And of course, if we have that, weve got have Steve Kornacki here at the big board, ready to break down the numbers, as we have them in realtime. Along with our team of excellent reporters in michigan, to also give us the latest from there. Both the republican and democratic primaries are going on today, and the contests are interesting for a number of reasons. Not for the usual reason, which is suspense about who will win. Neither race is actually expected to be all that competitive,
could reshape murmur kansas city. in all three high profile games, they were split 63. for the highlighting the sharp ideological divide between the nine justices currently on the bench. yesterday, the court ruled in favor of lloyd smith, a wild designer from colorado who refused to work on projects related to same sex marriage, even though it is unclear if she was ever asked to do so in the first place. but, she sued on hypothetical grounds claiming that it would violate her first amendment right free speech rights and the courts six conservative members agreed. it is a major blow to members of the lgbtq community. and in her dissent, justice sonia sotomayor called the ruling quote, profoundly wrong, she explained further that quote, the act of discrimination has never constituted expression under the first amendment, also yesterday, the court struck down president biden s plan to forgive student loans for millions of americans, the court s conservative majority ruled that t