presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste
abortion access to minimum wage, there is a lot more to vote than just the candidates. and republicans radical attempts to overhaul education systems, they are targeting local school board races and being funded by conservative packs. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. started. new tonight, tim ryan the democratic senate candidate in ohio has just invoked a brutal attack on speaker pelosi s husband, urging voters to reject political extremism and threats of violence. he said, quote, in part, we go to the polls fearlessly, we govern fearlessly, because they want to try to scare you. they want to try to scare us, right? we see this level of political violence happening now against a third ranking constitutional officer in the country. and that new urging is where we begin our second hour tonight. on friday, speaker pelosi spoke publicly for the first time about the assault on her husband. thank you, thank you for your kind words your prayers and her good wishes
have enough to go around if you need a. dose hopefully so, i take anything i can get these days. it s good to see you my friend, enjoy the rest of your evening. good evening to you, welcome to ayman tonight. fighting to save our democracy, we re bringing you special midterm coverage with for secretary of state on the front lines of that fight. plus, new immersive team by the january six committee review and election subversion plan that goes all the way to the u.s. supreme court. and biden and obama hit the campaign trail, hear the closing arguments to voters in the final days of this election. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. so the first polls close in less than 72 hours, when 39 million early ballots had already been cast, and here is president obama in just a short time ago in philadelphia. fundamental rights are on the bout. truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency are on the bout. democracy itself is on the bout. the stakes are high. [
we were just looking at a life house on the north shore of the detroit. river i am on an island in the middle of the. river that is detroit, believe it or not to my north. that is canada believe it or not to myself. when you are in detroit and you look at canada you re actually looking south to word windsor but i love being here partly because i can swim to my home country. it is saturday october the 22nd. that is the renaissance center, the home to general motors. from electability you re just looking at a detroit it is 9 am in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. today 17 days before election day i am here in belle isle to state park in detroit michigan, in this crucial swing state to bring you a very special edition of velshi across america 2022. yesterday i had a fascinating and important conversation with a group of michigan but voters from across the political spectrum as election day approaches. we are going to share more of it with you in the coming hours even
wave. within the terms just nine weeks away, i m talking live to rising democratic star michigan state senator mallory mcmorrow. and later another week, another report of ginni thomas trying to overturn the 2020 election. you might be surprised to know just how she seemed to be very passionate about the peaceful transfer of power. i ll do my best introduced pasture need to courage any thomas all of that and more is coming up. and a happy sunday morning to you this labor day weekend. i am kate. even though trump lashing out last night, lashing out at biden in the doj. and revealing more details about the search at the mar-a-lago. states including a claim that eight to suddenly look through melania things but also a 16 year old sons room. for all of the highlights and the low, lights we turn to nbc news correspondent george police in pennsylvania. good morning, george. good, morning katie. certainly a lot to unpack in this nearly two-hour address to his supporters. mr. trum