and i just thought that, you know, every election, every time there s a chance to vote and to say something, you have to go out and say it. we re going to discuss all that ahead. but in new york, there are four other congressional races we are watching closely. in new york s 12th congressional district, long-time democratic representatives jerry nadler and carolyn maloney were forced into the same race due to redistricting. nadler won that primary ending maloney s 30-year stint in congress. seant patrick maloney and jone were almost forced to run against each other, same way nadler and maloney were. but congressman jones is running in new s york s newly-drawn ten district. he is facing a crowded field including dan goldman, former lead counsel during donald trump s first impeachment, who spent millions of his own money in that race. goldman is currently leading the pack butnt the race still too close to call. tonight, congressman maloney, the current share of the dccc. th
plus, 700 and counting, that s the latest number of classified documents that donald trump had at mar-a-lago. we ll explain why there s likely many more to come. also ahead, president biden is expected to announce a decision today on a controversial plan that could impact millions of americans. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, august 24th. i m sam stein, in for jonathan lemire. results are pouring in this morning after key primaries in new york in one of the most closely-watched races this primary season, nbc news projects that congressman jerry nadler has won the democratic primary for new york s 12th congressional district. he defeated his fellow encouple bantd, maloney. third candidate in the race was patel, former staffer for president obama who ran on the platform of generational change. and new york s 17th district, democratic congressman sean patrick maloney beat back a fierce primary challenge from progressive state senator biaggi
abortion rights after the supreme court s decision to overturn roe v. wade. while republican mark molinaro focused on inflation and crime. in the end, pat ryan, the democrat, beat his republican opponent. here is how his fellow new yorker and congressman sean patrick maloney, who runs the dccc and just won his own primary viewed that race. that is an earthquake and should send sifrs down the sign of kevin mccarthy and tom elmert, because their dreams of a big republican wave just went up in flames. the person you want to break this down, steve kornacki, who called the race the single biggest results of the primary season. we re going to get steve s ear piece fixed in a moment. he ll join me in just a second to break down all of these results out of new york and florida. and more revelations about the classified documents at the center of the fbi s search at mar-a-lago, including new questions about the risk to our national security. those boxes contain documents classifie
away abortion rights, we said this is not what america stands for. can we really make broad predictions about how abortion will play from what happened in a blue state look new york? well, yes, as one of the best political prognosticators out there, dave wasserman, will explain later on. it was also a good night for the mainstream candidates. jerry nadler bested a self-style progressive change candidate. and it seems like potentially daniel goldman might as well, though that race is still too close to call. while on the republican side, ultra maga candidates calling for the arrest of anti-maga candidates all lost. charlie crist is now the democratic challenger to ron desantis. and val demings will take on marco rubio. it s all happening and it all getting very interesting indeed. let s begin with that special election up there in new york s 19th. dasha burns is in kingston, new york. ryan put abortion front and center. he said this is about women s rights, it s about freedo
science guy coming up. and also making the beat debut is one of the few live witnesses from the january 6th committee hearings, an expert who stuck to the fact about donald trump s lies and found telling the truth can become something of an act in the maga universe. all of that is coming up here but our top story right now is about democracy, and i d like to clearly tell you what we re trying to do around here. so let me tell you up front right now this is a little different than our typical start to this news program the beat. right now i m going to try to walk through the broader path of how democracy is in danger even beyond how that point itself has become a kind of rhetorical refrain in washington, a refrain that is also true. so we re going to go through that right now, me and you together, and then turn to a special expert on this a little later. the mid-term elections may occur on one day in november, and we know that, of course, is election day. but these primari