with some republicans already set to challenge results before any votes are counted. then, yes, inflation is up. but so is the man. we are still willing to pay the price. a real look at the economy, and where it stands right now. and what kids 16 billion bucks by. that s what s been spent on these midterm races. the big money in politics, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are just five days before the midterm elections, there are new concerns about attempts to prevent voters from even casting their ballots. and keep election workers from helping them do just that. the new york times reporter warning voting s are now coming for election officials in several different states. they say efforts to intimidate voters and undermine public confidence in the electoral process are intensifying. even as voter fraud is rare. and nbc news says election officials are on alert. for conspiracy fueled threats. they re als
price. a real look at the economy, and where it stands right now. and what kids 16 billion bucks by. that s what s been spent on these midterm races. the big money in politics, as the 11th hour gets underway on this thursday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. we are just five days before the midterm elections, there are new concerns about attempts to prevent voters from even casting their ballots. and keep election workers from helping them do just that. the new york times reporter warning voting s are now coming for election officials in several different states. they say efforts to intimidate voters and undermine public confidence in the electoral process are intensifying. even as voter fraud is rare. and nbc news says election officials are on alert. for conspiracy fueled threats. they re also reporting increased harassment of poll workers, and they worry that needs delay the results could lead to even more lies about, quote, stolen elections. one top o
footsie with his far right colleagues. now because mccarthy is quarreling with that same group today does not mean he is resembling a moderate. it does not change the fact that right now in humiliating public fashion, kevin mccarthy is clawing and scraping his way he hopes to the speakership, trying desperately to halt what looks like at this hour, at lee, a runaway train. it s where we begin today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. nbc news senior correspondent, garrett hague, covering the action. and former stpho claire mccaskill is here, and claire and david are both msnbc contributors. ferret, what is happening now? right now we are seeing the third vote get ready to take place here, and this one will have kevin mccarthy introduced by steve scalise and placed in nomination by steve scalise, and for the second time in a row, you have people that could be foes to mccarthy, placing his name in nomination. the last round we saw with jim jordan, and far mor
rating is cratering. the white house and the senate and the house. voter wills hold us accountable. can democrats convince voters to focus on abortion and donald trump? the ex-president said he made his 2024 decision. american carnage. that s donald trump s new legacy. the watergate break-in is like a cub scout meeting compared to this assault. how pennsylvania s senate race became all about the jersey shore. i heard that you moved from new jersey to pennsylvania to look for a job but jersey will not forget you. inside politics sourced by the best reporters now. hello and welcome. i m abby phillip. for the second time in seven months joe manchin stuck a dagger in the heart of the biden administration. he s rejecting a plan with higher taxes on businesses and the wealthy to fight climate. manchin fights inflation that ham strung the biden administration. economists say the bill has nothing to do with prices but manchin told chuck schumer that he is not convin
could, in the end, be meaningless. according to reporting in politico reinhart carefully reviewed signing off and considers the affidavit to be reliable. judge reinhart also notes that donald trump s legal team has not at this point filed anything, anything at all in the legal battle over the affidavit that is despite their public demands that the affidavit be made public in all of their bluster and extreme rhetoric about a supposed lack of transparency from doj. rhetoric that, of course, has led to a surge in threats against doj and the fbi. team trump s total silence on the issue in court raises even more questions about what politico terms the throw everything against the wall response to the search itself. they write this. trump and his team have not yet settled on a single approach about what may come, in. trump has often used litigation to delay and has loathed to go on offense particularly when he s likely to lose. while it is unclear whether the former president or an