am stephanie ruhle. 181 days to the midterm elections. and presenting protecting the right twos is quickly becoming a key strategy for democrats. today, all 50 senate republicans, with a help from joe manchin, blocked legislation that would have made roe v. wade federal law. now democrats are gearing up to take their case to the courts and the voters. the senate failed to stand in defensive a woman s right to make decisions about her own body. this vote clearly suggests that the senate is not where the majority of americans are on this issue. it also makes clear that a priority for all who care about this issue a priority should be, to elect pro choice leaders at the local, state and federal level. we are going to continue to highlight this issue, where land closely and strongly, between now and november. senate republicans susan collins and lisa murkowski say they are not giving up on a lot to protect the rights upheld and roe v. wade. they have introduced their own
the founders were designing a government for a country whose entire population was the same size. the same size as the population of brooklyn today. it was inconceivable to the founders that the unexplored areas of the continent would eventually include a state called wyoming, with a population smaller than many of the country s biggest cities. and that even deeper into the unexplored territory, they would eventually be a state named by its spanish speaking settlers that would eventually have a population to rival the size of some of the most influential countries in the world. and the economy of that state alone would grow to be the seventh largest economy in the world, if it were a separate country. the founders would have recognized that the 40 million people of california, being restricted to voting for the same number of senators as the 580,000 people of wyoming, is a crime against democracy. we long ago outgrew the senate formula of two per state, which has evolved to a
to emails obtained by politico. and emails from john eastman to state legislators in pennsylvania, urging them to change the vote count in favor of donald trump, saying that, having done that math, you would be left with a significant trump lead that would bolster the argument for the legislature adopting a slate of trump electors, perfectly within your authority to do anyway. but now bolstered by the untainted popular vote. that would help provide some cover. joining us now is neil, katyal who served at the department of justice. he s an msnbc legal contributor. and if i end my email to you, neil, with this will help provide some cover, do you emmy the utley call the fbi who wins emails like that? when talking about anything other than covering up a crime?
kavanaugh and alito. attorney general merrick garland has ordered the marshal service to provided tunnel security for members of the court. we are also keeping an eye on the latest in key investigations into the 2020 elections and of course the january 6th riot. nbc news has learned that the atlanta area district attorney looking into trump s alleged election tampering in georgia is not getting cooperation from people who served as fake gop electors. politico also says that the january six committee has a trove of new emails from trump ally john eastman, which shows that he urged pennsylvania lawmakers to just throw away absentee ballots to give trump the lead. that panel is getting ready to mix and today congressman adam schiff offered up this preview. without a doubt, there will be new information and new details. we expect these multi media presentations to have live testimony, video, audio,
graham said that he thought the hearing should be revenge for the way that brett kavanaugh was questioned by the committee, after brett kavanaugh was publicly accused of sexual assault and then found himself defending himself in his hearing by expressing his love for beer, among other things. nbc news has confirmed that fake trump electors in georgia are cooperating with fulton county district attorney willis s investigation of possible violations of election law by donald trump and others in georgia. trump election attorney john eastman put the criminal conspiracy in writing according to emails obtained by politico. and emails from john eastman to state legislators in pennsylvania, urging them to change the vote count in favor of donald trump, saying that, having done that math, you would be left with a significant trump lead that would bolster the argument for the legislature adopting a slate of trump electors, perfectly within your authority