But they will give us a huge indicator of our politicians fortunes as we hurtle towards the big contest. The Prime Minister tried to look cheerful on the campaign trail. But hes been under the cosh for many months. If the results are gruesome, could rishi sunak sjob be at risk . Will sir keir starmer be able to show convincing progress tonight . Labours been miles ahead in the National Polls for months though real life votes are what really count. Ed davey and his army of activists want to call time on the tories. In how many parts of the country will they get their way . Thousands of Council Seats are up for grabs, a by election in blackpool, Police Commissioners are being chosen too, and there are elections for those powerful mayors around the country it is the biggest test of Public Opinion before The General Election. Reeta chakrabarti will bring us the numbers as the hours tick by. These are the seats at the main parties are defending. Just under 1000 for the conservatives, and fo
hello, new york. thank you for joining us live at town hall in new york city for this very, very special edition of why is this happening. he is incisive, he is big hearted, he is very, very, very smart. and admitted, he s taller than you expected. please give a warm welcome to my friend, my beloved colleague, msnbc s chris hayes. thank you. hey. oh, stop. stop it. how are you? good. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. thank you. sit down, sit down. thank you. that s extremely kind. i hate attention and positive feedback. that was a really hard 20 seconds for me. thank you for cutting it short. it s amazing to be here in my hometown of new york city. i got some family here. so tonight, we re going to talk about democracy. and that word, we probably talk more about democracy in the last four, five years than i had in all of my time before that. like, even that as a topic seems weird. we all know, america is a democracy. there s a certain kind of history you re taught
this evening, president biden this evening, president biden is at camp david,■ç calling to nbc news reporting that he s discussing the future of his presidential campaign with family members. the president has come under fire for his feeble performance at last week s debate, several newspapers and the editorial boards have called for him to step aside. so far, most democratic lawmakers have kept their criticisms private. meantime, the conservative dominated supreme court is set to wrap up it s a controversial term tomorrow morning with a ruling on of the sessions most consequential s cases, they will determine whether or not former president trump enjoys constitutional immunity.■ç at a time when he s already been convicted of 34 felonies in new york, and is still facing three more criminal cases. republicans have vowed to stand by their candidate regardless of the extent of his legal liabilities, joining me now is democratic congresswoman mckayla williams from georgia.