he was born in 1827, he was a minister in the church, he served as a chaplain for the union army during the american civil war. then in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislature to the united states senate believe it or not. the first ever black man stand to either body of congress in our country s history, was him. it is sort of hard to imagine that today, mississippi was the first day to actually send a black man to the, congress but they did. and they did it all the way back in 1870. and then believe it or not, an 1875, they did it again. the mississippi legislator said blanche k bruise to the united states senate. that s the second time ever a black man was elected to that chamber. and you re probably wondering why or how that happened. the reason mississippi was actually able to make history like that all the way back in the 1870s was because of reconstruction. after the civil war, mississippi was forced to adopt a bunch of new laws and franchising the states n
ironic it is that your the justice says when they re nominate and they re going through the confirmation process, they say we don t like to comment on hypothetical cases. and it was watching the opening segment and it was like no one is aggrieved, there actually is no case here, but they have no problem making decisions about hypothetical cases if, that, say someone one day was aggrieved. that s a great point. they re-found their ability to weigh in on high post. exactly. great show as always, my friend. great to see, you enjoy the rest of your evening off. and thanks to at-home for joining us tonight. alex has the night off. i m filling in for her this evening. but we begin tonight with the supreme court. and his name was jerome rebels he was born in 1827 he was a minister in the amy church. he served as a chaplain for the army for the american civil war. and in 1870, he was elected by the mississippi legislator to the united states senate believe it or not. the firs
singers: safelite repair, safelite replace. at this hour, we are live all across the state of new hampshire where thousands of voters have been lining up since 6:00 this morning. they were bundled up, getting ready to cast their ballots in this primary. what they re telling us. i could not vote for trump. trump, of course. trump, of course. were you considering anybody else? no. we didn t want joe biden to win and we didn t want trump to win. your vote for nikki haley was more about donald trump. yeah. and just a short time ago, donald trump greeting the crowd at a polling place saying he feels very confident. will he get his wish for a knockout win or can nikki haley deliver a major upset in a state that s delivered big political surprises. today, she s telling supporters now is not the time to write her political obituary. and president biden and harris are teaming up to target republicans on abortion rights. what we know about their first joint camp
party is becoming more and more unified. the numbers in my opinion will be higher than what you are even seeing. you are seeing very big numbers. but you gotta go and vote. nikki haley is making what could be her last stand, betting her hopes on crushing the numbers of undeclared voters and doing better than expected with republicans. you have to work it. you have to fight for it. you have to earn every single vote. they want to see work. our reporters are at the polls. steve kornacki is at the big board ready to break it all down. yes. independents make up a bigger share in new hampshire than anywhere else. she s got to get that number. 65%, 70%, something like this. among republicans, that number is too low. it s got to take up closer to 30 points. joining me on this election day, haley s top supporter, new hampshire s popular republican governor, chris sununu, on her chances for an upset. he is not on today s ballot, but president biden s supporters are trying to
sunday morning at 10 am eastern for my show velshi. all in with chris hayes starts now. tonight on all in. ts donald trump had a direct and personal role in this effort, as did rudy giuliani, as did john eastman. the other federal investigation into trump s attempted coup. everything that was done was done illegally by the trump legal team, according to the rules, and on the leadership of rudy on. tonight there s route new trouble for today immunity to fake electors. then, what is happening in russia tonight. as the leader of thousands of russian mercenaries affective lay declares war against russia s military. plus, thank god almighty, for the dobbs decision. the republicans, on the wrong side of voters. as two thirds of the country rejects the dobbs decision on abortion. you ain t seen nothing yet. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. a lot going on on this friday night. tonight we have some big developments in both t