.where former presidents and future presidents have made news. so, you want to be president? i do. men marrying men, women marrying women, and heterosexual men and women are entitled the same exact rights. in four years, you re going to be interviewing me, and you re going to say, what a great job you ve done, president trump. .where the next day s headlines appear first. i would not support the sending of an american team to the olympics. .where leaders from around the world answer tough questions. democracy s my idea. a weak israel can be thrown into the sea. .where civil rights leaders have shared their struggles. we must move, but we must move with wisdom. i m still convinced that there is nothing more powerful to dramatize a social evil than the tramp-tramp of marching feet. i understand that i ve broken the ice. i was not bitter then. i m not bitter now. .and where everyone is held accountable. you know what i say? i got egg on my fac
please, call now, or you can go to lovesshriners.org. thank you so much for lets us into your homes during these truly extraordinary times. the beat starts right now. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. you know what time it is. we re inside one week to the mid terms. the record-breaking turnout is happens. the latest numbers show more than 29 million americans have already voted, competing those trump mid terms of 2018. we re in full gear, and it s a tense backdrop for the races. there are active federal warnings about threats and attacks on poll workers and the voting process itself. we have seen records of these self-appointed poll watchers showing up in tactical gear, like that shot out of arizona. and election deniers are running for office, it s not normal. threats to lawmakers have increased tenfold over the several years over the trump era. more campaigns will turn on the question of whether candidates will honor democracy itself. these are truly unusual stak
wallace. i was happy to be in with for her. tonight, bill maher makes his debut live tonight a week out from the midterms. we re going talk about everything you want to hear bill maher talk about and maybe some of the thing you don t, which is why bill maher makes for a good guest. paul pelosi, a defendant in the attack, arained. we begin with election day. we are one week out, and we have the continuation of what sounds like an american trend line, because early voting is smashing records. that means it s big interest. it is left, right, center or something else? we ll get into it. let me start with the most important number we have, it s not a poll or a prediction testimonies a fact in america one week out that 25 million people have cast their ballots early. that continues the trend i ve told you about, outpacing trend by over 3 million vote, and those midterms for the first election since trump came into office. you can remember the mood and energy then and how many peopl
obviously losing patience. right now you re sitting up here playing cards because they are short staffed and we can check-in and get in there in time so we are waiting for more people to come in. i was supposed to leave at 1:30 and they delayed it to 3:00 p.m. already today. i don t know if i m going to get out on time or not. i brought my laptop charger and i may be hanging out here for a while. we are hoping the plane is there when we are ready to get on and a pilot to fly it, so we have to get back and get back to life. mike: charles watson s life from hartsfield-jackson airport in atlanta. good morning, charles. good morning, mike and julie. things are pretty busy here in atlanta so far this morning but so far operations appeared to be moving smoothly here at hartsfield-jackson atlanta international. that said, passengers should prepare for another busy day at airports. the delays and cancellations are already racking up this morning. we are seeing about 140 u.s
screen, developments in great britain right now. the very future of boris johnson, the prime minister that is under duress, if you look at it that way from his own conservative government, 359 members that are voting whether he should stay in power or that they have lost confidence in him. we should know the results soon as the leader of the torres goes, someone else would have to take over. who that next person would be. the unlikely that this happens is anyone s guess. even if he survived this vote, there s no guarantee that he won t still be wounded political bait. so we re watching that closely. we should know of his fate shortly. meantime, here, we re also keeping an eye on what s happening on the inflation front, which is now running out of control. gas prices hitting another record. the administration now focusing on this and not quite the way you d think. mark meredith has more from washington. mark? hey, neil. good afternoon. gas prices are breaking records on a ne