speaker. at home we re watching a major test of former president trump s influence over the republican party. in the five states where voters are headed to the polls today to vote in primary elections, all eyes will be on the slate of candidates who the former president endorsed and have embraced the big lie that the 2020 election was stolen. will that message resonate with republican primary voters? today will also be a big test for these three house republicans who were among the ten who voted to impeach the former president. will they survive after taking a critical stand? one of today s biggest tests will happen in kansas where abortion rights are on the ballot for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. we ll have the latest into the massive implications of that vote. let s get right into it with nbc s steve kornacki at the big board. steve, what are you looking for this morning? a couple things, jose, you touched on. i think this referendum in
on the ballot motivate more democratic voters to get out to the polls. also, you ve got the independent voters in kansas who can t vote in either party s primary, but they could go to the polls today and vote in this referendum. how many of them who would have had no interest in voting in one of the party s primaries, how many will show up to vote on this referendum. there are x factors, variables in terms of who is going to make up the electorate in kansas tonight. we could get a little test here of what side debate gets more motivated by this, if one side gets more motivated. we could see that in some of the turnout patterns. this will be an interesting one to follow. it s a little tricky because it s unusual to have a referendum being voted on in a primary and not a general election. steve kornacki, thank you very much for that explanation. so the big question tonight, will former president trump s endorsement matter, and will it matter in a big way?
there is a serious question here, where is the outrage from aoc when it comes to the fact that women and girls are going to be subjected to the most for fixing one could imagine, where is the outrage. i thought she was a champion of women and girls? that is the fraud of the whole thing. always people indoctrinating our military with all this woke terminology handed over the country to the worst human rights abusers in the world but specifically members of the lgbt queue community. think of the story we were covering with pride parade in this country that didn t want cops to come, i m not trying to start that side debate but if you throw a pride parade in afghanistan, the cops are coming with you invite them or not. everybody lost perspective and that s the fraud of the whole
really interesting side debate in federal law enforcement and media about whether law enforcement ought to prosecute leaks. sometimes to prosecute leaks we need to get records from journalists, not journalists who are targets of the investigation but journalists who spoke to the leaker. the leaker is the person who is under investigation. the leaker is the one who either violated grand jury secrecy rules or disclosed classified information. so, i would say this and i would say it kindly and respectfully the media can t have it both ways. they can t always report on leaks and then object when leaks are being investigated. indeed. former u.s. attorney chuck rosenberg, thank you very much for coming on this morning. coming up, does president biden legitimize vladimir putin by meeting with him face to face? one of our next guests thinks so and says a high-level summit will only make the russian leader s behavior get worse. we re going to talk to garry
sharon bialek here this morning with her skoir. guilty of the charge of involuntary manslaughter. a jury decides the fate of invi conrad murray. what s next. it s a roar. oh, my god. and way too close for comfort. storm chasers catching amazing video of a tornado on the ground in oklahoma on this american morning. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good morning. it is tuesday, november 8. welcome to american morning. first, shocking accusations against herman cain. this morning the washington examiner is raising stories. a fifth woman said he asked to be set up on a dinner date with another woman after a speech he gave. this after accuser number four came forward and didn t hold back. her name is sharon bialek. she s a single mother from chicago who worked for the national res straugs association back in the 1990s. she was laid off and met with herman cain to ask for help finding another position. with glory yad aia allred by he giving a detailed account of