montana, voted to protect abortion rights. the vote tonight nullifies the states six-week abortion ban, passed by republicans in the ohio legislature that is currently being challenged in court and joining us now we think is steve kornacki, the national political correspondent for nbc news an msnbc or perhaps not. the control room thought we had steve cord aki and we thought he was going to be wandering into this studio, but he may be stuck between studios somewhere on this floor. we re gonna find. and we re gonna get him back. instead, joining us now is sherrod brown, democratic senator from ohio. mr. brown, what is your take on what the voters of whole ohio have delivered? not thrilled. i started to shut hijack your show for a moment and, do a shout out to the victory party in columbus, they have a lawrence o donnell on the screen. volunteers have been in the vineyards fighting for years for women s health and women s rights, and a whole bunch of volunteers and fundamenta
ohio voters have voted to guarantee abortion rights. supreme court overturned roe versus wade last year. voters in seven states, including republican states like kansas, kentucky, in montana, voted to protect abortion rights. the vote tonight nullifies the states six-week abortion ban passed by republicans in the legislature which is being now challenged in court. joining us now, we think, is steve kornacki, the national political correspondent for nbc news and msnbc. or perhaps not. the control room of thought we had steve kornacki, and we thought he was going to be wandering into this studio, but he may be stuck between studios somewhere on this floor. we re going to find. him were going to get him back. instead, joining us now is shan, round and craddock senator from ohio, senator brown what is your reaction to this major news tonight that the voters of ohio have delivered? not surprised and thrilled of course, lawrence i m gonna hijack your show just for a moment and do
just. close in ohio, mayors on marijuana and abortion rights are on the ballot. reproductive rights are also the center the ballot for control of the state legislature, both houses in virginia. in all of tonight s elections will be a test of a fascinating and defining political dynamic of the biden era, where we have seen democrats reliably outperforming against all odds. first, the incumbent party controlling the white house is usually at a disadvantage. boaters nationally react against swimming back in the other direction, that s why midterm elections tend to favor the party that s out of power. then of course there are conditions joe biden democrats but up, against coming out of the covid pandemic. they have dealt with serious economic headwinds that have racked most of the economies of the world. chief among them, high in inflation, which peak last year in a stunning 9.1%. the president s approval rating has suffered, to say the least. he has been underwater since his fir
this evening president biden and his allies including former president trump, including former president obama, are trying to reassure support after our disappointing performance at the first presidential debate on thursday night. the democratic party officials, some members of the biden campaign this afternoon discussed the situation. we have the dnc chair standing by to talk about this. all of this after president biden struggled on stage with an ■çapparent cold. it was his opponent, fromer president donald trump who did battle with the truth. make no mistake, we will be talking about the debate over president biden s age on the program tonight but we will also not lose sight of the egregious lies told by his opponent, fromer president donald trump and his deeply troubling proposals. nor will we ignore the actions taken this week by his ultraconservative supreme court, criminalizing homelessness and putting our personal safety, the environment, and even our democracy a
crucial so race tomorrow and will take you to the southern border tonight. we re a small community straddles both sides of a dangerous part of the border. what they re witnessing every day, and what they think here is still to come let s go out front and good evening. i m erin burnett outfront tonight, demanding a drug test. so for president trump now says president biden should be tested for drought he s saying this three days before the presidential debate right here on cnn and all caps, trump tonight, writing online quote, drug tests for cookie jar so biden three exclamation points. i would also immediately agree to 13 exclamation whites trump upping the ante on a distraction campaign. and the final hours before the debate, making up a campaign out of thin air to accuse biden of using drugs. so we could stay alert during the upcoming debate. just listen to what he s saying right now. crooked joe s gone to a log cabin to study, prepare. no, he didn t he s sleepi