one of us tweets a lot then the other person. i like to three. i m a poster from my veins. to my cellular level, i love to post. and i am s health but, if i may. i think i ve a little more self awareness. then elon musk. a little bit. okay. okay. it is crosstalk, so we can t really get into it. i can t believe you re not agreeing. i support the self awareness. and certainly, the conversation. thank you as always. and thank you for joining us this evening. and thank you so often up in the air. but you can go ahead and you can circle the state in pen. june 1st. that is the deadline for congress to reach a deal where the u.s. is plunged into financial catastrophe. it is an important day. and man, it is really coming up. it is really around the corner. there was some hope that the debt ceiling deadline could be pushed off through financial hocus pocus. but no such luck. today, treasury secretary janet yellen confirmed that yes, i, or we all go over the cliff. and ye
citizens. that is the pitch. that guy, who had the endorsement of pillow ceo and election conspiracist michael lindell, he was running to be kentucky s republican candidate for secretary of state. tonight, local news outlets, including the nbc affiliate in lexington, kentucky, there reporting that mr. knipper has lost. the incumbent secretary of state has also republican but not, importantly, a election denier. he seems to be beating mr. knipper candidly. we know there are not a ton of big names in the ballot tonight, but democracy itself is definitely on the ballot. and the 2024 race is certainly on the ballot. the great steve join me live here, coming up in just a few minutes to discuss all of this. this.
tonight, the question of whether pennsylvania democrats get to keep control of it will be determined by two special elections, one in a republican stronghold, and the other in the suburbs of philadelphia. as expected, the ap just announced that the republican candidate running in that republican stronghold has won. then there is the state of kentucky, where a trump endorsed attorney general, daniel cameron, has won the republican gubernatorial primary. in november, cameron will face incumbent governor anti best year, who s considered one of the most vulnerable democrats in the country. joining us now is msnbc national and political correspondent steve greer nagy, without whom we would all be lost. it s good to see you, steve. it is election night, and it s not the big names, the household names that people are familiar with, but these are the machinery of governance, and in many ways, election integrity. let s first start with the gubernatorial race in kentucky. andy beshear, very vuln