as a progressive place. then there s the future of democracy itself today, with the republican party, in some places like arizona, deciding through its voters tonight whether the party s nominees for top jobs are backers of the big lie of baseless election fraud claims, of attacks on the way we do nonpartisan democracy in this country, with trump encoursed candidates currently viewed as front-runners, including a maga governor candidate who s pushing claims of fraud, kari lake. those who do stand up to trump, including three who threatened to voted to impeach president trump. there s more at stake than a typical primary night, and a lot more issues. as the political guru s de la soul put it, issues close like an elevator door but open once we get to the next floor. as the stakes is high, you know the stakes is high. fact check, true. the stakes is high. it is primary election day in missouri, and several high profile races could help bring voter out to the polls. histor
you can watch me every saturday and sunday, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. the beat with ari melber starts rights now. it s election night in america, and thus we have a special edition of the the beat with voters hitting the polls in five states. steve kornacki is break it down lye for us in just moments. you see him there with the first polls closing in just two hours. voters weighing in amidst these very busy times. the issues range from this week s foreign policy breakthrough over al qaeda to the first midterm referendum since the supreme court struck down the roe vs. wade protections. indeed, i can tell thaw issue is live in kansas where republicans are doubling down, pushing that vote that would green light full abortion bans. we re tracking that. the outspoken liberals are fighting off challenges. that s on display, where progressives saw some losses in san francisco, which has known