Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, along with alex wagner. And we are both here, for msnbcs special coverage of yet another primary night in america. This one in the electorally crucial state of michigan. And as of right now at this moment, eight pm eastern, polls have closed in nearly all counties across that state, other than a few in michigans upper peninsula, which will close in an hour from now. So were going to start getting results coming in, basically any second throughout the next hour. And of course, if we have that, weve got have Steve Kornacki here at the big board, ready to break down the numbers, as we have them in realtime. Along with our team of excellent reporters in michigan, to also give us the latest from there. Both the republican and democratic primaries are going on today, and the contests are interesting for a number of reasons. Not for the usual reason, which is suspense about who will win. Neither race is actually expected to be all that competitive,
One of lifes most underappreciated talents is to know when its time to move on to lifes next chapter. So i stand before you today, mr president and my colleagues, to say this will be my last term as republican leader of the senate. For more on both mcconnell s stepping down and the spending deal, heres our North America correspondent gary odonoghue. After repeated attempts to get a spending agreement, it does look like leadership in congress from both sides have at least reached a partial agreement on some of the Spending Bills that they have been arguing about. It looks now in the next couple of days that resolutions were put through both the senate and the House Of Representatives to extend one of the deadlines until next friday, by which time they will pass Spending Bills on six separate departments. Now, they havent reached an agreement on the other six departments, but they are going to push the deadline for that back until march 22. So in some ways, this is progress being made, i
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Katy tur reports right now. Good to be with you. Im katy tur. Why wasnt there a red wave in 2022 . And why do we keep on seeing democrats win in blue places, in purple places, and red places . You can argue candidate quality. You can also argue threats to democracy, but you cannot argue with the impact of abortion. Ever since the Supreme Court overturned roe v. Wade, blue voters, purple voters and red voters across the country have turned up to protest it. Not through rallies or marches, though some have done that, too, but for voting. Both for candidates and for policies that promise to protect access to health care. It is the single issue that democrats close to President Biden tell me they are banking on most in 2024 in november. Just watch, theyve said. As we get into this year, there will be Court Decision after Court Decision, further restricting access and further alienating voters from the gop. And lo and be hold, here we are, the Alabama State Supreme Court ruled embryos are c