The committee will attempt to order. We are already having some technical problems. There we go. Thank you. Before i begin my Opening Statement this morning, i want to acknowledge the loss of congressman john lewis. The civil rights icon changed history. In 2015, i was honored to be among those who joined him in selma to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the bloody sunday march 2011. I send my deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Todays hearing comes at a time when our nation is experiencing confluence of the Health Crisis economic depression series of killings laid bare the racial injustices in our country. Our focus today is on covid19 disproportionate impact on black and latino seniors as well as seniors from other racial and ethnic minority movies. According to the New York Times analysis black and latino residents are infected with the virus at three times the rate of their white neighbors and they are nearly twice as likely to die from covid19. The state of maine h
That donald trump will win the Michigan Republican primary. R. That is our election projection, donald trump, the projected winner of the michigan primary. Donald michigan primary. Donald msnbc news can also project that joe biden will win the Michigan Democratic primary. Joe biden, projected winner of the Michigan Democratic primary. Steve kornacki, as always, his post at the big board. Whats the big numbers here . You can see, if youve been following the last hour here, the story has been the difference between the polls being open and close in michigan. It is i. R. A. , dickinson together, a combined 0. 5 of the combined 0. 5 of the Border Counties are closed, we can make that projection. But its been evident, as well, if youve been watching, for the last hour whats been happening here. And one of the things as, more vote has been coming in, it was initially very concentrated right here in southeastern michigan. But more votes from the rural areas, up north, are starting to come. In
Wont be voting for joe biden in november. Well roll this into a vicory in november. That is the chair of the party before the states primary. Theyre expressing confidence democrats will turn out in november despite a sizable protest vote. President biden did win the state of michigan easily last night, but with more than 100,000 people casting ballots for uncommitted, mostly in protest over his handling of the israelhamas war. On the republican side, donald trump racked up another big victory over nikki haley, but with some big Warning Signs for him there as well. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is wednesday, february 28th. With us the host of Way Too Early Jonathan Lemire, correspondent for bbc news katy kay, editor for the Washington Post david ig nase shus. Washington bureau chief for the New York Times, and from politico, sam stein. Were going to have Steve Kornacki waiting over at the board to break down the numbers for us. A couple headlines, a Big Uncommitted vote again
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,
Ruhle starts now. Starts now. Tonight, the results are in from michigan. What we learned from the biden and trump victories. Why nikki haley isnt going anywhere. In georgia, this witness was supposedly going to help oust the a fani willis, what his testimony did and didnt do. And she knows big tech and the man behind it better than anyone joins us live with her burn book as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. Good evening once again. Im stephanie ruhle. We are now 250 days away from the election, my goodness, 252 days, that is when we are going to be talking a lot about the state of michigan. Tonight we saw michigans first vote of the 2024 race, it is democratic and primaries, nbc news is projecting donald trump has won the gop race, but around one third of Republican Voters cast their ballot for someone else. And they projected an easy when lehoux more than 40,000 votes committed after an organized effort to rebuke President Biden towards his policies in israel and gaza