16 days and counting. a brand-new nbc news poll just released this morning gives us new insight into the midterms as president biden tells me what s at stake in our exclusive interview. when you are an undergraduate school, they talk about every generation has to protect democracy. it really does and i think we re at one of those inflection points in history. and house speaker nancy pelosi joins me live to talk about how democrats can keep control of the house and what could happen if they don t. i m jonathan kaye part. and this is the sunday show. this sunday, the midterms are just 16 days away in a new nbc news poll shows that the economy, threats to democracy and immigration are among the top issues for voters. it also showed intense polarization. around 80% of both republicans and democrats think the opposing parties agenda poses a threat that will quote destroy america as we know it. and while republicans are still favored to take the house, the race for the senate i
young activists. for now i am yasmin use egan. i will be back next sunday at 2 pm eastern. , simone some bright bombt pm eastern , si greetings. you are watching symone. with just 16 days before election day the poll also shows a staggering level of polarization and even angle that is fueling look at this mean for both parties, especially in some of the tightest races? we are going beyond the beltway today. two congressional candidates are joining me to discuss the final stretch of their races, an election where every seat counts and the balance of power in the future of democracy. plus, legal battles over the election and your voting rights. and early voting options like mail-in ballots, all in the face of coordinated efforts to suppress them. and later, my culture critics are what she calls her story of 13 about her music video not to her eating disorder why they are talking about it i am symone and i have something to say. we are just 16 days away from
who might win, what they might do with the power of elected office. the poll finds 81% of democrats believe if the gop agenda is not stopped, america will be destroyed as we know it. 79% of republicans say the same about democrats, the nbc news poll also 57% of voters saying next month raises for u.s. house, senate are more important to them than in the past midterm elections. this all comes as early voting surges in several battleground states. new reporting from today s new york times reads quote, days into early voting in the 2022 midterm election. states across the country have seen a surge of voters casting ballots at in-person voting sites, and by mail. the latest sign the 2020 election ushered in a transformation, the way americans vote. experts say the signs of overturn turnout will be strong. but they re quick to caution that it s still early in the voting calendar. many states and some have not started. earlier on msnbc, house speaker nancy pelosi laid out the c
nickname for his political foes. not every republican is maag are republican, not every republican group embraces that extreme ideology but i know because i ve been able to work with mainstream republicans the whole year. the extreme maga republicans in congress have chosen to go backwards full of anger, violence, hate, division b of the biggest contrast from what maga republicans, the extreme right, the trumpies. the media is running with him. these days it feels like we are not just at the brink of a civil war but one has already begun. trump supporter similarly begun speaking the language of violence. this is to defend their dear leader. it s a fascist movement that has embraced white nationalism and wants to impose its religious beliefs. it s americans versus speed 12. it could be more dangerous since ninth 1860. in 1861 they were dispersed but they couldn t conspire together and decide how to attack the capitals stated on the 6th of january on social media. j
they regain power. they re telling us. they re being straight about it. they will appeal lower prescription drug prices and raise drug prices. the social security and medicare. they ll pass massive tax cuts for the wealthy, make them permanent, but they are not now individual tax cuts. delta and the very foundation of american economy, if we don t meet their demands. here s the thing, that s not conjecture. you don t have to just take the presidents word for it. this week, in an interview with punchbowl news, house minority leader kevin mccarthy, he laid out his vision as a potential speaker, and that includes holding the economy hostage, refusing to raise the debt ceiling unless his demands for spending cuts are met. now, this all sounds familiar, it should. congress raised the that ceiling three times when donald trump was president. the washington post reporting it as avoiding the market rattling, economic showdowns that congressional republicans had force one democrat