cast your ballots tomorrow. we got an inside look at the key races in the midterms. our sit down with tonight show host and author jimmy fallon. we discussed his new bilingual children s book and introduce you to its star. this is american voices. we begin this hour with the subpoena standoff. former president trump versus the january six committee. the committee s final hearing before the midterms put trump on the spot. nine members voted to demand his testimony. the next step, getting trump to actually take the stand. committee member adam kinzinger today warning that a contempt referral is not out of the question. as we are wrapping up the investigation, we are pursuing new leads and facts. we want to speak to the president. look, he s made it clear he has nothing to hide, what he says. he should come in on the day we ask him to come into. if he pushes off beyond that, we will figure out what to do next. the clock is ticking. the january six committee has just over t
former presidents are no different. all right, good morning, everyone. welcome to the cross connection, i m tiffany cross. as you just saw, to cap up the week, donald trump is feeling that heat, because his legal woes are piling up. from being sued by the state of new york, for 200 and $50 million for a large business fraud, to an appeals court siding with the justice department and allowing the doj to review classified documents seized from mar-a-lago, too, of course, now the special master demanding that trump backed up his claim that the fbi planted evidence during the search of mar-a-lago. trump has until next friday to prove that the judge is essentially like, we don t believe you, you need more people. you can guess how inspiration as inspiration as our reacting. of course, by throwing a fit online. you re with me is political contributor, jason johnson, who was like this morning, i will tell. you also joining me is msnbc legal analyst and civil rights attorney, charl
politicsnation. tonight s lead, 100 days to election. a lot is on the line. who will take control? right now, america s going towards a milestone election. the culmination of a mid term cycle defying uncertainty of over the economic shocks still really roaring or nation. over the supreme s court decision overturning roe versus wade. and the political upheaval still playing out over a year after the january 6th insurrection. the struggle is real for democrats trying to hold on to their majorities in the senate, and in congress. both of which hanging by a thread while the biden administration has to fight off out from midterms, trying to promote its and the parties considerable accomplishments despite the president s dismal approval ratings. the injuring influence of president trump and his big lie on the republican side. hanging in the balance, the future of the congressional january 6th investigation, republicans having vowed to dissolve it, along with the biden legacy to
committee and other former cabinet members. they are in negotiations to do the same. yet, there are some things that neither the justice department nor the january six committee may ever find out. the washington post reported this week that even more testimony and text messages sent and received by federal employees around the time of the insurrection were deleted. they may be gone forever. this latest news involves the phone records of former acting homeland security secretary, chad wulf, and his acting deputy secretary ken cuccinelli. the situation closely resembles the recent revelations of the secret service may have also deleted and failed to preserve text messages that may be relevant to the january six investigation. including, from the phones of agents who were signed to donald trump on the day of the insurrection. for more on this, i am joined now by his betsy who is a national correspondent for politico. she is also an msnbc contributor. so, betsy, let s start with
shameful. joining me is linda win, she is executive director of run api. natasha brown, cofounder of black voters matter, and of course erin haines, editor at large for the 19th and msnbc political contributor. mary very happy to have you ladies here. they are natasha, you look very tendonitis this morning, happy to see this morning. natasha, i want to kick it off with. you you are on the ground, moving and communities all over this country. and, i m curious what is your consensus about engagement when it comes to the people? are they hype and ready? once again, to battle voter suppression and at the polls, or will it take some convincing from community validators to get people engaged? and i just want to point out that someone tweeted me this morning and said, it s really not about enthusiasm when it comes to voting, it s about motivation. so i m curious your thoughts on that as well. yeah, you know they are not hype but what they are is they are pissed off. that we are se