californians overwhelmingly reported to keep gavin newsom as their governor, instead of handing the governorship to trump supporting radio host larry elder. here is governor gavin newsom tonight, thanking voters for rejecting trumpism, and larry elder. in the state of california. we said yes to all those things that we hold dear, as california s and i would argue as americans. economic justice, social justice, environmental justice, our values were california has made so much progress. all of those things are on the ballot this evening, and so i m humbled and grateful, to the millions and millions of californians to exercise their fundamental right to vote. and express themselves to overwhelmingly reject the division, by rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that s defined our politics. leading off our election coverage once again at this hour, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. steve, what are the latest numbers? you got him
fashion. elder s campaign website now features a link to this site here that urges residents to sign a petition, quote, demanding a special session of the california legislature to investigate the twisted results of the recall the problem, there are no results yet, and there are no problems as of yet for sure. trump treading familiar territory releasing a statement pushing baseless claims about a rigged election that, yes, hasn t even happened. familiar or not, you can t brush it off. 59% of republicans they support for the lies about the last election are important to being republican. it s the price of admission. you can t brush it off because this saturday here in washington there s a rally planned at the capitol in support of the rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6th. a source tells cnn law enforcement is preparing for forces to be armed, new security fencing set to go up. police arrested a man who had a bayonet, and machete, had a swastika and other symbo
the right decision to leave. there s no evidence that staying longer would have made the afghan government any more resilient or self sustaining. if 20 years, hundreds of billions of dollars and support and training did not suffice, why would another year, another five, another ten? now this comes as president biden is about to land in colorado where he will make another pitch for his build back better plan. democrats hammer out the detils of a reconciliation bill to make the proposal a reality. we re going to talk with pramila jayapal about where things stand at this hour. now it is also recall day in california. voters in that state decide if governor gavin newsome should remaun in office. this vote comes as senate democrats put forward a new ill to protect voting rights. we re going to talk with alex padilla about the path forward. now in texas, more than 300,000 homes and businesses are without power after tropical storm nicholas made land fall. bringing high ones and
conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden. that was ten years ago. think about that. we re going to stay until we have a deal or we have total victory. i ve learned the hard way, there is never a good time to withdraw u.s. forces. the taliban is continuing its offensive across afghanistan. taliban fighters have broken through the front line. the afghan army has collapsed. the central government has fallen. panic fills the air in kabul. president biden said this is not going to be saigon. but guess what. there s been an explosion outside kabul airport. 170 afghans killed. 13 american troops killed. i stand squarely behind my decision. it s time to end america s longest war. is it a mistake? i think it is, yeah. because i think the consequences are going to be unbelievably bad. i must say that it s a moral defeat for the united states. i think is the president is right. enough is enough. what was all of this for? that has to be the quest
tour of the attack sites from that awful day with calls for national reflection and, at this point, unity. the core of who we are is not divided. everybody says, biden, why do you keep insisting on trying to bring the country together? that s going to affect your well-being more than anything else. president biden s predecessor striking a less unifying tone today, releasing a video where he talks about 9/11 for less than 30 seconds and spends a full minute and a half attacking biden by name for an afghanistan withdrawal policy that began during his own presidency. the former guy made it his own separate visit to new york city first responders this afternoon and will follow that up by participating in a pay per view boxing match later this evening. later in the show, i ll talk to candidate eric adams and filmmaker michael moore about what the nation has learned or not from 9/11, because the ripple effects of that day when jobbed was joe biden was still a senator are st