outnumber republicans roughly 2-1. leading challenger right wing talk show host larry elder has already started laying groundwork to blame a loss if it happens on so-called election fraud. to get us situated before the starting line, the big board, steve kornacki is on duty. the nbc news decision disk has given us the following wording straight up, this race is technically too early to call, but no, the anti recall vote, is in the lead. we re going to get results from california. no means no recall. yes means yes recall gavin newsom. all 58 counties will start lighting up within next couple of minutes. take you through what to expect here. way they do elections in california, a lot of mail-in voting, usually vast majority are cast by mail, many sent in last few days, weeks. counties have been receiving them, processing them, they re going to report them out within minutes of polls closing. in 2020, the presidential election last fall, first report from any county in califor
much of it he had not wanted on his agenda like more mass shootings and a surge at the border. the president had hoped to tout his accomplishments like getting stimulus checks to struggling americans and far exceeding his vaccination goal. later this morning we ll see the 21-year-old gunman who carried out the attack in boulder appear in court. he s charged with ten counts of murder. people on the street are paying tribute to the neighbors they have lost. the president will have his first news conference. joining us now, cnn s correspondent maggie haberman with the new york times. you know the president wanted to talk about the success of the vaccinations t relief bill, and the checks getting into people s pockets. that was the plan. that seems to be to some extent out the window with all the news and challenges he faces. what do you expect to see. john, i still think there will be a reference to that. to be clear, i don t think it will be without acknowledging what t
oath keepers will be in court this afternoon in connection with the attack on the capitol. stewart rhodes will appear next hour facing a major charge of seditious conspiracy. stewart and ten members including edward vallejo are accused of planning violence to stop congress for formally counting the results of the election. according to the indictment, rhodes sent the group an encrypted message within two days of the 2020 election. it said, quote, we re not getting through this without a civil war. and on the day of the riot, prosecutors say he reminded the group that prior to the american revolution, the nation s founders had stormed the governor s mansion in massachusetts. a short time later, some members of the oath keepers began moving into the u.s. capitol in military formation. rhodes stayed outside during the attack but prosecutors say in the weeks that followed, he met with his group to plan more violence and spent $17,000 on weapons and ammunition. in an interview thi
points a year ago. former democratic governor terry mcauliffe has been locked in a tight one with first-time candidate republican glenn youngkin. we re also still watching the vote counting in the state of new jersey. incumbent democratic governor phil murphy hoping for a second term. his race against republican challenger jack ciattarelli remains too early to call. nbc news can project that democrat eric adams will handily be elected the next mayor of the city of new york. only the second black mayor in the city s history. notably a former member of the nypd, who decidedly did not sign on to the defund the police movement, perhaps the most toxic phrase ever introduced into our politics in the modern era. with all that we want to begin with the very latest on the vote count. you know what that means. for more we go to steve kornacki at the big board for us tonight as he has been all evening. steve, what have you got? yeah, brian, i mean, the story right now has shifted a bi
governor terry mcauliffe. we have less than a week to go for you to bring me this baby home for me. his hopes of winning back his old job are in serious danger. i ll speak with energy secretary jennifer granholm. also, fighting phoner claims of voter fraud. it s not healthy for american democracy. with a majority of republicans saying joe biden s election was not legitimate they said there were 66,000 underage voters, thousands of unregistered voters that voted. there weren t any of those. i ll talk to georgia s secretary of state brad raffensperger who has written a new book about how he resisted president trump s pressure to overturn joe biden s win. joining me now for insight and and all sis, nbc news chief white house correspondent kristen welker, democratic pollster cornell belcher, anna palmer, founder of punchbowl news, and republican strategy gist brad todd. welcome to sunday. it s meet the press. announcer: from nbc news in washington, the l