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election day. we will be back everything what, willie? all of this is wrong. tomorrow morning we will have it right. a special show before a live studio audience and we will break down the results and the races that will likely still hang in the balance. we will also have some very special guests. that s at 6:00 a.m. eastern time right here on msnbc. josé diaz-balart picks up the coverage right now. good morning. 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i am josé diaz-balart from new york. today election day. polls are open in most of the country with polling places just opening in california and nevada. voters are making decisions in races that will determine the balance of power not only in the nation s capital, but in states, towns and cities across the country. when it comes to congress all 435 seats in the house of representatives are up for election and 35 senate seats. and republicans need to pick up five house seats and one senate seat to take contro ....
committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence the 2016 election. then, the prosecution will recap their case and tied together testimony from their witnesses and the evidence including documents with handwritten notes accounting for just how the hush money payment was to be reimbursed to michael cohen, who testified that he did it at the direction of and for the benefit of donald trump. closing arguments will take up most if not the entire day, st which will be followed by judge mershon giving jury instructions, which should last about one hour. and then the fate will be in the hands of the jury that could reach a verdict as early as this week. trump is already attacking the jury instructions on social media. there is a significant development in florida and the classified documents case against him. jack smith is asking eileen cannon to modify the conditions of release in the classified documents case after he told the very dangerous l ....
arguments go. appreciate it. look forward to you explaining it all of us including me. donald trump will be back in court tomorrow morning for closing arguments in his new york election interference trial. he has been charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to haida hush money payment made to adult film star stormy daniels before the 2016 election for her alleged sexual encounter with donald trump. nbc news report said a dozen members of the public have already signed up and continuing to do so even in the rain to get a seat for this historic moment. closing arguments will be prosecution and defense s final chance to weed the evidence into the narrative of their case for the jury s deliberations. in new york, the defense goes first arguing that the prosecution has failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that donald trump committed the crime of falsifying business records with the intent to influence a 2016 election. then the prosecution will r ....
Stressing that republicans need to actually deliver on some of the policy platforms they campaigned on. let s bring in laurel lee, florida congresswoman elect, representing district 15. she s also the former florida secretary of state, so miss lee, thanks for being here, jumping in, how do you strike the balance between oversight and overreach? well, both of those objectives are critical. to be sure, it is time for republicans to seize the opportunity to talk about our policy agenda and what conservative leadership means in congress. and absolutely we are prepared to do that. there is a very detailed policy agenda that includes economic checks and balances on the biden administration and the economy that s strong, a nation that s safe, a government that s accountable, but i can tell you my constituents want answers to the critical issues during the biden administration, so as the new republican majority i think ....
So right from day one, there needs to be transparency about this administration and what they have been doing and the decisions they have been making. i hear every day from constituents in my district that they want answers. we have not just an opportunity but an obligation to ensure that the american people get the truth about what s going on at our southern border and that we put a stop to any, any efforts that is not compliant with our existing laws and policies. arthel: and now you are former secretary of state of florida. when will your former boss, governor desantis, announce his run for the white house? well, i ll say this. it was an incredible privilege to get to work as a senior part of the desantis administration and i am so proud of the policy objectives that we were able to advance and work on together. he is an incredibly talented leader and certainly in florida we are all very proud of our strong conservative leaders and looking forward to what the future brings. ....