good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, january 12th. good to have you all with us. we have the host of msnbc s poitics nation and president of the national action network, reverend al sharpton. he s the author of the new book, righteous troublemakers. that s a great one right there, willie geist. it is. that s a great one. i travel with my copy. me, too. if you have the electronic books, you can carry it in your ipod. you can do that. good advertising if they have the book. talking about traveling with it. you want me to hold this up or that up? oh, my. okay, the book is out now. you can get a copy. also with us, nbc news national affairs analyst and executive editor of the recount and the host of the hell and high water podcast, john heilemann. also with us, msnbc contributor, best-selling author of the confidence code series, katty kay. we need confidence today. we re going to be dealing with double tired joe and triple tired
voters minds with six days to go. and republicans ramping up their panic based messaging, how to fight fear with facts. then, elon musk finding out owning twitter is not as easy as owning the lives, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. just six days left until election day, president biden is speaking directly to the nation about what s on the line, the future of democracy in america. the warning to not take democracy for granted came during his speech from washington, d.c. earlier tonight he laid out the risk from election deniers, political violence, and voter intimidation. we re facing a defining moment, a inflection point, we must with one overwhelming unified voice speak as a country. and say there is no place, no place, for voter intimidation and political violence in america. whether it is directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. i know there s a lot at stake in these midte
thank you to you at home for joining, us in just a few minutes we will be joined by chris hayes, and also wisconsin democratic senate candidate mandela barnes. election night is less than a week away, and he is in a very tight race against ron johnson. the outcome of that race could determine control of the u.s. senate which on its own makes the states extremely high in the state of wisconsin. even more than that, even more than that is on the line right now. if wisconsin s democratic governor tony evers loses the reelection bid, but republican governor interim public and legislature will have the power to do basically whatever they want. that may include rewriting wisconsin s election laws to give republican officials the power to decide who prevails in future elections. in 2020, wisconsin was one of the states where donald trump tried to get donald trump s state officials resisted trump s pressure and certified biden s win. if the current republican candidate for wiscon
and republicans ramping up their panic based messaging, how to fight fear with facts. then, elon musk finding out owning twitter is not as easy as owning the libs, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once again. i m stephanie ruhle. just six days left until election day, president biden is speaking directly to the nation about what s on the line, the future of democracy in america. the warning to not take democracy for granted came during his speech from washington, d. c. earlier tonight. he laid out the risk from election deniers, political violence, and voter intimidation. we re facing a defining moment, a inflection point, we must with one overwhelming unified voice speak as a country. and say there is no place, no place, for voter intimidation and political violence in america. whether it is directed at democrats or republicans. no place, period. no place ever. i know there s a lot at stake in these midterm elections, from our economy to
this union and chaos are not inevitable. the president makes the case to preserve democracy as the other political party openly advocates for ending it. we ll never lose another election in wisconsin after him elected governor. the newly-leaked eastman emails, and justice clarence thomas to overturn the will of the voters. plus, carole s new reports and the violent attack targeting the speaker of the hat. kayleigh porter on why grocery stores inflated prices are making them referenced record profits. over half of the increase in prices, people are paying, are coming from increases and corporate profits. yes. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. and the last hour, president biden gave a primetime address on the threats to american democracy. he the sight of the insurrection. this, let s than a week out from the midterm elections. it s not all surprising he decided to give the speech, considering the headlines we re seeing