congressman matt gaetz who s represented his district since 2017, made a name for himself as one of the trumpiest members of the house of representatives. the new york times reporting the justice department is investigating gaetz over, quote, whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. the investigation was opened in the final months of the trump administration under attorney general william barr. katie benner, one of the times reports who broke this story is standing by to join us in a few minutes. no charges have been brought against the congressman. tonight he up and down denied the allegations during an interview with tucker carlson. it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. the new york times is running a story that i have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. people can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case. what is happening is an extortion of me and my family i
the house of representatives. the new york times reporting the justice department is investigating gaetz over, quote, whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid for her to travel with him. the investigation was opened in the final months of the trump administration under attorney general william barr. katie benner, one of the times reports who broke this story is standing by to join us in a few minutes. no charges have been brought against the congressman. tonight he up and down denied the allegations during an interview with tucker carlson. it is a horrible allegation and it is a lie. the new york times is running a story that i have traveled with a 17-year-old woman, and that is verifiably false. people can look at my travel records and see that that is not the case. what is happening is an extortion of me and my family involving a former department of justice official. as we mentioned, much more on all of this just ahead in the hour. tonig
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
voters to give the democrat continued control over the house and senate. it makes little sense politically. she already taken a trip to virginia, where on going governor race is very close. if polling is correct, republicans found a way to be competitive in statewide races in blue states. free advice is usually worth when you pay for, i am giving it anyway, if democrats are struggling to win a statewide race in virginia, they will be in for a very long night when midterms roll around, best thing that democrats have no is the year long infomercial that mainstream media will give them. and a republican party that sometimes lights to fight among themselves. joining me now. white house chief of staff reince priebus. is kamala harris the best closing argument for virginia or anyone where else heading to the midterms. well, you know, trey, by the way thank you for having me, awesome to be on your show. this to me is a total base play. and both parties now are playing a differen
is he putting pride over party? and escalating tensions on the border between russia and ukraine. right now the u.n. security council is holding an urgent meeting at the request of the u.s. ambassador. the purpose publicly confront russia as they face, quote, the mother of all sanctions. and in just a few minutes we re going to share a message from former first lady michelle obama. the major announcement from her nonpartisan group when we all vote. you ll hear it first first. let s jump right into the search for the next supreme court justice. carol lee is covering the white house, ali vitale is at her post and i m joined by kimberly atkins-storr. carol, nbc news is learning new details about the president s list of candidates. what more can you tell us about that? that s right. two sources are telling us that the president is really widening the net when it comes to who he s looking at to potentially fill this vacancy. the white house is saying this is something that the