The special primetime hour of morning joe with two days until the midterm elections. Early voting has already started, and now it is a final sprint to the finish. Trying to take control of the house and senate, and the future of president agendas. The issues that are driving the vote, it abortion, crime, how much power trump republicans still wield over the gop. In many ways, democracy itself is on the ballot with Election Deniers in multiple states poised to could take control over the next president ial race is being determined. Were digging into all of it with reports from key battlegrounds with an allstar political panel. Along with joe, lori, and me, we have Nbc News National Correspondent and Executive Editor of the weekend. John heilemann, he is cohost of showtime, former u. S. Senator now on nbc news and msnbc news political analyst. Claire mccaskill, the host of the msnbc of politicsnation, and president at the National Action network. And former White House Press secretary je
easy to say. but very hard to do. in that commandment, in my view, lies the essence of the gospel. and the essence of the american promises. it s when we see each other s a neighbors and not enemies the progress and justice come. it s when we see each other as fellow human beings. as children under god that we band begin to walk the path of dr. king s beloved community. a path his dream inspired. and his legacy propel us forward to this day. here is what i learned in my life in my career along that path. as many of you have learned along your path. we re all imperfect beings. we don t know where and what faith will deliver to us and when. we do, we can do our best. to seek a life of light and hope. and love. and yes, truth. truth. that s what i try to do every day. to build the future. we all want. or reminding ourselves that enough thing, nothing is guaranteed in our democracy. nothing. every generation is required to keep it. defended it. protect it. to be repair areas of
trump talked endlessly about what a great football player herschel walker was. and how he would be a great candidate and a great u.s. senator and, oh, hey, did i mention what a great football player herschel walker was? walker himself would make appearances that offense and would shake hands, and occasionally he would read a short prepared statement about how much he loved america. but even cnn ran a headline last fall that said, quote, herschel walker is often seen and seldom heard. towards the end of last, year herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize electio
a new exclusive report in the wall street journal suggested to people in the inner circle are talking to the fbi about moving government files in and out of mar-a-lago. msnbc news has reached out all parties for comment. we have not yet heard back from donald trump but we will talk to the lead writer on this exclusive report in just a few minutes. another big development, the justice department released yesterday that a federal appeals court to throw out trump s lawsuit. challenging the fbi s seizure of the documents. and to vacate the appointment of a special master in the case. in the january six investigation, new video obtained by msnbc news shows, the urgency behind the scenes. this from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as they were taking shelter at a secure location while pleading for security reinforcements. . we are. july don t clear this cannot be we were waiting for someone. so we need them there right now and with 24 days until the midterms georgia senat
towards the end of last year, herschel walker went on a radio show and it was friendly territory. the conservative host asked walker to basically let loose on senator raphael warnock who would be walker s democratic opponent. and in that moment we found out exactly why walker s campaign tried to never let him speak. he brings up voting rights, the john lewis voting rights bill. what do you say about raphael warnock trying to push this during this time? to try to, what i call, federalize elections? you know it is sad about that. you know, using the name of a great man to bring up something that is so bad. i think it s a terrible thing to do. you know, senator louis one of the best senators there has ever been. and for african, americans it was incredibly. they have his name on the bill, the voting rights, i think it s a shame. first of all, you know, i mean, you look at video of this, it just doesn t fit with what john lewis stood for. okay, first of all, the late john l