from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news, overnight vladimir putin s military facing another critical setback as this massive explosion was showing severely damage to a key bridge between crimea and russia. part of that bridge has collapsed into the sea, disrupting a main russian supply route. let s go right back to kier simmons joining us from moscow. what can you tell us about this? well alex, it s another dangerous moment in this conflict in ukraine. 48 hours after president biden mourned of the escalation could lead in his words to a nuclear conflict. well now we have this bridge attack, now the ukrainians are celebrating and not taking responsibility for it. the russians are furious. with a nuclear threat looming, a major fire on the bridge linking russia to crimea. the blaze visible for miles reports of a, huge explosion at around 6 am local time. russian authorities saying that it was a truck
warns the risk of armageddon is the highest s been for 60 years with putin squeezed into a corner. all that plus kanye west thinks it s all a joke. i thought the shirt was a funny shirt, i thought the idea of wearing it was funny. laughing off what a start that many don t see him in. we are looking into that story ahead. we want to start with georgia and the senate race turned upside down. republican candidate herschel walker s campaign continues to be flagged by new developments surrounding allegations that the staunchly anti abortion rights candidate paid for girlfriend you have an abortion. let s bring in ali, walk us through what new information we re learning. yeah, lindsey we have some context here. we know that democrats control the senate by the slimmest of margins. keeping that holds could easily come down to this crucial senate race. in just the last few days it is turned from a state that was too close to call to being roiled with allegations. reporter: t
off in ohio with tim ryan. everyone knows why these races matter, control of congress, the first election since the supreme court ended the right to choice, and the premise here is of course the votes will decide the outcome. i shouldn t have to say that, right? the reason i shouldn t have to say that is this is still a democracy. so here we are tonighted in midterms homestretch, and this is america. it s not like many other countries where you have authoritarians or december cots that make it clear they don t intend to follow any outcome except the one where they win. take for example brazil where you have an autocrat who sound likes this. translator: there are only three alternatives for me to be arrested, to be killed, or to be victorious. and i tell those scumbags i will never go to jail. that s how authoritarians talk. he s basically saying the only right outcome is that he wins. that s abroad, but consider why i m showing you this as the first thing in the beat.
worst part of the day. since we last met, donald trump responded to that development in the form of a meandering, unhinged 14 paige letter addressed to bennie thompson. we ll spare you the much debunked claims, the kicking and screaming, random sentences, inexplicably in all caps except to say nowhere did trump commit to complying with the subpoena and even reporting trump may want to make that interview with the committee a live one. we ll talk to a committee member to find out if that is on the table. as a matter of fact, though, trump s kwaurl with the january 6th committee is one of a number of separate avenues of legal peril for the twice impeached ex-president. all of these stories every one of them broke within hours of one another. we ll run down the rest. there is this seditious conspiracy trial of far right oath keepers related to the capitol attack an trump is very much present in all of those proceedings. evidence presented in court shows that militia group s memb
yesterday, it s literally his handwriting on the car, they say they have receipts. he gets on twitter, he lies about it. everything has been a lie. tonight, the daily beast reporter who broke the herschel walker story joins me live. and 100 days after the overturning of roe, how this bombshell could change the election landscape. and what we are learning about the oath keepers planned to ferry artillery to the capitol on a boat on day two of the seditious conspiracy trial. and what happened when alabama s case to cut the voting rights act bet ketanji brown jackson in the supreme court today. i don t think the historical record establishes that the founders believe that race neutrality or race blindness was required. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. you know, there are two ways to view the republican party stance and russian and abortion rights. it s catastrophically successful attempts to end abortion rights in this country wh