All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. It was a big day for the future of american democracy. We will get to that significant action in a moment, but before we do, just give me a second to go back to the context of what happened in the last election. I think it has been obscured by the sabotage and disinformation and violent insurrection unlike anything weve seen in the history of the country stoked by the former president. Remember this, last november, right, once in a cent ray pandemic, we got a glimpse of what a full or fuller participation version of our democracy would look like because due to the pandemic, state after state, jurisdiction after jurisdiction, and i should note this is both democratic and republican there were fights over this. But across the board, more or less on the whole in the aggregate, all these places did something praise worthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mail
Aggregate, all these places did something praiseworthy and novel. They took steps to make it easier to vote. They did this by expanding eligibility for mailin voting and early voting and adding drop boxes for ballots right . Theres Public Health concern. You dont want everyone crowding in on election day so people found ways to just make it easier to vote so you wouldnt have that. And the results are clear. It worked. Turnout was the highest it had been in 120 years. Nearly 67 of eligible voters cast a ballot. And also there was no uniform drubbing of one party by the other. It was not a blowout. It was a competitive election. Yes, joe biden won by a healthy margin. 7 million votes. 70 plus Electoral College votes. But remember republicans gained seats in the house. They want some key senate rates right . Now rather than looking at that outcome and thinking wow, we can be a Competitive Party even in high turnout elections which would have been a totally rational conclusion. Republican
Battle so i need you to fight theres some things i need to die. My ego, my pride, my grip on my life. Growing old9 into the fire leave no survivors. Survivors. Survivors. Survivors. Growing old into the fire and leave no survivors if. Pete hey [applause] we just had a chance to listen to jeremy camp perform no survivors off his new album, Deeper Waters. Will incredible. Pete well done. Will great job. Pete talk about a front row seat to a concert rachel yeah. And and waking us up at 9 a. M. Pete for sure. Hes got a full performance coming up at 9 50 eastern time. See you in a bit. Rachel thank you. Pete well, joe biden is heading to atlanta today for a Campaign Event just one day ahead of his Commencement Speech at Morehouse College. This comes as former President Trump narrows bidens lead among black voters. Will Madeleine Rivera joins us with the details. Reporter good morning, guys. The white house says the president has been working on his speech all week. They are aware that react
Of funding in a few weeks, and also because the white house will be asking congress presently for an aid package for israel, one that by all accounts so far cant pass without a speaker. Lets goat that story first, and then right back to israel where things are rapidly unfolding as well. Jake sherman, Cofounder Of Punch Bowl News and msnbc political contributor. Thanks for being with us. What exactly is going on . So scalise, katy, won the republican conferences nomination to be speaker. This is the initial process by which the republican conference caps their candidate to be the speaker for a house floor vote. As you noted, he only won with 113 votes. That is nothing. That is more than 100 votes shy of winning the speakership and in an alarming sign for mr. Scalise, he has several republicans already saying that they will not vote for him on the floor. Now, some of that could be bluster. We dont know, but tom massey of kentucky, max miller of ohio both have said they have not committed
Some very significant people have lined up, condemning what you have done, or questioning it. Im not sure. The european commissioner, peter mandelson, has questioned the wisdom of publishing the cartoons, he says, publishing them again and again pours petrol on the flames. You talk about frustration with governments, now, but your whole career, basically, sounds as if its been banging your head against a brick wall. Great to see you, how are you . How do you feel, as president , that you are going to go down in history as a president who presided over a loss of a large part of your territory . Oh, gosh, yes. We understood that you wished to do this interview, and you wished to reply to questions that we, In The Name Of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right . Cheers yeah to the next 20 years how come you all have water, and i have got wine . Thats terrible so go on, youve got to take us back to the first run. We want to hear, tim, your thoughts on how it all started, and what