new charges, or wholesale changes in how the fbi handles politically-charged investigations. so, jessica is here with that story, but also evan perez is joining us from washington. okay evan, just walk us through the bottom line of this report. well, the bottom line after four years, alison, this is all we got from john durham. there s a lot less here than certainly donald trump was paul promising us for many months, remember he was out there saying durham is coming, and he was expecting people to go to prison. as you pointed out, durham does not make any new prosecutions at the end of this report. but you know, he did find a lot of mistakes by the fbi in the way they conducted this investigation back in 2016, and he believes that a lot of it has to do with confirmation bias, not political bias. again, a finding that i think the former president would not be very happy with. i will read you just a part of what the report says, it says that based on the review of crossfire h
ridiculed by the media. kevin corke with the details, kevin. as you know, the president loves to get out of town. he s going to do it again this weekend. speaking of what he likes to do, he also likes to talk about things other than what voters are frankly concerned about, at least somewhat. however, if the strategy is meant to make all the difference, you may not be doing so. let me show you the latest smallmouth pole. most people feel like he s just not paying attention enough to the things that really matter. only 31% of those surveyed said, the president is giving attention to the most important issues facing americans each and every day. speaking of the president on thursday he was on a stop in the keystone state, the commonwealth of pennsylvania for john fetterman seen on the left. still needs assistant to speak and have interviews. by the way, the president did field questions both before he left the white house and when he was on the ground in pennsylvania. but onc
still pursuing a nuclear still. sandra: kick off america reports with democrats staying on message in the final midterm stretch potentially at a cost. focused on abortion, but turns out there s a lot more on the mind of voters. and polls show those issues do little to help democrats. sandra smith in new york, and jackie, great to have you here today. great to be here, i m jacqui heinrich in washington. john roberts is off today. president biden talking about restrictions to fire up the base, but not as receptive to the message as supreme court had just overturned roe v. wade. sandra: a new monmouth poll shows inflation topping the list of concerns at 46%. abortion below voting, crime, immigration, and jobs. edward lawrence is live at the white house to kick things off. inflation, i should say, top of that list. abortion falls significantly below other issues, so edward, many are asking why do democrats focus on the other issues? that s a good question, 90 minutes ag
yet another poll is the most important issue for americans. majorities say president biden is not paying enough attention to the issues that matter to them and to their families except to see the president at delaware state university. he s touting the student loan forgiveness there. that is estimated to be more than $400 billion. joe concha and connell mcshane are standing by. first, we go to ed lawrence who joins us from 1600 pennsylvania avenue. hi, ed. hi, gillian. you showed the clip there. the president went after republicans today in his speech. this week he s talked about student loan debt relief, the bipartisan infrastructure bill and on sunday, he s going to do a forum from now this presidential forum. in that he s going to say it s absolutely okay to use federal money so a woman can then go get an abortion. nothing specific this week about inflation. when you ask the white house press secretary about inflation, she says the president empathizes with americans whi
announcer: from msnbc, decision 2022 live from democracy plaza. and here we go. it is 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. i m rachel maddow coming to you live from our election night stewed year here at msnbc headquarters. my companions on this long journey tonight are here with me now. joy reed, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, the great ari melber. we ll have many other colleagues joining us. we have water, painkillers, jerky, including weird jerky. we have 30 different kind of chocolate. we re going to be fine. steve kornacki is at the big board. he s contractually obligated to avoid sleep. he can t hear us right now. the roaring in his ears is too amazing. the first polling places have just close in the parts of kentucky and indianale we ll be getting our first results in any minute. the rest of the polls in those states will close in one hour along with a bunch of other states, vermont vermont, south carolina, part of florida, also the all important state of georgia, where one