good evening our special coverage of the republican national convention begins right now. i m ari melber. i m jen psaki with you for the next two hours as we get into the second day of the rnc. this rnc includes the typical trappings of any political convention including what you see on your screen. yesterday the delegates affirmed the running mate senator jd vance and he s getting a walk through. there are the speakers. and appearances from past rivals now pushing unity. tonight ron desantis and nikki haley will speak. a boom for trump as they are the rivals who did best against him in the primary. and the force and enthusiasm of nikki haley s speech did matter. she did build support among conservatives and independents who were skeptical of joe biden and donald trump alike. tonight s theme is make america safe again a place nikki haley can draw on her foreign policy experience. that s the typical part of the gathering. then there s the assassination attempt hanging over
the general election has begun. the race is set now. it will be a rematch and we like that rematch. donald trump running unopposed against president biden. tonight, a special edition of all in. rachel maddow and alex wagner join me on biden s chances against candidate trump as republicans try to erase the memory of his disastrous presidency. are you better off today than you were four years ago? then steve kornacki on who will decide this election. jen psaki and claire mccaskill on what is at stake. plus, a big announcement in arizona. i will leave the senate at the end of this year. ruben gallego joined me for his first national tv interview since senator kysten sinema dropped out when the special edition of all in starts right now. good evening from new york, and chris hayes. thank you for tuning in for the special edition of all in on march 6, 2024 . it looks to be the unofficial official first day of the presidential general election. rachel maddow and a
all five people, including a 19-year-old, on board a titanic tourist submerible died while diving toward the ship s wreckage. it comes as we re learning the u.s. navy may have actually picked up the implosion sounds on its underwater microphones. meanwhile, there are more prominent voices criticizing the vessel, pointing out its fatal flaws. james cameron, yeah. also ahead, we re going to go through indian prime minister modi s state visit at the white house and the impact it could have on u.s. relations with other world powers. plus, two outspoken, far right republicans trying to rewrite history on capitol hill. we ll explain. and is it possible? tomorrow marks the one year since the overturning of roe. we ll take a look at new polling on the supreme court s decision. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is friday, june 23rd. good to have you with us. also with us, we have the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lem
top of the hour here on cnn newsroom. the countdown continues to the midterms. 22 days left until election day determining who will control congress, and a new poll from the new york times shows that republicans have a slight edge here. 49% of likely voters say that they plan to back the republican candidate for their house district compared to 45% for democrats. now this poll also found it combined 44% of likely voters are most worried about the economy or inflation. now today, early voting begins in the battleground of georgia. and the race for senate there, one of the tightest in the nation, democratic incumbent raphael warnock casting his ballot you see there. there s also a new twist there in the drama engulfing his republican rival herschel walker who s been denying allegations he paid for an abortion for his ex-girlfriend years ago. well, today walker confirmed the check in question was, in fact, his, but then doubled down the denials in terms of what it was fo
I probably wouldn t be here with you today. reporter: since the dobbs decision, the pentagon announced it ll offer financial support for servicewomen that need to travel for abortion care. in response, gop senator tommy tuberville is blocking the military promotions until the policy stopped, which experts say threatens national security. we need to make sure those women fighting for us all around the world get the same access to health care that the men in military get. you don t decide whether you ll be in fort hood or a state with better access to abortion. people will not serve if they are fearful of where they re going to go. reporter: for shaheen, who fought these battles for decades, this post roe period offers stark similarities and important differences. i have heard the word abortion used more in the last year than i did in my entire life. it is now a subject people understand. i hear it more from men now, too. i mean, do you hear it more from your male colleagues?