like me, who should i be afraid of? that s it for us. the reidout starts right now. good evening, everybody. welcome to a special edition of the reidout, live from beautiful orlando, florida. we re just five days away from the final voting day of the midterm elections. and baby, the stakes could not be any higher. a point that both president joe biden and former president barack obama have been making every single day. when true democracy goes away, people get hurt. it has real life consequences. it s not some abstract political science question. we are all affected. and we take this for granted, and we can t. there are candidates running for every level of office in america, for governor, congress, attorney general, secretary of state, who won t commit, they will not commit to accepting the results of an election that they re running in. this is a pat to chaos in america. it s unprecedented. it s unlawful. and it s un-american. tonight, we ll spend the hour looki
telling you about. more important than predicted polls is what people are already doing. 32 million people have now voted. this is election week like we told you it would be. it outpaces the early vote number at the same point in the mid-terms of the trump era. president biden delivered an address on the high stakes amidst the maga supporters. not all but some republicans have done to their great disgrace, minimize or joke about an attempted murder at the home of the speaker of the house. this is the era we are living through. this is where i update you about the vote, i have to tell you as part of the news that the husband of the speaker of the house is out of the hospital tonight after the attempted murder now charged at the state and federal level. meanwhile, more information also emerging about republican efforts that many people warn are main lining violence, that go beyond political speech or the zealous political speech. quote, be ready to do hand-to-hand combat with t
understand there is been social disruption and trauma and it s time to together get a handle on. it keith alison. thank you very much for your time. that s all on this tuesday night. alex wagner tonight start tonight. this tuesday night. good evening, chris. thank you as always. thank you for joining us this hour. 13 years ago this week, a right wing, anti abortion group called operation rescue emailed its members encouraging them to participate in the special hollowing contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you could make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy. they even showed you how to bring the effigy once you made it. the whole thing was supposedly a protest about abortion related aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all expense paid trip to d.c., to earn that effigy. i m not showing you this becaus
tonight, quote, breaking news. federal judge rules and voters favors. voters in arizona will not face intimidation at the drop box. that is a win for democracy. and that is a win for us. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good, evening lawrence. we have zoe lofgren joining us later in the hour. because the about exactly what was going on over there. on january 6th we will see what she can tell us about how that went. and we are also going to be joined by senator michael bennet, running for reelection in colorado. we will see how comfortable he s feeling tonight. the secret service piece of january 6th is the biggest mystery i think there is. so, i m eager to hear that interview. and michael bennet, always a good talker. have a good show, lawrence. thanks, alex. thank you. we have two important confessions tonight. two historic confessions. historic confessions about the trumpian madness that consumes millions of people in this country. one o
13 years ago this week a right-wing anti abortion group called operational rescue, emailed its members encouraging them to participate in the special hollowing contest. it was known as the nancy pelosi and harry reid burn in hell competition. yes, really. operation rescue included a video showing step-by-step how you could make your very own nancy pelosi and harry reid effigy. they even showed you how to burn the effigy once you made it. the whole thing was supposedly a protest about abortion related aspects of the affordable care act. the winner of the contest would receive an all expense paid trip to d. c. just burn that effigy. i m not showing you this because the contest was particularly impactful in anyway. it wasn t. this was a fringe group in 2009 taking dangerous political rhetoric about political figures like reid and pelosi to a new and discussing extreme. but the fact that there were not mass effigy burning across the country is not the point. the worry is not th