Coverage. Thank you for the privilege of your time. Andrea mitchell picks up with more coverage of the dnc from chicago right now. Right now on a Special Edition of Andrea Mitchell reports, live from the Democratic National Convention, fired up and ready to go. An incomparable Onetwo Punch from Michelle And Barack obama. America, hope is making a comeback. Im feeling fired up. Even if im the only person stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama. Both of them taking aim at Donald Trump. From michelle, with the stakes so high and she says only 76 days to fight back. With the first time her message is not to aim high when they go low. We do not need four more years of bluster and bumbling and chaos. We have seen that movie before, and we all know that the sequel is usually worse. Who is going to tell him the job he is seeking might be one of those black jobs . [ cheers and applause ] hours earlier, Kamala Harris in battleground wisconsin, beaming into the dnc after a raucous Roll Call.
youngstown, jd vance got back on stage and started shaking his hands, taking pictures saying aren t we having a great time here tonight? all the former president s men. jd vance, herschel walker, adam laxal, it s an odd ball field of maga candidates running this year with our democracy on the line. congressman tim ryan, who walloped the hillbilly elegy hedge fund guy on the debate stage last night, joins me live. also tonight, our reedout democracy defending has a warning about the infiltration of election deniers as poll watchers and judges and what needs to be done to fight back. plus, new developments in the trump documents case. the doj filed its response to trump s request for the supreme court to intervene. we begin tonight with what mitch mcconnell euphemized as candidate quality. just a few months ago, the republican party was crowing about a red wave. today, with a month left, the election really is a jump ball. honestly, though, if you look at the field of r
we were getting ready for a big celebration. we were winning everything, and all of a sudden, it was just called off. so we ll be going to the u.s. supreme court. we want all voting to stop. we don t want them to find any ballots at 4:00 in the morning and add them to the list. that, of course, was donald trump on election night, calling for the nullification of mail-in ballots. that was part of the plot to overturn the election. and now, text messages have surfaced from former georgia senator kelly loeffler revealing even more details of that plot. plus, the phony republican narrative that abortion rights is fading as an issue. they re gaslighting women about what s at stake in the midterms and tonight s democracy defender is taking on the powerful maga forces in arizona. who want to control how votes are cast and counted, as the threat of violence increases against election workers. we begin tonight with the midterm elections. now just 19 days away. but here s the thi
since roe was struck down. but it s been a grueling battle just to get to today. political divisions creating a lot of contentiousness you typically don t see in a place that s known for being midwest nice. that s because the range of issues that have so clearly created dividing lines across the u.s. are playing out right here pitting neighbor against neighbor, friend against friend, and we know abortion is one of those issues. but in addition to dividing people, will it also motivate them to get to the polls? will it drive turnout among women? and does it help one candidate over the other? looking forward, will today s vote be be the first bat until a culture war to change the complaining the complex of the midterms. democrats may already be gaining an advantage. here s why i say that. take a look at this. on june 23rd, that s the day before roe was overturned. the generic congressional battle showed republicans up by almost 3 points. today their advantage has slunk to less
dixon, all signs point to primary wins. that could be a good sign for democrats who believe far right candidates actually help them in the general election. plus we ll be watching trump s strength being tested in michigan and washington where he s trying to sink three of the house republicans who voted to impeach him after the capitol riot. for the first time since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade, voters will be heard on that issue and we ll get our first real clue as to whether abortion rights will be the rallying cry democrats hope it is. the focus is kansas, where voters will decide on a constitutional amendment that would clear the way for the state legislature to ban abortion outright. so far early in-person voting is up more than 200% from four years ago, but polling shows the vote itself. michael steele is with me. he s former chair of the republican national committee. at the big board, national split political correspondent steve kornacki. good to see everyb