a rich life is about more than just money. that s why at vanguard, you re more than just an investor, you re an owner so you can build a future for those you love. vanguard. become an owner. good morning, 10:00 a.m. eastern, 7:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. seven democrats could make another effort to push forward on voting rights legislation as soon as today. one day after president biden made his most forceful push yet for lawmakers to act. but was he able to move the needle? we ll talk about that with california democratic senator alex padilla as businesses and schools struggle to stay open amid a surge in covid cases. the biden administration is trying to keep kids in class by offering schools millions of free covid tests. and we ll talk about the leader in texas about how the surge is affecting her community. and former senate majority leader harry reid will lay in state in the capitol rotunda next hour. we ll be looking at his legacy two people who knew him ve
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
Bessie and to one of her daughters. and hello again, everyone. thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. we begin this hour with democrats celebrating a senate majority. fending off republicans and defying historical trends for a midterm election. but the house is still up for grabs. five days after election day. cnn now projecting the democrats will maintain control of the juice senate following a close but pivotal victory in nevada. senator catherine cortez masto projected to narrowly win re-election, beating her republican challenger, adam laxalt. she spoke about that victory earlier today. we have known this was going to be a tough campaign. but like all of you, i m a nevadaen, and i know what it takes to deliver for my home state. so when the national pundits
Reid represented the state of nevada for more than three decades through washington. senator reid died on december 28th at the age of 82. joining me now, leigh ann caldwell. also with me, the former deputy chief of staff to the late senator. as family and friends get to say their good-byes to senator reid, what are you hearing from the former colleagues on capitol hill today? hey, jose, of course it s going to be a somber ceremony. senator reid is going to be first nevadaen to ever lie in state in the u.s. capitol. of course, he was senate majority leader for many years. he was proud of his roots from a very small mining town of searchlight, nevada, where he had no running water leigh ann, i m sorry to interrupt you, so sorry to interrupt you, but it s
Important thing to jerry weintraub, he could tell a great story, we ll leave you with one from this show. it s from the height of show. we were debating actually health care, and in the middle of the height of the battle over health care reform jerry came up with the sinatra plan. and this is it. i think sinatra, who was also a nevadaen was way ahead of the curve on health reform. he called me when i was about 30 years old and said to me we have to go to hoous sxn get you a heart check. i said my hard is fine and i m working hard. we got off the plane and he said to frank and myself get to the hospital tomorrow morning at 6:00 a.m. and i ll take care of you guys. you ll be back on the plane at 10:00. no eating no drinking after 8:00. we went to the warwick hotel, checked in i got into bed at 8:00.