then president biden s bfd moment. he signed a major climate, health care and tax bill all into law all without the support of a single republican. now democrats say they have something big to campaign on. will it be enough? plus, threats and dangerous rhetoric is at an all-time high and that has poll workers at an all-time low. how can democracy function when no one is there to ensure free and fair elections? dangerous times indeed as the 11th hour gets underway on this tuesday night. good evening once again, i m stephanie ruhle live from new york city. this primary election night is helping to define the future of trump s loudest republican critic. no house seat, no office in this land is more important than the principles that we are all sworn to protect. as was widely expected, wyoming congresswoman liz cheney the, january six committee vice chair and vocal trump critic has lost her house seat. cheney was one of ten house republicans voted to impeach trump after the
from the fbi s search. the former president continues to rail against the fbi and the justice department on his social media account. now calling for the complete un-redacted affidavit to be released. to be released publically and for the judge in florida to recuse himself. another sign legal challenges are closing in on the president and his inner circle, in georgia, rudy giuliani has been notified he is a target in the investigation into possible election interference. being a target is the first sign indicating the former prosecutor and new york city mayor is likely to be indicted. today could mark the beginning of the end for a political dynasty, the cheneys in wyoming, at least in congress. it could set the stage for a bigger national role for liz cheney and a presidential run in 2024. we will check in with steve kornacki to look at battles in alaska featuring sarah palin and another trump foil, lisa murkowski. we begin this hour with ken dilanian, carol linnick and paul
endorsed the big lie that donald trump should somehow still be president. again, that s a lie. so let s get right to it. you know who i m talking about, steve kornacki back at the big board. where do things stand right now? the biggest story of the night this one, kansas. constitutional amendment that would say the constitution in the statet of kansas does not provide for the right to abortion goes down tofo defeat, goes down to defeat, overwhelmingly. this is a tremendous surprise what happened here. a lot of people did not see the fact of no winning coming nor the magnitude of it. ite will be significant politil repercussions from this result. also the potential here just in terms of you see where the no vote, a lot of energy in the suburbs ofin kansas city. democrats have been saying, hey, that s the area that those are the kinds of voters who will turn out in november, too, for f democrats. we ll see if that happens. this is the biggest headline of the hour certainly. a
up early on way too early. morning joe starts right now. relief. excitement. joy. i m very proud of our fellow kansans. we were telling people in neighboring states that their rights were no longer intact. they had to flee their states to get care. the cards were set against us from the start. as a husband i do not look forward to trusting the legislature to protect the rights of my wife. we re avoiding a huge horror that would have come to kansas. one of the things i heard, you may be against abortion for yourself, but you can t be against it and make it for someone else. this is my life on the line, too, is this my right. tonight, we get to say to kansans, you can still get care here, you re still recognized and make your own medical decisions. reaction from kansas last night, as voters turned out in high numbers to protect abortion rights in that conservative state. it was the country s first best of the issue since the supreme court overturned roe v.
especially given these primary elections, typically have lower turnout rates than general elections. it was, in fact, the opposite effect. to put into context how unprecedented these numbers were, in 2018 about 450,000 people showed up for the kansas primary election. yesterday it was nearly double that. that s about half of the state s total registered voters, even some kansans were surprised by that. there were a lot of people last fall that did not believe that the supreme court would overturn roe v. wade. and when they realized that it happened and they were like, oh, i think i need to go vote. so i think it brought a lot a people out the door to vote that wouldn t normally vote in a primary. i m super proud to be from kansas tonight and i feel like my state just showed up and boldly told me they are going to take care of me and my female friends and everyone that can get pregnant in the state of kansas. we are protected tonight. i thought it would be a lot closer.