i m katie fang in for ari melber. we begin with a reminder of the violent threats facing our country s political leaders. paul pelosi, husband of house speaker nancy pelosi was violent aassaulted in his san francisco home with the assailant reportedly shouting, quote, where is nancy? mr. pelosi, aged 82, was home alone. police say the attacker struck him multiple times in the head with a hammer. he had a successful surgery for a skull fracture, according to the speaker s office. and doctors expect a full recovery. the united states capitol police say nancy pelosi was in d.c. at the time of the attack guarded by security, as she is at all times. a pelosi family member telling nbc news the suspect was trying to tie up paul, quote, until nancy got home. it was when the suspect wasn t looking that paul called 911. when the police came, the suspect said, quote, we are waiting for nancy. sources identified the suspect as a 42-year-old berkeley resident. there were posts where he po
democrats side. this election is about the biden agenda, people don t like high inflation, high crime, open borders. half of the democrats see, we are in the hunt to win. forget a majority, that constitutes a good night. we re going to defend our midstream democratic values against threats to our democracy, we re going to protect women s reproductive freedom and voting rights. we re going to get you cheaper prices because our candidates have real plants. they re going to move better than people think on tuesday night. we have an army of correspondents, everybody, throughout the country right, now covering the key races. including somebody here from right now it, it just a few moments. also the, south a disturbing line is taking root among the trump faithful. what do you think happened with paul pelosi? i think that s a crock of our friends at the good liars get into it with trump supporters at the weekend rally. here s what s already being spread about the attack
minutes, 35 seconds and counting until the first polls close on him election night. i m steve kornacki coming to you from, well, not three in rockefeller center, our usual location for our friday night election special. instead i m at the historic, royal famous race course in lexington, kentucky. heart of the sixth congressional district tomorrow it s gonna be the biggest day in horse racing. the breeders cup championship races, featuring some of the best forces from all around the world. but tonight, we re here to talk about the election. the midterms. now just days away. the final faces being put in by by candidates all across the country here building towards tuesday night already. tens of millions of votes have been cast in this election. when all is said and done, we re anticipating the turnout level for this midterm election is going to shatter all existing records. we could be north of 120 million people who cast votes. the interest level is extremely high. t
interesting period right now. so what do you make of the current state of america? well, i put an album out about i think this was in 2005, and the title of the album was liars. and i have this tendency sometimes to be a little bit prophetic in the music that i make. and at the time, it wasn t necessarily about politics. it was just about the human tendency to be dishonest in great and small ways. in other words, if someone says, how do you like my new hairdo, and you don t like it, but you say, it looks great on way. you re trying to find ways not to lie and sometimes there s no way you can t. so i made a record about all the ways that people are dishonest with each other. i never thought that a political party would make that a canon, you know, that essentially the reason why liz cheney isn t in the republican party was because she refused to lie. in other words, to be a republican means that you have to first and foremost be able to lie. and lie until you get cornere
during these truly extraordinary times. we are grateful. the beat with ari melber starts right now. we will cue it. we re now really 13 days outside these mid-terms. control of congress clearly hangs in the balance. we re in the homestretch, people fighting for the votes and have this record breaking early turnout. what does it mean? we re going to go to one of the national experts who s been exactly in this position 13 days out. michael steele, look around left, right, center. he s here in one second. michael stands by. over 12 million people have now voted. that smashes the turnout totals at this point in 2018, which was the first election since trump became president. you remember how energized people were then. i can only tell you what s happening as it happens. i can t predict. but right now as of tonight we re seeing huge intensity in these mid-terms. we re also seeing reaction in isthese big debates, pennsylvania senate, new questions for fetterman and the democrats,