senate is returning to session after a whole month off. summer vacation and all that. they re now tasked with addressing the multiple national crisis this nation faces. the coronavirus pandemic that s killed over 660,000 americans. a climate that is rapidly getting worse with massive fires burning out of control on the west coast and the hurricane ravaged southeast and east coast. regular viewers of the show will know that democracy itself is also in crisis. just this past week, texas gop governor greg abbott signed new voting restrictions into law. they ban ballot drop boxes, 24 hour voting and give now authority to parties and poll watchers. with all of these urgent crisis demanding their attention, do democrats get it? do they understand what needs to be done? and get that time is running out? well, tonight, i ve got good news and bad news. for once, let s start with some good news. after months of negotiations led in part by joe manchin, nbc news is reporting tonight that
haley said to deliver a state of the race speech in her home state of south carolina. right now, polls show haley trailing donald trump, in her home state, by almost 30 points. so, as you can imagine, rumors spread haley, maybe, was preparing to drop out of the presidential race. then, today, haley got up there and said this. south carolina will vote on saturday. but, on sunday, i will still be running for president. i am not going anywhere. people have a right to have their voices heard, and they deserve a real choice. not a soviet election, where there is only one candidate, and he gets 99% of the vote. we do not anoint kings in this country. we have elections. donald trump, of all people, should know that we do not to rig elections. that is haley s new message, i guess. it does not matter that she is on track to lose her home state by a bigger margin than any presidential candidate in modern history. she is staying in this race. to put her money where her mouth is, the
you too, and i will be watching your show first with my heels off. have a great show. take care, my friend, good to see you. thank you at-home for joining me tonight. i am ayman mohyeldin, in for alex wagner, who also has the night off. last night, the campaign for nikki haley sent out this cryptic message to reporters. haley said to deliver a state of the race speech in her home state of south carolina. right now, polls show haley trailing donald trump, in her home state, by almost 30 points. so, as you can imagine, rumors spread haley, maybe, was preparing to drop out of the presidential race. then, today, haley got up there and said this. south carolina will vote on saturday. but, on sunday, i will still be running for president. i am not going anywhere. people have a right to have their voices heard, and they deserve a real choice. not a soviet election, where there is only one candidate, and he gets 99% of the vote. we do not anoint kings in this country. we have e
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
announcer: from msnbc, decision 2022 live from democracy plaza. and here we go. it is 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. i m rachel maddow coming to you live from our election night stewed year here at msnbc headquarters. my companions on this long journey tonight are here with me now. joy reed, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, the great ari melber. we ll have many other colleagues joining us. we have water, painkillers, jerky, including weird jerky. we have 30 different kind of chocolate. we re going to be fine. steve kornacki is at the big board. he s contractually obligated to avoid sleep. he can t hear us right now. the roaring in his ears is too amazing. the first polling places have just close in the parts of kentucky and indianale we ll be getting our first results in any minute. the rest of the polls in those states will close in one hour along with a bunch of other states, vermont vermont, south carolina, part of florida, also the all important state of georgia, where one