our thanks. your rewards. as we begin a new hour, we turn to the biden agenda. joe manchin says he wants a spending bill not too big. in moments, how the poor people s campaign is putting pressure on the west virginia senator. plus, a humanitarian crisis in del rio, texas. new developments about how the biden administration is responding. and the woman who designed the dress that has the worlds of fashion and politics buzzing. this is american voices. we begin this hour in texas where the state s ultra-conservative legislature kicks off a new special session tomorrow. this time around, texas republicans plan to focus on redistricting. they are already busy working to redraw maps to favor republican incumbents. the texas tribune reports, quote, republicans hold majorities in both chambers they will have every advantage as they use the process to position their party for the next decade as the state population becomes younger and more diverse. this is a process known
and the one and only steve kornacki is here to kick off election night coverage as we get our very first exit polls in the california recall. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. it s election night in america. just a few hours from now polls will close in the recall election of california governor gavin newsom. first huge election of this year. we ll have more on it in a bit with steve kornacki at the big board. of course once those votes come in, right, they get counted and we go through the mechanics of the election, the actual mechanics of which how you go from votes being cast to the winner being certified, you know, that s kind of opaque. we think of it just as a process where, you know, people cast their votes and then some stuff happens and then we get the final number and the person with the most votes wins. we learned last year that it s more complicated than that. there s an entire process. it s staffed by people, you know,
consistently opposed by some 60% of californians. likely voters were unenthusiastic about newsom. his baseball mobilized. democrats proving they can drive enthusiasm and turnout in a race framed as a referendum on pandemic restrictions, the kind president joe biden has now long championed and the kinds of things gop leaders continue to forcefully and vocally fight. governor newsom hailing a win for science and a win for all the priorities that have dominated the national democratic jaernd in recent weeks. we said yes to science. we said yes to vaccines, yes to ending this pandemic. we said yes to people s right to vote without fair of fake fraud or voter suppression. we said yes to women s fundamental constitutional right to decide for herself what she does with her body, faith and future. we said yes to diversity, we said yes to inclusion, yes to pluralism. we said yes to all those things we hold dear as californians, and i would argue, as americans. the essential polici
whether saudi officials were complicit in the attacks. in shanksville, pennsylvania, former president george w. bush equated the terrorists behind the 9/11 behind 9/11 to the domestic terrorists driving the news today. there is little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. but then there is disdain for pluralism and their disregard for human life, and their determination to defile national symbols. they are children of the same foul spirit. meanwhile, donald trump did not attend any officials memorials, but he did stop by n.y.p.d. and f.d.n.y. precincts close to trump tower where he decided to honor the 9/11 victims by bashing his political rivals, namely joe biden, who this week announced his new six-prong plan to defeat covid-19 once and for all. on friday the president struck a fiery tone when he announced a sweeping vaccine mandate requiring all executive branch federal employees to be vaccinated as well as ordering all u.
you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we ve got a remarkable day across the country as thousands are making sure their voices are heard. right now dozens of voting rights alleys and protests are happening in multiple cities in honor of the 58th anniversary of martin luther king s i have a dream speech. it s happening from washington, d.c. to arizona. ralleygoers are forming a united front against restrictive voting laws and sending a strong message to capitol hill. what s happening today is just disgraceful, the way we re being treated, and them denying us our rights to vote, which is automatic. clearly the people want to vote, and the way they want to do it is without impediments. these restrictions are for that. why did dr. king and john lewis go to the federal voting rights act in 65? because it knocked out all of the state laws. we are doing the same thing today with the same fervor. it will not come from biden down, it will