tonight, but california, biggest state in the union having this recall election. that is the election news of the night. that s what we will be on for at least the first half hour, depending on what we get, we won t be getting anything really on returns until 11:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. eastern, 8:00 p.m. california time. as you say, as steve kornacki said, we will get a huge dump. yes. a really huge dump of votes at 8:00 p.m. pacific, 11:00 p.m. eastern. so we may know a lot very soon after the polls close. yeah, and california is obviously a giant state. if it is not if it is not a blow-out, if it is a close race, it is totally possible california could take this count for weeks. yes. i mean they ve got a full month to count if they need it, and people who made in their votes, they only have to be postmarked by today. they have a week to get them in. if it is close, then it could take a very, very long time. if it is not close, what we get at 11:00 may be may be ver
californians overwhelmingly reported to keep gavin newsom as their governor, instead of handing the governorship to trump supporting radio host larry elder. here is governor gavin newsom tonight, thanking voters for rejecting trumpism, and larry elder. in the state of california. we said yes to all those things that we hold dear, as california s and i would argue as americans. economic justice, social justice, environmental justice, our values were california has made so much progress. all of those things are on the ballot this evening, and so i m humbled and grateful, to the millions and millions of californians to exercise their fundamental right to vote. and express themselves to overwhelmingly reject the division, by rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that s defined our politics. leading off our election coverage once again at this hour, msnbc national political correspondent steve kornacki. steve, what are the latest numbers? you got him
california s overwhelmingly voted to keep gavin newsom as their governor. instead of handing the governorship to trump supported radio host, larry elder. here is governor gavin newsom tonight, thanking voters for rejecting trumpism, and larry elder in the state of california. anne we said yes to all those things that we hold dear as californians. and i would argue as american, economic justice. social justice. racial justice. environmental justice. our values were california s made so much progress, all of those things were on the ballot this evening. and so i m humbled, in grateful to the millions and millions of californians that exercise their fundamental right to vote and express themselves so overwhelmingly, by rejecting the division. fire rejecting the cynicism, by rejecting so much of the negativity that s defined our politics. leading off our election color tips at this hour, msnbc national corresponded steve kornacki, steve what are the latest numbers? we got h
reviewing the damage today, president biden said, quote, the evidence is clear. climb change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy. the threat is here. it s not going to get any better. the storms are going to get worse and worse and worse. we have to listen to the scientists and the national security experts. they all tell us this is code red. the nation and the world are in peril. that is not hyperbole, that is a fact. president biden speaking today, again, on this trip to new york and new jersey. what, of course, he s proposing to do on climate is what s in his build back better plan, the big infrastructure bill that democrats are trying to pass. one thing to sort of have in mind over the next few days is that by the end of this week, we may not know definitively, but we should have a pretty good idea by the end of this week as to whether or not they ll be able to pass this infrastructure bill, as to whether or not president biden is going to be able to
recent polls show now is at the lowest of his presidency, in the mid 40s. biden is set to visit new jersey and queens, new york after the holiday on tuesday to survey the recent deadly storm damage from hurricane ida. at least 65 people died across eight states mainly in the northeast from the storm. with the worsening climate crisis we need to expect and plan for similar situations in the future. in fact, a new analysis from the washington post tallies at least 388 deaths in the united states from hurricanes, floods, heat waves, and fires, wildfires, since june. the analysis also shows that nearly 1 in 3 americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster this summer. also affecting president biden s approval ratings afghanistan, though despite the criticism and true to his promise the united states is out of afghanistan by the 20th anniversary of the september 11th attacks which started. next saturday on that anniversary biden is scheduled to visit the sites of the three