embraced an anti-democrati anti-semitic, and in some case conservative supreme court too away the 50-year-old constitutional right to an abortion we ll get to all of that and more tonight, but we begin a the end of this year, and th historic results for the midterm election democrats gained a seat in the senate, and republicans manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory historically, midterm election have been outright disastrou for a first term president, an the party in power as msnbc political commentator democratic presidents in their first midterms have seen the party lose an average of 4 house seats in five senate seats. since watergate, the results have looked even worse for the party. democratic presidents in their first midterms have 44 house seats and six senat seats. many political observers o both sides of the aisle were expecting a political bloodbat on the level of, say, 1994 s republican revolution, for instance when democrats lost 52 house seats an
for decades to the american people. tonight actual reason for hope and optimism as a hey stork climate and health care bill becomes law. then, team trump sets its sights on confidential sources. i understand the witness protection issue but at the same time, it s not going to be concealed for very long. i ll talk to george conway over the fight of unsealing the fbi affidavit. plus we are facing very difficult and challenging times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. robert draper on the anti-democratic forces advancing state by state. steve kornacki at the big board for election night in america. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is a big day here at nbc as msnbc. we have the debut of alex wagner in an hour. it is also a huge day for the country, the planet, for joe biden and the white house, for everyone. because today president joe biden signed well, the first as insane as it
health care bill becomes law. then, team trump sets its sights on confidential sources. i understand the witness protection issue but at the same time, it s not going to be concealed for very long. i ll talk to george conway over the fight of unsealing the fbi affidavit. plus we are facing very difficult and challenging times. we are facing a moment where our democracy really is under attack and under threat. robert draper on the anti-democratic forces advancing state by state. steve kornacki at the big board for election night in america. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. it is a big day here at msnbc. we have the debut of alex wagner in an hour. it is also a huge day for the country, the planet, for joe biden and the white house, for everyone. because today president joe biden signed well, the first as insane as it is to say, the first true climate bill in this country s history. it is the largest ever piece of american legisl
In two states, he wanted 2016 lost in 2020 and could be key to victory this year. And all were learning about israels strike on It Food Convoy that killed seven workers from World Central Kitchen. Good evening. Thanks for joining us when most criminal trials are just days away, most Criminal Defendants and their legal teams are busy enough, just prepping their cases. Dont trump of course, is not moos. Defendants. So today with his new york criminal trial, just 13 days away, his legal team try it again to get the trial judge to recuse himself. And in short order, Manhattan District Attorney alvin bragg responded. So we begin with that as well as some Court Filings which were expecting tonight in the classified documents case, cnns Kara Scannell is following all of it. So what is the trump teams arguments for recusal this time . Because the judges gave a ruling on this list in 24 hours ago. Well, so trump is asking the judge to recuse himself in this case because of work that his daughte
Calling on a judge to stop donald trump from continuing to claim fbi agents were involved in a plot to assassinate him during his search of his maralago home during the classified documents investigation. Trump made a suggestion in a Campaign Fundraising email and has been repeated by conservative media outlets. Late friday, smith filed a notion in judge Eileen Tenants court saying, those statements create a grossly misleading impression about the intentions and conduct of federal Law Enforcement agents falsely suggesting that they were complicit in a plot to assassinate him smith added that the false statements expose sba agents, some of whom will be witnesses at the trial, to threats of harassment. We have reporters covering all of the developments for you. We will begin with julie sirkin on capitol hill. Julie, welcome. The prosecutors request is different from a gag order, but what exactly are they asking of the judge . Reporter this is a first, let me just say, alex, in this case