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good morning, everyone. im bianna golodryga. our top story this hour, former president trump unleashing a angry response this morning after the january 6 committee voted to subpoena him for documents and testimony under oath in connection with the capitol riot. >> we are on bligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion. and every american is entitled to those answers. so we could act now to protect our republic. >> in his response, posted on truth social, tr...

right now on "andrea mitchell reports," less than a week before the midterms, the president will give a major speech tonight from washington on why he believes the future of democracy is on the ballot. barack obama has been crisscrossing the country for democrats. liz cheney crossing party lines. >> the basic question that you should be asking yourself is, who will fight for you? >> if the people in our party are not doing the job they need to do, then were going to vote for the peop...

hi there, everyone. its 4:00 in new york. whatever the results of next tuesdays midterm elections, there is no denying that these midterm elections are taking place with the very real specter of political violence and the prevalence of disinformation as a political weapon, unmatched in modern political times. large swaths of the gop have been swallowed up completely by the disinformation about the integrity of our very election systems, and many on the right have normalized conversatio...

on the threat to democracy. plus, while trumps attempt to slow down investigation made be too late. plus or more coming for the theft of ashley bidens diary? and allegations at a texas podcast or could be on a something when it comes to student debt relief. >> it could drive up turnout, particularly among young people. all in starts right now. >> good evening from new york. im chris hayes,. on this last week of august, this monday i think its now safe to say at this point that just thr...

legends, whose greatness will stand the test of time. these two great ladies take us off the air tonight. on that extraordinary note, i wish all of you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with, us i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. >> if there is a prosecution of donald trump on this classified information after the clinton debacle there will be riots in the streets. >> trump defenders use the ...

poll workers, law enforcement and now a hospital -- the threat is real. plus, the senate is a toss-up. diminished hope for republicans taking control. and mitch mcconnell now blaming candidate quality. that is code four, blame it on donald trump. with the clock ticking toward the midterms. the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i stephanie am ruhle. new evolutions about the fbis search of mar-a-lago may soon see the light of day. several media o...

with the clock ticking toward the midterms. the 11th hour getting underway on this thursday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. new revelations about the fbis search of mar-a-lago may soon see the light of day. several media organizations, including nbc, were in a south florida court today, asking a judge to unseal the affidavit behind last weeks search and seizure at donald trumps florida home. judge bruce reinhardt told the justice department he is inclined to relea...

began. and where the conservative majority, super majority, frankly, on this court, is taking us. we all know our country has three branches of government. each branch is supposed to restrain the others from exercising too much power their checks and balances. that is actually how all this is supposed to work, but the supreme court is acting as if it has no restraints and as if it is the sole decider with its decision in west virginia versus -- , which on thursday, limited the epas abi...

send? ill ask john kirby with the national security council. lets go "outfront." good evening. im erin burnett. "outfront" tonight, pressure campaign. the january 6th select committee revealing tonight it will make the case tomorrow that donald trumps pressure on mike pence to overturn the election "d "directly contributed to the deadly snushg insurrection." the hearing will focus on president trumps efforts to convince his vice president to subvert the election. those efforts happenin...

something to hide, and why the threat still exists to this country and where it is all headed next we have an incredible group of experts to help us including, congresswoman -- harvard constitutional law professor laurence tribe, and house committee member -- msnbc host amongst and al sharpton and trump whisper at mother jones writer david corn at a whole lot more. i am ayman mohyeldin, lets get started. as we start this special, it is important to remember one thing, what happened on ...