criminal investigations, civil inquiries, his party has flown 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,and 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
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
we hold that rowe and casey must be overturned, justice alito writes in an initial majority draft circulated inside the court. that scoop, that headline changed everything and it certainly changed the course of the midterm elections. in that moment the stakes of the upcoming november election, they skyrocketed and gave democrats over a month and a half, head start, to start campaigning on that issue before the opinion was handed down in late june and on june 24th the supreme court struck down roe v. wade, the law of the land for nearly 50 years, and stripped away reproductive rights for millions in this country. just six weeks later the first test of abortion rights at the state ballot box came in kansas. voters in kansas headed to the polls in early august to vote on a constitutional amendment that would strip away abortion rights from the state constitution. in kansas of all places voters rejected that republican effort. people overwhelmingly voted to protect abortion right
where he faces a possible life sentence and in ukraine, resistance forces are on the offensive as some analysts say the military s fighting capabilities are running out. we ll take you live to kyiv. but we begin with our top story right now, unfolding across the country, a travel nightmare for millions of people trying to get home after the christmas holiday as a monstrous winter storm barrels east. right now, more than 2800 flights have been cancelled. that s today alone leaving frustrated travelers strand ed i airport terminals. southwest will operate just one-third of its scheduled flights in the coming days representative from the pilot association says the airline s scheduling system is partly to blame. the death toll has climbed to 63 nationwide after this brutal storm blanketed parts of western new york with as much as four feet of snow and brought powerful wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour with more snow in the forecast, tishls fear the deet death toll could cont
impacted spending habits then we will speak to judy chu about the overall state of our economy. and then today the supreme court could hand down a critical condition that could impact the southern border, and we will take you live to el paso we begin marking one of the busiest travel days of the year, both on the roads and in the air after people are scrambling to get home after the christmas holidays, and a blizzard is contributing to problems today alone more than 1,300 u.s. flights have been delayed, and near nearly 2,900 have been cancelled, and a bulk of that coming from southwest airlines, and it s not just airline travelers facing a daunting journey home according to aaa, today and tomorrow are expected to be the most congested days on the road as travelers mix with commuters back to work after the holiday joining us now, blayne alexander, and then blayne, i was caught up in the middle of it a couple days trying to get back to new york describe the scene you are se