this union and chaos are not inevitable. the president makes the case to preserve democracy as the other political party openly advocates for ending it. we ll never lose another election in wisconsin after him elected governor. the newly-leaked eastman emails, and justice clarence thomas to overturn the will of the voters. plus, carole s new reports and the violent attack targeting the speaker of the hat. kayleigh porter on why grocery stores inflated prices are making them referenced record profits. over half of the increase in prices, people are paying, are coming from increases and corporate profits. yes. all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. and the last hour, president biden gave a primetime address on the threats to american democracy. he the sight of the insurrection. this, let s than a week out from the midterm elections. it s not all surprising he decided to give the speech, considering the headlines we re seeing
a gun in a vast. last night, a trump appointed judge issued a restraining order against the group trying to intimidate voters. it prohibits members of the group or their associates from carrying weapons or wearing body armor near drop boxes, and from recording people dropping off their votes, or yelling at or following them. that seems sensible. but, the anti-democratic notions motivating those poll stalkers are prevalent throughout the country. take this guy, michael pariah. he s a republican nominee for attorney general in maryland. like many republican candidates, he s cast doubts and results on the 2020 election, saying he doesn t know if biden what. also except the results of his own election, saying they would need to, quote, appear to be lawful in legal. over the weekend, the local reporter shared a video of one of his top campaign aides appearing to tell republican spares at a rally to intentionally form long lines at the polls close to closing
tuesday. joining me for his perspective on president biden s speech, nbc news presidential historian michael michael, we spoke the last time the president gave an address about democracy, and the context for it, and how unprecedented it is. this speech seemed, in some senses, more specific about the developments that we re seeing everywhere from the arizona poll stalkers to the secretaries of state who refuse to say that they accept the elections. what do you view as the key takeaway of the speech tonight? well, he was absolutely candid, he was absolutely right. because as you know, chris, six nights from now, we could all be discussing violence all over this country. there s signs that may happen, may god forbid, that losers will be declared winners by a fraudulent election officers, or a secretary of state candidates, or governors, or state legislatures. we could be six days away from
historians are allowed to write in this country, and if they re still free publishing houses and a free press, which i m not certain of, but if that is true, a historian will say what was next date tonight and this week was the fact whether we will be a mobocracy in the future, whether our children will be arrested and conceivably killed were on the edge of a brutal authoritarian system, and it could be a week away. you really think it s a week away, possibly? possibly. because, you know, one of the safeguards that protect our democracy being able to have elections where you vote someone out to misbehaves. instead, what we see what you are, for instance, rightly mentioning about the candidate for governor in wisconsin, saying, elected me governor, you ll never republicans will always be elected to henceforth and our state. well, hitler and mussolini didn t even bother to say that. yet, 1934, mussolini had an
touch with each other instantly, and plan something nationally that could be very dangerous and would be the opposite of what you and i think of as a peaceful democracy. again, i hope this never happens. all right. michael, thank you very much. sobering. thanks, chris. i m joined by senator amy democrat from minnesota. i don t want to sound naive. i think my modal prediction for things as a bit brighter than that i hope. that s a worst-case scenario. what do you think about the presidents message, and what are your hopes for the next six days and for election night? i think it s so important the president did this, chris. because we have a group out there, the maga republicans, who are basically throwing truth out the window. they re shattering the rule of law, and they are basically saying, we re not gonna abide by these elections. and they are making fun of, or