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our democracy. joining me now is democratic congressman jim himes of connecticut. hes a member of the house intelligence committee. congressman, thank you so much for staying up late and being part of our special coverage tonight. let me broadly ask you sir if i can, your broad takeaways of this final hearing that we heard and overall the eight hearings that we witnessed? >> well thank you for having me a man. i think i was one of the last of the congressman out of the chambers on that...

which eric. could have been eric greitens, could have been eric schmidt. could have been a little known erik mcelroy, a third eric who happens to be in the same race. in any case, brightest and mitt claimed that they and trump were endorsing them. cant make the stuff up. meanwhile polls are still open in the state of washington where to republican members of congress are facing primary challenges over their votes to impeach donald trump. jamie herrera butler and that new house are stil...

for the toss. its primary night in arizona, kansas, missouri and in washington. polls just closed in arizona with two trump deniers on the ballot. but the big, big story tonight is kansas. voter turnout is high and right now the pro-choice no vote to keep the right to an abortion in the kansas constitution is leading, which would be huge, really gigantic in terms of a victory in a very red state. lets get right to the big board and steve kornacki. steve what is happening there on the g...

east coast. im holly vulture. this is msnbc special coverage primer results in five states. arizona, kansas, missouri michigan, and washington state. voters of turned out to the determine their nominees for the elections to be held in 97 days. the biggest news of the night was in the state of kansas or voters voted to protect the right of abortion. this was the first electoral test for abortion rights since the supreme court overturn roe v. wade. around 60% of kansas voters voted no to...

im ayman mohyeldin. lets get started. its good to be with you. im ayman mohyeldin, a new york. for a year and, have you heard that vice president mike pence was in mortal danger on january six, 2021, when donald trumps mob overran the capitol in an attempt to stop pence from counting joe bidens winning electoral votes. we all saw the video of pences evacuation on that day. it happened. it was close. but we didnt know how close, until thursday when the house january six committee played...

overturn the 2020 election. the star witness tomorrow georgia republican secretary of state brad raffensperger who resisted trumps demand getting one more vote from joe biden in georgia. a new abc ipso poll shows 6 in 10 americans want donald trump to face criminal charges for his role in the plot. a georgia grand jury is already investigating. on friday, trump doubled down on comments from the attack. promising pardons from the rioters if hes re-electeded and slamming vice president p...

first time anywhere in the country where voters cast ballots on abortion rights since the supreme court overturned roe v wade in june. >> the republican primary for governor of arizona too close to call this morning. right now lake leads robson by about 10,000 votes. mark finchem is projected to win the republican nomination to oversee voting arizona ass secretary of state. in the senate primary, blake masters also endorsed by the future president is projected to win the nomination in ...

and with august recess approaching, senator sinema under pressure to support her partys manchin backed bill. suing over related to the shootings. his hearings slated for tomorrow. we begin with the key primary results and the implications for november. voters proved donald trumps support still matters but roes defeat could upend the midterms. in missouri it was the battle of the ericks in the republican race for senate. in the end state attorney general eric schmitt defeated missou...

have because we won the state. >> tomorrows hearing comes amid new and promising polling for the investigative committee. the marriage of americans now say they believe the former president should be charged with some sort of crime for his role in the insurrection. there is the polling right there. six in ten also say the panel has carried out a fair and impartial investigation so far. and the committee sights are still on two big names, including former vice president mike pence. they...

and certainly not taken seriously until months later, which is why the evidence matters. its why, when you hear people saying, gosh, havent we talked about this enough? sometimes they are guilty people or apologists for coup plotters. were talk about how trump and his aides were hoping to mount an attack, hence secret at the time, to submit a false slate of fraudulent elector that would somehow inject last-minute doubt into the january certification. aides initially hid the plot, but e...