draft. more than 2,000 people arrested across dozens of cities. thousands fleeing the country. many of them young men hoping to avoid the horrors of the battlefield. president zelenskyy s message to the russians who may be forced to fight and the u.s. now warning of catastrophic consequences if russia turns to nuclear weapons. tom soufi burridge on the ground in ukraine. 44 days away from the midterms, the battle for control of congress is intensifying. abortion weighing heavily on the minds of many voters. as arizona enacts a near total ban. what a new abc news/ washington post poll says about where americans stand on abortion. and what democrats think about whether president joe biden should run for a second term. the deadly protests in iran spreading to more cities. dozens killed in violent clashes after the death of a young woman in police custody. arrested for allegedly wearing her hijab improperly. the urgent manhunt for a killer in philadelphia. after a recent c
this is a once deep red state that is starting to look a lot more purple lately. joe biden won in 2020, along with not one, but two democratic senators, and because of that upheaval, it is also a state where republicans are trying to claw back their political power. donald trump s allegations of fraud still loom large here. in an effort to overturn the election. it failed and he is under investigation for it. and his lies and voter integrity have widespread changes in how georgia votes, fewer drop boxes and voter i.d. and restrictions who can give you food and water inline and perhaps most importantly a new law that gives the state legislature more power over elections, taking some of it away from the secretary of state. right now, there are around 7 million active voters on the rolls, down roughly 700,000 from the high water mark in 2020, but still, a remarkable number in the midterm year. do they all show up? and if they do, will they vote on party lines? or split the ticke
new details on the company that the governor hired to transport unsuspecting migrants across the country, and its links to other top republicans. plus, how pleading the fifth and his fraud case could doom the disgraced ex president. the astonishing scenes of protests in iran. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. republicans unveiled their agenda, if you can call it that, if they retake the house this november. before we get to that, the most revealing preview on what it comes to look like, came earlier this week. that is what the overwhelming majority of the house republican conference voted against a law, that would clarify the language of the electoral count act. that is a somewhat obscure piece of legislation for the 19th century, governing how presidents are elected, and how members of congress can object to electors. this would just fix part of it to, explicitly, state what was obvious. that a sitting president, and his supporters i
tropical storm ian is gaining strength in the community, join concerns, it will severely batter florida s golf course as a major hurricane this week. meanwhile, hurricane fiona making landfall in canada nova scotia. one mayor says his town suffered total devastation. nbc s and halifax for us. we will begin with meteorologist joe occurrence. bill, we will get a few more in a moment with you. what was the very latest on tropical storm ian? there is a lot of questions with ian. things are changing. storms that approach, especially the peninsula from the south are extremely difficult to forecast. florida is actually narrow from east to west if you drove across the state, if you know that, it takes about two hours. these approaching the south like this one, its latest adjustments, means big changes to the land area we re as going to get hit. the latest on the hurricane center it is a tropical storm, it is even. it is going west at 50 miles per hour. about south of jamaica thro
government. a decade ago the new york times admitteded and they published a piece on the rise of domestic surveillance abuse which exploded. the patriot act became a short hand for government abuse in overreaching which inflicted collateral damage on political dissent and religious liberty. that s still true and still a tragedy. what is fascinating is that the new york times stopped acknowledging it. there was not a single mention of the 9-11 anniversary on the front page of yesterday s paper. the paper that purports to represent new york the epicenter of the 9-11 attack. why would the new york times ignore 9-11? a good question. because the new york times and the tiny leadership class it represents now endorses the nationwide crackdown on civil rights that 9-11 made possible. they benefit from it. it s how they keep power. so 9-11 was less a trag than an opportunities. if you don t believe that watch how joe biden commemorated that anniversary yesterday it s not