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tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh ann caldwell, longtime capitol hill correspondent and now an anchor for the washington post live. we re going to start with the latest from the war in ukraine. in a major speech today the russian president vladimir putin had a dire warning that the coming decade could be the most dangerous since the end of the second world war. president putin defended moscow s so called special military operation, saying the expansion of nato, and the west, were to blame. he accused western nations of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe. translation: russia is not - challenging the elites of the west, russia is simply defending its right to exist and to develop freely. the west is not able to single handedly able to govern humanity but it is desperately trying to do it. most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. on the ground fierce fighting continues across
good that you guys are focusing on it as well. the biden administration is trying to take corporations to task on this, but it is not a strong enough piece of the broader message about what is happening to the american people here. i totally agree. like i said to the congresswoman, i was a skeptic as to whether it was true about what was driving the dynamics, but overtime it has become clear it is. i m going to run. where you will be my first guest. democrats have stuck in the elevator. see you soon. thank you to you at home for joining, us in just a few minutes we will be joined by chris hayes, and also wisconsin democratic senate candidate mandela barnes. election night is less than a week away, and he is in a very tight race against ron johnson. the outcome of that race could determine control of the u.s. senate which on its own makes the states extremely high in the state of wisconsin. even more than that, even more than that is on the line right now. if wisconsin s
thank you to you at home for joining, us in just a few minutes we will be joined by chris hayes, and also wisconsin democratic senate candidate mandela barnes. election night is less than a week away, and he is in a very tight race against ron johnson. the outcome of that race could determine control of the u.s. senate which on its own makes the states extremely high in the state of wisconsin. even more than that, even more than that is on the line right now. if wisconsin s democratic governor tony evers loses the reelection bid, but republican governor interim public and legislature will have the power to do basically whatever they want. that may include rewriting wisconsin s election laws to give republican officials the power to decide who prevails in future elections. in 2020, wisconsin was one of the states where donald trump tried to get donald trump s state officials resisted trump s pressure and certified biden s win. if the current republican candidate for wiscon
also have a broken immigration system. in particular over the last four years before we came in and it needs to be fixed. we have a secure border in that that is a priority for any nation, including ours and our administration. bill: despite that secure border arrests are on track to surpass 2 million this month which would be another all-time record. dana: greg abbott is not the only governor putting democrats on blast. ron desantis sent two plane loads to martha s vineyard. a vacation spot for wealthy progressives. bill: we start with griff jenkins covering the buses in washington, d.c. at the home of kamala harris. good morning, there. good morning, that s right. you are looking now live at some of the last migrants getting into a bus provided by local ngos helping the migrants to go to a local church. we aren t sure exactly where. from there they will try to coordinate the migrants getting to their final destination. now to recap for our viewers, what happened at